Susan Jordan Accepts Voluntary Campaign Spending Limits

“Politics today is broken and so is Sacramento,” said Susan Jordan, who is running for the 35th Assembly District in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. “The minute campaigns start to become about who has raised the most money, our voters lose. Because of this, I filed to accept the voluntary spending limits and am the only one in the Democratic primary for the 35th to have done so.”

“I have also refused to take money from tribal gaming, pesticide interests, those fighting against single-payer health care reform, and others whose policies I oppose,” Jordan said.

Jordan has been endorsed by former Sen. Sheila Kuehl, and Sen. Mark Leno, authors of single-payer plans for California.

Under Prop. 34, a campaign finance reform measure which was overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2000, candidates may elect to cap contributions in exchange for being listed in the state ballot pamphlet as having done so.

Jordan runs a non-profit organization that organizes grassroots campaigns to do battle with special interests.

Through the California Coastal Protection Network, she has waged large-scale grassroots campaigns to protect and empower communities. Jordan helped rally thousands of concerned citizens to stop the construction of the first Liquefied Natural Gas terminal off the coast of Ventura. She stopped a toll road through San Onofre State Park, and, most recently, blocked the governor from gutting the State Lands Commission’s jurisdiction over oil leasing off the California coast by putting together a statewide coalition of over 100 community groups.

“I do not fit the typical profile of most politicians running for office, but fall into the category of those who view holding office as public service and not a career,” Jordan said. “Many politicians today say they support similar goals and priorities, but hesitate to take strong stands if they believe it might impact their ability to seek higher elective office.

“I see the Assembly as the culmination of 40 years of hard work and sacrifice. Through it all, I have never been afraid to stand up to the special interests. And I have proven that I am unafraid to do the right thing, even if there is a political consequence for doing so.”

Susan Jordan is an award-winning environmental leader, businesswoman, health advocate and mother who has dedicated the last 15 years to organizing grassroots efforts to protect California’s coast as an economic, environmental and recreational resource. As chair of the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission, she was known for her balanced and analytical approach. As an environmental leader statewide, she has taken on large-scale projects which have broad public policy implications, and won.