Impacts of Campaign Finance Reform on Our Environment and Natural Resources

Trent Lange, Chair, Californians for Fair Elections
Bill Magavern, Director, Sierra Club California
Dr. Kerry Curtis - Moderator

Get better informed before heading to the ballot box. How does the way we finance election campaigns affect our policies on the environment and climate change? Do public financing of elections and campaign spending limits create a more competitive political playing field? Hear an expert panel of advocates and opponents discuss the pros and cons of the California Fair Elections Act (Proposition 15), one of the ballot measures for the June 8 election.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on May 24, 2010.

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