Resolution Number 24-01-16-02Page 1 1/16/2024
RESOLUTION NO. 24-01-16-02
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, ADJUSTING THE COST OF LIVING
CHANGES RELATED TO THE CITY’S CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION
LIMITS; AND, RESCINDING RESOLUTION 22-01-18-01
WHEREAS, the Political Reform Act (Government Code Section 85703)
authorizes a local jurisdiction to adopt “contribution limitations or prohibitions … that
apply to elections for local elective office;” and
WHEREAS, on April 1, 2014, the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano
adopted Ordinance 1011 amending Article 1 of Chapter 4 of Title 2 of the Municipal
Code increasing the campaign contribution limits in any single election for any municipal
office from $250.00 to $500.00; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 1011 requires the City Council to review its campaign
contribution limits every two (2) years, starting in January 2016, and adopt a
Resolution adjusting the limit to account for inflation by using the annual percent change
in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the selected local area
of Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, to determine the appropriate rate of
increase, if any. The adjustment shall be computed for each year separately, adding the
adjustment for each year to the prior year’s limit and then rounding the total adjusted
amount to the nearest ten dollar ($10.00) increment for the two (2) year period; and
WHEREAS, on January 25, 2016, the City Council adopted a Resolution
adjusting its campaign contribution limits from $500.00 to $510.00; and,
WHEREAS, on January 16, 2018, the City Council adopted a Resolution
adjusting its campaign contribution limits from $510.00 to $540.00; and,
WHEREAS, on January 21, 2020, the City Council adopted a Resolution
adjusting its campaign contribution limits from $540.00 to $580.00; and,
WHEREAS, on January 18, 2022, the City Council adopted a Resolution
adjusting its campaign contribution limits from $580.00 to $610.00.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano does
hereby RESOLVE as follows:
Section 1. The total campaign contributions made by any person to any
candidate and any controlled committee of that of that candidate may not exceed
$700.00, after giving effect for the restatement described in the accompanying agenda
report.
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Section 2. The limit set above in Section 1. shall be adjusted at two (2) year
intervals in January 2026.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 16th day of January 2024.
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SERGIO FARIAS, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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MARIA MORRIS, CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, Maria Morris, appointed City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 24-01-16-02 was duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano at a Regular meeting thereof, held the
16th day of January 2024, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Hart, Taylor, Campbell, Bourne and Mayor Farias
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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MARIA MORRIS, CITY CLERK