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Ethics Commission debates whistleblower ordinance, jurisdiction and possible charter amendment
Summary
The commission discussed the whistleblower protection ordinance adopted in January, heard criticism that penalties are insufficient, and debated preparing legislation or a background report to consider transferring intake authority from the Controller to the Ethics Commission via charter amendment.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission discussed a whistleblower protection ordinance at its March 16 meeting, reviewing staff research and public input and debating whether to prepare draft legislation to transfer whistleblower intake authority from the Controller’s office to the Ethics Commission.
Dr. Derek Kerr, identifying himself as a whistleblower, told the commission the adopted ordinance lacks meaningful remedies such as reinstatement and that civil penalties—"a 2,000, dollars 10,000 civil penalty" in the draft—amount to only “a trivial 1 or 2 month salary" and often are paid from…
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