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Ethics Commission briefed on Board‑passed lobbying ordinance changes, staff to draft implementation rules
Summary
Deputy Executive Director Jesse Menardi outlined amendments the Board of Supervisors passed June 17 that lower the lobbyist qualification threshold to a 1‑contact test for clients (and a 5‑contact monthly test for employer lobbying), add quarterly reporting for permit expediters and new developer donation disclosures; commissioners pressed staff on outreach, training and expected administrative costs.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission on June 23 received a staff briefing on amendments to the city’s lobbying ordinance that the Board of Supervisors passed June 17 and that are slated for implementation later this year.
Jesse Menardi, deputy executive director, told commissioners the most significant substantive change is the qualification threshold: the new ordinance establishes a one‑contact threshold for paid lobbyists acting on behalf of a client and a five‑contacts‑or‑more‑in‑a‑calendar‑month test for individuals lobbying on behalf of an employer (for example, an in‑house government‑affairs director). Menardi said the change was intended to create a clearer, more enforceable bright‑line test compared with the prior earnings‑based…
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