(A) A person shall not make to a candidate for elective city office for the City of Baldwin Park, and a candidate for elective city office for the City of Baldwin Park shall not accept from a person, a contribution, totaling more than $750 per election cycle where the candidate or officer holder who is the beneficiary of the contribution or independent expenditure is on the ballot or is a write-in candidate or seeking nomination/appointment for the officer. In other words, this contribution limit does not reset after each city election, it only resets after the office holder’s election.
(B) Campaign contributions may only be solicited from October the year before an election through February of the year following an election.
(C) In addition, any primarily formed committee that makes contributions or independent expenditures supporting or opposing a candidate or candidates in Baldwin Park elections shall not accept from any person a contribution or contributions totaling more than $750 for each election in which the candidate or candidates are on the ballot or are write-in candidates.
(D) Any and all contributions solicited or accepted pursuant to this chapter 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 Political Reform Act of 1974, as amended, or the fair political practices commission regulations interpreting the act, unless otherwise expressly noted in this chapter.
(E) 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 18 months prior to an election and December 31 immediately following an election.
(Ord. 1468, passed 3-2-22)