Xavier Becerra: “I met with folks from the Citizens Committee to save Legion Park on Friday night, and I had a chance to briefly speak to…”

“I met with folks from the Citizens Committee to save Legion Park on Friday night, and I had a chance to briefly speak to them. I said this morning, meaning today, we are going to be debating campaign finance reform, but I said, do not hold your breath. Chances are we are going to do it in the dead of night, and it is going to be a stacked deck against the passage of any bill. Sure enough, that is what we have. But perhaps the worst thing and saddest thing about this is that none of my constituents were surprised. They all knew that we were not going to head toward any type of meaningful reform. So for me to stand here and tell why this legislation we have before us is bad for the average citizen who is fed up with money-driven elections, or bad for working men and women who simply want to keep their meager voice in society heard, or it is bad for long-term legal residents who are always asked to pay their taxes, but the little chance they have to express their voice in this democracy is now going to be stifled through this legislation. It is also bad for new citizens, whose new voice through their vote will be stifled, as well.”