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Ethics Commission denies post‑employment waiver for former cannabis director
Summary
The Ethics Commission voted 3–1 to deny Marissa Rodriguez’s request to waive the city’s one-year post‑employment communication ban for contacts with the Entertainment Commission and Department of Public Works; Rodriguez had withdrawn a requested waiver for the City Administrator’s office.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission on Dec. 10 voted to deny a post‑employment waiver requested by Marissa Rodriguez, the former director of the Office of Cannabis, concluding that allowing communications with certain units of the city within one year of her departure could create the appearance of undue influence.
Staff had recommended denial. Pat Ford summarized the legal test under campaign and governmental conduct code §3.234(a)(2): the Office of Cannabis is a subdivision of the City Administrator’s office, and an official who served as a department head is likely to be…
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