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Rules Committee advances ordinance tightening rules on ‘behested’ payments
Summary
The Rules Committee unanimously voted to send to the full Board an ordinance that narrows when solicited charitable donations tied to city contracts or permits create conflicts of interest, citing the controller’s integrity review after the Mohamed Nourou scandal.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Rules Committee on Sept. 19 advanced an ordinance that would further regulate so-called “behested” payments — donations solicited at the request of an official — moving the measure to the full board as a committee report.
Chair Aaron Peskin, who introduced the item, said the proposal grew from a public-integrity review by City Controller Ben Rosenfield following the Mohamed Nourou controversy. Peskin said the reforms are intended to narrow abuses while not chilling philanthropy. "It was not meant to…
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