March 15, 2021 Committee Agenda

The Law and Policy Committee will hold a committee meeting on March 15, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. The committee will meet to discuss and determine recommendations to make to the full Commission and the public can both listen and participate in the committee proceedings. To submit public comment prior to the meeting, email commasst@fppc.ca.gov. To participate in real time, visit http://mediasite.fppc.ca.gov/ or call into the phone number listed at the bottom of this notice.

1. Public Comment for items not on the agenda.
2. Approval of February 3, 2021 minutes.
3. Legislative Update.

Staff: Lindsey Nakano, Legislative Counsel. The Committee will receive an update on the progress of PRA related legislation and future legislation approved by the Commission.

Staff Memo

    4. Advice provided regarding local contribution limits.

Staff: Dave Bainbridge, General Counsel, Sukhi Brar, Assistant General Counsel and Katelyn Green, Commission Counsel. Staff will brief the Commission on advice provided to members of the public regarding the application of local campaign contribution limits effective January 1, 2021 to contributions made prior to January 1, 2021 for elections occurring after that date.    

Staff Memo

    5. Discussion of Proposed Adoption of Regulations 18952, 18953, and 18954, Permissible Campaign Expenditures.

Staff: Erika M. Boyd, Senior Commission Counsel and Karen Harrison, Senior Commission Counsel. Staff proposes to adopt regulations further defining political, legislative and governmental purposes. The proposed changes are presented for discussion of the Law and Policy Committee.

Staff Memo
Proposed Regulation 18952
Proposed Regulation 18953
Proposed Regulation 18954

    6. Discussion of items for April 2021 Committee meeting.

Committee members and staff will discuss proposed agenda items for the April 2021 committee meeting.  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

• You may listen to and participate in this committee meeting by teleconference by calling: (877) 411-9748; access code 723284.
• For questions about this meeting, you may contact the Commission Assistant at (916) 327-8269.

^{[1] The Commission has established two-person advisory committees to allow greater participation by individual Commissioners in making recommendations to the full Commission. In recognition of the public’s interest in the meetings of these committees, the Commission has directed the committees to allow the public to monitor committee deliberations, whenever possible, by publishing a five-day notice of the meeting and allowing callers to listen and participate to the proceeding with a call-in telephone number.}

^{As two-person advisory committees, Bagley Keene Open Meeting Requirements (Government Code Sections 11120 - 11132) do not apply to the committee meeting. However, the Commission will be soliciting public comment before and during the meeting. If you would like to comment on an agenda item prior to the meeting, you may email your comments to the Commission Assistant at CommAsst@fppc.ca.gov. Any comments submitted prior to the meeting will be provided to the committee members for consideration at the meeting. Additionally, the Commission is permitting public participation through the online portal: http://mediasite.fppc.ca.gov/}