(A) Soliciting political funds. An officer or an employee of the city shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit or receive political funds or contributions, knowingly, from other officers or employees of the city or from persons on the employment lists of the city, except as otherwise provided in Cal. Gov't Code § 3205.
('81 Code, § 2.44.130)
(B) Activities not prohibited; violation grounds for dismissal.
(1) This chapter does not prevent any officer or employee from:
(a) Becoming or continuing to be a member of a political club or organization;
(b) Attendance at a political meeting;
(c) Enjoying entire freedom from all interference in casting his vote;
(d) Seeking or accepting election or appointment to public office while on leave of absence;
(e) Seeking signatures to any initiative or referendum petition directly affecting his rates of pay, hours of work, retirement, civil service or other working conditions;
(f) Distributing badges, pamphlets, dodgers or handbills or other participation in any campaign in connection with such petition, if the activity is not carried on during hours of work, or when he is dressed in the uniform required in any department of the city government.
(2) The violation of any provision of division (A) of this section is ground for discharge of any officer or employee.
('81 Code, § 2.44.140)
(C) Improper activities; exemptions.
(1) Every person or employee of the city shall prohibit the entry into any place under his control, occupied and used for the governmental purposes of the city, of any person, for the purpose of making or giving notice of any political assessment, subscription or contribution.
(2) No person shall enter or remain in any place described in subdivision (1) of this division for the purpose of making, demanding or giving notice of any political assessment, subscription or contribution.
(3) This division shall not apply to any auditorium or other place used for the conduct of public or political rallies or similar events, nor to any park, street, public land or other place not being used for the governmental purposes of the city.
(4) No officer or employee of the city shall participate in political activities of any kind while in uniform.
(5) No one who holds, or who is seeking election or appointment to, any office or employment in the city shall, directly or indirectly, use, promise, threaten or attempt to use any office, authority or influence, whether actually possessed or merely anticipated, to confer upon or secure for any person, or to aid or obstruct any person in securing, or to prevent any person from securing any position, nomination, confirmation, promotion or change in composition or position within the city, upon consideration or condition that the vote or political influence or action of the person or another shall be given or used in behalf of, or withheld from, any candidate, officer or party, or upon any other corrupt condition or consideration.
(6) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, this division does not prevent an officer or employee of this city from soliciting or receiving political funds or contributions to promote the passage or defeat of a ballot measure which would affect the rate of pay, hours of work, retirement, civil service or other working conditions of officers or employees of this city, so long as such activity is confined to off-duty or nonworking hours and is conducted somewhere other than in the governmental offices of this city.
('81 Code, § 2.44.150)