SFEC Form 126F Filings: San Francisco City Contract and Contribution Prohibitions

Form 126F filings combine names of entities, affiliates, and subcontractors reported on forms 126f2 or 126f4 for city contracts valued at $100,000 or more. City elective officers are prohibited from accepting campaign contributions from parties named on these forms. The dataset is automatically extracted nightly from the City's ServiceNow system by the San Francisco Ethics Commission.

Use Cases

• Identify entities prohibited from making campaign contributions based on their involvement in city contracts.
• Monitor the flow of high-value city contracts and associated approvals by elective officers.
• Analyze relationships between contractors, affiliates, and subcontractors involved in city procurement.
• Track compliance filings for contracts exceeding $100,000 based on the described filing requirements.

Strengths

• Data is automatically extracted nightly, suggesting high update frequency.
• Specific filing rules are defined for contracts valued at $100,000 or more.
• Clear linkage to campaign contribution prohibitions for city elective officers.

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

Automatically extracted from ServiceNow system.

Freshness

Updated nightly.

Geography

San Francisco, California