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SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL CODE
PREFACE
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Chapter 2.04 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER*
Chapter 2.08 COUNCIL MEETINGS
Chapter 2.12 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
Chapter 2.16 CITY ENGINEER
Chapter 2.20 DIRECTOR OF BUILDING AND SAFETY
Chapter 2.24 DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 2.28 DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS*
Chapter 2.32 PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Chapter 2.36 PLANNING COMMISSION*
Chapter 2.40 POLICE SURGEON
Chapter 2.44 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY*
Chapter 2.48 WATER AND POWER DEPARTMENT*
Chapter 2.52 OFFICERS' BONDS*
Chapter 2.56 PUBLIC HEARINGS
Chapter 2.60 FIRE PROTECTION
Chapter 2.64 UNCLAIMED PROPERTY IN CUSTODY OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chapter 2.68 PEACE OFFICER TRAINING AND STANDARDS
Chapter 2.72 POLICE RESERVE UNIT
Chapter 2.76 EMERGENCY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS
Chapter 2.80 PERSONNEL SYSTEM RULES AND REGULATIONS
Chapter 2.82 PERSONNEL RULES FOR CLASSIFIED AND NONCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES
Chapter 2.84 MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES
Chapter 2.88 PUBLIC LIBRARY
Chapter 2.90 ELECTIONS AND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
Title 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
Title 4 (Reserved)
Title 5 BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Title 6 ANIMALS
Title 7 (Reserved)
Title 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Title 11 (Reserved)
Title 12 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
Title 13 PUBLIC UTILITIES
Title 14 (Reserved)
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Title 16 OIL AND GAS CODE*
Title 17 TRAILER PARKS
Title 18 SUBDIVISIONS*
Title 19 (Reserved)
Title 20 ZONING
Title 21 PUBLIC DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS AND IMPROVEMENT FEES TO BE PAID BY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR CALIFORNIA CITIES
PRIOR CODE CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
ORDINANCE LIST AND DISPOSITION TABLE
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2.90.060   Campaign contributions limitation.
   A.   No person, other than a candidate or the candidate’s spouse, shall make, no candidate or committee shall solicit or accept, and no person working for a candidate or a committee shall solicit or accept, any contribution in excess of the campaign contribution limitation. This section shall not limit contributions to the campaign made personally by the candidate, or the candidate’s spouse, from his or her own funds; provided such contributions are placed into the campaign contribution checking account pursuant to Section 2.90.030, and further provided, that the candidate, or spouse, is not acting as an agent or intermediary for any other person.
   B.   Extensions of credit to a candidate or committee for purposes of aiding the political activity of a candidate or committee in amounts of more than the campaign contribution limitation and for periods of longer than sixty days are prohibited; provided, that a candidate may personally borrow funds where such funds will be the candidate’s personal contribution to his or her campaign if the loan is a bona fide loan made on such terms and conditions comparable to those available from commercial lending institutions for loans not made for political purposes, including payment of a reasonable rate of interest and a reasonable, specific repayment schedule. The loan shall be made in the form of a loan agreement, promissory note or other appropriate written document, which document shall be maintained and made available pursuant to Section 2.90.050.
   C.   The terms of this chapter are applicable to any contribution, whether it is used in a current campaign, or to pay deficits incurred in prior campaigns, or otherwise.
(Ord. 2014-04-1469 §1 (part): Ord. 93-11-1170 § 7: Ord. 89-05-1032 §1; Ord. 85-10-962 § 1 (part))
2.90.070   Assumed name contributions.
   No contribution shall be made, directly or indirectly, by any person or combination of persons acting jointly in a name other than the name by which he or she or it is identified for legal purposes, nor in the name of any other person or combination of persons, nor anonymously. No person shall make a contribution in the name of any person who is not eligible to vote because of age. No person shall make a contribution in his, her or its name of anything belonging to another person or received from another person on the condition that it be used as a contribution. Whenever it is discovered that a contribution has been received in violation of this section, that contribution shall be returned to whoever made it, and the city clerk shall be notified by the recipient of the contribution of the amount of the contribution and the person to whom it was returned. If the recipient of the contribution cannot ascertain the person who made the contribution, the contribution shall be forwarded to the city treasurer for deposit in the general fund of the city.
(Ord. 2014-04-1469 §1 (part): Ord. 93-11-1170 § 8: Ord. 85-10-962 § 1 (part))
2.90.080   Expenditures uncontrolled by a candidate or a controlled committee.
   Persons not subject to the control of a candidate or a candidate’s controlled committee who make independent expenditures for or against a candidate or identified group of candidates for city office shall indicate clearly on any material published, displayed or broadcast that the expenditure was not authorized by a candidate or a candidate’s controlled committee whenever such an expenditure, in whole or in part, would have been covered by the provisions of this chapter were it subject to the control of a candidate or a candidate’s controlled committee.
(Ord. 2014-04-1469 §1 (part): Ord. 93-11-1170 § 9: Ord. 85-10-962 § 1 (part))
2.90.085   Independent expenditure reports.
   A.   Any person or committee meeting the criteria of subsection D of this section, which makes independent expenditures in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00) in any calendar year, shall file an independent expenditure report with the city clerk.
