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Committee hears detailed ethics and campaign‑finance overhaul; supervisors press for clarifications
Summary
The Ethics Commission presented an anti‑corruption ordinance that would expand contractor/developer contribution restrictions, require new behested‑payment disclosures, mandate bundling reports and broaden recusal review; supervisors raised concerns about thresholds, vagueness, nonprofit impacts and timing and requested additional review and amendments.
The Ethics Commission and staff presented a package of reforms during a lengthy Feb. 1 committee hearing aimed at tightening campaign finance and conflict‑of‑interest rules in San Francisco.
Leanne Pelham, the commission’s executive director, said the ordinance was crafted after public engagement and in response to civil grand jury reports. "The primary policy focus as a commission over the last year was to develop an anti‑corruption and accountability ordinance," she said.
Staff highlighted several major changes: extending existing contractor contribution bans to certain land‑use interests,…
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