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Ethics commission reviews November 2020 public financing report; staff flagged record participation and asked for deeper analysis
Summary
Commission staff reported that Phase 2 changes to San Francisco's public campaign financing system produced the highest participation rate to date (62%), public funds exceeded private contributions for the first time, and dispersed public funds totaled about $3.4 million; commissioners asked for further analysis on independent expenditures, nonmonetary contributions and fund sustainability.
San Francisco's Ethics Commission reviewed its staff'prepared report on the November 2020 public campaign financing program and heard that the Phase 2 changes introduced before the 2020 election led to record participation and larger public disbursements.
Rob Hoch and Pat Ford presented highlights from the report: Phase 2 increased the initial payment for participating candidates to $60,000 and raised the per-candidate cap for Board of Supervisors races to $255,000; matching ratios were adjusted to 6-to-1 for eligible contributions, and a $150 per-contributor cap was imposed for matching. Staff reported that 62 percent of candidates on the ballot were…
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