{"id":200090,"date":"2026-03-27T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/tech-giants-are-spending-more-than-ever-to-shape-california-politics-see-how-much\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:11:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:11:01","slug":"tech-giants-are-spending-more-than-ever-to-shape-california-politics-see-how-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/tech-giants-are-spending-more-than-ever-to-shape-california-politics-see-how-much\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech giants are spending more than ever to shape California politics. See how much"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/politics\/2026\/03\/meta-google-ai-regulation-elections\/\">Tech giants are spending more than ever to shape California politics. See how much<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/politics\/2026\/03\/meta-google-ai-regulation-elections\/\">https:\/\/calmatters.org\/politics\/2026\/03\/meta-google-ai-regulation-elections\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-27 08:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"calmatters.org\">calmatters.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>California-based companies focused on artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency invested over $39 million in state political influence in 2025 to sway legislative processes.<\/li>\n<li>Meta, a major tech giant with $201 billion in revenue last year, transferred $20 million to a new political committee aimed at supporting candidates favoring fewer AI regulations.<\/li>\n<li>Tech companies&#8217; expenditures on political campaigns, lobbying efforts, and nonprofit donations are criticized for fostering an environment where these companies exert disproportionate influence over state politics.<\/li>\n<li>Meta spent an additional $4.6 million on lobbying state officials in California, showcasing a significant increase in its efforts to oppose AI regulations and shape policy discussions.<\/li>\n<li>This increased spending by tech companies highlights the growing influence of the industry in California&#8217;s political landscape, as they actively seek to align state policies with their corporate interests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech giants are spending more than ever to shape California politics. See how much https:\/\/calmatters.org\/politics\/2026\/03\/meta-google-ai-regulation-elections\/&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":200091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/091824_Dreamforce_FM_CM_16.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&ssl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-200090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200092,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200090\/revisions\/200092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}