A few big contributions in the past few days are worth noting...

* No On 77: The committee to oppose the redistricting initiative Proposition 77 has ties to California's Democrats in Congress, and collected $825,000 from just three donations since Thursday. Two of the donations are from national organizations often aligned with Dems: the Association of Trial Lawyers of America ($200,000) and American Family Voices ($375,000). These two contributions appear to be examples of the recent Federal Elections Commission ruling that contribution limits don't apply for any DC players when it comes to California's initiative campaigns this fall. The third big chunk of cash for the anti-77 campaign came from Hollywood producer Stephen Bing, who handed over $250,000.

* Speedy Delivery: The founder of the courier shipping company DHL, William Robinson, continues to be a big fan of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In the past 10 days, Robinson wrote checks totaling $500,000 to the governor's California Recovery Team. He also apparently lent Schwarzenegger an airplane to use through Election Day, a non-monetary contribution whose value campaign records estimate is $147,000. Those contributions come just a few months after Robinson gave the CRT a cool $1 million.