The council of the City of Roseville finds and determines that inherent to the high cost of election campaigning is the problem of improper influence, real or potential, exercised by campaign contributors to ballot measures. It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to identify major contributors to municipal political campaigns, and to thus alleviate such improper influence, both real and potential.
(Ord. 1643 § 1, 1982)
This chapter is intended to supplement the Political Reform Act of 1974. Unless otherwise provided herein, words and phrases used in this chapter including reporting periods and thresholds, shall have the same meaning as defined in the Political Reform Act of 1974, Title 9 of the Government Code of the State of California, as said Act now exists or may hereafter be amended.
(Ord. 1643 § 1, 1982)
Whenever in this chapter, the following words or phrases are used, they shall mean as follows:
“Ballot measure”
means any initiative or referendum proposition to be voted on at any election, for the purpose of amending the Charter of the city, or of adopting or repealing any ordinance of the city.
“Contribution”
means a payment, a forgiveness of a loan, a payment of a loan by a third party, or an enforceable promise to make a payment except to the extent that full and adequate consideration is received, unless it is clear from the surrounding circumstances that it is not made for political purposes. An expenditure made at the behest of a recipient committee or elected officer is a contribution to the recipient committee or elected officer unless full and adequate consideration is received for making the expenditure.
1. 
Contribution includes the purchase of tickets for events such as dinners, luncheons, rallies and similar fundraising events; the granting of credit in the normal course of business; the granting of discounts or rebates not extended to the public generally or the granting of discounts or rebates by television and radio stations and newspapers not extended on an equal basis to all recipient committees for the same office; and the payment of compensation by any person for the personal services or expenses of any other person if such services are rendered or expenses incurred on behalf of a recipient or committee without payment of full and adequate consideration.
2. 
Contribution shall further include any payment received by a recipient committee from another committee.
3. 
Contribution shall not include amounts received pursuant to an enforceable promise to the extent such amounts have been previously reported as a contribution.
4. 
Contribution shall not include the cost of an event held in honor or behalf of a recipient or committee when the total cost of the event amounts to no more than $475.00 and when the event is not held for the purpose of obtaining contributions to the committee.
5. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing definition, contribution shall not include volunteer personal services or payments made by an individual for his own travel expenses if such payments are made voluntarily without any understanding or agreement that they shall be, directly or indirectly, repaid to him. Further, contribution shall not include an independent expenditure.
“Election”
means any general or special election held in the city, including any recall election.
“Person”
means an individual, proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate, business trust, company, corporation, association, committee, labor union, and any other organization or group of persons acting in concert.
“Recipient committee”
means any person or combination of persons who directly or indirectly receives contributions for the purpose of making expenditures to support or oppose any ballot measure.
(Ord. 1643 § 1, 1982; Ord. 5878 § 7, 2017)
A. 
The total anonymous contributions received by any recipient committee shall not exceed $100.00.
B. 
To the extent that total anonymous contributions are received in excess of that permitted by this section, the excess shall be paid by the recipient committee to the city for deposit in the general fund of the city.
(Ord. 1643 § 1, 1982; Ord. 2043 § 2, 1987)
No contribution shall be made, directly or indirectly, by any person or combination of persons acting jointly in a name other than the name by which they are identified for legal purposes, nor in the name of another person or combination of persons. No person shall make a contribution in his or her or its name of anything belonging to another person or received from another person on the condition that it be used as a contribution. When it is discovered by a recipient committee that a contribution has been received in violation of this section, the recipient committee shall pay promptly the amount received in violation of this section to the city for deposit in the general fund of the city.
(Ord. 1643 § 1, 1982)
A. 
The Political Reform Act of 1974, and the California Government Code, provide for various campaign reports to be filed on dates determined by the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC).
All ballot measure committees, their controlled committees, and committees primarily formed to support or oppose an elected official, candidate, or a measure shall file the applicable pre-election and post-election reports specified in Section 84200 et seq., of the California Government Code and file reports required by the City of Roseville as prescribed in subsection (B)(1) of this section. Reports shall be filed with the city clerk as follows:
1. 
