A. No person shall make to any candidate and/or the controlled committee of such a candidate and no such candidate and/or the candidate’s controlled committee shall accept from a person a contribution or contributions totaling more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each election in which the candidate is on the ballot or is a write-in candidate.
B. Any primarily formed committee that makes contributions or independent expenditures supporting or opposing a candidate or candidates in Alhambra shall not accept from any person a contribution or contributions totaling more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each election in which the candidate or candidates are on the ballot or are write-in candidates.
C. The City Council shall adjust the contribution limits established in this section in March of every odd numbered year to reflect any increase or decrease in the California Consumer Price Index since the last such adjustment of the contribution limit. Such adjustments shall be rounded to the nearest ten and no/100ths ($10.00) dollar amount.
D. Any contributions solicited or accepted pursuant to this section shall be expended only in connection with the candidacy for the office specified in the candidate’s declaration of intent to solicit and receive contributions or for any valid purpose as defined in the Political Reform Act of 1974, as amended, or the fair political practices commission regulations interpreting the act, unless otherwise noted in this article.
E. No candidate or officeholder, the controlled committee of such a person, or a primarily formed committee which will make any contribution and/or independent expenditures in a municipal election, shall accept any contribution except between eighteen (18) months prior to an election and December 31 immediately following an election, where the candidate or officeholder who is the beneficiary of the contribution or expenditure is on the ballot.
F. A committee may not change its status from the type of committee that is reported on its statement of organization to any other type of committee between the period that is eighteen (18) months prior to an election and December 31 immediately following an election.
G. Contributions from developers, contractors, and political action committees to a candidate or committee primarily formed to support or oppose a candidate are prohibited.