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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4/3/2012 - STAFF REPORTS - 1.C. OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM SPRINGS COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD REPORT MEETING DATE: April 3, 2012 ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM TITLE: ADOPTION OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE. INITIATED: Clerk/Secretary RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution No. 003, "A RESOLUTION OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM SPRINGS COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ADOPTING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE." BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS: The Political Reform Act, Government Code § 8100 et seq., requires local agencies to adopt and administer a conflict of interest code. California Health and Safety Code § 34179(e) deems the Oversight Board a local agency for purposes of the Political Reform Act, as such the Oversight Board must adopt a conflict of interest code. Staff has prepared a resolution and a conflict of interest code that adopts the California Code of Regulations § 18730, which is a model code prepared by the Fair Political Practices Commission, that is fully compliant with the Political Reform Act. Within 30-days of assuming office, and annually thereafter, each Oversight Board Member will be required to file a statement of economic interests disclosure statement. The Clerk/Secretary is named as the filing officer and will periodically review the code for compliance. FISCAL IMPACT: Minimal staff time to receive, log, review annual disclosure statements, and periodic review and amendments to the Conflict of Interest Code. The City of Palm Springs, acting in its capacity as Successor Agency to the Palm Springs Community Redevelopment Agency, is eligible for reimbursement of administrative costs of the Oversight Board, subject to current law and a cap toward the administrative costs. ITEM NO 1 .C. Oversight Board Report May 3, 2012—Page 2 Conflict of Interest Code ATTACHMENTS: Proposed Resolution Conflict of Interest Code Cal. Code of Regs. § 18730 Designated Positions/Disclosure Categories RESOLUTION NO. 002 A RESOLUTION OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM SPRINGS COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ADOPTING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE. THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM SPRINGS COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FINDS: A. The Political Reform Act (Government Code § 810010 et seq.) requires local agencies to promulgate and adopt conflict of interest codes. B. Cal. Health and Safety Code § 34179(e) deems the Oversight Board a local agency for purposes of the Political Reform Act. NOW THEREFORE THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM SPRINGS COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DETERMINES, RESOLVES AND APPROVES: SECTION 1. The Conflict of Interest Code of the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Palm Springs Community Redevelopment Agency, including Exhibit A and Appendix 1, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby adopted. SECTION 2. Nothing in this Resolution supersedes the independent applicability of Government Code § 87200. SECTION 3. The Clerk/Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and file with the California Department of Finance. SECTION 4. This Resolution shall be in effective three (3) business days after adoption. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM SPRINGS COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THIS 3RD DAY OF APRIL, 2012. CHAIRPERSON ATTEST: CLERK/SECRETARY Resolution No. 002 Page 2 CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS ) I, JAMES THOMPSON, Clerk/Secretary, to the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Palm Springs Community Redevelopment Agency, hereby certify that Resolution No. 002 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a special meeting of the Oversight Board on April 3, 2012, by the following vote: AYES: NOES ABSTAIN ABSENT James Thompson, Clerk/Secretary City of Palm Springs, California Resolution No.002 Page 2 CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS ) I, JAMES THOMPSON, Clerk/Secretary, to the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Palm Springs Community Redevelopment Agency, hereby certify that Resolution No. 002 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a special meeting of the Oversight Board on April 3, 2012, by the following vote: AYES: NOES ABSTAIN ABSENT James Thompson, Clerk/Secretary City of Palm Springs, California OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM SPRINGS COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE SECTION 1: AUTHORITY Cal. Government Code Section 87300 and Health and Safety Code Secion 34179(e) requires the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Palm Springs Community Redevelopment Agency to adopt a Conflict of Interest Code. SECTION 2: PURPOSE The purpose of the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Palm Springs Community Redevelopment Agency Conflict of Interest Code is to incorporate by reference the terms of Section 18730 of the California Code of Regulations pertaining to Conflict of Interest Codes. SECTION 3: CODE REVIEWING BODY The Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Palm Springs Community Redevelopment Agency shall be the Code Reviewing Body for the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Palm Springs Community Redevelopment Agency Conflict of Interest Code. Oversight Board of the Successor Agency Palm Springs Community Redevelopment Agency Conflict of Interest Code Page 2 SECTION 4: FILING OFFICER The Clerk/Secretary of the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Palm Springs Community Redevelopment Agency shall be the Filing Officer for