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Ethics Commission approves campaign finance regulation changes, including electronic registration and clarified subpoena language

San Francisco Ethics Commission · April 12, 2024
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Summary

The commission approved amendments to modernize electronic filing (eliminating a separate pre‑signature verification), standardize safe‑harbor attestations, close a home/office fundraiser loophole for prohibited contributors, clarify bank‑account rules, and add language to treat failure to timely respond to subpoenas as withholding.

The San Francisco Ethics Commission voted unanimously to approve a package of amendments to its campaign finance regulations that staff said will modernize electronic filings, standardize several rules and strengthen enforcement clarity.

Staffer Ryan Abusa told commissioners the package’s principal change would remove the separate pre‑signature verification (form 112a) and replace it with an expanded online committee registration form (akin to Oakland’s form 300). Under the proposal, committees would register online, designate signer…

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