Billionaires, Sick of California Politics, Plot $500 Million Fund to Fight Back

A group of rich Californians is embracing an unprecedented weapon to counter labor unions and progressive groups: A nine-figure political fund

The San Francisco skyline.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

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