(a) Supplemental Preelection Statements – General Purpose Committees. In addition to the campaign disclosure requirements imposed by the California Political Reform Act and other provisions of this Chapter 1, a San Francisco general purpose committee that makes contributions or expenditures totaling $500 or more during the period covered by the preelection statement, other than expenditures for the establishment and administration of that committee, shall file a preelection statement before any election held in the City and County of San Francisco at which a candidate for City elective office or City measure is on the ballot.
(b) Time for Filing Supplemental Preelection Statements – General Purpose Committees.
(1) Even-Numbered Years. In even-numbered years, preelection statements required by subsection (a) shall be filed pursuant to the preelection statement filing schedule established by the Fair Political Practices Commission for county general purpose recipient committees. In addition to these deadlines, preelection statements shall also be filed, for the period ending six days before the election, no later than four days before the election.
(2) Odd-Numbered Years. In odd-numbered years, the filing schedule for preelection statements is as follows:
(A) For the period ending 45 days before the election, the statement shall be filed no later than 40 days before the election;
(B) For the period ending 17 days before the election, the statement shall be filed no later than 12 days before the election; and
(C) For the period ending six days before the election, the statement shall be filed no later than four days before the election.
(c) Time for Filing Supplemental Preelection Statements – Ballot Measure Committees and Candidate Committees. In addition to the deadlines established by the Fair Political Practices Commission, ballot measure committees and candidate committees required to file preelection statements with the Ethics Commission shall file a third preelection statement before any election held in the City and County of San Francisco at which a candidate for City elective office or City measure is on the ballot, for the period ending six days before the election, no later than four days before the election.
(d) The Ethics Commission may require that these statements be filed electronically.
(Added by Ord. 141-03, File No. 030034, App. 6/27/2003; amended by Ord. 228-06, File No. 060501, App. 9/14/2006; Ord. 234-09, File. No. 090989, App. 11/20/2009; Ord. 102-15
, File No. 150294, App. 6/25/2015, Eff. 7/25/2015; Ord. 129-18, File No. 180280, App. 5/30/2018, Eff. 6/30/2018, Oper. 1/1/2019)