Whistleblower Program Report Form
AUTHORITY: San Francisco Charter, Appendix F, Section F1.107, directs the Controller, as City Services Auditor, to administer a whistleblower program and investigate reports concerning the misuse of city funds, improper activities by city officers and employees, deficiencies in the quality and delivery of government services, and wasteful and inefficient city government practices.
RETALIATION: No city officer or employee may terminate, demote, suspend or take other similar adverse employment action against any city officer or employee because the officer or employee has in good faith filed a whistleblower report.
No city officer or employee may take steps to terminate a contract with a city contractor, refuse to use a city contractor for contracted services, request that a city contractor terminate, demote, or suspend one of its employees, or take other similar adverse action against any city contractor or employee of a city contractor because the contractor or the contractor’s employee engaged in certain kinds of protected activity.
An act of retaliation should be reported immediately to the Ethics Commission, which will investigate any such report.