Green bundler with the golden touch

By Ronnie Greene and Matthew Mosk

Investor Steve Westly straddles the worlds of venture capital, presidential fundraising and government advising

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"… esident of China. A month later, he dined with Obama again at an exclusive San Francisco Bay area gathering for prominent high tech CEOs, including the leaders of …"

"… Westly and the other high tech executives at his secluded estate south of San Francisco. His venture firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, backs green tech …"

"… ike, ‘Well, you don’t really have to be profitable,’” he told The (San Francisco) Chronicle. His message: “You must be profitable.”The company was. And …"

"… tered economy. At a guesthouse on his Atherton property, 30 miles south of San Francisco, Westly raised money for San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris’ …"

Back to school for the billionaires

By Rita Beamish

Business titans find reforming schools much harder than just writing checks

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"… mer, all slain on the hardscrabble streets of the city across the bay from San Francisco's famed skyline.Reminders of the billionaires' drive-by visits are everywh …"

FDIC slow to pursue failed bank directors, recover tax dollars

By Ben Hallman

With the FDIC struggling to manage huge losses to its insurance fund, critics say the agency should do more to hold executives of failed ban

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"… le, United Commercial Bank, which served the Chinese-American community in San Francisco, was closed by the FDIC and the state of California in November 2009, one …"

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Financial reform this week: House Republicans push bill to curb CFPB power

By Julie Vorman

Your guide to financial reform law events during the week of May 2

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"… lls Fargo - Wells Fargo & Co. holds its annual shareholders meeting in San Francisco.Wednesday, May 4Geithner -Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner speaks at t …"

Tally of interests on climate bill tops a thousand

By Marianne Lavelle

More than 460 new businesses and interest groups jumped into lobbying Congress on global warming in the weeks before the House neared its hi

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"… or climate-based educational programs or research. The Exploratorium — a San Francisco-based, interactive science museum — along with four other science center …"

Stimulating hypocrisy: Scores of Recovery Act opponents sought money out of public view

By John Solomon and Aaron Mehta

Scores of Recovery Act opponents sought money out of public view

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"… Nancy Pelosi, D-Ca., wrote at least one letter requesting funds for three San Francisco broadband proposals. Another top House Democrat, Rep. James Clyburn of Sou …"

"… Pelosi, writing jointly with Congresswoman Jackie Speier, supported the “San Francisco Community Broadband Opportunities Program.” The project would “create …"

"… American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and greatly benefit the people of San Francisco.”Reid wrote a series of letters asking for grants from the Broadband Tec …"

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Backing Pelosi: A labor of love

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

A labor of love

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"… l election with roughly 63 percent of the vote. In 11 elections since, her San Francisco-based district re-elected her with at least 70 percent every time. With li …"

"… reasons to support Pelosi. United Airlines and Virgin America have hubs in San Francisco, and she has helped enact favored legislation, including the recent Airlin …"

"… 800 in contributions, is John W. Keker. Keker, 66, a nationally recognized San Francisco-based trial lawyer, was chief prosecutor of Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North f …"

"… as a “payback to big business, at the expense of consumers.” In a 2008 San Francisco Chronicle opinion piece, Keker praised Pelosi for supporting a proposal to …"

Homeland Security marked by waste, lack of oversight

By G.W. Schulz

Records show that communities across California had difficulty managing millions in anti-terrorism grants handed out by Congress after Sept.

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"… he said.Those counties that stick it out can go a long way with the money. San Francisco spent $3.3 million paying police overtime to quell antiwar demonstrations …"

"… penses.” But after inspectors raised doubts about the charge, leaders in San Francisco managed to produce a letter from California’s former homeland security c …"

Main Street chases transportation money

By Matthew Lewis

chases transportation money

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"… for both local causes and fundamental reform. Haggerty chairs not only the San Francisco Bay Area’s nationally respected planning organization, the Metropolitan …"

"… ng firm, Holland & Knight, as does its neighbor the city and county of San Francisco. That firm is one of ten that represent more than 260 local gove …"

"… county of Alameda also shares a common lobbying group, CJ Strategies, with San Francisco’s transit agency. Oakland’s nearby transit agency contracts with the b …"

Democrats desperately seek their own Rove

By Peter H. Stone

For chastened Democrats, ‘a lesson and a beating’; Republicans hone tactics that brought in secretive millions last year...

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"… aphed effort in several big money centers such as Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco to improve the president’s standing.Bundlers suggest that a few of the a …"

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