Day Around the Bay: SF City Hall Bad at Rooting Out Conflicts of Interest

Day Around the Bay: SF City Hall Bad at Rooting Out Conflicts of Interest

Local:A new report by SF's Budget and Legislative Analyst's office has found, no one's surprise, that the city’s systems for finding and rooting out conflicts of interest are not very effective. The report found that in the case of 16 out of 37 randomly selected contracts, the city had failed to identify conflicts of interests in panelists making selections on contract bids. [Mission Local]Former SF Mayor Willie Brown just turned 91, and he'a au…

Cui Bono? The Press Council is following its guideline on conflicts of interest in editorial offices more sharply. After that, conflicts of interest of journalists in reporting must be avoided or these of the readership against "opened up". "We repeatedly receive complaints when journalists, for example, report about the City Council, a sports club or a company in which they themselves carry out an office or carry out PR work", says Spokesman Ma…

S.F. is weak and ineffective at preventing conflicts of interest, report finds

Despite years of corruption scandals and the removal of eight department head-level officials, San Francisco's ethics guardrails remain weak. S.F. is weak and ineffective at preventing conflicts of interest, report finds