The Central Valley Community Foundation, the initiative’s main backer, collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in charitable contributions at the demand – legally dubbed a “behest” – of Gov. According to records from the Fair Political Practices Commission, Central Valley Community Foundation collected $280,000 in contributions at the behest of Newsom. No-bid contracts flow: The Free Beacon report cites a $99,000 Newsom-behested payment routed through the Central Valley Community Foundation in February 2024. According to campaign finance filings, the Central Valley Community Foundation contributed $810,000 in support of the measure in the first six months of the year. But the Better Roads, Safe Streets campaign has been officially working on this since early last week.