Favoritism prohibited.
San José Municipal Code § 3.04.960
in effect3.04.960 - Favoritism prohibited.
A. No employee shall appoint, employ or participate in a hiring decision involving any person within his/her immediate family, nor use his/her position to influence another city employee to hire a member of his/her immediate family.
B. For the purposes of this policy, immediate family is defined as wife, husband, domestic partner, mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter; mother/father/brother/sister/son/daughter-in-law; grandmother/father/son/daughter; step-mother/father/son/daughter; uncle, aunt, niece or nephew. These familial relationships include blood, marriage and domestic partner-based relationships.
C. A domestic partner, as referenced above, must be the domestic partner registered with the employee services department.
D. At the employee services director's discretion, he/she may correct or halt a recruitment or appointment process if necessary to prevent selections that are inconsistent with a determination of merit and fitness.
(Prior code § 2007.13; Ord. 26850.)
Source: City of San José, Municipal Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/san_jose/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT3PE_IPERE_CH3.04CISERU_PT7FIVA_3.04.960FAPRFetched: 11/1/2026