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Ethics commission deadlocks on finding that supervisor willfully ignored public-records request
Summary
The San Francisco Ethics Commission considered a Sunshine Ordinance Task Force referral alleging a supervisor failed to respond to an Immediate Disclosure Request filed in March 2015; the commission split 2–2 on a motion to sustain the Task Force's finding of a willful violation and the motion failed.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission on Dec. 19 considered a Sunshine Ordinance Task Force referral alleging that a supervisor failed to respond to an Immediate Disclosure Request (IDR) filed in March 2015 and that the delay amounted to a willful violation of the city's Sunshine Ordinance. The commission voted on a motion to sustain the Task Force's finding of willful violation but the motion failed on a 2–2 tie.
Complainant Ray Hartzbechter, who filed the original IDR and subsequent complaints, told the commission the supervisor's office did not provide a written response for "a year and four months" and repeatedly failed to appear at Task Force…
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