 In 2012, Cressman led efforts resulting in the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) penalizing two Arizona-based nonprofits, Americans for Responsible Leadership and the Center to Protect Patient Rights.The nonprofits donated $11 million to oppose the California governor Jerry Brown's tax hike, Proposition 30, and they proposed a labor organizing reform, Proposition 32.Cressman filed the complaint with the FPPC to reveal the names of the donors who had contributed the money to the nonprofits and proposed to defeat Brown's proposals.