Section 87103 Of Article 1. General Prohibition From California Government Code >> Title 9. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 1.
87103
. A public official has a financial interest in a decision
within the meaning of Section 87100 if it is reasonably foreseeable
that the decision will have a material financial effect,
distinguishable from its effect on the public generally, on the
official, a member of his or her immediate family, or on any of the
following:
(a) Any business entity in which the public official has a direct
or indirect investment worth two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more.
(b) Any real property in which the public official has a direct or
indirect interest worth two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more.
(c) Any source of income, except gifts or loans by a commercial
lending institution made 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 or
promised to, received by, the public official within 12 months prior
to the time when the decision is made.
(d) Any business entity in which the public official is a
director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or holds any position
of management.
(e) Any donor of, or any intermediary or agent for a donor of, a
gift or gifts aggregating two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more in
value provided to, received by, or promised to the public official
within 12 months prior to the time when the decision is made. The
amount of the value of gifts specified by this subdivision shall be
adjusted biennially by the commission to equal the same amount
determined by the commission pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section
89503.
For purposes of this section, indirect investment or interest
means any investment or interest owned by the spouse or dependent
child of a public official, by an agent on behalf of a public
official, or by a business entity or trust in which the official, the
official's agents, spouse, and dependent children own directly,
indirectly, or beneficially a 10-percent interest or greater.