Public Campaign - los angeles

Bills and Badges

Katie Schlieper — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:05:15 +0000

A couple of interesting stories out of California over the weekend. First, late on Friday the state Senate passed a bill to create a pilot program of Clean Elections funding for candidates for Secretary of State. The bill now goes back to the state Assembly for their final approval (they passed it once already earlier in the cycle). If it passes the Assembly it goes to the Governor for his signature.

Massaging the Deal

Katie Schlieper — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:00:05 +0000

Ha ha ha...ewww. Man, some people will do anything to close a deal. Ex-Los Angeles city commissioner Leland Wong is on trial for 21 different felony charges and Troy Edwards, an aide to the former mayor, James Hahn, testified yesterday that Wong gave him Lakers tickets and offered to pick up the tab at a local massage parlor as part of a scheme to get the mayor's office to approve a deal for a Taiwanese company. Please file this under "yep, some politicians sure are are sleazy."

No Help

Katie Schlieper — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:42:16 +0000

If Los Angeles ends up pursuing a Clean Elections law in the next year it will be without the help of the Pacific Palisades community council, which just voted down a motion in support of a full public financing option for city races.

Los Angeles to go Clean?

Katie Schlieper — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:49:44 +0000

Los Angeles' CityWatch examines the revived interest in Clean Elections public financing for municipal races in LA's City Hall, noting recent outreach efforts designed to elicit input from interested parties on the potential of bringing such a program to the city.

LA's Incumbent Problem

Katie Schlieper — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:36:45 +0000

Once you're in, you're in - but how do you get there? That's a question hopefuls for the Los Angeles City Council might be asking themselves now that term limits have been extended - a move anticipated to make ousting an incumbent from the well-entrenched Council even harder. It has some in the city questioning whether public financing would shake things up a bit.

LA Gets Public Financing Proposal

Katie Schlieper — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:58:06 +0000

The Los Angeles Ethics Commission's has sent a public financing proposal to the city council and asked them to consider adopting it for municipal elections, and encouraging the Council to get further community feedback on the idea by distributing the proposals to neighborhood councils.

Continuing Debate on Public Financing in LA

Katie Schlieper — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:41:42 +0000

The Los Angeles City Ethcs Commission is debating the specifics of a full public financing proposal to put before the city council - as well as when to advance that proposal, and whether it will be slated to appear on the city ballot in March.

Clean Elections Fever

Katie Schlieper — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:18:44 +0000

The Los Angeles City Council has voted unanimously to draft a full public financing measure for consideration, possibly for the March ballot. This just days after Proposition 89, the statewide Clean Elections initiative, qualified for the November ballot.