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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
1
000358
Name:
Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Passed
File created:
In control:
2/28/2000
Board of Supervisors
On agenda:
Final action:
4/28/2000
Enactment date:
71-00
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance enacting the San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code, Articles I - V, to:
consolidate City laws regulating election campaigns, lobbying, the conduct of governmental officials
and employees, and protection of whistleblowers who report improper government activity; conform
these laws to the Charter provisions creating the Ethics Commission; clarify that whistleblowers are
protected from retaliation for filing complaints with, providing information to, cooperating with, or
participating in a proceeding of the Ethics Commission; clarify the procedures for investigating
complaints of improper government activity; clarify that persons who unlawfully retaliate against
whistleblowers are subject to administrative penalties as well as possible discipline and civil penalties;
provide statutes of limitations; add legislative findings; require that the Ethics Commission submit an
annual rather than semiannual report to the Board of Supervisors regarding complaints made by
whistleblowers; and repealing Administrative Code Sections 16.5, 16.400 - 16.404, 16.501 - 16.519,
16.520 - 16.531, 16.535 - 16.539, 16.540 - 16.547, 16.548-1 - 16.548-6, 16.980, and 58.1 - 58.600.
Sponsors:
Barbara Kaufman, Gavin Newsom
Attachments:
1. Leg_Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
President
2/28/2000
1
RECOMMENDED
Audit and Government Efficiency
Committee
4/4/2000
1
Pass
PASSED, ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors
4/10/2000
1
Pass
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors
4/17/2000
1
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
4/28/2000
1