Question: Can a UC campus foundation give money to ballot campaigns? If so, has it happened?
Answer: The UCLA Foundation has twice given money to campaigns for ballot propositions in the past decade. Both propositions involved money for higher ed, including UC. In 2004, the Foundation gave $57,087 to support Prop 55 – a bond measure for education which narrowly passed. In 2006, it gave $87,550 in support of Prop 1D – also an education bond measure but which passed by a respectable 56.9%. Other UC and CSU foundations have made similar contributions.
You can find the contribution information by going to http://www.followthemoney.org/ and typing “UCLA Foundation” in the search option. Election results are available at http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/measures.pdf
and
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2004_primary/vote_summaries.pdf
No comments:
Post a Comment