Category: California

The Fair Political Practices Commission and express advocacy; the magic is gone

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 17, 2010
Categories In California

The Center for Competitive Politics reports on the California Fair Political Practices Commission’s actions on express advocacy last Thursday.

Target’s political spending in the news

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 13, 2010
Categories In California, Minnesota

The LA Times discusses what’s next for Target after the Minnesota Forward controversy. Though the public demonstrations have died down, the company is in closed-door discussions with the largest gay activist organization in the country, Human Rights Campaign, which is demanding that the company make an equivalent or greater donation to groups supporting gay rights […]

FPPC’s Schnur on express advocacy

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 12, 2010
Categories In California

Before today’s big Fair Political Practices Commission meeting, Chairman Schnur addressed what he saw as what’s at stake here.