Ventura Municipal Code Art. 4 Expenditure Ceilings and Contribution Limits

A. All candidates for city council who adopt campaign expenditure ceilings as defined below are permitted the higher contribution limit as defined in Article 3 of this chapter.

B. No candidate for office who files a statement of acceptance of expenditure limits, nor any controlled committee of such a candidate, shall make qualified campaign expenditures above the following amounts and subject to the following restrictions:

1. Except as otherwise provided herein, a candidate for city council, or a controlled committee of such candidate, may not spend more than $20,000 in the election to be eligible for the higher contribution limits.

2. The expenditure ceiling will be adjusted by the city clerk as described in Article 8 of this chapter. (Code 1971, § 9.120.010)

For purposes of the expenditure ceilings and contribution limitations, qualified campaign expenditures, actual or accrued, and contributions made at any time up to the date of election, shall be considered expenditures or contributions for that election. (Code 1971, § 9.120.020)