Amendment for Biennial State Budget Receives $2 Million
On Thursday, a committee seeking to place a constitutional amendment requiring the state to adopt a two-year, performance-based budget cycle on the November ballot received $2 million in donations. The group reported a $1.2 million donation from an organization led by billionaire investor Nicolas Berggruen and an $883,567 donation from the not-for-profit government reform group California Forward.
- "$2 Million Boost for Campaign To Require Two-Year State Budget" (Sanders, "Capitol Alert," Sacramento Bee, 2/16).