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RESOLUTION NO. 10- <br /> RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA FAIR ELECTIONS ACT <br /> (PROPOSITION 15) <br /> WHEREAS, the current finance system for political campaigns in California <br /> burdens candidates with the need to engage in almost continual fundraising and thus <br /> decreases the time available to carry out their public responsibilities; and <br /> WHEREAS, the current campaign finance system often rewards those <br /> candidates who raise the most money; and <br /> WHEREAS, the California legislature passed, and Governor Schwarzenegger <br /> signed, the California Fair Elections Act to allow the voters to pass a Fair Elections pilot <br /> project and to meet the citizens' desire to ensure the integrity of future Secretaries of <br /> State to administer lobbyist disclosure programs; and <br /> WHEREAS, the California Fair Elections Act will provide a model for the City of <br /> Pleasanton to consider should it decide to revise its own local voluntary campaign <br /> expenditure limitation regulations; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> PLEASANTON DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER THE <br /> FOLLOWING: <br /> SECTION 1. The City Council supports the California Fair Elections Act that will <br /> appear on the June 8, 2010 ballot to establish a pilot program providing public financing <br /> for Secretary of State candidates in the 2014 and 2018 election campaigns. <br /> PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of <br /> Pleasanton at a regular meeting held on April 6, 2010. <br /> I, Karen Diaz, City Clerk of the City of Pleasanton, California, certify that the <br /> foregoing resolution was adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting held on the <br /> 6 day of April, 2010, by the following vote: <br /> Ayes: <br /> Noes: <br /> Absent: <br /> Abstain: <br /> Karen Diaz, City Clerk <br /> 1 <br />