Title:
Title
(Pass for Publication) An Ordinance Amending Various Sections of Sacramento City Code Chapter 2.13, Relating to Campaign Contribution Limitations
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FileID
File ID: 2021-00249
Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation:
Recommendation
1) Review an ordinance amending Sacramento City Code Chapter 2.13, relating to Campaign Contribution Limits; and 2) pass for publication the ordinance title per Sacramento City Code section 32(c) for consideration on March 16, 2021.
FileName
Contact: Wendy Klock-Johnson, MMC, Assistant City Clerk, (916) 808-7513; Marilyn Fisher, CMC, Program Specialist, (916) 808-7513, Office of the City Clerk.
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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 (2019 and 2020). Based on the activity of the CPI-U, 1.8% and 1.2% respectively, the amendments reflect the "2021 Proposed Limits" column of the table below.
Limit Type
Office
2019 Approved
Limits
2021 Proposed
Limits
Contribution Limi...
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