The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that San Diego’s campaign finance rules are the subject of a federal lawsuit. The county Republican Party and a coalition of supporters are suing San Diego to loosen a wide range of campaign finance rules for city races. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, seeks to allow campaign contributions […]
Category: California
California contribution limits and Prop. 34
The Riverside Press-Enterprise discusses California’s Prop. 34 in this report about campaign finance cases involving Mark Leggio, among others. “Proposition 34 has allowed far too many ways for officeholders, candidates and special-interest contributors to legally circumvent its contribution limits,” commission chairman Ross Johnson told the Los Angeles Times last month. More on Prop. 34 is […]
Discovery in Prop. 8 case barred by First Amendment
The Volokh Conspiracy discusses the Ninth Circuit’s opinion in Perry v. Schwarzenegger here. From the opinion: Plaintiffs served a request for production of documents on [the Proponents of Prop. 8], seeking, among other things, production of Proponents’ internal campaign communications relating to campaign strategy and advertising. Proponents objected to disclosure of the documents as barred […]