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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-10-22; City Council; 8378; Campaign financingCITYQF CARLSBAD — AGEND/QILL ARtt 73*7^ MTG 10/22/gc; DEPT, C-M- TITLE: CAMPAIGN FINANCING DEPT. HD. CITY ATTYV/^/S CITY MGR.^3— - s1a. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize Mayor to write to California Commission on Campaign Financing expressing city's interest in a proposed study of local practices. BACKGROUND: City has been asked to express an interest in a study of local practices in regulating campaign financing. Since Carlsbad recently passed a local ordinance regulating campaign contributions Council may wish to express interest in such a study. FISCAL IMPACT: No financial support is requested. The Commission is seeking grant funds to carry out the study. EXHIBIT A Letter from California Commission on Campaign Financing (9/20/85) U _i o oo EXHIBIT "A" Page 1 of 6 CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON CAMPAIGN FINANCING 10951 WEST PICO BOULEVARD. SUITE 2O3, LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA 90O64 (213) 47O-659O CO-CHAIRMEN CORNELL C. MAIER Rocco C. SICILJANO FRANCIS M. WHEAT MEMBERS WARREN M. CHRISTOPHER ROBERT R. DOCKSON WALTER B. GERKEN MARVIN L. GOLDBERGER STAFFORD R. GRADY NEIL E. HARLAN IVAN J. HOUSTON MICHAEL KANTOR DONALD KENNEDY MELVIN B. LANE VILMA s. MARTINEZ ROBERT T. Mo NAG AN SUSAN WESTERBERG PRAGER WILLIAM R. ROBERTSON PETER F. SCOTT JEAN WENTE SAMUEL L. WILLIAMS DONALD R. WRIGHT STAFF TRACY WESTEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ROBERT M. STERN GENERAL COUNSEL DENNIS M. ORFIRER ASSOCIATE COUNSEL JANICE E. LARK EXECUTIVE SECRETARY September 20, 1985 Vincent F. Biondo City Attorney City Hall 1200 Elm Avenue Carlsbad, CA 92008 Dear Mr. Biondo: Thank you for taking the time to talk with me regarding our proposal to study local campaign finance ordinances. As I explained to you, the California Commission on Campaign Financing is currently asking a number of cities throughout the state whether an in-depth study of existing local campaign finance ordinances would be of benefit to them. The Commission's proposed study would comprehensively examine how local ordinances throughout California have worked, study the experiences other cities have had with their different approaches, and possibly draft a model local campaign finance ordinance. The Commission on Campaign Financing is a non-profit, non-partisan organization of 20 distinguished Californians. The Commission has just completed an exhaustive study of the role of campaign contributions and campaign expenditures in California legislative campaigns. Its 350-page report studies the history of reform efforts in California, examines other state laws, summarizes federal election laws and contains several chapters on who finances and how much money is spent on California legislative races. The report also contains two fully drafted model statutes. The Commission believes that a study of local campaign financing may be appropriate. Some cities and counties enacted campaign ordinances years ago and several elections have been conducted with these laws in place. Other cities and counties are considering enacting or amending campaign finance ordinances. Yet no public or private organization has ever published a comprehensive examination of how these ordinances have worked, nor has a model ordinance been prepared which could be adopted by cities or counties. Vincent F. Biondo September 20, 1985 Page 2 " The Commission is now in the process of seeking private foundation grants to undertake an extensive examination of local ordinances throughout the state. Any expression of interest on your part or from the city council would be of benefit to us as we seek private foundation funding for this project. Again, my thanks for the information you provided me. Sincerely, Robert M. Stern General Counsel RMS:jel Enclosure CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON CAMPAIGN FINANCING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Co-Chairmen Membe r s Cornell C. Maier—Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Oakland; Chairman of the Bay Area Council. Rocco C. Siciliano—Chairman of the Executive Committee of Ticor, Los Angeles; currently Vice Chairman of the California Roundtable and Of Counsel to the law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Los Angeles; former Under Secretary of Commerce, Special Assistant to President Eisenhower and Assistant Secretary of the Department of Labor, and former member of the Federal Pay Board and the California Commission on Government Reform. Francis M. Wheat—Senior partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; former Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission and past President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Warren Christopher—Chairman of the O'Melveny & Myers law firm, Los Angeles; former Deputy Secretary of State, Deputy Attorney General of the United States and President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association; recipient in 1981 of the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. Robert R. Dockson—Chairman of the Board of CalFed Inc. and.California Federal Savings and Loan Association, Los Angeles; former Dean of the School of Commerce and the Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Southern California and past President of the California Chamber of Commerce. Walter B. Gerken—Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, Newport Beach; former Supervisor of Budget Analysis for the State of Wisconsin, recent Chairman of the California Roundtable and immediate past Chairman of United Way of Los Angeles. - 2 - Marvin L. Goldberger—President of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; former member of the President's Science Advisory Committee and a recent U.S. Representative to the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. Stafford R. Grady—Chairman of the Board of Lloyds Bank California, Los Angeles; former Insurance Commissioner of California and past President of the California Bankers Association. Neil E. Harlan—Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of McKesson Corporation, San Francisco; former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force and former Professor at the Harvard Business School. Ivan J. Houston—Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, Los Angeles; Co-Chairman of the National Conference of Christians and Jews; former Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles Urban League. Michael Kantor—Partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Tunney; key strategist for several recent major political campaigns. Donald Kennedy—President of Stanford University; former Commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration. Melvin B. Lane—Vice Chairman of the Board1and Publisher, Lane Publishing Company, Menlo Park; former Chairman of the California Coastal Commission and past Chairman of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. Vilma S. Martinez—Partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Munger, Tolles & Rickershauser; Chair of the Board of Regents of the University of California; former President and General Counsel of the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). Robert T. Monagan—President of the California Ecomonic Development Corporation, Sacramento; former President of the California Manufacturers Association, Speaker of the California Assembly (1969-1970), California Assemblyman and Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation. - 3 - Staff Susan Westerberg Prager—Dean and Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles; President-Elect and Executive Board Member of the Association of American Law Schools; past Member of Board of Trustees of Stanford University. William R. Robertson—Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; former Vice President of the California Labor Federation. Peter F. Scott—Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Di Giorgio Corporation, San Francisco; Director of the California Chamber of Commerce and the San Francisco Boys Club; Member of the Cabinet of the Bay Area United Way. Jean R. Wente—Vice President, Chair of the Executive Committee and Chief Financial Officer of the Wente Bros. Winery, Livermore; past President of the Oakland Museum Association. Samuel L. Williams—Partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Hufstedler, Miller, Carlson & Beardsley; former President of the State Bar of California and past President of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners. Donald R. Wright—Former Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court (1970-1977) capping a distinguished 23-year judicial career; honored as "Appellate Judge of the Year 1972" by the California Trial Lawyers Association. Tracy Westen—Executive Director of the Commission; Assistant Professor of Law at the Annenberg School of Communications and the USC Law Center, University of Southern California; former Deputy Director of the Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C., and past Director of the Communications Law Program at the UCLA School of Law. Li? - 4 - Robert M. Stern—General Counsel to the Commission; former General Counsel to the California Fair Political Practices Commission/ principal co-author of the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Proposition 9) and former staff member for the California State Legislature. Dennis M. Orfirer—Associate Counsel for the Commission; graduate of the University of California School of Law at Davis and an experienced political consultant. Catherine Rich—Staff Attorney for the Commission; graduate of the UCLA School of Law and former presidential campaign staff member. Janice E. Lark—Office Manager for the Commission; experienced supervisor for law firms in Boston and Los Angeles.