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Ordinance Amending Sacramento City Code Chapter 2.15, the City of Sacramento Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Code
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FileID
File ID: 2020-01306
Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation:
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Receive and comment.
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Contact: Mindy Cuppy, MMC, (916) 808-5442, Office of the City Clerk
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Presenter: Mindy Cuppy, MMC, (916) 808-5442, Office of the City Clerk
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Redline Ordinance
3-Clean Ordinance
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The purpose of the Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Code (Sacramento City Code chapter 2.15; the "Sacramento Lobbyist Code") is to maintain a fair and open decision-making process in city government and to ensure that the public and city officials have full knowledge of lobbying activities that have been brought to bear on any legislative or administrative action. To that end, the Sacramento Lobbyist Code states that-
* the people of Sacramento have the need and right to know the identity of lobbyists who attempt to influence the decisions of city government and the means employed by them to advance their interests;
* full disclosure of lobbying activities of such persons and the identity of their employers, will contribute to public confidence in the integrity of local government; and
* full disclosure is also necessary to ensure that city officials are kept informed about the identity of persons whose interests the lobbyists represent.
(Sacramento City Code ? 2.15.020.)
This report provides a comparison of the Sacramento Lobbyist Code with the lobbyist codes of five comparable cities: Berkeley, Oakland, Long Beach, Fresno, and San Diego. These cities have similar populations (San Diego excepted), registration activity, initial registration fees, and lobbyist-qualification provisions.
Comparable City Fees
City
Population
Reg. Fee
Client Fee
Registrations
Berkeley
121,363
$500
$0
43
Oakland
433,031
$0
$0
63
Long Beach
462,628
$115
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