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Ethics staff roll out draft hearing 'guidebook' to clarify administrative process
Summary
Enforcement staff presented a draft administrative hearing guidebook outlining probable cause proceedings, preliminary matters, hearing protocols, and options for prehearing officers. Commissioners asked about who presides, appeals, costs for outside hearing officers, and regulatory fixes.
Enforcement staff presented a draft "hearing guidebook" on April 14 meant to explain and standardize how the San Francisco Ethics Commission will handle administrative hearings.
Senior investigator Zach D'Amico told commissioners the guidebook was created to clarify the administrative hearing process and to identify gaps and options for how those areas could be resolved. "The goal of the guidebook itself is twofold: 1, to help everyone understand the process for handling a case for which there's been a finding of probable cause and is moving forward, and the second is to help understand the role and the…
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