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🚀 Fired-up kickoff for #SB42, the CA Fair Elections Act, to make public financing of campaigns legal anywhere in California! 🔥 120+ activists & leaders from 34 cosponsors packed the room to fuel the fight for elections based on ideas, not money. 📢 Tomorrow, @CASenCaballero & @ilike_mike decide if SB42 moves forward—let’s make sure it gets to the Senate floor! Huge thanks to SB42 author @SenatorUmberg & joint authors @BenAllenCA @SenCervantes & @alex_lee!

300 billionaires and their family members made up 19% of all campaign contributions for the 2024 election cycle—which is exactly why we need to End Citizens United. nytimes.com/2026/03/09/us/…

As @SenWhitehouse explains, the Supreme Court got the Citizens United decision wrong—especially when it came to undisclosed campaign donations. The nearly $2 billion of dark money spent during the 2024 cycle is exactly why Congress needs to pass the DISCLOSE Act.

TUESDAY (2/24), 4 PM: the LA Charter Reform Commission discusses improving gov integrity, transparency & ethics. Will they deliver real reform...or let the scandal cycle continue? Your input matters: give comment via Zoom! More meeting info: bit.ly/FRLA26

@CACleanMoney Election results must be trustable!!!

@CACleanMoney @CalMatters My @CalMatters piece: Scandals (Smartmatic bribery + Dominion rebrand as Liberty Vote) show proprietary corporate-controlled voting systems are failing trust. CA can lead by easing certification of transparent open-source paper ballot systems. Full op-ed: calmatters.org/commentary/202…

"That’s where leadership from Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature’s budget committees is essential. For about $1 million — a rounding error in the budget — California could save taxpayers many times more and gain a more transparent, secure, publicly owned voting system." Read our full-oped: calmatters.org/commentary/202…

"Open-source voting systems use source code that is publicly available, so government jurisdictions and independent experts can verify that the software counts votes impartially and accurately." → California can lead on this →

California voters deserve election technology that’s transparent & accountable — not secret software controlled by multinational voting machine corporations. Our @CalMatters op‑ed by @TrentLange explains why California must make it easier to certify open‑source, paper‑ballot voting systems counties can choose as an alternative. 🧵

Opinion | By supporting legislation that makes it easier to certify open source voting alternatives, Newsom can strengthen our faith in elections by protecting vote counting... bit.ly/4aFQHif 📝 Trent Lange 📸 Jules Hotz

Will the Charter Reform Commission get their (maybe haunted) house in order?🎃 Or will City Hall’s ghosts —and new rules for debate — bring one last scare?👻 Find out this WEDNESDAY @ 5 PM, at City Hall, Room 350, or join & comment via Zoom! More info: bit.ly/FRLA26

🚨NEWS: @CAgovernor just signed legislation putting public financing of elections on the 2026 ballot of the largest state in America. Public financing of campaigns was - by far - the most significant factor in @ZohranKMamdani's ascent. Nothing else even comes close.

Supporters of Senate Bill 42, the California Fair Elections Act, celebrate Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature on the legislation, which will appear on the November 2026 ballot. Read more here: sd34.senate.ca.gov/news/league-wo…

@CAgovernor @GavinNewsom : Please sign #SB42 the California Fair Elections Act by @SenatorUmberg @BenAllenCA & @SenCervantes — to strengthen our democracy by legalizing public financing of campaigns everywhere in California to empower voters!

@GavinNewsom please #SB42