Climate crusader Steyer tops political donor list

Among political donors, it appears Bay Area billionaire Tom Steyer has the deepest pockets of them all.

OpenSecrets.org says Steyer and his wife Kathryn gave $20.4 million to political causes in the 2013-2014 election cycle. That’s more than double the total of the No. 2 person on the list, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg – also a member of the billionaire’s club.

It could just be the start for the liberal Steyer: His political action committee is reportedly preparing to spend as much as $100 million to bolster climate change causes and candidates.

Other Californians making the Top 10 on the OpenSecrets list are former Univision chief Jerrold Perenchio, and Thomas John Jordan, a northern California winery owner. They both gave exclusively to Republican and conservative causes.

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