Oceanside Municipal Code Art. XII Miscellaneous Provisions

The members of any commissions, which have been established by resolution or ordinance or other action of the City Council of the City of Oceanside, shall be residents of said city and shall continue to be residents of the city during the term of their membership.

(Ord. No. 72-29, § 1, 6-14-72; Ord. No. 74-11, § 3, 3-12-74)

In 1986 and each succeeding year, general municipal elections of the City of Oceanside shall be held on the same day as the statewide general election.

(Ord. No. 84-18, § 1, 5-9-84)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 84-18, § 1, adopted May 9, 1984, amended this Code by adding material designated by the editor as § 2.74. Section 2 declared the ordinance operative upon the approval of the board of supervisors of San Diego County.

State Law reference— Authority to enact above provisions, Government Code, § 36503.5.

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 Oceanside as currently required under the Political Reform Act, commencing with Government Code § 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 § 87200.

(Ord. No. 14-OR0050-1, § 1, 2-5-2014)

Committee. Any person or combination of persons who, directly or indirectly, does any of the following:

(a) Receives contributions totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more in any calendar year; or

(b) Makes independent expenditures totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more in any calendar year.

A person or combination of persons that becomes a committee shall retain its status as a committee until such time as that status is terminated pursuant to Government Code § 84214. A committee includes, but is not limited to "controlled committee," "independent committee," and "general purpose committee."

Statement of Economic Interest (SEI) Filer. Any person holding a position that is listed in Government Code § 87200 or any person holding a position listed in the current city conflict of interest resolutions and appendices.

(Ord. No. 14-OR0050-1, § 1, 2-5-2014)

(a) 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 pursuant to Chapter 4 of the Government Code (commencing with Section 84100) and that receives a total of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more in contributions or makes a total of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more in independent expenditures, shall file the statement with the city clerk in an electronic format.

(b) 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 pursuant to Government Code § 87200 or the current city conflict of interest resolutions and appendices shall file the statement with the city clerk in an electronic format.

(Ord. No. 14-OR0050-1, § 1, 2-5-2014)

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.

(Ord. No. 14-OR0050-1, § 1, 2-5-2014)

Any candidate or committee not required to file an electronic statement or report under section 2.77 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. 14-OR0050-1, § 1, 2-5-2014)