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Investor's Club
The story shows that the University of California had invested $2 billion into private equity funds and companies with policy making Regents that held substantial conflicts of interest. The Regents include California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, his personal investment adviser, and the husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).
Tags: Regents; conflict of interest; University of California; investment; Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Selling California
After Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed selling off two dozen state buildings to private investors, one reporter found this to be a costly deal for the state. The state legislature approved those sales and in closed-door negotiations gave Schwarzenegger the power to sell the properties without oversight.
Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger; California; state buildings; state legislature; closed-door
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Investor's Club
The eight-month investigation found that the University of California invested $2 billion in private equity funds and companies in which several Regents held significant financial interests. The Regents include Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, his personal investment adviser, Paul Wachter, and Richard C. Blum, a Wall Street professional married to Senate Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).
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SCIF Sale: The Big Lie
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger decided to sell $1 billion in assets of the State Compensation Insurance Fund in an effort to close California's enormous budget gap. Such a sale would greatly negatively effect California's workers' comp market. Additionally the sale of the assets are not returned to the policy holders and instead included in the general state budget.
Tags: California; Workers comp; insurance; budget; Arnold Schwarzenegger; policy holders; 1 billion; compensation; fund; proposal; department of finance;
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Taming the Hydra-Headed Carnivorous Tabloid Beast: The Hush-Hush Deal that Made Arnold Governor
Los Angeles Magazine reporter Ann Louise Bardach noticed when tabloids, such as the National Enquirer, The Globe, and The Star, stopped filling their pages with stories about Arnold Schwarzenegger. Then, Schwarzenegger became governor of California. So Bardach did some investigating and found that the CEO of AMI, the corporate owner of the previously mentioned tabloids, met with the actor in July 2003, just weeks before Schwarzenegger's announcement to run, to discuss joining forces with AMI. Bardach also finds that reporters and editors at these tabloids were told not to pursue Schwarzenegger stories, and that the actor-turned-governor is now on AMI payroll, earning $250,000 per year.
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Telling the Truth: Encounters with Schwarzenegger
This story brought to light allegations of sexual harassment against Arnold Schwarzenegger. The reporters had heard rumors of his inappropriate behavior and tracked down the woman who had made such claims; the story was especially important because the investigation was begun immediately after he announced his bid for Governor of California.
Tags: harassment; Hollywood; movie industry; politicians