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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ESTABLISHING THE
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT FOR THE ELECTION CYCLE
COMMENCING JANUARY 1,2011, PURSUANT TO ANAHEIM
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 1.09.050
WHEREAS, Section 1.09.050 of Chapter 1.09 of Title 1 of the Anaheim
Municipal Code provides that no person shall make, and no candidate or candidate controlled
committee shall accept, any contributions for a city election which would cause the total amount
contributed by such person to such candidate or controlled committee to exceed the Contribution
Limit amount as established pursuant to such section; and
WHEREAS, the contribution limit for the election cycle ending December 31,
2010, was $1,700; and
WHEREAS, paragraph .0502 of subsection .050 of Section 1.09.050 provides that
the City Council shall, by ordinance, adjust the campaign contribution limitation in January of
odd - numbered years to reflect any cumulative increase or decrease in the Consumer Price Index
for all urban consumers for the Los Angeles- Riverside -Orange Counties Urban Area as
announced by the United States Department of Labor since the last adjustment, and that such
adjustments shall be rounded off to the nearest hundred dollars for the limitations on
contributions; and
WHEREAS, the change in the CPI for the two -year period following the last
adjustment to the campaign contribution limit in January, 2009, is a cumulative increase of 3.2 %;
and
WHEREAS, a 3.2% increase in the previous campaign contribution limit of
$1700 equals $1,754, which, rounded to the nearest $100 as required by Section 1.09.050, makes
the maximum campaign contribution limit for the election cycle commencing January 1, 2011,
$1,800.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Effective January 1, 2011, the campaign contribution limit shall be $1800.
SECTION 2.
The City Clerk shall notify all candidates for city office of the amount of the campaign
contribution limit then in effect.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE was introduced at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Anaheim held on the 25 day of January, 2011, and thereafter passed
and adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the _aLh day of February, 2011, by
the following roll call vote:
AYE: Mayor Tait, Council Members Sidhu, Eastman, Galloway, Murray
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ABSENT: NpNE
ABSTAIN: NONE
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
ATTES
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF `ANAHEIM
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