Los Angeles officials took a tentative step toward clamping down on political donations from real estate developers, as a City Council committee pressed forward with plans to ban donations from people seeking City Hall approval for their building projects.
before FBI agents raided the offices of Councilman Jose Huizar in November. Others at City Hall, including Councilman Curren Price and aides to Huizar and Council President Herb Wesson, are also being scrutinized by investigators, according to a federal warrant filed last year.new attentionIn the last decade, more than $1 million in fines have been levied on developers — roughly half the total amount of Ethics Commission penalties in that period, according to a staff report.
Such donors would also be barred from fundraising or “bundling” political donations from other people, another way that they could try to win influence at City Hall. Under that proposal, the donation ban would apply to property owners — including the principals of any legal entity that owns the property — that are pursuing city approval for development projects that would build or add more than 4,000 square feet of residential floor area or 15,000 square feet of commercial floor area.
The proposed rules from the Ethics Commission would also ban any donations from businesses and other groups, only allowing political contributions from individuals. The move, billed as a way to increase transparency, would require voter approval. It followsin which donors have exceeded city contribution limits by giving money through business entities.
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