This ordinance aims to broaden the definition of "interested party" to include City contractors and those trying to influence City officials, while also banning certain officials from soliciting payments from these parties. It is currently awaiting action from a committee.
Ordinance amending the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code to expand the definition of interested party to include City contractors, persons seeking to influence City officers and employees, registered contact lobbyists, permit consultants, and to prohibit elected officials, department heads, commissioners, and designated employees from soliciting behested payments from interested parties.
How it got here
This legislation originated from the need to amend the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code to enhance transparency regarding behested payments in San Francisco.
State law requires elected officials to file behested payment reports when soliciting contributions of $5,000 or more, but does not include City commissioners or department heads.
Local law mandates that City commissioners and elected officials file behested payment reports for solicitations of $1,000 or more from interested parties involved in certain matters before their commissions.
Supervisors Haney, Peskin, and Chan introduced the ordinance to amend the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code to expand the definition of interested parties and prohibit certain solicitations.
The Rules Committee amended the ordinance and continued it to the call of the chair for further consideration.
The ordinance is currently pending committee action following its amendment in the Rules Committee.
Reconstructed from attached documents & the official record
