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Commission backs staff recommendations on Peskin behested‑payments disclosure proposal after privacy and scope debate
Summary
The commission reviewed Supervisor Peskin's ordinance requiring commissioners and board members to file behested payment reports for solicitations (threshold $5,000), considered carveouts and privacy concerns, and voted to transmit staff recommendations to the supervisor.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission reviewed an ordinance introduced by Supervisor Aaron Peskin proposing that members of city boards and commissions file behested payment reports for solicitations and donations exceeding a $5,000 threshold. Lee Hepner, representing Supervisor Peskin's office, walked commissioners through recent amendments and the rationale behind them.
Key changes Hepner highlighted include defining "auctioneer" and exempting auctioneering from solicitation reporting, creating a definition of "interested party" tied to administrative action, expanding certain filing…
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