City and County of San Francisco - File #: 010956

• File #: 010956
• Version: 4
• Name: Charter Amendment regarding Elections, Ethics, Redistricting and Outside Counsel
• Type: Charter Amendment
• Status: Failed
• Introduced: 5/21/2001
• In control: Board of Supervisors
• Final action: 7/23/2001
• Title: Charter Amendment (Fourth Draft) adding Sections 13.103.5, 13.104.5, 13.107.5, amending Sections 6.102, 13.104, 13.110, 15.100, 15.101, 15.102, 15.105, C3.699-13 and C3.699-14, and repealing Section C3.699-15 to create an Elections Commission; to establish procedures for the Elections Commission to appoint the Director of Elections; to institute conflict-of-interest prohibitions applicable to members and employees of the Elections Commission and Department of Elections; to prohibit the use of City employees other than Department of Election employees to staff elections unless approved by the Elections Commission and Board of Supervisors; to charge the Sheriff with transporting and safeguarding voted ballots and memory packs and providing security for the Department of Elections; to require precinct boards to post an accounting of ballots upon the closing of the polls; to establish procedures for the Elections Commission and the Department of Elections to retain outside legal counsel when the City Attorney has a conflict of interest relating to his or her candidacy; to replace the Controller with the Assessor as an appointing authority for the Ethics Commission; to lengthen the term of Ethics Commissioners from four to six years; to strengthen conflict-of-interest prohibitions and establish revolving-door prohibitions applicable to members and employees of the Ethics Commission; to strengthen civil service protections for Ethics Commission employees; to amend the Ethics Commission's investigative process; to provide that the appointing authority, rather than the Mayor, may initiate removal of Elections and Ethics Commissioners; to establish a procedure whereby elected officers, Department heads, Boards and Commissions may retain outside counsel if the City Attorney has an ethical or financial conflict of interest regarding a particular matter; to prohibit the City Attorney from participating in campaigns other than his or her own; to provide that the Elections Commission, rather than Director of Elections, shall appoint three members to the Elections Task Force; to require the use of adjusted census figures in redistricting Supervisorial districts; and to set deadlines for creation of the Elections Task Force and for completion of redistricting.
• Sponsors: Gavin Newsom, Chris Daly, Matt Gonzalez, Tony Hall, Tom Ammiano, Gerardo Sandoval

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/23/2001	4	Board of Supervisors	ORDERED SUBMITTED	Fail
7/16/2001	3	Board of Supervisors	AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE
7/16/2001	4	Board of Supervisors	CONTINUED AS AMENDED	Pass
7/16/2001	4	Rules Committee	RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORT	Pass
7/11/2001	3	Rules Committee	AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
7/11/2001	4	Rules Committee	CONTINUED	Pass
7/6/2001	2	Rules Committee	AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
7/6/2001	3	Rules Committee	CONTINUED	Pass
6/29/2001	1	Rules Committee	AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
6/29/2001	2	Rules Committee	CONTINUED	Pass
6/22/2001	1	Rules Committee	CONTINUED	Pass
5/21/2001	1	President	ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE