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Oakland Measure Passes Approving $100 Per Voter Public Financing in Local Political Races

December 1, 2022 12:51 pm

A ballot measure in Oakland to give all voting-age residents in the city $100 to spend on political contributions for major city offices every two years continued to move towards implementation this week following its passage last month. For the...

Proposed Ballot Initiative To Give Oakland Voters $100 to Spend on Local Political Campaigns

April 14, 2022 12:32 pm

During an Oakland Public Ethics Commission meeting on Wednesday, a proposed ballot measure was put forward to create a program giving all Oakland voters $100 to spend on political contributions for major city offices. According to a MapLight study, half...

‘Corporate-Free Elections Act’ Gets Shelved by Assembly Elections Committee

April 30, 2021 2:15 amApril 30, 2021 6:28 am

A half-baked, complicated bill aiming to take all corporate money out of California political campaign contributions failed to pass out of the Assembly Elections Committee Thursday. But what was so interesting was that Assemblyman Marc Berman, Chairman of the Committee...

Is Incumbent Democrat Rep. Josh Harder Deceiving Voters by Taking Corporate Campaign Contributions?

July 29, 2019 12:15 pmJuly 30, 2019 9:53 am

When Democratic Rep. Josh Harder ran for Congress against incumbent Republican Jeff Denham (Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties) in 2018, Harder’s campaign centered on Denham accepting corporate donations. Harder said he would fight corporate donors. “Corporate greed and Super PACs...