To: Board of Supervisors
From: Thomas L. Geiger, County Counsel
Report Title: Conflict of Interest Code for the Office of the Public Defender
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE Conflict of Interest Code for the Office of the Public Defender.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
The Office of the Public Defender has adopted a new Conflict of Interest Code and submitted the new code, attached as Exhibit A, to the Board for approval pursuant to Government Code sections 87306 and 87306.5.
The adoption of this new conflict of interest code for the Office of the Public Defender satisfies the requirements for such a code under state law by incorporating the provisions of 2 CCR 18730 and any amendments to it adopted by the Fair Political Practices Commission and by specifying disclosure categories and designated positions that must file statements of economic interests.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
None.
cc: Monica Nino, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors; Hannah M. Shafsky, Deputy County Counsel; Mary Ann Rensch, Chief of Administrative Services, Office of the Public Defender