Independent transparency non-profit Open the Books has dived deep into California’s finances to unmask Newsom’s backers and the destructive policies they foster, like misguided criminal-justice reforms which have driven crime rates around the nation.

The Newsom section of the Open The Books report, exclusively provided to The Post, is a fascinating glimpse into the ecosystem of liberal political elites that is ripping this country apart and shows how millions in donations to Newsom’s campaign have resulted in billions of dollars worth of contracts.

After a 10-year battle to unlock California’s secretive checkbook and almost 450 open records requests with every state agency, Open The Books discovered that Newsom’s donors often are richly rewarded for their largesse with grants to their foundations and massive tax credits to their companies. Newsom “solicited roughly 1000 state vendors for $10.5 million worth of campaign donations, and those companies or affiliated companies received $6.2 billion worth of worth of state payments last year,” says CEO and founder Adam Andrzejewski.