the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Palm Springs Community Redevelopment Agency Conflict of Interest Code. All persons occupying designated positions shall file Statements of Economic Interests with the Clerk/Secretary. The Clerk/Secretary shall make statements available for public inspection and reproduction, shall retain all statements pursuant to State Law, and shall perform all other duties and responsibilities of the Filing Officer pursuant to State Law. SECTION 5: CODE ADMINISTRATOR The Clerk/Secretary shall be the Code Administrator for the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Palm Springs Community Redevelopment Agency Conflict of Interest Code. The Code Administrator may promulgate further rules and regulations, which are not inconsistent with this Code, the Political Reform Act, or any regulation of the Fair Political Practices Commission; to administer the Conflict of Interest Code, including nonsubstantive alterations to the Code. Nonsubstantive alterations shall be limited to the following: 1. The reclassification or renaming of previously designated positions. 2. The deletion of a position for which the classification has been abolished. Oversight Board of the Successor Agency Palm Springs Community Redevelopment Agency Conflict of Interest Code Page 3 3. Definitional or operational provisions in conformity to a statutory amendment, a regulation of the Fair Political Practices Commission, or a decision of a Court of competent jurisdiction. SECTION 6: INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE SECTION 18730 OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS Section 18730 of Title 2, Division 6, of the California Code of Regulations, as set forth in Exhibit 'A," and any amendments to it duly adopted by the Fair Political Practices Commission, along with any Appendices, are hereby incorporated by reference and constitute the Conflict of Interest Code of the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Palm Springs Community Redevelopment Agency. SECTION 7: DESIGNATED POSITIONS The positions listed in Appendix 1 are Designated Positions. Officers and employees holding those positions are Designated Positions and are deemed to make, or participate in the making of, decisions, which may foreseeably have a material effect on a financial interest. Consultants may be Designated Positions, as determined by the Code Administrator. SECTION 8: DISCLOSURE CATEGORIES Such persons holding designated positions shall report economic interests as set forth in Appendix 1. EXHIBIT A § 18730. Provisions of Conflict of Interest Codes. (a) Incorporation by reference of the terms of this regulation along with the designation of employees and the formulation of disclosure categories in the Appendix referred to below constitute the adoption and promulgation of a conflict of interest code within the meaning of Government Code section 87300 or the amendment of a conflict of interest code within the meaning of Government Code section 87306 if the terms of this regulation are substituted for terms of a conflict of interest code already in effect. A code so amended or adopted and promulgated requires the reporting of reportable items in a manner substantially equivalent to the requirements of article 2 of chapter 7 of the Political Reform Act, Government Code sections 81000, et seq. The requirements of a conflict of interest code are in addition to other requirements of the Political Reform Act, such as the general prohibition against conflicts of interest contained in Government Code section 87100, and to other state or local laws pertaining to conflicts of interest. (b) The terms of a conflict of interest code amended or adopted and promulgated pursuant to this regulation are as follows: (1) Section 1. Definitions. The definitions contained in the Political Reform Act of 1974, regulations of the Fair Political Practices Commission (2 Cal. Coda of Regs. sections 18100, et seq.), and any amendments to the Act or regulations, are incorporated by reference into this conflict of interest code. (2) Section 2. Designated Employees. The persons holding positions listed in the Appendix are designated employees. It has been determined that these persons make or participate in the making of decisions which may foreseeably have a material effect on economic interests. (3) Section 3. Disclosure Categories. This code does not establish any disclosure obligation for those designated employees who are also specified in ,Government Code section 87200 if they are designated in this code in that same capacity or if the geographical jurisdiction of this agency is the same as or is wholly included within the jurisdiction in which those persons must report their economic interests pursuant to article 2 of chapter 7 of the Political Reform Act, Government Code sections 87200, et seq. In addition, this code does not establish any disclosure obligation for any designated employees who are designated in a conflict of interest code for another agency, if all of the following apply: (A) The geographical jurisdiction of this agency is the same as or is wholly included within the jurisdiction of the other agency; (B) The disclosure assigned in the code of the other agency is the same as that required under article 2 of chapter 7 of the Political Reform Act, Government Code section 87200; and (C) The filing officer is the same for both agencies. ' Such persons are covered by this code for disqualification purposes only. With respect to all other designated employees, the disclosure categories set forth in the Appendix specify which kinds of economic interests are reportable. Such a designated employee shall disclose in his or her statement of economic interests those economic interests he or she has which are of the kind described in the disclosure categories to which he or she is assigned in the Appendix. It has been determined that the economic interests set forth in a designated employee's disclosure