Eric and Wendy Schmidt’s $100M Los Angeles party palace revealed

Nypost · Aug 07, 2026 · 619 words · By Annie Gaus

Environmental Regulation Wealth inequality California Housing Crisis

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Eric and Wendy Schmidt’s $100M Los Angeles party palace revealed See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Eric and Wendy Schmidt’s $100M Los Angeles party palace revealed See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The California Post on Google The wife of a former Google exec fighting a plan to make California’s housing more affordable is using her $110 million mansion purely for functions — not even living there.

Common ground

The Los Angeles estate is larger than the Taj Mahal and has been transformed into a party palace for a “green” mega-billionaire’s nonprofit empire.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Wendy Schmidt and her husband, e-Google CEO Eric Schmidt, splurged on the outlandish former home of famed producer Aaron Spelling, dubbed “The Manor,” last year?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 16 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Wendy Schmidt and her husband, e-Google CEO Eric Schmidt, splurged on the outlandish former home of famed producer Aaron Spelling, dubbed “The Manor,” last year.”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Eric and Wendy Schmidt purchased 'The Manor', the former home of Aaron Spelling.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 14th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (generally known as the AACTA Awards) is an awards ceremony to celebrate the best of Australian films and television of 2024. The main …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_AACTA_Awards

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Indiana Repertory Theatre, frequently abbreviated IRT, is a professional regional theatre in Indianapolis, Indiana that began as a genuine repertory theatre with its casts performing in multiple shows…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Miami Herald is an American daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company and headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Founded in 1903, the Miami Herald serves the Miami-Dade, Broward, and Mo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Herald

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Claim 2: “The Los Angeles estate is larger than the Taj Mahal”

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Architectural Digest specifically states the estate is 'larger than the Taj Mahal'. While other sources don't explicitly compare it to the Taj Mahal, the claim is presented as a fact in high-profile real estate coverage.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lewis Singwah Tan (born February 4, 1987) is a British and American actor, martial artist and model. He is known for his roles as Kung Jin in Mortal Kombat X: Generations, Cole Young in Mortal Kombat,…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Manor (also known as Spelling Manor and Candyland) is a mansion on Mapleton Drive in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, across the street from Holmby Park and bordering the Los Angeles …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Manor_(Los_Angeles)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trabbi Goes to Hollywood (English title: Driving Me Crazy) is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Thomas Gottschalk, Billy Dee Williams, Michelle Johnson, Dom DeLuise, …
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Claim 3: “The couple has also provided major financial support to Advocacy Action Fund”

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Claim 4: “The Schmidts founded the Schmidt Ocean Institute and Schmidt Sciences”

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Claim 5: “The measure [Prop. 45], supported by the California Chamber of Commerce and fellow Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s Building a Better California”

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Two independent sources confirm that Prop 45 is supported by the California Chamber of Commerce and 'Building a Better California', which is backed by Sergey Brin.

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web search NEUTRAL — California Proposition 40 is billed as a one-time 5% tax on all wealth over ONE BILLION DOLLARS retroactive to Jan. 1, 2026. So if you're a billionaire who moved to Florida or Texas after that date, y…
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/08/17/pop-your-corn-its…

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web search NEUTRAL — The prop’s biggest supporters include the California Chamber of Commerce and Building a Better California, a political committee backed by Google co-founder Sergey Brin, which contributed $10 million …
https://amedpost.com/jane-fonda-wendy-schmidt-oppose-califor…

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web search NEUTRAL — Advocacy – California Chamber of Commerce.Ballot measure will lower housing, energy, water, and other everyday costs, heading to voters this November with support from 125+ organizations across Califo…
https://advocacy.calchamber.com/2026/06/17/affordable-ca-qua…

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Claim 6: “The pals then spun up Clean and Healthy California, an environmentalist PAC”

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Two independent sources confirm the existence of 'Clean and Healthy California' as an environmental PAC headed by Schmidt and Fonda.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jane Seymour Fonda is an American actress and activist. Fonda's work spans several genres and over seven decades of film and television.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Fonda

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web search NEUTRAL — Wendy Schmidt and Jane Fonda attend The MOCA Gala 2025 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.The pair are heading the campaign through Clean and Healthy California, an environmental PAC seeded with more …
https://amedpost.com/jane-fonda-wendy-schmidt-oppose-califor…

