To: Republican California Senate leaders
California Republicans: Seriously?
Victory! The creator of this petition declared the campaign a success. You can still sign the petition to show support.
It's outrageous! Republican state senators just blocked the kind of transparency and disclosure wanted by 84% of voters. They actually say they'll vote for it… IF it doesn’t start until "next year". Seriously? How can they let Dark Money from billionaires try to buy another election? ALL Senators must do the right thing and vote "Yes" when SB 27 comes up again.
Why is this important?
VICTORY! Governor Brown has now signed SB 27, the bill to force Dark Money non-profits to reveal their secret funders in California elections!
To their credit, after bill author Senator Lou Correa made a reasonable amendment to ensure that people who made donations before SB 27 goes into effect on July 1st aren't surprised by being disclosed, three Senate Republicans voted Yes, adding to the 25 Democrats who voted Yes and giving it the margin of victory it needed to get to Governor Brown's desk.
The three Republican Senators who deserve praise for voting Yes on SB 27 are Senator Anthony Cannella (R-Ceres), Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar), and Andy Vidak (R-Hanford). Other Republicans voted No or didn't vote.
As California Clean Money Campaign President Trent Lange said afterwards in the Sacramento Bee: “Governor Brown’s signature of SB 27 marks a turning point in the fight to reveal secret funders of political campaigns. It starts to shed light on dark money in California and serves as an example for the entire nation."
Your petitions and calls worked! SB 27 became law after more than 40,000 people like you signed petitions. More than a thousand people applied extra pressure by calling their legislator.
SB 27 was a great coalition effort in which the California Clean Money Action Fund worked with not only the bill author Senator Lou Correa, the sponsor FPPC, and our CA campaign finance friends at California Common Cause, California Forward, and the League of Women Voters of California; but also with national organizations like Public Citizen, CREDO Mobile, Courage Campaign, Progressives United, Represent.Us, causes.com, MoveOn.org, Money Out Voters In Coalition, MapLight, Label GMOs: California's Grassroots, Lutheran Office of Public Policy - California, Moms Across America, and others.
Thanks to everybody who signed and helped us achieve this historic victory!
PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE PETITION and we'll tell you how you can help pass other crucial bills to end the dominance of Big Money in politics, like SB 52, the California DISCLOSE Act and SB 1272, the Overturn Citizens United Act.
-- Your friends at the California Clean Money Campaign (www.CAdisclose.org)
To their credit, after bill author Senator Lou Correa made a reasonable amendment to ensure that people who made donations before SB 27 goes into effect on July 1st aren't surprised by being disclosed, three Senate Republicans voted Yes, adding to the 25 Democrats who voted Yes and giving it the margin of victory it needed to get to Governor Brown's desk.
The three Republican Senators who deserve praise for voting Yes on SB 27 are Senator Anthony Cannella (R-Ceres), Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar), and Andy Vidak (R-Hanford). Other Republicans voted No or didn't vote.
As California Clean Money Campaign President Trent Lange said afterwards in the Sacramento Bee: “Governor Brown’s signature of SB 27 marks a turning point in the fight to reveal secret funders of political campaigns. It starts to shed light on dark money in California and serves as an example for the entire nation."
Your petitions and calls worked! SB 27 became law after more than 40,000 people like you signed petitions. More than a thousand people applied extra pressure by calling their legislator.
SB 27 was a great coalition effort in which the California Clean Money Action Fund worked with not only the bill author Senator Lou Correa, the sponsor FPPC, and our CA campaign finance friends at California Common Cause, California Forward, and the League of Women Voters of California; but also with national organizations like Public Citizen, CREDO Mobile, Courage Campaign, Progressives United, Represent.Us, causes.com, MoveOn.org, Money Out Voters In Coalition, MapLight, Label GMOs: California's Grassroots, Lutheran Office of Public Policy - California, Moms Across America, and others.
Thanks to everybody who signed and helped us achieve this historic victory!
PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE PETITION and we'll tell you how you can help pass other crucial bills to end the dominance of Big Money in politics, like SB 52, the California DISCLOSE Act and SB 1272, the Overturn Citizens United Act.
-- Your friends at the California Clean Money Campaign (www.CAdisclose.org)