   B.   Independent expenditure reports required hereunder shall be in a form provided by the city clerk, and shall contain all of the following:
   1.   The name, street address, and telephone number of the person or committee making the expenditure and of the committee’s treasurer;
   2.   If the report is related to a candidate, the full name of the candidate and the office for which the candidate seeks nomination or election;
   3.   The total amount of expenditures related to the candidate during the period covered by the report made to persons who have received less than one hundred dollars;
   4.   The total amount of expenditures related to the candidate during the period covered by the report made to persons who have received one hundred dollars or more;
   5.   For each person to whom an expenditure of one hundred dollars or more related to the candidate has been made during the period covered by the report, or for each person who has provided consideration to the maker of the independent expenditure for an expenditure of one hundred dollars or more during the period covered by the report:
   a.   His or her full name,
   b.   His or her street address,
   c.   If the person is a committee, the name of the committee, the number assigned to the committee by the Secretary of State, or if no number has been assigned, the full name and street address of the treasurer of the committee,
   d.   The date of the expenditure,
   e.   The amount of the expenditure,
   f.   A brief description of the consideration for which each such expenditure was made and the value of the consideration if less than the total amount of the expenditure,
   g.   The cumulative amount of expenditures to such person over the period covered by the report.
   6.   A list of all the filing officers with whom the committee filed its most recent campaign statement.
   C.   The independent expenditure reports required hereunder shall be filed semiannually. On January 31st a report shall be filed for the period covered July 1st through December 31st of the preceding year. On July 31st, a report shall be filed for the period covering January 1st through June 30th of that year. A supplemental independent expenditure report shall also be filed for any independent expenditure which totals in the aggregate one thousand dollars or more and is made for or against any specific candidate for city office, after the closing date of the prior semiannual report period. Such supplemental independent expenditure report shall be in a form provided by the city clerk, and shall be filed within twenty-four hours of the making of the independent expenditure.
   D.   The independent expenditure reporting requirements herein shall apply only to candidates for city office, their controlled committees, committees formed or existing primarily to support or oppose the candidacy of a candidate for city office, to committees formed or existing primarily to support or oppose the qualification of, or passage of, a local ballot measure which is being voted on only in the city, and to city general purpose committees, and to other committees active only within the city.
(Ord. 2014-04-1469 §1 (part): Ord. 94-01-1176 § 1)
2.90.086   Independent Expenditures By Outside Parties.
   A.   Disclosure of Expenditures.
   1.   Any person, organization, not-for-profit or political action committee that makes an independent expenditure of one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more in support of or in opposition to any measure or candidate, or group of measures or candidates, in the 40 days preceding an election in which the measure or candidate, or group of measures or candidates, appears on the ballot, shall notify the City Clerk within 24 hours by personal delivery, fax, overnight mail, or other electronic means as authorized by law each time an expenditure which meets this threshold is made.
   2.   Notification shall consist of submittal of Form 461, 465, 496, or 462, or any other form(s) as published and required by the Fair Political Practices Commission.
   3.   The City Clerk shall post a copy of the notice to the City’s website within two business days after receiving the notice.
   4.   Late independent expenditures shall be reported on subsequent campaign statements in addition to the reports filed pursuant to this section.
   5.   The person shall also provide to the City Clerk three copies of the communication funded by the expenditure.
   B.   Contents of Notice. The notice shall specify:
   1.   Each candidate or measure supported or opposed by the expenditure;
   2.   The amount spent to support or oppose each candidate or measure;
   3.   Whether the candidate or measure was supported or opposed;
   4.   The date and amount of each expenditure;
   5.   A description of the type of communication for which the expenditure was made;
   6.   The name and address of the person making the expenditure; and
   7.   The name and address of the payee.
   C.   The notice shall include a statement that the expenditure was not made at the behest of any candidate or ballot measure proponent who benefited from the expenditure; and shall be signed under penalty of perjury by both a responsible officer and the treasurer of the committee making the expenditure.
   D.   Notification to Candidates of Expenditures. The City Clerk shall notify all candidates and committees in each affected race by electronic mail within one business day of receiving notice of the independent expenditures of one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more. This notification will indicate who was supported or opposed by the independent expenditure and include a copy of the communication provided by the person/group making the expenditure.
   E.   Exemption for Regularly Published Newsletters. For purposes of the notification required by subsection (A) of this section, payments by an organization for its regularly published newsletter or periodical, if the circulation is limited to the organization’s members, employees, shareholders, other affiliated individuals and those who request or purchase the publication, shall not be required to be reported.
(Ord. 2014-04-1469 §1 (part))
2.90.087   "Ad paid for by" Disclosure.
   A.   Any advertisement not described in subsection (B) of Section 2.90.093 that is paid for by a committee pursuant to Government Code Section 82013(a), other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate, shall include.the words "Ad paid for by" followed by the name of the committee as it appears on the most recent Statement of Organization filed pursuant to Government Code Section 84101.
