SEIU ... was ranked the #2 overall spender in California politics, attempting to influence voters and public officials, by spending $107,467,272 was second in spending only to the California Teachers Association (CTA) Politicians who are donors Members of the U.S. Congress who are donors: Eighteen Democratic members of California’s delegation to the U.S. Congress, including Nancy Pelosi, cumulatively gave $175,000 to the initiative effort in February 2010, when the campaign needed funds to pay petition circulators to collect signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot. Proposition 20, the Congressional Redistricting Initiative, which is also on the November 2, 2010 ballot in California is what motivated the round of donations from congressional representatives, according to some pundits. California has 54 seats in the U.S. Congress. Heading into the November 2, 2010 election, 34 of those seats are held by Democrats. As of October 11, 2001, 18 (nearly 53%) of those incumbent Democratic members of California's delegation to the U.S. Congress had given money to the campaign to urge a "yes" vote on Proposition 27. No members of the state's other party delegations have, as of October 21, 2010, given money to the "Yes on 27" committee. The 18 Democratic incumbent Congress Members who either gave money directly to the campaign, whose campaign committees gave money, or whose affiliated political action committee gave money to Proposition 27 are listed below. The table indicates ... the Congress Member's name, the Member's Congressional district, the Member's party affiliation, the amount of money contributed to Yes on Proposition 27, whether the Congress Member is a current or former member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, whether the Congress Member also contributed to the effort opposing a previous redistricting reform, California Proposition 77 (2005), the amount of career campaign donations from the unions that also support Proposition 27 (union contributions to these Congress Members exceeds $4.1 million), the percentage of campaign contributions from outside of California, according to Influence Explorer (a number greater than 50% indicates possible undue influence from out-of-state special interests), the percentage of campaign contributions from Political Action Committees (PAC), as opposed to individual donors, according to Influence Explorer (a number greater than 50% indicates possible undue influence by special interests). (Updated October 21, 2010) Opposition Opponents John Diaz, the editorial page editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, has written, "The proposed ballot language for the Financial Accountability in Redistricting Act makes the