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Ethics Commission adopts Prop F regulations tightening disclosures and banning some land-use contributions
Summary
The San Francisco Ethics Commission unanimously adopted a package of regulatory amendments to implement Proposition F, updating public-financing ceilings, expanding contribution prohibitions for land-use interests, increasing disclaimer detail and font size, and requiring itemized cost breakdowns for certain independent expenditures. Staff will publish guidance for compliance and begin implementation in early 2020.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission voted unanimously to adopt a set of regulatory amendments implementing Proposition F and related public-financing updates, commissioners said at a meeting in late December 2019.
Pat Ford, senior policy and legislative affairs counsel to the commission, told the panel the package combines two projects: updates to public-financing mechanics and a broader set of changes required by Prop F. Ford said the package raises the individual expenditure ceiling (IEC) starting levels — from $250,000 to $350,000 for supervisorial candidates and from $1,475,000 to $1,700,000 for mayoral candidates — and adjusts example calculations in the regulations to reflect the new thresholds.
The adopted rules also implement several seven key Prop F provisions. They expand the city’s corporate-contribution prohibition to cover limited liability partnerships and limited liability companies, establish a new ban (CFRA section 1.127) on contributions to mayor,…
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