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Board of Supervisors approves response to civil grand jury ethics report after contentious debate
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 6'4 to adopt a response to the 2013'14 civil grand jury report on ethics after rejecting amendments that would have broadened audits and required new preservation and disclosure steps.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 6–4 on Jan. 27 to adopt a formal response to the civil grand jury's 2013–14 report titled "Ethics in the City: Promise, Practice, or Pretense," after a heated debate over amendments proposed by Supervisor Avalos.
Supervisor Avalos told the board he wanted the city to take a more proactive role in pursuing reforms recommended by the grand jury, including a board-directed audit of forfeited campaign contributions, formal preservation policies for records on personal devices timed to pending California Supreme Court guidance, stricter travel-gift transparency, and reconsideration of staffing recommendations for the Ethics Commission. "I wanted to make sure I had ample time ... My staff had been working on this and I found that there were a number of items in the resolution that I think it would…
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