Title
Update to the City's Conflict-of-Interest Code
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FileID
File ID: 2026-00752
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Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution: 1) adopting the Conflict-of-Interest Code for the City of Sacramento; and 2) rescinding Resolution 2019-0119.
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Contact
Contact: Haley Arata, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-5204, harata@cityofsacramtento.org; Wendy Klock-Johnson, Assistant City Clerk, (916) 808-7509, wklockjohnson@cityofsacramento.org; Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk, (916) 808-5224, mcuppy@cityofsacramento.org; Office of the City Clerk.
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Presenter
Presenter: None
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution (Clean)
3-Resolution (Redline)
4-Notice
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: The Political Reform Act (Government Code section 8100 et seq.) requires local agencies to adopt and promulgate a conflict-of-interest code. Local agencies are also required to conduct a biennial review of their conflict-of-interest codes and to update their codes if there are changed circumstances. The code was last updated in 2019; due to the COVID-19 pandemic, staff and agency changes, review of the code was delayed and began in 2025. Based on the review of the code, city staff determined that changed circumstances require that the code be updated.
Review of the code began in June 2025 and involved extensive coordination between the Office of the City Clerk, the City Attorney's Office, and conflict-of-interest code coordinators from all city departments to ensure that all positions within the city that make or participate in making government decisions are specifically enumerated in the city's conflict-of-interest code and that each position is assigned disclosure requirements based on the position's level of decision making. The Office of the City Clerk also worked with department coordinators and Human Resources to add position numbers to the designated positions list, which...
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