The Ethics Commission, charged with hearing complaints filed by citizens about sunshine violations in San Francisco, has failed to act on all but a few complaints, allowing city agencies to destroy documents and defy requests for explanations, writes Claire Mullen in an investigative report for the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
Mullen provides a detailed rundown of the inaction by the Ethics Commission and the consequences for the public. -db
From the San Francisco Bay Guardian, September 20, 2011, by Claire Mullen