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Your Guide to where California legislators and candidates stand on Dark Money, Clean Money, and the California DISCLOSE Act

People are always asking us:  Which elected officials stand with the voters as Clean Money Champions fighting for real campaign finance reform — and who sides more often with Big Money special interests?

People also ask us which candidates will stand up and answer tough questions about whether they support legislation for real disclosure (like the California DISCLOSE Act) and Clean Money public financing of campaigns.

So here it is!

How They Voted How California Assemblymembers and Senators voted on California DISCLOSE Act and five other key bills.  Legislators can score over 100% by taking leadership to pass bills. Download Scorecard Here! Noteworthy trends: • Democrats scored higher than Republicans, average 102% vs. 20%. • Senate Democrats scored higher than Assembly Democrats because the Senate passed all six scorecard bills, but the Assembly failed to pass SB 2 and SB 52 the California DISCLOSE Act. Clean Money Champions Highest-Scoring Senators Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) Author SB 52 Coauthor SB 844, SB 1272 Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) Author of SB 27 Coauthor SB 52, SB 844 Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) Author SB 2, SB 1272 Coauthor of SB 52 Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) Author SB 844 Coauthor of SB 2, SB 52 Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) Coauthor SB 52, SB 844, SB 1272 Loni Hancock (D-Oakland) Coauthor of SB 52, SB 844, SB 1272 Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) Author SB 52 Alex Padilla (D-Van Nuys) Coauthor SB 52, SB 844, SB 1272 Clean Money Champions Highest-Scoring Assemblymembers Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) Author AJR 1 Coauthor SB 52, SB 844 Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) Coauthor SB 52, SB 844, SB 1272 Download Full 2013-2014 Scorecard Here! Download 2011-2012 Scorecard Here

What They Said What candidates said to our questions about whether they'd support bills for disclosure and public financing. See Assembly candidate answers! See State Senate candidate answers! See other candidate answers! Noteworthy trends: • 71 out of the 220 candidates responded. • Average score of respondents:  Democrats 98%, Republicans 76%. • Though only one Republican voted Yes on SB 52, 75% of Republican candidates that responded said they'd support similar disclosure. Top Survey Respondents Statewide and Board of Equalization Races Secretary of State Alex Padilla (D) Controller Betty Yee (D) BoE District 1 Chris Parker (D) BoE District 2 Fiona Ma (D) BoE District 3 Jerome Horton (D) BoE District 4 Nader Shahatit (D) Top Survey Respondents Competitive Legislative Races (per Sacramento Bee) Senate District 26 Ben Allen (D) Senate District 26 Sandra Fluke (D) Assembly District 7 Steve Cohn (D) Assembly District 15 Elizabeth Echols (D) Assembly District 15 Tony Thurmond (D) Assembly District 21 Adam Gray (D) Assembly District 17 David Campos (D) Assembly District 17 David Chiu (D) See the Full Candidate Survey!

Many thanks to our Clean Money Champions for their leadership in the legislature in the 2013-2014 legislative session, and many thanks to the candidates who responded to our 2014 candidate questionnaire.