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Comptroller launches audit of DBI code-enforcement practices amid insider-trading concerns
Summary
Controller Ed Harrington told the Building Inspection Commission he will begin a performance audit of DBI staff affiliations and property transactions to assess whether employees or associated entities had unfair advantages; a report is expected in about 3–4 months.
The San Francisco Controller’s Office will begin a performance audit of the Department of Building Inspection’s code-enforcement practices to determine whether people associated with the department had an unfair advantage in property transactions, Controller Ed Harrington told the Building Inspection Commission on Monday.
Harrington said the office will match names associated with DBI — including employee names, LLCs and DBAs — against property records, assessor files and DBI enforcement records to identify potential conflicts. "We would propose that we start this almost immediately and that we would have…
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