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File #: 21-2420    Version: 1
Type: Strategic Support Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 11/4/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/16/2021 Final action:
Title: An Ordinance to Amend San José Municipal Code Chapter 12.06 Related to Disclosures on Campaign Advertisements.
Attachments: 1. Memorandum, 2. Supplemental from City Clerk, 3. Memorandum from Jones, Jimenez, Cohen, Arenas & Foley, 11/12/2021, 4. Ordinance, 5. Presentation, est. 20 minutes, 6. Letters from the Public

...Title

An Ordinance to Amend San José Municipal Code Chapter 12.06 Related to Disclosures on Campaign Advertisements.

...Recommendations

Approve an ordinance amending Chapter 12.06 of Title 12 of the San José Municipal Code to:
(a) Align the City’s disclaimer requirements for campaign advertisements with State law, but with stricter requirements for the disclosures of “top contributors”;
(b) Require campaign committees making independent expenditures to file any printed campaign advertisements, with a distribution of 200 or more, with the City Clerk; and
(c) Make other technical changes, including aligning the definition and use of Surplus Funds in the Municipal Code with the meaning under State law.

CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-008, General Procedure and Policy Making resulting in no changes to the physical environment. (City Attorney)