Arizona group that donated $11M must open books
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
An Arizona-based non-profit corporation that made the largest anonymous campaign donation in California history must open its books to state campaign finance regulators for an audit, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Sacramento Superior Court Judge Shellyanne Chang ruled that the corporation, Americans for Responsible Leadership, must comply with the order in favor of the Fair Political Practices Commission, which oversees campaign financing in California, by 5 p.m. Thursday.
The corporation made an $11 million donation to a political committee supporting Proposition 32 and opposing Proposition 30. Prop. 32 would ban unions from using paycheck-deducted fees on political campaigns, and Prop. 30 is Gov. Jerry Brown's tax-raising initiative.
... In her ruling, Chang wrote, "The court finds that irreparable harm has occurred and continues to occur as each day passes and voters continue to cast their votes without information that may influence their votes" if the FPPC determines that the Arizona group violated its disclosure requirements.
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