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In an email to the SanDiegoist, ProtectMarriage.com's attorney explains why California Renewal (the company sponsoring ProtectMarriage.com) operated for four months while suspended by the state tax board.

Hi Justin:

I serve as attorney for ProtectMarriage.com.  We've looked into the problem with California Renewal's registration.... Turns out that some paperwork from the state was incorrectly addressed and returned as undeliverable (right address, wrong name)... and when no response was received the suspension occurred.  We are cleaning up the paperwork error in the next day or two and should be back to normal shortly.
 
Thanks so much for bringing this to our attention.

Andrew Pugno
ProtectMarriage.com

California Renewal, the sole sponsor of one of the ballot measure committees working to block gay marriage through a constitutional amendment, was suspended by the state Franchise Tax Board in March.

That means that California Renewal can't legally conduct business in California or use the organization's name. The California Political Reform Act doesn't say what should happen when a ballot measure committee sponsor is suspended by the tax board.

Since the suspension, the committee (officially known as Protectmarriage.com, a project of California Renewal) has raised just over $350,000, according to its most recently filed campaign finance disclosure reports. They spent significant amounts on "petition circulating" in the same time period. In total, the committee, led by Ron Prentice (executive director of both California Renewal and the California Family Council Foundation) has reported raising about $1.4 million.