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2013-2014 California Clean Money Scorecard a Review of Legislators’ Votes for Campaign Finance Reform by the California Clean Money Action Fund 2013-2014 California Clean Money Scorecard A review of legislators’ votes for campaign finance reform by the California Clean Money Action Fund Which Side Are You On? The Clean Money Scorecard for the 2013-2014 Session Holding Legislators Accountable for Campaign Finance Votes Big Money special interests have dominated California for far too long. Although California has some of the strongest campaign finance laws in the country, they are in dire need of updating. New laws are needed because voters’ voices are drowned out by billions of dollars spent by special interests. A new era of unlimited spending by corporations, unions, and billionaires has been unleashed across the nation by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. This spending is corrupting our democracy and can be considered a form of legalized bribery. Good government organizations like the California Clean Money Campaign, California Common Cause, California Voter Foundation, and the League of Women Voters of California regularly work with thoughtful legislators to propose strong new bills to improve campaign disclosure and to lessen the dominance of Big Money in California politics. Campaign finance bills are also proposed by the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission and other organizations that recognize the damage caused by our broken campaign finance system. Unfortunately, such bills are often opposed by the exact Big Money special interests whose undue influence they are meant to curb. Many legislators have received thousands of dollars or more in campaign contributions from these interests. Even legislators who haven’t received money have reason to fear the huge amounts special interests will spend against them if they don’t agree to lobbyists’ demands. This climate makes it very difficult to pass strong campaign finance laws. Sunlight Is the Best Disinfectant That’s why the California Clean Money Action Fund, the 501(c)(4) political advocacy arm of the California Clean Money Campaign, produces the California Clean Money Scorecard which we issue at the end of every legislative session. This year’s scorecard is our second. Voters need to know which legislators are Clean Money champions ― the strongest advocates for the Big Idea that regular voters should have more information and power in elections ― and which instead side more often with Big Money special interests against campaign finance reform. Clean Money Champion Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) ― one of the highest-scoring legislators in the 2013- 2014 session thanks to authoring SB 52, the California DISCLOSE Act, and his perfect voting record ― celebrates a victory for SB 52 on August 8th with the 100 Clean Money supporters who came to testify. Volunteers like these helped get over 78,000 signatures from Californians urging legislators to pass SB 52. California Clean Money Action Fund 2013-2014 Clean Money Scorecard Page 1 How We Score Them The scorecard comprises six bills endorsed by the California Clean Money Campaign that were written to address the problems that arise when Big Money dominates politics. The highest-priority bill was SB 52, the California DISCLOSE Act, authored by Senators Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) and sponsored by the California Clean Money Campaign. SB 52 would have changed the Big Money game by requiring ads for and against ballot measures to clearly show their top three true original funders, not front groups. Three other important disclosure bills were SB 27 (Correa), which requires Dark Money non-profits to report their secret funders; SB 844 (Pavley), which makes it easier to find the top 10 funders for and against ballot measures online; and SB 2 (Lieu), which would have required California candidates to stand by their ads, and other disclosure requirements. Two other bills helped California lead the way in national efforts to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision with a constitutional amendment: SB 1272 (Lieu) and AJR 1 (Gatto). Insider Scores What happens behind the scenes can be just as important, if not even more important, than the votes themselves. The Clean Money Scorecard takes this into account by giving a positive “Insider Score” to legislators who author or co-author the bills we track or who otherwise make an extra effort to pass them. On the other hand, when individual legislators are known to have blocked progress behind the scenes, they earn a negative “Insider Score”. Insider Scores allow the scorecard to go beyond public voting records, and also to highlight legislators who stand out as real Clean Money Champions. Insider Scores applied on this scorecard are described in the detailed tables starting on page 8. Scoring Their Votes, Not Their Fundraising This scorecard does not say anything about how “clean” a legislator’s fundraising is. Until we have Clean Money public financing of campaigns, all candidates have to obtain their campaign contributions from private sources. Instead, the Clean Money Scorecard focuses exclusively