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.
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)
A. During the four-year period immediately preceding a municipal election held for the purpose of electing one or more members of the city council, no person shall make to any city council candidate a contribution or contributions that, in total, exceed the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars for all such contributions.
B. During the four-year period immediately preceding a municipal election which is held for the purpose of electing one or more members of the city council, no candidate at that election shall accept from any person a contribution or contributions which, in total, exceed the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars. All contributions made by a person to a candidate’s controlled committee, whether or not made at the behest of the candidate or the committee, are contributions to that candidate for the purpose of the aggregate contribution limit established by this section. As used in this section, “controlled committee” means a committee that is controlled directly or indirectly by a candidate or that acts jointly with a candidate or controlled committee in connection with the making of expenditures. A candidate controls a committee if the candidate, or the candidate’s agent, or any other committee the candidate controls has a significant influence on the actions or decisions of the committee.
(Ord. 1751 §1 (part), Ord. 2251, Ord. 2274) Ord. 2421 §2)
A. A person's use of personal money or property for the purpose of supporting such person’s council candidacy shall not constitute a campaign contribution for purposes of the limitation on campaign contributions provided for in Section 1.30.030 of this article.
B. A person receiving a contribution or contributions on behalf of or as the agent of a city council candidate or on behalf of or as the agent of a committee supporting or opposing a city council candidate or a city ballot measure, shall not be deemed to have made a separate and additional contribution to such city council candidate or committee for purposes of the limitation on campaign contributions provided for by Section 1.30.030 of this article when transferring such initial contribution or contributions to the city council candidate or committee, provided the person receiving the contribution or contributions transfers the same to the city council candidate or committee in the same form as received and without exercising or attempting to exercise any independent control over its use.
(Ord. 1751 §1 (part), Ord. 2268)
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