[CRNMC] More about an Anti-Corruption Act (ACA)

[Charles Cresson Wood]

Hello community rights folks,

In response to a question posed by Kelly, asking about
the legal status of the anti-corruption act passed by
the City of Tallahassee, Florida, I provide the following
link:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.unitedrepublic.org/docs/AACA_Constitutionality.pdf

Not only does the above link provide a closer look at exactly
what mechanisms are used to eliminate the corporate-government
corrupt interaction (such as eliminating conflicts of interest),
it also reviews the legal cases that indicate that the act is
apparently Constitutional. Their work appears to be very well
researched and grounded in existing law. It would be good to get
a lawyer to review the act, and tell us what if any changes
would be needed to do it in California. By way of disclaimer, I
am not a lawyer, only a law school student. No legal advice is
provided in this email or any other postings that I make.

Note that this law in Tallahassee is intended to be a cookie-
cutter already-written law that we can then quickly adopt in 
our County. The idea, is to get many cities and counties to pass
laws like this, and to thereby force the US Congress to adopt
similar legislation. Washington DC is hopelessly corrupt at this
point, and the changes that are to be made must be sourced locally,
such as via our very own beautiful and forward-thinking County.
No doubt those of us who went through democracy school will 
remember that this is CELDF's strategy as well. 

I think that an anti-corruption act for Mendocino County could be
on next November's ballot. This could be a way to solidly establish
CRNMC on the map as a political force in Mendocino County, as well
as a way for us to further get the message out publicly about the
ways the current crooked system must be changed (I am making 
reference to Paul Cienfuegos' work, CELDF's work, Global Exchange's
work, etc. here).

As I understand it, a home rule charter effort will in all 
probability take years, because there are multiple steps that
are required like appointing or electing a commission to put 
together a charter, which then must be adopted by the BOS or by
the voters. But both an anti-corruption act and a home rule 
charter could be pursued by CRNMC.

/s/ Charles

In case folks haven't seen it yet - a four minute video on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhEFehRWApM