The Political Reform Act, Government Code Section 81000, et seq., requires state and local government agencies to adopt and promulgate conflict of interest codes. The Fair Political Practices Commission has adopted a regulation, 2 Cal. Code of Regs. Section 18730, which contains the terms of a standard conflict of interest code. It can be incorporated by reference and may be amended by the Fair Political Practices Commission after public notice and hearings to conform to amendments in the Political Reform Act. Therefore, the terms of 2 Cal. Code of Regs. Section 18730 and any amendments to it duly adopted by the Fair Political Practices Commission are hereby incorporated by reference and, along with the attached Appendix in which members and employees are designated and disclosure categories are set forth, constitute the conflict of interest code of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.

Designated employees shall file statements of economic interests with the agency who will make the statements available for public inspection and reproduction. (Gov. Code Section 81008). Upon receipt of the statements of Conservancy Members and the Chief Executive Officer, the agency shall make and retain a copy and forward the original of these statements to the Fair Political Practices Commission. Statements for all other designated employees will be retained by the agency.

Definitions

Jurisdiction--refers to the Santa Monica Mountains Zone as defined by Public Resources Code Section 33105

When a designated employee is required to disclose investments and business positions, and sources of income, he/she need only disclose investments in business entities and sources of income which do business in the jurisdiction, plan to do business in the jurisdiction, or have done business in the jurisdiction within the past two years. In addition to other activities, a business entity is doing business within the jurisdiction if it owns real property within the jurisdiction.

Designated employees shall disclose their financial interests pursuant to the appropriate disclosure category as indicated in Appendix B.

Category 1: All interests in real property.

Category 2: All investments and business positions in business entities, and income from any source which engages in land development, construction or the acquisition, sale or lease of real property within the defined Conservancy's jurisdiction.

Category 3: All investments and business positions in business entities and sources of income of the type utilized by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy to provide services, supplies or materials.

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^* Consultants shall be included in the list of designated employees and shall disclose pursuant to the broadest disclosure category in the code subject to the following limitation:

The Executive Director may determine in writing that a particular consultant, although a “designated Position,” is hired to perform a range of duties that is limited in scope and thus is not required to fully comply with the disclosure requirements in this section. Such written determination shall include a description of the consultant's duties and, based upon that description, a statement of the extent of disclosure requirements. The Executive Officer's determination is a public record and shall be retained for public inspection in the same manner and location as this conflict of interest code.