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Litigation

Dec. 15, 2016

Anti-tax group challenges campaign public funding law

A conservative anti-tax group has sued to block a new law that would enable cities and counties in California to provide public funds to candidates in local elections.

By Malcolm Maclachlan
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO — A conservative anti-tax group has sued to block a new law that would enable cities and counties in California to provide public funds to candidates in local elections.

According to a complaint filed by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association in Sacramento County Superior Court, SB 1107 violates Proposition 73. This 1988 initiative amended the state Political Reform Act...

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