California Assemblymember and Appropriations Committee Chair Judy Chu (D-49th District)
California Assembly Appropriations Chair of talks about AB 583
The "California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act of 2006," AB 583, authored by
California Assemblymember Loni Hancock (D-14th A.D.), passed the Assembly Elections Committee at the State Capitol in Sacramento on January 10, 2006, by
a razor-thin 4-to-3 vote.
The next stop in the legislative process for this bill is the Assembly Appropriations Committee which will be considering the measure on Wednesday, January 18, 2006, and Thursday, January 19, 2006. A vote on AB 583 in the Appropriations Committee is scheduled for January 19th.
California Politics Today spoke this afternoon with
Judy Chu, Assemblymember representing the 49th Assembly District in Sacramento and Chair of the Appropriations Committee, about AB 583, which would bring Clean Elections/Clean Money to the State of California, if it passes through the California State Legislature and is then approved by state voters in the referendum set up by the legislation.
You can listen to that conversation with Assemblymember and Appropriations Committee Chair Judy Chu, in its entirety, by clicking
here
Assemblymember Chu noted, during that interview, that the case of super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff has made the electorate more willing than ever to consider the possibility of moving to publicly-financed elections, as authorized under AB 583.
the related issue of "media access" as background for the emerging concept of "Clean Media"
To read some comments on this article that focus on the issue of the high cost of "media access" as it relates to Clean Money/Clean Elections from California Clean Money Campaign member Craig Dunkerley, click
here.
For in-depth background reporting on the run-up to today's landmark vote approving Loni Hancock's AB 583 in the Assembly Elections Committee, click
here.
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