Download the 2011-2012 California Clean Money Scorecard
The California Clean Money Action Fund is proud to launch the California Clean Money Scorecard, which we will issue at the end of every legislative year.
Voters need to know which legislators are Clean Money Champions, and which instead side more often with Big Money special interests against campaign finance reform that empowers voters.
Scoring was based on five disclosure bills. AB 1148 and AB 1648, the California DISCLOSE Act, authored by Assemblymember Julia Brownley (D-Oak Park) and sponsored by the California Clean Money Campaign, would have required ads for ballot measures and ads paid for by independent expenditures to clearly show their top three funders. SB 334 (DeSaulnier) would have added disclosure of spending on ballot measures to the ballot pamphlet. SB 488 (Correa) stops slate mailers from using the logos, insignias or emblems of public safety organizations without their permission. AB 481 (Gordon) increases disclosure requirements for independent expenditures.
What happens behind the scenes can be just as important as the votes themselves. The Clean Money Scorecard takes that into account by giving positive “Insider Scores” to legislators who author or co-author the bills tracked or who otherwise make extra efforts to pass them. On the other hand, when individual legislators are known to have blocked progress behind the scenes, they get negative “Insider Scores”.
Four Assemblymembers’ combined scores made them stand out as “Clean Money Champions” for their leadership in pushing for real reform: Assemblymembers Julia Brownley (D-Oak Park), Paul Fong (D-Mountain View), Rich Gordon (D-Menlo Park), and Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo).
Clean Money Champions: Highest-Scoring Assemblymembers
 Julia Brownley (D-Oak Park) 140% Author of AB 1148 and AB 1648 |
 Paul Fong (D-Mountain View) 130% Principal coauthor of AB 1148 and AB 1648 |
 Rich Gordon (D-Menlo Park) 130% Author of AB 481. Coauthor of AB 1148 and AB 1648 |
 Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) 125% Coauthor of AB 1148 and AB 1648. Championed AB 1648. |
Seven Senators’ scores made them stand out as Clean Money Champions: Senators Loni Hancock (D-Oakland), Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills), Leland Yee (D-San Francisco), Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana), Ted Lieu (D-Torrance), and Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord).
Clean Money Champions: Highest-Scoring Senators
 Loni Hancock (D-Oakland) 120% Coauthor of AB 1148 and AB 1648 |
 Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) 120% Coauthor of AB 1148 and AB 1648 |
 Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) 120% Coauthor of AB 1148 and AB 1648 |
 Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) 120% Coauthor of AB 1148 and AB 1648 |
 Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) 110% Author of SB 488 |
 Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) 110% Author of SB 334 |
 Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) 120% Coauthor of AB 1648 |
Download the full 2011-2012 California Clean Money Scorecard