Tom Steyer in The Los Angeles Times


On Crime: Regrets Farallon's $34M investment in corporate prisons

A key liability [in Steyer's portfolio history] is Farallon's 2005 investment of $34 million in Corrections Corp. of America (CCA), which runs migrant detention centers on the US-Mexico border for ICE. Many of the roughly two dozen Democrats in the presidential race have denounced profits from incarceration as immoral. "I deeply regret that Farallon made that investment, and I personally ordered the investment in CCA to be sold because it did not accord with my values then or now," Steyer said.
Source: Los Angeles Times on 2020 Democratic primary Jul 14, 2019

On Energy & Oil: Departed from Farallon in part due to fossil fuel holdings

More troublesome for Steyer's public image is [his investment] fund's history of investing in fossil fuel projects, including a giant coal mine in Australia that generates vast quantities of carbon emissions. Steyer's critics have long seen his past personal stake in coal mining as hypocritical. Steyer said he left Farallon in part because of its holdings in fossil fuels. "I wish I'd made the move away from fossil fuels sooner," he said.
Source: Los Angeles Times on 2020 Democratic primary Jul 14, 2019

On Immigration: $2.3M to recruit and train immigrant advocates

Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer, is stepping up support of immigrant rights with a $2.3-million donation to the University of California Immigrant Legal Services Center and seven other organizations. The gift from Steyer's nonprofit, NextGen America, will support a national legal services network to help recruit and train more advocates for immigrants. About $90,000 will help the UC center hire a full-time immigration attorney for a year at UC Riverside, where Steyer visited Friday.
Source: Teresa Watanabe in L.A. Times on 2020 presidential hopefuls Oct 20, 2017

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