Los Angeles Times: Jessica Levinson, an election law professor at Loyola Law School and former president of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission, sees the situation as less clear-cut than Common Cause’s McMorris does. She said she doesn’t think it is unethical for state lawmakers to accept lobbyist donations to their congressional campaigns, since there is “a very real opening in the law” that allows them.
Source: Los Angeles Times
California Lawmakers Can’t Take Lobbyist Donations — Unless They’re Running for Congress
