[EL] Ban on contributions by developers

[Steve Klein]

> a case about limiting contributions from marijuana businesses more
> strictly than others that I forget the name of.


*Ball v. Madigan,* 245 F. Supp. 3d 1004 (N.D. Ill. 2017), *appeal dismissed*,
No. 17-1896, 2017 WL 5054202 (7th Cir. May 30, 2017). It was fun.

On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 2:28 PM Terry Martin <tjm5da at virginia.edu> wrote:

> *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
>>
>> 10940 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 2000
>>
>> Los Angeles, CA 90024
>>
>> fwoocher at strumwooch.com
>>
>> (310) 576-1233
>>
>> *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:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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