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Carmel council asks staff to rewrite ticket-and-passes policy, favoring staff reporting over council exemptions
Summary
After a presentation on an FPPC-compliant ticket distribution policy that would let the city report complimentary tickets on a Form 802 instead of individual Form 700 filings, the Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council asked staff to revise the draft to limit the change to city employees and keep council reporting separate.
Nova, the city clerk, presented a draft policy and sample Form 802 that would let the city accept and distribute complimentary tickets and report those distributions centrally under Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) rules rather than requiring each official to report on a Form 700. "If they're distributed under the policy then as I just mentioned they wouldn't be subject to the FPPC's annual gift limit which currently is $630," Nova said, explaining how agency reporting differs from individual reporting.
Council members asked detailed questions about whether outside donors could earmark tickets for particular officials and how the city administrator would allocate passes. Nova and legal staff said the draft policy prohibits earmarking: tickets…
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