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# Cleaning up campaign contributions
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/cleaning-up-campaign-contributions/
- Published: 2005-11-29T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T08:14:54.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Are you sick of buying your politician’s vote? The Santa Monica Democratic Club invites the public to a presentation by Susan Lerner, executive director of the “California Clean Money Campaign.” The free event will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. at St. Anne’s community room located on 20th Street and Arizona Avenue.

Californians are not the only Americans angry that special interest money has taken over the electoral process. Arizona, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Mexico and North Carolina have passed versions of Clean Money reform.

Clean Money has lowered overall campaign spending, freed candidates from fundraising, increased turnout and encouraged more qualified people to run including women and minorities, according to “Clean Money” officials.

Lerner founded the Committee for Judicial Independence, which is dedicated to an independent federal judiciary. She also was a trial lawyer specializing in complex commercial litigation and intellectual property for 20 years.

Santa Monica City Councilman Kevin McKeown will participate in the discussion with a question and answer session to follow.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 29, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/112905.pdf?ref=smdp.com)