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Council approves online disclosure filing for officeholder, campaign reports after debate over burden on small candidates
Summary
After lengthy debate about costs and access for small campaigns, the Los Angeles City Council approved the Ethics Commission's committee report requiring online filing of officeholder and campaign disclosure statements; officeholder accounts passed unanimously and the campaign-account measure passed 9-1.
The Los Angeles City Council on March 6 approved a committee report that will require certain campaign and officeholder disclosure statements to be filed online, a move the Ethics Commission and some council members said will make financial records more accessible to the public.
The measure, which the Ethics Commission proposed to take effect for filers at or above a $25,000 activity threshold, passed in two parts: the committee report as applied to officeholder accounts was approved 10-0, and the committee report as applied to campaign accounts was approved 9-1.
Councilmember Chick said the proposal was a "first step" toward broader transparency and said mandated online filing would make reports easier for voters to review. "I strongly believe that the next step we should be moving…
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