Tell State Senator Wiener: Vote YES on SB 42 and support public campaign finances
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Please support SB 42, the California Fair Elections Act.
Background
In 2019, California passed the DISCLOSE Act to help counter the dark money unleashed after the Citizens United ruling. The California Clean Money Campaign is continuing the work with more State Bills that would enable everyday-citizen candidates for office to win against candidates propped up by big money funders.
Currently, public financing of campaigns is banned in California—hence the reliance of campaigns on either small-dollar fundraising (all those fundraising texts you’ve come to loathe) or big corporate and billionaire donors.
The California Fair Elections Act, SB 42, is the next big step toward making elections about ideas, not money. SB 42 would put a measure on the November 2026 ballot to let voters decide whether to repeal the ban on public financing of campaigns. That way, local governments and the state itself could amplify the voices of everyday voters and ensure elections are won, not bought.
This bill won’t, itself, make public financing happen. There are multiple steps toward tearing down the roadblocks in state law. Passing this bill is the first, and passing the ballot measure follows after—and only then can we begin campaigning for the City and the state to finally make public campaign financing a reality. We can only get there after we take this first step.
SB 42 was heard in committee yesterday—which is when we’re writing this, so we don’t know yet what the committees did, if anything. You can read about the bill here and find out more about how you can get involved.