Essential Ethics

Latest Developments: Oklahoma Ethics Commission meets today, Friday, March 9, 2018.  While we generally don’t monitor this commission closely, it’s worth noting that the meeting agenda includes a presentation by a current state legislator who is asking the…

Latest Developments: New York JCOPE met Tuesday (2/27/18).  JCOPE’s only discussion concerned a request for an exemption from disclosure of source of funding from the NY Civil Liberties Union, which was denied.  The still-pending lobby…

Latest Developments: San Francisco Ethics Commission met last Friday (2/16/18).  The commission failed to put an amendment to the city’s ethics ordinance on the June ballot (Item 4).  The proposal was a watered-down version of the…

Latest Developments: Oakland Public Ethics Commission met Monday (2/5/18).  The Lobbyist Registration Subcommittee of the Commission approved a revised Lobbyist Registration Guide for 2018, which is the first update in 10 years.  The guide is…