While three scandal-ridden state senators await their legal fates, all Californians face the challenge of cleaning up our ethically challenged Capitol.

This leads to the Los Angeles News Group Opinion pages’ Question of the Week for readers: What should be done to prevent corruption in state politics?

Our editorial board had its say about the spate of scandals on Sunday. Now it’s your turn.

The three current scandals are different. Sen. Rod Wright, D-Inglewood, is due to be sentenced in May for living outside the district he was elected to represent, and lying about it. That’s run-of-the-mill political crime compared with the allegations against Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello, who was indicted on charges he and his brother took bribes to shape legislation. And those cases lack the wow factor of what Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, is accused of doing — accepting campaign donations in exchange for doing favors for an arms trafficker.

In response, lawmakers have proposed several reform-minded bills, aiming to limit legal gift-giving to politicians, rein in lobbyists’ activities, and require more frequent disclosure of campaign fundraising and spending.

Political watchdogs have said the scandals draw attention to the need to reduce the influence of money in politics.

As we said in Sunday’s editorial, it’s hard not to think the dominance of Democrats in state politics raises the temptation for unscrupulous people to try to influence them, and perhaps emboldens members of the majority party to take advantage of the situation.

Should the scandals influence voters in this year’s elections? If it’s time to throw the bums out, how do you tell the bums from the honest leaders? After all of the reforms of recent years — including term-limits changes, “open” primaries, and redistricting by a citizens panel — would more new rules improve California politics?

The state’s elected officials would probably welcome your suggestions. At least the clean ones would.

Send your thoughts to opinion@langnews.com. Please include your full name and city or community of residence. Also, provide a daytime phone number.

Or, if you prefer, share your views in the comments section that accompanies this article online.

We’ll publish as many responses as possible on Sunday.