What do Jeanie Buss, Colin Jost and Dave Winfield have in common? A stake in L.A. mayor's race - BERITAJA

The roster of run contributors to Los Angeles mayoral candidates has thing successful communal pinch the courtside seats astatine Lakers games: Both are radiated pinch the rich | and famous.

There’s Colin Jost, “Saturday Night Live’s” Weekend Update host, popping up arsenic a philanthropist to Councilmember Nithya Raman. Mayor Karen Bass, meanwhile, counts erstwhile Major League Baseball prima Dave Winfield among her contributors.

Lakers politician and part-owner Jeanie Buss is location too, arsenic a philanthropist to reality TV characteristic Spencer Pratt. All 3 gave the maximum $1,800 contributions to their chosen candidates.

With Los Angeles astatine the halfway of the intermezo industry, large names for illustration Jost, Winfield and Buss (none of whom responded to requests for comment) are par for the people successful section elections. There mightiness person been moreover much personage contributions were it not for the late-breaking entries of Pratt and Raman successful the race, said governmental advisor Mike Trujillo.

“It’s a very short timeline that is not accustomed for a mayor’s title wherever you’re challenging an incumbent,” said Trujillo, who isn’t affiliated pinch immoderate of the mayoral campaigns. “It takes a while to get these celebrities.”

Trujillo said he expects much large names will lend if nary campaigner wins a mostly successful the June 2 primary, which would trigger a runoff successful the Nov. 3 wide election.

In 2022, “E.T.” head Steven Spielberg gave $1,500 to Bass’ first run for politician arsenic good arsenic $125,000 to the independent expenditure group “Communities United for Bass for LA Mayor 2022.” J.J. Abrams, the head of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” besides gave $125,000 to the group.

Jeffrey Katzenberg, the co-founder of DreamWorks Animation, gave about $2 million to the pro-Bass group.

Winfield and Buss weren’t the only names associated pinch the sports world to wade into the mayoral maelstrom.

Brian McCourt, boy of erstwhile Los Angeles Dodgers proprietor Frank McCourt, contributed the maximum $1,800 to Bass’ reelection campaign. He is the president of the McCourt Foundation, which runs the Los Angeles Marathon.

Magic Johnson’s son, Andre Johnson, who now runs Magic Johnson Enterprises, besides gave the maximum to Bass.

Bass besides collected donations from “Grey’s Anatomy” character James Pickens Jr. and from Pauletta Washington, Denzel Washington’s wife. In 2025, Bass received $1,800 from Edythe Broad, the widow of billionaire developer Eli Broad and co-founder of the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation.

Raman received dozens of contributions from successful Hollywood writers, producers and directors. She is joined to Vali Chandrasekaran, a writer for deed TV shows including “30 Rock” and “Modern Family.” She took successful maximum contributions from stand-up comedian Adam Conover arsenic good arsenic musician Joanna Newsom, the woman of Andy Samberg.

The about caller run publication reports showed Pratt raising about $540,000 since Jan. 1, much than immoderate different candidate. About $131,000 of his contributions were successful alleged un-itemized contributions of nether $100, importantly much than immoderate different candidate.

Among the itemized contributions, Pratt reported getting $1,800 from Rick Salomon, the master poker subordinate who is known for a 2004 activity portion pinch Paris Hilton. Salomon’s girl Tyson Salomon, a societal media influencer, gave $1,250 to Pratt.

Two different mayoral candidates, tech entrepreneur Adam Miller and organization organizer Rae Huang, besides raised much than $200,000 each, though location were less family names successful their contributions

Miller loaned his ain run $2.5 million.