…recent follow-up questions from inewsource, however, three city council members have agreed to address the issue. Section 225 of the city charter requires every person or entity doing business with…
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San Diego contracts, business deals closer to transparency
…than 1,000 private companies, yet rarely knows the financial interests behind them. [one_third] Read inewsource‘s original investigation into Section 225 from August 2016. [/one_third] This is despite a law, overwhelmingly…
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San Diego makes big stride toward government transparency
…through online searches of nonprofit-related websites such as GuideStar. Original Section 225 law vague Part of the reason Section 225 hasn’t been enforced since voters overwhelmingly approved it in 1992…
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San Diego business transparency measure to go on November ballot
Add another San Diego ballot measure to the long list for November’s general election. The City Council voted unanimously Monday to put an amendment before voters on Section 225 of…
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Fix to San Diego’s long-ignored transparency law to go on November 2018 ballot
…percent of voters approved Section 225 of the City Charter in 1992 after the city almost entered into a multimillion-dollar real estate deal with an alleged mobster. The law mandates…
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Fix proposed for San Diego’s ignored transparency law
The San Diego City Attorney’s Office submitted plans last week for fixing a long-ignored law called Section 225 that requires disclosure of information about contractors. [one_half][box type=”shadow this-matters”]After an inewsource…
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New law in San Diego firms up government transparency
…known as “Mandatory Disclosure of Business Interests,” or Section 225 of the San Diego City Charter. That law came about in 1992 after the city almost entered into a $47…
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City Attorney’s Office will weigh in (again) on San Diego disclosure law
…that the city clarify the law called Section 225. Each time — over more than 20 years — elected officials have ignored those recommendations. Lightner intends to docket a discussion…
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Long-ignored transparency law would reveal who’s doing billions in business with San Diego
…full requirement of the city charter. History repeating itself The inherent flaw in this local law, known as Section 225, lies in its ambiguity — its four short paragraphs ill-defined…
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Stop ignoring transparency law, Grand Jury warns San Diego
…consecutive city attorneys, who recommended how the law should be enforced. The report comes eight months after inewsource first reported that the law – known as Section 225 of the…
