CDP: Bringing Financial Accountability to the Floor

I'm sitting in the Progressive Caucus meeting, and the secretary has just announced that they are not going to be satisfied by allowing the Financial Transparency and Accountability Resolution to be remanded to an ad hoc committee. This is the resolution I mentioned earlier in the week. It would set up a standing Audit Committee that would audit the financial outlays of the Party for effectiveness and efficiency.

Essentially all of the "58-county strategy" bills have been pushed into this ad hoc committee. Well, that's apparently not good enough for the Progressive Caucus.

The caucus is going to gather signatures for this resolution to force it to the floor. This is a big deal, because putting oversight into the process of how the Party spends its money is the only way that we're going to get some real accountability.

The signature gatherers are going to meet at 8:00am at the outdoor ampitheater to start the process. If you want to help, meet there. The goal is to get 1,000 signatures by 5:00pm Saturday, much more than is needed to get the resolution to the floor.

I will be working this effort. It is insanity that we, the "shareholders" of the California Democratic Party, don't get so much as a financial statement. More as it develops.

Also, it's sunny in San Diego. Good times. More later.