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Supervisors approve two behested payment waivers amid questions about transparency
Summary
The Board approved two six-month waivers allowing solicitation of donations for city programs despite committee concerns about transparency. Supervisor Fielder opposed item 24 citing insufficient information from the mayor's office; item 24 passed 8–3 and item 25 passed 10–1 (Walton opposed).
The Board of Supervisors on Dec. 2 approved two resolutions allowing city officials to solicit donations that would otherwise be constrained by the behested payments ordinance.
Supervisor Fielder, who chairs the Government Audit and Oversight Committee, said she would vote against item 24 because the mayor’s office and the Office of Economic and Workforce Development had failed to provide detailed information in committee about which private parties had been solicited and why. Fielder said she asked for names and dollar amounts and that…
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