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    Lobbyist Directory

    Metadata Updated: April 12, 2026

    A. SUMMARY

    This is a directory of lobbyists registered with the Ethics Commission. Learn more about the lobbyist program at the SF Ethics Commission website. Contact and Expenditure Lobbyists both show up in this dataset. Lobbyists active only prior to 2018 were not required to file a "Registration" type statement, and will not appear in this dataset. Those lobbyist's filings and activities will still appear in the corresponding lobbyst datasets.

    B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED

    Lobbyists are required to register and file regular statements with the Ethics Commission. This dataset is updated with the lobbyist filings. The live lobbyist system can be accessed as well.

    C. UPDATE PROCESS

    This dataset is updated with a sync script that checks nightly for new filings. Lobbyists are required to register and file monthly statements.

    D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET

    Only the most recent firm for a lobbyist is displayed.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date August 7, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date April 12, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from SFO JSON

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 7, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date April 12, 2026
    Publisher data.sfgov.org
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.sfgov.org/api/views/b947-pj2q
    Data First Published 2021-06-17
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-11
    Category City Management and Ethics
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.sfgov.org/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id e4602866-fdac-42be-8078-f2bbbe1d9204
    Harvest Source Id 8507fa43-f429-4095-b732-2177330ce485
    Harvest Source Title SFO JSON
    Homepage URL https://data.sfgov.org/d/b947-pj2q
    License http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash dafe2bb2097f05ebcbae5658802953a109f8ebef1861ec3e9c3f7d86f83ec273
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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