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Committee approves biennial update to Form 700 filer list and minor technical amendments
Summary
Deputy City Attorney presented the city’s biennial update to the Form 700 conflict‑of‑interest filer list, including minor amendments to add a deputy director position, PUC tweaks, and to delay electronic filing start to 2022; the committee amended and forwarded the ordinance unanimously.
The Rules Committee considered a routine biennial update to the city's Form 700 disclosure list (Item 7) and approved amendments before forwarding the ordinance to the full Board.
Deputy City Attorney Andrew Shen explained the update process required every two years under state law, noted collaboration with the Clerk’s Office and meet‑and‑confer with affected unions, and described three technical amendments: adding a deputy director position requested by the Civil Service Commission, adjustments to positions and disclosure categories requested by the Public Utilities Commission, and a technical change moving the start of mandatory electronic filing of Form 700 to early 2022.
Public comment raised concerns about inconsistent job‑title and disclosure category naming across departments and noted that new voter‑created commissions should be reflected when created. David Pilpel (public commenter) asked the committee to standardize job‑title listings across departments; Deputy City Attorney Shen responded that duties can differ across departments and that the city will update listings as new departments are created and as meet‑and‑confer processes conclude.
The committee voted to adopt the proposed technical amendments and to forward the ordinance to the full Board with a positive recommendation; the roll call recorded unanimous aye votes.
