Title
Adopt a Resolution Repealing and Reenacting Chapter 4.2 of the San Leandro Administrative Code Relating to the City's Conflict of Interest Code
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
California Government Code ?87306.5 requires every government agency to adopt a conflict of interest code with biennial updates in even years. The conflict of interest code designates which positions are 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. 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.
The proposed changes reflect title changes of positions that already exist in the code, reclassifications, vacancies, and/or the addition and deletion of positions based on an examination of their involvement in the decision-making process. The underline/strikeout format in the draft Exhibit A Proposed Conflict of Interest Code reflects the changes.
Any elected officer, employee, consultant, or other person required to fi...
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