See this very interesting report in the OC Weekly, which begins: “When we last visited Larry Agran’s crusade to quash the First Amendment, Irvine’s lapsed progressive politician had proposed a so-called ‘Ethics Ordinance’ that might have sent to jail any City Council colleague who criticized him or delved too closely into his alleged cronyism. But after the scheme was exposed by the Weekly and labeled ‘Orwellian’ by The Orange County Register, Agran has devised a new tactic–discrimination against an entire worker class–which could be passed by his council majority on Tuesday Dec. 13. Titled ‘Incompatible Employment or Service,’ the new paragraph states: ‘Because of their uniquely important, visible, and elevated status and responsibilities as elected officials, the mayor and members of the City Council, and by extension their executive assistants, shall not engage in compensated employment or service for the purpose of lobbying for any private person or organization before any government agency.'” For more on Agran’s original proposal, see here.