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02/10/2020 limit campaign expenditures shall pertain to all expenditures incurred by the candidate or the candidate's committee in support of his or her candidacy and shall include such expenditures which a candidate or candidate's committee is required to report pursuant to the California Political Reform Act of 1974, as amended, whether those expenditures are made before or after the filing of nomination papers. B. Opportunity to Reverse Decision Accepting Expenditure Limit. Within three business days after the deadline to file nomination papers with the City Clerk, a candidate that previously accepted the voluntary campaign expenditure limit will have one opportunity to notify the City Clerk that he or she has decided not to accept the voluntary campaign expenditure limit. The candidate shall thereafter be relieved of abiding by the expenditure limit. C. Benefits and Incentives. 1. The City Council candidate will receive the benefits and incentives prescribed in subsection (2) when the City Council candidate does all of the following: a. Voluntarily agrees to limit campaign expenditures in accordance with this section; and b. Thereafter abides by that agreement; and c. Forms a controlled campaign committee in accordance with California Government Code Section 84101 (without regard to whether or not the candidate intends to make campaign expenditures in the minimum amount called for by the Political Reform Act of 1974, Chapter 4, Campaign Disclosure); and d. Either spends $1,000.00 in support of his or her candidacy or procures 250 signatures of City electors. 2. A City Council candidate who performs each of the acts delineated in subsection (1) shall receive the following benefits and incentives at no cost to themselves or their candidate's campaign committee: a. Candidates who agree to abide by the voluntary campaign expenditure limits shall be identified prominently on the City's website with a 400 -word written statement. The statement will appear exactly as submitted with no editing by staff. A statement that exceeds 400 words will be returned to the candidate who shall be responsible for editing the statement to comply with the 400 -word limit and resubmitting the statement. One photograph of the candidate supplied by the candidate shall be allowed as part of the statement. i. The candidate's statement must be submitted electronically to the City Clerk. ATTY/ORD.508/CC CAMPAIGN ORDINANCE REV: 01-21-20 PR Page 5 of 8 ORDINANCE NO. 2476 MUFF NO. 305