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(Amended by Ord. No. 175,060, Eff. 3/4/03.)
No person shall solicit or authorize any other person to solicit any charitable contribution unless a written Notice of Intention to solicit charitable contributions is filed with the Department at least 15 days prior to the beginning of the solicitation on a form furnished by the Department. A Notice of Intention shall be filed for each separate special event. At the option of the person filing the Notice, a Notice related to an ongoing general appeal for charitable contributions may be filed on an annual basis. The Department shall distinguish between special events and activities related to an ongoing general appeal so as to best inform the public of the costs and receipts of the various types of charitable solicitation activities undertaken by the person filing the Notice. If an annual Notice is filed, it shall include a description of the activities planned for the year related to the general appeal of the person filing the Notice, and the person filing the Notice shall file a separate Notice of Intention for any charitable solicitation activity that is not included in the annual Notice. The Notice of Intention shall include the following information and must be accompanied by an information card fee of $42.00: (Amended by Ord. No. 188,146, Eff. 4/18/24.)
(a) The name of the person registering and desiring to solicit funds for charitable purposes;
(b) Whether the person registering is a natural person, partnership, corporation or association; and,
(1) If a natural person, the principal business or residence address and telephone number;
(2) If a partnership, the address and telephone number, if any, of the partnership, and the name and principal business or residence address and telephone number of each partner;
(3) If a corporation, the state of incorporation, the address and telephone number of the corporate headquarters, the mailing address, location, telephone number, and name of the person in charge of the Los Angeles or other local office, if any, and the name and title of each officer and director or trustee;
(4) If an association, the principal business address and telephone number of the association, if any, the name and principal business or residence address and telephone number of each member, unless there are more than ten members, in which case the association shall provide the name, title, and principal business or residence address and telephone number of each officer and director or trustee, and if the association is part of a multi-state organization, the business address and location of its Los Angeles or other local office;
(c) The purpose of the solicitation and use of the contributions to be solicited;
(d) The commencement and termination dates of the solicitation;
(e) The type of solicitation activity and how it will be conducted;
(f) An estimate of the total cost of the solicitation (such estimate may be based on the most recent comparable solicitation activity, if any, unless the person filing the Notice expects the cost of the proposed solicitation to be substantially different);
(g) The names of any officer, director, trustee, partner, or any current agent or employee engaging in solicitation of funds who has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude within the past seven years, and the nature of the offense, the State where the conviction occurred, and the year of the conviction;
(h) A statement signed under penalty of perjury by persons authorized by the person filing the Notice that the signers of the Notice of Intention have read and are familiar with the provisions of this article.
(Amended by Ord. No. 175,060, Eff. 3/4/03.)
(a) The Notice of Intention described in Section 44.04 may be filed pursuant to this section if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The person filing the Notice is based outside the State of California;
(2) The person filing the Notice is registered with the State of California as a charitable trust or charitable organization throughout the period covered by the Notice;
(3) The Notice pertains to activities related to an ongoing general appeal for charitable contributions; and
(4) The Notice contains all of the following information:
(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person filing the Notice;
(B) Whether the person is a corporation and the date of organization;
(C) The person’s employer identification number and corporation or organization number;
(D) The dates covered by the Notice; and
(E) The types of solicitation activities anticipated during the period covered by the Notice.
No person shall solicit charitable contributions unless a system of accounting is maintained whereby all transactions are entered upon the books or records of the person, either on the cash or accrual basis, according to established and customary accounting principles.
(Amended by Ord. No. 175,060, Eff. 3/4/03.)
(a) No person shall conduct a solicitation for charitable contributions on behalf of another person without written authorization from the person on whose behalf the solicitation is made.
(b) The written authorization required by Subsection (a) shall be provided to the Department with the Notice of Intention filed by the person conducting the solicitation.
(c) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply where the person conducting the solicitation is an officer, director, bonafide employee, or bonafide member of a charitable organization that is operating in compliance with this article.
(Amended by Ord. No. 175,060, Eff. 3/4/03.)
(a) No person shall solicit any charitable contribution unless an Information Card has been issued pursuant to Section 44.02 of this article.
(b) No person shall solicit in person any charitable contribution without personal possession of the original or an authentic reproduction of the Information Card. The original or an authentic reproduction of the Information Card shall be conspicuously displayed at the site of special events conducted for the purpose of obtaining funds for charitable purposes.
(c) No person shall solicit any charitable contribution by means of any written or printed material that is published, mailed, delivered, or otherwise distributed unless such material includes the information contained in the Information Card.
(d) Any person soliciting charitable contributions by radio, television, telephone, telegraph, or e-mail, shall provide the information contained on the Information Card upon the request of any person being solicited.
(e) Any person soliciting charitable contributions shall present the original or an authentic reproduction of the Information Card upon the request of any person being solicited.
(Amended by Ord. No. 175,060, Eff. 3/4/03.)
Every person soliciting charitable contributions shall file with the Department within 30 days after the termination date of the solicitation a Report of Results of Activity. For persons filing the Report based on an annual Notice of Intention, the termination date shall be one year after the initial date for which the Notice of Intention was filed. The Report shall detail all receipts, expenses and distributions of proceeds. The Report shall be made on a form provided by the Department and signed by two officers, if practicable, or other natural persons authorized by the person filing the Report.
It shall be unlawful to expend charitable funds raised by public solicitation for any purpose other than those specified on the Information Card, except that where no purpose specified on the Information Card any longer exists, the person may expend such funds for a similar purpose.
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