SFEC Campaign Consultant Client Authorizations and Terminations, 2024 Onward

Authorization and Termination Statements for campaign consultants in San Francisco, filed electronically starting December 9, 2024. Data is updated via the Socrata Publisher API as form filings are submitted and signed. The unique row identifier is 'Envelope Id', and not all columns contain data depending on the 'TypeOfStatement'.

Use Cases

• Track the client roster of campaign consultants based on authorization and termination statements.
• Monitor compliance with filing deadlines based on the 15-day and 30-day submission requirements.
• Analyze the lifecycle of consultant-client relationships based on the sequence of authorization and termination events.

Strengths

• Data is updated via an API as filings are submitted, suggesting potential for near-real-time updates.
• The description provides clear business rules for filing deadlines (15 days for authorization, 30 days for termination).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

City of San Francisco Ethics Commission

Collection Method

Electronically filed statements from campaign consultants.

Time Range

Data creation starts December 9, 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 04:15:06.591928; freshness should be verified.

Geography

San Francisco, California, USA