Eric Tang, Communications Director, California Clean Money Campaign, December 21, 2005
an interview with the Communications Director of the California Clean Money Campaign about the need for, and the current status of, AB 583, Loni Hancock's "California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act of 2006"
Following up its coverage of the Clean Money/Clean Elections movement on
December 8, 2005,
December 13, 2005,
December 14, 2005,
December 21, 2005,
January 6, 2006, and
January 7, 2006,
California Politics Today spoke this afternoon with Eric Tang, Communications Director of the California Clean Money Campaign, about the need for, and the current status of, California Assembly Bill 583, the
"California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act of 2006."
You can listen to that interview, in its entirety, by clicking
here.
Assembly Elections Committee will vote on AB 583 on Tuesday, January 10, 2006
In that interview, Mr. Tang indicated that the swing vote for passage of AB 583 through the California Assembly's Elections Committee is fiscally-conservative
California Assemblymember Tom Umberg. Mr. Tang also expressed the view that AB 583
is a fiscally-conservative piece of legislation, because a legislature elected with clean money was likely to be able to bring in substantial revenue from sectors of the economy that are currently protected through the existing system of privately-funded campaign financing.
California Clean Money Campaign's Tang urges voters to contact key members of the Elections Committee
Mr. Tang urged voters who support clean money for California to send faxes to Assemblymember Umberg and the two Republican members of the Elections Committee expressing their position on this issue. The fax numbers for these members are:
Assemblymember Tom Umberg 916-319-2169
Assemblymember Michael N. Villines 916-319-2122
Assemblymember Mark Wyland 916-319-2174
watch and listen to ordinary citizens asking their legislators to support AB 583
You can watch and listen to some ordinary citizens from the San Fernando Valley in the City of Los Angeles, recorded live on Saturday, January 7, 2006, in North Hills, California, asking their representatives in Sacramento to support AB 583 by clicking
here.
core document links
You can access a copy of the current version of AB 583, read committee analyses of the bill, and stay current with evolving developments concerning AB 583 by clicking
here.
An earlier version of Assemblymember Hancock's Clean Money/Clean Elections for California was endorsed by the
San Francisco Chronicle in an April 20, 2004, editorial entitled
"Toward cleaner elections."
For a list of the 25 California Assemblymembers and State Senators who are now co-authors of AB 583, click
here.
a sign of the times
an audio interview with SB 583's principal author, Assemblymember Loni Hancock
To listen to a recently-recorded audio interview with Assemblymember Loni Hancock, in which she discusses Clean Money/Clean Elections and the bill of which she is the principal author, AB 583, click
here.
for more information and to get involved
To get more information about the California State Assembly Committee on Elections and Redistricting, which will vote on AB 583 on Tuesday, January 10, 2006, and its members, click
here.
If you're a California resident/voter, you can find contact information for your own Assemblymember and State Senator by clicking
here.
To visit Assemblymember Loni Hancock's official web site, click
here.
To visit a California State Assembly web page from which you can send your comments to legislators, click
here.
To access a discussion of AB 583, the "California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act of 2006," by the League 0f Women Voters of California, click
here.
a half-hour video interview with the California Clean Money Campaign team
On December 21, 2005,
California Politics Today did with a
$350 Casio Exilim EX-S500 Ultra Slim Card Camera what no local for-profit California television station (operating for the "public convenience and necessity" under federal regulation) nor the estimable public television series
California Connected has yet done, when it produced a 30-minute video interview with the team leading the effort for Clean Money/Clean Elections in California.
You can watch that in-depth interview about the origins, nature, and possibilities of Clean Money/Clean Elections for California by clicking on the image below:
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Aaron Cervantes, Susan Lerner, and Eric Tang, Los Angeles, California, December 21, 2005
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Los Angeles City Councilmember Wendy Greuel (District 2)
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Los Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl (District 11)
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Public Campaign logo
more information about the California Clean Money Campaign
For more information about the California Clean Money Campaign, click
here.
more information about the amazingly small and powerful digital camera used to produce the interview with the California Clean Money Campaign team and the "Open Video Letter" from the San Fernando Valley
For more information about the entire Exilim line of digital cameras from Casio, click
here.
For more information about the EX-S500 camera in particular, click
here.
To access a July, 2005, press release announcing the Casio EX-S500 Ultra Slim Card Camera, click
here.
to buy a Casio Exilim EX-S500 Ultra Slim Card Camera
To buy a Casio EX-S500, click
here.
listen to an interview about the Casio EX-S500
To listen to an interview with Casio spokesperson Denise Ruiz-Cabrera, recorded on December 14, 2005, in which she discusses the Casio EX-S500 Ultra Slim Card Camera, click
here.
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