Buoyed by the reality of having fresh faces to represent them, special interest groups are contributing heavily in the Ventura City Council ... signs, campaign mailings, flyers, banners ...

And some just tweak other areas of campaign rules. Several Inland Empire cities have embraced lower spending caps than the state’s default limit of $5,500 per donor to city council candidates ...

His Facebook page for his campaign for county commissioner lists experience as a city council member and economic ... when he displayed McKinney First banners and brochures at a school event.

$278 on banners and $168 on doorhangers. He had three other campaign-related expenses, less than $80. All three of Woodway’s city council seats up for election this year have contested races.

Palm Springs has started a marketing campaign welcoming Canadians to the city ... that before the city council, and he got that approved very quickly and then the banners went up.” ...

Among the eight candidates vying for the four open Santa Cruz City Council seats, no candidate has more money in the campaign coffers than incumbent Santa Cruz City Councilmember Shebreh Kalantari ...

“People are free to agree or disagree, but disrupting a City Council meeting with banners, threats, and shouting violates City Hall rules,” the city of Houston posted on X. Houston Mayor John ...