Not only did Robert Klein II conceive, write, fund, and pass Proposition 71, as well as specify himself in the body of the constitutional initiative as the only possible choice for Chair of the Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee (ICOC) which will control the operations and $3 billion in expenditures by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, but he also contributed, according to documents on file on
California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley's web site,
$176,139.87 to the political campaign funds of
three of the four elected officials who unanimously nominated him to the position as head of California's multi-billion dollar embryonic stem cell research effort.
Democrat Klein apparently gave no money to the campaign committees of the Republican Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who nominated him to the post to which he was elected on Friday, December 17, 2004, anyway.
According to the data on file in Sacramento, separating out his contributions, both "monetary" and "non-monetary," between November 30, 2001, and May 21, 2004, Mr. Klein contributed
$48,695.00 to the campaign coffers of California State Controller Steve Westly;
$67,400 to the election efforts of Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante; and
$60,044.87 to the political funding of State Treasurer Phil Angelides.
Between December 16, 2003 and April 15, 2004, he also contributed, including "monetary," "non-monetary," and "loan" payments,
$1,590,982.12 to fund the campaign to pass Proposition 71.
Mr. Klein's contributions included
$19,425 to help elect California State Treasurer Phil Angelides Governor in 2006 and
$1,000 to re-elect California State Controller Steve Westly to his post in 2006.
You can access a Microsoft Excel® spreadsheet with the details of Mr. Klein's contributions to those nominating him to his present position between November 30, 2001, and May 21, 2004, by clicking
here. The original documentation on the web site of Secretary of State Kevin Shelley can be accessed by clicking
here.
