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* Municipal Campaign Finance Report Card * -
INDIVIDUAL PAC CON./DEV. WINDOW DATA EASE THOROUGH BONUS TOTAL CITY 120 /20 120 /10 /10 /10 /10 /10 /100 GRADE
CARLSBAD 16 10 0 10 10 10 2 74
CHULA VISTA 20 10 7 10 5 100 A+
CORONADO 20 10 10 7 92 A
DEL MAR 20 20 20 10 6 2 5 83 A-
EL CAJON 10 2 0 19 F
ENCINITAS 20 20 20 10 10 91
ESCONDIDO 0 10 7 26
IMPERIAL BEACH 10 5 8 23 D-
LA MESA 0 10 10 5 25
LEMON GROVE 18 18 10 10 7 7 70
NATIONAL CITY 19 19 20 10 10 10 91 A
OCEANSIDE 0 10 7 10 0 27 D
POWAY 20 20 20 10 3 2 5 80 A-
SAN DIEGO 20 16 10 10 8 97 A+
SAN MARCOS 20 20 10 10 10 6 96 A+
SANTEE 20 20 10 10 10 91
SOLANA BEACH 20 20 20 10 3 2 85
VISTA 20 20 20 0 10 6 10 92
KEY
INDIVIDUAL Limits on WINDOW Fundraising THOROUGH Thoroughness Individuals Window of Data
PAC Limits on PACs DATA Data on BONUS Bonus
Official Website CITIZENS
Limits on TAKE
Ease of Access
CON./DEV. Contractors/ EASE
to Data
Developers ACTION
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Key Findings
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS TRANSPARENCY
As a whole, the vast majority of cities in San Diego County Every city in San Diego County has published the relevant scored high in the area of campaign contribution limits. California Fair Political Practices Commission Forms 460 Of 18 cities, 13 (72%) have enacted contribution limits on (Recipient Campaign Committee Statement), 496 (24-hour/ individuals and Political Action Committees ("PACs") that 10-day Independent Expenditure Report), or 497(24-hour/ are $1,000 or less (plus CPI adjustments). Compare that 10-day Contribution Report) on their city's official website. with Orange County, where the majority of cities had not Most cities also made the forms relatively easy to find enacted campaign contribution limits of any kind when our (Poway and Solana Beach were notable exceptions), and report card was published. The remaining five cities in San scored well as a result. Visitors can usually find the forms Diego County have a default limit of $5,500, which was through a link from the website's homepage to a "City put in place through state law, or have enacted their own, Clerk" or "Elections" section of the site. By contrast, in higher limit. Considering that many successful candidates Orange County seven cities either did not have the forms at the municipal level spend less than $25,000 in their on the city's website, or had broken links that made the entire campaign, a default limit of $5,500 is very high, and it forms inaccessible. can give large donors outsized influence over an election.
Cities scored lower, on average, for the thoroughness
CITIES WITH CONTRIBUTION LIMITS OF $1,000 OR LESS* of the campaign finance data available on their official website. While 9 of 18(50%) published forms dating
back at least four election cycles, the other half of cities had less data, with some cities only posting forms dating back to the 2022 election. Since most municipal elected officials serve four year terms, the absence of data older than the last election cycle poses a problem because
72% it does not include each of the sitting representatives. *Plus adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index
Furthermore, since many representatives serve more
than one term, data going back at least four election
Only three cities-Coronado, National City, and Solana
cycles is needed to show a complete history of any given Beach-have enacted separate limits or prohibitions representative's campaign contributors. focused on prospective city contractors, or on developers seeking approval from elected officials. However, the recent passage of SB1439 by the California State Legislature
has applied significant protections in that area to cities OVERALL GRADES throughout California. And many cities in San Diego
County have such strong contribution limits in place, that Eleven of eighteen cities in San Diego County have strong campaign contribution limits on individuals and PACs
those limits have the effect of curbing influence from
contractors and developers. Only two cities-Chula Vista coupled with thorough, easily accessible data on the city's official website. Those eleven cities received an A minus and San Diego-have any limited fundraising window
during which candidates can raise money for their campaign. grade or higher. Five cities-El Cajon, Escondido, Imperial Beach, La Mesa, and Oceanside,
Overall, most cities in San Diego County have taken received a D or lower, primarily important, proactive steps toward limiting undue influence because they have not enacted any by large individual donors or special interests, which campaign contribution limits, or they compares favorably to other counties in California. While have higher limits than the state defaults there are still additional reforms that can offer more limits. It is worth noting that those five protection, as a whole, local governments in San Diego cities could raise their grades to at least a B by passing the recommended 61% of cities scored County have made a laudable effort to protect the A-minus or better limits of $1,000 or less on contributions
integrity of their elections and government.
from individuals, and $2,000 or less on contributions from PACs. Our general recommendations as well as individual recommendations for each city are detailed more
thoroughly in subsequent sections of this report.
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