In summary
The Political Committee is currently OK to create an unlimited number of affiliated committees with different leaders with different leaders, and to carefully adjust the funding and candidate donations.
More than two years later, California’s political ethical watchdogs concluded that the controversial campaign donor network was completed and the group did not violate the contribution limit.
This decision will clear the way to a bold new approach to collect and spend money in California elections. The Political Committee is currently blessing the state of regulatory authorities, creating different leaders and unlimited numbers, and then carefully adjusting funding and donations for candidates. It can increase the impact on the campaign in an exponential manner.
California State -16 non -profit organizations aimed at competing against the influence of organizational labor in the State Council, and actively supported the rise of Robert Rivas, the chairman of Council, and “proven proven I declared.
However, the scope of the fair political committee for the past two years remains unknown. In one paragraph “NO ACTION CLOSURE Letter”, Angela Breton, an executive officer, quoted a 2020 advice letter for a clear government of California’s misconduct.
“After investigating and reviewing evidence, the executive department has discovered that California’s government has followed the advice given by the committee,” Breton wrote. “Therefore, this problem is closed without any further action because the claim has been rejected.”
Breton did not return a message calling for clarification. The committee spokesman Sherry Yang said in an email that the executive team said in an email, “I obtained a huge evidence and reviewed it to make a conclusion,” but the follow -up question of what evidence is accompanied. I didn’t answer. She also refused to provide a copy of the survey report.
David Crane, the founder of California, a lecturer at Stanford University and former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the founder of California, did not respond to the interview.
“I’m glad that the problem has been closed, but it doesn’t mean I had to spend time, energy, and money to be dragged into the mud and politically inspired. He wrote a message on the group’s mailing list. “But we recognize that this is what happens to the people who challenge the current situation of Sacramento.”
The government was examining the government in California’s state politics in 2022, as Livas, a Salinas Democratic Party, to control the parliamentary leadership. In the election cycle, the organization donated to billions of dollars. Most of the money came from a small group of Bay Area Venture Capitalists, high -tech gezives, and charitors, which were mostly used in each chapter of the entire state.
Several campaign finance experts discuss CalmataTters with CRANE, receive most of the funds approved through the Central Committee, donate the same candidate on the same day, and do the same size. I told Calmatters when I donated the same size regularly using. Companies -Powered the border of the state law by potentially making donors avoid the limit of the contribution.
The crane denied its characteristic evaluation and compared his organization with the union and its local affiliated companies. However, the union is different from California in several important ways, such as a wide range of memberships of workers who contribute small amounts to campaign spending through membership fees and contribute to non -political functions such as collective negotiations. 。
Following the story of the story, the former union leader complained to the California government in the fair political committee. The committee’s executive office rejected the complaint quickly and said, “GFC as a whole, quoted a 2020 letter that allows all local chapters to be managed by different individuals. The local branch is not limited.
However, Richard Mi Ditch, the chairman of the committee at the time, told Calmatters at the time that it would try to clearly define new regulations that would be more clearly defined by the partner campaign committee. He said he had a question about the government’s independence for the California chapter. Later, the executive department reversed the course, and began the investigation to “a further review of the relationship between GFC and its chapter.”
Mi Ditch then resigned as a fair political practice committee. He was replaced last year with Adam Silver, a former highest advisor to the legislative ethics committee. MIADICH did not respond to several messages to discuss the California government’s conclusions, and silver refused to answer the question.
“In the lock step with the previous FPPC chair,” Silver states in a statement: A government in California. We are completely convinced that the executive department has conducted a thorough investigation and reached the right resolution. “
Dave Law, the leader of the former union who submitted the complaint, criticized the committee’s conclusion as “weak.” He seems to have decided that the execution department has decided that the group is actually allowed for the behavior of California, without deeply digging into the advice of the previous advice letter. I talked to.
LOW was the evidence he presented to the committee, including the audio recording of the California government, a co -chair of the entire state chapter, and discussed his organization’s governance structure at the event. 。 Excerpts from the recording -The crane told the crowd that “we collect money for them.” And if the chapter supported a specific candidate controlling California’s leadership, he will be distributed online in 2022 in 2022.
“The chapter knows everything we are doing …” Crane said in recording in response to questions about how the California government chooses the top priority.
Law says that the fair political practice committee believes that he is not interested in reconsidering analysis. “If they looked at the evidence we sent them, they would have reached another conclusion,” he said.
“Namby Pamby, no deep explanation”
Yang did not confirm whether the committee has authenticated or reviewed the audio recording as part of the survey.
Campaign finance experts told Calmatters that a similar structure could appear when a sign of approval from a state regulatory authorities opened the door of another donor network.
“I can imagine that other groups are interested in this group’s innovation,” said Justin Levit, a professor at Royora Low School, but the adjustment and independence degree is closely examined by future repetitions. I added that there is a high possibility. “I don’t think this is equivalent to a blank check for other groups to avoid contribution restrictions in the existing campaign finance law.”
The Federal Election Committee, the Federal Election Committee, and the Federal Election Committee of the Federal Political Commerce Committee, contributed to Calmatters in 2022, and contributed to “non -democratic” and “spirit” in California’s structure. He thought it was “contrary to the spirit” of the restriction, but he thought it was not illegal, but not illegal. 。 She said this week believing that the committee had reached the right conclusion.
However, she also said that the decision was called “something like a named pambee without a deep explanation,” and said that the survey should be offered.
“I don’t know why it took so long. I think it’s a disadvantage for ordinary people,” said Ravel, who received $ 25,700 from the California Network Government when he ran for a member of the State House of Representatives in 2020. I said. For such a long time, you have been blamed for things and you can’t get results. “
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