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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 1', '§ 91000', '§ 91003', '§ 87100', '§18700', '§ 18707', '§ 18705', '§ 18705', '§ 84308', '§ 18438', '§ 18700', '§ 18706']

Deciding When to Step Aside From the Decision-Making Process: Abstentions And Disqualifications - Western City - April 2014 - Sacramento
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Part 1 of 2	Stuart Miles/Shutterstock.com	Western City originally published this article in December 2002; it has been updated for this issue. This column is a service of the Institute for Local Government (ILG), whose mission is to promote good government at the local level with practical, impartial and easy-to-use resources for California communities. For more information and to access ILG’s resources on public service ethics, visit www.ca-ilg.org/trust.
The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) has developed a multistep process for determining when an official must disqualify himself or herself from participating in a decision.4 The rules are not necessarily intuitive.
As Western City goes to press, the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) is in the process of streamlining the regulations associated with this analysis.11 The FPPC has also redefined the meaning of the phrase “reasonably foreseeable” in the context of determining whether a decision will have a material financial effect on the official.12
The FPPC has adopted some of these changes but has not made them effective until it considers other pending regulatory changes. For more information on the status of updates to the conflict-of-interest regulations, see the FPPC web page for newly adopted, amended or repealed regulations at www.fppc.ca.gov/index.php?id=247#1. Related Resources
“Can I Vote? An Overview of the Conflicts Laws,” (click on Publications tab). Footnotes:
1 See generally Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 91000-14.
2 See Cal. Gov’t Code § 91003(b).
3 See Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 87100-87105.
4 2 Cal. Code Regs. §18700(b).
5 See 2 Cal. Code Regs. §§ 18707-18707.10.
6 See 2 Cal. Code Regs. § 18705.5.
7 2 Cal. Code Regs. § 18705.5(c).
8 California Fair Political Practices Commission, Form 806 – Agency Report of Public Official Appointments Frequently Asked Questions, available at www.fppc.ca.gov/forms/806 FAQ.pdf.
9 California Fair Political Practices Commission, Form 806 – Agency Report of Public Official Appointments, available at www.fppc.ca.gov/forms/806.pdf.
10 See Cal. Gov’t Code § 84308; 2 Cal Code Regs §§ 18438.1-.7; see also All Towing Services, LLC v. City of Orange, 220 Cal. App. 4th 946, 163 Cal. Rptr. 163 (2013).
11 The first of these revisions, effecting 2 Cal. Code Regs § 18700, was adopted in April 2013, however, at the time of publication the effective date for this change is not set.
12 In 2012, the FPPC revised the standard used to determine whether a financial effect is “reasonably foreseeable” in 2 Cal. Code Regs § 18706 from being “substantially likely” to being a “realistic probability.” Although this change was adopted in September 2012, at the time of publication the effective date for this change is not set.