Who Wants Homeowners to Pay Higher Taxes?

Our last issue listed the billionaires who supported Propositions 39 and 26 — measures designed to make it much easier to increase property taxes. Below is a list of those who contributed $100,000 or more to the Prop. 39 campaign, along with Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan who contributed $99,990.50.

Total contributions to the Prop. 39 campaign came in at $32 million. The combined total for Props. 26 and 39 is $56 million!

A few notable contributions and some basic statistics:

Edison International contributed $15,000 to the Prop. 39 campaign and $25,000 to the Prop. 26 campaign for a combined total of $40,000.

PG&E Corporation contributed $5,000 to the Prop. 39 campaign.

AARP contributed $6,160 to the Prop. 39 campaign.

86% of the total amount of Prop. 39 contributions received came from contributors who donated $100,000 or more to the campaign.

98% of the total amount of Prop. 39 contributions received came from contributors who donated $10,000 or more to the campaign.

Only 0.02% of the total amount of Prop. 39 contributions received came from contributors who donated less than $100 to the campaign.

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR / AMOUNT CONTRIBUTED
Doerr, L. John III $3,010,000.00
Doerr, Ann Howland $3,000,000.00
Walton, John T. $3,000,000.00
Hastings, Reed $1,000,000.00
Khosla, Vinod $1,000,000.00
KPCB IX Associates (Kleiner, Perkins) $1,000,000.00
Cook, Scott $997,993.96
Dunlevie, Bruce W. $877,114.00
Chambers, John $520,000.00
Lacob, Joseph S. $510,028.39
Accel Partners, L.L.P. $500,000.00
Fisher, Donald G. $500,000.00
Fisher, Doris F. $500,000.00
Hewlett Packard $500,000.00
Intel Corporation $500,000.00
Kirsch, Steven T. $500,000.00
Siebel, Thomas M. $500,000.00
Morgridge, John $471,250.00
Hawkins, Jeffrey C. $381,000.00
Samueli, Henry $365,081.50
Shorenstein, Walter H. $300,000.00
Broad, Eli $254,051.64
Fitzpatrick, Michael J. $251,444.97
Fitzpatrick, Patricia W. $251,444.97
Bing, Stephen L. $250,000.00
Byers, Brook $250,000.00
Chase Manhattan Corporation $250,000.00
Cisco Systems Inc. $250,000.00
Marcus & Millichap Company $250,000.00
Mayfield Fund $250,000.00
Thomas Weisel Partners Group LLC $250,000.00
Hahn, Eric $216,858.38
Charles Schwab & Co. $200,000.00
Moore, Gordon E. $199,609.00
Matchlogic Inc. $185,000.00
Andreesen, Mark $150,000.00
Younger, William $150,000.00
California Public Securities Assoc. $125,000.00
McNealy, Scott G. $125,000.00
McNealy, Susan Ingemanson $125,000.00
McKeown, Nicholas W. $120,470.00
Johnson, Catherine H. $118,130.00
Breyer, James W. $115,613.00
McMurtry, Burton $111,840.00
Johnson, Franklin P. $109,750.00
Kagle, Joanne $109,222.50
Kagle, Robert C. $109,222.50
McCue, Michael $106,434.00
Oberndorf, William $105,000.00
Grove, Andrew $104,877.50
California Building Industry Association $104,843.18
McConnell, Thomas C. $100,136.25
Campbell, William V. $100,000.00
Carol, Jim $100,000.00
Flextronics International USA Inc. $100,000.00
Gregory Canyon Ltd. $100,000.00
Jerry Perenchio Living Trust $100,000.00
Kern, Arthur H. $100,000.00
Monaco Partners/Clark Ventures Inc. $100,000.00
Moores, John $100,000.00
Pottruck, David S. $100,000.00
Rachleff, Andrew S. $100,000.00
Robertson Stephens $100,000.00
Robertson, Sanford R. $100,000.00
Schwab, Charles R. $100,000.00
Sun Microsystems $100,000.00
Vadasz, Leslie $100,000.00
Waitt, Theodore $100,000.00
Yucaipa Companies L.L.C $100,000.00
Riordan, Richard $99,990.50

Data is current as of December 31, 2000, and based on campaign reports filed with the California Secretary of State.