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Do you think that public officials should be accountable The solution is Fair Elections funding of campaigns for qualified candidates who agree to strict spending limits. • Get politicians out of the fundraising game • Open up the political process • End pay-to-play politics • Get started by learning the basics
A Broad and Growing Coalition of Support for Clean Elections Working with nearly 300 statewide, local, and national organizations for California Clean Money and Fair Elections.  A quote is worth a thousand words... Another
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The California Clean Money Campaign is a non-partisan 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to achieve an open and accountable government in California by building statewide support for public funding of election campaigns. The California Clean Money Action Fund is the 501(c)4 advocacy arm of the California Clean Money Campaign |
 
David Sweet: Campaign finance ruling is a call to actionSanta Cruz Sentinel, by David Sweet, 2/28/10 "It was a bad day for California, for our county, and for American democracy as a whole. The corporate stranglehold on electoral politics, and through that on most legislation in Washington and Sacramento, has already made the "will of the people" a mockery... But it need not, if we citizens start taking campaign finance seriously..." Full story California Assembly Speaker-elect Perez has ties to deep pocketsLos Angeles Times, by Patrick McGreevy and Jack Dolan, 2/28/10 Incoming Assembly Speaker John P?rez has a financial pipeline to billionaire developers and white-shoe investors who rank among the most politically active power brokers in the state. Full story Take out the moneySan Francisco Bay Guardian, by Steven T. Jones, 2/19/10 Prop. 15, the California Fair Elections Act, takes direct aim at the corrupting influence of money in elections, creating a pilot public finance program in the secretary of state races for 2014 and 2018. The measure, which has broad support from politicians and good government groups in the Bay Area, is modeled on successful programs in Maine and Arizona. Full story Clean money campaign launches in SFSan Francisco Bay Guardian, by Steven T. Jones, 2/19/10 The campaign for Prop. 15, the California Fair Elections Act, kicks off in San Francisco this Sunday afternoon. It’s an appropriate city to launch this effort, given San Francisco’s leadership on electoral reform, from our pioneering ranked choice voting system to our low political contribution limits to the public financing available in the races for mayor and the Board of Supervisors. Full story Lobbying for campaign reformEast Bay Express, by Robert Gammon, 2/17/10 It's no secret that special-interest money has corrupted our political system... This June, however, good-government advocates hope they can finally convince voters to agree to publicly financed campaigns that would lessen the influence of Big Money. Full story Campaign for publicly-funded elections kicks off in OaklandOakland North, by Ayako Mie, 2/9/10 While corporations, lobbyists and special interest groups may have gloated over the Supreme Court’s ruling last month that decreed that the government has no power to ban corporate spending in political campaigns, if Californian voters pass Proposition 15 in the June 8th election, they may have another chance to set limits on corporate election spending. Full story
Support public financingSan Francisco Chronicle, by Lynn Davidson, 2/26/10 "To make politicians really represent the public, we need the option of voluntary public financing of election campaigns, beginning with the pilot program for secretary of state proposed in Proposition 15, on the June ballot..." Full story Reclaim our CongressSan Francisco Chronicle, by Nancy Neff, 2/15/10 "It's about time for the people to make the investment in elections and get the incredible return on investment that corporations now get from their donations." Full story Keep Wall St. out of ballot boxSan Francisco Chronicle, by Bill Walzer, 2/14/10 "We should not allow the wealth of Wall Street banks and oil companies to influence our elections... Vote yes on Prop. 15 in June and make our government serve the public interest." Full story
Poll: Most like public campaign financingNew Haven Register, by Mary E. O?Leary, 1/28/10 A Zogby International Poll has found a large majority of Connecticut residents favor a public campaign financing system. When the Connecticut Clean Elections program was explained, 79 percent said they favored it. Full story
Sacramento City Council races attract cash from outside townSacramento Bee, by Ryan Lillis and Phillip Reese, 3/7/10 More than one-third of the money given to Sacramento City Council candidates during 2009 came from outside city limits. The out-of-town figures "sound off alarms," said Trent Lange, president of the California Clean Money Campaign, which is shepherding a statewide June proposition that would provide for some public financing of political campaigns. Full story |
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