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Sponsor: Electoral Reform Working Group

Presenter: Jo Chamberlain, joc@pob.com

Subject: Endorse AB583, Assembly Member Loni Hancock (Coauthors: Berg, Jones, Mullin, and Torrico). Political Reform Act
of 1974: California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act of 2007.

Background and Purpose: The Green Party of CA supported AB 583 by endorsement at the Yolo Plenary in December 2005. Unfortunately it died in the Senate Elections Committee. Because GPCA supports public funding of candidate campaigns we should vote to endorse this bill of the same
number and language.

Assembly Member Loni Hancock has reintroduced AB 583, which will provide funding for all CA state campaigns. It provides a two-step process for Green Party candidates to receive full funding.

Additional Background: With implementation of AB 583, Green Party candidates will have the opportunity to qualify for significant funding. If they receive 10% of the vote that office becomes office-qualified for full funding in the next election.

State Assembly
Qualified Candidates Office-Qualified Performance-Qualified
Signatures and $5 checks: 250 500 1000
Primary funding: $20K $100K $20K
General funding: $37.5K $150K $150K

State Senate:
Signatures and $5 checks: 500 1000 2000
Primary funding: $40K $200K $40K
General funding: $75K $300K $300K

State Board of Equalization
Signatures and $5 checks: 750 1500 3000
Primary funding: $50K $250K $50K
General funding: $125K $500K $500K

Statewide Office other than Governor or Attorney General
Signatures and $5 checks: 3750 7,500 15,000
Primary funding: $200K $1M $200K
General funding: $500K $2M $2M

Attorney General
Signatures and $5 checks: 3750 7500 7500
Primary funding: $300K $1.5M $300K
General funding: $750K $3M $3M

Governor
Signatures and $5 checks: 12,500 25,000 50,000
Primary funding: $1.2M $6M $1.2M
General funding: $2.5M $10M $10M

Total Clean Money funding capped at 24,435,730
California Residents age 18 or over* X $0.015/day = ~$134 million a year.

Full text of AB 583, click on link, type in AB 583:
www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm

Overview of AB 583 by CA Clean Money:

Proposal: Endorse AB 583 (Approval Threshold 2/3)

Committee Decision: Consensus

Time Line: Immediate Endorsement

Resources: Press Release. Electoral Reform Working Group budgeted monies for travel to testify at committee hearings in Sacramento