Is going after what voters know. And as was said, the Supreme Court within the bounds of Citizens United said transparency and disclosure, fine. I have a few examples. This was a district 6 mailer, and the video at the bottom of an internet mailer ad, paid for by a committee, clean and sunset. Major funding by progress San Francisco. And the district 6 version said paid for by san franciscans for change, major funding by progress San Francisco. I think all of us in this room know who are behind that committee, but most regular people would have no reason to know. Two big things. Number one, it will require the dollar amount of the donors to be listed, so that voters get more than a name and an actual piece of data that they can use to say to ask if they wish, whos really behind this and whats their agenda. And more importantly, it pierces the shell of fake name committees like that by requiring that progress San Francisco in this example, the top two donors to that committee would also
Again, were trying to give voters information and ensuring they really know whos behind the Shell Committee and how much they gave. Only other thing ill say on that component and ill get to the last one is some may ask, well, arent the clever election lawyers going to find some other way to hide, and im sure they will. And to that i would say, were going to do that the same way you would eat an elephant, one bite at a time. And i think this will become the strongest in the country and a model for other cities. So at the end, i want to submit some materials, and supervisor mar has the same if you wish to share, is the paytoplay division, which prohibits not just the developer, which is already prohibited, but the top executives associated with that developer from giving to any city official running for the board of supervisors, mayor, or City Attorney or sitting in those offices for the entire time that the measure is pending or for 12 months its approved or after its done. We tried to
So what were really doing here is going after what voters know. And as was said, the Supreme Court within the bounds of Citizens United said transparency and disclosure, fine. I have a few examples. This was a district 6 mailer, and the video at the bottom of an internet mailer ad, paid for by a committee, clean and sunset. Major funding by progress San Francisco. And the district 6 version said paid for by san franciscans for change, major funding by progress San Francisco. I think all of us in this room know who are behind that committee, but most regular people would have no reason to know. Two big things. Number one, it will require the dollar amount of the donors to be listed, so that voters get more than a name and an actual piece of data that they can use to say to ask if they wish, whos really behind this and whats their agenda. And more importantly, it pierces the shell of fake name committees like that by requiring that progress San Francisco in this example, the top two dono
Chair ronen mr. Clerk, can you please read item number one. Clerk prior to that, id like to make an announcement. Please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Documents referred to in presentations should be submitted to the clerk. Item number 1 is a hearing to propose the submitted ordinance to members of and candidates for the board of supervisors, the mayor, and candidates for mayor, the City Attorney, and candidates for City Attorney and the controlled committees of those officers and candidates. Chair ronen thank you so much. And i just wanted to note that we have quite a front row crowd in the audience. We have two former supervisors and a judge. We have former supervisor tom ammiano. We have the former chair of the Ethics Commission, tom renne. I will turn this over to supervisor mar. Supervisor mar thank you so much, chair, ronen, for allowing us to hold this informational hearing today, and im proud to be this sponsor on this dark money measure. Its earned the suppor
199,000. This would ensure that t. M. G. And their executives cant give money, that the projects are approved on their merits and not based on money. So with that, i have given you my testimony on the three components of the initiatives. Again, i really agree, i really encourage everyone to read it for themselves, and really thank your support for the measure. Supervisor mar thank you, peter, and for all of your work and these important issues protecting our democracy for so many years. I think that concludes the presentation. Chair ronen fantastic. And if supervisor walton has no comments, well open it up for Public Comment. Please come forward. Vice chair kopp good morning, members of the committee. Im quentin kopp, a former member of the board of supervisors, and id like to divide my remarks in procedural and substantive categories. This has been a long, long process which began in San Francisco in 1973. The trivia question before the committee this morning is what is the first muni