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Ethics staff detail enforcement backlog and plan reforms as preliminary-review caseload doubles
Summary
Enforcement staff told the commission the enforcement caseload in preliminary review rose to 84 matters after investigator losses, prioritized election-related and Sunshine/whistleblower complaints, and proposed regulatory and staffing changes to speed investigations.
Enforcement staff told the San Francisco Ethics Commission that the number of matters in preliminary review has roughly doubled and that staffing shortfalls are the principal bottleneck slowing investigations.
The presenter reported the office currently has 84 matters in preliminary review, up from about 43 earlier in the year, and said staffing reductions over several years left enforcement with one investigator handling intake and preliminary work. The staff member described the commission’s investigative stages — preliminary review, referral to city/district attorneys…
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