categories are the kinds of economic interests which he or she foreseeably can affect materially through the conduct of his or her office. (4) Section 4. Statements of Economic Interests: Place of Filing. The code reviewing body shall instruct all designated employees within its code to file statements of economic interests with the agency or with the code reviewing body, as provided by the code reviewing body in the agency's conflict of interest code. 2 (5) Section 5. Statements of Economic Interests: Time of Filing. (A) Initial Statements. All designated employees employed by the agency on the effective date of this code, as originally adopted, promulgated and approved by the code reviewing body, shall file statements within 30 days after the effective date of this code. Thereafter, each person already in a position when it is designated by an amendment to this code shall file an initial statement within 30 days after the effective date of the amendment. (B) Assuming Office Statements. All persons assuming designated positions after the effective date of this code shall file statements within 30 days after assuming the designated positions, or if subject to State Senate confirmation, 30 days after being nominated or appointed. (C) Annual Statements. All designated employees shall file statements no later than April 1. (D) Leaving Office Statements. All persons who leave designated positions shall file statements within 30 days after leaving office. (5.5) Section 5.5. Statements for Persons Who Resign Prior to Assuming Office. Any person who resigns within 12 months of initial appointment, or within 30 days of the date of notice provided by the filing officer to file an assuming office statement, is not deemed to have assumed office or left office, provided he or she did not make or participate in the making of, or use his or her position to influence any decision and did not receive or become entitled to receive any form of payment as a 'result of his or her appointment. Such persons shall not file either an assuming or leaving office statement. (A) Any person who resigns a position within 30 days of the date of a notice from the filing officer shall do both of the following: (1) File a written resignation with the appointing power; and (2) File a written statement with the filing officer declaring under penalty of perjury that during the period between appointment and resignation he or she did not make, participate in the making, or use the position to influence any decision of the agency or receive, or become entitled to receive, any form of payment by virtue of being appointed to the position. (6) Section 6. Contents of and Period Covered by Statements of Economic Interests. (A) Contents of Initial Statements. Initial statements shall disclose any reportable investments, interests in real property and business positions held on the effective date of the code and income received during the 12 months prior to the effective date of the code. (B) Contents of Assuming Office Statements. Assuming office statements shall disclose any reportable investments, interests in real property and business positions held on the date of assuming office or, if subject to State Senate confirmation or appointment, on the date of nomination, and income received during the 12 months prior to the date of assuming office or the date of being appointed or nominated, respectively. (C) Contents of Annual Statements. Annual statements shall disclose any reportable investments, interests in real property, income and business positions held or received during the previous calendar year provided, however, that the period covered by an employee's first annual statement shall begin on the effective date of the code or the date of assuming office whichever is later, or for a board or commission member subject to Government Code section 87302.6, the day after the closing date of the most recent statement filed by the member pursuant to 2 Cal. Code Regs. section 18754. (D) Contents of Leaving Office Statements. Leaving office statements shall disclose reportable investments, interests in real property, income and business positions held or received during the period between the closing date of the last statement filled and the date of leaving office. (7) Section 7. Manner of Reporting. Statements of economic interests shall be made on forms prescribed by the Fair Political Practices Commission and supplied by the agency, and shall contain the following information: (A) Investments and Real Property Disclosure. When an investment or an interest in real property3 is required to be reported,4 the statement shall contain the following: 1. A statement of the nature of the investment or interest; 2. The name of the business entity in which each investment is held, and a general description of the business activity in which the business entity is engaged; 3. The address or other precise location of the real property; 4. A statement whether the fair market value of the investment or interest in real property equals or exceeds two thousand dollars,($2,000), exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000), exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or exceeds one million dollars ($1,000,000). (B) Personal Income Disclosure. When personal income is required to be reported,5 the statement shall contain: 1. The name and address of each source of income aggregating five hundred dollars ($500) or more in value, or fifty dollars ($50) or more in value if the income was a gift, and a general description of the business activity, if any, of each source; 2. A statement whether the aggregate value of income from each source, or in the case of a loan, the highest amount owed to each source, was one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less, greater than one; thousand dollars ($1,000), greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or greater than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000); 3. A description