Council Takes Up Public Campaign Financing
From Times Staff Reports
The City Council agreed Tuesday to launch a 90-day effort to develop plans for increasing public financing of campaigns by candidates for city office as a way to reduce the influence of special interest money.
Council President Alex Padilla and others questioned how the city could afford the potential $25-million cost of full public financing, and whether it would give more clout to independent expenditures, but supported drafting alternatives to be submitted to voters.
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