Substantial Policy Discretion

Effective date: June 29, 2024

Proposed Rule Full Text
COIB-Proposed-Amendment-of-Rules-re-Substantial-Policy-Discretion-Preliminarily-Certified-3.4.24.pdf

Adopted Rule Full Text
Final-Rule-2024-RG-004-for-publication-Legal-14503698_134139-KB.pdf

Hearing transcript audio/video
2024-5-15-open-meeting.mp4

External Hearing audio/video

Adopted rule summary:

Board Rules § 1-02 requires each City agency to make its list of policymakers available to the public, to report that list annually to the Board, and to notify policymakers of the additional restrictions on their political activities found in Charter §§ 2604(b)(12) and 2604(b)(15). The Board amends Board Rules § 1-02 for four purposes: first, to make non-substantive improvements to the readability of the definition of policymakers; second, to change the date by which City agencies must report their lists of policymakers to the Board and to add a second reporting date; third, to establish a mechanism by which an agency head can dispute a Board determination to add or remove a policymaker from that agency’s list; and, fourth, to codify the current practice that the Board, and not City agencies, notifies policymakers of the additional restrictions on their political activities.