.johnmyers writes: California's powerful political players would like campaign investigations kept quiet.
People lined up to casts their ballots in Yorba Linda on Nov. 6, 2018. California's campaign watchdog agency may soon consider limits on disclosure of campaign investigations in the weeks leading up to election day.
Changing the rules would require the full commission amending or doing away with its current regulations. Those rules allow a copy of most complaints to be handed out five days after everyone involved is notified. The state watchdog agency can also confirm when its own staff initiates an investigation.
But a former FPPC chairman, Dan Schnur, thinks that’s giving politicians a veil of secrecy that doesn’t exist in civil or criminal court. “If someone is suspected of robbing a bank, their trial is a public matter,” he said. “They’re not convicted unless they’re found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”
In fact, the attorneys on the task force even joked at last month’s meeting that they’ve done just that — a campaign tactic that relies, in part, on controlling the narrative. Without some kind of response — some context — from the actual agency that enforces campaign laws, the voters can easily assume the worst.
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