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Ethics Commission adopts rules for opinions and staff informal advice after extensive debate
Summary
After extensive public comment and attorney input, the San Francisco Ethics Commission adopted new regulations defining the Commission's opinion process and staff informal advice, setting timelines, clarifying what counts as an informal request, and adding procedural safeguards for draft opinions and appeals.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission voted to adopt a package of regulations that define how the commission issues formal opinions and how staff provides informal advice to people asking about their duties under the city's political laws.
Pat Ford explained the draft rules would codify distinctions already in the charter between requests for a commission opinion and requests for staff informal advice, and would formally describe: what constitutes a complete request, the facts required to answer a question, timelines for staff and commission responses, how draft opinions are circulated to the City Attorney and District Attorney's offices, and…
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