[EL] Use of tax dollars to find one side of a referendum campaign

[D. A. Holtzman]

The County of Los Angeles is advocating passage of its 
legislatively-proposed ordinance, Measure W.
See http://safecleanwaterla.org/ and scroll to the bottom left of the page.
I wrote the pros/cons for the County LWV and didn't hear/see anyone say 
that's illegal.  - dah



On 10/23/2018 11:14 PM, Jurij Toplak wrote:
> United States is a member of The Venice Commission, which issues 
> international standards in electoral matters and referendum matters. 
> They are not a binding legal authority, but many courts worldwide 
> refer to them.
>
> The Venice Commission issued a Code of Good Practice in Referendums, 
> which does not allow tax money to fund just one side of a referendum 
> campaign. For examplle the Supreme Court of Slovenia referred to the 
> Code when it annulled a referendum, in which the government used tax 
> money to fund just one side of the campaign.
>
> Best,
> Jurij
>
>
> On 24.10.2018, at 05:38, Steven John Mulroy (smulroy) 
> <smulroy at memphis.edu <mailto:smulroy at memphis.edu>> wrote:
>
>>>  Does anyone know of authority regarding whether  a  governmental 
>>> entity can appropriate funds to do one-sided public advocacy to 
>>> support one side of a referendum measure?
>>
>> A city Council voted to place referenda  on the ballot. All three are 
>> highly controversial. On the last city Council meeting before the 
>> election, the Council did an "add-on" item to the agenda, without 
>> public notice, and then approved it in the "same night minutes" 
>> departure from the normal two week approval process. The funds will 
>> be used to advocate for one side of the referendum.
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