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L.A.'s Prop C a step toward reforming elections: Editorial

For voters who are sickened by modern big-money politics, next month's Los Angeles city ballot contains a potential antidote. It's a chance for Angelenos to get behind one aspect of much-needed election reform by striking back against U.S. Supreme Court rulings that have removed limits on campaign spending by corporations, labor unions and shadowy interest groups.

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Media Hit | Democracy

Huffman calls for constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United ruling

A constitutional amendment to restore campaign finance laws voided by the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision topped the wish list of panelists at a forum Thursday on election reform hosted by freshman Congressman Jared Huffman.

"Amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United may well be one of the most important issues of our time," Huffman, D-San Rafael, said at the forum at Dominican University in San Rafael. He encouraged attendees in the meantime, however, to look for additional approaches for making elections fairer and voting more accessible.

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Media Hit | Budget

The Conversation: Tax havens let billions vanish into thin air

Pulitzer Prize wining author David Cay Johnston uses our report for the theme in his op-ed, explaining how ordinary taxpayers bear the cost of tax havens and loopholes "through higher state taxes, fewer services or the state taking on more debt to fund current operations".
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/02/17/5194645/tax-havens-let-billions-vanish....

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Media Hit | Budget

Editorial: City gets poor grade for transparency

In a report out this month, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group ranked Sacramento next to last among 30 large cities in providing online databases of its spending with "checkbook level" detail. The study also looked at how easily residents can track their service requests online.