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Ethics Commission unanimously grants limited post‑employment waiver to Philip Wong
Summary
The San Francisco Ethics Commission voted unanimously to grant a post‑employment waiver to city employee Philip Wong, narrowing the waiver to communications on behalf of his prospective nonprofit employer and noting a requirement for periodic updates; commissioners discussed undue‑influence factors before approving the one‑year limited waiver.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission voted unanimously to grant a post‑employment waiver to Philip Wong, who asked the commission to lift the city’s one‑year restriction on communicating with his former department in connection with work for a nonprofit affordable‑housing developer.
Senior policy analyst Michael Canning briefed the commission that Wong submitted a supplemental response to questions posed at the December meeting and that the material is included in the agenda packet. Wong, who is a current city employee working on development projects, told commissioners he sought the waiver to take a role with a nonprofit on Potrero HOPE SF and described the communications he anticipates with the Office of Economic and Workforce Development as relating to the public appraisal and disposition of market‑rate parcels that financially support the affordable‑housing work.
Commissioners framed their deliberations around the ordinance’s concern about "undue influence." Deputy…
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