§ 2504. 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 the City election immediately preceding his or her application to be on the Commission; or

(2)

Have been a resident of the City for at least one (1) year 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, within the eight (8) years immediately preceding their date of application to be on the Commission, has contributed to a candidate for City elective office, in a single year, more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250).

(2)

A person who, or whose spouse, registered domestic partner, or child - is or has been, within the four (4) years immediately preceding their date of application to be on the Commission, any of the following:

i.

A paid employee of the City, including those employed by an elected official;

ii.

A registered City lobbyist, or someone who was required to be a registered City lobbyist; or

iii.

A paid employee of any redistricting contractor or consultant.

(3)

A person who, or whose spouse, registered domestic partner, parent, sibling, or child - has been, within eight (8) years immediately preceding their date of application to be on the Commission, any of the following:

i.

Elected to or appointed to, or been a candidate for, City elective office;

ii.

An officer, employee of, or paid consultant or contractor to a campaign committee or a candidate for City elective office;

iii.

A staff member, paid employee of, a consultant to, or someone under contract with any City elected official; or

iv.

A principal officer of an active campaign committee domiciled in the County of Los Angeles 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, and shall agree to the City's Code of Ethics and written ethics pledge.

(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 (4) 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 or candidate for City elective office, to receive a non-competitively bid contract with the City, or to register as a City lobbyist.

(e)

While serving on the Commission, a commissioner shall not endorse, work for, volunteer for, or contribute to any candidate campaign for City elective office. Commissioners choosing to engage in such activity may resign at any time, including after the approval of a final map to ensure that the commissioner no longer serves if the Commission is reconvened to redraw districts

(Added by Meas. DDD, 11-6-2018, eff. 12-11-2018)