Measure 37 Donors Have Filed Nearly $700 Million in Measure 37 Claims
Donors
Who Gave More than Half the Money to the Measure 37 Campaign Have Filed Nearly $700 Million in Claims, Could Earn Windfall on Campaign Investment
Contributors to the 2004 campaign to pass Measure 37 have filed claims under the measure worth at least $600 million, according to an analysis from the Money in Politics Research Action Project (MiPRAP).
Campaign donors who have filed land-use claims under Measure 37 provided more than half (56 percent) of the funding for the campaign and comprised about 4 percent (or 31) of the campaign’s donors.
“There are many reasons why campaign contributors give money,” said Sarah Wetherson, research and outreach associate with MiPRAP. “Most of the contributors to Measure 37 have not filed claims. However, several donors who provided major backing for the campaign are in a position to take advantage of the change in law they brought about. They are not all the regular folks who just want to build a dream house that we heard about in the campaign.”
MiPRAP’s review of Measure 37 claims looked at all 180 itemized donors to the signature gathering effort and subsequent ballot measure campaign, and included those claims filed by close family members of individuals and officers of the businesses and organizations contributing to the campaign. MiPRAP estimates that there were 589 donors in a state-defined category of miscellaneous contributors [i] whose small-dollar contributions can be reported as a lump sum, for a total of 769 individual and business contributors to the campaign.
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Measure 37 Donors Have Filed More than $600 Million in Measure 37 Claims