The Clean Money - Clean Cities Conferences were a great success!! At both the Pasadena and San Jose Conferences there were over 100 city officials, community leaders and activists present from throughout Northern & Southern California to discuss the benefits of Clean Money publicly financed systems for elections and how local governments are using Clean Money systems.

Video from the San Jose Conference is now available!  Click here to watch the different speakers discuss campaign finance reform.

Attendees heard not only from elected officials about the destructive effects of money on our political process and democracy, but also from experts on campaign finance reform, costs of municipal campaigning, administering public funding systems, and spearheading Clean Money efforts in Portland, OR, Albuquerque, NM and throughout Northern California.

Check out our materials section of the website or the video of the San Jose Conference if there's anything you missed at the conference. 

And email us at conference(at)cacleancities(dot)org with your questions and comments about the conference!

Sessions & workshops included:
• Clean Money Basics: Activists and elected officials provide an overview of Clean Money systems and developing city-level proposals.
• Know the Law: What are the constitutional and legal issues facing Clean Money systems?
• The Inside Story: Campaigning and governing in a Clean Money system.
• Winning Clean Money: Successful campaigns at the ballot box or in the city council.

Speakers included experts from the Center for Governmental Studies, Lake Research Associates, LA Ethics Commission, NY City Campaign Finance Board, NYU's Brennan Center and San Diego State University. We also had activists and elected officials from Portland, OR, and Albuquerque, NM, both of which recently adopted Clean Money systems.