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POR 2021-249
Asked the City Manager to instruct the Law Department to provide a legal opinion regarding the effect of the proposed Ordinance to Limit and monitor campaign donations on the petitioners of a Citizens’ Petition and the Owners, Board members and employees of an organization seeking financial assistance from the city of Cambridge; and to draft enforcement language and to draft language exempting labor unions from the Ordinance and to provide an opinion about whether Somerville’s Ordinance regarding campaign donations would survive a legal challenge
How it started
Nov 8, 2021 · Proposed by Councillor Dennis J. Carlone: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
Nov 8, 2021 · ✅ Order adopted. The Council's request went to the City Manager. (unanimous)
Voted yes (9), unanimous
Dennis Carlone
Alanna Mallon
Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
E. Denise Simmons
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Timothy J. Toomey
Quinton Zondervan
Sumbul Siddiqui
What’s next
📨 Answered: the report came back as CMA 2021 #273 (Dec 6, 2021).
Order adopted, unanimousNov 8, 2021
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