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Public commenters accuse City Librarian, Friends of the Library of undisclosed gifts; ethics commission hears criticism
Summary
Public commenters at the San Francisco Ethics Commission meeting alleged City Librarian Luis Herrera failed to disclose gifts and that Friends of the Library raised $53 million with limited reporting; the commission heard multiple requests to prioritize Sunshine Ordinance enforcement but took no formal enforcement action at the meeting.
A string of public commenters at the San Francisco Ethics Commission meeting accused the City Librarian and the Friends of the Library of failing to disclose gifts and of withholding records, renewing calls for stronger oversight.
A public commenter said the California Fair Political Practices Commission had “found that city librarian, Luis Herrera, was guilty of 3 years of violations for failure to report gifts,” and later cited what the speaker called a $53,000,000 total raised by the Friends of the Library, with…
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