Boost in power for San Diego Ethics Commission heading to November ballot
San Diego voters will get a chance Nov. 5 to boost the independence and power of the city’s Ethics Commission, which oversees lobbying rules and regulations governing elections and campaign contributions.
The City Council voted unanimously Monday to place on the ballot a measure that would bar elected leaders from eliminating the commission and require them to adequately fund it.
The measure would also change who appoints the commission’s executive director. Instead of being chosen by elected leaders, the executive director would be selected by members of the commission.
The proposed reforms come in response to criticisms that the commission, while a well-intentioned watchdog panel, hasn’t lived up to the expectations supporters had when it was created in 2001.
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