[GPSCC-chat] cosponsor disclose act SB 52 event

[Gerry Gras]

I support the idea of the GPSCC endorsing the DISCLOSE act.
I have attended a few CAclean meetings and I like what they
are doing.

Also, for the newer members, years ago the CA Clean group
was working on legislation to provide public financing of
elections.  At first they had a proposal that the GPCA
did not like because of its provisions for minor parties.
But Jo Chamberlain and other Greens negotiated with them,
and eventually the CA Clean folks proposal was deemed
not ideal but acceptable to the GPCA.  ...  I'm not sure
about the details but I think they dropped the public
financing proposal (temporarily) due to their perception
of political realities, and then picked up the DISCLOSE idea
and have been working on that for awhile (2-4 years?).

Gerry


Jim Doyle wrote:
> I contacted Hi Jim,
>
> Thank you for contacting us about endorsing SB 52, the California
> DISCLOSE Act.
>
> We are planning a Bay Area kickoff for the campaign for SB 52 in Palo
> Alto on March 9.
> I was planning to contact the Green Party of Santa Clara County this
> week to ask if you
> would endorse the bill and also cosponsor the kickoff.  Cosponsoring
> entails advertising
> to your membership and having some people attend the kickoff.  I have
> attached a temporary
> flyer with details.
> As soon as we have several cosponsors to list we will start sending out
> regular flyers
> for the event.  I have attached a dual purpose form that can be signed
> and faxed or
> scanned or mailed back to the contact info at the bottom of the form.
>
> An additional event of interest is this Saturday, Feb. 9, at 4pm. Former
> U.S. Senator Russ Feingold
> will speak at Congregation Beth Am on "The Citizens United Decision and
> the Role of Corporate
> Money in the American Political Process."  After his talk, Trent Lange,
> director of California Clean
> Money Campaign, and State Senator Jerry Hill will speak about the
> California DISCLOSE Act,
> and I will be there to enlist volunteers.  I am going to send that flyer
> separately as it is a larger file.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Nancy Neff
> Regional Volunteer Coordinator
> California Clean Money Campaign
> www.CAclean.org
> 650-858-2436
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