As a part of its commitment to providing departmental ethics liaisons with tools and resources to support their work, the City Ethics Commission has created this web page designed specifically for you.  We encourage you to visit this web page often, as we will be updating it regularly to provide you with the latest information on any developments that are relevant to your work.  Welcome to your page!

Statements of Economic Interests

October 1, 2009 Semi-Annual SEI Filing Deadline
City law requires all department heads, board members, and commissioners, who were required to file a 2009 annual Statement of Economic Interests (SEI) to file a semi-annual SEI update by October 1, 2009. As ethics liaisons, it is your responsibility to coordinate this process for your department head and board/commission members (if applicable) and to ensure proper and timely filing compliance.

Online Semi-Annual SEI Resources and Materials
The CEC is excited to continue to offer online versions of all the materials you and your filers will need to complete the semi-annual filing process. Included below are step-by-step instructions for electronic and/or hard copy distribution of filing materials and the SEI Index User Guide. Please follow the instructions when soliciting and collecting the semi-annual SEI updates.

• Instructions for Ethics Liaisons
• SEI Index User Guide

Additional SEI Resources
As an ethics liaison, the CEC heavily relies on your efforts to ensure your departmental designated filers are in compliance with City and state filing requirements. The information below is designed to guide you and your departmental designated filers through the filing process.

Overview

• Role Definitions
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Types of Statements

Assuming Office SEIs

• Assuming Office Filing Process
• Assuming Office Instructions for Designated Filers

Leaving Office SEIs

• Leaving Office Filing Process
• Leaving Office Instructions for Designated Filers
  

Conflict of Interest Codes
Per the Political Reform Act and Executive Directive 2006-7, once every two years each City department is required to review its Conflict of Interest (COI) Code and file a "Local Agency Biennial Notice," informing the CEC of its code status.

If your code requires revision, please visit our Conflict of Interest Code Review Resource Manual Page to obtain the necessary revision materials and instructions.

To access your current COI Code, please click here.

*Documents found in the Department Profile tab of hard copy manuals are department-specific and are not available in the online version of this manual.