To: Jerry Hill (CA-13)
Ask Sen. Hill to pass stronger financial disclosure for politicians
Senator Hill: Voters deserve better disclosure of candidates’ and elected officials’ potential conflicts of interest. Your leadership on these issues and on the DISCLOSE Act has been an inspiration -- so please encourage your colleagues to pass AB 10 and increase disclosure of financial information.
Why is this important?
The secret money influencing our elections isn't lurking in only Dark Money contributions from wealthy campaign contributors. Turns out it's also hiding in what candidates and elected officials don't report about their finances.
To detect possible conflicts of interest the public deserves clear, specific and relevant information about candidates' and elected officials' finances including income sources and investments.
AB 10, authored by Assemblymember Mike Gatto (D-Glendale), improves the current reporting by requiring more specific dollar amounts and extending behest disclosure requirements to one year after leaving office. It also requires more thorough descriptions of business holdings and partners, plus a list of when each financial interest caused abstention from a governmental decision.
AB 10 passed the Senate Elections Committee. Now it faces the Senate Appropriations Committee, which will vote soon. Senator Jerry Hill, who is on the committee, has long been a champion of transparency and the California DISCLOSE Act, so please sign the petition to show him how much support there is for AB 10.
To detect possible conflicts of interest the public deserves clear, specific and relevant information about candidates' and elected officials' finances including income sources and investments.
AB 10, authored by Assemblymember Mike Gatto (D-Glendale), improves the current reporting by requiring more specific dollar amounts and extending behest disclosure requirements to one year after leaving office. It also requires more thorough descriptions of business holdings and partners, plus a list of when each financial interest caused abstention from a governmental decision.
AB 10 passed the Senate Elections Committee. Now it faces the Senate Appropriations Committee, which will vote soon. Senator Jerry Hill, who is on the committee, has long been a champion of transparency and the California DISCLOSE Act, so please sign the petition to show him how much support there is for AB 10.