April 16, 2005

Don Peralta, Regency Outdoor in the news

California Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata (D-Oakland) intervened in a dispute with regulators to help a West Hollywood company maintain lucrative billboards on freeways in Los Angeles and Orange counties, records show.

Perata intervened in 2001 the day after the company, Regency Outdoor Advertising Inc., reported giving a $25,000 campaign contribution to a Perata-backed initiative. The company's co-owner said the contribution came in response to a request from the senator...

UPDATE: For some unknown reason, I've thrice misspelled his name. It's Don Perata.

Posted to California at April 16, 2005 02:36 PM

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