of the consideration, if any, for which the income was received; 4. In the case of a gift, the name, address and business activity of the donor and any intermediary through which the gift was made; a description of the gift; the amount or value of the gift; and the date on which the gift was received; 5. In the case of a loan, the annual interest rate and the security, if any, given for the loan and the term of the loan. (C) Business Entity Income Disclosure. When income of a business entity, including income of a sole proprietorship, is required to be reported,6 the statement shall contain: 1. The name, address, and a general description of the business activity of the business entity; 2. The name of every person from whom the business entity received payments if the filer's pro rata share of gross receipts from such person was equal to or greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000). (D) Business Position Disclosure. When business positions are required to be reported, a designated employee shall list the name and address of each business entity in which he or she is a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or in which he or she holds any position of management, a description of the business activity in which the business entity is engaged, and the designated employee's'' position with the business entity. (E) Acquisition or Disposal During Reporting Period. In the case of an annual or leaving office statement, if an investment or an interest in real property was partially or wholly acquired or disposed of during the period covered by the statement, the statement shall contain the date of acquisition or disposal. (8) Section 8. Prohibition on Receipt of Honoraria. (A) No member of a state board or commission, and no designated employee of a state or local government agency, shall accept any honorarium from any source, if the member or employee would be required to report the receipt of income or gifts from that source on his or her statement of economic interests. This section shall not apply to any part time member of the governing board of any public institution of higher education, unless the member is also an elected official. Subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Government Code section 89501 shall apply to the prohibitions in this section. This section shall not limit or prohibit payments, advances, or reimbursements for travel and related lodging and subsistence authorized by Government Code section 89506. (8.1) Section 8.1 Prohibition on Receipt of Gifts in Excess of$420. (A) No member of a state board or commission, and no designated employee of a state or local government agency, shall accept gifts with a total value of more than $420 in a calendar year from any single source, if the member or employee would be required to report the receipt of income or gifts from that source on his or her statement of economic interests. This section shall not apply to any part time member of the governing board of any public institution of higher education, unless the member is also an elected official. Subdivisions (e), (f), and (g) of Government Code section 89503 shall apply to the prohibitions in this section. (8.2) Section 8.2. Loans to Public Officials. (A) No elected officer of a state or local government agency shall, from the date of his or her election to office through the date that he or she vacates office, receive a personal loan from any officer, employee, member, or consultant of the state or local government agency in which the elected officer holds office or over which the elected officer's agency has direction and control. (B) No public official who is exempt from the state civil service system pursuant to subdivisions (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) of Section 4 of Article VII of the Constitution shall, while he or she holds office, receive a personal loan from any officer, employee, member, or consultant of the state or local government agency in which the public official Molds office or over which the public official's agency has direction and control. This subdivision shall not apply to loans made to a public official whose duties are solely secretarial, clerical, or manual. (C) No elected officer of a state or local government agency shall, from the date of his or her election to office through the date that he or she vacates office, receive a personal loan from any person who has a contract with the state or local government agency to which that 'elected officer has been elected or over which that elected officer's agency has direction and control. This subdivision shall not apply to loans made by banks or other financial institutions or to any indebtedness created as part of a retail installment or credit card transaction, if the loan is made or the indebtedness created in the lender's regular course of business on terms available to members of the public without regard to the elected officer's official status. (D) No public official who is exempt from the state civil service system pursuant to subdivisions (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) of Section 4 of Article VII of the Constitution shall, while he or she holds office, receive a personal loan from any person who has a contract with the state or local government agency to which that elected officer has been elected or over which that elected officer's agency has direction and control. This subdivision shall not apply to loans made by banks or other financial institutions or to any indebtedness created as part of a retail installment or credit card transaction, if the loan is made or the indebtedness created in the lender's.regular course of business on terms available to members of the public without regard to the elected officer's official status. This subdivision shall not apply to loans made to a public official whose duties are solely secretarial, clerical, or manual. (E) This section shall not apply to the following: 1. Loans made to the campaign committee of an elected officer or candidate for elective office. 