HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 08081995 - 95-386 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Recommendation to Endorse )
Campaign Reform Initiative Effort ) RESOLUTION 95/386
WHEREAS, good government groups like Common Cause, the League of Women Voters,
United We Stand and the American Association of Retired Persons have filed a Statewide
Initiative which would limit campaign spending through variable contribution limits, slash
special interest campaign contributions and provide effective disclosure of contributions
on political ads; and
WHEREAS, this Initiative is based on the same principles of reducing real or perceived
special interest influence and leveling the playing field between challengers and
incumbents as the Contra Costa County Campaign Spending Reform Ordinance recently
adopted unanimously by the Board of Supervisors; and
WHEREAS, this Initiative provides a minimum level of protection from unlimited campaign
spending for California local governmental bodies, while still allowing ultimate local control;
and
WHEREAS, the Initiative provides for lower contribution limits and disclosure on the ballot
to discourage candidates from rejecting the recommended spending limits; and
WHEREAS, providing a cap on campaign spending reduces the time spent by candidates
seeking campaign contributions, reduces real or perceived undue influence of campaign
contributions and reduces the traditional advantage of better funded incumbents; and
WHEREAS, this Initiative restricts Sacramento lobbyists in delivering campaign
contributions and closes the "revolving door" of ex-legislators lobbying the Legislature; and
WHEREAS the citizens groups sponsoring this Initiative are relying on a shoe-string
budget grass roots effort to qualify the Initiative for the November, 1996 ballot;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
endorses the Initiative and encourages County residents to sign the petitions to qualify the
Initiative for the ballot, and volunteers to support the Initiative; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors expresses its appreciation to
the citizens groups for embarking on an important and difficult task by issuing a Certificate
of Appreciation to representatives of Common Cause, the League of Women Voters,
United We Stand and the American Association of Retired Persons.
INTRODUCED by Supervisor Jim Rogers the 8th day of August, 1995.
PASSED and ADOPTED by the unanimous vote of the Board on the eighth day of August,
1995.
1 certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution entered on the minutes
of the Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this eighth
day of August, 1995.
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and Co u ty Administrator
By h)1 1, , - )
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