Taxpayer Protection Amendment
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AB 1236 (Truth in the initiative process) will:
<!-- excerpt --><p>Read the main points of our initiative reform legislation, which will provide voters with more information in the initiative process - from the point of petition circulation to the moment of choice in the voting booth.</p>
Move to oust PUC member gets OK
<p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p>
<p>Attorney General Bill Lockyer's office Friday gave the go-ahead for a consumer watchdog group to seek the removal of a member of the state Public Utilities Commission who bought stock of a company the PUC regulates.</p>
Contribution limit measure draws criticism
<p class="source">Pasadena Star News</p>
<p>A City Council committee is recommending plans be shelved for a March ballot initiative that would set campaign contribution limits for Pasadena officials.</p>
Lockyer says consumer rights group can seek PUC member’s dismissal
<p class="source">The Associated Press</p>
<p>A consumer rights group can seek the removal of Henry Duque, a member of the state Public Utilities Commission, for conflict of interest violations stemming from a $10,000 stock purchase, the state attorney general said Friday.</p>
A measure of protection
<h3>Pasadena council members oppose Nader-backed campaign finance reform initiative</h3><p class="source">Pasadena Weekly</p>
<p>Comparing an upcoming Ralph Nader-backed local ballot initiative to a condom, one supporter this week called on Pasadena voters to take safety precautions against political corruption by voting for the measure in the March elections.</p>
Politicians poison Vista politics, thwart will of people
<p class="source">San Diego Union Tribune</p>
<p>While all Americans focus on the Electoral College and the presidential recount, Vistans should be looking at the troubling disregard of the Vista City Council for the will of the voters in the city election.</p>
Claremont voters will decide conflict-of-interest measure
<p class="source">Inland Valley Times</p>
<p>CLAREMONT -- City Council members Tuesday decided to let voters decide on a law that would set several conflict-of-interest standards for Claremont public officials.</p>
Council opposes initiative
<p class="source">Pasadena Star News</p>
<p>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.</p>
Council’s Prop. V prevails in Vista
<p class="source">San Diego Union-Tribune</p>
<p>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.</p>
Campo, Gronke break into the lead
<p class="source">The San Diego Union-Tribune</p>
<p>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</p>
S.F. Campaign Measure Could Aid Dark Horses
<h3>One of 2 election reform propositions</h3><p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p>
<p>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</p>