[EL] Ban on contributions by developers

[Terry Martin]

*Yamada v. Snipes* (9th Cir) and *Wagner v. FEC *(D.C. Cir.) come to mind,
both upholding regs banning contributions from contractors. Doesn't extend
to regulated industries like real estate. See *Deon v. Barasch* (gambling)
and a case about limiting contributions from marijuana businesses more
strictly than others that I forget the name of.

On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 10:54 AM Fredric Woocher <fwoocher at strumwooch.com>
wrote:

> There was a Ninth Circuit case from many years ago, written by Judge
> Norris, that held a similar ban or limit on contributions from developers
> to be unconstitutional – I think it was from Santa Barbara – because the
> law allowed unlimited contributions from citizens opposing the development
> project.  I forget the exact details and the name of the case, but perhaps
> you can find it with this information.  I think it was from the 1980’s or
> 1990’s.
>
>
>
> Fredric D. Woocher
>
> Strumwasser & Woocher LLP
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> *From:* Law-election [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu]
> *On Behalf Of *ben.sheffner at gmail.com
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 17, 2019 10:46 AM
> *To:* law-election at UCI.edu
> *Subject:* [EL] Ban on contributions by developers
>
>
>
> 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:
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> https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-developer-donations-20190115-story.html
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> 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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