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'''Peter Sperling''', whose primary residence is in [[Arizona]], has donated $7.25 million to [[California Proposition 7 (2008)|Proposition 7]].<ref>[http://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1229798&view=contributions ''Donation details from the California Secretary of State'']</ref> 

Sperling lives part time in California, and graduated from the University of California-Santa Barbara.

Peter Sperling is the son of [[John Sperling]].  He ranked 562 on Forbes list of the world's wealthiest individuals in 2006, with an estimated fortune of about $1.4 billion.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/RQWL.html ''Forbes 2006 wealth rankings'']</ref> In November 2002, Sperling paid $32 million for a home in San Francisco--the record price at that time for a San Francisco home. The home was later placed on the market for $65 million, after approximately $18 million was spent to improve it. As of 2007, no one had lived in the home. News reports indicate that Sperling owns more than 30 homes throughout the world.<ref>[http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2007/09/24/flipping_limestone.php ''Selling high-end real estate in San Francisco'']</ref>,<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/24/MN8TSAIM4.DTL&type=business ''San Francisco Chronicle'', "65 Million will buy you an unfinished mansion on S.F.'s Gold Coast'']</ref>

==Interest in California politics==   

In addition to his 2008 donations to [[California Proposition 7 (2008)|Proposition 7]], in 2005, Sperling gave:   

* $50,000 to a campaign committee opposing [[California Proposition 77 (2005)]].    
* $20,000 to a campaign committee supporting [[California Proposition 63 (2004)]].<ref>[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=114369149 ''Follow the Money on Prop 63'']</ref>   
* Sperling gave $4,000 in 2007 to the campaign of a candidate for a seat on the Santa Barbara, California, city council.<ref>[http://www.legendarysurfers.com/das/blog/2007/10/campaign-disclosures.html ''Das Williams campaign contributions'']</ref>   

==Fine for campaign finance violation==   

The [[California Fair Political Practices Commission]] fined Sperling in 2005 for violating Government Code Section 84200 by failing to disclose his $20,000 donation to [[California Proposition 63 (2004)|Prop 63]] within the timeframe prescribed by that code for major donors to California ballot initiative campaigns.<ref>[http://www.fppc.ca.gov/Agendas/10-06/06-614stip.pdf FPPC stipulation and order in the matter of Peter Sperling, 2005]</ref>

==Other giving==

Sperling and his wife gave $5 million to a project focused on restoring the Ellwood Mesa Coast wetlands in Santa Barbara County. 

==External links==

* [http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?zip=85018&last=SPERLING&first=PETER Peter Sperling federal campaign finance contributions]

==References==
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[[Category:Ballot measure donors]]