Future Employment of City Officials
San Diego Municipal Code § 27.3551
in effect§27.3551 Future Employment of City Officials
(a) It is unlawful for any City Official to make, participate in making, or use his or her official position to influence a decision involving the interests of a person with whom the City Official, or a member of the City Official’s immediate family, is seeking, negotiating, or securing an agreement concerning future employment.
(b) It is unlawful for any person who has a matter pending before the City to negotiate, directly or indirectly, knowingly or willfully, the possibility of future employment of a City Official, or a member of the City Official’s immediate family, if that City Official is making, participating in making, or using his or her official position to influence, a decision concerning that matter.
(c) The prohibitions set forth in subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a City Official’s prospective employment with a public agency.
(“Future Employment of City Officials” added 4-29-2002 by O-19055 N.S.)
(Amended 4-23-2008 by O-19737 N.S; effective 5-23-2008.)
(Amended 10-15-2013 by O-20302 N.S.; effective 11-14-2013.)
Source: City of San Diego Office of the City Clerk, San Diego Municipal Code and City Charter (docs.sandiego.gov PDFs)URL: https://docs.sandiego.gov/municode/MuniCodeChapter02/Ch02Art07Division35.pdf#page=14Fetched: 10/28/2026