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Committee advances measure to give voters option to lift statewide ban on local public campaign financing
Summary
SB 42 would place a measure on the 2026 ballot to end a state ban that prevents general law cities and counties from adopting public campaign financing; supporters said the bill restores local option and helps small-dollar candidates, while opponents raised questions about oversight and costs
The Assembly Elections Committee voted July 2 to pass SB 42, a measure that would place a ballot question before voters to lift the state ban on public campaign financing for general law cities and counties.
Senator Tom Umberg, the bill's principal author in the hearing, said the bill does not itself create any public financing program but instead would allow local governments the option to adopt their own public financing modalities if voters approve such measures. "There is nothing required in this bill. Absolutely nothing. It simply removes the ban that currently exists today and allows general law cities and counties to enact their own…
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