Calif. State Senate votes TUESDAY on SB 1107 to allow public financing of campaigns!

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SB 1107, to repeal California's ban on any public financing of campaigns has full Senate vote on TUESDAY!

Call your state senator and ask for a YES vote on SB 1107

Just last Friday, SB 1107 cleared its final committee, Senate Appropriations, in a strong 5-to-2 vote. Thank you to more than 5,000 Clean Money supporters like you who signed petitions!

SB 1107 must pass the Senate so Californians can make elected officials accountable to voters not Big Money donors, by allowing the option of voluntary public financing of elections. More than ever, voters need this powerful weapon against the dominance of millionaires and special interests, and it's time for the antiquated ban on public financing in California to be lifted.

The Senate votes on Tuesday (31st of May 2016), so we must tell them to vote "Yes" on SB 1107 now!

Authored by Senator Ben Allen and sponsored by California Common Cause and the California Clean Money Campaign, SB 1107 directly addresses Americans' overwhelming agreement that money has too much political influence. Public financing of campaigns would allow new candidates with good ideas to run for office without raising money from Big Money special interests.

Unfortunately, public financing of campaigns in California is banned in all counties, most cities, and even in statewide races due to a 1988 initiative, Proposition 73, that has had virtually all of its other provisions invalidated in federal court.

SB 1107 will amend the ban to allow for public financing of campaigns that are paid for by dedicated campaign finance trust funds. SB 1107 is also careful to protect the process by banning foreign contributions to candidates, and by requiring officeholders convicted of felonies to forfeit remaining campaign funds.


Thank you for standing with the California Clean Money Action Fund in the fight for clean money and fair elections. Together, we will create a democracy that is truly of, by, and for the people.

Trent Lange, President, California Clean Money Action Fund