A. City officials shall not make, participate in making, or attempt to use their official positions to influence City decisions in which they know or have reason to know they have a financial interest.
B. In the first 12 months of City service, a City official or agency employee shall not knowingly make, participate in making, or attempt to use his or her official position to influence a City decision directly relating to a contract when a party to the contract is a person by whom the individual was employed in the 12 months immediately prior to entering City service.
C. Statements of City-Related Business.
1. An elected City officer, a candidate for elected City office, a member of a City board or commission, a general manager or chief administrative officer of an agency, and an individual holding an appointive office named in the Charter shall file a statement of City-related business with the Ethics Commission within ten calendar days after a City action, other than a ministerial action, affects the individual's personal financial interests.
2. For purposes of the statement, a City action affects an individual's personal financial interests if it involves one or more of the following held by, required of, or sought by the individual, the individual's spouse or registered domestic partner, or a business entity in which either the individual or the individual's spouse or registered domestic partner holds an ownership interest of five percent or more:
a. The sale of real or personal property; or
b. The performance of services pursuant to a contract; or
c. A grant, loan, or forgiveness or payment of indebtedness; or
d. An application for a license, certificate, permit, franchise, change of zone, variance, credential, or other benefit or relief.
3. The statement shall be in sufficient detail as to dates, amounts, identifying numbers or symbols, locations, and subject matter to make the action identifiable by reference to City records.
4. The statement shall be filed under penalty of perjury in a method prescribed by the Ethics Commission.
5. The statement shall satisfy the requirements of Section 304 of the City Election Code.
D. Recusal Notification.
1. A member of a City board or commission who is required to file a statement of economic interests pursuant to the Political Reform Act shall file a recusal notification form each time the member recuses himself or herself in relation to an actual or apparent conflict of interests.
a. The member shall file a copy of the completed form with the executive secretary for the commission or board (or the person acting in that capacity) as soon as possible after the posting of the agenda containing the item involving the member's conflict of interests.
b. The member shall file the original form, along with a copy of the meeting agenda containing the item involving the conflict of interests, with the Ethics Commission within 15 calendar days after the date of the meeting at which the recusal occurred.
c. The member shall file the form even if the member is not present at the meeting.
2. The form shall be filed under penalty of perjury in a method prescribed by the Ethics Commission and shall include, at a minimum, the following:
a. The member's name;
b. The name of the member's board or commission;
c. The date of the meeting at which the recusal occurred or would have occurred;
d. The agenda item number, a brief description of the matter, and a statement of whether the matter concerns the making of a contract; and
e. The specific interest causing the recusal and a statement of whether the interest is financial.
E. Every agency shall make every effort to avoid hiring or appointing City officials who hold and are unwilling or unable to sell assets that would present significant and continuing conflicts of interests.