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DESCRIPTION:There seems to be broad consensus around the country that election 
 campaigns are far too heavily influenced by campaign donations - in large 
 financial amounts and by a relatively small number of wealthy donors. That 
 feeling was crystallized by the 2011 Citizens United vs. FEC decision by 
 the Supreme Court, which gave independent groups, most notably corporations 
 and labor unions, the freedom to donate huge amounts of money to campaigns 
 without identifying themselves. The Supremes went even further in 2014 with 
 the McCutcheon vs. FEC decision, which struck down the total amount 
 individuals could donate to multiple campaigns.\n\nThere are ways to 
 counteract this financial and power advantage that frustrates so many 
 advocates of justice. A number of concerned people have gotten together in 
 California to create the California Clean Money Campaign - the top of whose 
 current agenda includes the California DISCLOSE Act.\n\nThe appellation was 
 first introduced in Congress in 2010 as an acronym for the phrase, 
 "Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections." The 
 California legislation - AB 700, now going through the Assembly - aims to 
 prevent ballot measure ads from misleading voters about who paid for them, 
 by disclosing the actual contributors. The measure would thus make public 
 the people or groups who spend large sums of money on ads to influence 
 ballot measure results in California. And people in the California Clean 
 Money Campaign, which sponsored AB 700, are hard at work getting out the 
 word to citizens and legislators alike about why it is important.\n\nOn 
 Sunday, June 28, they will share that story. Nancy Neff, board member and 
 organizer for the California Clean Money Campaign, will talk about why the 
 DISCLOSE Act is important, what is being done to move it and other upcoming 
 initiatives along in California, and how people can help - on that night of 
 the 28th and beyond. \nThe UUSM is wheelchair accessible.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/06/16/18773598.php
SUMMARY:Money in Politics: What We Can Do About It
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo\n300 E. Santa Inez\nSan Mateo, CA 
 94401\n\nhttp://www.uusanmateo.org/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/06/16/18773598.php
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