Who is financing our opponent’s campaign?
Mark gonzalez is financed by some of the biggest corporations in the country :
anti-renter interest groups
AirBnB - Avoiding crackdown of hundreds of illegal short-term listings
California Association of Realtors (formerly known as the California Real Estate Association) - Facing Department of Justice investigation into anti-consumer policies and known for lobbying against renter protections
anti-union CORPORATE PACS
Entertainment & Hospitality
Disney - Disney narrowly avoids strike of 14,000 union members after months of intimidation at the bargaining table
Fox Corporate - A history of settling millions of dollars in sexual harassment claims for employees
Marriott - Thousands of hotel workers strike again to ignite heat against poor wages and better health coverage
GIG ECONOMY
RETAIL & SERVICES
AT&T - Workers currently on strike over unfair contract negotiations
Home Depot - Threats of blocking union activity abroad and complaints of surveillance and interrogation tactics against union supporters
UPS - UPS plans to lay off 12,000 employees after signing recent 5-year union contract
corporate beverage industry
Pepsi - Nationwide Teamsters file with the National Labor Relations Board due to unlawful work rules
Coca Cola - Coca Cola identified as yet another $1M donor to Cop City
fossil fuel industry
PG&E - PG&E to pay $45M settlement for multiple multi-hundred acre wildfires throughout California
Sempra - Sempra to pay a $1.8B settlement for Alisa Canyon gas leak resulting in 35,000 victims; Under fire for unlawful lobbying against energy efficiency to jack up ratepayers
medical industrial complex
Blue Shield of California - Ongoing investigation of tax evasion of over $170M between 2016 and 2020; Delaying and denying coverage for thousands of patients
CVS Pharmacy - LA workers are on strike for unfair labor practices
Eli Lilly - Facing several lawsuits for price jacking on insulin
Walgreens - Cut off of a $54M California contract after dispute over refusal to distribute abortion pills in parts of the U.S.
All donations can be found on the CA Secretary of State’s website.