HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2304 - Adding Section 2-107 Related to Restrictions on Campaign ContributionsORDINANCE NO. NS- 2304
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
ADDING SECTION 2-107 RELATED TO
RESTRICTIONS ON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 2-107, which section
reads as follows:
Sec. 2-107. Prohibited campaign contributions.
No Councilmember or any campaign committee controlled by
the Councilmember shall solicit or accept any campaign
contribution or loan of two hundred fifty dollars ($250)
or more from any person for a period of three months
following the date a final decision is rendered in any
proceeding before the Council involving a license,
permit, or other entitlement, if the Councilmember knows
or has reason to know that the person had a Financial
Interest in the proceeding. Financial Interest, for
purposes of this section, shall have the meaning it is
defined to have in Title 9 of the California Government
Code (the Political Reform Act). The Mayor is a
councilmember for purposes of this section.
SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The city Council of
the city of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted
this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the
repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the
prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were
committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as
affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the
collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision
applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of
any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted,
filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and
obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force
and effect.
ORDINANCE NS-2304
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ADOPTED this 18th
ATTEST:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Pulido Aye
Richardson Aye
Espinoza Aye
Lutz Aye
McGuigan Aye
Mills Absent
Moreno Nay
day of November , 1996.
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CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION
State of California
County of Orange
I, JANICE C, GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Ordinance
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of Santa Ana on ///~[/ff~a ; and that said ordinance was published in accordance
with the Charter of the City of Santo Ana.
Date: