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Simply put: today is a day of victory for common sense campaign disclosure laws and the people of California!<\/p>
A pair of Arizona non-profit groups that in 2012 funneled $15 million from anonymous donors into two California ballot initiative campaigns -- and were flushed out thanks to a complaint from California Common Cause -- agreed Thursday to pay $1 million in fines to the state.<\/p>
La Comisi\u00f3n de Pr\u00e1cticas Pol\u00edticas Justas de California recaudar\u00e1 el dinero de Americans for Responsible Leadership y del Centro para la Protecci\u00f3n de los Derechos del Paciente; ambos grupos est\u00e1n vinculados a los industriales multimillonarios y activistas conservadores Charles y David Koch.<\/p>
The fine is the largest ever levied under California's campaign finance law.<\/p>
I think the message was sent today to those who wish to use dark money in elections: you'll be caught! We'll continue to be vigilant of these deceptive tactics as more groups attempt to take advantage of loopholes created by Ciudadanos unidos<\/i>.<\/p>
El a\u00f1o pasado, una denuncia de California Common Cause desencaden\u00f3 una investigaci\u00f3n de la comisi\u00f3n sobre los 11 millones de d\u00f3lares donados por Americans for Responsible Leadership al Comit\u00e9 de Acci\u00f3n para las Peque\u00f1as Empresas, un grupo de California. El dinero se utiliz\u00f3 para anuncios que promov\u00edan la derrota de la Proposici\u00f3n 30, una medida fiscal impulsada por el gobernador Jerry Brown, y la aprobaci\u00f3n de la Proposici\u00f3n 32, una iniciativa que habr\u00eda limitado la capacidad de los sindicatos de recaudar dinero para campa\u00f1as pol\u00edticas.<\/p>
La comisi\u00f3n dijo el jueves que el dinero, y una donaci\u00f3n separada y igualmente oculta de 1 mill\u00f3n de d\u00f3lares a otro grupo, el California Future Fund, en realidad proven\u00edan del Centro para la Protecci\u00f3n de los Derechos del Paciente, otra entidad respaldada por Koch.<\/p>
Los Koch est\u00e1n en el centro de una red de ricos inversores pol\u00edticos, tanto conservadores como libertarios, que han invertido cientos de millones de d\u00f3lares en la elecci\u00f3n de candidatos republicanos en todo el pa\u00eds. La mayor parte de su trabajo se realiza a trav\u00e9s de grupos sin fines de lucro, que a nivel federal pueden ocultar la identidad de los verdaderos donantes.<\/p>
Unfortunately, as part of the settlement, no donors identities were revealed by the FPPC. As they remain in the shadows, it is almost guaranteed that these wealthy donors will regroup, adapt, and become more secretive in their next attempts at fooling voters by exploiting campaign finance loopholes. This can all change if the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 27, part of the Sunshine in Campaigns Act, to require disclosure of donors who wish to funnel their money through non-profit entities. Hopefully you can join us in California and in your own state to expose dark money and fight back against the negative effects of Ciudadanos unidos<\/em>.<\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\n