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Council keeps temporary member-communications rules ahead of upcoming special elections
Summary
City Council approved substitute emergency ordinances to preserve disclosure and reporting rules for "member communications" for upcoming special elections while staff consults with state authorities on a longer-term fix.
The Los Angeles City Council on July 17 approved a substitute motion and four ordinances to temporarily continue the city's member-communications disclosure rules for upcoming special elections while staff seeks a permanent solution in coordination with state authorities.
Leanne Pelham, executive director of the City Ethics Commission, told the council the measures would treat member communications that expressly advocate support or defeat of a candidate as independent expenditures…
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