[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This dataset is no longer updated. 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
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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.

The campaign finance database is the San Francisco Ethics Commission's repository for campaign finance filings. It can answer questions about who is contributing money, who is receiving money, and how it is being spent. Use the campaign finance database to research campaign contributions and expenditures reported on forms provided by the Fair Political Practices Commission. The database provides live access to the Ethics Commission's records. Filings are accessible once processed/posted by the Ethics Commission.Forms filed with the Ethics Commission can be downloaded in PDF format. Forms filed electronically can be searched and exported in Microsoft Excel format. The following Excel exports are available:- Excel file based on a search of itemized transactions up to 2,000 rows (Updated immediately, with the exception of FPPC filing deadlines -- within 48 hours);- Excel file by year or for entire life of a single committee (Updated immediately upon filing submission); and- Excel file by year for all committees in a single calendar year (Updated every 24 hours).