   B.   Any advertisement not described in subsection (B) of Section 2.90.093 that is paid for by a committee pursuant to Government Code Section 82013(a) that is a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate shall include the words "Ad paid for by" followed by the name of the committee as it appears on the most recent Statement of Organization filed pursuant to Government Code Section 84101 if the advertisement is any of the following:
   1.   Paid for by an independent expenditure.
   2.   An advertisement supporting or opposing a ballot measure.
   3.   A radio or television advertisement.
   4.   A text message advertisement that is required to include a disclosure pursuant to Section 2.90.096.
   C.   Any advertisement not described in subsection (B) of Section 2.90.093 that is paid for by a committee pursuant to Government Code Sections 82013(b) or 82013(c) shall include the words "Ad paid for by" followed by the name that the filer is required to use on campaign statements pursuant to Government Code Section 84211(o).
   D.   Notwithstanding subsections (A), (B) and (C), if an advertisement is a printed letter, internet website, or email message, the text described in subsections (A), (B) and (C) may include the words "Paid for by" instead of "Ad paid for by."
   E.   Notwithstanding subsections (A), (B) and (C), if an advertisement is a text message, the text described in subsections (A), (B) and (C) may include the words "Paid for by" or "With," instead of "Ad paid for by."
(Ord. 2020-06-1513 §3: Ord. 2014-04-1469 §1 (part))
2.90.088   Disclosure of Top Contributors.
   A.   Any advertisement not described in subsection (B) of Section 2.90.93 that is paid for by a committee pursuant to Government Code Section 82013(a), other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate, shall include the words "committee major funding from" followed by the names of the top contributors to the committee paying for the advertisement. If fewer than three contributors qualify as top contributors, only those contributors that qualify shall be disclosed pursuant to this section. If there are no contributors that qualify as top contributors, this disclosure is not required.
   B.   The disclosure of a top contributor pursuant to this section need not include terms such as "incorporated," "committee," "political action committee," or "corporation," or abbreviations of these terms, unless the term is part of the contributor's name in common usage or parlance.
   C.   If this Chapter requires the disclosure of the name of a top contributor that is a committee pursuant to Government Code Section 82013(a) and is a sponsored committee pursuant to Government Code Section 82048.7 with a single sponsor, only the name of the single sponsoring organization shall be disclosed.
   D.   This section does not apply to a committee as defined by Government Code Section 82013(b) or 82013(c).
(Ord. 2020-06-1513 §4: Ord. 2014-04-1469 §1 (part))
2.90.089   Disclosures in Radio or Telephone Advertisements.
   A.   An advertisement paid for by a committee, other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate, that is disseminated over the radio or by telephonic means shall include the disclosures required by Sections 2.90.087, 2.90.088, and 2.90.098 at the beginning or end of the advertisement, read in a clearly spoken manner and in a pitch and tone substantially similar to the rest of the advertisement, and shall last no less than three seconds.
   B.   Notwithstanding the definition of "top contributors" in subsection (J) of Section 2.90.020, radio and prerecorded telephonic advertisements shall disclose only the top two contributors of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more unless the advertisement lasts 15 seconds or less or the disclosure statement would last more than eight seconds, in which case only the single top contributor of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more shall be disclosed.
(Ord. 2020-06-1513 §5)
2.90.090   Disclosure in Video Advertisements.
   A.   An advertisement paid for by a committee, other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate, that is disseminated as a video, including advertisements on television and videos disseminated over the Internet, shall include the disclosures required by Sections 2.90.087 and 2.90.088 at the beginning or end of the advertisement.
   B.   The disclosure required by subsection (A) shall be written and displayed for at least five seconds of a broadcast of 30 seconds or less or for at least 10 seconds of a broadcast that lasts longer than 30 seconds.
   1.   The written disclosure required by subsection (A) shall appear on a solid black background on the entire bottom one-third of the television or video display screen, or bottom one-fourth of the screen if the committee does not have or is otherwise not required to list top contributors, and shall be in a contrasting color in Arial equivalent type, and the type size for the smallest letters in the written disclosure shall be 4 percent of the height of the television or video display screen. The top contributors, if any, shall each be disclosed on a separate horizontal line separate from any other text, in descending order, beginning with the top contributor who made the largest cumulative contributions on the first line. All disclosure text shall be centered horizontally in the disclosure area. If there are any top contributors, the written disclosures shall be underlined in a manner clearly visible to the average viewer, except for the names of the top contributors, if any.
   2.   The name of the top contributor shall not have its type condensed or have the spacing between characters reduced to be narrower than a normal non-condensed Arial equivalent type, unless doing so is necessary to keep the name of the top contributor from exceeding the width of the screen.
   C.   An advertisement that is an independent expenditure supporting or opposing a candidate shall include the appropriate statement from Section 2.90.098 in the solid black background described in subsection (B)(1) below all other text required to appear in that area in a contrasting color and in Arial equivalent type no less than 2.5 percent of the height of the television or video display screen. If including this statement causes the disclosures to exceed one-third of the television or video display screen, then it may instead be printed immediately above the background with sufficient contrast that is easily readable by the average viewer.
(Ord. 2020-06-1513 §7)
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