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Community groups press Ethics Commission for clear rules on Proposition C reporting
Summary
Stakeholders urged the Ethics Commission to adopt bright'line regulations implementing Proposition C, warning the $2,500 monthly trigger and open definitions could chill small nonprofit advocacy; the city attorney warned some exemptions may require ordinance change.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission spent a large portion of its special meeting taking public testimony and discussing an implementation plan for Proposition C, the ballot measure that reestablished expenditure lobbying disclosures.
Staff reported that an "interested persons" meeting was held on Dec.7 and a second session is scheduled; commissioners were urged to adopt interim regulations to provide guidance before enforcement begins. Chair Rennie said interim regulations will be deemed interim at the Jan.28 meeting and could be tweaked as the process proceeds.
Public commenters from unions, nonprofit networks and advocacy groups described multiple ambiguities in the measure that, they said, could impose heavy reporting burdens on small organizations or invite "gotcha" complaints. Ian Lewis of Unite Here Local 2 urged the commission to limit reporting so organizations file only in months when the $2,500 threshold is…
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