SEC. 3.1-250. FIRE DEPARTMENT.
§ 3.1-250
This section sets disclosure requirements for designated Fire Department positions based on four categories. Depending on their role, Fire Department employees and commissioners must disclose financial interests in companies that sell equipment or supplies to the Department, provide services to the Department, or provide personnel training to the Department.
Some Fire Department employees and Fire Commission members have to tell the public about their money-making interests in companies. What they have to disclose depends on their job. Lower-ranked employees and those with fewer conflicts of interest only have to report their real estate and interests in companies that sell stuff or services to the Fire Department. Higher-ranking officials have to report more types of financial interests, including income from various sources. Everyone in public information and administration roles reports on training service companies too.
- Complex:The section references undefined disclosure categories (1-4) whose substantive requirements are stated in subsections (a)-(c), making it difficult to understand what each position must actually disclose without cross-referencing multiple provisions.
- Could be simpler:The two identical column headers 'Designated Positions' and 'Disclosure Categories' appear twice in the table structure, creating unnecessary confusion; a clearer table format would improve readability.
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Official text
(a) Disclosure Category 2. Persons in this disclosure category shall disclose all interests in real property, and all investments in, income from, and any business position in any business entity which manufactures or sells supplies, materials, machinery or equipment of the type purchased by the San Francisco Fire Department, or which provides services of the type used by the Department.
(b) Disclosure Category 3. Persons in this disclosure category shall disclose all investments and business positions in business entities, and income from any source, which manufactures or sells supplies, materials, machinery or equipment of the type purchased by the San Francisco Fire Department, or which provides services of the type used by the Department.
(c) Disclosure Category 4. Persons in this disclosure category shall disclose all investments and business positions in business entities, and income from any source, which provides personnel training services of the type used by the Department.
Designated Positions
Disclosure Categories
Designated Positions
Disclosure Categories
Commissioners
1
Chief of Department
1
Deputy Chief of Department
1
Deputy Director of Finance and Planning
1
Chief Financial Officer
1
Assistant Deputy Chief II
2
Captain, Bureau of Equipment
3
Assistant Deputy Chief, Airport
1
Fire Marshal
1
Assistant Fire Marshal
1
Assistant Chief
3
Bureau of Fire Investigation-All personnel
2
Prevention-All ranks Employees with inspection responsibilities
1
H-53 EMS Chief
2
H-43 EMS Section Chiefs
2
Human Resources Director
3
Public Information Officer
4
Fire Commission Secretary
4
(Added by Ord. 71-00, File No. 000358, App. 4/28/2000; amended by Ord. 58-01, File No. 001951, App. 4/13/2001; Ord. 73-03, File No. 022027, App. 4/25/2003; Ord. 320-10, File No. 101272, App. 12/23/2010; Ord. 251-16, File No. 161158, App. 12/22/2016, Eff. 1/21/2017; Ord. 7-21, File No. 201219, App. 1/22/2021, Eff. 2/22/2021, Oper. 2/22/2021; Ord. 33-25, File No. 240904, App. 3/14/2025, Eff. 4/14/2025)
(Derivation: Former Administrative Code Section 58.215)