TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Quinn M. Barrow, City Attorney
Alexandria Latragna, Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Consider Adopting a Resolution Revising the City's Ticket Distribution and Disclosure Policy (City Manager Moe and City Attorney Barrow).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 19-0086
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 19-0086 revising the City's Ticket Distribution and Disclosure Policy to maintain consistency with recently amended state law.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
The Political Reform Act was adopted by the State of California in 1974 in an effort to reduce improper influences on public officials by limiting acceptance of gifts, requiring disclosure of financial interests, and prohibiting public officials from participating in or influencing decisions that they are financially interested in.
State law defines a "gift" as anything that confers a personal benefit to an official for which equal or greater consideration is not provided, including tickets or passes. California Code of Regulations ? 18944.1 authorizes the City to adopt a policy that meets all of the state's requirements to regulate the distribution of tickets and passes. Tickets or passes distributed and disclosed pursuant to the policy received by a City official in compliance with the policy are not considered gifts to the official. The City adopted the attached Ticket and Passes Policy on August 7, 2012. The policy applies to any City elected official, City Manager, agent, officer, or employee who makes or participates in making government decisions and is listed on the City's Conflict of Interest Code.
The state requires that the City's Ticket Distribution and Disclosure Policy include a number of specific provisions re...
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