2. Loans made by a public official's spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, parent-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, or first cousin, or the spouse of any such persons, provided that the person making the loan is not acting as an agent or intermediary for any person not otherwise exempted under this section. 3. Loans from a person which, in the aggregate, do not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) at any given time. 4. Loans made, or offered in writing, before January 1, 1998. (8.3) Section 8.3. Loan Terms. (A) Except as set forth in subdivision (B), no elected officer of a state or local government agency shall, from the date of his or her election to office through the date he or she vacates office, receive a personal loan of five hundred dollars ($500) or more, except when the loan is in writing and clearly states the terms of the loan, including the parties to the loan agreement, date of the loan, amount of the loan, term of the loan, date or dates when payments shall be due on the loan and the amount of the payments, and the rate of interest paid on the loan. (B) This section shall not apply to the following types of loans: 1. Loans made to the campaign committee of the elected officer. 2. Loans made to the elected officer by his or her spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, parent-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, or first cousin, or the spouse of any such person, provided that the person making the loan is not acting as an agent or intermediary for any person not otherwise exempted under this section. 3. Loans made, or offered in writing, before January 1, 1998. (C) Nothing in this section shall exempt any person from any other provision of Title 9 of the Government Code. (8.4) Section 8.4. Personal Loans. (A) Except as set forth in subdivision (B), a personal loan received by any designated employee shall become a gift to the designated employee for the purposes of this section in the following circumstances: 1. If the loan has a defined date or dates for repayment, when the statute of limitations for filing an action for default has expired. 2. If the loan has no defined date or dates for repayment, when one year has elapsed from the later of the following: a. The date the loan was made. b. The date the last payment of one hundred dollars ($100) or more was made on the loan. c. The date upon which the debtor has made payments on the loan aggregating to less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) during the previous 12 months. (B) This section shall not apply to the following types of loans: 1. A loan made to the campaign committee of an elected officer or a candidate for elective office. 2. A loan that would otherwise not be a gift as defined in this title. 3. A loan that would otherwise be a gift as set forth under subdivision (A), but on which the creditor has taken reasonable action to collect the balance due. 4. A loan that would otherwise be a gift as set forth under subdivision (A), but on which the creditor, based on reasonable business considerations, has not undertaken collection action. Except in a criminal action, a creditor who claims that a loan is not a gift on the basis of this paragraph has the burden of proving that the decision for not taking collection action was based on reasonable business considerations. 5. A loan made to a debtor who has filed for bankruptcy and the loan is ultimately discharged in bankruptcy. (C) Nothing in this section shall exempt any person from any other provisions of Title 9 of the Government Code. (9) Section 9. Disqualification. No designated employee shall make, participate in making, or in any way attempt to use his or her official position to influence the making of any governmental decision which he or she knows or has reason to know will have a reasonably foreseeable material financial effect, distinguishable from its effect on the public generally, on the official or a member of his or her immediate family or on: (A) Any business entity in which the designated employee has a direct or indirect investment worth two thousand dollars ($2,000)'or more; (B) Any real property in which the designated employee has a direct or indirect interest worth two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more; (C) Any source of income, other than gifts and other than loans by a commercial lending institution in the regular course of business on terms available to the public without regard to official status, aggregating five hundred dollars ($500) or more in value provided to, received by or promised to the designated employee within 12 months prior to the time when the decision is made; (D) Any business entity in which the designated employee is a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or holds any position of management; or (E) Any donor of, or any intermediary or agent for a donor of, a gift or gifts aggregating $420 or more provided to, received by, or promised to the designated employee within 12 months prior to the time when the decision is made. (9.3) Section 9.3. Legally Required Participation. No designated employee shall be prevented from making or participating in the making of any decision to the extent his or her participation is legally required for the decision to be made. The fact that the vote of a designated employee who is on a voting body is needed to break a tie does not make his or her participation legally required for purposes of this section. (9.5) Section 9.5. Disqualification of State Officers and Employees. In addition to the general disqualification provisions of section 9, no state administrative official shall make, participate in making, or use his or her official position to influence any governmental decision directly relating to any contract where the state administrative official knows or has reason to know that any party