(a) This section applies to hybrid redistricting commissions and independent redistricting commissions. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the local jurisdiction may prescribe the manner in which members are appointed to the commission, provided that the jurisdiction uses an application process open to all eligible residents and provided that the commissioners are not appointed by the legislative body or an elected official of the local jurisdiction. (c) A person shall not be appointed to serve on the commission if the person or any family member of the person has been elected or appointed to, or been a candidate for, an elective office of the local jurisdiction in the eight years preceding the personâs application. (d) A person shall not be appointed to serve on the commission if either of the following applies: (1) The person or the personâs spouse has done any of the following in the eight years preceding the personâs application: (A) Served as an officer of, employee of, or paid consultant to, a campaign committee or a candidate for elective office of the local jurisdiction. (B) Served as an officer of, employee of, or paid consultant to, a political party or as an elected or appointed member of a political party central committee. (C) Served as a staff member or a consultant to, or who has contracted with, a currently serving elected officer of the local jurisdiction. (D) Been registered to lobby the local jurisdiction. (E) Contributed five hundred dollars ($500) or more in a year to any candidate for an elective office of the local jurisdiction. The local jurisdiction may adjust this amount by the cumulative change in the California Consumer Price Index, or its successor, in every year ending in zero. (2) A family member of the person, other than the personâs spouse, has done any of the following in the four years preceding the personâs application: (A) Served as an officer of, employee of, or paid consultant to, a campaign committee or a candidate for elective office of the local jurisdiction. (B) Served as an officer of, employee of, or paid consultant to, a political party or as an elected or appointed member of a political party central committee. (C) Served as a staff member of or consultant to, or has contracted with, a currently serving elected officer of the local jurisdiction. (D) Been registered to lobby the local jurisdiction. (E) Contributed five hundred dollars ($500) or more in a year to any candidate for an elective office of the local jurisdiction. The local jurisdiction may adjust this amount by the cumulative change in the California Consumer Price Index, or its successor, in every year ending in zero. (e) A member of the commission shall not do any of the following: (1) While serving on the commission, endorse, work for, volunteer for, or make a campaign contribution to, a candidate for an elective office of the local jurisdiction. (2) Be a candidate for an elective office of the local jurisdiction if any of the following is true: (A) Less than five years has elapsed since the date of the memberâs appointment to the commission. (B) The election for that office will be conducted using district boundaries that were adopted by the commission on which the member served, and those district boundaries have not been subsequently readopted by a commission after the end of the memberâs term on the commission. (C) The election for that office will be conducted using district boundaries that were adopted by a legislative body pursuant to a recommendation by the commission on which the member served, and those district boundaries have not been subsequently readopted by a legislative body pursuant to a recommendation by a commission after the end of the memberâs term on the commission. (3) For four years commencing with the date of the personâs appointment to the commission: (A) Accept employment as a staff member of, or consultant to, an elected official or candidate for elective office of the lo
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