The San Clemente City Council lacks fundamental anti-corruption laws that many other Orange County cities already have. Our government is currently designed to favor the donor class over the working class, the well-connected over the disconnected, and special interests over San Clemente families. The San Clemente Anti-Corruption ordinance will create a cleaner government and will make everyone on our city council more accountable. It will also prevent special interest groups from having an outside influence on our local elections. The ordinance has 3 big ideas to take back our local government from those who seek to destroy our ways of life.

1. Create term limits for all city council members. This would prohibit any one individual from serving longer than eight years​, even if they shift districts (if districted elections are implemented).

2. Stop dangerous groups such as the TCA, SoCal Edison, and Sovereign Health from buying out local candidates and elected officials. Create a campaign contribution limit of $500 (adjusted upon the consumer price index) for all city council candidates and members. C​ontribution limits play an important role in ensuring that our representatives have a broad base of support.

3. Stop people from entering public office with financial conflicts that let them line their own pockets. Require elected officials to recuse themselves from any land-use or development decision if they have accepted donations from the developer.

A number of Orange County cities already have implemented anti-corruption ordinances such as this, and we can too. Our current city council still has an opportunity to implement this ordinance, or at the least portions of it. Let’s restore the faith of San Clemente families in local government, and in democracy itself. Join Jake and me by signing our petition to urge city council to enact the San Clemente Anti-Corruption Ordinance - before it is too late...