The Board of Ethics provides formal advice about proposed future conduct, based on the information provided by the person requesting the advice.
These are all of the advisory opinions issued by the board or its general counsel. You can find more information about the process for requesting opinions from the board in Regulation 4.
To search the advisory opinions, use the advisory opinion search at the bottom of this page.
Advisory opinions by topic
2023
2022
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2020
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2017
2016
- Advisory Alert 2016-01: Guidelines for City Council Staff Regarding Political Activity Restrictions and the Democratic National Convention (PDF)
- Advisory Alert 2016-02: Guidelines for City Employees Regarding Off-Duty Volunteering Related to the Democratic National Convention & Supporting Facts (PDF)
- Opinion 2016-001: Non-City Paid Work to Staff Event Site that Will Host Political Party Event (PDF)
- Opinion 2016-002: Application of City Ethics and Lobbying Laws to Land Bank (PDF)
2015
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2013
2012
2011
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2006
- Opinion 2006-001: Limits on Political Contributions for the Mayoral Campaign
- Opinion 2006-002: The Status of the City's Campaign Finance Law (PDF)
- Opinion 2006-003: Response to Candidate Inquiry Regarding "Excess Pre-Candidacy Contributions"; the Single Political Committee and Account Rule; and Training for Candidates and their Treasurers (PDF)
Advisory opinion search
This search includes all opinions issued by the board or its general counsel. It also includes some advisory alerts on topics of general interest. This search does not include board decisions in administrative adjudications, board settlement agreements, state or federal ethics opinions, or court decisions.
Some older opinions may not have fully searchable text. While the search engine may be able to identify your search terms even in those opinions, we cannot guarantee that it will catch every appearance of a term. You may want to use advisory opinions by topic to check for other relevant opinions.