Title:
Title
Ordinance Amending Various Sections of Sacramento City Code Chapter 2.13, Relating to Campaign Contribution Limitations (Passed for Publication 02/12/2019; Published 02/15/2019)
End
FileID
File ID: 2019-00152
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt an Ordinance amending various sections of Sacramento City Code chapter 2.13, relating to campaign contribution limitations.
Contact: Wendy Klock-Johnson, MMC, Assistant City Clerk, (916) 808-7509; Danielle Perez, Senior Deputy City Clerk, (916) 808-6710, Office of the City Clerk.
Body
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Ordinance (Redline)
3-Ordinance (Clean)
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The Sacramento City Code requires a biennial adjustment of the elected-official campaign contribution limits. The proposed ordinance adjusts the various financial limits contained in the campaign contribution limitations chapter of the Sacramento City Code to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). It also amends the definitions of certain election periods, to track the recent change in the date of the statewide primary election date.
Sacramento City Code chapter 2.13 sets campaign contribution limitations, including limits on individual and large political committee contributions. These limits include campaign contributions, aggregate off-year limits, and contributions to legal defense funds. As provided in the City Code, the City Clerk must bring forth amendments in every odd year updating these limits to reflect any increase or decrease in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) over the previous two years (2017 and 2018). Based on the activity of the CPI-U, 2.1% and 2.4% respectively, the amendments reflect the "2019 Proposed Limits" column of the table below.
Limit Type
Office
2017 Approved
Limits
2019 Proposed
Limits
Contribution Limits -
From: Person
From: Large Political Committee
To: Councilmember
1,650
5,600
1,...
Click here for full text