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Ethics staff seeks direction on draft anti-lobbyist ballot measure; advocates press for stronger limits
Summary
Commissioners reviewed staff alternatives for a November ballot measure to ban lobbyist gifts (including travel) and to limit bundling/contributions. Advocates pushed to include both contact and expenditure lobbyists and lower contribution caps; the commission asked staff and the city attorney to prepare ordinance language for a future vote.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission spent a major portion of its meeting discussing draft language for a proposed November ballot measure that would restrict lobbyists' ability to give gifts, fund travel for city officers and bundle contributions.
Staff said it had met with interested parties and prepared three alternatives. Among the options: an explicit ban on lobbyists paying or reimbursing travel for city officers, an aggregate contribution cap on lobbyists to committees controlled by a candidate, and clarified anti-bundling language. "No contact lobbyist may…
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