Soylent hits back at legal threat: ‘We display Prop 65 warnings'

Re:Soylent hits back at legal threat: ‘We display Prop 65 wa... by jpatokal on Sunday August 16, 2015 @11:35PM (#10071275)

So I was wondering how "As You Sow" makes money if this is extortion (as claimed in the article), and found this:

http://www.asyousow.org/about-us/grantmaking/guidelines/

As You Sow’s grantmaking program is funded by settlements from our enforcement of California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (Proposition 65).

Can somebody explain to me how a non-governmental non-profit can go about enforcing a state law and getting paid for it? Do they basically sue random companies and extract "donations" in exchange for going away?

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Re:Soylent hits back at legal threat: ‘We display Prop 65 wa... by spacemanmatt on Monday August 17, 2015 @07:51AM (#10072419)

Whistleblower rewards, I would expect. It's not quite deputizing As You Sow as an enforcement agent but it does take a load off the state.

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Re:Soylent hits back at legal threat: ‘We display Prop 65 wa... by SturgeonsLaw on Monday August 17, 2015 @05:40AM (#10072052)

Bringing the patent troll business model to the non-profit sector

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