Sec. 1-7-102. Definitions. The following words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth below, unless the context requires otherwise. Other terms used in this division shall have the meanings set forth in the California Political Reform Act of 1974 (Government Code § 81000et seq.), as amended, and in the regulations of the California Fair Political Practices Commission, as amended, if defined therein. A. City official means the Mayor, the Vice Mayor, the Interim Mayor, members of the City Council, City Council Executive Assistants, the City Manager, Assistant City Managers, Department Directors, Deputy Department Directors, the Police Chief, the Deputy Police Chief, the City Attorney, the City Clerk, the Zoning Administrator, and members of the Planning Commission, the Community Services Commission, the Finance Commission, and any other commission that is advisory in nature. B. Client means any person on whose behalf lobbying is conducted. In the case of a coalition or association that employs or retains persons to conduct lobbying activities, the client is the coalition or association and not its individual members. C. Compensation means money or any other thing of value that is received, or is to be received, in return for, or in connection with, lobbying services rendered, or to be rendered, including reimbursement of expenses incurred in lobbying. Compensation includes the financial gain that a person may realize as a result of the determination of a municipal question, including gains in the form of a contingent fee. If a lobbyist engages in both lobbying activities and other activities on behalf of a person, compensation for lobbying includes all amounts received from that person, if for the purpose of evading the obligations imposed by this division, the lobbyist has structured the receipt of compensation in a way that unreasonably minimizes the value of the lobbying activities. Compensation which has not yet been received is considered to be received on the date that it is earned, if that date is ascertainable; otherwise, it is received on the date on which the contract or agreement for compensation is made, or on the date lobbying commences, whichever is first. Compensation does not include any amounts previously reported. D. Contact means all oral and written (including electronic) communications directed to a City official, including, but not limited to, telephone calls and messages, voicemail and answer machine messages, e-mail messages, mail, personally delivered material, meetings, and conversations. E. Lobbyist means a person who engages in lobbying, whether directly or through the acts of another. If an agent engages in lobbying for a principal, both the agent and the principal are lobbyists. A lobbyist includes, but is not limited to, an in- house employee who engages in lobbying for his or her employer or for a client of the employer, and a land use project applicant who is not the record owner of the subject real property.
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