AB 583, the California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act, authored by Clean Money champion Assemblymember Loni Hancock (D-East Bay), is now moving through the legislature thanks partially to an outcry of regular Californians demanding a change in the way we finance election campaigns. The current version of AB 583 would provide full public financing for the governor's race and one open Assembly and State Senate race in 2010 to serve as a pilot project for Clean Money in the offices the public feels are primary magnets for outsized campaign contributions.

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