(a) PROHIBITION. No campaign consultant, individual who has an ownership interest in the campaign consultant, or an employee of the campaign consultant shall communicate with any officer of the City and County who is a current or former client of the campaign consultant on behalf of another person or entity (other than the City and County) in exchange for economic consideration for the purpose of influencing local legislative or administrative action.
(b) EXCEPTIONS.
(1) This prohibition shall not apply to:
(A) an employee of a campaign consultant whose sole duties are clerical; or
(B) an employee of a campaign consultant who did not personally provide campaign consulting services to the officer of the City and County with whom the employee seeks to communicate in order to influence local legislative or administrative action.
(2) The exceptions in Subsection (b)(1) shall not apply to any person who communicates with an officer of the City and County in his or her capacity as an employee of the campaign consultant who is prohibited by Subsection (a) from making the communication.
(c) DEFINITIONS. Whenever the following words or phrases are used in this Section, they shall mean:
(1) “Campaign consultant” shall have the same meaning as in Article I, Chapter 5, Section 1.505 of this Code.
(2) “Campaign consulting services” shall have the same meaning as in Article I, Chapter 5, Section 1.505 of this Code.
(3) “Current client” shall mean a person for whom the campaign consultant has filed a client authorization statement pursuant to Article I, Chapter 5, Section 1.515(d) of this Code and not filed a client termination statement pursuant to Article I, Chapter 5, Section 1.515(f) of this Code. If such person is a committee as defined by Section 82013 of the California Government Code, the current client shall be any individual who controls such committee; any candidate that such committee was primarily formed to support; and any proponent or opponent of a ballot measure that the committee is primarily formed to support or oppose.
(4) “Employee” shall mean an individual employed by a campaign consultant, but does not include any individual who has an ownership interest in the campaign consultant that employs them.
(5) “Former client” shall mean a person for whom the campaign consultant has filed a client termination statement pursuant to Article I, Chapter 5, Section 1.515(f) of this Code within the 60 months prior to communicating with the person.
(Added by Ord. 28-04, File No. 031656, App. 2/20/2004; amended by Ord. 239-08, File No. 080162, App. 10/30/2008; Ord. 235-09, File No. 090833, App. 11/10/2009; re-enacted by Proposition D, 3/5/2024, Eff. 4/12/2024, Oper. 10/12/2024)