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Controller's Office finds ethics lapses in Department of the Environment's dealings with Recology, recommends clearer roles and disclosures
Summary
The Controller's preliminary assessment presented to the Ethics Commission flagged a lax "tone at the top," repeated gifts and solicitations from Recology to SF Environment leaders, gaps in role definition for refuse rate-setting, and recommended formal memoranda, training, and improved disclosure practices.
The San Francisco Controller's Office told the Ethics Commission on May 13 that its preliminary assessment of the Department of the Environment's relationship with Recology found repeated problems with gift acceptance, solicitation and disclosure and recommended policy fixes to strengthen internal controls.
Mark Della Rosa, director of audits at the Controller's Office, summarized the April report and told commissioners the audit found that SF Environment employees, including a former director, regularly accepted gifts from Recology, a contractor and therefore a restricted source for the department. The report said the department also solicited donations from Recology before signing contracts in 2015 and 2019 and that staff sometimes…
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