2.12.297 Late independent expenditures preceding election.
A. Disclosure of Expenditures. Any person that makes a late independent expenditure as defined in California Government Code Section 82036.5 shall file the required report with the City Clerk within 24 hours of making the expenditure. The City Clerk shall post a copy of the report to the City’s website within two business days after receiving the report. Late independent expenditures shall be reported on subsequent campaign statements in addition to the reports filed pursuant to this section. The person shall also provide to the City Clerk three copies of the communication funded by the expenditure.
B. Contents of Report. The report shall specify:
a. Each candidate or measure supported or opposed by the expenditure;
b. The amount spent to support or oppose each candidate or measure;
c. Whether the candidate or measure was supported or opposed;
d. The date and amount of each expenditure;
e. A description of the type of communication for which the expenditure was made;
f. The name and address of the person making the expenditure; and
g. The name and address of the payee.
C. Notification to Candidates of Expenditures. The City Clerk shall notify all candidates and committees in each affected race by first class mail within two business days of receiving a report filed pursuant to this section.
D. 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. 7296-NS § 3, 2013: Ord. 7234-NS § 4, 2012)