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Supervisors remove proposed increase to campaign contribution limits after public pushback
Summary
After extensive public comment, the board amended an ordinance to delete the section that would have doubled supervisor-level contribution limits and proceeded with first reading on remaining conforming changes (allowing multiple campaign committees), which will return for a second reading.
Alameda County supervisors on Sept. 9 debated an ordinance that would have raised campaign contribution limits for supervisor races (the proposal would have doubled limits from $20,000 to $40,000). The board heard more than a dozen public commentators — many opposed — and held an extended internal debate about inflation, incumbent advantages, independent expenditures and alternatives such as public financing.
Supervisor Miley, the ordinance’s…
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