Chapter 1.30
CITY ELECTIONS

Section:

ARTICLE I. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

1.30.010   Purpose.

1.30.020   Definitions.

1.30.030   Limitation on campaign contributions.

1.30.040   Limitation on campaign contributions - Exceptions.

1.30.045   Anonymous campaign contributions prohibited.

1.30.050   Additional campaign statement disclosure requirements.

1.30.055   Additional campaign statement filing requirement.

1.30.060   Additional campaign statement disclosure requirements - Exceptions.

1.30.065   Campaign disclosure statements - Document filing method.

1.30.070   Required notices.

1.30.080   Violations.

ARTICLE II. CITY BALLOTS

1.30.100   Purpose.

1.30.110   Rebuttal arguments.

1.30.120   Candidates’ statements.

ARTICLE III. DISTRICT ELECTIONS

1.30.210   Purpose.

1.30.220   City council districts established.

1.30.230   Election of members of the city council by district.

1.30.240   Commencement of district elections.

1.30.250   Adjustment of council district boundaries.

ARTICLE I. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

1.30.010 Purpose.

   The purpose of this article is to supplement the provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974, Title 9 of the Government Code (commencing with Section 81000), by:

   A.   Limiting the aggregate amount of campaign contributions which may be made by a person to a city council candidate in order to preclude a contributor from gaining disproportionate access to or influence over the city council or any of its individual members by making particularly large campaign contributions to one or more city council candidates;

   B.   Lowering the threshold on those campaign contributions to a city council candidate or to a committee supporting or opposing a city council candidate or a city ballot measure which must be individually disclosed and identified on campaign statements filed pursuant to the Political Reform Act of 1974, in order to more fully inform the voters of the city about the sources of campaign funds;

   C.   Requiring all campaign contributions to a city council candidate or to a committee supporting or opposing a city council candidate, regardless of amount, to be publicly reported, and prohibiting anonymous contributions to a city council candidate or to a committee supporting or opposing a city council candidate or a city ballot measure; and

   D.   Requiring an additional campaign statement to be filed five days before each municipal election.

(Ord. 1751 §1 (part), Ord. 2113 §4, Ord. 2251) Ord. 2421 §1)