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Home My WebLink About1992-12-08 - ORDINANCES - CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (2)ORDINANCE NO. 92-21 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 7, CHAPTER 7.02, OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING LOCAL CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE AND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS. SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby find, determine and declare as follows: A. Local government should serve the needs and respond to the wishes of all citizens equally, without regard to wealth. B. Public officials should perform their duties in an impartial manner, free from bias caused by their own financial interests or the financial interests of persons who have supported them. C. The City of Santa Clarita may enact campaign contribution limitations and disclosure requirements applicable to candidates for local elective offices. This ordinance shall apply only to candidates for office and shall not apply to ballot measure campaigns. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 2. Title 7 of the Municipal Code for the City of Santa Clarita is amended to read as follows: TITLE 7 POLITICAL PRACTICES Chapter 7.02 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS LIMITATIONS AND DISCLOSURE Section 7.02.010. Puroose. The purpose of this Chapter is to advance compelling city interests by limiting large contributions from single sources to candidates for municipal office and by imposing reporting and accounting procedures for local campaigns. The Cityfs interests are to provide a representative government which is accessible to all citizens, to deter corruption, and to inform the electorate as to the sources and uses of political z.2 contributions. This ordinance shall not apply to ballot measures. Section 7.02.020. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the contrary is stated or clearly appears from the context, the definitions set forth in Chapter 2 of Title 9 of the Government Code for the State of California (commencing at Section 82000) shall govern. Section 7.02.030. Contribution Limitations. (a) No person shall make and no candidate for elective office or campaign treasurer shall solicit or accept any contribution which would cause the total amount contributed by that person to that candidate or committees controlled by that candidate to exceed $250 per election contest. (b) Disclosure of Contributors. Candidates shall report the names and addresses of all persons who contribute $50.00 or more to their campaign. Such disclosure shall also include the name and address of the contributor's employer. If the contributor is self-employed, the candidate shall report the name and address of the contributor's business. (c) Loans. No person shall make and no candidate for elective office or campaign treasurer shall solicit or accept any loan which would cause the total amount contributed to the candidate or committees controlled by the candidate to exceed $250 per election contest. (d) Anonymous Contributions. No person shall make an anonymous contribution or contributions to a candidate, political committee, broad based political committee, ballot measure committees or any other person totalling over $50.00 or more. An anonymous contribution of more than $50.00 received by a candidate or such a committee shall not be kept by the intended recipient, but instead shall be paid promptly to the Treasurer of the City. No candidate for elective office or campaign treasurer shall solicit or accept 3M.2 -2 - anonymous contributions from any sources which would cause the total amount contributed from anonymous contributions or loans to political committees, broad based Political committees, or ballot measure committees to exceed $200. Any anonymous contribution over the $200 limit shall not be kept by the intended recipient, but instead shall be paid promptly to the Treasurer of the City for deposit in the General Fund of the City. (e) Extension of Credit. No person shall extend credit, and no candidate for elective office or campaign treasurer, or political committee, broad based political committee or ballot measure committee shall solicit or accept any extension of credit which will extend beyond 90 days from the date upon which the debt is incurred by the candidate, political committee, broad based political committee or ballot measure committees. (f) Personal Funds. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a candidate's contributions of his or her personal funds to i his or her own campaign contribution account. (g) Commercial Loans. The provisions of this chapter regarding loans shall not apply to loans made by a commercial lending institution in the lender's regular course of business on terms available to members of the general public and for which the loan recipient is personally liable. Section 7.02 040. Campaign Disclosure. (a) Campaign Bank Account. The notice and filing requirements of Government Code Sections 81000 at seg. regarding the campaign bank account, shall be made to the City Clerk of the City at the same time and in the same manner as reporting is made to the Fair Political Practices Commission for the State of California. (b) Comm R gictrwrinn Every political committee involved in a municipal election which files campaign reports shall file also with the City Clerk in the same form, content F5.2 -3- and procedure as set forth in Government Code Sections 81000 et sea. (c) Disclosure of Campaign Material sponsor. Any campaign material which is published or displayed shall disclose the name, street address and city of the candidate or campaign committee who sponsored the campaign materials. Such disclosure shall be set in 12 point type for an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet and proportionately larger for broadsides and posters. It shall be in a color and print which contrasts with the background so as to be easily legible and placed in a drawn box or set apart from any other printed matter. Section 7.02.050. Violation Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000.00 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six (6) months or both. Section 7.02.060. Severability. If any provision or portion of this Chapter is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this Chapter. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this Chapter and each and all of the provisions thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more of said provisions may be declared invalid. SECTION 3. The provision of Section 2 of this ordinance shall entirely supersede the existing provisions of Title 7 of the Santa Clarita Municipal Code. SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance, shall file a copy of this ordinance with the Fair Political Practices Commission for the State of California, and shall cause the same to be published in the manner prescribed by law. The ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after passage. 36905.2 -4- PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 8th DAY OF December , 1992, ayor ATTEST: CityClerk \ STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS CITY OF SANTA CLARITA ) I, Donna M. Grindey, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify the foregoing Ordinance No. 92-21 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the th day of NbAM ft , 1992. That thereafter, sa ddO24Ordi Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 8th day of December , 1992, by the following vote, to w�— AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bayer, Darcy, Pederson, Heidt NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Klajic C ty Clerk as.z- -5