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Ethics Commission debates ticket, fundraiser and racial-equity language as it readies gift-law ballot measure
Summary
Commissioners and staff discussed draft ballot language and regulatory details to strengthen gift laws, including rules for tickets, nonprofit fundraisers, promotional items, and racial-equity review; deadline to place a measure on the November ballot was noted as Aug. 5, 2022.
The Ethics Commission spent much of its May 13 meeting discussing draft ballot and regulatory changes intended to tighten the city's gift and ethics rules and to fold racial-equity analysis into the policy process.
Staff and commissioners reviewed potential changes that would (a) carry local exceptions currently found in state law into local rules, (b) restrict solicitation of behested payments by filer types, (c) limit or forbid acceptance of entertainment tickets except for clearly identified public-purpose roles, and (d) create an exemption for…
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