The Political Reform Act of 1974 requires that San Francisco adopt a Conflict of Interest Code and review and update the Code every two years.

The proposed amendments reorganize, update, clarify, and expand the list of officials and employees within the General Services Agency and led by the City Administrator who must file public statements disclosing their financial interests. It includes cleaning up the code by re-alphabetizing the list of departments with officials and employees who must file, updating titles to reflect current working titles within departments and removing non-existent or duplicative positions. Additionally, it expands the list by adding filers from additional departments and removing positions that no longer exist, without relieving any current filers of the obligation to file.

The amendments will ensure that the Conflict of Interest Code accurately reflects current departmental structure and filing requirements for San Francisco employees, improving transparency and accountability regarding financial interests of government officials and employees.

The City's Conflict of Interest Code must list employees and officers who make or participate in the making of governmental decisions. This includes voting, appointing persons, obligating or committing the agency to any course of action, entering into contracts on behalf of the agency, and providing an opinion or a recommendation to affect a decision. It should exclude employees performing solely clerical or ministerial tasks.

The ordinance will become effective 30 days after enactment, which occurs when the Mayor signs the ordinance, returns it unsigned within ten days, or if the Board of Supervisors overrides the Mayor's veto of the ordinance.

The proposed amendments do not alleviate the obligation of officials or employees who are currently required to file under the code. Therefore, it maintains accountability by ensuring that current filing requirements for disclosing financial interests remain enforced.