[GPSCC-chat] Sign, circulate CA DISCLOSE Act petition

[Spencer Graves]

Hello, All:


       If you haven't already, could you please download and sign the 
current petition for the California DISCLOSE Act 
(www.caclean.org/content/pdf/ccmc_sb52_petition.pdf 
<http://www.caclean.org/content/pdf/ccmc_sb52_petition.pdf>)?


       This would require political ads to identify their primary 
sources of funds, e.g., "Monsanta" rather than "Citizens for Healthy 
Food".  The Santa Clara Greens endorsed it some time ago.  The bill 
passed the Senate on May 29.  To become law this year, it must get a 2/3 
vote in the Assembly by September 13.  To support that, the California 
Clean Money campaign is asking for help in collecting 10,000 signatures 
statewide -- 250 in San José.  They want real ink on physical pieces of 
paper, because that counts more with legislators than mouse clicks ;-)


       After the California DISCLOSE Act becomes law, they then plan to 
switch to something like citizen-funded elections and news, as described 
in the Wikipedia article on "Electoral reform in the United States" 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_reform_in_the_United_States).


       I plan to bring copies of this petition to the meeting next week, 
so people who haven't already signed can do it then -- and people who 
have collected signatures can give the forms to me to save postage.


       Thanks,
       Spencer


-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Technology Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San José, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567
web:  www.structuremonitoring.com

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