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SB 42, the California Fair Elections Act – CA Common Cause is working with the California Clean Money Campaign and League of Women Voters and a bunch of other orgs on SB 42, which would place a ballot measure on the 2026 ballot to repeal the ban on public financing in non-charter cities, counties, and the state at large here in California. Senator Umberg is sponsoring the legislation, and support is being sought from grassroots organizations across the state. (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Lee) A2-pager presentation is on-line, and David Shor (Money in Politics, California Common Cause, 510-847-7625, dshor@commoncause.org) would be happy to answer any questions about it. Shall SCC MTA sign on to support SB 42 CA Fair Elections Act - Repealing statewide ban on public financing? YES! If yes, who will fill inthis form to add MTA to thelist of supporting organizations? ROB

The measure was endorsed by California Democratic Party, California Working Families Party, League of Women Voters of California, ACLU of California, California Common Cause, and Represent.Us. Sen. Ben Allen (D-24) said, "The California Fair Elections Act is all about trying to improve our Democracy and elections. Public financing programs serve as a tool to lessen the power of big money, expand opportunities for more people to run for office, and allow candidates to focus more on voter appeal instead of donor appeal."^[5][6]^

The California Taxpayers Association opposes the measure. David Kline, Vice President of Communications and Research for California Taxpayers Association said, "People when they pay taxes want to pay for schools, fire departments, libraries, roads, that sort of thing. The last thing they want to pay for is a negative political ad that is going to hit them on the radio or T.V. during election season."^[6]^