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Board advances major expansion of San Francisco public financing program on first reading
Summary
Supervisor Mar introduced an ordinance to raise public matching from 2:1 to 6:1 (matchable portion limited to $150), increase public fund availability and raise expenditure caps for candidates in the city's public financing program; ethics groups and civic organizations supported the package.
An ordinance to substantially expand San Francisco’s public financing program for municipal campaigns passed first reading on Sept. 17.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin introduced the measure (transcript labels sponsor as Supervisor Marr) as the largest expansion of the city’s public financing program in two decades. The ordinance increases the matching ratio from 2:1 to 6:1 for qualifying…
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