Allow Public Funding of Campaigns So Elections Are Won, Not Bought
Allow Public Funding of Campaigns So Elections Are Won, Not Bought
Dublin CA - April 21 2025 - During the April 2025 meeting of the Tri-Valley Democratic Club, membership voted unanimously to endorse and sponsor California Senate Bill SB 42.
As a local organization that is deeply invested in the well-being of our communities, we urge you to support Senate Bill 42 to place the California Fair Elections Act on the November 2026 ballot to allow voters to remove the prohibition on public financing of campaigns and establish reasonable safeguards for public financing systems.
Our members are politically active, but we can’t compete with money from corporations and millionaires. Public financing of campaigns empowers voters and gives qualified candidates a fair chance against Big Money.
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley all overwhelmingly passed this democracy- strengthening reform, but it’s prohibited in California jurisdictions other than charter cities. SB 42 will allow voters to repeal this unjust ban, giving all California jurisdictions the same opportunity that charter cities have to enact public financing laws.
Therefore, the Tri-Valley Democratic Club strongly supports SB 42 for a fairer political system and urges you to help it get the bill to the floor and on the ballots.
