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Political locavores

Sometimes you can get a free meal

Kevin De Leon and his kids recently got an Indian dinner on the house.
Kevin De Leon and his kids recently got an Indian dinner on the house.

San Diego–based Sempra Energy, whose corps of lobbyists regularly hand out food-and-drink freebies to California legislators and their staffers, took a bit of a break during the first three months of this year, spending just $437.50 for meals and beverages at countrified locales across the state.

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Dameane Douglas, staffer for Democratic assemblyman Rudy Salas of Bakersfield, got the most, $89.93 at the convention center in Visalia. Another Democrat, assemblywoman Cristina Garcia of Bell Gardens, picked up $32 at Sacramento’s Hock Farm. Sonia Lopez, who works for Democratic senator Holly Mitchell of Culver City, grabbed a meal on Sempra worth $15.48 at the Pancake Corner in South Gate.

Meanwhile, San Diego’s Barona Band of Mission Indians spent a total of $5743 on legislative wining and dining, including $108 to host California Democratic senate president pro-tem Kevin De Leon and his two children at Ella’s Dining Room in Sacramento. “Ella is just a block from the State Capitol in the heart of a bustling and vibrant downtown and is leading the way in the growing locavore movement by offering real, excellent, honest food served in a warm inviting setting, sourced mainly from the locally based community of farmers, ranchers, growers, and artisans,” according to the restaurant’s website.

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San Diego–based Sempra Energy, whose corps of lobbyists regularly hand out food-and-drink freebies to California legislators and their staffers, took a bit of a break during the first three months of this year, spending just $437.50 for meals and beverages at countrified locales across the state.

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Dameane Douglas, staffer for Democratic assemblyman Rudy Salas of Bakersfield, got the most, $89.93 at the convention center in Visalia. Another Democrat, assemblywoman Cristina Garcia of Bell Gardens, picked up $32 at Sacramento’s Hock Farm. Sonia Lopez, who works for Democratic senator Holly Mitchell of Culver City, grabbed a meal on Sempra worth $15.48 at the Pancake Corner in South Gate.

Meanwhile, San Diego’s Barona Band of Mission Indians spent a total of $5743 on legislative wining and dining, including $108 to host California Democratic senate president pro-tem Kevin De Leon and his two children at Ella’s Dining Room in Sacramento. “Ella is just a block from the State Capitol in the heart of a bustling and vibrant downtown and is leading the way in the growing locavore movement by offering real, excellent, honest food served in a warm inviting setting, sourced mainly from the locally based community of farmers, ranchers, growers, and artisans,” according to the restaurant’s website.

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