To: Connie M. Leyva (CA-20)
Ask Sen. Leyva to pass stronger financial disclosure for politicians
Voters deserve better disclosure of candidates’ and elected officials’ potential conflicts of interest. So please pass AB 10 to disclose their relevant financial information. Then please do all you can to pass AB 700, the California DISCLOSE Act, so ballot measure ads can't mislead voters about who paid for them.
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. If they don't pass it, this important bill will die. Senator Connie Leyva will be a key vote, so please sign the petition and also ask your friends to sign!
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. If they don't pass it, this important bill will die. Senator Connie Leyva will be a key vote, so please sign the petition and also ask your friends to sign!