This ordinance requires individuals or departments that receive a waiver under the Behested Payments Ordinance to report to the Clerk of the Board before the waiver expires and mandates that these reports be published in a searchable format. It also stipulates that no new waiver requests for similar purposes can be submitted until a year has passed since the last request and the required report has been filed.
Ordinance amending the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code to require persons or departments who received a waiver under the Behested Payments Ordinance to file a report with the Clerk of the Board before expiration of the waiver; to require the Clerk of the Board to promptly publish the reports on DataSF in searchable format; to require waivers to contain the title of each position that will be entitled to rely on the waiver; and for requests for waivers covering the same or similar purpose as a previously approved waiver, to prohibit departments from introducing a new waiver request until the required report has been submitted to the Clerk and at least one year has passed since the previous waiver request was introduced.
How it got here
The legislation originated from a need to enhance transparency in the reporting of behested payments by city departments.
Supervisor Fielder introduced an ordinance to amend the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code regarding behested payments reporting.
The ordinance was referred to the relevant departments for review and comment.
The Ethics Commission was notified of the ordinance introduced by Supervisor Fielder, which requires reporting on behested payments.
The ordinance is currently under the 30 Day Rule, awaiting further action by the Board of Supervisors.
Reconstructed from attached documents & the official record