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Staff Report for Resolution Repealing and Reenacting Chapter 4.2 of the San Leandro Administrative Code Relating to the City's Conflict of Interest Code
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
State law requires every government agency to adopt a conflict of interest code, which designates positions required to file a Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700). The Form 700 is a public document intended to alert public officials and members of the public to the types of financial interests that may create conflicts of interest. State law also requires every government agency to update its conflict of interest code every two years. Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the resolution repealing and reenacting Title 4, Chapter 2 of the San Leandro Administrative Code to update the City's conflict of interest code.
BACKGROUND
The Political Reform Act (the "Act") requires every public agency to adopt a conflict of interest code (the "Code") and review the Code biennially. The Code contains three components: 1) Terms of the Code, which comprise the main body of the Code and include such provisions as the manner to report financial interests, the disqualification procedures, etc.; 2) Designated Positions, which are those positions that make or participate in the making of decisions which may foreseeably have a material effect on economic interests; and 3) Disclosure Categories, which identify the types of investments, interests in real property, sources of income and business positions that designated positions may affect in their decision-making.
Analysis
The State's Fair Political Practices Commission (the "FPPC") recommends that cities incorporate by reference Regulation 18730 of Title 2, Division 6 of the California Code of Regulations because the type of information required to be in the main body of the Code is quite complex, and Regulation 18730 contains all of these provisions for compliance with the Act.
Based upon a revi...
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