Steve Bing

Stephen Bing is a real estate heir. He was a major donor to California's Prop 87 in 2006. According to the Los Angeles Times, the approximately $50 million that Bing spent on the failed initiative was "the biggest single personal investment in a ballot proposition in state history."

Political giving
Bing donates under his name and his entertainment company (Shangri-La Entertainment) also has been a major donor to political causes.

Candidates, parties
Since 2000, Bing has given $640,172 to the California Democratic Party.

Political candidates to whom Bing has donated include:


 * Dick Durbin, Rahm Emmanuel, Al Franken, Hillary Clinton.

Candidate committees Bing has donated to include:


 * Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
 * Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Other
Bing donated between $10-25 million to the William J. Clinton Foundation.

An aircraft owned by Stephen Bing, a longtime Democratic donor and fund-raiser, carried Clinton and journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee back to the United States.