§ 2.16.010. Application of Chapter.

A.

The provisions of this Chapter are applicable only to:

1.

Candidates seeking election in the City Council, their controlled committees, or committees formed or existing primarily to support or oppose their candidacies, and

2.

Committees formed or existing primarily to support or oppose a candidate, or 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 active only in the City.

B.

When the term "committee" appears (1) in this Chapter, or (2) in provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974, as amended, and is used by this Chapter to create duties, it refers to a person or combination of persons when such person or combination of persons:

1.

Receives, for a particular City election, campaign contributions totaling $250.00 or more; or

2.

Expends for a particular City election a total of $250.00 or more.

C.

Unless otherwise provided herein, the provisions, definitions and interpretations of the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Government Code Secs. 81000 et seq.), as amended, including the regulations of the California Fair Political Practices Commission, as amended, are to be relied upon in administering this Chapter.

D.

The requirements of this Chapter are in addition to, and shall not be administered or interpreted in conflict with, the requirements of the Political Reform Act of 1974, as amended.

(Ord. No. 411; Ord. No. 624; Ord. No. 935 , § 1, 3-19-2018)