This article from Western Cities Magazine, the Magazine of the League of California Cities, is part of the League’s ongoing ethics educatiion series. This article talks about ethics commissions and other ethics infrastructure possibilities.
A quotation on real political leadership from Jim Wallis’s The Soul of Politics.
The City of Santa Clara’s response to the Civil Grand Jury report on Measure J.
The City of Santa Clara’s official response dated September 22, 2016.
An updated version of the Civil Grand Jury’s “Outplayed” report.
The City of Santa Clara’s full response to the Civil Grand Jury’s “Unsportsmanlike Conduct” report.
The separate response of Mayor Gillmor and Councilmember Watanabe to the “Unsportsmanlike Conduct” grand jury report.
The City’s clarifications regarding the Civil Grand Jury’s “Unsportsmanlike Conduct” report.
The Institute for Local Government’s good-governance checklist.
A resource on everyday ethics challenges in public service.
The final 2006 Santa Clara ethics survey report.
An analysis of Levi’s Stadium’s economics by economists at the College of the Holy Cross.
A discussion of establishing an independent ethics commission.
A City Ethics article, “Appearance Is All We Have.”
A resource on the fiduciary duties of public officials.
A 2004 stakeholder report on Milpitas’s ethics program.
Final ethical standards from Milpitas’s ethics program.
