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