San Jose City Council voted to pass a memorandum to bar multinational corporations from spending money to influence elections.

Corporations would be prohibited from spending money in elections if they are foreign-influenced.

This would be defined as 1 percent or more ownership by a single foreign investor or five percent or more ownership by multiple foreign investors.

The passage of this memorandum will go to a final reading at a city council meeting in January where it is expected to pass unanimously.