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Thursday, October 11, 2007

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1. CAMPAIGN PRACTICES......................................VO/SOT

2. SEISMIC SOJOURN.............................................VO/SOT

3. NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PREPAREDNESS CONFERENCE ............................................................... VO/SOT

4. SMOKING IN CARS WITH KIDS........................SOT/FILE

5. GANGS AND JESSICA'S LAW........................REQUEST

CAMPAIGN PRACTICES VO/SOT

STATIONS NOTE: THE SOUNDBITES IN THE MAIN BODY OF THE STORY WERE CUT WITH EXTRA PAD BEFORE AND AFTER THEM PER A STATION REQUEST, SO YOU MAY WANT TO TRIM THEM IF YOU CHOOSE TO AIR THE VO/SOT AS IS

LIVE: THE FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION IS CONSIDERING NEW REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE MORE SPECIFICITY WHEN LAWMAKERS FILE DOCUMENTS DETAILING CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT EXPENSES FOR LEGISLATIVE PURPOSES. A COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH THE COMMISSION EARLIER THIS WEEK TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL, LODGING, SHOPPING AND DINING BY ASSEMBLY SPEAKER FABIAN NUNEZ WAS FOR LEGISLATIVE OR PERSONAL PURPOSES.

SUPER: TODAY/FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION/SACRAMENTO

SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL/SACRAMENTO

SUPER: FILE

VO: (:35) COMMISSIONERS MET TODAY IN SACRAMENTO TO DISCUSS OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW, UNRELATED TO THIS MATTER. THE F-P-P-C HAS NOT INDICATED WHETHER IT WILL INVESTIGATE THE CLAIM BY THE CALIFORNIA TERM LIMITS DEFENSE FUND. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ORGANIZATION HOPES TO KNOW IN TWO WEEKS. COMMISSION CHAIRMAN ROSS JOHNSON SAYS F-P-P-C STAFF IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON REVISIONS TO THE REGULATIONS THAT WOULD PROVIDE MORE CLARITY ABOUT WHAT IS AND ISN'T A LEGITIMATE EXPENSE. JOHNSON ACKNOWLEDGES INVESTIGATING CURRENT CLAIMS IS DIFFICULT.

SUPER: ROSS JOHNSON/CHAIRMAN/FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION

SOT: (:13)

SAYS: "THE EXISTING STATUTE, REGULATIONS, FORMS DON'T MAKE THAT PARTICULARLY EASY ... THESE ARE ISSUES WHERE YOU WOULD HOPE COMMON SENSE WOULD PREVAIL."

SUPER: BOB ADNEY/CALIFORNIA TERM LIMITS DEFENSE FUND

SOT: (:28)

SAYS: "WHAT YOU'LL FIND SOMETIMES IS THE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN AWAY THE TEETH AWAY FROM THE FPPC ... SKATE AROUND IT UP UNTIL NOW."

VO TAG: THE COMMISSION IS INVESTIGATING AN EARLIER COMPLAINT BY THE TERM LIMITS DEFENSE FUND, WHICH IS FIGHTING PROPOSITION 93 WHICH WILL SHORTEN THE OVERALL TIME A STATE LAWMAKER CAN REMAIN IN OFFICE, BUT WILL ENABLE CURRENT LAWMAKERS TO STAY IN THEIR POSITIONS LONGER THAN THEY WOULD WITHOUT PASSAGE OF THE BALLOT MEASURE. THAT COMPLAINT IS AGAINST SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE DON PERATA, AFTER REVELATIONS HE WAS USING CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR PURCHASES AT TARGET, HOME DEPOT AND FOR FINE DINING AND WINE. THE SPEAKER WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT TODAY. HIS DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF CALLS THE INVESTIGATION REQUEST A PUBLICITY STUNT BY THE OPPONENTS OF PROP 93, WHOSE LEADER WAS HIMSELF INDICTED FOR CAMPAIGN FRAUD IN OKLAHOMA AND SAYS NUNEZ IS OPEN TO REVIEW OF THE LAW BY THE F-P-P-C. THE COMMISSION CHAIR SAYS ANY CHANGES IN THE REGULATIONS WILL NOT HAPPEN BEFORE NEXT YEAR DUE TO THE PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.

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SUPER: ROSS JOHNSON/CHAIRMAN/FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION

SOT: (:39)

SAYS: "WE'RE ACTUALLY INTERNALLY TAKING A LOOK AT THAT THE FORMS THAT ARE REQUIRED TODAY FOR CAMPAIGN FUNDS CONTAIN BROAD CATEGORIES OF EXPENDITURES ... TO PROVIDE GREATER SPECIFICITY TO WHAT EXACTLY YOU'RE USING THE FUNDS FOR, TO PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON WHAT THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING USED FOR."

SOT: (:35)

SAYS: "THE TIMELINE THAT IS REQUIRED FOR NOTICE WOULD MEAN THE TIMELINE WOULD BE SOMETIME EARLY NEXT YEAR AND WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS INTERNALLY ... AND NOT ONLY AT THE FORMS BUT THE REGULATIONS, HOW WE CAN MAKE IT CLEAR THE KINDS OF REPORTING THAT NEED TO BE MADE."

SUPER: BOB ADNEY/CALIFORNIA TERM LIMITS DEFENSE FUND

SOT: (:15)

SAYS: "THE FACT IS ON FEBRUARY 5TH THEY'RE ASKING ... IS VERY IMPORTANT."

SOT: (:31)

SAYS: "HE'S LIVING AN EXTRAVAGANT LIFESTYLE ... THE FPPC, THE PEOPLE CAN MAKE THEIR DECISION ON HOW HE'S SPENDING MONEY."

SOT: (:07)

SAYS: "SOME OF THEM MAY BE EXPLAINABLE ... THIS ONE OR THIS ONE OR THIS ONE TO EXPLAIN."

SOT: (:23)

SAYS: "HE SAYS HE'S MIDDLE CLASS BUT ... PIZZA HUT, NOT THE MOST POSH RESTAURANTS IN PARIS, BARCELONA AND SWITZERLAND."