Joe Biden Raises More Than $15M For Campaign During Hollywood Trip – The Hollywood Reporter

After a weekend of schmoozing with the Hollywood elite, Joe Biden left Los Angeles on Sunday with his reelection project more than $15 million flusher.

The boffo fundraising figure for the weekend was verified to The Hollywood Press reporter by a source near Jeffrey Katzenberg, the DreamWorks and Quibi co-founder and Biden project co-chair. The haul would be a record for a president or governmental prospect on a single fundraising journey to Los Angeles, and tops the $15 million Barack Obama raised in 2012 at a reception held at George and Amal Clooney’s home.

The president and Very first Woman Jill Biden started their whirlwind 36-hour trip of Los Angeles after landing on the West Coast on Friday, ultimately striking 6 personal fundraising occasions and likewise discovering time to go to the shiva of television icon Norman Lear, who passed away Tuesday at age 101.

The couple started a weekend of fundraising activity by speaking at a Holmby Hills occasion. Hosted by star interior designer Michael Smith and his partner, James Costos, a previous HBO executive and the previous U.S. Ambassador to Spain. Likewise in presence were Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg, Shonda Rhimes, Rob Reiner, David Geffen, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

That Friday occasion, which included a heading efficiency by Lenny Kravitz and was co-hosted by previous Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi, raised $8 million for the Biden project, the Associated Press reported.