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Corporate-backed political action committees have spent nearly twice as much as public-interest and labor groups to advance a California ballot measure that would greenlight major development projects with minimal environmental or public review.

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**Political action committees** funded by technology companies, California’s major utilities and other corporate interests have spent nearly twice as much as public-interest and labor groups in an effort to pass a California ballot measure.

What is a key fact in this story? (2)

**The California ballot measure** would greenlight major development projects with minimal environmental or public review.

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Political action committees funded by technology companies, California’s major utilities and other corporate interests have spent nearly twice as much as public-interest and labor groups in an effort to pass a California ballot measure.
The California ballot measure would greenlight major development projects with minimal environmental or public review.

Why it matters: Corporate backers’ nearly two-to-one spending advantage puts technology companies, major utilities and other interests ahead of public-interest and labor groups in the campaign. Under the proposal, major California developments would face minimal environmental and public scrutiny, while those public-interest and labor groups command far less spending power.