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California must end conflicts of interest among elected officials

Jun 17, 2025
Jun 17, 2025
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Editor,

California’s conflict of interest rules for elected officials are far too weak, and it’s time for serious reform.

(3) comments

edkahl Jun 18, 2025 12:40pm

I fear CA will continue to become more corrupt under one party Democrat rule. The only this will change is a fiscal crisis which CA is well on it's way to.

KDM Jun 17, 2025 11:56am

The author has hit upon the root cause for the erosion of public trust in government. It began with Citizens United ruling that money equals speech. Now PACs determine who is elected, and billionaires, corporations and PAC hold the marionette strings of those elected. I'd like to see a published list of all donations and their original source, prior to voting for any candidate, and updated quarterly. The Brown Act needs to be updated for the 21st century into the Sunshine Act.

Terence Y Jun 17, 2025 8:44am

Thanks for your letter, Mr. Lawrence. Perhaps we need to open up avenues for citizens to sue lawmakers for their conflicts of interest. Perhaps, these conflicts of interest can be highlighted and published should any folks seek office or run for re-election. Maybe we can get the IRS involved to determine the money range of “temptation.” Or perhaps enterprising folks can highlight existing databases which show contributions from industry to candidates. Such as opensecrets.org or the Federal Election Commission. Ask AI by querying “database showing political contributions” or something to that effect.

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