Villaraigosa’s Wealthy Supporters Boost Efforts Attacking Newsom

June 4, 2018

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Bloomberg supports Villaraigosa for California Governor — Credits: Image screenshot from USC Gould School of Law video on YouTube

The wealthy supporter of former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa spent additional $1.7 million to oppose Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom in the California governor’s race.

On Friday, the Families & Teachers for Antonio Villaraigosa, a

political action committee (PAC) that supports charter schools, spent 1,738,046.33 to contradict Newsom. That amount is on top of the $1.8 million the PAC spent for the same purpose on Wednesday and $500,000 on Monday.

In other words, its total spending against the Democratic front-runner was over $4 million last week alone.

A group of wealthy businessmen including Michael Bloomberg and Reed Hasting largely contributed to the Families and Teachers for Villaraigosa. They strongly support Villaraigosa because he wants to provide quality education for every child.

Over the past two months, the PAC also spent around $1.73 million opposing Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox. It also spent

President Donald Trump endorsed Cox. However, former California Governor Arnord Schwarzenegger, a Republican, strongly objected the President’s endorsement and advice to Californians. Schwarzenegger will not vote for Cox or Travis Allen, another Republican gubernatorial candidate.