SEC. 67.33. DEPARTMENT HEAD DECLARATION.
§ 67.33
City department heads, managers, and employees required to file financial-interest affidavits must annually declare under penalty of perjury that they have read the Sunshine Ordinance and attended or will attend a training session on it. The Ethics Commission maintains these declarations as public records, and the City Attorney's Office provides the annual training.
Certain City employees and managers have to sign a yearly statement swearing they've read the Sunshine Ordinance (rules about open government) and have taken or will take a training class about it. These statements go on file with the Ethics Commission and are available to the public. The City Attorney's office runs the training once a year.
- Could be simpler:The phrase 'have attended or will attend when next offered' creates ambiguity about timing and compliance; clearer language would specify a deadline for completing attendance.
- Complex:The section references multiple entities (Ethics Commission, City Attorney's Office, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force) and prerequisites (financial-interest affidavit requirement) that may not be immediately clear to readers unfamiliar with the city's governance structure.
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Official text
All City department heads and all City management employees and all employees or officials who are required to sign an affidavit of financial interest with the Ethics Commission shall sign an annual affidavit or declaration stating under penalty of perjury that they have read the Sunshine Ordinance and have attended or will attend when next offered, a training session on the Sunshine Ordinance, to be held at least once annually. The affidavit or declarations shall be maintained by the Ethics Commission and shall be available as a public record. Annual training shall be provided by the San Francisco City Attorney's Office with the assistance of the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force.
(Added by Proposition G, 11/2/99)