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Summaries of closed complaints within the Ethics Commission's jurisdiction

A. SUMMARY
The San Francisco Controller's Office maintains a database of the salary and benefits paid to City employees since fiscal year 2013.

B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED
This data is summarized and presented on the Employee Compensation report hosted at http://openbook.sfgov.org, and is also available in this dataset in CSV format.

C. UPDATE PROCESS
New data is added on a bi-annual basis when available for each fiscal and calendar year.

D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET
Before using please first review the following two resources:
Data Dictionary - Can be found in 'About this dataset' section after click 'Show More'
Employee Compensation FAQ - https://support.datasf.org/help/employee-compensation-faq

San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code ("S.F. C&GC Code") sections 1.143(c), 1.152(a)(3), 1.161(b), 1.161.5, and 1.160.5 require persons who make any independent expenditure, electioneering communication, or member communication that clearly identifies a candidate for City elective office or who authorizes, administers or pays for a persuasion poll to file disclosure statements with the Ethics Commission. For detailed instructions, please see Third Party Disclosure Form Regarding Candidates.

This dataset includes all itemized late contributions (cumulative $1,000 or more) e-filed on Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) Form 497 Late Contribution Report from 2008 to the present.The data is current as of the last modified date on this dataset.See the data key for column definitions: https://data.sfgov.org/Ethics/Campaign-Finance-Data-Key/wygs-cc76. Note: Duplicate rows removed on 6/16/2021.

Campaign Finance - Public Funds Disbursed

The San Francisco Controller's Office maintains a database of spending and revenue data sourced from it's citywide financial system. This data is presented on the Spending and Revenue report hosted at http://openbook.sfgov.org, and is also available in this dataset in CSV format. New data is added on a weekly basis, and is available from fiscal year 2000 forward.

[Deprecation warning] As of December 2018, Please visit https://sfethics.org/disclosures/city-officer-disclosure/payments-made-at-the-behest-of-an-elected-officer to view new Form 803 filings --- In accordance with the California Government Code section 82015, payments made at the behest of elected officials are presumed not to be contributions if they meet the following guidelines:(a) the payments are made principally for legislative, governmental, or charitable purposes, and(b) the payments are made principally for purposes unrelated to the official's candidacy for elected office.Although such payments are not contributions, they MUST BE REPORTED on the Report of Payments Made at the Behest of an Elected Officer form to the elected officer's agency within 30 days after the total payments made by a single source equal to or exceed $5,000 in a calendar year. The agency must forward a copy of the report to the Ethics Commission within 30 days of its receipt.After the $5,000 threshold is met for a particular calendar year, all subsequent payments made by the same source during the calendar year must be reported by the elected officer within 30 days after the date the payment is made.These reports are public records. The table includes all FPPC 803 forms filed with the Ethics Commission from April 20, 2015 to March 2018.

This dataset includes all itemized non-monetary contributions ($100 or more) e-filed on Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) Form 460 Schedule "C" Non-Monetary Contributions from 1998 to the present.The data is current as of the last modified date on this dataset.See the data key for column definitions: https://data.sfgov.org/Ethics/Campaign-Finance-Data-Key/wygs-cc76

This report tracks the name and source/website of the articles referenced for each month shown. Titles with a department name at the end reflect information provided from the department website. The other articles are maintained by SF311 to supplement department data. Articles used by 311 in the course of creating service requests (such as graffiti handling processes) are not included. Metrics of knowledge use from September and October 2017 was inconsistent following the migration to a new system in September 2017. Additionally, the names of articles is different than article names prior to the upgrade. This dataset is updated monthly.

Note - The data only goes back to Jan 2019. We are working to load the full data and expect to do so in Jan 2021.
For historical data (Top Articles Referenced through Aug. 2017), go to:
https://data.sfgov.org/City-Infrastructure/311-Top-Articles-Referenced-historical-through-Aug/hrr4-hjc6/data