2”) defrauded a Sonoma County Indian tribe between 2002–03. That image has not survived judicial scrutiny.Īfter a two-month arbitration trial ended last November, three retired state judges declared that Anderson and his partners in Kenwood Investments No. He promotes himself as a champion of liberal social causes, a philanthropist, a public servant, a man of integrity who cares about his community-especially racial minorities. 2.Īnderson, 53, is the managing member and chairman of Sonoma Media Investments, which owns the Press Democrat and its affiliate publications. Anderson’s Kenwood Investments is developing Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, in partnership with public and private entities.īut one deal Anderson tried to navigate more than a decade ago ended with a finding of fraud directed at another investment company owned by Anderson, Kenwood No. Brown, Nancy Pelosi, Jerry Brown, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris.Īnderson’s Sacramento lobbying firm, Platinum Advisors, advertises that it generates “billions of dollars in work for our clients” by navigating their deals through mazes of government bureaucracy. For decades he has advised and raised campaign funds for prominent state Democrats, including Willie L.
Sonoma County resident Darius Anderson is one of California’s most powerful men.
