Section 26227.5 - [Effective 1/1/2025] District discretionary funds: County of Orange(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) "Board" means the board of supervisors of the county.(2) "County" means the County of Orange.(3) "District discretionary funds" means funds that are appropriated by the board to individual members of the board and are intended to be awarded to community organizations and nonprofit organizations.(b) A member of the board shall not award district discretionary funds to a community organization or a nonprofit organization unless the board approves, by a majority vote, that award.(c) The board shall post on its internet website a log of appropriated district discretionary funds at the end of each quarter, including all of the following: (1) The planned and actual costs of the program or project, including the indirect costs, that the district discretionary funds cover.(2) The spending timeline of those funds.(3) The purpose of program funding.(4) The eligibility requirements to receive funding.(5) Total dollars awarded to the entity that is contracted with the county.(d)(1) Within the 90 days preceding an election, a member of the board who is on a ballot as a supervisor district candidate of the board and has an opponent on that ballot shall not take any action related to spending district discretionary funds, including, but not limited to, any of the following actions:(A) Place an agenda item seeking approval to appropriate district discretionary funds on the agenda for a meeting of the board.(B) Announce or participate in a press release announcing the awarding of district discretionary funds previously approved by the board.(C) Participate in or make a ceremonial presentation awarding previously approved district discretionary funds.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), members of the board may attend events hosted by entities who received district discretionary funds, so long as the event is not directly held in the supervisor's honor.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the existing authority of the board from adopting ordinances, rules, or regulations beyond the minimum requirements outlined in this section.Added by Stats 2024 ch 249 (AB 2946),s 1, eff. 1/1/2025.