{"id":213,"date":"2018-10-04T19:36:15","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T19:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/california\/press-releases\/turn-100-into-700-to-promote-grassroots-campaigning-in-los-angeles\/"},"modified":"2018-10-04T19:36:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T19:36:15","slug":"turn-100-into-700-to-promote-grassroots-campaigning-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/california\/press\/turn-100-into-700-to-promote-grassroots-campaigning-in-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn $100 into $700 to Promote Grassroots Campaigning in Los Angeles"},"template":"","class_list":["post-213","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"The Los Angeles City Council on Friday should pass a package of reforms that would turn $100 donations from ordinary residents into $700 donations, if city council and citywide candidates meet certain requirements like participating in a public debate, said California Common Cause Executive Director\u00a0Kathay\u00a0Feng.\u00a0\r\n","featured_image":"","press_type":157,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":8287}"],"related_issues":[104,120,429,431],"related_work":false,"location":3},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"LOS ANGELES, Thursday, October 4, 2018 \u2013 The Los Angeles City Council on Friday should pass a package of reforms that would turn $100 donations from ordinary residents into $700 donations, if city council and citywide candidates meet certain requirements like participating in a public debate, said California Common Cause Executive Director\u00a0Kathay\u00a0Feng.\r\n\r\nThe proposed match rate of $6 public dollars for every $1 personal dollar\u00a0--\u00a0up to\u00a0the first\u00a0$115 dollars\u00a0for city council candidates and $215 for citywide\u00a0candidates --\u00a0should compel candidates to spend more time and energy courting regular voters in their districts, Feng said.\r\n\r\nIf you do the math, the proposed match rate makes $115 from a regular voter as valuable as the maximum donation from a wealthy individual donor (that\u2019s $805 with the match from the small dollar donor, compared to $800 max from the wealthy donor), she said. Same goes for citywide candidates at a max $1,500.\r\n\r\n\u201cCreating a super match will reward candidates for spending more time cultivating constituents instead of chasing out of town, special interest money,\u201d Feng said. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen this work in New York City, and it\u2019s about time Los Angeles caught up.\u201d\r\n\r\nCalifornia Common Cause proposed the $6 to $1 match three years ago after analysis showed the current match rate of $2 to $1 in primaries and $4 to $1 in general elections opened the door to grassroots candidates, but that more needed to be done to\u00a0increase the influence of\u00a0small dollar donors and decrease the influence of wealthy special interests.\u00a0The proposal is modeled after systems in Berkeley and New York City.\r\n\r\nThe match money\u00a0would\u00a0come with\u00a0certain, revised\u00a0requirements.\u00a0To show their viability and qualify\u00a0for the match, for instance, candidates would\u00a0need to participate in a debate or town hall meeting that is open to the public.\r\n\r\nThe council will also consider lowering the threshold amount\u00a0candidates must raise to earn the matching funds. Under a motion expected to be introduced, city council\u00a0candidates\u00a0would need to raise $11,500\u00a0from\u00a0in-resident donors, or the equivalent of 100 contributions of $115. The\u00a0mayoral qualifying threshold would be $64,500, or 300 contributions of $215. Other citywide candidates would qualify with $32,250, or 150 contributions of $215.\r\n\r\nThe Los Angeles City Council meeting\u00a0is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at Van Nuys City Hall, 11410 Sylvan Street, Van Nuys. Review the<a href=\"http:\/\/ens.lacity.org\/clk\/councilagendas\/clkcouncilagendas3125121_10052018.html\"> meeting agenda and materials<\/a>.\r\n\r\nUPDATE: The council voted 10-0 on Oct. 5 to move forward with drafting a new public finance ordinance.\u00a0The action stems from a motion co-presented in January 2017 by Councilmembers David Ryu, Paul Krekorian and Joe Buscaino. 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