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8 <br />ORDINANCE NO. 1969 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON <br />AMENDING CHAPTER 1.20 AND ADDING PROVISIONS TO CHAPTER 1.22 OF THE <br />MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS, REQUIRING <br />CUMULATION OF EXPENDITURES, AND ESTABLISHING TIME PERIOD FOR <br />CUMULATION PURSUANT TO THE VOLUNTARY CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE LIMIT <br />WHEREAS, it is in the public interest for candidates and committees to disclose <br />expenditures in a manner which is cumulative, so that the public can determine how much has <br />been spent during an election period, particularly for those candidates which have pledged to <br />adhere to the voluntary expenditure limit. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES <br />HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. Pleasanton Municipal Code section 1.20.030.A. Filing of verified <br />campaign statements is amended to read as follows: <br />A. Each candidate for City office and each committee shall file campaign <br />statements. The contributions and expenditures listed therein shall be cumulative for each <br />election. The due dates and the contribution and expenditure periods shall be as provided in <br />article 2, chapter 4, title 9 of the Government Code, beginning with section 84200. In addition, a <br />campaign statement shall be filed four (4) days prior to an election and shall report all <br />contributions received and expenditures made seven (7) days prior to an election. <br />Section 2. Section 1.22.020.8. is added to the Pleasanton Municipal Code, as follows: <br />1.22.020 Definitions. <br />B. "Election period° means that period of time: <br />1. For general elections, from January 1st of the calendar year of the general <br />election, until December 31st of the calendar year of the general election. <br />2. For special elections, from the date that the City Council calls for the special <br />election, until sixty (60) days after the special election. <br />Section 3. For the November 2008 general election, the election period during which <br />expenditures shall be cumulated for candidates and candidates' controlled committees which <br />have taken the voluntary expenditure pledge shall be from the effective date of this ordinance <br />until December 31, 2008. <br />Section 4. A summary of this ordinance shall be published once within fifteen (15) days <br />after its adoption in "The Valley Times," a newspaper of general circulation published in the City <br />of Pleasanton, and the complete ordinance shall be posted for fifteen (15) days in the City <br />Clerk's office within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. <br />