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the remedy lies not in invalidating elections, but in changing the law so that the ballot arguments are clear, concise and and truthful. The problem now is that we send out a great deal of false information from the state and from the cities and from the counties.

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But it's a very unusual step that we ever invalidate an election. And I would rather look to the Legislature to correct the problems that really do exist. Does that mean that you would consider a process for checking the accuracy of information sent to voters about ballot

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proposition? There's a measure right now pending in the Legislature that would require any supporter who writes an argument or opponent to verify under penalty of perjury, the statements which he makes. And then if there were misstatements with the man who made them, could be prosecuted for

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perjury and receive a state prison sentence. If we would convict just one man, I think we'd go a long way toward ensuring honesty at the next election. But there's no such rule for honesty and elections at present. Is that what you're saying? There is no rule

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that requires the proponents or opponents of ballot measures to tell the truth. They can put anything in those arguments that they want. Weeks ago, a judge in Los Angeles struck down the laws that require committees to report their campaign contributions. The effect of that ruling will

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be to invite every special interest group in America to come to California and spend millions of dollars attempting to influence the voters without the voters even be aware of of what they're doing. So I am asking the court for an immediate ruling reinstating the law so

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that people can once again, No who is spending the millions of dollars that goes into campaigns here in the state. We're talking about specifically proposition 18 on the last balance, that's the case that generated the ruling. But the effect of the court's decision of course, is

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to strike down the laws that require these committees to report their campaign contributions so that even though we're dealing with a specific case, it reaches far beyond that there are elections in cities and counties up and down the state. In fact, before the end of the

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year, there will be almost 100 elections in California that are affected by that ruling. Those elections evolve. School bonds tax overrides approximately a billion dollars in the public's money. That's why I think the Supreme Court and act immediately. Do you have any ideas about who did

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finance proposition 18? Well, yes, I do. The oil companies principally. And most interestingly enough, they contributed $95,000 anonymously. And upon investigation, I found out that it was standard oil Gulf and mobil oil companies that actually had given the money, even though they concealed that fact originally