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FPPC launches redesigned website with improved search and help resources

California Fair Political Practices Commission, Public Outreach & Technology Committee · February 12, 2026
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The California Fair Political Practices Commission unveiled a redesigned public website featuring enhanced search filters, a dedicated filing-officer section, an embedded tutorial video, and clearer links to vendor-hosted tools such as the Form 700 search; staff encouraged public feedback via education@fppc.ca.gov.

The California Fair Political Practices Commission on Feb. 11 unveiled a redesigned public website intended to make campaign-finance and ethics information easier to find for candidates, filing officers, the media and the public. Staff demonstrated new search filters, a dedicated filing-officer tab and an 18-minute YouTube tutorial embedded on the site.

The new site groups content under seven top-level navigation tabs and uses a taxonomy to tag documents so users can filter by publication type, topic and date. "We're trying to streamline everything to make things easily accessible on the website," said Chloe Heckert, the commission's education and external affairs unit manager in the legal division. She added that the enhanced search will let users drill down for specific items such as advice letters, commission…

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