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Ethics Commission votes to stop enforcing local aggregate contribution limit after McCutcheon ruling
Summary
The San Francisco Ethics Commission voted 5–0 to adopt staff recommendations to suspend enforcement of the city ggregate campaign contribution limit in response to McCutcheon v. FEC and directed staff to include repeal language in a future ordinance package.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission on May 28 voted unanimously to adopt a staff recommendation to suspend enforcement of the city's aggregate campaign contribution limit and to direct staff to prepare repeal language for inclusion in a future package of campaign finance reforms.
The action follows the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission. Executive Director John St. Croix told commissioners the ruling "appear[s] to have an impact" on local aggregate limits and that the Commission "have no…
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