San Francisco Lobbyist Training Certificate Filings Since 2018

San Francisco's dataset records the date and time registered lobbyists filed their mandatory training certificates. The data includes forms filed from January 1, 2018, and is updated automatically as submissions are approved. It is published by the City of San Francisco on the datagov platform.

Use Cases

• Monitor lobbyist compliance rates based on mandatory training filing dates.
• Analyze trends in training completion over time based on the recorded filing timestamps.
• Verify lobbyist registration status based on the presence of a training certificate filing.

Strengths

• Data is updated automatically as submissions are approved, suggesting timeliness.
• Includes filings from a defined start date of January 1, 2018, providing a temporal baseline.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

City of San Francisco

Collection Method

Automated collection from submitted and approved online forms.

Time Range

From January 1, 2018 onward.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 04:17:37.466974; freshness should be verified.

Geography

San Francisco, California, USA.