First Quarter Update
Ethics - Gifts, Honorarium, Travel and Use of Campaign Funds
Regulations adopted by the Commission
The following are regulatory changes approved by the Commission during the past quarter concerning gifts, honorarium, travel, and use of campaign funds. To receive updates for all regulations before the Commission, please sign up for our mailing list here.
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Advice Letters
The following are advice letters issued by the Commission’s Legal Division during the past quarter concerning questions about gifts, honorarium, travel, and use of campaign funds. To receive the monthly report with all advice letters issued, please sign up for our mailing list here.
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Commission Opinions
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Enforcement Matters
The following are summaries of significant enforcement actions approved by the Commission in the past quarter concerning gifts, honorarium, travel, and use of campaign funds. To receive a monthly report of all enforcement actions, please sign up for our mailing list here.
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Legislation
AB 975 (Luz Rivas) – Statements of economic interests and reimbursement for gifts.
Status: Passed in the Assembly on 1/31/22 (72-0)
Summary:
AB 975 would require certain public officials to file statements of economic interests using the Commission’s electronic filing system and would revise and recast other provisions relating to those statements.
The bill would also extend the time that an official may pay reimbursement for a gift of admission to an invitation-only event from 30 days from the date of receipt of the gift, which is 30 days from the date of attendance, to 30 days from the end of the calendar quarter in which the gift was received, and would codify related regulations.
The bill would reduce the amount of time in which lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbyist employers must provide a beneficiary of a gift certain information about that gift from 30 days to 15 days following the end of each calendar quarter in which the gift was provided.
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