PASADENA -- Ralph Nader may get a taste of his own medicine in the March 6 Pasadena election, if the City Council writes a counter-measure to compete with his initiative on campaign finance reform.
VISTA -- Voters here approved two campaign-finance measures, but Proposition V, which was put on the ballot by the City Council, takes precedence because it got the most votes.
VISTA -- Lawyer Paul Campo and teacher Steve Gronke took early leads last night in the race for two City Council seats. And two campaign-finance reform measures appeared headed toward approval, with Proposition V -- a council-authored measure -- sligh
For campaign finance reformers and longshot supervisor candidates, Proposition O is a fantasy come true. If San Francisco voters pass the measure on Tuesday, every supervisor hopeful who raises $7,500 could get upwards of $60,000 in public funding. Th
This measure, from the pen of longtime Ralph Nader associate Harvey Rosenfield, prohibits any city official who approves a city contract or other benefit from receiving a campaign contribution or gift from the recipient of that benefit for a six-year peri
Voters in six California cities will get a chance next month to pass pioneer reforms aimed at ending any special-interest influence on local decision-making.
Santa Monica Superior Court Judge Valerie Baker has ruled that The City of Santa Monica must print a rebuttal argument submitted by the backers of Proposition LL in the ballot pamphlet that all city voters will receive for the November election.
WASHINGTON -- Awe-struck world leaders and scientists compared the completion of the map of the human genetic code to the first moon landing, but quickly warned yesterday that the scientific breakthrough must be tempered by strict legal and ethical guidel
In the so-called "open access" debate, a multimillion-dollar nationwide lobbying battle pitting cable companies against Internet service providers, Horowitz is one of many hired guns.
Citizens Group Seeks Votes In Irvine, Five Other Cities Next Fall. Critics Say The Proposal Is Misguided And Would Be Ineffective.
Los Angeles Times
A citizens group unveiled a special ballot item Thursday that aims to restrain the hand of special interests in local governments across California, but some municipal officials have criticized the measure as misguided and ineffective.
Ballot measure would leave tricky question of political gifts to voters
San Francisco Examiner
A consumers advocacy group says it has gathered enough signatures to allow San Francisco voters to decide whether city officials can accept campaign contributions and gifts from city contractors.
Voters may decide whether to restrict campaign contributions and other financial benefits to government officials here if an initiative qualifies for the ballot.
The notion that parties on both sides of a legal case come before a court that weighs the merits of each presentation to render a verdict is perhaps the most sacrosanct principle of the judicial system.
Aetna Inc. chairman and chief executive Richard L. Huber resigned yesterday after a period of disappointing profits, a swooning stock price, and growing public resentment toward the managed-health care company.
In one of the most cynical manipulations of the initiative process to date, the special interests who put Propositions 30 and 31 on the ballot want to defeat them.
