A. In addition to the requirements of this chapter, every committee and ballot measure committee, shall comply with the registration and reporting requirements set forth in the political reform act applicable to committees. In addition to other reports required by law, any committee and ballot measure committee that makes a qualifying payment shall, by five thirty o'clock (5:30) of the third day after making the first such qualifying payment, file in the office of the city clerk a letter containing the name and address of the committee, the full street address of the committee, the FPPC/Secretary of State identification number of the committee, the name of the treasurer of the committee, if applicable, the identifying letter or number of the city ballot measure(s) supported or opposed by such qualifying payment and, if applicable the candidate supported or opposed by such qualifying payment. It shall be unlawful for any person or committee to knowingly file or publish any name or street address for a committee that is not the complete and accurate name and/or street address of the committee.
B. In addition to any preelection statement required by the Political Reform Act, every committee and ballot measure committee shall file a preelection statement for the following periods at the following times:
1. For the period ending thirty (30) days before the election, the statement shall be filed not later than twenty five (25) days before the election.
2. For the period ending ten (10) days before the election, the statement shall be filed no later than five (5) days before the election.
Any contribution from any person of more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), individually or in the aggregate, that is made less than ten (10) days before the election shall be reported to the city clerk on the next business day following receipt of the contribution.
C. Every advertisement in support of or opposition to any city ballot measure placed by a ballot measure committee, or in an advertisement in support of or in opposition to a city council or city treasurer candidate or candidates placed by a committee, other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee, shall comply with the disclosure requirements contained in Article 5, Disclosure in Advertisements, of Chapter 4, Campaign Disclosure, of Title 9, Political Reform, of the Government Code beginning with section 84501 and the accompanying regulations of the Fair Political Practices Commission.
1. For the purposes of this subsection C, any reference in the Government Code to "top contributors" shall mean top contributors as defined in this Chapter of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code.
D. Every advertisement in support of or opposition to a city ballot measure or every advertisement in support of or opposition to a city council or city treasurer candidate or candidates placed by a committee, other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee, shall include a statement indicating that additional information about contributions to the ballot measure committee or other committee paying for the advertisement is available at www.beverlyhills.org. The statement shall be substantially in the following form: "Funding details at www.beverlyhills.org."
1. This requirement shall be waived for any advertisement that is required to have a similar reference to funding details at the Secretary of State's website.
E. The city clerk shall maintain an online publicly available data base of all reports submitted by the ballot measure committees and other committees to the city clerk.
F. In addition to the other requirements of this section, every advertisement in support of, or opposition to one or more city ballot measures shall contain the official title of the city ballot measure, as provided by the City Attorney pursuant to Elections Code section 9203, and a clearly audible or legible form.
1. If the title of the ballot measure exceeds twenty five (25) words, then the proponent or proponents of the ballot measure may request a shorter title. The City Attorney, within two (2) business days, shall provide a title that does not exceed twenty five (25) words.
2. The shortened ballot title prepared by the City Attorney shall be a true and impartial statement of the purpose of the proposed measure and shall not contain arguments nor be likely to cause prejudice for or against the proposed measure. The shortened ballot title shall be used solely for the purposes of compliance with this section, and the City Attorney's original title and summary shall continue to be used to comply with all requirements of Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Division 9 (commencing with section 9200) of the Elections Code and for all other requirements imposed by state law.
3. A radio advertisement, or other advertisement that is solely audible, of less than forty five (45) seconds shall be exempt from this requirement.
G. A limited liability company that qualifies as a committee or a ballot measure committee shall file a report and amendments to that report with the City Clerk in accordance with the requirements of Government Code section 84109 whenever there is a capital contribution to the limited liability company of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more.
1. The report and amendments to the report shall be filed with the City Clerk by the end of the next business day after receiving a contribution of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more. Provided, however, that any limited liability company that qualifies as a committee or a ballot measure committee and is required to file a report pursuant to California Government Code section 84109 shall also concurrently file the same report with the City Clerk.
H. All disclosures shall conform to the requirements set forth in the Political Reform Act, unless a more stringent requirement is included herein. In that instance, committees shall comply with the applicable requirement in this chapter. (Ord. 10-O-2594, eff. 11-4-2010; Ord. 22-O-2857, eff. 2-15-2022)