Get motivated by news about the corruptive effects of campaign contributions:
|
See for yourself results in other states
that
|
Track the progress as California's grassroots campaign makes it happen:
|
Get Involved in the Los Angeles Full Public Funding Education and Feedback Project:
|
Share the excitement of people across the spectrum who say things like:
|
Take your next steps as part of the solution:
Make your voice heard so your vote counts Learn More... |
"The time is always right to do what is right." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Supporting Organizations The following organizations have stated they join with the California Clean Money Campaign in publicly supporting establishment of voluntary Clean Money public financing of election campaigns in California and urging the Legislature to pass legislation which would provide public financing for elections for all of California's statewide and legislative offices and/or have specifically endorsed The California Fair Elections Act, AB 583, or Proposition 89. Statewide Organization Endorsers National Organization Endorsers Local and Regional Organization Endorsers Authors of A.B. 583, the California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act Author Assemblymember Loni Hancock (AD 14), Chair of Natural Resources Committee
Co-Authors Assemblymember Jim Beall, Jr. (AD 24), Chair of Human Services Assemblymember Patty Berg (AD 01), Chair of Aging and Long Term Care Assemblymember Julia Brownley (AD 16), Chair of Budget Sub Committee on Education Assemblymember Mark DeSaulnier (AD 11), Chair of Growth Management Assemblymember Mike Eng (AD 49), Chair of Business and Professions Assemblymember Noreen Evans (AD 07), Chair of Democratic Caucus Assemblymember Jared Huffman (AD 06), Chair of Environmental Safety Assemblymember Dave Jones (AD 09), Chair of Judiciary Committee Assemblymember John Laird (AD 27), Chair of Budget Committee Assemblymember Mark Leno (AD 13), Chair of Appropriations Committee Assemblymember Ted Lieu (AD 53), Chair of Banking and Finance Committee Assemblymember Fiona Ma (AD 12), Majority Whip Assemblymember Gene Mullin (AD 19), Chair of Education Committee Assemblymember Curren Price (AD 51), Chair of Elections Committee Assemblymember Lori Salda�a (AD 76), Member of Housing Committee Assemblymember Sandr� Swanson (AD 16), Chair of Labor Committee Assemblymember Alberto Torrico (AD 20), Chair of Government Organization Committee Assemblymember Lois Wolk (AD 08), Chair of Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee Senator Don Perata (SD 09), President pro Tempore Senator Ellen Corbett (SD 10), Chair of Senate Judiciary Committee Senator Sheila Kuehl (SD 23), Chair of Senate Health Committee Senator Carole Migden (SD 03), Chair of Labor and Industrial Relations Senator Jenny Oropeza (SD 28), Chair of Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Senator Leland Yee (SD 08), Assistant President pro Tempore Newspaper Endorsements A Clean-Money Cure for Voter CynicismSan Jose Mercury News, Editorial, 2/8/06 "... AB 583 should be called the Restore Faith in Politicians Act, for it would free politicians to spend their time meeting voters, not chasing dollars from well-connected friends. It would attract people to run for office who otherwise are turned off by the money grubbing of politics..." Full story Hancock's Reforms Looking GoodOakland Tribune, Editorial, 2/6/06 "..[L]ast week we were pleasantly surprised to see [AB 583, the California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act] pass the Assembly. This is the first time it has gotten this far... We hope ... that Hancock's measure will become law. It would be a refreshing change for California." Full story A Clean-Money PlanSan Francisco Chronicle, Editorial, 2/3/06 "...[A] public-financing bill that cleared the Assembly holds promise. It seeks to cap runaway spending and equalize campaign budgets among rivals. The measure, AB583 by Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, is on a shakedown cruise with the author's blessing..." Full story Public Financing is Worth DiscussingSacramento Bee, Editorial, 1/9/06 "...Increasingly, citizens think their democracy is being sold to the highest special-interest bidder. ... A campaign finance system that could provide credible candidates with clean sources of money, campaign funds not linked to powerful interests seeking legislative favors, is, at the very least, worth talking about. Hancock's bill is a fine conversation starter..." Full story Buying Back GovernmentLos Angeles Times, by Los Angeles Times Editorial Board, 12/7/05 "...The clean-money law being proposed by Assemblywoman Loni Hancock (D-Berkeley) would provide up to $10 million for a qualifying candidate for governor, while Assembly candidates would get $150,000 and Senate contestants $300,000... Smart voters... realize that any money spent to buy back their government from the free-spending interests [is] a bargain." Full story Yank the 'For Sale' SignLos Angeles Times, Editorial, 10/26/03 "Public financing remains the only sure way to reduce the legalized influence-peddling that rules the state today... The new California governor will find plenty of good advice already formulated. Some of the best comes from the California Clean Money Campaign..." Full story (This was part of a Pulitzer Prize winning series of editorials by LA Times editorial writer William Stall. The Pulitzer Prize committee gave it for "his incisive editorials that analyzed California's troubled state government, prescribed remedies and served as a model for addressing complex state issues".) |