(June 4. 2018, 8:55 p.m.) -- The City of Long Beach paid the cost of printing a Measure M "informational" flier using General Fund election savings, and there was no extra cost to insert the flier in City utility bills as it was only a single page that didn't increase postage cost, City Public Information Officer Kevin Lee tells LBREPORT.com.
Regarding a separate City mailer re Measure M displaying a message from City Manager Pat West, LBREPORT.com has separately learned that staff of CA's Fair Political Practices Commission has declined to investigate a complaint by a LB resident who alleged that the mailer advocated passage of Measure M. The resident's complaint alleged that despite mailer verbiage reciting that it was "provided for informational purposes to describe the practical effects of Measure M" and "does not advocate a yes or no vote on the measure," the mailer's content "is clearly advocating for the passage of the measure." To this, FPPC staff responded in a June 4 letter in pertinent part as follows [footnotes omitted]: [Scroll down for further.] |
...The [FPPC] Enforcement Division will not open an investigation on this matter. The Commission enforces the provisions of the Political Reform Act [CA Gov't Code sections 81000-91014]. The Act prohibits sending a newsletter or other mass mailing at public expense. Specifically, a mass mailing is prohibited if (1) the item is a tangible item; (2) the item expressly advocates the qualification, passage, or defeat of a clearly identified measure, or unambiguously urges a particular result in an election; (3) public moneys of $50 or more are used for the costs of distributing or designing the mailer; and (4) more than 200 substantially similar items are sent during the course of an election.
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