ORDINANCE NO. ____
AN (UN-CODIFIED) ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
ESTABLISHING THE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT FOR THE
ELECTION CYCLE COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2023, 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 by that section; and
WHEREAS, the contribution limit for the election cycle ending December 31, 2022, was $2,200; 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 Bureau of Labor Statistics recently revised the CPI geographical regions for metropolitan statistical areas, which revised the “Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Counties Urban Area” to “Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA”; and WHEREAS, the change in the CPI for “Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA”. for the two-year period following the last adjustment to the campaign contribution limit in January 2021, is a cumulative increase of 11.8%; and
WHEREAS, a 11.8% increase in the previous campaign contribution limit of $2,200 equals $2,460, 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, 2023, $2,500.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Effective January 1, 2023, the campaign contribution limit for a city election shall be $2,500.
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 ______ day of ______________, 2023, and thereafter passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the ____ day of _______________, 2023, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
CITY OF ANAHEIM
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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM