Conflicts of InterestDisclosure
Section § 87200
This law applies to a wide range of public officials in California, including elected state officers, judges, and members of various commissions and authorities like the Public Utilities Commission and High-Speed Rail Authority. It also covers officials like district attorneys, county treasurers, mayors, and city managers who manage public investments. Additionally, candidates running for these positions in elections are included under this law.
Section § 87200.5
Members of the board of directors and executives of a groundwater sustainability agency must file statements about their financial interests online with the Commission. This requirement applies to top positions like executive director or general manager of the agency.
Section § 87201
If you're running for a government office mentioned in Section 87200—except if you're a justice in an appellate court or the Supreme Court—you need to file a statement by the last day to declare your candidacy. This statement should outline your investments, real estate interests, and any income you made in the past year.
If you've already filed a similar statement for the same area within the last 60 days under Section 87202 or 87203, you don't have to file again.
Section § 87202
If you are elected or appointed to certain offices in California, you must disclose your investments, real estate interests, and income. This must be done within 30 days of starting your role. However, if your appointment needs to be confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments or State Senate, you need to file this statement within 10 days.
You don't have to file if you already have done so in the same area within the last 60 days under another section. If you are elected and start your job in December or January, the rules change slightly for what you must report, and the timeline for these disclosures begins when you declared your candidacy or 12 months before taking office, for income specifically.
Section § 87203
If you hold a public office listed in Section 87200 in California, you must file a statement every year that discloses your financial interests. This includes your investments, property interests, and any income you received since your last filing. Even if you no longer hold these investments or interests at the time of filing, they still need to be reported if you had them during the reporting period.
Section § 87204
If you're leaving a public office listed in another section of the law, you have 30 days to file a report. This report should detail your investments, property ownership, and income since your last filed report. Make sure to include assets you've owned during this time, even if you don't own them anymore when you're filing the report.
Section § 87205
If someone finishes their term in a certain public office and starts another term in the same or a similar position within the same area within 45 days, they are considered to have continuous service without a break.
Section § 87206
This law requires detailed disclosure about investments or interests in real property. It states that you must describe the type of investment or property and provide the entity's name where the investment is held, along with a description of its business activity. The law also requires disclosing the property's exact location and the property's or investment's market value, categorized in specific monetary ranges. If the property was bought or sold during the covered period, the disclosure must include the transaction date. Additionally, 'interest in real property' does not cover a person's main home or any property used solely as their personal residence.
Section § 87206.5
If a public official has a leasehold interest, they must share certain details publicly. They need to specify that the interest is a leasehold, mention how many years are left on the lease, and provide the exact address or location of the property. They must also state the exact date the lease started or ended if that happened within the reporting period. Finally, they need to state the value of the leasehold interest as defined in another specific section.
Section § 87207
This law section details how individuals must report income and gifts. If a person earns $500 or more from a source, or receives a gift worth $50 or more, they need to provide the source's name, address, and business activity. They must specify the value range of the income or loan amounts. For gifts, the receiver must disclose the amount, date, and details if it's a travel-related gift.
If income comes from a business, including a sole proprietorship, name and address of the business, as well as any individual from whom the business received $10,000 or more, must be reported. For travel-related payments, these can be disclosed on a separate schedule in their economic interests statement. Travel payments should be reported as gifts unless the services provided were of equal or greater value.
Section § 87208
This law states that if you've already reported your investments and real estate interests in an economic interests statement to the same jurisdiction within the last 60 days, you don't have to report them again; you can just refer back to the previous statement.
Section § 87209
This law requires certain individuals to disclose any business positions they hold when filing a specific statement. A 'business position' includes roles like director, officer, partner, trustee, or employee in a company. The disclosure is required if the business has, or plans to have, interests in real estate or operations within the jurisdiction. This includes any business activities within the past two years.
Section § 87210
If you're gifting $50 or more in a year to certain public officials on behalf of someone else, you must disclose your full name, address, and business activities (if any), as well as those of the actual donor, to the recipient. The official must then report this information in their Statement of Economic Interests.
Section § 87211
This law explains that certain individuals associated with the State Bar of California are not covered by this particular article. Specifically, it doesn't apply to members of the Board of Trustees or designated employees. These people must instead file conflict of interest statements according to specific guidelines.