 By July 2019, he had donated $5.1 million to it.Since 2016, Soros has been donating sums exceeding $1 million to the campaigns of progressive criminal justice reform proponents through the "Safety and Justice" PAC in local district attorney elections.In many districts, such large contributions were unprecedented and the campaigning stategy was "turned on its head" with a focus on incarceration, police misconduct and bail system, according to the "Los Angeles Times".