Political Reform Act of 1974: prohibition on contributions in state and local government office buildings.

Senators Cervantes and Dahle propose expanding California's restrictions on campaign contributions by prohibiting their receipt or delivery in local government buildings, adding to existing limitations that cover state facilities.

The measure would broaden current law, which bars campaign contributions in the State Capitol, state office buildings, and state-funded offices, to include any building owned by local governments where more than half the floor space serves as government offices. It also eliminates an existing exemption that permits contributions in legislative district offices. Under the bill's provisions, the prohibition applies to both in-person delivery of contributions and attempts to deliver them through intermediaries.

The expanded restrictions would be enforced as misdemeanors under the Political Reform Act of 1974. While the changes create additional enforcement obligations for local jurisdictions, the bill specifies that local agencies would not receive state reimbursement for associated costs, as the modifications fall under existing crime enforcement frameworks.