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Ethics commission outlines tighter gift and behested‑payment rules amid federal probe
Summary
Patrick Ford of the San Francisco Ethics Commission told the Building Inspection Commission the office is drafting local ordinances and regulation changes to close loopholes in gift and behested‑payment rules after a federal corruption probe and controller findings; proposals would expand restricted‑source rules to department‑mediated gifts and permit‑related approvals.
Patrick (Pat) Ford, policy and legislative affairs counsel for the San Francisco Ethics Commission, told the Building Inspection Commission that his office is drafting new local rules to tighten how gifts and behested payments are handled by city officials.
"We have 13 individuals who have been charged," Ford said, summarizing the breadth of the federal corruption investigation and noting that among those charged are "2 city department heads, 2 city employees, and 1 former city commissioner." He said some of the conduct cited in federal complaints involved gifts and payments that undermined public trust.
Ford described a three‑phase project. The first phase targeted behested payments — donations made to third parties at the…
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