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Clean Money Victories 4 Years in a Row! Landmark Bills against Secret Money in 2019! VICTORY! Petition DISCLOSE Act (SB 47, Allen). Makes initiative circulators show top 3 funders & lowers costs for grassroots! VICTORY! Text Message DISCLOSE Act (AB 201, Cervantes-Mullin). Makes political text messages show who paid for them! 7 of 7 Clean Money Priorities in 2018! VICTORY! Social Media DISCLOSE Act (AB 2188, Mullin). Makes ads on Facebook, Twitter, etc. show top 3 funders! VICTORY! Restore Net Neutrality to CA (SB 822, Wiener)! VICTORY! Stop Abuse of CA DISCLOSE Act (AB 2155, Mullin). VICTORY! One Website With All Electeds (AB 2707, Mullin). VICTORY! Initial Funding for Open-Source Paper Ballots. VICTORY! Risk-Limiting Election Audits. (AB 2125, Quirk). AB 249, California DISCLOSE Act, Signed in 2017! READ ABOUT the strongest on-ad disclosure law in the nation — now law! Authored by Assembly Speaker pro Tem Kevin Mullin and sponsored by the California Clean Money Campaign. 3 Top Clean Money Bills Passed in 2016! VICTORY! SB 1107 (Allen), which Clean Money sponsored, opens the door to public financing of campaigns in California! Victory news. VICTORY! SB 1349 (Hertzberg), new state disclosure website! VICTORY! SB 254 (Allen-Leno), put on the California ballot Prop 59, the Overturn Citizens United Act — which won! Sign petition!
Striking Next Blows Against Secret Money! Help pass SB 636, the Ballot DISCLOSE Act SIGN PETITION! Show official supporters and opponents of initiatives on the ballot itself. Read Fact Sheet Download Materials Help pass AB 1217, the Issue Ad DISCLOSE Act SIGN PETITION! Make lobbying issue ads clearly show thier top 3 funders. Read Press Release Download Materials 
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Democracy Under Assault by Secret Money Unleashed by Citizens United
What do you care about? The environment, health care, education, food safety, worker rights, civil rights, or fair taxes? Everything in our lives is dominated by billionaires and special interests that spend unlimited amounts of hidden money to buy ballot measures and elections. Clean Money activists are making California lead the nation against this threat.
Historic California DISCLOSE Act Reveals Secret Money — But There's a Lot More to Do!
Left: AB 249 author Assembly Speaker pro Tem Kevin Mullin speaks at "Give the DISCLOSE Act a Vote!" rally. Right: AB 249 Senate floor manager Senator Ben Allen, Clean Money President Trent Lange, and Assemblymember Mullin huddle outside Senate chambers on the day of the final Senate floor vote.
After a relentless 7 year grassroots campaign that a story on Salon.com called "... the biggest post-Citizens United effort to alter how campaigns are run in America...", in 2017 we developed and passed AB 249, the California DISCLOSE Act — the strongest political ad disclosure law in the nation.
• Requires ads to show 3 largest funders of the ad in large clear type on a solid black background. No more fine print. Applies to all ballot measure ads and to ads about candidates paid for by outside groups.
• Identifies original funders on ballot measure ads using first-in-the-nation using earmarking and tracing rules so ads must display true funders instead of misleading names, even when they try to hide behind multiple layers.
