Expenditure Lobbyists Registration and Monthly Disclosure Reports

This dataset contains historic data and is no longer updated. Please visit the Ethics Commission's Expenditure Lobbyist portal for up to date information: https://sfethics.org/disclosures/lobbyist-disclosure

An expenditure lobbyist is an individual or entity that spends $2,500 or more in a calendar month to solicit, request, or urge others to communicate directly with a City officer in order to influence local legislative or administrative action. City officers covered by this rule generally include elected City officials, members of City boards and commissions, and City department heads.

Examples of spending that counts toward the $2,500 registration threshold include public relations, media relations, advertising, public outreach, research, investigation, reports, analysis, and studies to the extent those activities are used to solicit, request or urge other persons to communicate directly with a City officer.

Examples of spending that does not count toward the $2,500 registration threshold include: payments made to a registered “contact” lobbyist who directly contacts City officers; payments made to an organization for membership dues; payments made by an organization to distribute communications to its members; payments made by a news media organization to develop and distribute its publications; and payments made by a client to a representative to appear on the client’s behalf in a legal proceeding before a City agency or department; salary paid by employer to employee for activities to solicit, request, or urge others to communicate directly with an officer of the City in order to influence a matter of local legislative or administrative action.

Each expenditure lobbyist must register by filing a registration form with the Ethics Commission no later than five business days after qualifying as such, and prior to making any additional payments to influence local legislative or administrative action.

Each registered expenditure lobbyist must file monthly reports with the Ethics Commission by the fifteenth day of the month following the calendar month covered by the report. For example, a report covering activity in the month of February must be filed by March 15. Deadlines falling on a weekend or holiday are extended to the next business day. Please note the monthly disclosures are different than the registration requirements.

本数据集收录了历史数据，现已不再更新。请访问道德委员会支出游说者门户以获取最新信息：https://sfethics.org/disclosures/lobbyist-disclosure。
支出游说者系指任何个人或实体，若在日历月内花费2500美元或以上以游说、请求或敦促他人直接与城市官员沟通，旨在影响地方立法或行政行为，则属于此类。受本规则约束的城市官员通常包括当选的城市官员、城市委员会和委员会成员以及城市部门负责人。
以下支出项目计入2500美元的注册门槛：公共关系、媒体关系、广告、公共宣传、研究、调查、报告、分析和研究，在上述活动用于游说、请求或敦促他人直接与城市官员沟通的情况下。而以下支出项目不计入2500美元的注册门槛：支付给已注册的“联系人”游说者以直接联系城市官员；支付给组织以缴纳会员费；组织为向其成员分发通讯而支付的款项；新闻媒体组织为开发和分发其出版物而支付的款项；以及客户支付代表以代表客户出庭参与城市机构或部门的法律诉讼的款项；雇主支付给员工为游说、请求或敦促他人直接与城市官员沟通以影响地方立法或行政行为的活动而支付的工资。
每位支出游说者必须在符合此类资格之日起五个工作日内向道德委员会提交注册表格，并在进行任何影响地方立法或行政行为的额外支付之前提交。每位已注册的支出游说者必须在本报告涵盖的日历月份次月的十五日前向道德委员会提交月度报告。例如，涵盖二月份活动的报告必须在三月份的十五日前提交。周末或假日的时间截止日顺延至下一个工作日。请注意，月度披露与注册要求不同。