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16 of 19 <br /> <br />Los Angeles Governmental Ethics Ordinance 1/23/20 <br />currently pending before that City <br />official or the City official’s agency. <br /> <br />2. A member of the City Council, a City <br />board or commission, or another <br />voting body of an agency who is <br />required to file statements of <br />economic interests pursuant to the <br />Political Reform Act shall not directly <br />or indirectly, knowingly or willfully <br />negotiate the possibility of future <br />employment or business <br />opportunities with a person other <br />than a governmental entity if the <br />person has a matter that is currently <br />pending before that City official or a <br />body of which the City official is a <br />voting member. <br /> <br />3. A City official other than one <br />identified in Subsection 1 or 2 above <br />shall not directly or indirectly, <br />knowingly or willfully negotiate the <br />possibility of future employment or <br />business opportunities with a person <br />other than a governmental entity if <br />the person has a matter that is <br />currently pending before that City <br />official. <br /> <br />4. City officials shall not make, <br />participate in making, or use their <br />official City positions to influence a <br />decision involving the interests of a <br />person with whom they have an <br />agreement concerning future <br />employment or business <br />opportunities. <br /> <br />B. A person who has a matter pending <br />before a City official or a body of which <br />the City official is a voting member shall <br />not directly or indirectly, knowingly or <br />willfully negotiate the possibility of future <br />employment of or business opportunities <br />for that City official. <br /> <br />C. A person has a matter pending if the <br />person is a party to or is compensated <br />to represent a party to the matter. <br /> <br />History: <br />Amended by Ord. 168057, effective 8/8/92. <br />Amended by Ord. 182842, effective 2/10/14. <br />Renumbered by Ord. 182842, effective 2/10/14 (prev. 49.5.12). <br /> <br /> <br />SEC. 49.5.15. ETHICS AND FRAUD <br />AWARENESS TRAINING. <br /> <br />A. Ethics Training. All City officials are <br />required to complete ethics training at <br />the time of entering City service and <br />once every two years thereafter. The <br />training shall be developed by the Ethics <br />Commission, in partnership with the <br />Office of the City Attorney, and shall be <br />structured to ensure that participants <br />have knowledge to comply with all of the <br />relevant ethics laws governing their <br />service to the City. <br /> <br />B. Fraud Awareness Training. All full- <br />time City employees are required to <br />complete on-line training for fraud <br />awareness at the time of entering City <br />service and once every two years <br />thereafter. The training shall be <br />developed by the City Controller's <br />Fraud, Waste and Abuse Unit and <br />provided by the Personnel Department <br />as described in the Los Angeles <br />Administrative Code. <br /> <br />History: <br />Repealed by Ord. 172891, effective 12/11/99. <br />Added by Ord. 178064, effective 01/15/07. <br />Amended by Ord. 182478, effective 04/17/13. <br />Amended by Ord. 182842, effective 2/10/14. <br />Renumbered by Ord. 182842, effective 2/10/14 (prev. 49.5.18). <br /> <br /> <br />SEC. 49.5.16. ENFORCEMENT. <br /> <br />A. Criminal Enforcement. <br /> <br />1. A person who does any of the <br />following is guilty of a misdemeanor: <br />