DATE: November 17, 2015
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Clerk and City Attorney
SUBJECT
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Adoption of Ordinance Repealing Section 2-13.00 to Section 2-13.07 of the City of Hayward Municipal Code and Adding Chapter 2, Article 13 to the Hayward Municipal Code Regarding Campaign Contribution Practices for City Elective Offices and Ballot Measures
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council adopts the Ordinance introduced on November 3, 2015.
BACKGROUND
The Ordinance was introduced by Council Member Mendall at the November 3, 2015, meeting of the City Council with the following vote:
AYES: Council Members: Zermeño, Jones, Mendall, Peixoto, Lamnin, Márquez
Mayor Halliday
NOES: Council Members: None
ABSENT: Council Members: None
ABSTAIN: Council Members: None
The Ordinance was introduced with the following amendments:
(1) Include the recommendation presented in the staff memorandum regarding campaign expenditure limits and registration of committees; (2) Review the language in Section 2-13.11 d) 1) and clarify the language about the ability to use inventory of already printed material; (3) Post Fair Political Practice Commission (FPPC) Forms for Independent Political Action Committees and City Council candidates on the City Clerk’s website during the election cycle from January to June; (4) Review the language in Section 2-13.06 Personal Loans and clarify what would constitute a personal loan; and (5) Require independent committees to disclose on campaign communication, in addition to the top four contributors, the contributor’s city of domicile, and the local cumulative sum of contributions, the City Clerk’s URL for more information about the contributors.
The City Council also directed staff to further review Assembly Bill No. 990, Bonilla - Political Reform Act of 1974: advertisement disclosures, and Assembly Bill No. 700, Gomez and Levine - Disclose Act, and report back to the Council during the annual review of the proposed Ordinance.
The Ordinance has been updated per the recommendations and is presented as Attachment II.
The summary of the Ordinance was published in the Hayward Daily Review on Saturday, November 14, 2015. Adoption at this time is therefore appropriate.
Staff contact
Prepared and Recommended by: Miriam Lens, City Clerk, and Michael Lawson, City Attorney
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Approved by:
Fran David, City Manager
Attachments:
Attachment I Summary of Ordinance Published on 11/14/15
Attachment II Revised Ordinance