SEC. 3.1-251. GENERAL SERVICES AGENCY - CITY ADMINISTRATOR.
§ 3.1-251
This section establishes financial disclosure requirements for designated positions within the City Administrator's office and related agencies, specifying what investments, business positions, and income sources employees must disclose based on their job duties and vendor relationships with the city.
City employees in certain positions under the City Administrator must publicly disclose their financial interests and income. The amount they need to disclose depends on their job. If someone works with vendors or purchasing decisions that involve city contracts, they must list any money they make or investments they hold in those vendors. This helps prevent conflicts of interest. The section lists dozens of positions across multiple city departments and assigns each a disclosure level (1 through 4), with higher numbers meaning stricter disclosure rules for people involved in purchasing decisions.
- Complex:The section contains three overlapping disclosure categories with different scopes, cross-references to Proposition Q, and an extensive multi-department position table, making it difficult to determine quickly which disclosure rules apply to a specific job.
- Controversial:Financial disclosure rules for city employees are subject to public debate regarding how much transparency is necessary versus privacy concerns and competitive disadvantage to employees' outside business interests.
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SEC. 3.1-251. GENERAL SERVICES AGENCY – CITY ADMINISTRATOR.
(a) Disclosure Category 2. Persons in this category shall disclose all investments and business positions in business entities and income from any source which provides, or contracts with the City and County of San Francisco and its Purchasing Department to provide, or has provided within the last two years, commodities or services to the City and County of San Francisco.
(b) Disclosure Category 3. Persons in this category shall disclose all investments and business positions in business entities and income from any source which provides, or contracts with the City and County of San Francisco to provide, or has provided within the last two years, commodities or services to either the Division of the Purchasing Department to which the person is assigned or the Department (other than the Purchasing Department) to which the person is assigned.
(c) Disclosure Category 4. Persons in this disclosure category shall disclose all investments and business positions in any business entity, as well as income or gifts received from any business entity, which does business subject to Delegated Departmental Purchasing (Prop Q) with the City Administrator’s Office, or has done business subject to Prop Q (Proposition Q, November 1993) with the City Administrator’s Office within the reporting period covered by the disclosure statement, or where the Person foresees the need to be a Prop Q Purchasing Initiator or Approver for the City Administrator’s Office in the future and is unable to be recused from a Prop Q purchasing transaction that would create a disclosure event.
Designated Positions
Disclosure Categories
Designated Positions
Disclosure Categories
311 Project
Director
1
Deputy Director
1
Call Center Manager
1
Animal Care and Control
Deputy Director
1
Executive Director
1
Central Shops/Fleet Management
Assistant Manager, Fleet Services
3
Automotive Mechanic Supervisor
3
Automotive Machinist Supervisor
3
Auto Body and Fender Supervisor
3
Business Manager
3
City Shops Assistant Superintendent
3
Director
3
Materials and Suppliers Supervisor
3
Operations Manager
3
Parts Storekeeper
3
Committee on Information Technology
Director
1
Policy Analyst
2
Technology Portfolio Manager
2
Privacy Analyst
2
Contract Monitoring Division
Compliance Analyst
1
Contract Accelerated Payment Program Administrator
1
Contract Compliance Officer I
1
Deputy Director
1
Director
1
Convention Facilities Department
Director
1
Special Projects Manager
1
County Clerk
1
Director
1
Deputy Director
1
Digital and Data Services
Chief Data Officer
1
Chief Digital Services Officer
1
Delivery Director
2
Deputy Chief Digital Services Officer
1
Engineering Director
2
Product Director
2
Grants for the Arts
Assistant Director
1
Director
1
Finance and Operations Manager
1
Program Officer
1
Main Office/Central Administration
Accounting Manager
2
Contracts & Procurement Manager
1
Contract Analyst
1
Assistant to the City Administrator
2
Budget Manager
1
City Administrator
See Section 3.1-500
Community Challenge Grant Administrator
2
Community Challenge Grant Manager
2
Departmental Delegated Purchase (Prop Q) Approver
4
Departmental Delegated Purchase (Prop Q) Initiator
4
Deputy City Administrator
1
Director of Human Resources
1
Director of Information Technology
1
Disaster Planning Project Manager
3
Legislative and Public Affairs Director
1
Project Analyst
2
Project Manager
1
Mayor's Office on Disability
Building Inspector
1
Deputy Director
1
Director
1
Sr. Building Inspector
1
Office of Cannabis
Associate Director
1
Compliance Analyst
1
Deputy Director
1
Director
1
Enforcement Analyst
1
Management Assistant
2
Permit Analyst
1
Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs
Deputy Director
1
Executive Director
1
Operations and Grant Administrator
1
Policy and Civic Engagement Officer
1
Office of Contract Administration
Administrative Analyst
1
Assistant Director
1
Assistant Purchaser
1
Director of Purchasing
1
Manager
1
Junior Administrative Analyst
1
Principal Administrative Analyst
1
Principal Administrative Analyst II
1
Purchaser
1
Senior Administrative Analyst
1
Senior Purchaser
1
Supervising Purchaser
1
Office of Labor Standards Enforcement
Contract Compliance Officer I
1
Contract Compliance Officer II
1
Deputy Director
1
Director
1
Senior Administrative Analyst
1
Office of Resiliency and Capital Planning
Capital Budget Manager
1
Capital Planning Manager
1
Director
1
Resilience Program Manager
2
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Assistant Medical Examiner
1
Chief Forensic Toxicologist
1
Chief Medical Examiner
1
Executive Director
1
Permit Center
Director
1
Finance and Data Manager
1
Manager
1
Project Manager
1
Senior Engineer
1
Real Estate Division
Building Manager
2
Campus General Manager
1
Campus Superintendent
2
Civic Center Campus Project Director
2
Custodial Services Manager
2
Deputy Managing Director
1
Director of City Hall Events
1
Director of Real Estate
1
Farmers Market Manager
2
Media and Security Services Manager
2
Principal Real Property Officer
1
Real Property Officer
1
Senior Real Property Officer
1
Special Projects Manager
2
Transaction Manager
1
ReproMail
Assistant Manager
3
Manager
3
Risk Management Division Division1
Deputy Director
1
Director
1
Risk Management Analyst
2
Treasure Island Development Authority
Administration Analyst
2
Deputy Director
1
Director
1
Engineer
2
Finance Manager
1
Project Manager
2
Real Property Officer
1
(Added by Ord. 80-07, File No. 070122, App. 4/19/2007; amended by Ord. 93-08, File No. 090199, App. 6/10/2009; Ord. 320-10, File No. 101272, App. 12/23/2010; Ord. 9-13, File No. 120964, App. 2/4/2013, Eff. 3/6/2013, Oper. 1/1/2013; Ord. 256-14 , File No. 141003, App. 12/19/2014, Eff. 1/18/2015; Ord. 251-16, File No. 161158, App. 12/22/2016, Eff. 1/21/2017; Ord. 278-18, File No. 180934, App. 11/20/2018, Eff. 12/21/2018; Ord. 55-21, File No. 210140, App. 4/23/2021, Eff. 5/24/2021; Ord. 13-23, File No. 221025, App. 2/9/2023, Eff. 3/12/2023; Ord. 12-24, File No. 231124, App. 2/6/2024, Eff. 3/8/2024; Ord. 116-24, File No. 230868, App. 6/21/2024, Eff. 7/22/2024; Ord. 33-25, File No. 240904, App. 3/14/2025, Eff. 4/14/2025)
CODIFICATION NOTE
1. So in Ord. 12-24.