San Diego Ethics Commission Recommends Amendments to Campaign Disclosure Law - State and Federal Communications

March 4, 2014  •  

San Diego Ethics Commission Recommends Amendments to Campaign Disclosure Law

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The Ethics Commission will be holding a series of workshops over the next few months to receive input concerning proposed amendments to campaign laws. The suggested reforms include classifying the duplication of candidates’ campaign materials as nonmonetary contributions instead of independent expenditures.

In addition, the commission seeks to curb the practice of making independent expenditures on credit so as to delay disclosure of donors who verbally agree to pay the debt after the election.

Commission staff researched and produced a report to be discussed at the next commission meeting on Thursday, March 13, 2014. The report is available here.

 

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