The Elon Musk Funder Trying to Sway the Race for LA’s Top Lawyer
The leading candidate for LA city attorney has the backing of the local DSA and vows to regulate Big Tech. Tech investors are spending millions against her. The post The Elon Musk Funder Trying to Sway the Race for LA’s Top Lawyer appeared first on The Intercept .
A San Francisco resident named John Hering is pouring more than $1.25 million into efforts to defeat Marissa Roy, a deputy attorney general in California endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America. Hering's investment firm, Vy Capital, has also poured $700 million into Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter and $300 million into his Boring Company.
Roy has vowed to use the power of the Los Angeles city attorney's office to battle against corporations, including Big Tech. Hering is one of several tech investors backing McKinney, a county prosecutor running for office, alongside co-founders of cybersecurity company Lookout and investors in companies like Anthropic, Anduril, and SpaceX.
The tech industry is heavily involved in LA's elections, with Big Tech spending millions of dollars to influence congressional and state races.
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