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Supervisor Kim asks Ethics Commission to back tougher disclosure for third-party political spending
Summary
Supervisor Kim presented a revised campaign finance ordinance asking the Ethics Commission to recommend new disclosure rules for candidates, third-party committees and online ads, including listing top donors and requiring social-media ad copies. Staff and commissioners raised practical timing and administrative concerns.
Supervisor Kim on Monday asked the San Francisco Ethics Commission to recommend a revised ordinance intended to increase transparency around independent expenditures and campaign advertising.
Kim told commissioners she first introduced the measure in July and circulated a second version in November, saying local officials have seen an "increasing cloud over money" in campaigns and that third-party spending in supervisorial races rose from roughly 12% in 2002 to 54% in 2016. The draft would require independent-expenditure communications to include the original source of funds and list the top four donors giving more than $20,000 in…
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