Local means Simi Valley, the californian city of 125,000, around 40 miles northwest of LA.
Local news often has confusing headlines when posted to international sites like lemmy. Any chance of adding the location to headlines when posting here or is that against the rules?
He donated on biden's inauguration day, a day when those funds are useless to increase turnout. Also he is in PA, a state with closed primaries. The only way to vote against trump, or trumplike politicians in the primary is to be a republican, at least on paper.
We don't currently have enough information to make a conclusive statement about his political leanings.