INVESTING IN THE PUBLIC TRUST > Campaign Finance Reform in the City of Los Angeles 15 Years After Proposition H
Now more than fifteen years since voters enacted the City’s comprehensive campaign financing system for City candidates, legislative attention has turned to asking whether it is time to expand those model reforms first established in 1990. How much has Prop. H done to meet the goals the voters envisioned? In what ways are City elections better off today than they were fifteen years ago?
What changes, if any, are needed to ensure that the voters’ confidence in open and fair campaigns and governmental decision making will be strengthened?
INVESTING IN THE PUBLIC TRUST: Campaign Finance Reform in the City of Los Angeles 15 Years After Proposition H is the fourth report in a series of comprehensive post-election studies conducted by the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission since 1998. It is intended to provide practical baseline data from over 15 years of campaign finance reform, shed light on the impact and effectiveness of those reforms, and offer guiding issues for further consideration as discussions of future reforms emerge.
