• Interview. A person interviews the candidate on issues affecting the person making the expenditure. • Candidate Material. The person making the expenditure has obtained a photograph, biography, position paper, press release, or similar material from the candidate or the candidate’s agents. • General Request for Support. The person makes the expenditure in response to a general, non-specific request for support by a candidate or committee, provided that there is no discussion with the candidate or committee prior to the expenditure relating to details of the expenditure. • Public Appearance. The person making the expenditure has invited the candidate or committee representative to make a public appearance before the person’s members, employees, shareholders, or their families, provided that there is no discussion with the candidate or committee prior to the expenditure related to details of the expenditure. • Prior Contribution. The person making the expenditure has made a contribution to the candidate or committee. • Informed after the Expenditure is Made. A person informs a candidate or committee that the person has made an expenditure, provided that there is no exchange of information, not otherwise available to the public, relating to details of the expenditure. • Expenditure Benefits Another Candidate or Committee. The expenditure is made at the request or suggestion of the candidate or committee for the benefit of another candidate or committee. • Hyperlink. The communication includes a hyperlink to the Internet website or other social media page of a candidate or ballot measure committee. FPPC Regulation 18225.7, summarized above, specifies when a communication is considered independent versus made at the behest of a candidate or committee. Because the determination is based on specific facts, persons are encouraged to contact the FPPC for guidance.
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