An effort to oppose Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting ballot measure is ramping up, and a seemingly unlikely figure has emerged as the top fundraiser.
Charles Munger Jr., a Palo Alto scientist and the heir of the former vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, one of Warren Buffett’s longtime business partners, is back in politics after being incognito for almost a decade.
Munger, a massive Republican Party donor in the past, has mostly laid low since 2016. Yet according to financial filings posted on the California secretary of state’s website, Munger has already dumped $10 million into the campaign committee for Protect Voters First, the group founded by Munger to oppose Newsom’s redistricting proposal…