File #: 000681    Version: 1 Name: Settlement of Lawsuit
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Introduced: 4/17/2000 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 4/17/2000 Final action: 5/26/2000
Enactment date: Enactment #: 112-00
Title: Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by San Franciscans for Sensible Government, San Franciscans for Sensible Government Political Action Committee, and Kathleen Harrington against the City and County of San Francisco and Louise Renne in her official capacity as City Attorney to enjoin application of the $500 contribution limits to committees that make only independent expenditures; the lawsuit was filed on May 24, 1999 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Case No. C99-2456 CW; entitled San Franciscans for Sensible Government, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the material terms of said agreement are that the City will not enforce current Section 16.508 of the Campaign Finance Reform Ordinance with respect to contributions to committees that make only independent expenditures, that the plaintiffs waive attorney fees and costs and each party bears its own attorney fees and costs, and that the judgment entered by stipulation of the parties will not have preclusive effect in litigation over any future legislation adopted by the City and County of San Francisco.
Attachments: 1. Leg_Final
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