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CEC #	Date Issued	Issue	Issue Description:	Requestor:	Law Section:
11-06	12/16/11	Contribution Limits	A PAC sponsored by a lobbying firm may generally make contributions to City candidates up to the maximum amount allowed by the Charter. However, the PAC's and sponsor's contributions will be combined and considered to be made by one person for the purposes of the Charter's contribution limits.	Levine	Cal. Gov't Code § 82048.7. LACC §§ 470(c)(11), 470(c)(3), 470(c)(4), 470(c)(6). LAMC §§ 49.7.2, 49.7.2(B).
11-05	11/15/11	Post-City Employment	Former City officials are subject to a time-based restriction on lobbying the City, as well as a permanent ban on lobbying the City in matters in which they were personally and substantially involved. Former City officials are also prohibited from disclosing any confidential information acquired during City service for personal gain.	Foley	LAMC §§ 48.02, 49.5.11, 49.5.2, 49.5.3.
11-04	10/27/11	Post-City Employment	Former City officials are subject to a time-based restriction on lobbying the City, as well as a permanent ban on lobbying the City in matters in which they were personally and substantially involved. Former City officials are also prohibited from disclosing any confidential information acquired during City service for personal gain.	Isaacs	LAMC §§ 48.02, 49.5.11, 49.5.2, 49.5.3.
11-03	03/07/11	Post-City Employment	Former City officials are subject to a time-based restriction on lobbying the City, as well as a permanent ban on lobbying the City in matters in which they were personally and substantially involved. Former City officials are also prohibited from disclosing any confidential information acquired during City service for personal gain.	Benbow	LAMC §§ 48.02, 49.5.11, 49.5.2, 49.5.3.
11-02	02/24/11	Outside Employment	Receiving outside earned income from a source that administers a program a City official oversees for the City would be inconsistent, incompatible, or in conflict with or inimical to the official's City duties, because the official is in a position to make, participate in, or influence a City decision that could foreseeably have a material financial effect on that source. In addition, City officials may not engage in outside employment during hours for which they are paid to engage in City business; and cannot use their City position or confidential City information for private gain.	Sloss	LAMC §§ 49.5.1, 49.5.2, 49.5.3, 49.5.5, 49.5.9.
11-01	02/04/11	Post-City Employment	Former City officials are subject to a time-based restriction on lobbying the City, as well as a permanent ban on lobbying the City in matters in which they were personally and substantially involved for as long as the matter is still pending with the City, the City is a party to the matter, or the City has a substantial interest in the matter. Former City officials are also prohibited from using or disclosing confidential information acquired during City service for personal gain.	Chappell	LAMC §§ 48.02, 49.5.11, 49.5.2, 49.5.3.
10-04	10/19/10	Post-City Employment	Former City officials are subject to a time-based restriction on lobbying the City, as well as a permanent ban on lobbying the City in matters in which they were personally and substantially involved. The bans do not apply when the officials are employed by a government entity and are solely representing that entity in an official capacity. Former City officials are also prohibited from using or disclosing confidential information acquired during City service for personal gain.	Willis	LAMC §§ 48.02, 49.5.11, 49.5.2, 49.5.3.
10-03	09/10/10	Post-election fundraising window	A candidate for City office and the candidate's controlled committee may not engage in fundraising more than nine months after the date of the election at which the candidate seeks office.	Durkee (Krekorian)	LAMC §§ 49.7.7(A), 49.7.7(B).
10-02	08/20/10	Outside Employment	A full-time City official must receive prior written approval for outside earned income from the official's general manager and, if the source of income is a restricted source, from the Ethics Commission. City employees may not engage in outside employment during hours for which they are paid to engage in City business, and they may not use their City positions or confidential City information for private gain.	Drischler	LAMC §§ 49.5.2, 49.5.3, 49.5.5(A), 49.5.5(C), 49.5.9(B).
10-01	06/17/10	Post-City Employment	Former City officials are subject to a time-based restriction on lobbying the City, as well as a permanent ban on lobbying the City in matters in which they were personally and substantially involved. Former City officials are also prohibited from using or disclosing any confidential information acquired during City service for personal gain.	Jackson	LAMC §§ 48.02, 49.5.11, 49.5.2, 49.5.3.
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