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Subject: Amendment to Chapter 3.20 of The Oakland Municipal Code
From: The Public Ethics Commission
Recommendation: Action on a Report and Recommendation from the Public Ethics Commission to amend Chapter 3.20 of the Oakland Municipal Code (aka "The Lobbyist Registration Act") to provide 1) a restriction on elected officials from acting as professional lobbyists for one-year after leaving office; 2) a limitation on the amount of gifts lobbyists can give to city officials, staff and their immediate families; 3) quarterly disclosure of a lobbyist's fundraising activities; 4) quarterly disclosure of any employment relationship among lobbyists, city officials and staff; 5) disclosure of the names and titles of the persons whom a lobbyist attempts to influence; and 6) misdemeanor prosecution for knowing and willful violations of the act and a one-year practice ban upon conviction