FPPC releases redesigned website with dedicated filing-officer pages and enhanced search

The Fair Political Practices Commission released a video walkthrough of its redesigned website that highlights seven top-level landing pages, a new Filing officers section, and an enhanced site search for finding statutes, advice letters, enforcement stipulations and disclosure filings. The presentation demonstrates filter-based results and offers examples viewers can reproduce.

The video begins with the presenter saying, "Hello, and welcome to the new and improved FPPC website," and explains that while most content remains available, some URLs have changed and users should rebookmark pages that return errors. The presenter directed users who have trouble to "send us an email at education@fppc.ca.gov."

Why it matters: The update centralizes guidance for high-priority users — filing officers, candidates and public officials — and aims to make legal materials and enforcement records easier to find. The new Filing officers tab pulls pages previously nested under 'Learn' into a single location with guidance on campaign-filing duties, Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700) responsibilities, and how to adopt or amend conflict-of-interest codes and complete biennial reviews.

How the search works: The site search, accessible from the top-right search box or at /search, supports filters by publication type, year, content type and topic. In a demonstration, the presenter narrowed results to the 2025 Political Reform Act PDF and noted it appeared among the results. The walkthrough shows users can find advice letters by requester name or letter number (example used: advice letter number 96260), locate enforcement stipulations by selecting "administrative fines and penalties" and filtering by violation type (example: mass mailing returned 83 results), and search forms (example: Form 460 committee campaign statement).

The presenter cautioned that some specialized searches — for example the enforcement division's complaint and case-information portal — are hosted on external platforms and are not accessible through the FPPC site's search engine. The video also briefly shows advanced search syntax, such as using double quotes to search exact phrases.

The video closes with the presenter thanking viewers and repeating the contact email for assistance. No formal actions or votes are recorded in the presentation; it is an informational walkthrough of website features and search demonstrations.