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Commission declines willful finding against Rec & Park general manager in disputed deletion of emails
Summary
After hours of public testimony alleging Recreation & Park staff and allies sought to influence a Commonwealth Club panel and then failed to preserve responsive emails, the Ethics Commission voted that evidence did not support a willful Sunshine violation of the specified sections.
The Ethics Commission heard a lengthy referral on Dec. 5 alleging that senior officials at the Recreation and Park Department pressured a private Commonwealth Club forum about Golden Gate Park, then failed to produce related emails in response to a Sunshine request.
Complainant George Wooding described a coordinated campaign he says sought to change the panel, add city‑friendly speakers and discourage dissenting voices; he said documents he later obtained from the Commonwealth Club showed Rec & Park staff and outside lobbyists had exchanged emails urging changes and that the department did not produce those records when he filed a request. “This is…
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