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S.F. Ethics Commission finds ‘problematic’ gifting at city departments
San Francisco Chronicle via msn ^ | 02 October 2021 | Lauren Hernández

Posted on 10/03/2021 2:19:38 AM PDT by blueplum

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Several San Francisco city departments have accepted gifts from restricted organizations — groups with which the city does business — and distributed those gifts to city employees, actions that undermine the city’s rules regarding gifts, according to a new report by the city’s Ethics Commission.

The 41-page report released on Thursday details “problematic” conduct related to gifts, including the awarding of tickets to events such as concerts and shows and the receipt of benefits and funds to pay for private parties, dinners and other celebrations....

...Here are some instances that commission officials noted in their report...

• Of the 1,855 tickets to Outside Lands that the Recreation and Park department reported it distributed between 2015 and 2019, 1,442 tickets were reported as going to city officials, with 1,202 tickets, or 65% “going to officials within Rec and Park,”

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: California
KEYWORDS: cronyism; ethics; paytoplay; pelosi
I wonder how many cities have this same problem?
1 posted on 10/03/2021 2:19:38 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Most of them, to varying degrees.


2 posted on 10/03/2021 2:33:21 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: blueplum

Ahem, in Frisco any so-called ethics commission finding anything amiss has to be in the category of : Even a blind squirrel finds some nuts.

CaCaLAnd, Frisco in particular, is a loony bin. Has been for the decades since it became a one party state.


3 posted on 10/03/2021 7:42:26 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo, wokies)
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