Extensions of Vendor Credit – Primarily Formed Recipient Committees
San Diego Municipal Code § 27.2959
in effect§27.2959 Extensions of Vendor Credit – Primarily Formed Recipient Committees
(a) Vendors may extend credit to primarily formed recipient committees in the ordinary course of business in the same manner they extend it to persons for other than political purposes, except as set forth in subsection (b).
(b) A primarily formed recipient committee may not accept credit from a vendor, but shall instead pay the vendor in full from existing funds at the time of placing the order, if all three of the following conditions are met:
(1) the vendor is providing goods or services relating to designing, creating, printing, mailing, posting, broadcasting, or disseminating a campaign advertisement;
(2) the balance in the committee’s bank account, including funds received but not yet available, is insufficient to cover in full the committee’s advertising debt liability; and,
(3) the identity of the committee’s sponsors or contributors of $10,000 or more would change if any person made a contribution to the committee in an amount equal to the committee’s advertising debt liability.
(c) For purposes of this section:
(1) “a campaign advertisement” means any tangible or intangible campaign content that requires a “paid for by” or similar funding disclosure under section 27.2970;
(2) “a contribution to the committee” refers to a potential contribution by any person who would be contributing to the committee for the first time as well as by any person who has already contributed to the committee;
(3) “advertising debt liability” means the full costs of the campaign advertisement being considered by the committee plus the remaining balance owed for all other campaign advertisements purchased by the committee on credit; and,
(4) the costs of a campaign advertisement do not include costs owed solely to a vendor who is paid at regular intervals for providing consulting services to the committee over and above those associated with campaign advertisements.
(“Extensions of Vendor Credit – Primarily Formed Recipient Committees” added 11-25-2014 by O-20439 N.S.; effective 1-1-2015.)
(Amended 6-14-2018 by O-20941 N.S.; effective 7-14-2018.)
Source: City of San Diego Office of the City Clerk, San Diego Municipal Code and City Charter (docs.sandiego.gov PDFs)URL: https://docs.sandiego.gov/municode/MuniCodeChapter02/Ch02Art07Division29.pdf#page=32Fetched: 10/28/2026