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Ethics Commission Adopts Faster Campaign‑finance Enforcement Procedures, Extends Response Time to 14 Days; Directs Staff to Draft Reporting for Expenditure 'lOb
Summary
The commission approved administrative enforcement guidelines for campaign finance violations, extending the respondent response window from 5 to 14 days and choosing a process that brings mitigation/aggravation considerations to the commission. Commissioners also asked staff to draft legislation to recapture reporting for expenditure lobbyists.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission voted to adopt administrative enforcement guidelines that move settlement actions and penalty determinations to the enforcement division and to extend the response window for alleged violations from 5 business days to 14 days.
Mr. St. Croix, the commission’s executive director, told commissioners the enforcement staff has developed guidance on mitigation and aggravation factors and that the initial penalty for accepting a contribution above the legal limit remains forfeiture equal to 100 percent of the excess contribution. Staff said fines may also be imposed under existing code and that the proposal…
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