California Political Treasurers Association
Greetings!

To those of you who attended the 18th Annual Conference in San Diego, thank you for coming! And for those of you who were unable to attend, you missed one of the best conferences we've ever had.

Thank you to Michelle Sanders Moore for selecting a great venue and planning all our events and to Nancy Haley for arranging the local speakers.

Thursday morning three political consultants, Laura Fink with Rebelle Communications, Jennifer Jacobs with Sunshine Strategy, and Tom Shepard, Tom Shepard & Associates, provided a post-election assessment of the Top Two Primary system. The panel held very diverse views on the election consequences, intended and unintended. After lunch we held our General Membership meeting including the first annual Pub(lic Disclosure) Quiz to test members' knowledge of Federal, State and local campaign finance and lobby disclosure.

Friday morning Stacey Fulhorst, Executive Director of the City of San Diego Ethics Commission, and former Assemblymember and San Diego County Supervisor candidate Nathan Fletcher provided an overview of the Ethics Commission's mission. They were followed by presentations from Philip Ung, FPPC Director of Legislative and External Affairs and Trish Mayer, Assistant Division Chief of the FPPC Legal Division, who updated the membership with pending legislative and regulatory issues. We were joined at lunch by Assemblymember Todd Gloria. After lunch vendors (and CPTA conference supporters) Netfile, e-Fundraising Connections, California Bank & Trust, Torrey Pines Bank and Bank of San Francisco, provided an overview of their products and services. And thank you to our generous vendors who sponsored both lunches, cocktail party, Luau and Bonfire on the Beach.

The complete meeting minutes can be viewed via the below link. (Thank you Mary Nunes and Jenny Sawyer)



Legislative Update


CPTA's lobbyist Branche Jones continues to monitor several bills on our behalf. The bills include AB 2155, AB 2188 and AB 2707 and SB 1239. CPTA has not taken a position on the bills.

The FPPC is also following these bills and others, including AB 84. The July staff memo that details the proposed legislation can be accessed per this link:


Additional information per a Sacramento Bee article regarding AB 84 can be viewed per the link below:



If you have any questions or comments about the proposed legislation, please contact Laura Stephen. Laura's email address is laura@stephencompany.com

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FYI

During the General Membership Meeting at the San Diego conference the members voted to delete the August meeting held in the San Francisco Bay Area. We then voted to change the date of the annual conference from June to August. The proposed date for the 2019 conference is August 7th through the 10th to be held in Washington D.C.

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SAVE THE DATE

Next CPTA meeting will be held in Sacramento on Friday, November 16th from 10:30 - 5:00.
Details to Follow

WELCOME NEW CPTA MEMBERS

Josie Olsen
Blue Wave Political Partners LLC

Michelle Hoffman, Napa

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NOT GOOD NEWS...

State campaign report filers will continue to file paper reports with the Secretary of State longer than anticipated since the SOS extended the implementation date of the CAL-ACCESS Replacement System (CARS) from February 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 See SOS notification below:

CPTA Web Site: www.cpta.info
CPTA Meeting minutes and copies of newsletters are posted on the CPTA website. If you need a login and password to access the Members Only section, please contact Marissa Quaranta. Marissa's email is mquaranta@seowenscompany.com.
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Michelle Moore Sanders

A native of Los Angeles, Michelle has worked in the finance industry for over four decades. Beginning her career in retail banking as a corporate Vice President, Michelle successfully managed several high profile branches for three of the major financial institutions in the greater Los Angeles area. Many of these assignments stretched along the Figueroa Corridor and included branches located in Hollywood, the Wilshire District and South Central Los Angeles.

In 1998 Michelle’s career focus took a political turn which aligned her with the David Gould Company where she served as the company Vice President of operations for over seventeen years. During this period Michelle became a member of the California Political Treasurers Association where she was elected Vice President of Internal Affairs and currently holds this position within the organization. 

As a founding partner of Political Reporting Plus, a thriving political accounting and reporting firm located in Inglewood California, Michelle serves as Treasurer and advisor for federal, state and local officeholders, candidates and Political Action Committees.

At a very early age the passion for community service was instilled in Michelle by her mother, F. Ruth Moore. Michelle has actively participated in numerous community events hosted by the organization since its inception in 1965. Meals, clothing, blankets and sleeping bags for the homeless; Thanksgiving meals for neighborhood families in need as well as providing Christmas cheer and toys to the neighborhood children have been priorities for the organization for over five decades. Dedicated to continuing her family legacy she now serves as Executive Director of the F. Ruth Moore Volunteer Service Organization, Inc. and has held this position since 1994. The organization is proud to have served over 100,000 inner city at-risk children in the fifty two years since it was founded and is committed to serving the community’s children for fifty more.

Michelle is the proud Mother of one son who after twenty three years and four tours in Iraq is a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer and now serves as a Los Angeles County Firefighter. Michelle also has a daughter-in-law who she lovingly refers to as her daughter and two amazing granddaughters.

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To add a new member for your firm or to revise your current members - contact Nancy Haley, the CPTA Treasurer. Nancy's email address is nhaley@thinkcpa.com.
Photos from the 18th Annual CPTA Conference held in San Diego, California at the
Catamaran Resort Hotel and Spa