Example of how it would have looked on bottom 1/3 screen of Yes on Prop 26 advertisement
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Editorials on the California DISCLOSE ActPublic campaign financing in L.A. can't be 'incumbency protection'Los Angeles Times, Editorial, 12/24/18 It doesn't seem like the City Council intended to make it harder for candidates to qualify for matching funds. But new rules have done just that, and they should be changed to level the playing field. Full story Better defenses for our election systemsSan Francisco Chronicle, by John Diaz, 4/13/18 Meanwhile, in Sacramento, state Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, D-San Mateo, has written AB2188 to require social medial platforms to disclose the true identity of the funders of political advertisements. The Mullin bill is a natural extension of his Disclose Act, signed into law last year. This bill belongs on the must-do list in Sacramento. Full story EDITORIAL: Voters deserve to know who's bankrolling shadowy political campaignsLos Angeles Times, Editorial, 10/4/17 ... most voters don't have the time ... to vet every political ad. ... it makes sense to update the requirements for disclosure as proposed by AB 249, which would require that the top three funders of ads supporting or opposing a ballot measure be identified transparently and prominently in the ad. ... The bill would put California at the forefront of campaign finance disclosure. Full story Gov. Brown must prove he’s a friend to transparency: Thomas D. EliasLos Angeles Daily News, by Thomas Elias, 9/25/17 The one bill with the most potential to improve this state's politics is the long-sought "DISCLOSE Act," which -- if Gov. Brown signs it before an Oct. 15 deadline -- could do more than any modern measure to clean up California's money-dominated initiative process. Full story  Op-Eds and Media Coverage on the California DISCLOSE ActEthics Commission rejects plan to eliminate spending caps48 Hills, by Tim Redmond, 2/18/19 SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- The San Francisco Ethics Commission decided Friday not to propose rules that would have in effect abolished spending caps for local campaigns. Full story Who’s behind that political ad? Voters will know more in 2018Sacramento Bee, by Taryn Luna, 10/7/17 Amid debate among California campaign officials over whether it would hinder their accountability work, Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a measure aimed at providing voters with more information about deep-pocketed groups that pay for political advertisements. Full story The people paying for California political ads might be easier to identify under this new state lawLos Angeles Times, by John Myers, 10/7/17 A sweeping effort designed to give Californians more information about the biggest donors to ballot measure campaigns was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday, a major victory for groups that insist the current system fails to help voters make an informed choice. Full story California bill takes aim at dark money in politics — will Jerry Brown sign it?San Jose Mercury News, by Katy Murphy, 10/1/17 AB 249 by Kevin Mullin, D-San Mateo, would force greater disclosure in political advertising of major donors to ballot measures. Voters ought to know who's buying laws or paying for them through ballot measures. Full story Bringing the dark money of California politics into the lightOrange County Register, by Sharon Quirk-Silva, 9/30/17 The DISCLOSE Act would be the strongest campaign advertisement finance law in the nation. California should set an example for this great nation, and ensure that our politics represent the people, not big-money corporations. Full story Press Releases on the California DISCLOSE ActPoll Shows Overwhelming Support for SB 636, the Ballot DISCLOSE ActCalifornia Clean Money Campaign, Press Release, 1/14/20 CULVER CITY, CA -- A poll conducted of 661 likely November 2020 California voters showed that an overwhelming percentage of voters say it is important to them to know who supports and opposes ballot measures when they vote, but that many of them aren't confident they know this information or think it's easy to find -- issues addressed by SB 636, the Ballot DISCLOSE Act. A parallel poll showed that SB 636 would have a significant positive impact on how voters say they would vote on past ballot measures. Full story Gov. Newsom signs landmark disclosure bills: Petition DISCLOSE Act and Text Message DISCLOSE ActCalifornia Clean Money Campaign, Press Release, 10/10/19 SACRAMENTO, CA -- Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 201, the Text Message DISCLOSE Act (Cervantes-Mullin) and SB 47, the Petition DISCLOSE Act (Allen), two landmark bills that close major loopholes for secret money in politics, adding to California's national leadership in disclosure. Both expand on the California DISCLOSE Act, the nation's most comprehensive campaign disclosure law, passed in 2017, that requires political ads to clearly show their top funders. Full story National Coalition Launches Petition to Pass the Text Message and Petition DISCLOSE ActsCalifornia Clean Money Campaign, Press Release, 9/6/19 SACRAMENTO, CA -- A major coalition of state and national good government and activist organizations launched a petition today to help pass two bills to stop Dark Money: AB 201, the Text Message DISCLOSE Act (Cervantes-Mullin) and SB 47, the Petition DISCLOSE Act. Full story "Secure the VOTE Act" Aims to Make California Elections More Secure and TransparentAssemblymember Miguel Santiago, Press Release, 4/12/19 SACRAMENTO, CA -- At a rally in Sacramento this afternoon, Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) announced AB 1784, which aims to establish an Open-Source Paper Ballot Voting Systems program. Full story
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