[EL] Ban on contributions by developers

[ben.sheffner at gmail.com]

The Los Angeles City Council is considering imposing a ban on contributions
to candidates for city office by real estate developers. Is anyone aware of
similar regulations, and challenges to them?

Here's a description of the proposal from the LA Times:

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-developer-donations-20190115-story.html

Under the proposal, real estate developers would be barred from giving to
city candidates and officeholders once they have turned in an application
that requires city approval or other action, provided that the request
involves building or adding more than 4,000 square feet of floor area for
residential projects or 15,000 square feet for commercial projects.

The donation ban would last until a year after a final decision is made on
the application, the proposal said. The restrictions would apply to the
owner of the property being developed, including principals of any legal
entity that owns the property.
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