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Rules Committee forwards ordinance to cap public matching funds after court ruling
Summary
The San Francisco Special Rules Committee voted to forward an ordinance that would limit public matching funds in the city's campaign finance code, citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that counsel says leaves a portion of the program vulnerable to legal challenge; the item goes to the full Board on Sept. 20.
The San Francisco Special Rules Committee on Monday considered an ordinance to amend the city's campaign and governmental conduct code to cap the amount of public matching funds and voted to forward the item to the full Board as a committee report.
Ethics Commission Director Mr. McCrory told the committee that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the McComish decision struck down Arizona's public finance law and left a portion of San Francisco's program—which raises public matching funds when independent expenditures exceed statutory caps—vulnerable to legal challenge. "There is a substantial similarity in the portion of our program where, if independent expenditures or other candidate…
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