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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 2304 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ADDING SECTION 2-107 RELATED TO RESTRICTIONS ON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 2-107, which section reads as follows: Sec. 2-107. Prohibited campaign contributions. No Councilmember or any campaign committee controlled by the Councilmember shall solicit or accept any campaign contribution or loan of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more from any person for a period of three months following the date a final decision is rendered in any proceeding before the Council involving a license, permit, or other entitlement, if the Councilmember knows or has reason to know that the person had a Financial Interest in the proceeding. Financial Interest, for purposes of this section, shall have the meaning it is defined to have in Title 9 of the California Government Code (the Political Reform Act). The Mayor is a councilmember for purposes of this section. SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The city Council of the city of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 3: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.