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LA City Councilmembers introduce motion to study democracy vouchers
Exciting news out of LA City Council last week: On Friday, Councilmember Nithya Raman, Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez, and Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson co-introduced a motion to study the feasibility of establishing a democracy vouchers program in Los Angeles City. We're grateful for Councilmember Raman's leadership spearheading this motion—and Councilmember Soto-Martinez
21 hours ago
Motion to study democracy vouchers is being introduced tomorrow
Hello democracy voucher reformers! Exciting news—we've just received word that at tomorrow's City Council meeting at 10AM PT, Councilmember Nithya Raman is planning to introduce a motion requesting the City's Chief Legislative Analayst and the Ethics Commission to study the feasibility of establishing a democracy vouchers campaign finance system
6 days ago
New report on democracy vouchers: Empowering Los Angeles
Today, LA for Democracy Vouchers has published “Empowering Los Angeles: Increasing civic participation and donor diversity through democracy vouchers.” This report details money in the 2022 Los Angeles City Council and citywide elections, and how democracy vouchers would help create a more equitable system. Echoing our 2020 findings, money in
9 days ago
LA Times Editorial Board proposes "democracy dollars" + upcoming events
Friends, we have some exciting updates to share with you: Yesterday the LA Times Editorial Board [https://www.latimes.com/people/the-times-editorial-board] proposed “democracy dollars,” also known as “democracy vouchers,” as one of many solutions worth exploring to address the City’s problems. Here’s what they said: > “ … the current
4 months ago
Time to Celebrate! Democracy Dollars Passed in Oakland
We know your inboxes are swamped with election material right now, but we wanted to update you with some exciting news: On Tuesday, Oakland voters overwhelmingly passed Measure W [https://www.commoncause.org/california/press-release/oakland-voters-overwhelmingly-approve-measure-w/?link_id=0&can_id=d6657b03d40ee78d9822d59042af149a&source=email-victory-for-democracy-in-oakland-with-more-to-come&email_referrer=email_1734866&email_subject=
5 months ago
The Promise of Democracy Vouchers in Los Angeles: Video and Notes
On June 22, Los Angeles for Democracy Vouchers [https://www.lademocracyvouchers.org/], alongside Advancement Project CA [https://www.advancementprojectca.org/], Courage CA [https://couragecalifornia.org/], LA Forward [https://www.laforward.org/], League of Women Voters of Greater Los Angeles [https://my.lwv.org/california/greater-los-angeles], Money Out Voters In [https:
9 months ago