California
3 nov
Amend the city charter to change candidate filing requirements, initiative, referendum, and recall procedures, and timelines for filling elected vacancies, and to increase the public campaign financing fund’s administration and enforcement allowance from $250,000 to $400,000 per four-year election cycle, among other changes
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Shall the measure amending the City Charter to reduce candidate filing fees; eliminate signatures in lieu of filing fee process; eliminate certain personal information from candidate statements; clarify and revise initiative, referendum and recall processes; amend election timelines for filing Mayor and Councilmember vacancies; increase the maximum amount from the public campaign financing fund for administration and enforcement from $250,000 to $400,000 per four-year election cycle; and make other changes be adopted?
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Measure W — Election & Administrative Charter Amendments: SUPPORT
Makes multiple updates to Berkeley’s charter covering candidate filing fees, the Fair Elections public financing program, recall and referendum procedures, and redistricting rules. Measure W makes 11 changes to the City Charter, with three carrying substantive weight and eight aligning existing city language with state law.
Policy positions applied: Campaign Finance and DEI.
• Filing fee drops from $150 to the state code amount, currently $25. Direct barrier removal at the exact margin where first-time candidates without institutional backing decide whether to run.
• Candidate statements no longer require place of birth, place of residence, or taxpayer status. Birthplace disclosure invites nativist filtering, taxpayer status functions as a wealth screen, and home address disclosure is a safety exposure that falls hardest on candidates who already receive harassment.
• Public financing administrative cap rises from $250K to $400K. Increasing funding to keep up with rising costs is what keeps a public financing program relevant, helpful, and true to its democratic mission.
The measure is aligned with the League’s long commitment to expanding opportunities for citizens to run for public office, without the lack of personal wealth standing in the way as a prohibitive barrier. Investing in Berkeley’s public financing of campaign system expands opportunities and helps to reduce the outsized influence Big Money has in our political system. Vote Yes on W!
Source (https://www.lwvbae.org/league-news/vote-with-the-league-nov-2024-2)