SEC. 18.115. DELETION OF ORDINANCES REGULATING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND TRANSFER OF CHARTER SECTIONS REGULATING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST INTO THE CAMPAIGN AND GOVERNMENTAL CONDUCT CODE.
§ 18.115
This section repeals existing conflict-of-interest and ethics rules from the Administrative and Campaign and Governmental Conduct Codes and replaces them with new provisions from the City Charter (Sections C9.101–C9.127), reorganized into the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code. Future amendments to these provisions require approval by the Ethics Commission (4/5 vote), 30 days of public review, and Board of Supervisors authorization (2/3 vote).
San Francisco is moving its rules about conflicts of interest and ethics from one place in the city code to another. Old rules are being deleted and new ones (from the City Charter) are being put into the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code under clearer numbering. Any future changes to these ethics rules need permission from three groups: the Ethics Commission has to approve it by a large majority, the public gets to see it for at least 30 days, and the Board of Supervisors has to approve it by a two-thirds vote.
- Complex:The section contains extensive cross-references and a lengthy mapping of old Charter sections to new ordinance section numbers, making it difficult to follow without consulting multiple code documents.
- Could be simpler:The text contains incomplete section citations in subsection (a) (blank spaces where section numbers should be), which obscures what is actually being repealed and should be corrected for clarity.
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Official text
(a) On the effective date of this Charter Amendment, Section 1.50 of the Administrative Code and Section 1.200; Article III, Chapter 2 and Section 3.200; Article III, Chapter 3 and Section 3.300; Article III, Chapter 4 and Sections 3.400 and 3.405; Article III, Chapter 5 and Sections 3.500, 3.505, 3.510. 3.515, 3.520, 3.525, 3.530, 3.535, 3.540, 3.545; Article III, Chapter 6 and Section 3.600; and Article III, Chapter 7 and Sections , , , , , , , , and of the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code shall be deemed repealed, and the City Attorney is authorized and directed to take appropriate steps to remove them from future editions of published codes.
(b) On the effective date of this Charter Amendment, Charter Sections C9.101 - C9.127 shall be deemed enacted into ordinance, and the City Attorney is directed and authorized to codify Section C9.101 as Administrative Code Section 1.50; Section C9.102 as Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code Section 1.200; Section C9.103 as Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code Section 3.1-102.5; Section C9.127 in a new Chapter 3 of the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code titled "Ethics Commission" as Section 3.300; and the remaining sections in a new Chapter 2 of the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code titled "Conflict of Interest and Other Prohibited Activities" as follows: Section C9.104 as Section 3.200; Section C9.105 as Section 3.202; Section C9.106 as Section 3.204; Section C9.107 as Section 3.206; Section C9.108 as Section 3.208; Section C9.109 as Section 3.210; Section C9.110 as Section 3.212; Section C9.111 as Section 3.214; Section C9.112 as Section 3.216; Section C9.113 as Section 3.218; Section C9.114 as Section 3.220; Section C9.115 as Section 3.222; Section C9.116 as Section 3.224; Section C9.117 as Section 3.226; Section C9.118 as Section 3.228; Section C9.119 as Section 3.230; Section C9.120 as Section 3.232; Section C9.121 as Section 3.234; Section C9.122 as Section 3.236; Section C9.123 as Section 3.238; Section C9.124 as Section 3.240; Section C9.125 as Section 3.242; and Section C9.126 as Section 3.244.
These sections may be amended by the Board of Supervisors if (a) the amendment serves the purposes of the Ordinance; (b) the Ethics Commission approves the proposed amendment by at least a four-fifths vote of all its members; (c) the proposed amendment is available for public review at least 30 days before the amendment is considered by the Board of Supervisors; and (d) the Board of Supervisors approves the proposed amendment by at least a two-thirds vote of all its members.
(Added November 2003)