A report of all contributors who have made a contribution or contributions to the ballot measure committee or controlled committee in the cumulative amount of $100.00 or more since the last report. The list shall include the name, address, occupation, and employer of each contributor, and the dollar amount of each contribution or contributions.
2. 
A report of all expenditures made by the ballot measure committee or controlled committee to each person who received the cumulative amount of $100.00 or more since the last report. The report shall include the name, and street address of each recipient, as well as the amount of each expenditure and a brief description of the consideration for which each expenditure was made.
B. 
Reporting Deadlines.
1. 
For general elections, pre-election and post-election reports shall be filed as follows:
a. 
July 31 for the period of January 1 to June 30 (semi-annual).
b. 
For the period ending 45 days before the election and filed no later than 40 days before the election covering period July 1 to deadline (first pre-election).
c. 
For the period ending 17 days before the election and filed no later than 12 days before the election from the last deadline (second pre-election). This report must be filed by personal delivery, guaranteed overnight service or on-line.
d. 
January 31 for the period from second pre-election deadline to December 31 (semi-annual).
e. 
Reports shall be filed with the city clerk by 5:00 p.m. on the deadline dates.
2. 
For special or recall elections, pre-election and post-election reports shall be filed as follows:
a. 
July 31 for the period of January 1 to June 30 (semi-annual).
b. 
For the period ending 45 days before the election and filed no later than 40 days before the election (first pre-election).
c. 
For the period ending 17 days before the election and filed no later than 12 days before the election from the last deadline (second pre-election). This report must be filed by personal delivery, guaranteed overnight service or on-line.
d. 
60th day after the special election.
e. 
January 31 for the period from second pre-election deadline to December 31 (semi-annual).
f. 
Reports shall be filed with the city clerk by 5:00 p.m. on the deadline dates.
C. 
The period covered by any report begins on the day after the closing date of the last report filed. Dates for the first pre-election and second pre-election reports will vary depending on the yearly election date.
D. 
In addition to the campaign reports required by Sections 84200 and 84200.5 of the California Government Code, all ballot measure committees shall file the following special reports (if applicable):
1. 
Late contribution reports (within 24 hours of receipt).
2. 
Late independent expenditure reports, when required by Section 84204 of the California Government Code.
E. 
All reports required by this section shall be filed on forms supplied by the FPPC, the city clerk or via the City of Roseville electronic campaign filing portal. The contributions and expenditures listed on required reports shall be cumulative for each election.
F. 
It shall be the duty of the ballot measure committee, their treasurer, and principal officer of any committee, to maintain such detailed accounts, records, bills, copies of checks, and receipts that are necessary to prepare the campaign statements required by this chapter and the Political Reform Act. Such records shall also be maintained and retained by committees primarily formed to support or oppose an elected officer, candidate, or a measure pursuant to the provisions of the Political Reform Act and regulations promulgated by the FPPC.
(Ord. 1643 § 1, 1982; Ord. 2043 § 2, 1987; Ord. 3717 § 2, 2001; Ord. 5878 § 8, 2017; Ord. 6773, 12/20/2023; Ord. 6774, 12/20/2023)
The city clerk shall cause all reports submitted in accordance with the provisions of subsections (B)(1) and (B)(2) of Section 2.80.070, to be made available for review on the city website within two weeks of submittal.
(Ord. 1643 § 1, 1982; Ord. 2043 § 2, 1987; Ord. 3557 § 3, 2000; Ord. 3717 § 2, 2001; Ord. 5878 § 9, 2017)
Any person who knowingly or willfully violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 1643 § 1, 1982; Ord. 5878 § 10, 2017)
This chapter shall be construed liberally in order to effectuate its purposes. No error, irregularity, informality, neglect or omission of any officer in any procedure taken under this chapter which does not directly affect the jurisdiction of the council or the city to control campaign contribution disclosures shall avoid the effect of this chapter.
(Ord. 1643 § 1, 1982)
If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the chapter and the applicability of such provisions to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
(Ord. 1643 § 1, 1982)