After backing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's re-election in 2006, Hollywood moguls Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg each gave the governor $25,000 this month, according to newly released campaign finance reports.
Schwarzenegger in 2006 touted Katzenberg and Spielberg, both Democrats, as a prominent sign of his bipartisan support in his race against Phil Angelides.
The Republican governor is collecting millions of dollars to help finance a ballot initiative to change the way California draws its district boundaries. Checks are rolling in for Schwarzenegger, who continues to set new fundraising records for a California governor.
Alex Spanos, the Stockton-based developer, gave Schwarzenegger $100,000. The governor also received $100,000 from SE Corporation, a development firm that Schwarzenegger praised at a February dinner in Riverside for an environmentally friendly project. Pacific Gas and Electric gave $50,000.
The governor also received a $25,000 check from Paul Singer, a New York City hedge-fund manager famous last year for financing a failed effort to divide California's Electoral College votes by congressional district. Democrats saw that proposal as a GOP attempt to steal votes in a reliably Democratic state and Schwarzenegger expressed reservations about it.
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