Prop 2

On Friday, two days after the YES! on Prop 2 campaign filed a complaint with the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) formally requesting an investigation of what appeared to be money-laundering by opponents – the No on 2 campaign was forced to make public contributions of more than $4.5 million, nearly tripling the funds in their campaign account. The contributions come from some of the most disreputable factory farms throughout the nation that have a history of abusing animals, damaging the environment, and misleading consumers.

The Humane Society of the United States today filed suit in Yolo County Superior Court against the University of California. UC has refused to provide public documents concerning potentially unlawful campaign activities by its staff regarding Proposition 2 – a popular anti-cruelty ballot initiative that will provide basic protections to California farm animals. 

The Big Agribusiness opponents of California’s Proposition 2 have a track record of duping the public, harming animals, and polluting the environment. They also exploit workers, many of whom are Latino immigrants stuck in the most dangerous and lowest paying jobs in this country. Just look at the United Food and Commercial Workers campaign to end brutal working conditions at Smithfield, and the recent immigration raids in Iowa where authorities targeted low-wage workers as de facto criminals rather than focusing on the Agriprocessors big shots who allowed child labor, animal cruelty, and a range of other abuses to occur.