General Prohibition
Cal. GOV § 87102.8
California Statutes
(
a) An elected state officer, as defined in subdivision (
f) of
Section of
Article V of the California Constitution, shall not make or participate in the making of, or use the officer’s official position to influence, any governmental decision before the agency in which the elected state officer serves, where the officer knows or has reason to know that the officer has a financial interest. (
b) An elected state officer knows or has reason to know that the officer has a financial interest in any action by, or a decision before the agency in which the officer serves where either of the following occur:
(1) The action or decision will have a direct and significant financial impact on a lobbyist employer from which the officer has received any salary, wages, commissions, or similar earned income within the preceding months and the action or decision will not have an impact on the public generally or a significant segment of the public in a similar manner.
(2) The action or decision will have a direct and significant financial impact on any person, distinguishable from its impact on the public generally or a significant segment of the public, from whom the officer has received any compensation within the preceding months for the purpose of appearing, agreeing to appear, or taking any other action on behalf of that person, before any local board or agency. (
c) The
definitions of “public generally” and “significant segment of the public” contained in
Section 87102.6 apply to this section. (
d) Notwithstanding