San Ramon council raises campaign expenditure limits for upcoming general election
The San Ramon City Council voted last week to increase the voluntary campaign spending limits in this year’s elections for mayor and two city council seats, with the goal of accounting for inflation and other costs despite generally minimal campaign expenses in recent city elections.
Under the updated resolution adopted at the June 9 council meeting, the voluntary campaign expenditure limit for this year’s mayoral race is set at $91,453 – approximately $1.75 per voter – and at $39,938 and $36,597 respectively for the District 2 and District 4 seats, approximately $2.75 per voter.
That marks an increase from the 2024 cap of $1.50 per voter for the mayoral race and $2.50 per voter in the council races, with that cap and the previous 2022 election’s voluntary expenditure limit far above the actual amounts raised for a majority of candidates in the most recent two elections.
“These are voluntary expenditure limits and very generous amounts,” Mayor Mark Armstrong said at last Tuesday’s meeting. “It’s not impossible that someone could get up to that limit – in fact I guess there’s some history in the past – but for the most part, I think most candidates are well below the maximum allowable on this voluntary limit.”
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