San Francisco Ethics Commission Approves Ballot Measure Regulating Lobbying - State and Federal Communications

July 23, 2015  •  

San Francisco Ethics Commission Approves Ballot Measure Regulating Lobbying

Flag_of_San_Francisco.svgThe San Francisco Ethics Commission has unanimously approved a ballot measure requiring expenditure lobbyists to register and report city lobbying activity. The measure will appear on the city’s November 3, 2015 ballot.

The measure creates a new category of lobbyists, termed expenditure lobbyists, defined in the measure as organizations who employ lobbyists to influence city officials. The measure imposes a registration threshold of $2,500 or more in a calendar month spent soliciting, requesting, or urging other persons to communicate directly with a city official.

If approved by voters at the November 3, 2015 election, the measure would become operative February 1, 2016. A draft of the proposed measure can be found here.

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