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Bill Huston, City Manager
Director of Community and Administrative Services
CAMPAIGN FUNDING (AB 12 and SB 87)
RECOMMENDATION:
Council may adopt attached Resolution #84-19, or amend as desired.
BACKGROUND:
At its meeting of February 6, Council directed staff to prepare a Resolution for.
the Orange County League of Cities which would encourage the California
Legislature to give local political campaigns "equal rights" regarding election
reform, especially tax deductions for contributors and public ~nancing of
campaigns. It was discussed at that meeting that present legislation deals with
state offices only; however, SB 87 does mention local offices, but not in all of
its provisions. Both bills are in Conference Committee with no action scheduled
on either. Since we do not know when or if the bills will come out of
Committee, or what they will look like, Resolution #84-19 is general in nature.
It suggests that any benefits to come from campaign reform should apply to local
as well as state offices.
Royleen A. White, Director
Community and Administrative Services
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Attachment: Resolution #84-19
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RESOLUTION NO. 84-19
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA
RELATING TO THE CAMPAIGN REFORM LEGISLATION.
WHEREAS, 'the state legislature of the State of California is drafting
campaign reform legislation, such legislation presently listed as AB 12 and
SB 87;
AND, WHEREAS, the legislation is still in draft form and is subject to
negotiation and amendment;
AND, WHEREAS, there has been in recent years an astronomical escalation
of costs in election campaigning;
AND, WHEREAS, the escalating cost of campaigns is just as relevant at
the local level as it is at the state level.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Tustin, California does
hereby resolve as follows:
The California Legislature should include local offices, as well as
state offices, in any beneficial campaign reform legislation. These
.benefits could include, but not be limited'to, public financing of
campaigns and tax deductions for political contributions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council, City of'
Tustin held on the 21st day of February 1984,
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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