Democrat Adam Gray's investment in rural Atwater, Calif., has come under scrutiny as he fights to unseat Republican Rep. John Duarte in the race for California's 13th Congressional District, which could help tip control of the House of Representatives.
When the federal government closed Castle Air Force Base in Merced County in the 1990s, the dilapidated buildings and vast expanse of aging tarmac left behind seemed more like a liability than an opportunity. But by 2018, the old runways that once carried B-52 bombers had found a new and unexpected customer: Google, which was testing its experimental self-driving vehicles there, far from the prying eyes of Silicon Valley.
The firm has since spent millions on renovations, 'exactly as intended by Merced County when the property was sold in an open and public sale process,' company attorney Richard Marchini said in a written statement. Gray was still representing the Modesto area in the state Assembly when the sale closed. Gray has a 30% stake in the firm that owns the apartments, the company said. His name does not appear in the company's state business filings.
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