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Placer County Grand Jury
• 2024-2025
Placer County Grand Jury 2024-2025 Final Report Loomis Form 700 Filing Summary All Filers
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Findings 18 findings
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Auburn, Lincoln, Loomis, Rocklin, and Roseville reviewed, amended, and/or adopted conflict of interest codes in 2024, in compliance with Government Code 87306 and 87306.5.
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Since Colfax did not provide a resolution showing its Conflict of Interest Code was reviewed in 2024, the Placer County Grand Jury was unable to determine whether Colfax conducted a biennial review of its Conflict of Interest Code in 2024.
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Auburn, Colfax, Lincoln, Loomis, Rocklin, and Roseville have incorporated the State of California Model Code into their conflict of interest codes, bringing them into compliance with State law.
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Auburn, Colfax, Lincoln, Loomis, Rocklin, and Roseville designate Form 700 filers in their conflict of interest codes, ensuring compliance with State law.
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Auburn, Colfax, Lincoln, Loomis, Rocklin, and Roseville identify the city clerk as the filing officer for Form 700 filers.
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Roseville includes Assembly Bill 1234 Ethics Training in its Conflict of Interest Code.
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Roseville assigns responsibility to the city clerk for Assembly Bill 1234 Ethics Training.
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Auburn, Colfax, Lincoln, Loomis, and Rocklin do not include Assembly Bill 1234 Ethics Training requirements in their conflict of interest codes.
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Roseville does address enforcement authority in its Conflict of Interest Code, which states there may be consequences if a designated individual fails to timely file Form 700 or complete Assembly Bill 1234 Ethics Training.
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Auburn, Colfax, Lincoln, Loomis, and Rocklin do not include enforcement authority in their conflict of interest codes, leaving no defined consequences 130 or complete Assembly Bill 1234 Ethics Training. Form 700
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Across all local agencies, most of the individuals who did not timely file Form 700 were designated filers.
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For Colfax, Lincoln and Loomis, incomplete information in recordkeeping for designated Form 700 filers prevented the grand jury from accurately assessing the timeliness of the filings.
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As a general matter, insufficient oversight by the local agencies has contributed to untimely Form 700 filings for designated filers. Ethics Training
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Auburn and Rocklin currently place responsibility for Assembly Bill 1234 Ethics Training on their Human Resource/Administrative Services staff.
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Across all local agencies, insufficient oversight resulted in many individuals not receiving ethics training by the deadline set by State law.
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Across all local agencies, overreliance on the individual to schedule and receive ethics training resulted in untimely training.
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contain necessary information.
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A lack of enforcement authority within all local agencies led to failures to receive timely ethics training.
Recommendations 6
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R1Page 139Auburn, Colfax, Lincoln, Loomis, and Rocklin review, amend, and/or adopt their conflict of interest code to specify those positions who shall receive Assembly Bill 1234 Ethics Training pursuant to Government Code section 53234-53235.2
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R2Page 139Auburn, Colfax, Lincoln, Loomis, and Rocklin review, amend, and/or adopt their conflict of interest code to specify the city clerk is the responsible official to administer the Assembly Bill 1234 Ethics Training program, and function as the recordkeeper for ethics training records
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R3Page 139Auburn, Colfax, Lincoln, Loomis, Rocklin, and Roseville should specify in their conflict of interest code actionable enforcement authority against individuals who fail to timely file Form 700 and/or fail to timely receive Assembly Bill 1234 Ethics Training by October 1, 2025. 131 -2025 Final Report
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R4Page 140Colfax, Lincoln, Loomis, and Roseville should create and maintain an annual database for all designated Form 700 filers in alignment with the FPPC filing year by December 31, 2025. The Placer County Grand Jury recommends the database include: the name of each Form 700 filer, the date of hire or initial service, the type of filing (assuming, annual, leaving), the deadline for filing, the date the form was filed, and whether the filing was timely.
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R5Page 140Auburn, Colfax, Lincoln, Loomis, and Rocklin should create and maintain a database of all individuals required to receive Assembly Bill 1234 Ethics Training by December 31, 2025. The Placer County Grand Jury recommends the database include: the name of each individual required to receive ethics training, the date of hire or the date the position was assumed which required ethics training, the deadline for receiving ethics training (one year/two years), the date ethics training was received, and whether ethics training was timely. The training records should be maintained for five years.
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R6Page 140Auburn, Colfax, Lincoln, Loomis, Rocklin, and Roseville should create a plan to increase oversight with a goal to achieve 100% timely Form 700 filings and ethics training,