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Ethics Commission staff report details 2018 public financing, third-party spending and planned review
Summary
Staff told the San Francisco Ethics Commission that public financing covered roughly $2.6 million of mayoral campaign funds in June 2018, publicly financed candidates relied on public funds for about half of campaign resources, and staff will bring phase-2 recommendations on program rules next month.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission on Wednesday reviewed a staff report summarizing how the city's public financing program was used in the 2018 elections and a related program review that could change contribution matching, spending limits and eligibility rules.
Pat Ford, senior policy analyst for the commission, said the report is descriptive rather than prescriptive: "This report is not part of the commission's ongoing review of the public financing program. This is really meant to describe or just provide numbers and information." He told commissioners the report will be submitted to the mayor and board of supervisors the following Monday.
Staff presented election-by-election statistics. In the June 2018 mayoral contest there were 11 ballot candidates; six applied for public financing and five were certified. Two nonincumbent…
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