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State-level reform can help manage big money’s influence in California elections

A new study shows contribution limits can be successful at the local level without often-speculated side effects

California’s biggest special interests lose lawsuit to stop new California law that would bar pay-to-play in local governments

California Common Cause defends the public interest over special interests in challenge to landmark pay-to-play law

A panel of policy and democracy experts warned the public of the high-stakes consequences of the special interest lawsuit to terminate SB 1439 at a virtual press conference held Monday.

SB 1439 closes a pay-to-pay loophole at the local level that big-money now seeks to keep open