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web search NEUTRAL — Clean and Healthy California appears to be using leftover funds from the campaign to oppose Prop. 45, contributing more than $7 million since June to nix the reform that’s designed to make housing and…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/07/real-estate/eric-schmidts-110m…

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Claim 7: “Clean and Healthy California... contributing more than $7 million since June to nix the reform [Prop. 45]”

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Claim 8: “the 56,000-square-foot, 14-bedroom and 27-bath estate”

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Three independent sources confirm the square footage (56,000+), the number of bedrooms (14), and the number of bathrooms (27).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joyce Manor is an American punk rock band, formed in Torrance, California, in 2008. The band's current lineup consists of singer-songwriter and guitarist Barry Johnson; guitarist Chase Knobbe; and bas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Manor

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — MILF Manor is an American reality television series that premiered January 15, 2023, on TLC. The first season of the show featured eight single women between the ages of 40 and 60 living in a villa in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MILF_Manor

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Manor Solomon (Hebrew: מנור סולומון; born (1999-07-24)24 July 1999) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club West Ham United and the Israel national team. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manor_Solomon

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Claim 9: “Fonda and Schmidt co-hosted an arts benefit at posh Gagosian gallery in Beverly Hills that raised $14 million for the cause, according to a press release.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a $14 million benefit at the Gagosian gallery.

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Claim 10: “The couple has also re-christened the 5-acre, 123-room party pad “594,” the Wall Street Journal reported.”

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The specific details about the name '594' and the '123-room' count are not corroborated by the other provided search results, which focus on the 14 bedrooms/27 baths. Only the original context (implied by the claim) mentions the WSJ report.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anna Nikolaevna Schmidt (August 11, 1851 [O.S. July 30] – August 18, 1905) was a Russian journalist and author of religious and mystical works, including The Third Testament.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Schmidt

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paul Stanley Schmidt was a 37-year-old Canadian who was the victim of a fatal stabbing on March 26, 2023, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The accused, Inderdeep Singh Gosal, age 32, was arrest…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Paul_Schmidt

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In mathematics, the Krull–Schmidt theorem states that a group subjected to certain finiteness conditions on chains of subgroups, can be uniquely written as a finite direct product of indecomposable su…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krull–Schmidt_theorem

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Claim 11: “Actor Sean Penn, Baby2Baby executive Kelly Sawyer Patricof and Maria Shriver... gave $1,000 each, while actress Kyra Sedgwick kicked in $100.”

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Claim 12: “property records showing a slew of permits filed since last year to install a solar-friendly roof, rework the HVAC system, and make other interior upgrades.”

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The provided search results for this claim are generic (Tesla lights, South African solar panels, NOAA solar cycles) and do not mention property records for the Schmidt estate.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Antimicrobial copper-alloy touch surfaces can prevent frequently touched surfaces from serving as reservoirs for the spread of pathogenic microbes. This is especially true in healthcare facilities, wh…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Heat exchangers are devices that transfer heat to achieve desired heating or cooling. An important design aspect of heat exchanger technology is the selection of appropriate materials to conduct and t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — North Charleston is a city in Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, North Charleston had a population of 114,852, making it the thir…
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Claim 13: “Wendy teamed up with Fonda two years ago to fight oil drilling off the California coast”

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The claim that Wendy Schmidt teamed up with Jane Fonda two years ago to fight oil drilling is explicitly stated in one source, but not corroborated by others.

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web search NEUTRAL — Wendy teamed up with Fonda two years ago to fight oil drilling off the California coast after the industry attempted to roll back coastal buffer zones.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/eric-wendy-schm…

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web search NEUTRAL — Wendy Schmidt and Jane Fonda attend The MOCA Gala 2025 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. Variety via Getty Images. CEQA allows opponents to challenge major developments on environmental grounds, not…
https://amedpost.com/jane-fonda-wendy-schmidt-oppose-califor…

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Claim 14: “San Francisco philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs... and venture capitalist John Doerr kicked in a cool $500,000 each for the anti-oil campaign.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding donations from Laurene Powell Jobs or John Doerr.

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Claim 15: “Wendy is a lead opponent of the No on Prop. 45 campaign, contributing more than $5 million to the effort to kill the reform.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 16: “Other opponents include the lefty union Building and Construction Trades Council and a collection of labor and community groups.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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