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San Francisco: Ethics Commission sleeps while government agencies defy sunshine ordinance

donal brown September 22, 2011

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,

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San Francisco resident sues over failure of city to enforce sunshine law

donal brown October 20, 2009

A retired lawyer is suing the San Francisco Ethics Commission for not enforcing open government laws. He claims that since 2004, the sunshine ordinance task force forwarded to the commission 14 cases in which the public has been denied public records but in every case the commission dismissed the claim in favor of the city. -DB San Francisco Chronicle City Insider October 20, 2009 By Heather Knight Retired lawyer and Seacliff resident Allen Grossman says

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Citizen sues San Francisco Ethics Commission: Alleges commission withheld public records

donal brown October 7, 2009

Allen Grossman, an open government advocate, has filed suit in San Francisco, charging that the Ethics Commission has suppressed public records regarding their failure to enforce violations of state and local open government laws. -DB Press Release October 6, 2009 In a lawsuit filed Monday in the San Francisco Superior Court, Open Government advocate Allen Grossman charges that the Ethics Commission suppressed public records relating to its consistent failure to enforce violations of state and local

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