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Staff outlines comprehensive review of San Francisco—s public financing program; next steps set
Summary
Ethics Commission staff presented a detailed primer on the public financing program—s goals, funding, qualification and the individualized expenditure ceiling formula and announced interested-persons meetings as the start of a formal review; commissioners asked staff to propose outreach and technical fixes to reduce appeal volume.
Pat Ford, senior policy analyst for the Ethics Commission, gave a detailed presentation on the city—s public financing system, describing program goals, funding sources, qualification steps and the individualized expenditure ceiling (IEC) formula that can raise a candidate—s spending cap when opponents amass supportive funds or independent expenditures.
Ford summarized the three funding phases: an initial grant (e.g., $20,000 for supervisorial candidates, $100,000 for mayoral candidates), a 2-to-1 matching phase and a limited 1-to-1 phase. He explained qualifying contributions are restricted to $10—$100 per donor, must come from San Francisco residents, and must occur within a specified time window before the election (generally…
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