Investigation: Big Newsom Donors — Including Blue Shield — Received No-Bid Contracts During COVID-19 Response
(From CapRadio.org)
“I really think that the governor has a tin ear in terms of receiving huge campaign contributions and providing sole-source contracts for corporations that were giving him these contributions,” said Bob Stern, a registered Democrat, former general counsel to the California Fair Political Practices Commission and principal co-author of the state’s Political Reform Act.
…While government ethics experts emphasized that there’s no evidence of a quid pro quo or criminal wrongdoing in these examples, they expressed concern about Newsom handing over lucrative contracts to major donors on a no-bid basis.
This article was originally posted here: https://www.ac2news.com/2021/02/investigation-big-newsom-donors-including-blue-shield-received-no-bid-contracts-during-covid-19-response/.
