The prolonged timeline has drawn complaints from critics, who say it will allow incumbent council members in the March 2022 primary campaign to preserve one of their key advantages over challengers. But last month, the council’s rules committee backed an ordinance that also would not go into effect after the March 2022 city primary election. By the time it is up and running, fundraising will already have begun for the March 2022 primary, ethics officials said. “He’s disappointed that’s not the case and he plans to amend the language [of the ordinance] when the item is before the full City Council,” Montemayor said. And Rey López-Calderón, executive director of the watchdog group California Common Cause, said he thinks it’s outrageous that council members are planning such a lengthy delay for enforcement of the new rules.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 03, 2019 23:03 UTC