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Ethics Commission forwards Anti‑Corruption and Accountability Ordinance to Board after split votes on substantive amendments
Summary
The commission approved the Board-amended Anti‑Corruption and Accountability Ordinance (Board file 180,280) with staff technical recommendations and a technical clarification, but rejected two substantive amendments — a behested‑payments ban and a 25% private recovery provision — after public testimony from nonprofits and legal counsel.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission voted April 18, 2018, to adopt and forward to the Board of Supervisors an amended Anti‑Corruption and Accountability Ordinance (Board file 180,280) after a lengthy public‑comment period and several floor amendments.
The commission first approved a motion to adopt the ordinance as amended by the Board on April 3 together with staff’s recommended technical changes. That motion passed on a 4–1 roll‑call vote: Commissioners Chiu, Lee, Rennie and Ryan voted aye; Commissioner Quentin Kopp voted no. The commission also approved a separate technical amendment clarifying that disclosure must include the "office and name" of a city elective officer; that amendment passed unanimously.
Commissioner Kopp proposed two substantive changes that failed. His motion to restore a prohibition on "behested payments" (language that would bar a city elective officer from soliciting payments to third parties in certain circumstances) was…
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