SEC. 1.125. ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR BUNDLED CONTRIBUTIONS.
§ 1.125
Campaign committees controlled by San Francisco elective officers and candidates must disclose detailed information about bundled contributions (contributions gathered by a single person) totaling $5,000 or more, including the bundler's identity and occupation, a list of bundled contributions, and any government board positions held by the bundler. This information must be filed with the Ethics Commission when campaign statements are due and posted on the Commission's website.
When a single person gathers $5,000 or more in campaign donations and gives them to a candidate or elected official's campaign, the campaign must report who that person is, what they do for work, and where they live. The campaign also has to list all the donations that person bundled together, saying who gave money and when. If the person who bundled the donations sits on a city board or commission, that has to be reported too. The campaign files this information when it submits its regular campaign finance reports, and the city Ethics Commission puts it online so the public can see it.
- Controversial:Bundling disclosure is a significant campaign finance transparency issue where San Francisco residents hold differing views about how much disclosure is necessary and whether bundling restrictions should exist.
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Official text
(a) Definition. For purposes of this Section 1.125, the following words and phrases shall mean:
“Bundle” shall mean delivering or transmitting contributions, other than one’s own or one’s spouse’s, except for campaign administrative activities and any actions by the candidate that a candidate committee is supporting.
“Campaign administrative activity” shall mean administrative functions performed by paid or volunteer campaign staff, a campaign consultant whose payment is disclosed on the committee’s campaign statements, or such campaign consultant’s paid employees.
(b) Additional Disclosure Requirements. Any committee controlled by a City elective officer or candidate for City elective office that receives contributions totaling $5,000 or more that have been bundled by a single individual shall disclose the following information:
(1) the name, occupation, employer, and mailing address of the person who bundled the contributions;
(2) a list of the contributions bundled by that person (including the name of the contributor and the date the contribution was made);
(3) if the individual who bundled the contributions is a member of a City board or commission, the name of the board or commission on which that person serves, and the names of any City officers who appointed or nominated that person to the board or commission.
(c) Filing Requirements. Committees shall provide the information for bundled contributions required by subsection (b) at the same time that they are required to file semiannual or preelection campaign statements with the Ethics Commission. Committees shall be required to provide this information following the receipt of the final contribution that makes the cumulative amount of contributions bundled by a single individual total $5,000 or more.
(d) Website Posting. The Ethics Commission shall make all information that is submitted in accordance with subsection (b) publicly available through its website.
(Added by Ord. 129-18, File No. 180280, App. 5/30/2018, Eff. 6/30/2018, Oper. 1/1/2019)