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Visit San Francisco’s new website, SF.gov <br />C i v i l S e r v i c e C o m m i s s i o n <br />S a n F r a n c i s c o C a m p a i g n a n d G o v e r n m e n t a l C o n d u c t <br />C o d e <br />SEC. 3.200. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. <br />(a) The people of the City and County of San Francisco declare that public office is a public trust and all officers and employees of <br />the City and County shall exercise their public duties in a manner consistent with this trust. To assure that the governmental <br />processes of the City and County promote fairness and equity for all residents and to maintain public trust in governmental <br />institutions, the people of the City and County declare that they have a compelling interest in creating laws regulating conflicts of <br />interest and outside activities of City officers and employees. <br />(b) The proper operation of the government of the City and County of San Francisco requires that public officers and employees be <br />independent, impartial, and responsible to the people and that public office and employment not be used for personal gain. The <br />public interest, therefore, requires that officers and employees of the City and County be prohibited from making, participating in <br />making or otherwise seeking to influence governmental decisions in which they have a financial interest or accepting gifts and other <br />things of value from regulated sources. <br />(c) In order to maintain the public's confidence in the integrity of governmental decisions related to the appointment and discipline of <br />public officers and employees, public officers and employees must not give or receive anything of value in consideration of their <br />appointment or accept anything of value from their subordinates, and must not participate in decisions related to their own character <br />or conduct or that of their family members. <br />(d) City and County contracts should be, and should appear to be, awarded on a fair and impartial basis. The practice of members <br />of Boards and Commissions of the City and County contracting with the City and County creates the potential for, and the <br />appearance of, favoritism or preferential treatment by the City and County. Prohibiting members of Boards and Commissions of the <br />City and County from contracting with the City and County will eliminate both actual and perceived favoritism or preferential <br />treatment without creating unnecessary barriers to public service. <br />(e) Government decisions of officers and employees of the City and County should be, and should appear to be, made on a fair and <br />impartial basis. The practice of former officers and employees communicating with their former colleagues on behalf of private <br />interests and the practice of current officers of the City and County communicating with other officers and employees on behalf of <br />any other person for compensation creates the potential for, and the appearance of, undue influence, favoritism or preferential <br />treatment. Prohibiting former officers and employees from communicating orally, in writing, or in any other manner with their former <br />colleagues for specified periods of time and prohibiting current officers from communicating orally, in writing, or in any other manner <br />with other officers and employees of the City and County on behalf of any other person for compensation will eliminate both actual <br />and perceived undue influence, favoritism or preferential treatment without creating unnecessary barriers to public service.