SFEC Campaign Consultant Clients from December 2024

December 9, 2024 onward, campaign consultant clients in San Francisco are recorded in this dataset. It is created from electronic filings of registration, quarterly disclosure, and termination reports submitted to the San Francisco Ethics Commission. The dataset is updated via the Socrata Publisher API as consultants submit and sign forms.

Use Cases

• Tracking consultant-client relationships based on registration and termination reports.
• Analyzing quarterly disclosure patterns of campaign consultants.
• Joining with the SFEC Campaign Consultant Report dataset for detailed activity analysis using the 'Envelope Id' join key.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from official, legally mandated electronic filings.
• Update process is automated via the Socrata Publisher API.
• Provides a unique identifier ('Entry Id') for each client entry.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data coverage begins December 9, 2024; historical client data is not included.

Provenance

Source

San Francisco Ethics Commission

Collection Method

Electronic filing of Form 1 (Registration), Form 3 (Quarterly Disclosure), and Form 6 (Termination).

Time Range

From December 9, 2024 onward.

Freshness

Updated as needed when forms are submitted.

Geography

San Francisco, California, USA