Brief

Councilmember Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Bob Blumenfield, moved to direct commissioners and board appointees to submit Statements of Economic Interests and Restricted Source Financial Disclosure Statements ahead of the November 2026 ballot. The motion aims to increase transparency around the financial interests of appointed officials. It was referred to the Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee on May 1, 2026, where it remains pending as of late May.

Full summary

This motion, introduced by Councilmember Monica Rodriguez and seconded by Bob Blumenfield, asks the City Attorney to draft ballot language for a November 2026 Charter amendment that would require all City commission and board appointees to submit financial disclosure forms before being confirmed. Specifically, every appointee subject to a Council vote must file a Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700) and a Restricted Source Financial Disclosure Statement (Form 60) before that vote takes place. Where no Council vote is required, appointees must still submit both forms before being seated. The motion is a direct follow-up to an earlier Rodriguez-led effort. In June 2024, the Council adopted a motion (CF 24-0488) requiring financial disclosures as a condition of commission confirmation. Voters then approved Charter Amendment HH in the November 2024 election by a wide margin of 81.3 percent. However, the Council has since identified a gap in coverage: not all commissions and boards were captured by that earlier reform. The Charter Reform Commission is cited as a concrete example — its members voluntarily submitted their forms ahead of the Council vote, but were not formally required to do so under the existing rules. The new motion is intended to close that loophole by enshrining a universal disclosure requirement in the City Charter. The motion directs the City Attorney to prepare and present the documents necessary to place the Charter amendment on the November 2026 ballot, bringing the broader universe of commission and board appointees under the same disclosure rules that currently apply to the subset covered by Charter Amendment HH. The file was referred to the Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee on May 1, 2026, and the committee scheduled it for a hearing on May 21, 2026. The measure remains pending in committee and has not yet advanced to full Council consideration. The file expires in May 2028.

Activity (2)

• 2026-05-20 Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on May 21, 2026.
• 2026-05-01 Motion referred to Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

Documents (1)

• 2026-05-01 Motion · motion