§ 87500. — 87500. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 331, Sec. 4.)

(a)
(1)
A statement of economic interests filed by a public official, for whom the Commission is the filing officer, shall be filed with the Commission using the Commission’s electronic filing system.
(2)
The Commission shall be the filing officer for statements of economic interests filed by all of the following:
(A)
A statewide elected officer or candidate for statewide elective office.
(B)
A member of, or candidate for, the Legislature or State Board of Equalization.
(C)
A member of the Public Utilities Commission, State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, or California Coastal Commission.
(D)
A member of a state licensing or regulatory board, bureau, or commission.
(E)
A person appointed to a state board, commission, or similar multimember body of the state if the Commission has been designated as the filing officer in the conflict of interest code of the respective board, commission, or body.
(F)
A person holding, or candidate for, the office of district attorney, county counsel, county treasurer, or county board of supervisors.
(G)
A city manager or, if there is no city manager, the chief administrative
officer.
(H)
A person holding, or candidate for, the office of city council member, city treasurer, city attorney, or mayor.
(I)
A county planning commissioner or city planning commissioner.
(J)
A county chief administrative officer.
(K)
A judge, court commissioner, or candidate for judge.
(L)
A head of a local government agency or member of a local government board or commission, for which the Commission is the code reviewing body, if the Commission has been designated as the filing officer in the conflict of interest code of the respective agency, board, or commission.
(M)
A designated employee of the Legislature directed to file directly with the Commission by the house of the Legislature by which the designated employee is employed.
(N)
A designated employee of more than one joint powers insurance agency who elects to file a multiagency statement pursuant to Section 87350.
(O)
A public official who manages public investments.
(b)
A statement of economic interests filed by a public official, for whom the Commission is not the filing officer, shall be filed as follows:
(1)
Members of the Commission shall file electronically using the Commission’s electronic
filing system and the Commission shall send a copy of the filing to the office of the Attorney General, which shall be the filing officer.
(2)
Except as provided in subparagraph (L) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) and this paragraph, a head of a local government agency, member of a local government agency board or commission, or member of a board or commission not under the jurisdiction of a local legislative body shall file one original with the agency, board, or commission, which shall make and retain a copy and forward the original to the code reviewing body, which shall be the filing officer. The code reviewing body may require that the original be filed directly with the code reviewing body and that no copy be retained by the agency, board, or commission.
(3)
Except as
provided in subparagraph (M) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), a designated employee of the Legislature shall file one original with the house of the Legislature by which the designated employee is employed.
(c)
A person not otherwise designated in this section shall file one original with the agency or with the code reviewing body, as provided by the code reviewing body in the agency’s conflict of interest code.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 331, Sec. 4. (SB 852) Effective January 1, 2026.