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Conflict of Interest/Lobbyist Division
The Conflict of Interest/Lobbyist Division is comprised of  administrative
analyst personnel who perform a wide variety of staff functions.
The primary function of the Conflict of Interest/Lobbyist Division is to fulfill certain
responsibilities mandated by the Political
Reform Act of 1974, the County's Lobbyist
Ordinance and Postgovernment Ordinance.
In addition, the staff of this office provides a flexible team
of individuals who can assume responsibility for long- or short-term
projects in order to further the mission and goals of the Department.
The duties of the Conflict of Interest/Lobbyist Division include:
- Acting as the filing office for Statements
of Economic Interests, pursuant to the Political Reform
Act of 1974, for nearly 2,000 individuals in some 250 public
agencies.
- Providing staff to the Code Review Panel which is responsible
for reviewing conflict of interest codes that have been submitted
to the Board of Supervisors for approval by public agencies
within the County. These agencies include County departments,
school districts, water districts, joint powers authorities
and various commissions.
- Registering individual lobbyists and lobbyist employers pursuant
to the County's Lobbyist
Ordinance and functioning as the filing office for quarterly
lobbyist activity reports and for initiating investigations
of alleged violations of the ordinance.
- Coordinating the elections of the members of the Board of
Retirement and the Board of Investments of the Los Angeles County
Employees Retirement Association.
- Responsible for processing complaints and allegations of violations of the Postgovernment Ordinance, as well as initiating and overseeing the investigation and disposition of alleged violations of the Ordinance. The Conflict of Interest/Lobbyist Division is also responsible for the administrative enforcement of the Ordinance.
Assessment Appeals Public Education Program
In 1995, the Assessment Appeals Public
Education Program was created to provide taxpayers with seminars
and brochures on property tax appeals. The first of its kind in
California, this program conducts educational seminars throughout
the year at various locations within the County. In 1997-98, this
program won a California State Association of Counties "Challenge
Award" for excellence and a National Association of Counties "Best
of Category Award" for the best public information/civic education
program of the year.
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