SB 42, the California Fair Elections Act, would put a measure on the ballot to repeal the ban on public financing of campaigns in California so that every city and county and the state itself can enact public financing to reduce the influence of big money in elections.

SB 42 is authored by Senators Tom Umberg and Ben Allen and Assemblymember Alex Lee.  It is sponsored by the California Clean Money Campaign and cosponsored by California Common Cause and the League of Womeon Voters of California.

Helen Hutchison, League of Women Voters of California will be among the speakers. Other speakers include Assembly member Alex Lee, state senators Josh Becker and Scott Wiener, Board of Equalization member Sally Lieber, Berkeley city councilman Igor Tregub, the president of the California Clean Money Campaign Trent Lange, and many others.