(Title and Section Amended by Ord. No. 169,916, Eff. 8/10/94.)
No lobbyist or lobbying firm subject to the requirements of this article shall:
A. Do any act with the purpose and intent of placing any City official under personal obligation to the lobbyist, the lobbying firm, or to the lobbyist’s or firm’s employer or client.
B. Fraudulently deceive or attempt to deceive any City official with regard to any material fact pertinent to any pending or proposed municipal legislation.
C. Cause or influence the introduction of any municipal legislation for the purpose of thereafter being employed or retained to secure its passage or defeat.
D. Cause any communication to be sent to any City official in the name of any non-existent person or in the name of any existing person without the consent of such person.
E. Make or arrange for any payment to a City official, or act as an agent or intermediary in making any such payment by any other person, if the arrangement or the payment would violate any provision of the City’s Governmental Ethics Ordinance (Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 49.5.1, et seq.).