City and County of San Francisco
Ethics Commission

2001 – 1Q

CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT FILING

FIRST QUARTER 2001

I. Introduction

The Regulation of Campaign Consultants Ordinance (“Ordinance”), San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code Sections 1.500-1.540, was approved by San Francisco voters in November 1997. The Ordinance requires persons who earn $1,000 or more per year for campaign consultant services to register with the Ethics Commission and file quarterly activity reports.

The first quarter activity reports were due on March 15, 2001 and covered the filing period beginning December 1, 2000 and ending February 28, 2001. Sixteen campaign consultants filed with the Ethics Commission in the first quarter of 2001. ¹

II. Comparative Data

The level of campaign consultant activity has fluctuated since the first filing in June 1998 (the second quarter of 1998). The chart below compares data compiled pertaining to campaign consultant activity since implementation of the Ordinance. As indicated, the level of campaign consultant activity increases or decreases depending on 1) whether an election is held and 2) the number of local items on the ballot. During the fourth quarter of 1999, there was a great deal of campaign activity due to a highly contested mayoral race. During the fourth quarter of 2000, campaign consultant activity reached a high point with large numbers of candidates running for all 11 seats on the Board of Supervisors in district elections and numerous ballot measures. In contrast, there was considerably less campaign consultant activity during the fourth quarter of 2000 because there was only a December 12, 2000 run-off election for nine seats on the Board. The next election will not occur until November 6, 2001.

Quarter	Number of Consultants	Total Payments Promised	Total Payments Received	Total Contributions Made
Second Quarter 1998	24	$1,560,742	$1,432,631	$4,100
Third Quarter 1998	25	$341,745	$379,859	$3,405
Fourth Quarter 1998	30	$638,498	$784,507	$1,975
First Quarter 1999	22	$71,969	$142,355	$550
Second Quarter 1999	28	$201,983	$485,071	$1,500
Third Quarter 1999	34	$395,440	$1,168,597	$4,150
Fourth Quarter 1999	38	$1,343,362	$2,489,276	$3,800
First Quarter 2000	17	$904,891	$1,293,901	$2,750
Second Quarter 2000	17	$169,599	$186,663	$1,275
Third Quarter 2000	20	$293,110	$467,379	$18,900
Fourth Quarter 2000	25	$2,437,695	$2,332,401	$26,348
First Quarter 2001	172	$216,952	$236,785	$800

III. The Campaign Consultant Ordinance

The Ordinance defines “campaign consultant” to mean a person or entity that receives or is promised $1,000 or more in a calendar year for providing either of the following services:

“Campaign Management,” defined to mean conducting, coordinating or supervising a campaign to elect, defeat, retain or recall a local candidate, or adopt or defeat a local ballot measure, including but not limited to:

OR

“Campaign Strategy,” defined to mean planning for the election, defeat, retention or recall of a local candidate, or for the adoption or defeat of a local ballot measure, including not but limited to:

Employees of campaign consultants do not themselves qualify as campaign consultants. However, persons and entities that subcontract with a campaign consultant to provide campaign consulting services and that receive or are promised $1,000 or more in a calendar year do qualify as campaign consultants.

Campaign consultants are required to report only activity associated with local candidates or local ballot measures. For purposes of the Ordinance, “candidate” means: (1) a person who has taken affirmative action to seek nomination or election to local office, (2) or a local officeholder who has taken affirmative action to seek nomination or election to any elective office, (3) or a local officeholder who is the subject of a recall election.

“Local officeholder” means the following elected officers: Mayor, Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, City Attorney, District Attorney, Treasurer, Sheriff, Assessor, Public Defender, Members of the Board of Education of the San Francisco Unified School District, Members of the Governing Board of the San Francisco Community College District.

“Measure” means a local referendum, or a local ballot measure, whether or not it qualifies for the ballot.

The Commission staff has compiled the information filed by campaign consultants for the first quarter of 2001 in the attached tables. All amounts reported by campaign consultants have been rounded off.

IV. Description of Quarterly Report Tables

Seven filers reported activity pertaining to the December 12, 2000 Board of Supervisors run-off election. Table 1 reflects the elective offices for that election.

Table 2 summarizes all reported activity by campaign consultants for the first quarter of 2001. Filers are listed in descending order of the payments received. Also reported are the total payments promised by or received from clients and any political contributions made by the filers. For this period, there were no reports of gifts made to City officeholders.

Filers are required to report “economic consideration” promised by or received from clients in exchange for campaign consulting services during the applicable reporting period. Economic consideration includes payments, fees, commissions, reimbursements for expenses, gifts or anything else of value. Table 3 lists the name of the filer in alphabetical order, the filer’s clients, the services performed for that client, the payment promised by the client in the reporting period, and the payment actually received. The table also indicates the total payments promised or received. The total payments promised to the filer by each client are shaded in gray. The total payments promised by all clients to filers during the first quarter were $216,952. The total payments received by all filers from all clients during the first quarter were $236,785.

Filers must report each political contribution of $100 or more to a candidate for local office, a committee controlled by local officeholder or candidate for local office, or a ballot measure committee whether or not the committee is controlled by a local officeholder or a candidate for local office. Filers must report contributions of $100 or more made or delivered by the filer, or made by the filer’s client at the filer’s behest, or for which the filer acted as an agent or intermediary during the reporting period. This chart indicates the political contributions made by campaign consultants during the reporting period. The total reported amount of political contributions given by filers during the first quarter was $800.

Each filer must report economic consideration promised to or received by the filer during the reporting period from vendors and subvendors who provide campaign-related goods or services to the filer’s current clients. This chart indicates the name of the filer, the name of the vendor and the amount of the payment promised to or received by the filer.

Each filer must report any gifts promised or made by the filer to a local officeholder during the reporting period which in the aggregate total $50 or more. No filer reported any gifts promised or made to a local officeholder during this reporting period.

If the filer employs a local officeholder or City employee during the reporting period, the filer must report the name of the officeholder or City employee and describe the nature of the employment by the filer. In addition, if a client of the filer employs a local officeholder or City employee at the behest of the filer during the reporting period, the filer must report the name of the client, the name of each officeholder or City employee hired by the client, and the nature of the employment by the client. No filer reported employing a local officeholder or City employee during the reporting period.

If the filer obtains a City contract during the reporting period and the contract is approved by a local officeholder who is the filer’s client, the filer must report the contract, the date the contract was obtained, and the name of the officeholder who approved the contract. No filer reported obtaining a City contract during the reporting period.

If the filer is appointed to public office during the reporting period and the appointment is made by a local officeholder who is the filer’s client, the filer must report the public office to which the filer was appointed, the date of the appointment, and the name of the officeholder who appointed the filer. No filer reported appointment to public office during the reporting period.

¹ All campaign consultants are sent pre-deadline notices. Non-filers are subject to late fines. One registered campaign consultant, Paula Fiscal/LP Group, has not filed a first quarter 2001 report as of the date of issuance of this report.

² See footnote 1.

2001 – 2Q

CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT FILING

SECOND QUARTER 2001

I. Introduction

The Regulation of Campaign Consultants Ordinance (“Ordinance”), San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code Sections 1.500-1.540, was approved by San Francisco voters in November 1997. The Ordinance requires persons who earn $1,000 or more per year for campaign consultant services to register with the Ethics Commission and file quarterly activity reports.

The second quarter activity reports were due on June 15, 2001 and covered the filing period beginning March 1, 2001 and ending May 31, 2001. Fifteen campaign consultants filed with the Ethics Commission in the second quarter of 2001.¹

II. Comparative Data

The level of campaign consultant activity has fluctuated since the first filing in June 1998 (the second quarter of 1998). The chart below compares data compiled pertaining to campaign consultant activity since implementation of the Ordinance. As indicated, the level of campaign consultant activity increases or decreases depending on 1) whether an election is held and 2) the number of local items on the ballot. During the fourth quarter of 1999, there was a great deal of campaign activity due to a highly contested mayoral race. During the fourth quarter of 2000, campaign consultant activity reached a high point with large numbers of candidates running for all 11 seats on the Board of Supervisors in district elections and numerous ballot measures. In contrast, there was considerably less campaign consultant activity during the fourth quarter of 2000 because there was only a December 12, 2000 run-off election for nine seats on the Board. Campaign consultant activity dropped to an all time low during this second quarter, as the next election will not occur until November 6, 2001.

Quarter	Number of Consultants	Total Payments Promised	Total Payments Received	Total Contributions Made
Second Quarter 1998	24	$1,560,742	$1,432,631	$4,100
Third Quarter 1998	25	$341,745	$379,859	$3,405
Fourth Quarter 1998	30	$638,498	$784,507	$1,975
First Quarter 1999	22	$71,969	$142,355	$550
Second Quarter 1999	28	$201,983	$485,071	$1,500
Third Quarter 1999	34	$395,440	$1,168,597	$4,150
Fourth Quarter 1999	38	$1,343,362	$2,489,276	$3,800
First Quarter 2000	17	$904,891	$1,293,901	$2,750
Second Quarter 2000	17	$169,599	$186,663	$1,275
Third Quarter 2000	20	$293,110	$467,379	$18,900
Fourth Quarter 2000	25	$2,437,695	$2,332,401	$26,348
First Quarter 2001	17	$216,952	$236,785	$800
Second Quarter 2001	15	$6,500	$6,500	$100

III. The Campaign Consultant Ordinance

The Ordinance defines “campaign consultant” to mean a person or entity that receives or is promised $1,000 or more in a calendar year for providing either of the following services:

“Campaign Management,” defined to mean conducting, coordinating or supervising a campaign to elect, defeat, retain or recall a local candidate, or adopt or defeat a local ballot measure, including but not limited to:

OR

“Campaign Strategy,” defined to mean planning for the election, defeat, retention or recall of a local candidate, or for the adoption or defeat of a local ballot measure, including not but limited to:

Employees of campaign consultants do not themselves qualify as campaign consultants. However, persons and entities that subcontract with a campaign consultant to provide campaign consulting services and that receive or are promised $1,000 or more in a calendar year do qualify as campaign consultants.

Campaign consultants are required to report only activity associated with local candidates or local ballot measures. For purposes of the Ordinance, “candidate” means: (1) a person who has taken affirmative action to seek nomination or election to local office, (2) or a local officeholder who has taken affirmative action to seek nomination or election to any elective office, (3) or a local officeholder who is the subject of a recall election.

“Local officeholder” means the following elected officers: Mayor, Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, City Attorney, District Attorney, Treasurer, Sheriff, Assessor, Public Defender, Members of the Board of Education of the San Francisco Unified School District, Members of the Governing Board of the San Francisco Community College District.

“Measure” means a local referendum, or a local ballot measure, whether or not it qualifies for the ballot.

The Commission staff has compiled the information filed by campaign consultants for the first quarter of 2001 in the attached tables. All amounts reported by campaign consultants have been rounded off.

IV. Description of Quarterly Report Tables

Two filers reported activity pertaining to the November 7, 2001 and March 5, 2002 elections. Table 1 reflects the elective offices for those elections.

Table 2 summarizes all reported activity by campaign consultants for the second quarter of 2001. Filers are listed in descending order of the payments received. Also reported are the total payments promised by or received from clients and any political contributions made by the filers. For this period, there were no reports of gifts made to City officeholders.

Filers are required to report “economic consideration” promised by or received from clients in exchange for campaign consulting services during the applicable reporting period. Economic consideration includes payments, fees, commissions, reimbursements for expenses, gifts or anything else of value. Table 3 lists the name of the filer in alphabetical order, the filer’s clients, the services performed for that client, the payment promised by the client in the reporting period, and the payment actually received. The table also indicates the total payments promised or received. The total payments promised to the filer by each client are shaded in gray. The total payments promised by all clients to filers during the second quarter were $6,500. The total payments received by all filers from all clients during the first quarter were $6,500.

 

Filers must report each political contribution of $100 or more to a candidate for local office, a committee controlled by local officeholder or candidate for local office, or a ballot measure committee whether or not the committee is controlled by a local officeholder or a candidate for local office. Filers must report contributions of $100 or more made or delivered by the filer, or made by the filer’s client at the filer’s behest, or for which the filer acted as an agent or intermediary during the reporting period. This chart indicates the political contributions made by campaign consultants during the reporting period. The total reported amount of political contributions given by filers during the second quarter was $100.

Each filer must report economic consideration promised to or received by the filer during the reporting period from vendors and subvendors who provide campaign-related goods or services to the filer’s current clients. No filer reported any economic consideration promised to or received from vendors or subvendors during this reporting period.

Each filer must report any gifts promised or made by the filer to a local officeholder during the reporting period which in the aggregate total $50 or more. No filer reported any gifts promised or made to a local officeholder during this reporting period.

If the filer employs a local officeholder or City employee during the reporting period, the filer must report the name of the officeholder or City employee and describe the nature of the employment by the filer. In addition, if a client of the filer employs a local officeholder or City employee at the behest of the filer during the reporting period, the filer must report the name of the client, the name of each officeholder or City employee hired by the client, and the nature of the employment by the client. No filer reported employing a local officeholder or City employee during the reporting period.

If the filer obtains a City contract during the reporting period and the contract is approved by a local officeholder who is the filer’s client, the filer must report the contract, the date the contract was obtained, and the name of the officeholder who approved the contract. No filer reported obtaining a City contract during the reporting period.

If the filer is appointed to public office during the reporting period and the appointment is made by a local officeholder who is the filer’s client, the filer must report the public office to which the filer was appointed, the date of the appointment, and the name of the officeholder who appointed the filer. No filer reported appointment to public office during the reporting period.

¹ All campaign consultants are sent pre-deadline notices. Non-filers are subject to late fines.

2001 – 3Q

CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT FILING

THIRD QUARTER 2001

I. Introduction

The Regulation of Campaign Consultants Ordinance (“Ordinance”), San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code Sections 1.500-1.540, was approved by San Francisco voters in November 1997. The Ordinance requires persons who earn $1,000 or more per year for campaign consultant services to register with the Ethics Commission and file quarterly activity reports.

The third quarter activity reports were due on September 17, 2001 and covered the filing period beginning June 1, 2001 and ending August 31, 2001. Eighteen campaign consultants filed with the Ethics Commission in the third quarter of 2001.¹

II. Comparative Data

The level of campaign consultant activity has fluctuated since the first filing in June 1998 (the second quarter of 1998). The chart on the next page compares data compiled pertaining to campaign consultant activity since implementation of the Ordinance. As indicated, the level of campaign consultant activity increases or decreases depending on 1) whether an election is held and 2) the number of local items on the ballot.

During the fourth quarter of 1999, there was a great deal of campaign activity due to a highly contested mayoral race. During the fourth quarter of 2000, campaign consultant activity reached a high point with a large number of candidates running for all 11 seats on the Board of Supervisors in district elections and numerous ballot measures. In contrast, there was considerably less campaign consultant activity during the fourth quarter of 2000 because there was only a December 12, 2000 run-off election for nine seats on the Board. Campaign consultant activity dropped to an all time low during the second quarter 2001, but has increased considerably this quarter, given that the November 6, 2001 election is only seven weeks away.

Quarter	Number of Consultants	Total Payments Promised	Total Payments Received	Total Contributions Made
Second Quarter 1998	24	$1,560,742	$1,432,631	$4,100
Third Quarter 1998	25	$341,745	$379,859	$3,405
Fourth Quarter 1998	30	$638,498	$784,507	$1,975
First Quarter 1999	22	$71,969	$142,355	$550
Second Quarter 1999	28	$201,983	$485,071	$1,500
Third Quarter 1999	34	$395,440	$1,168,597	$4,150
Fourth Quarter 1999	38	$1,343,362	$2,489,276	$3,800
First Quarter 2000	17	$904,891	$1,293,901	$2,750
Second Quarter 2000	17	$169,599	$186,663	$1,275
Third Quarter 2000	20	$293,110	$467,379	$18,900
Fourth Quarter 2000	25	$2,437,695	$2,332,401	$26,348
First Quarter 2001	17	$216,952	$236,785	$800
Second Quarter 2001	15	$6,500	$6,500	$100
Third Quarter 2001	18	$137,751	$58,560	$5,550

III. The Campaign Consultant Ordinance

The Ordinance defines “campaign consultant” to mean a person or entity that receives or is promised $1,000 or more in a calendar year for providing either of the following services:

“Campaign Management,” defined to mean conducting, coordinating or supervising a campaign to elect, defeat, retain or recall a local candidate, or adopt or defeat a local ballot measure, including but not limited to:

OR

“Campaign Strategy,” defined to mean planning for the election, defeat, retention or recall of a local candidate, or for the adoption or defeat of a local ballot measure, including not but limited to:

Employees of campaign consultants do not themselves qualify as campaign consultants. However, persons and entities that subcontract with a campaign consultant to provide campaign consulting services and that receive or are promised $1,000 or more in a calendar year do qualify as campaign consultants.

Campaign consultants are required to report only activity associated with local candidates or local ballot measures. For purposes of the Ordinance, “candidate” means: (1) a person who has taken affirmative action to seek nomination or election to local office, (2) or a local officeholder who has taken affirmative action to seek nomination or election to any elective office, (3) or a local officeholder who is the subject of a recall election.

“Local officeholder” means the following elected officers: Mayor, Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, City Attorney, District Attorney, Treasurer, Sheriff, Assessor, Public Defender, Members of the Board of Education of the San Francisco Unified School District, Members of the Governing Board of the San Francisco Community College District.

“Measure” means a local referendum, or a local ballot measure, whether or not it qualifies for the ballot.

The Commission staff has compiled the information filed by campaign consultants for the third quarter of 2001 in the attached tables. All amounts reported by campaign consultants have been rounded off.

IV. Description of Quarterly Report Tables

Eight filers reported activity pertaining to the November 6, 2001 and March 5, 2002 elections. Table 1 reflects the elective offices for those elections.

Table 2 summarizes all reported activity by campaign consultants for the third quarter of 2001. Filers are listed in descending order of the payments received. Also reported are the total payments promised by or received from clients and any political contributions made by the filers. For this period, there were no reports of gifts made to City officeholders.

Filers are required to report “economic consideration” promised by or received from clients in exchange for campaign consulting services during the applicable reporting period. Economic consideration includes payments, fees, commissions, reimbursements for expenses, gifts or anything else of value. Table 3 lists the name of the filer in alphabetical order, the filer’s clients, the services performed for that client, the payment promised by the client in the reporting period, and the payment actually received. The table also indicates the total payments promised or received. The payments promised by all clients to filers during the second quarter totaled $137,751. The payments received by all filers from all clients during the first quarter totaled $58,560.

Filers must report each political contribution of $100 or more to a candidate for local office, a committee controlled by local officeholder or candidate for local office, or a ballot measure committee whether or not the committee is controlled by a local officeholder or a candidate for local office. Filers must report contributions of $100 or more made or delivered by the filer, or made by the filer’s client at the filer’s behest, or for which the filer acted as an agent or intermediary during the reporting period. This chart indicates the political contributions made by campaign consultants during the reporting period. The total reported amount of political contributions given by filers during the third quarter was $5,550.

Each filer must report economic consideration promised to or received by the filer during the reporting period from vendors and subvendors who provide campaign-related goods or services to the filer’s current clients. No filer reported any economic consideration promised to or received from vendors or subvendors during this reporting period.

Each filer must report any gifts promised or made by the filer to a local officeholder during the reporting period which in the aggregate total $50 or more. No filer reported any gifts promised or made to a local officeholder during this reporting period.

If the filer employs a local officeholder or City employee during the reporting period, the filer must report the name of the officeholder or City employee and describe the nature of the employment by the filer. In addition, if a client of the filer employs a local officeholder or City employee at the behest of the filer during the reporting period, the filer must report the name of the client, the name of each officeholder or City employee hired by the client, and the nature of the employment by the client. No filer reported employing a local officeholder or City employee during the reporting period.

If the filer obtains a City contract during the reporting period and the contract is approved by a local officeholder who is the filer’s client, the filer must report the contract, the date the contract was obtained, and the name of the officeholder who approved the contract. No filer reported obtaining a City contract during the reporting period.

If the filer is appointed to public office during the reporting period and the appointment is made by a local officeholder who is the filer’s client, the filer must report the public office to which the filer was appointed, the date of the appointment, and the name of the officeholder who appointed the filer. No filer reported appointment to public office during the reporting period.

¹ All campaign consultants are sent pre-deadline notices. Non-filers are subject to late fines.

On August 9, 2001, campaign consultant Mark Capitolo filed a campaign consultant report for services he performed during the December 2000 run-off election.

2001 – 4Q

CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT FILING
FOURTH QUARTER 2001

I. Introduction

The Regulation of Campaign Consultants Ordinance (“Ordinance”), San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code Sections 1.500-1.540, was approved by San Francisco voters in November 1997. The Ordinance requires persons who earn $1,000 or more per year for campaign consultant services to register with the Ethics Commission and file quarterly activity reports.

The fourth quarter activity reports were due on December 17, 2001 and covered the filing period beginning September 1, 2001 and ending November 30, 2001. Twenty-three campaign consultants filed with the Ethics Commission in the fourth quarter of 2001.¹

II. Comparative Data

The level of campaign consultant activity has fluctuated since the first filing in June 1998 (the second quarter of 1998). The chart on the next page compares data compiled pertaining to campaign consultant activity since implementation of the Ordinance. As indicated, the level of campaign consultant activity increases or decreases depending on 1) whether an election is held and 2) the number of local items on the ballot.

During the fourth quarter of 1999, there was a great deal of campaign activity due to a highly contested mayoral race. During the fourth quarter of 2000, campaign consultant activity reached a high point with a large number of candidates running for all 11 seats on the Board of Supervisors in district elections and numerous ballot measures. Campaign consultant activity dropped to an all time low during the second quarter 2001, but has increased considerably during the last two quarters, based on services related to the November 6, 2001 and March 5, 2002 elections.

Quarter	Number of Consultants	Total Payments Promised	Total Payments Received	Total Contributions Made
Second Quarter 1998	24	$1,560,742	$1,432,631	$4,100
Third Quarter 1998	25	$341,745	$379,859	$3,405
Fourth Quarter 1998	30	$638,498	$784,507	$1,975
First Quarter 1999	22	$71,969	$142,355	$550
Second Quarter 1999	28	$201,983	$485,071	$1,500
Third Quarter 1999	34	$395,440	$1,168,597	$4,150
Fourth Quarter 1999	38	$1,343,362	$2,489,276	$3,800
First Quarter 2000	17	$904,891	$1,293,901	$2,750
Second Quarter 2000	17	$169,599	$186,663	$1,275
Third Quarter 2000	20	$293,110	$467,379	$18,900
Fourth Quarter 2000	25	$2,437,695	$2,332,401	$26,348
First Quarter 2001	17	$216,952	$236,785	$800
Second Quarter 2001	15	$6,500	$6,500	$100
Third Quarter 2001	18	$137,751	$58,560	$5,550
Fourth Quarter 2001	23	$640,589	$690,272	$12,825

III. The Campaign Consultant Ordinance

The Ordinance defines “campaign consultant” to mean a person or entity that receives or is promised $1,000 or more in a calendar year for providing either of the following services:

“Campaign Management,” defined to mean conducting, coordinating or supervising a campaign to elect, defeat, retain or recall a local candidate, or adopt or defeat a local ballot measure, including but not limited to:

OR

“Campaign Strategy,” defined to mean planning for the election, defeat, retention or recall of a local candidate, or for the adoption or defeat of a local ballot measure, including not but limited to:

Employees of campaign consultants do not themselves qualify as campaign consultants. However, persons and entities that subcontract with a campaign consultant to provide campaign consulting services and that receive or are promised $1,000 or more in a calendar year do qualify as campaign consultants.

Campaign consultants are required to report only activity associated with local candidates or local ballot measures. For purposes of the Ordinance, “candidate” means: (1) a person who has taken affirmative action to seek nomination or election to local office, (2) or a local officeholder who has taken affirmative action to seek nomination or election to any elective office, (3) or a local officeholder who is the subject of a recall election.

“Local officeholder” means the following elected officers: Mayor, Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, City Attorney, District Attorney, Treasurer, Sheriff, Assessor, Public Defender, Members of the Board of Education of the San Francisco Unified School District, Members of the Governing Board of the San Francisco Community College District.

“Measure” means a local referendum, or a local ballot measure, whether or not it qualifies for the ballot.

The Commission staff has compiled the information filed by campaign consultants for the fourth quarter of 2001 in the attached tables. All amounts reported by campaign consultants have been rounded off.

IV. Description of Quarterly Report Tables

Twenty-two filers reported activity pertaining to the November 6, 2001 and March 5, 2002 elections. Table 1 reflects the elective offices for those elections.

Table 2 summarizes all reported activity by campaign consultants for the fourth quarter of 2001. Filers are listed in descending order of the payments received. Also reported are the total payments promised by or received from clients and any political contributions made by the filers. For this period, there were no reports of gifts made to City officeholders.

Filers are required to report “economic consideration” promised by or received from clients in exchange for campaign consulting services during the applicable reporting period. Economic consideration includes payments, fees, commissions, reimbursements for expenses, gifts or anything else of value. Table 3 lists the name of the filer in alphabetical order, the filer’s clients, the services performed for that client, the payment promised by the client in the reporting period, and the payment actually received. The table also indicates the total payments promised or received. The payments promised by all clients to filers during the fourth quarter totaled $640,589. The payments received by all filers from all clients during the fourth quarter totaled $690,272.

Filers must report each political contribution of $100 or more to a candidate for local office, a committee controlled by local officeholder or candidate for local office, or a ballot measure committee whether or not the committee is controlled by a local officeholder or a candidate for local office. Filers must report contributions of $100 or more made or delivered by the filer, or made by the filer’s client at the filer’s behest, or for which the filer acted as an agent or intermediary during the reporting period. This chart indicates the political contributions made by campaign consultants during the reporting period. The total reported amount of political contributions given by filers during the fourth quarter was $12,825.

Each filer must report economic consideration promised to or received by the filer during the reporting period from vendors and subvendors who provide campaign-related goods or services to the filer’s current clients. No filer reported any economic consideration promised to or received from vendors or subvendors during this reporting period.

Each filer must report any gifts promised or made by the filer to a local officeholder during the reporting period which in the aggregate total $50 or more. No filer reported any gifts promised or made to a local officeholder during this reporting period.

If the filer employs a local officeholder or City employee during the reporting period, the filer must report the name of the officeholder or City employee and describe the nature of the employment by the filer. In addition, if a client of the filer employs a local officeholder or City employee at the behest of the filer during the reporting period, the filer must report the name of the client, the name of each officeholder or City employee hired by the client, and the nature of the employment by the client. No filer reported employing a local officeholder or City employee during the reporting period.

If the filer obtains a City contract during the reporting period and the contract is approved by a local officeholder who is the filer’s client, the filer must report the contract, the date the contract was obtained, and the name of the officeholder who approved the contract. No filer reported obtaining a City contract during the reporting period.

If the filer is appointed to public office during the reporting period and the appointment is made by a local officeholder who is the filer’s client, the filer must report the public office to which the filer was appointed, the date of the appointment, and the name of the officeholder who appointed the filer. No filer reported appointment to public office during the reporting period.

¹ All campaign consultants are sent pre-deadline notices. Non-filers are subject to late fines.