SEC. 3.220. PROHIBITION ON DUAL OFFICE HOLDING.
§ 3.220
A person holding a City and County office with an annual salary over $2,500 automatically loses that office if they simultaneously hold another office with such a salary under the U.S. government, State of California, or City and County. Stipends, per diems, and non-cash benefits like health insurance do not count toward the salary threshold.
If you hold a City job that pays more than $2,500 per year, you cannot also hold another job that pays more than $2,500 per year for the U.S. government, the State of California, or the City. If you try to hold both jobs at the same time, you automatically lose your City job. Payments like meeting stipends and health insurance don't count as salary for this rule.
- Complex:The section uses crossed negatives ('does not include') and multiple jurisdictional references that require careful parsing, and the $2,500 threshold is now obsolete given inflation since the rule was written.
- Controversial:Dual office-holding restrictions touch on political participation and governance structure, subjects on which reasonable people disagree about scope and fairness.
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Official text
Any person holding an office under the City and County with an annual salary in excess of $2,500, whether by election or by appointment, who shall, during his or her term of office, hold or retain any other office with such a salary under the government of the United States, the State of California, or the City and County shall be deemed to have thereby vacated the office held by him or her under the City and County. For the purposes of this Section, the term salary does not include: (1) a stipend, per diem, or other payment provided for attendance at meetings; or (2) health, dental or vision insurance, or other non-cash benefits.
(Added by Proposition E, 11/4/2003)