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Rules Committee advances ordinance to tighten city grant awards after corruption revelations
Summary
The Rules Committee advanced an Administrative Code ordinance to standardize competitive solicitation, reporting and sole‑source rules for city grants, moving the proposal — with an operative date of Jan. 1, 2022 — to the full Board for final consideration.
The Rules Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Monday advanced an ordinance to codify a competitive grant‑award process, saying new rules are needed to curb past abuses and increase transparency.
Chair Aaron Peskin and sponsor Supervisor Stephanie said the measure responds to recent corruption revelations in city contracting and would require competitive solicitation except in narrowly defined circumstances, require advertising of solicitations, set evaluation criteria, reserve the city’s right to cancel or re‑advertise…
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