Ethics Commission adopts FY2024 annual report subject to minor edits

The San Francisco Ethics Commission voted unanimously on Oct. 11 to adopt its draft annual report for fiscal year 2024, with the commission approving publication of a designed version subject to typographical and other minor edits.

Pat Ford, the commission—s executive director, presented the draft and sample pages of a designed report, saying the version shown incorporated comments received to date and that staff could apply final design and minor edits before publication. "My suggestion would be that you give any comments that you have during this meeting or shortly thereafter by email, and ideally would vote today to approve the report subject to any subsequent edits," Ford said.

Commissioners commended the report as an "impressive" reflection of a productive year and discussed transparency items, including a request that the final designed version clearly identify the commissioners by name. One commissioner noted the importance of strengthening the audit function in an election year. The commission moved to adopt the draft subject to any typographical or other minor edits staff deems appropriate; the motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote.

During the public comment period, speakers criticized the report as incomplete and accused the commission of bias and failing to address larger citywide concerns; those claims were made by members of the public and were not adopted as findings by the commission. The commission approved the report for publication and directed staff to finalize design and minor edits before posting.