Los Angeles Municipal Code

SEC. 49.7.33. DISCLAIMERS ON POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONS.

SEC. 49.7.33. DISCLAIMERS ON POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONS. A. A person shall incorporate the following statements in a campaign, officeholder, or legal defense communication: (Amended by Ord. No. 182,362, Eff. 1/30/13.) 1. “Paid for by” immediately followed by the name, address, and city of that candidate or committee. The address and city are not required in an audio communication. a. If the communication is made by a controlled committee, the name of the person controlling the committee shall also be included. b. If an acronym is used to specify a committee name, the full name of any sponsoring organization of the committee shall also be included. 2. “Funding details at ethics.lacity.gov .” A substantially similar statement that specifies the website may be used as an alternative in audio communications. (Amended by Ord. No. 188,577, Eff. 5/18/25.) B. A committee making an independent expenditure communication under Section 49.7.31 A.1. or 49.7.31 A.2. shall incorporate the following statements: (Amended by Ord. No. 183,236, Eff. 10/30/14.) 1. “Paid for by” immediately followed by the committee’s name, address, and city. If an acronym is used to specify a committee name, the full name of the sponsoring committee shall also be included. 2. “Not authorized by or coordinated with a City candidate or a committee controlled by a candidate.” This statement is not required if the independent expenditure communication supports or opposes only a City ballot measure. 3. “Major funding provided by [names of the two contributors who gave the most to the committee in the six months prior to the date of the payment for the independent expenditure communication], in the amount of [the total amount of contributions made by those contributors in the same six-month period].” a. The amount of the contributions is not required in an audio communication. b. If the committee had only one contributor of at least $1,000 in the six months prior to the date of the payment for the independent expenditure communication, the statement may refer only to that contributor. c. This statement is not required if the committee did not have any contributors of at least $1,000 in the six months prior to the date of the payment for the independent expenditure communication. 4.