SEC. 3.1-275. HUMAN RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF.
§ 3.1-275
This section requires certain Human Resources Department employees and officials to disclose their financial interests, investments, and business relationships based on their job title. Employees in higher-level positions (Category 1) must disclose broader financial interests, while those in specific roles (Categories 2 and 3) have tailored disclosure requirements tied to whether they work with vendors or handle purchasing decisions.
City workers in the Human Resources Department have to tell the city about their money and business deals, depending on their job. Directors and senior managers have to report the most information about their investments and income. Mid-level managers have to report their ties to businesses that sell things to HR. And people who start or approve certain kinds of purchasing deals have to report connections to those businesses. This way, the city can spot conflicts of interest—situations where someone might make unfair decisions because they have money invested in a company the city does business with.
- Complex:The section cross-references 'Prop Q' (Proposition Q from 1993) and 'Delegated Departmental Purchasing' without defining them in this text, making it hard for readers unfamiliar with those terms to fully understand the scope of disclosure for Category 3 positions.
- Controversial:Financial-disclosure mandates for public employees balance transparency and accountability against privacy and administrative burden—a subject on which reasonable people disagree about how strict requirements should be.
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Official text
(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 Human Resources Department to provide, services, supplies, materials, machinery, or equipment to the Human Resources Department.
(b) Disclosure Category 3 - Persons in this category shall disclose all investments and business positions in business entities, as well as gifts or income from any source which does business subject to the Delegated Departmental Purchasing (Prop Q) with the Human Resources Department, or has done business subject to Prop Q (Proposition Q, November 1993) with the Human Resources Department within the reporting period covered by the disclosure statement, or where the Person foresees the need to initiate or approve a Prop Q transaction from which they cannot be recused.
Designated Positions
Disclosure Categories
Designated Positions
Disclosure Categories
Human Resources Director
1
Managing Deputy Director
1
Chief Physician
1
Employee Relations Director
1
Employee Relations Manager
2
Equal Employment Opportunity Director
1
Workforce Development Director
1
Classification & Compensation Director
2
Policy & External Affairs Director
1
Employment Services Director
1
Assistant Director, Employment Services and Exams
2
Finance, IT and Administration Director
1
Workers' Compensation Director
1
Departmental Personnel Officer
2
Human Resources Modernization Project Director
1
Manager, Public Safety Exams
2
Assistant Director, EEO & Leave Programs
2
Finance & Contracts Manager
2
Prop Q Initiator
3
Prop Q Approver
3
(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. 99-05, File No. 041570, App. 5/25/2005; Ord. 80-07, File No. 070122, App. 4/19/2007; 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. 278-18, File No. 180934, App. 11/20/2018, Eff. 12/21/2018; Ord. 7-21, File No. 201219, App. 1/22/2021, Eff. 2/22/2021, Oper. 2/22/2021; Ord. 13-23, File No. 221025, App. 2/9/2023, Eff. 3/12/2023; Ord. 33-25, File No. 240904, App. 3/14/2025, Eff. 4/14/2025)
(Derivation: Former Administrative Code Section 58.235)