LA socialists (heart) billionaires
Los Angeles politics is witnessing a paradox where socialist candidates are heavily funded by billionaires. This funding comes from a network of wealthy progressive donors who support movements that criticize wealth and capitalism. The reliance on billionaire money raises questions about the integrity of the socialist agenda in the city.
- ▪A small network of ultra-wealthy progressive donors is financing candidates and activist movements in Los Angeles.
- ▪Major contributions include $1.8 million from Patty Quillin and nearly $1 million from Elizabeth Simons to the Smart Justice California Action Fund.
- ▪The same funding sources are backing DSA candidates and criminal justice reform efforts, despite their public opposition to concentrated wealth.
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Opinion LA socialists (heart) billionaires By Jon Fleischman Published May 27, 2026, 8:44 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google Apparently, Los Angeles socialism runs on billionaire money. That is the increasingly absurd contradiction unfolding inside Los Angeles politics, where hard-line left-wing donors tied to Silicon Valley and Bay Area fortunes are pouring massive sums into candidates and activist movements that regularly condemn wealth, capitalism, and the billionaire class itself. The checks, however, keep clearing.
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