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8 <br />POLICY 6- LOBBYIST ORDINANCE MATRIX <br />GOAL I <br />In order to ensure public confidence and the integrity of local government, lobbyists should be required <br />to register themselves and file disclosure reports regarding the nature of their lobbying efforts, <br />compensation, donations, and fundraising efforts with the City Clerk. The city clerk should make the <br />registration and disclosure reports easily available to the public. <br />EXIS PING JAW/POLICY <br />The City of Santa Ana presently does not require lobbyists to register or file quarterly reports. SAMC <br />only mentions lobbyist in Section 2-851 which regulates gifts to public officials. <br />PROPOSED POLICY <br />1. "Lobbyist" means a person or business entity that receives $250 or more in a calendar year for <br />communicating, using any means, with City officials or employees to influence current or future City <br />legislation, administrative decisions, or City Council elections or local initiative measures. <br />2. The following persons or entities are exempt from the requirements of the Lobbyist Ordinance: <br />a. Any public official acting in his or her official capacity, and any government employee acting <br />within the scope of his or her employment. <br />b. Any organization exempt from federal taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal <br />Revenue Code. <br />3. An individual or entity who qualifies as a lobbyist shall register with the City Clerk. A lobbyist shall <br />also register each client that pays her $250 or more in a calendar quarter for engaging in lobbying. <br />No person or entity who qualifies as a lobbyist shall contact or communicate with any official of the <br />city without first registering as a lobbyist and identifying themselves as lobbyist. <br />4. Lobbyists shall file a yearly disclosure report with the City Clerk specifying in detail the nature of the <br />issues they are trying to influence, compensation received from their clients, all campaign <br />contributions and gifts to elected City officials, all fundraising activities conducted on behalf of <br />elected City officials, all contributions and gifts to political campaigns, charities, religious <br />institutions, or non-profits made at the behest of City officials, all payments received for services as <br />a consultant to the City or any City Agency, any compensated work performed as a campaign <br />consultant for any elected City official, and previous lobbying activity conducted in the City. The City <br />may institute a registration fee. <br />5. The City Clerk shall make available to the public online and at the city clerk's office copies of the <br />Registration statements, Disclosure reports, Political Contribution statements, and Fundraising <br />Activity Disclosure statements. <br />6. LOBBYING DISCLOSURE, QUARTERLY REPORT - POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. Each lobbyist, which <br />makes one or more contributions to an elective City officer and/or to any or all of his or her <br />controlled committees, shall file a detailed disclosure report of his/her political contributions with <br />the City Clerk. every three months. <br />7. LOBBYING DISCLOSURE, QUARTERLY REPORT - FUNDRAISING ACTIVITY. Each lobbyist who within <br />any 12 month period (i) engaged in fundraising activities on behalf of an elective City officer and/or <br />any and all of his or her controlled committees, and which knows or has reason to know that the <br />fundraising activities resulted in contributions, and/or (ii) delivered or acted as an intermediary for <br />one or more contributions to the elective City officer and/or any and all of his or her controlled <br />committees, shall file a detailed disclosure with the City Clerk every three months. <br />8 <br />WSA-25