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7 of 19 <br /> <br />Los Angeles Governmental Ethics Ordinance 1/23/20 <br />B. Elected City officers shall not receive <br />any payment, including honoraria, for <br />their services other than that provided <br />for by City Charter Section 218. <br />However, they may receive <br />compensation for serving on <br />governmental entities where payment is <br />authorized for other governmental <br />officers or employees serving in such <br />capacity. <br /> <br />C. City officials, other than elected City <br />officers and part-time board and <br />commission members, shall not accept <br />a payment for honoraria or other outside <br />earned income or employment without <br />prior written approval. <br /> <br />1. Prior written approval must first be <br />obtained from the general manager <br />or chief administrative officer of the <br />City official’s department. <br /> <br />a. General managers, chief <br />administrative officers, and <br />members of the Board of Public <br />Works must obtain prior written <br />approval from their appointing <br />authorities. <br /> <br />b. City Council staff members must <br />obtain prior written approval from <br />their City Council members. <br /> <br />c. A City official who does not have <br />an appointing authority must <br />obtain prior written approval from <br />the Ethics Commission. <br /> <br />2. If the general manager, chief <br />administrative officer, or appointing <br />authority approves the payment, the <br />City official must determine whether <br />the source is a restricted source for <br />the City official. If the source is a <br />restricted source, the City official <br />shall not accept the payment without <br />also obtaining prior written approval <br />from the Ethics Commission. <br />3. The approval required by <br />Subdivisions 1 and 2 shall be denied <br />if the general manager, chief <br />administrative officer, appointing <br />authority, or Ethics Commission <br />determines that receipt of the <br />payment would be inconsistent, <br />incompatible, in conflict with, or <br />inimical to the City official's official <br />duties, functions, or responsibilities. <br />Such a determination must be made <br />if one or more of the following factors <br />applies: <br /> <br />a. The payment or the services for <br />which the payment would be <br />received would involve any of the <br />following: <br /> <br />i. The actual use of or the <br />appearance of the use of <br />public office, employment, <br />time, facilities, equipment, or <br />supplies for private gain; <br /> <br />ii. The City official’s performance <br />of an act that could later be <br />subject to the control, <br />inspection, review, audit, or <br />enforcement of the City <br />official’s agency; or <br /> <br />iii. Such time demands that the <br />City official’s performance of <br />official City duties would be <br />rendered less efficient. <br /> <br />b. The City official would be <br />accepting payment from a person <br />other than the City official’s <br />agency for performing an act that <br />the City official would be required <br />or expected to render in the <br />regular course of performing City <br />duties. <br /> <br />c. The City official is in a position to <br />make, participate in making, or <br />influence a City decision that