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Issue #12 – Feb. 23, 2021

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          As California politicians keep banking opioid donations, taxpayers set to subsidize huge settlements
          Jeff Burdick
          • Feb 23

          As California politicians keep banking opioid donations, taxpayers set to subsidize huge settlements

          The Wall Street Journal and Washington Post recently reported that four major opioid makers and distributors are close to finalizing a $2...
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          Fine(d) Bedfellows, Part 2: Where we go from here
          Jeff Burdick
          • Feb 23

          Fine(d) Bedfellows, Part 2: Where we go from here

          This is the second of two articles in a series. Click here for part one. Last issue, a Sacto Politico study detailed the tens of millions...
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          Fine(d) Befellows, Part 1: Worst U.S. corporations rain donations on California’s House delegation
          Jeff Burdick
          • Feb 5

          Fine(d) Befellows, Part 1: Worst U.S. corporations rain donations on California’s House delegation

          This article is part one of two, and part of Sacto Politico’s ongoing “Shame of Our Campaigns” series. For other articles in the series, ...
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          Quietly in 2019-20, Sacramento Progressive donors gave $2.3 million to campaigns outside the county
          Jeff Burdick
          • Jan 19

          Quietly in 2019-20, Sacramento Progressive donors gave $2.3 million to campaigns outside the county

          During the 2019-2020 election cycle, Sacramento County residents donated a surprising $2.3 million at the federal level to Progressive ca...
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          The Shame of Our Campaigns, a primer
          Jeff Burdick
          • Nov 5, 2020

          The Shame of Our Campaigns, a primer

          Editor’s note: The Sacto Politco’s “Shame of Our Campaigns” series was inspired by famed muckraker Lincoln Steffens and his “Shame of the...
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          As Opioid Crisis raged over last decade, Sacramento US Rep. Matsui took $125K from opioid companies
          Jeff Burdick
          • Nov 5, 2020

          As Opioid Crisis raged over last decade, Sacramento US Rep. Matsui took $125K from opioid companies

          When speaking of the “shame of our campaigns,” no episode in the last decade should disgust more than the federal response to the Opioid ...
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          Treasurer: Patterson for Congress to file $300K in undisclosed donations, takes blame for FEC errors
          Jeff Burdick
          • Oct 14, 2020

          Treasurer: Patterson for Congress to file $300K in undisclosed donations, takes blame for FEC errors

          Sacramento Republican candidate for Congress Buzz Patterson has failed to report any of its campaign fundraising and spending as required by
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          A Biden presidency could actually produce permanent campaign finance reform
          Jeff Burdick
          • Sep 12, 2020

          A Biden presidency could actually produce permanent campaign finance reform

          Even though Biden will have raised more than $1 billion, I can still see a scenario in which he takes up campaign finance in earnest.
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