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The California Clean Money Action Fund is the political arm of the California Clean Money Campaign.

We are a non-profit, non-partisan organization whose mission is to help pass full public funding of election campaigns at all levels of government in California through educational and electoral activity including public education campaigns, grassroots organizing, and legislative and initiative advocacy.

We are currently focusing our efforts on helping pass the California Fair Elections Act, which our sister 501(c)3, the California Clean Money Campaign, got onto the ballot after the legislature passed and Governor Schwarzenegger signed its bill, AB 583, the California Fair Elections Act of 2008, authored by then-Assemblymember Loni Hancock (D-East Bay).

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The California Fair Elections Act (CFEA) represents fundamental election reform that will allow candidates and elected officials to get out of the money game and get back to solving California’s problems. Authored by then-Assemblywoman Loni Hancock and signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the CFEA will be appear on the June 2010 ballot.

VOTERS WANT CHANGE

  • Our current election system puts the highest political premium on raising money. According to California’s campaign finance watchdog, the Fair Political Practices Commission, candidates and elected officials have directly raised over $1 billion since 2001, even under voter approved restrictive fundraising limits.
  • Voters are frustrated with business as usual in Sacramento. They want elected leaders to focus on finding solutions to their challenges, not raising money for their next campaign. At the same time, elected officials need to focus on the jobs they were elected to do.
  • National polling demonstrates over two out of three voters support public financing. Support is strong: 71% support among Latinos, 69% among Democrats, 66% among independents, and 64% among Republicans.

A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE ELECTION CAMPAIGNS

  • CFEA will create a pilot project to make available voluntary public financing for candidates running for Secretary of State in 2014 and 2018. Because the Secretary of State is responsible for overseeing and regulating the state’s lobbying activity and the integrity of our elections, CFEA will assure voters that the Secretary of State is focusing on their duties, and not worrying about raising campaign contributions.
  • To be eligible for Fair Elections funds, Secretary of State candidates must show broad grassroots support by receiving a large number of signatures and $5 qualifying contributions from registered California voters and agree to strict spending limits. Once candidates qualify, they become eligible to receive $1,000,000 in public funds for the primary campaign. Upon winning their primary, a candidate would receive an additional $1,300,000. A candidate may also receive “fair fight” funds if they are outspent, or attacked by a third party.
  • The CFEA is funded primarily by registration fees on lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbyist employers, with no taxpayer dollars going to candidates. Currently lobbyists only pay $12.50 per year in California, among the lowest in the nation.

    • FAIR ELECTIONS WORK

  • Nearly 400 candidates in seven states and two cities were elected using only Fair Elections funding in their 2008 campaigns.
  • Voter turnout increases when people know their vote really matters.
  • Fair Elections create an even playing field that allows more women and candidates of diverse backgrounds to pursue elected office.
  • Since public financing began in Arizona and Maine, elected officials have passed bi-partisan, ground breaking legislation that would not have been possible if they had to fear retribution from powerful special interests.