San Francisco Lobbyist Directory with Registration Status

San Francisco Ethics Commission maintains a directory of lobbyists registered with the city. The dataset includes both Contact and Expenditure Lobbyists and is updated nightly via a sync script with new filings. Lobbyists active only prior to 2018 are not included due to filing requirements.

Use Cases

• Tracking lobbyist firm affiliations based on the most recent firm displayed for each lobbyist.
• Monitoring lobbying activity compliance based on registration and filing requirements.
• Analyzing lobbying trends in San Francisco based on the distinction between Contact and Expenditure Lobbyists.

Strengths

• Updated nightly via a sync script, ensuring high data freshness.
• Distinguishes between Contact and Expenditure Lobbyists, providing a key categorization.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Lobbyists active only prior to 2018 are excluded, limiting historical analysis.

Provenance

Source

City of San Francisco Ethics Commission.

Collection Method

Created from lobbyist filings submitted to the Ethics Commission.

Time Range

Coverage likely starts from 2018 onward.

Freshness

Updated nightly.

Geography

San Francisco, California, USA.