Livermore Municipal Code Art. IV Code Of Fair Campaign Practices

The City Council hereby finds that it is in the public interest to encourage candidates and local committees to follow the basic principles of decency, honesty, and fair play so that the citizens may exercise their right to vote free from dishonest and unethical practices that tend to prevent voters from fully and freely expressing their will.

(Ord. 2084 § 3 (Exh. A), 2019)

At the time an individual is issued his or her declaration of candidacy, nomination papers, or any other paper evidencing an intention to be a candidate for Mayor or City Council, the City Clerk shall give the individual a blank form of the Code of Professional Conduct set forth in California Elections Code Section 20440, as it is amended from time to time, along with a copy of Division 20, Chapter 5, of the California Elections Code. The City Clerk shall inform each candidate that a pledge to subscribe to the code is voluntary.

(Ord. 2084 § 3 (Exh. A), 2019)

At the time a local committee making an independent expenditure files an initial campaign statement with the City Clerk on behalf of the committee in accordance with Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000) of the Government Code, and 90 days prior to any election for any active local committees, the City Clerk shall provide the treasurer, chairpersons, or other person that filed the initial campaign statement for the local committee a blank form of the Code of Professional Conduct set forth in California Elections Code Section 20440, as it is amended from time to time, along with a copy of Division 20, Chapter 5, of the California Elections Code. The City Clerk shall inform each local committee that a pledge to subscribe to the code is voluntary.

(Ord. 2084 § 3 (Exh. A), 2019)