Company tied to Newsom received up to $350K in COVID-19 relief funds. Along with a company owned by the Lt. Governor (D), Senate Minority Leader Shannon Grove (R), the spouse of state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, D-San Diego. It’s amazing how well this works for powerful politicians.
Businesses tied to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis and two of the state’s legislative leaders were among those that received federal loans aimed at keeping small businesses afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, records released Monday showed.
A Northern California winery and hospitality company, PlumpJack, founded and partly owned by Newsom, received a loan worth $150,000 to $350,000 from the Paycheck Protection Program, according to data released by the U.S. Treasury Department.
