TO: Board of Directors
FROM: Jennifer Yasumoto, Director of Health and Human Services
REPORT BY: Doug Parker, Deputy Authority Counsel
SUBJECT: Adoption of Resolution Amending the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Public Authority's Conflict of Interest Code
RECOMMENDATION
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PUBLIC HEARING 9:00 AM - Amending Conflict of Interest Code
Authority Counsel requests approval of amending the Conflict of Interest Code for the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority (IHSS).
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Pursuant to the Political Reform Act of 1974, each local agency reviews its Conflict of Interest Code, and if changes are needed due to revised circumstances, it submits an amended code to the code-reviewing body for approval.
FISCAL & STRATEGIC PLAN IMPACT
Is there a Fiscal Impact?
No
County Strategic Plan pillar addressed:
Effective and Open Government
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by 14 California Code of Regulations 15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
In 1974, the voters of California approved the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Act), Government Code Section 81000 et seq. Among other things, the Act requires every agency to adopt and promulgate a conflict of interest code (Government Code Section 87300). For this purpose, "agency" includes any local government agency. An agency may adopt its code by incorporating by reference the model conflict of interest code set forth in Section 18730 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations.
In each county, the Board of Supervisors, in this case acting as the Governing Board of Directors of the IHSS Public Authority, is the "code-reviewing body" of any local agency, other than a city located entirely within the boundaries of the county, per Government Code Section 82011(b). Additionally, Government Code Section 87303 provides that no conflict of interest code is effective until it has b...
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