§ 173 Commissioner qualifications, requirements, and post-service restrictions.

(a) Each commissioner must be a registered voter of the city and must either:

(1) Have voted in two of the last three primary city elections immediately preceding his or her application to be on the commission; or

(2) Have been a resident of the city for at least ten years immediately preceding his or her application to be on the commission.

(b) The following persons are not eligible to be a commissioner:

(1) A person who – or whose spouse, registered domestic partner, or child – has contributed to a candidate for city elective office, in a single city election cycle in either of the last two city election cycles preceding their date of application to be on the commission, more than 50 percent of the allowable amount for a councilmember candidate.

(2) A person who – or whose spouse, registered domestic partner, or child – is or has been, within the four years immediately preceding their date of application to be on the commission, any of the following:

(A) A paid employee of the city;

(B) A registered city lobbyist, or someone who was required to be a registered city lobbyist; or

(3) A person who – or whose spouse, registered domestic partner, parent, sibling, or child – has been, within ten years immediately preceding their date of application to be on the commission, any of the following:

(A) Elected to, or a candidate for, city elective office;

(B) An employee of, or paid consultant or contractor to, a campaign for city elective office;

(D) A principal officer of an active campaign committee domiciled in the County of Sacramento that has made

expenditures on candidate elections for a city elective office.

(c) Within 30 days of appointment, a commissioner shall file with the city clerk a statement of economic interest, or similar financial disclosure statement, as required under the city’s conflict of interest code.

(d) A commissioner shall be ineligible, for a period of ten years beginning from the date of their appointment, to hold city elective office. A commissioner shall be ineligible, for a period of four years beginning from the date of their appointment, to be appointed to another city commission, to serve as paid staff for or as a paid consultant to any city elected official, to receive a non-competitively bid contract with the city, or to register as a city lobbyist.

(e) A commissioner shall not contribute to or participate in any candidate campaign for city elective office, from the date of appointment to the commission until 60 days after the adoption of a final map. (Added by Res. 2016-0258, 7/26/16)