SACRAMENTO A Sacramento judge has tentatively backed state campaign regulators’ attempts to unmask donors to a big-spending Arizona group, saying voters may suffer “irreparable injury” if an audit of its records is blocked before the Nov. 6 election.
In a tentative ruling issued Tuesday afternoon, Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Shelleyanne Chang granted the Fair Political Practices Commission’s request for an injunction forcing the nonprofit Americans for Responsible Leadership to produce any documents related to its $11 million donation to a California campaign committee. The Small Business Action Committee has spent millions to defeat Proposition 30, the governor’s tax initiative, and to defeat Prop 32, a corporate-backed measure to curb labor union power.
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