For Parkinson, switching to a NetFile portal would be unnecessary due to the small scale of elections in Tehama County. Four years later, in 2016, Tehama County still has no plans to ease access to its campaign finance filings. In August 2015, the California Fair Political Practices Commission fined state Sen. Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber) and Tehama County Supervisor Bob Williams for campaign finance violations stemming from Williams’ unsuccessful 2012 run for the Tehama County Assembly. “And it’s worked out well.”In Tehama County, media attention on election transparency has produced less tangible results. Some of California’s rural counties say the pricetag for creating an online system remains too high.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 31, 2016 03:11 UTC