(Amended by Ord. No. 183,236, Eff. 10/30/14.)
A. If a candidate for elected City office, a City controlled committee, a City recall committee, a City ballot measure committee, a City general purpose committee, a committee primarily formed to support or oppose City candidates or ballot measures, or a person who makes independent expenditure communications in City elections and qualifies as a committee under the Political Reform Act that elects to use social media accounts to communicate regarding a City election, the candidate or committee shall include the following statement on each account's home page: "This account is being used for campaign purposes by [name of candidate or committee]."
1. The statement shall be prominent, in a typeface that is easily legible to an average reader and in a color that contrasts with the background on which it appears.
2. The statement shall be displayed from the time the candidate or committee first begins to use the account for campaign purposes until the election for which it is used is over.
B. An elected City officer may not use a social media account or Web site for campaign purposes if the account or site is paid for, sponsored by, or hosted by the City. If an elected City officer communicates about campaign activity or City business using a social media account or Web site that is not City sponsored, the home page for the account or site shall include the following statement: "This [account or site] is not paid for, sponsored by, or hosted by the City." The statement shall be prominent, in a typeface that is easily legible to an average reader and in a color that contrasts with the background on which it appears.