HomeMy Public PortalAbout18-1801 - California, Adding Section 2419, to Chapter 4 of the Carson Municipal Code, Relating to Prohibited Mailings by the Mayor and individual Members of the City CouncilORDINANCE NO. 18-1801
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARSON, CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION 2419, TO CHAPTER
4 OF THE CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO
PROHIBITED MAILINGS BY THE MAYOR AND INDIVIDUAL
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
NOW, THEREFORE, the CITY COUNCIL of the City of Carson, California,
does HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Standard Management Practice 1.56 is hereby rescinded in
its entirety.
SECTION 2. A new Section 2419 is hereby added to the Carson
Municipal Code, at Chapter 4, to read, in its entirety, as follows (new text in bold &
italics):
12419. Prohibited Mass Mailings by Councilmembers
(a) No member of the City Council nor Mayor shall cause to be
designed, produced, printed, copied, or distributed, by any means, to any
person's residence, place of employment or business, or post office box,
any newsletter, brochure, flyer, letter, or other mailing at city expense,
excluding any single letter sent in response to an unsolicited request,
without the prior approval of the City Council.
(b) City expense shall be defined as any expenditure of city funds, any
use of city staff time or city facilities or equipment to design, produce,
print, or copy any newsletter, brochure, flyer, poster, letter, , or other
mailing."
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or
portion of this Ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is,
for any reason, held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any other provision or application,
and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that
any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, parts or portions
thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30)
days after its second reading and adoption.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Ordinance, and shall cause the same to be posted and codified in the manner required by
law.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council
on this 6`h day of March, 2018.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Sunny K. Sol i, City Attorn y
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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CITY OF CARSON )
CITY OF CARSON:
ATTEST:
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Donesia Gause-Aldana, MMC, City Clerk
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I, Donesia Gause-Aldana, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, hereby attest to
and certify that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance 18-1801 passed first reading on
the 23`d day of January, 2018, adopted by the Carson City Council at its meeting held on
the 6`h day of March, 2018, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ROBLES, HILTON, SANTARINA
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: DAVIS—HOLMES
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: HICKS
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE &0,
Donesia Gause-Aldana, MMC, CittyClerk
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