on how often legislators advocate and vote for campaign finance reform that helps fix our broken system. Page 2 2013-2014 Clean Money Scorecard California Clean Money Action Fund Priority Bill on the Clean Money Scorecard: SB 52 (Leno-Hill): The California DISCLOSE Act The most important campaign finance bill of 2013-2014 was the California DISCLOSE Act, authored by Senators Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) and sponsored by the California Clean Money Campaign. SB 52 would have stopped ballot measure ads from deceiving voters about who paid for them. 84% of voters supported this kind of reform in the October 2013 Field Poll. SB 52 required all TV and print ads for and against ballot measures to clearly and prominently list their top three funders, and radio ads and robocalls to clearly state their top two funders. Most importantly, ads must show their true, original funders, not misleading front groups. Details at www.CAdisclose.org. Senator Mark Leno Status of SB 52: SB 52 passed the Senate with an overwhelming vote of 28-11. All Democrats except former Senator Rod Wright (D-Inglewood) voted Yes, and all Republicans except Senator Anthony Cannella (R-Merced) voted No. It then passed the Assembly Elections and Appropriations committees. Unfortunately, opposition from California organized labor leaders made passage of SB 52 with the 2/3 vote it needed unlikely, so no Assembly floor vote was held. Scoring on SB 52: Because SB 52 was our highest-priority bill, it counts double on the scorecard. In addition to its 26 coauthors, three Assemblymembers took action: Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) and Jeff Gorell (R-Westlake Village) volunteered to be Assembly floor managers when nobody else did, and Speaker Senator Jerry Hill Toni Atkins publicly joined Senators Leno and Hill and the California Clean Money Campaign to commit to future work on a new bill. Every other Assemblymember who didn’t vote on SB 52 in committee received an “incomplete”, causing a 10% deduction of their Insider Score. Support for SB 52: More than 78,000 Californian signed California Clean Money petitions for SB 52. More than 400 organizations and leaders endorsed SB 52 Endorsed by 18 Newspapers (None opposed) Contra Costa Times Merced Sun-Times San Bernardino Sun East Bay Express Modesto Bee San Francisco Chronicle Fresno Bee Oakland Tribune San Gabriel Valley Tribune Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Pasadena Star-News San Jose Mercury News Long Beach Press-Telegram Redlands Daily Facts Torrance Daily Breeze Los Angeles Daily News Sacramento Bee Whittier Daily News California Clean Money Action Fund 2013-2014 Clean Money Scorecard Page 3 Other Disclosure Bills on the Clean Money Scorecard SB 2 (Lieu) Sunshine in Campaigns Act Authored by Senator Ted Lieu (D-Redondo Beach) and sponsored by California Common Cause and the League of Women Voters of California, SB 2 was part of the Sunshine in Campaigns Act that also included SB 3 and SB 27. SB 2 would have implemented important improvements to current disclosure law by strengthening penalties for failing to disclose campaign contributions, requiring candidates to stand by their ads, and requiring slate mailers to reveal when Senator Ted Lieu positions are paid for by independent expenditures. Support: California Common Cause (co-sponsor), League of Women Voters of California (co-sponsor), American Association of University Women, California Clean Money Campaign, Communication Workers of America, Fair Political Practices Commission, Friends Committee on Legislation of CA, Los Angeles County Democratic Party. Status: Passed Senate and the Assembly Elections and Appropriations committees, but required a 2/3 vote to pass and was not brought up for an Assembly floor vote. SB 27 (Correa) Requiring Dark Money non-profits to report secret funders Authored by Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) and sponsored by the Fair Political Practices Commission, SB 27 is a landmark bill that requires Dark Money non-profits that spend $50,000 or more on California campaigns to register as campaign committees and report the names of the secret donors of the money. SB 27 also requires committees that are primarily formed to support or oppose a state ballot measure or state candidate and that raise one million dollars or more to report their top ten funders to the FPPC (Fair Political Practices Commission) Senator Lou Correa for it to disclose online. Support: Fair Political Practices Commission (sponsor), California Clean Money Campaign, California Common Cause, California Voter Foundation, Communication Workers of America AFL-CIO, CLC Local 9003, Common Cause, Courage Campaign, Fix Our America, League of Women Voters of California. More than 38,000 Californians signed California Clean Money Action Fund petitions for SB 27. Status: Signed into law by Governor Brown. SB 844 (Pavley) Online disclosure of top ballot measure funders Authored by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Calabasas), SB 844 requires crucial information about the top 10 funders for and against ballot measures to be clearly displayed on a webpage listed in the ballot pamphlet.
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