More than $340 million raised by California proposition campaigns

Campaigns for and against the 17 propositions on California’s November ballot are closing in on $400 million in total contributions.

Through Sunday, the committees had reported receiving about $345 million from donors, according to state filings.

Pharmaceutical companies have contributed almost $87 million to the effort to defeat Proposition 61, which would impose price controls on state drug purchases. Proponents, led by the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, have donated more than $14 million.

Second in total fundraising, and rising fast, is Proposition 56, which would increase the tobacco tax by the equivalent of $2 a pack. Tobacco companies put another $10 million into the opposition campaign late last week, raising opponents’ total fundraising haul to $66.3 million.

Wealthy Democratic activist Tom Steyer donated another $2 million to the yes-on-56 campaign Friday, bringing his total giving to pass the anti-tobacco measure to $5.5 million. Supporters have raised about $23 million, including a $9 million loan from the California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems.

Here is how the measures’ for-and-against money stacked up through Sunday. Note: Some committees are involved in more than one ballot measure. The plastic bag industry, for example, uses the same account to support Proposition 65 and oppose Proposition 67.

This story was originally published October 10, 2016 at 12:35 PM.