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08-04 05/15/08 Financial Disclosure High-level filers are not required to report the separate income of their spouses on CEC Form 10, unless it is income (including gifts and loans) received from a restricted source. To be considered not reportable, separate income must be maintained in a separate account, the separate income may not be commingled with community funds or used to pay for community expenses, and community efforts may not be used to produce or enhance the separate income. High-level filers are not required to report on CEC Form 10 the investments and the interests in real property that are valued at $2,000 or more and are held by their spouses. Alarcon 2 Cal. Code of Regs. Section 18229; LAMC Section 49.5.2; LAMC Section 49.5.6(C)(1); LAMC Section 49.5.6(C)(2); Cal. Gov. Code Section 81002(c); Cal. Gov. Code Section 82029; Cal. Const. art. XI Section 82030(a); Cal. Gov. Code Section 82033; Cal. Gov. Code Section 82034; 
08-03 05/08/08 Exploratory Campaign Activities An individual may conduct a poll or survey that meets specific criteria and purchase precinct sheets without qualifying as a candidate for elective City office. An individual does qualify as a candidate for elective City office by participating in a neighborhood meeting--or engaging in any other activity--that provides information to voters about the individual or refers to the individual's potential future candidacy. State and City laws govern the contributions received by, the expenditures made by, and the reporting required of candidates for elective City office. Turovsky (Neumann) 2 Cal. Code of Regs. Section 18215(a); 2 Cal. Code of Regs. Section 18215(b)(2); 2 Cal. Code of Regs. Section 18215(c)(3); 2 Cal. Code of Regs. Section 18225(a); 2 Cal. Code of Regs. Section 18225.7(a); City Charter Section 470(a); City Charter Section 470(c)(1); City Charter Section 470(c)(10); City Charter Section 470(c)(11); City Charter Section 470(c)(3); City Charter Section 470(c)(7)(A); City Charter Section 470(d); City Charter Section 470(g); City Charter Section 471(b); LAMC Section 49.7.1.1; LAMC Section 49.7.11; LAMC Section 49.7.13; LAMC Section 49.7.15; LAMC Section 49.7.19(A)(1); LAMC Section 49.7.26.1; LAMC Section 49.7.6; LAMC Section 49.7.7(A); Cal. Gov. Code Section 82007; Cal. Gov. Code Section 82015(a); Cal. Gov. Code Section 82015(b)(2)(C); Cal. Gov. Code Section 82015(c); Cal. Gov. Code Section 82015(f); Cal. Gov. Code Section 82025; Cal. Gov. Code Section 84200; Cal. Gov. Code Section 84200.5; Cal. Gov. Code Section 84211; Cal. Gov. Code Section 85200; 
08-02 03/06/08 Outside Employment An employee who does not file statements of economic interests is not a city official under the Governmental Ethics Ordinance and is not required to obtain prior written approval for outside employment. Fields (Allen) LAMC Section 49.5.3; LAMC Section 49.5.5(A); LAMC Section 49.5.5(C); LAMC Section 49.5.9(B)(1); LAMC Section 49.5.9(B)(2); 
07-07 01/17/08 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 in matters in which they were personally and substantially involved. Manocchio LAMC Section 48.02; LAMC Section 49.5.11; LAMC Section 49.5.11(A); LAMC Section 49.5.11(B); LAMC Section 49.5.11(E); LAMC Section 49.5.11(H); LAMC Section 49.5.2; LAMC Section 49.5.3; 
07-06 12/17/07 Letter to City residents The City's governmental ethics laws do not regulate a neighborhood council member who sends a letter to City residents to discuss the accomplishments of homeowner associations and neighborhood councils, if the neighborhood council member is not a candidate for elective City office and the letter does not advocate for a particular result in a City election. Vahedi 2 Cal. Code of Regs. Section 18701(a)(1); City Charter Section 470(c)(1); City Charter Section 470(c)(10); City Charter Section 470(c)(3); City Charter Section 470(c)(4); LAMC Section 48.02; LAMC Section 48.08(A)(2); LAMC Section 49.7.1.1; LAMC Section 49.7.11(C); LAMC Section 49.7.26; LAMC Section 49.7.26.1; LAMC Section 49.7.26.2; LAMC Section 49.7.26.3; Cal. Gov. Code Section 81001(b); Cal. Gov. Code Section 82007; 
07-04 11/30/07 Disgorgement of laundered contributions State law permits the returning of laundered funds to state and city general funds, and city law does not prohibit the disgorgement of funds to the state in response to a state action. Turovsky (Weiss) City Charter Section 470(c)(9); City Charter Section 470(k); LAMC Section 49.7.12; LAMC Section 49.7.12(A)(2); LAMC Section 49.7.12(B)(2); LAMC Section 49.7.12(B)(3); LAMC Section 49.7.12(B)(4); LAMC Section 49.7.7; LAMC Section 49.7.7(B); Cal. Gov. Code Section 84301; Cal. Gov. Code Section 85701; 
07-05 11/14/07 Post-City Employment Former high-level city officials are subject to a time-based restriction on lobbying the City, as well as a permanent ban on lobbying in matters in which they were personally and substantially involved. Gutierrez LAMC Section 48.02; LAMC Section 49.5.1; LAMC Section 49.5.11(A); LAMC Section 49.5.11(B); LAMC Section 49.5.11(D); LAMC Section 49.5.11(H); LAMC Section 49.5.2; LAMC Section 49.5.3; 
07-03 10/09/07 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 in matters in which they were personally and substantially involved. Brown LAMC Section 48.02.; LAMC Section 49.5.11; LAMC Section 49.5.11(A); LAMC Section 49.5.11(B); LAMC Section 49.5.11(E); LAMC Section 49.5.11(H); LAMC Section 49.5.2; LAMC Section 49.5.3; 
07-02 09/11/07 Outside Earned Income A city official may not receive outside earned income from an entity if the official is in a position to make or influence governmental decisions that could foreseeably have a material financial effect on the entity. De Foor LAMC Section 49.5.2; LAMC Section 49.5.5(A); LAMC Section 49.5.5(C); LAMC Section 49.5.9(B)(1); LAMC Section 49.5.9(B)(2); 
07-01 06/14/07 Contribution Limits Contribution limits apply to candidate-controlled committees and non-candidate controlled committees formed to support or oppose a candidate in connection with a recall effort. Turovsky (Weiss) 2 Cal. Code of Regs. Section 18531.5; Cal. Const. art. XI Section 3(a); City Charter Section 430-437; City Charter Section 431(b); City Charter Section 470; City Charter Section 470(b)(1); City Charter Section 470(b)(3); City Charter Section 470(c)(3); City Charter Section 470(c)(5); LAMC Section 49.7.1.1; LAMC Section 49.7.10; Cal. Const. art. XI Section 5(a); Cal. Const. art. XI Section 5(b); Cal. Gov. Code Section 82007; Cal. Gov. Code Section 82047; 
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