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Board amends public financing proposal and refers changes to Ethics Commission and Rules
Summary
Supervisors introduced a reworked campaign finance ordinance to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, proposed changes to matching formulas and caps, and referred the package back to the Rules Committee for review by the Ethics Commission.
The Board of Supervisors considered an overhaul of the city's campaign public‑financing program to respond to a U.S. Supreme Court decision and to make operational changes to the system.
Supervisor Sophie Kim introduced the ordinance and explained it would remove the "trigger" mechanism the Supreme Court found unconstitutional, change matching ratios (eliminating a 4-to-1 match for some races in favor of 1-to-1 or 2-to-1 matches), move the candidate filing and disbursement dates to provide clarity about candidate pools, and increase a…
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