Ethics Commission Fact Sheets
Campaign Laws
- Advertising Rules for City Candidates (rev. October 2024)
- Advertising Rules for General Purpose Recipient and Independent Expenditure Committees (rev. October 2024)
- Advertising Rules for Primarily Formed Recipient Committees (rev. October 2024)
- Campaigning for Office During the Pre-Election Fundraising Time Period (rev. July 2024)
- Campaign Statement Filing Requirements for Ballot Measure Committees (rev. July 2024)
- Contributions from Trust Accounts (rev. July 2024)
- Duplication of City Candidate Material (rev. July 2024)
- Electioneering Communications (rev. July 2024)
- E-Filing of Campaign Statements (rev. July 2024)
- Extending Vendor Credit to Primary Formed Recipient Committees (rev. July 2024)
- Home or Office Fundraisers (rev. July 2024)
- Post-Election Guidelines for City Candidates (rev. July 2024)
- Principal Officers (rev. July 2024)
- Professional Expense Committees (rev. Jul 2024)
- Professional Expense Committees - Disclosure of Pending Matters (rev. July 2024)
- Recall Elections (rev. July 2024)
- Soliciting and Accepting Contributions (rev. July 2024)
- Sponsors (rev. July 2024)
Ethics Ordinance
- Accepting Gifts (rev. July 2024)
- Becoming a City Boardmember (rev. July 2024)
- Becoming a City Consultant (rev. July 2024)
- Becoming an Unclassified City Official (rev. July 2024)
- Completing your Form 700 (rev. July 2024)
- Disqualification from Municipal Decisions: Introduction (rev. July 2024)
- Disqualification from Municipal Decisions: Investments in Business Entities (rev. July 2024)
- Disqualification from Municipal Decisions: Real Property (rev. July 2024)
- Disqualification from Municipal Decisions: Sources of Income (rev. July 2024)
- Disqualification from Municipal Decisions: Sources of Gifts (rev. July 2024)
- Disqualification from Municipal Decisions: Personal Finances (rev. July 2024)
- Disqualification from Municipal Decisions: Financial Interest in a Contract (rev. July 2024)
- Future Employment of City Officials (rev. July 2024)
- Payments Behested by Elected Officials (rev. July 2024)
- Post-Employment Lobbying Restrictions (elected officials) (rev. July 2024)
- Post-Employment Lobbying Restrictions (non-elected officials (rev. July 2024)
- Representing Clients Before Your Board (rev. July 2024)
- Tickets and Invitations to Events (rev. July 2024)
- Using City Resources in Campaigning for Office (rev. Sept. 2024)
Lobbying Ordinance
- Activity Expenses (rev. July 2024)
- Am I a Lobbyist? (rev. July 2024)
- Expenditure Lobbyists (rev. July 2024)
- Fundraising Activity (rev. July 2024)
- Land Use Professionals (rev. July 2024)
- Lobbying Attorneys (rev. July 2024)
- Lobbying Exceptions (rev. July 2024)
- Lobbyist Gifts (rev. July 2024)
- Lobbyist Forms (rev. July 2024)