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Rules Committee advances ordinance to ban gifts from restricted sources for city officers

Rules Committee, Board of Supervisors · November 16, 2006

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Summary

The committee advanced an ordinance to amend Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code section 3.216 to prohibit gifts from restricted sources (reducing a local $100 annual per-source limit to zero), saying departments requested a no-tolerance policy to avoid accounting burdens; staff reported no documented cases proving small gifts changed votes.

The Rules Committee considered an ordinance amending Section 3.216 of the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code to prohibit city officers and employees from receiving any gifts from restricted sources except nominal exemptions specified by the Ethics Commission.

Legislative staff explained that state law caps gifts from…

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