Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings expanding political muscle

Santa Cruz resident and Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings is wading into politics again, but like an actor wanting to avoid being typecast, he is branching out in new directions. Long a supporter of school reforms, Hastings has put $247,000 toward Prop 47, a measure that would continue recent efforts at criminal justice reform by rolling back penalties for low-level, nonviolent crimes. With barely five weeks until the Nov. 4 election, polls show the measure has strong public backing.