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Ethics commission overrules staff waiver, moves forward with forfeiture process in matter tied to Supervisor Mark Farrell
Summary
After extended legal argument and public testimony, the San Francisco Ethics Commission voted unanimously to overrule staff's proposed waiver and allow forfeiture proceedings to move forward in a 2010 campaign-contribution matter involving Supervisor Mark Farrell and a committee alleged to have received coordinated contributions.
The commission considered a staff-drafted forfeiture/waiver letter related to an enforcement file arising from 2010 campaign activity. Commissioner Keane moved to overrule the executive director’s request for a waiver of forfeiture and to proceed with formal forfeiture action. The motion triggered a multi-hour legal exchange with counsel and commissioners over whether the statute of limitations had been tolled by fraudulent concealment, whether an agent’s admissions impute liability to the supervisor, and whether staff had been put on…
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