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Staff Report for a Resolution of the City Council for the City of San Leandro to Repeal and Reenact Chapter 4.2 of the City of San Leandro Administrative Code Relating to the City's Conflict of Interest Code
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
State law requires each 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 certain financial interests that may create conflicts of interest under California's Political Reform Act. State law also requires each 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 City of San Leandro Administrative Code to update the City's conflict of interest code.
BACKGROUND
The Political Reform Act (California Government Code section 87100 et seq., or the "Act") requires each 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 includes provisions to report financial interests, disqualification procedures, etc.; 2) Designated Positions, which are positions that make or participate in the making of decisions which may foreseeably have a material effect on those individual's 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 are required to report upon in their Form 700.
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 bod...
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