City and County of San Francisco
Ethics Commission

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PRESS RELEASE

 

Contact:                                                                                     For Release:

Mabel Ng                                                                                 

June 9, 2004

(415) 581-2300

 

 

 

ETHICS COMMISSION RELEASES FIRST QUARTER 2004

REPORT ON LOBBYIST ACTIVITY

 

 

The San Francisco Ethics Commission has released a summary of activities reported by 40 lobbyists filing with the City and 

County

 

of 

San Francisco

 for the first quarter lobbyist disclosure period covering January 1 through 

March 31, 2004

. 

 

The report summarizes payments promised by or received from clients of contract lobbyists and payments made by business and organization and expenditure lobbyists for the purpose of influencing local legislative or administration action.  In addition, the report details lobbyist activity expenses, political contributions, gift tickets or admissions given to City officials, City contracts awarded during the reporting period, payments received in exchange for providing campaign consulting services, and employment of City officers or employees.

 

Because of a current shortage of staff due to budgetary constraints, this report of lobbyist activity does not list City officers contacted and specific positions advocated.  Individual lobbyist activity reports containing this information are available from the Ethics Commission office at 

30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900

, on weekdays from 

8:00 a.m.

 to 

5:00 p.m.

 

Copies of the summary report will be available on the internet at the Commission’s website at www.sfgov.org/ethics/lobreg.htm, or from the Ethics Commission office.

 

Summary of First Quarter 2004 Lobbyist Activity

 

1.         Payments to Contract Lobbyists

 

Contract lobbyists reported receiving $876,502 in payments from clients for influencing local legislative or administrative action during the first quarter.  The three lobbyists that received the highest amount of payments during the first quarter were:  HMS Associates, $257,000; Barnes, Mosher, Whitehurst, Lauter & Partners, $203,898; and Morrison & Foerster, $87,041.  

 

2.         Payments Made by Business and Organization and Expenditure Lobbyists

 

Business and organization and expenditure lobbyists reported spending a total of$176,517 during the first quarter to influence local legislative and administrative action.  The business and organization and expenditure lobbyists that made the largest total payments in the first quarter were:  Comcast Corporation, $83,006; RCN Telecom Services of California, $24,386; and Citizens to Save the Waterfront, $17,000.

 

 

 

 

 

3.         Political Contributions

 

Quarter	Number of Lobbyists	Payments Promised to Contract Lobbyists	Payments Received by Contract Lobbyists	Payments Made by B/O & Expenditure Lobbyists	Total Activity Expenses	Total Contributions Made
First Quarter 1996	46	*	$193,924	$194,419	$46,659	$26,350
Second Quarter 1996	48	*	$397,487	$362,676	$92,113	$37,350
Third Quarter 1996	51	*	$492,200	$194,910	$82,846	$288,074
Fourth Quarter 1996	49	*	$633,854	$184,952	$298,023	$306,200
1996 Totals			$1,717,465	$936,957	$519,641	$657,974
First Quarter 1997	53	*	$687,854	$157,037	$58,896	$17,099
Second Quarter 1997	53	*	$814,461	$137,878	$62,542	$62,542
Third Quarter 1997	52	*	$696,768	$125,193	$62,087	$3,325
Fourth Quarter 1997	52	*	$713,442	$142,699	$318,653	$31,900
1997 Totals			$2,912,525	$562,807	$502,178	$114,866
First Quarter 1998	54	*	$736,956	$202,273	$40,229	$232,934
Second Quarter 1998	54	*	$781,308	$146,742	$44,355	$450,873
Third Quarter 1998	53	*	$779,146	$235,666	$40,475	$29,667
Fourth Quarter 1998	56	*	$964,340	$196,690	$31,107	$45,344
1998 Totals			$3,261,750	$781,371	$156,166	$758,818
First Quarter 1999	52	*	$771,256	$157,841	$31,415	$16,950
Second Quarter 1999	50	*	$936,558	$200,658	$15,683	$36,700
Third Quarter 1999	51	$818,178	$803,881	$3,299,862	$21,183	$33,806
Fourth Quarter 1999	48	$752,976	$1,024,083	$201,505	$20,095	$471,949
1999 Totals		$1,571,154	$3,535,778	$3,859,866	$88,376	$559,405
First Quarter 2000	49	$771,004	$1,133,208	$211,343	$20,892	$99,151
Second Quarter 2000	45	$1,232,453	$1,343,491	$645,384	$23,826	$192,324
Third Quarter 2000	45	$840,439	$1,167,481	$171,671	$34,358	$85,607
Fourth Quarter 2000	44	$656,125	$1,225,536	$246,963	$12,251	$407,601
2000 Totals		$3,500,021	$4,869,716	$1,275,361	$91,327	$784,683
First Quarter 2001	44	$744,848	$1,211,181	$157,177	$11,177	$13,580
Second Quarter 2001	50	$782,808	$1,270,966	$195,980	$22,353	$26,875
Third Quarter 2001	46	$752,042	$976,304	$136,432	$20,838	$363,300
Fourth Quarter 2001	46	$724,308	$1,048,135	$114,967	$20,366	$1,064,275
2001 Totals		$3,004,006	$4,506,586	$604,556	$74,734	$1,468,030
First Quarter 2002	40	$599,510	$637,444	$117,522	$31,690	$115,904
Second Quarter 2002 Third Quarter 2002 Fourth Quarter 2002	41 41 45	$743,553 $661,594 $742,763	$955,391 $703,902 $859,820	$212,522 $182,631 $187,111	$21,957 $12,598 $11,520	$20,733 $1,107,938 $2,074,570
2002 Totals		$2,747,420	$3,156,557	$699,786	$77,765	$3,319,145
First Quarter 2003	40	$680,971	$921,356	$217,689	$20,358	$8,825
Second Quarter 2003	41	$703,831	$793,801	$185,827	$22,022	$26,470
Third Quarter 2003	45	$956,911	$1,054,391	$297,866	$11,853	$254,110
Fourth Quarter 2003	46	$855,813	$995,624	$585,993	$11,063	$321,885
2003 Totals		$3,197,526	$3,765,172	$1,287,375	$65,296	$611,290
First Quarter 2004	40	$651,382	$876,502	$20,125	$65,250	$176,517

Political contributions made by lobbyists during the first quarter totaled $62,250.  The lobbyists making the largest contributions during the first quarter were: San Francisco Association of Realtors, $28,500; Pacific Gas & Electric, $17,000; and Bank of 

America

, $5,000.

 

* Data not available.

 

 

 

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