Companies lobbying Gavin Newsom helped pay his wife's salary, report finds

Companies with a history of lobbying the state of California, including PG&E, Kaiser Permanente and Comcast, donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Gov. Gavin Newsom's wife's nonprofit over the past several years.

Newsom's wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, received $2.3 million in total salary from her nonprofit, The Representation Project, between 2011 and 2018, according to the nonprofit's tax returns highlighted in an investigation by The Sacramento Bee. Siebel Newsom's foundation billed itself as a gender watchdog organization releasing films to "challenge limiting gender stereotypes and shift norms." Newsom has appeared in two of The Representation Project's films, the Bee reported. The Representation Project raked in 30% more contributions in 2015, the year Newsom announced his gubernatorial campaign, for a total of nearly $1.6 million.