HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-01-28; City Council; 07; Adoption of Ordinance No. CS-484 Campaign Contribution LimitsCA Review CKM
Meeting Date: Jan. 28, 2025
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Geoff Patnoe, City Manager
Staff Contact: Faviola Medina, City Clerk Services Director
faviola.medina@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-5989
Subject: Adoption of Ordinance No. CS-484 Campaign Contribution Limits
Districts: All
Recommended Actions
Adopt Ordinance No. CS-484 amending Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 1.15.040 – Campaign
contribution limits to adjust contribution limits to reflect the increase in the California
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the San Diego region since the last
adjustments were made.
Executive Summary
The recommended action adopts Ordinance No. CS-484 amending Carlsbad Municipal Code
Section 1.15.040 – Campaign contribution limits to reflect adjustments calculated on the total
change in the California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the San Diego region
since the last adjustments were made.
The City Clerk is required to adjust the city’s limit on campaign contributions every odd-
numbered year in January to reflect any increase or decrease in the California Consumer Price
Index for All Urban Consumers for the San Diego region, in accordance with Subsection (C) of
Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 1.15.040 – Campaign contribution limits.
Explanation & Analysis
Ordinance No. CS-484 was introduced and first read at the City Council meeting held on Jan. 14,
2025. On a motion by Mayor Pro Tem Bhat-Patel, seconded by Council Member Acosta, the City
Council voted 5-0 to introduce Ordinance No. CS-484. This second reading allows the City
Council to adopt the ordinance.
Fiscal Analysis
The existing fiscal year 2024-25 budget for the City Clerk’s Office includes sufficient funding for
the cost of amending and adding these code provisions.
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Next Steps
The City Clerk’s Office will have the ordinance, or a summary of the ordinance, published in a
newspaper of general circulation within 15 days following adoption of the ordinance. The
ordinance will be effective 30 days after its adoption.
Environmental Evaluation
This action does not require environmental review because it does not constitute a project
within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act under California Public
Resources Code Section 21065 in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical
change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment.
Exhibits
1. Ordinance No. CS-484
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ORDINANCE NO. CS-484
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 1.15.040 -
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS TO ADJUST CONTRIBUTION LIMITS TO
REFLECT THE INCREASE IN THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR
ALL URBAN CONSUMERS FOR THE SAN DIEGO REGION SINCE THE LAST
ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 85702.5, subdivision (a), authorizes the City
Council to adopt campaign contribution limits applicable to elective city offices; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to maintain local control over local elections; and
WHEREAS, on Feb. 7, 2023, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. CS-443 setting the current
campaign contribution limits as follows:
CMC 1.15.040(A)
CMC 1.15.040{8)
A person shall not make to a candidate for City Council, and a
candidate for City Council shall not accept from a person, a
contribution totaling more than $1,000.00 per election
A person shall not make to a candidate for Mayor, City
Treasurer or City Clerk, and a candidate for Mayor, City
Treasurer or City Clerk shall not accept from a person, a
contribution totaling more than $3,300.00 per election
WHEREAS, Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 1.15.040(() requires the City Clerk to adjust the
contribution limitations provisions in January of every odd-numbered year to reflect any increase or
decrease in the California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the San Diego
region .
NOW, THERE FORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains that:
1. The above recitations are true and correct.
2. Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 1.15.040 is amended to read as follows:
1.15.040 Campaign contribution limits.
A. A person shall not make to a candidate for city council, and a candidate for city council shall not accept from
a person, a contribution totaling more than $1 ,100 per election.
8. A person shall not make to a candidate for mayor, city treasurer or city clerk and a candidate for mayor, city
treasurer or city clerk shall not accept from a person, a contribution totaling more than $3,600 per election.
C. The city clerk shall adjust the contribution limitations provisions in subsecti ons (A) and (8) in January of every
odd -numbered year to reflect any increase or decrease in the California Consumer Price Index for All Urban
Consumers (CPI -U) for the San Diego region . Those adjustments shall be calculated based on the total
change in the CPI-U, San Diego region, since the last adjustment was made and shall be rounded to the
nearest $100. The city clerk shall post the adjusted contribution limit to the city's website.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption, and the City
Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the full text of the ordinance or a summary
of the ordinance prepared by the City Attorney to be published at least once in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen days after its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 14th
day of January 2025, and thereafter
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 28th day of January 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
BLACKBURN, BHAT-PATEL, ACOSTA, BURKHOLDER, SHIN.
NONE.
ABSTAIN: NONE.
ABSENT: NONE.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney
SHERRY FR
(SEAL)