Overview
- The clip, filmed March 9 at Sixth and Mission, shows a worker offering $5 for a signature and instructing a signer to use an Avila Beach voter’s name.
- The Secretary of State said such payments and knowingly filing forged petitions violate California law and confirmed the matter is under review.
- Building a Better California and the allied Better Results and Retirement and Personal Savings Protection Act campaigns condemned the conduct and demanded the circulator be identified and their petitions rejected.
- Better Results said it contacted San Francisco police, while Republican officials and watchdogs publicly pressed for further investigation.
- California’s paid signature model remains in place after a 2021 veto of a per-signature pay ban, with reported rates reaching up to $15 per signature.