Mountain View Municipal Code Div. 1 Campaign Disclosure

a. All candidates, office holders and candidate-controlled committees or committees primarily formed to support or oppose a candidate(s) for the city council or the qualification or passage of a local ballot measure(s) participating in municipal elections that are required to file campaign disclosure reports under the Political Reform Act, Government Code 81000, et seq., shall also file said disclosure reports with the city clerk's office on the same date the filing is required by state law. The name of candidates and committees with a direct link to the campaign reports submitted by each candidate or committee shall be available on the city's website within five (5) business days from the date of receipt of the reports by the city clerk. A final disclosure report shall be filed as required by Sec. 2.104b.

b. Noncandidate groups, individuals and candidate-controlled committees or committees primarily formed to support or oppose a candidate(s) for the city council or the qualification or passage of a local ballot measure(s) participating in municipal election that are required to file campaign disclosure forms pursuant to state law shall also file all forms required by this division. Participation in the election shall occur on the date the noncandidate group, individual or committee accepts contributions, makes expenditures or contracts to make an expenditure in an amount(s) which requires the filing of campaign statements under state law.

(Ord. No. 8.16, § 1, 6/14/16; Ord. No. 16.16, § 2, 11/22/16.)

All candidates, office holders and candidate-controlled committees or committees primarily formed to support or oppose a candidate(s) for the city council or the qualification or passage of a local ballot measure(s) participating in a municipal election that are required to file campaign disclosure reports under the Political Reform Act, Government Code 81000, et seq., shall disclose all contributions of one hundred dollars ($100) or more on all campaign disclosure reports filed with the city clerk.

(Ord. No. 8.16, § 1, 6/14/16.)

a. No candidate, including the candidate's controlled committee, and no committee primarily formed to support or oppose a candidate(s) for the city council, shall accept any contributions after 5:00 p.m. on the Tuesday prior to the election. The candidate or councilmember-elect can accept contributions beginning the Wednesday after the election, provided the checks are drawn and dated from that date forward.

b. Each candidate, including the candidate's controlled committee and a committee formed primarily to support or oppose a candidate(s) for the city council, shall file a final disclosure report disclosing all contributions of one hundred dollars ($100) or greater for the period ending the Tuesday prior to the election with the city clerk on or before 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday before the election. The candidate shall file the FPPC form for the third preelection statement as required by this section.

(Ord. No. 8.16, § 1, 6/14/16; Ord. No. 6.18, § 1, 4/24/18.)