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Council advances campaign finance reforms: shorter fundraising window, higher matching ratio and electronic filing move forward
Summary
The Los Angeles City Council on Friday advanced a set of campaign finance reforms at first reading that would shorten fundraising windows for municipal candidates, increase the matching‑fund ratio and require electronic filing of campaign statements.
The Los Angeles City Council on Friday advanced a set of campaign finance reforms at first reading that would shorten fundraising windows for municipal candidates, increase the matching funds ratio and require electronic filing of campaign statements.
Key proposals include reducing the window during which city council candidates may solicit funds that qualify for the city's public matching program (discussed by staff as 12 months for district council candidates and 18 months for citywide offices) and increasing the publicly provided match in qualifying circumstances to a two‑to‑one ratio. The Ethics Commission and staff framed the changes as an effort to "even the playing field" between incumbents and challengers by aligning the period when money can be raised…
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