SEC. 3.228. DISCLOSURE OR USE OF CONFIDENTIAL CITY INFORMATION.
§ 3.228
City officers and employees are prohibited from unlawfully disclosing confidential information or using it to advance private financial or other interests; confidential information is defined as information not subject to disclosure under the Sunshine Ordinance or Public Records Act.
People who work for the City cannot share secret or privileged information without permission or legal requirement, and they cannot use such information for their own financial gain or anyone else's. Secret information means anything that is not required to be made public under the City's Sunshine Ordinance or California's Public Records Act.
- Complex:The definition of 'confidential or privileged information' relies on two external legal frameworks (Sunshine Ordinance and Public Records Act), making its scope dependent on understanding those separate rules.
- Controversial:Restrictions on disclosure of government information and enforcement of financial conflicts of interest are subjects on which San Franciscans hold differing views about transparency and public accountability.
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Official text
No current or former officer or employee of the City and County shall: (a) willfully or knowingly disclose any confidential or privileged information, unless authorized or required by law to do so; or (b) use any confidential or privileged information to advance the financial or other private interest of himself or herself or others. Confidential or privileged information is information that at the time of use or disclosure was not subject to disclosure under the Sunshine Ordinance or California Public Records Act.
(Added by Proposition E, 11/4/2003)