Al Muratsuchi’s Secret Oil Money
TORRANCE – Assembly candidate Al Muratsuchi has repeatedly claimed that he’s running to “take the South Bay back from big oil and special interests.”
In fact, what Al Muratsuchi has kept from the public is his acceptance of tens of thousands of dollars in “big oil money” indirectly donated from petroleum and energy interests throughout the state of California. It’s right there in the Secretary of State’s campaign finance records.
The David Hadley for Assembly campaign discovered this deceit over the summer, but only recently announced their findings after the Union-Tribune San Diego and Sacramento Bee reported that the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) is investigating the California Democratic Party (CDP) for funneling over $4 million in contributions from petroleum and energy interests to favored candidates and elected members of the Assembly.
Al Muratsuchi has accepted over $1 million from the CDP since 2014 while the CDP received $1.2 million from oil and petroleum interests during that time. Throughout this same time, Assemblyman David Hadley voted to require stricter regulations on coastal oil pipelines and supports the current ban on off-shore oil drilling along the coast of California. He also voted to increase California’s renewable electricity to 50% of all electricity by 2030.
This race is overwhelmingly a contest between South Bay and Sacramento money. Assemblyman David Hadley has received more financial support from residents of the South Bay – the constituents he represents – than any other legislator or legislative candidate anywhere in the State of California. Al Muratsuchi’s campaign is almost entirely dependent on the CDP and its affiliates to finance his campaign.
