INITIATIVE ORDINANCE NO. 08-03 (Approved by the Voters on June 3, 2008)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IRVINE PROHIBITING THE MAYOR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEIR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS AND APPOINTED COMMISSIONERS, FROM (1) ENGAGING IN COMPENSATED EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE FOR LOBBYING FOR ANY PRIVATE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION BEFORE ANY LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCY LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, AND (2) HAVING A PERSONAL INVESTMENT OR MONETARY INTEREST IN CITY CONTRACTS
The people of the City of Irvine do ordain as follows:
Section 1.
Title. This Ordinance shall be known and referred to as the Irvine
City Council Ethical Public Service Ordinance.
Section 2. Purpose. This Ordinance is adopted to ensure that the Mayor and members of the City Council, as elected representatives, and their Executive Assistants and appointed Commissioners, are engaged in public service not for private, personal gain, but to advance the interests of Irvine residents and the entire Irvine community.
Section 3.
City allegiance and proper conduct.
A. Incompatible employment or service. Because of their uniquely important, visible, and elevated status and responsibilities as elected officials, the Mayor and members of the City Council, and by extension their Executive Assistants and their , appointed Commissioners, shall not engage in compensated employment or service for the purpose of lobbying for any private person or organization before any local public agency (county, city or special district) located in the County of Orange. 1. Paragraph A shall not be applicable to lobbying as an in-house employee on behalf of his or her employer (as opposed to a client of the employer). For purposes of paragraph A, "lobbying" shall mean any oral or written communication (including an electronic communication) to an official of a local agency other than the City, made directly or indirectly, in an effort to 2. influence or persuade the official to favor or oppose, recommend or not recommend, vote for or against, or take or refrain from taking action on any public policy issue of a discretionary nature pending before the official's agency, including but not limited to proposed action, or proposals for action, in the form of ordinances, resolutions, motions, recommendations, reports, regulations, policies, nominations, appointments, sanctions, and bids, including the adoption
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