Escondido Municipal Code § 2-109 Campaign statements

Each candidate and committee shall file campaign statements in the time and manner required by the Political Reform Act of 1974 as amended (Government Code Section 84100 et seq.) and compliance with the requirements of that Act shall be deemed to be compliance with this section, provided that every campaign contribution, regardless of amount, is included in the statement.

(Ord. No. 88-60, § 1, 1-4-89; Ord. No. 91-39, § 1, 10-2-91; Ord. No. 97-24, § 1, 10-8-97; Ord. No. 2007-26, § 1, 9-19-07)

The purpose of this section is to require online or electronic filing of campaign statements and require online or electronic reporting of contributions and independent expenditures regarding elections of candidates to city offices and the qualification or passage of local ballot measures within the City of Escondido as currently required under the Political Reform Act, commencing with California Code Section 84200 et seq., in order to facilitate review and maximize the availability of this information to the public.

Additionally, this section also requires online or electronic filing of statement of economic interest reports as required by the City's current conflict of interest resolutions and appendices and Government Code Section 87200.

(a) Definitions.

"Statement of economic interest (SEI) filer"

means any person holding a position that is listed in California Government Code Section 87200 or any person holding a position listed in the current City of Escondido conflict of interest resolutions and appendices and Government Code Section 87200.

(b) Electronic filings.

(1) Each elected official, candidate, candidate controlled committee and independent committee that is required to file a semi-annual campaign statement, a pre-election campaign statement or an amended campaign statement with the city clerk of the City of Escondido pursuant to Chapter 4 of the Government Code (commencing with Section 84100) and that receives a total of $2,000 or more in contributions or makes a total of $2,000 or more in independent expenditures, shall file the statement with the city clerk of the City of Escondido in an electronic format.

(2) Each person listed as a statement of economic interest filer that is required to file an assuming office, annual or leaving office statement with the city clerk of the City of Escondido pursuant to Government Code Section 87200 or the current City of Escondido conflict of interest resolutions and appendices shall file the statement with the city clerk of the City of Escondido in an electronic format.

(c) Exemption from filing paper copy. A candidate or committee or statement of economic interest filer that has filed an electronic statement or report is not required to file a paper copy.

(d) Option to file electronically. Any candidate or committee not required to file an electronic statement of report under Section 2-109.1 may voluntarily opt to file an electronic statement or report by submitting written notice to the city clerk. A candidate or committee that opts to file an electronic statement of report is not required to file a paper copy.

(Ord. No. 2019-07, § 4, 7-17-19)