to the contract is a person with whom the state administrative official, or any member of his or her immediate family has, within 12 months prior to the time when the official action is to be taken: (A) Engaged in a business transaction or transactions on terms not available to members of the public, regarding any investment or interest in real property; or (B) Engaged in a business transaction or transactions on terms not available to members of the public regarding the rendering of goods or services totaling in value one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more. (10) Section 10. Disclosure of Disqualifying Interest. When a designated employee determines that he or she should not make a governmental decision because he or she has a disqualifying interest in it, the determination not to act may be accompanied by disclosure of the disqualifying interest. (11) Section 11. Assistance of the Commission and Counsel. Any designated employee who is unsure of his or her duties under this code may request assistance from the Fair Political Practices Commission pursuant to Government Code section 83114 and 2 Cal. Code Regs. sections 18329 and 18329.5 or from the attorney for his or her agency, provided that nothing in this section requires the attorney for the agency to issue any formal or informal opinion. (12) Section 12. Violations. This code has the force and effect of law. Designated employees violating any provision of this code are subject to the administrative, criminal and civil sanctions provided in the Political Reform Act, Government Code sections 81000 — 91014. In addition, a decision in relation to which a violation of the disqualification provisions of this code or of Government Code section 87100 or 87450 has occurred may be set aside as void pursuant to Government Code section 91003. NOTE: Authority cited: Section 83112, Government Code. Reference: Sections 87103(e), 87300 87302, 89501, 89502 and 89503, Government Code. Designated employees who are required to file statements of economic interests under any other agency's conflict of interest code, or under article 2 for a different jurisdiction, may expand their statement of economic interests to cover reportable interests in both jurisdictions, and file copies of this expanded statement with both entities in lieu of filing separate and distinct statements, provided that each copy of such expanded statement filed in place of an original is signed and verified by the designated employee as if it were an original. See Government Code section 81004. 2 See Government Code section 81010 and 2 Cal. Code of Regs. section 18115 for the duties of filing officers and persons in agencies who make and retain copies of statements and forward the originals to the filing officer. 3 For the purpose of disclosure only (not disqualification), an interest in real property does not include the principal residence of the filer. 4 Investments and interests in real property which have a fair market value of less than $2,000 are not investments and interests in real property within the meaning of the Political Reform Act. However, investments or interests in real property of an individual include those held by the individual's spouse and dependent children as well as a pro rata share of any investment or interest in real property of any business entity or trust in which the individual, spouse and dependent children own, in the aggregate, a direct, indirect or beneficial interest of 10 percent or greater. 5A designated employee's income includes his or her community property interest in the income of his or her spouse but does not include salary or reimbursement for expenses received from a state, local or federal government agency. 6 Income of a business entity is reportable if the direct, indirect or beneficial interest of the filer and the filer's spouse in the business entity aggregates a 10 percent or greater interest. In addition, the disclosure of persons who are clients or customers of a business entity is required only if the clients or customers are within one of the disclosure categories of the filer. OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM SPRINGS COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE Appendix 1 Designated Positions Designated Positions Disclosure Categories ADMINISTRATION Oversight Board Member 7positions) ALL CONSULTANTS ALL The Code Administrator shall determine, in writing, those consultants who shall file a Statement of Economic Interest, because they either make governmental decisions or serve in a staff capacity pursuant to the Political Reform Act. Disclosure Categories All designated officials, employees and consultants shall be required to file under all of the following categories of reportable economic interests: Category A Investments (Form 700 Schedules A-1 and A-2) All reportable investments of$2,000 or more, for business entities which are located in, doing business in, planning to do business in, or which has done business during the previous two years in the City of Palm Springs. Category B Real Property (Form 700 Schedule B) All reportable interests in real property of$2,000 or more, located in the City of Palm Springs, or within two miles of the City of Palm Springs; excluding a personal residence as long as the residence is used exclusively as a personal residence. Category C Income, Loans, Business Positions (Form 700 Schedule C) All reportable income, loans and business positions, of $500 or more, if the source is located in, doing business in, planning to do business in, or has done business during the previous two years in the City of Palm Springs. Category D Gifts (Form 700 Schedule D) All reportable gifts fair market value of $50 or more, or multiple gifts totaling $50 or more received during the reporting period. Category E Travel Payments (Form 700 Schedule E) All reportable travel payments including advances and reimbursements for travel and related expenses, including lodging and meals.