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Committee backs policy statement for ballot urging repeal of corporate personhood and limits on campaign spending
Summary
The Rules Committee voted to send a policy declaration to the November ballot urging limits on campaign contributions and opposing corporate personhood (Citizens United). Supervisor John Avalos sponsored the statement and the committee moved the item forward with a positive recommendation.
The San Francisco Rules Committee on July 16 voted to place a policy declaration on the November ballot that calls on Congress to support a constitutional amendment reversing the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision and that affirms corporations should not receive the same constitutional rights as natural persons.
Supervisor John Avalos, the sponsor, described the declaration as a policy statement asking San Francisco voters to urge federal action: the resolution includes four main parts including an affirmation that the Bill of Rights…
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