San Francisco Sacramento Oakland Los Angeles San Diego San Jose Make-Up 5 members -
appointed by
Mayor, Board of
Supervisors, the
City Attorney, the
District Attorney,
and the
Assessor.
Experts in the
field (attorneys,
former FPPC
employees, etc.)
Serve one, six-
year term.
5 members -
nominated by
the Personnel
and Public
Employees
Committee,
appointed by
the Mayor with
Council
concurrence. 3
must have a
background in
law, ethics, or
local
government. 2
general public.
Serve two, 4-
year terms.
$50/meeting
renumeration
7 members - 3,
appointed by the
Mayor and
confirmed by
the City Council,
and the
remaining 4
selected by the
Commission as
a whole. Each
Commissioner
serves one, 3-
year term.
5 members - one
each appointed by
Mayor, City
Council President,
City Council,
President Pro Tem,
City Attorney and
Controller. Each
Commissioner
serves a 5-year
term
7 members – at least
one member must be a
person who has been a
candidate of held a
high-level position in a
campaign, at least 2
members need to be
attorneys in good
standing with the
California Bar, no more
than 3 members can
be registered with the
same political party.
Nominated and
confirmed by Council
and appointed by the
Mayor. 4-year terms,
limited to 2
consecutive terms
5 members -
appointed by
no less than a
two-thirds vote
of the Council.
Each member
must have
some
demonstrated
familiarity and
experience
with campaign
laws. 4-year
terms and may
serve a
maximum of
two terms.
Meeting
Frequency
Monthly Monthly
(meetings often
cancelled)
Monthly/as
needed
Six times a year/as
needed
Monthly Monthly/as
needed
(meetings often
cancelled)
Staffing 34 1 - independent
evaluator (Clerk
provides admin
support, 24)
8 37 (FY24*) 6 2 – investigator
and evaluator
(Clerk provides
admin
support,18)
Budget FY24 $7.09mil FY24 $190K
(division budget)
FY24 $2.25mil FY24* $5.58mil FY24 $1.6mil FY24 only
expenses listed
$40k
Attachment A
Purview Campaign
finance,
lobbying,
conflicts of
interest, Brown
Act, Public
Information Act,
governmental
ethics
Charter
violations, Code
of Fair
Campaign
Practices,
Campaign
contributions,
Lobbyist
Registration,
Conflict of
Interest, Code
of Ethics,
Sunshine
Ordinance,
Conduct of
Members, and
Council Rules
and Procedures
Oakland
Campaign
Reform Act, City
of Oakland Code
of Ethics,
Oakland
Sunshine
Ordinance.
Oversight,
distribution, and
education
related to
campaign
financing,
conflict of
interest,
lobbying, Public
Records Act,
and ethics laws.
Determines bi-
annually
adjustments to
Councilmember
salaries
City’s government
ethics, campaign
finance and
lobbying laws.
Operates
whistleblower
hotline.
Campaign finance
and lobbying
reporting. Data
collection for
ongoing trends
and recommends
ethics laws,
proposes new
legislation.
Oversight for
developers and
the Procurement
process
City governmental
ethics laws – campaign
contributions/expendit
ure disclosures,
statements of
economic interest,
conflicts of interest,
lobbying registration
and other matters
proposed by the
commission and
adopted by Council.
Provide training and
education, issue
advice and opinions
Campaign
finance,
lobbying,
conflicts of
interest, City
government
ethics
ordinances.
Hire Evaluator
and
Investigator
Consultant
registration
Yes No No No No No
Notes *Expansion on the
November ballot,
FY25 $6.5mil
No longer
“Ethics
Commission”
now “Board of
Fair Campaign
and Political
Practices”
Attachment A