{"id":318438,"date":"2026-05-16T05:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T05:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/318438\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T05:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T05:12:08","slug":"fppc-compliant-alleges-tom-steyers-governor-campaign-paid-influencers-10k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/318438\/","title":{"rendered":"FPPC compliant alleges Tom Steyer\u2019s\u00a0 governor campaign paid influencers $10K\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FPPC compliant alleges Tom Steyer\u2019s\u00a0 governor campaign paid influencers $10K<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769020329_917_kcra.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"KCRA logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 10:00 PM PDT May 15, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA compliant against Tom Steyer\u2019s gubernatorial campaign alleges that influencers were paid to promote him without proper disclosure, according to officials. The compliant filed with the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) claims Steyer\u2019s campaign paid influencers $10,000 each to promote him online, but did not disclose the payments as required by law. The compliant references an interview between Steyer and content creator Isaiah \u201cZay Dante\u201d Washington that was posted on Instagram. Steyer\u2019s campaign told KCRA 3 that it is following the law and said it is the influencers, not the campaign, who are responsible for providing the required disclosure.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A compliant against Tom Steyer\u2019s gubernatorial campaign alleges that influencers were paid to promote him without proper disclosure, according to officials. <\/p>\n<p>The compliant filed with the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) claims Steyer\u2019s campaign paid influencers $10,000 each to promote him online, but did not disclose the payments as required by law. <\/p>\n<p>The compliant references an interview between Steyer and content creator Isaiah \u201cZay Dante\u201d Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DVjZ5jMjwRl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">that was posted on Instagram. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steyer\u2019s campaign told KCRA 3 that it is following the law and said it is the influencers, not the campaign, who are responsible for providing the required disclosure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/get-kcra-news-on-the-go-download\/44039145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download our app<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KCRA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FPPC compliant alleges Tom Steyer\u2019s\u00a0 governor campaign paid influencers $10K Updated: 10:00 PM PDT May 15, 2026 Editorial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2820,7,729,133016,23615,40717,133013,116055,20906,15053,40710,1520,721,13878,13,133015,121,123,122,669,25299,2734,133014],"class_list":["post-318438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-app","tag-california","tag-complaint","tag-content-creator-isaiah","tag-download","tag-fppc","tag-governer-campaign","tag-governor-campaign","tag-governors-race","tag-gubernatorial-campaign","tag-influencer","tag-interview","tag-law","tag-payments","tag-politics","tag-proper-disclosure","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-subscribe","tag-tom-steyer","tag-top-california-story","tag-zay-dante"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}