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City auditor recommends changes to Sacramento Ethics Commission operations; council approves audit work plan
Summary
City Auditor Farishta Rari presented an audit identifying five findings and 11 recommendations to strengthen the Ethics Commissions training, complaint intake, staffing and contract practices; the council voted unanimously to approve the audit work plan.
City Auditor Farishta Rari presented an audit of the Sacramento Ethics Commission to the City Council on May 27, 2025, outlining five findings and 11 recommendations intended to strengthen the city's good governance program, improve training and guidance, and formalize complaint intake and staffing procedures.
Rari summarized the commission's establishment in 2018 as part of a good-governance framework that included a Sunshine Ordinance, a code of ethics and an ethics commission empowered to review and adjudicate complaints alleging violations of city ethics laws. The audit found opportunities to improve strategic planning, commissioner training and public guidance, and recommended automating complaint intake,…
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