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Supervisors hear that Ethics Commission lacks investigators and staffing to meet mandates
Summary
A long hearing highlighted the Ethics Commission’s understaffing and limited investigative capacity; the director asked for five additional positions and civil grand jury and public commenters urged more proactive enforcement.
The Board committee devoted more than an hour to an in-depth review of the San Francisco Ethics Commission’s ability to meet its charter duties. John St. Croix, the commission’s executive director, told supervisors the office has grown from eight to about 15 funded staff but still lacks capacity for proactive enforcement. He said the commission requested five additional staff in its budget proposal, including two investigators, as part of a plan to expand to 31 positions over five years.
St. Croix described the practical and legal obstacles that limit investigations: finding qualified investigators (often…
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