We'd like to send a big THANK YOU to Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Kevin De Leon, Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, and Senators Jerry Hill, Ricardo Lara and Alex Padilla for voting yes on SB 52, the California DISCLOSE Act. Elected officials like you deserve praise for standing up for real transparency and disclosure in political ads!
Why is this important?
California is getting ready to strike a blow against Citizens United by passing SB 52, the California DISCLOSE Act, a bill that would shine a bright light on the shadowy interests who depend on secrecy to influence elections. The vote on the Senate floor is next Thursday or Friday.
SB 52 (authored by Senators Mark Leno and Jerry Hill, sponsored by the California Clean Money Campaign, and endorsed by over 300 organizations and leaders) would mandate clear and prominent disclosure of who is behind political TV, radio, print, and mass mailer ads - on the ads themselves. SB 52 will stop special interests from hiding behind fake committee names by requiring ads to show their actual original contributors.
Our elected officials deserve praise when they stand up for transparency and disclosure as powerful as SB 52, so sign the petition to thank them today!
