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    Lobbyist Activity Directory

    Metadata Updated: November 8, 2025

    A. SUMMARY This dataset shows activity reported by registered lobbyists on their monthly statements. Learn more about the lobbyist program at the SF Ethics Commission website. Activities from both Contact and Expenditure lobbyists are combined in this dataset.

    B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED Lobbyists are required to register with the Ethics Commission and file monthly statements reporting their activity.

    C. UPDATE PROCESS Data from the lobbyist system is synched nightly to DataSF. If any filings have been accepted since the last update, the sync reflects new activity on those filings.

    D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET Activities are self reported by lobbyists on monthly statements. All types of activities are reflected on this dataset, please refer to the SF Ethics Commission website to learn more about the lobbyist program. Refer to the "related content using this data" section below for links to filtered views by activity type, which limit the visible columns and may be more useful for analysis.

    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 November 8, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from SFO JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 7, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date November 8, 2025
    Publisher data.sfgov.org
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.sfgov.org/api/views/s4ub-8j3t
    Data First Published 2025-06-23
    Data Last Modified 2025-11-08
    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 15ff3df1-4d57-4a55-a65b-19b8b21d382b
    Harvest Source Id 8507fa43-f429-4095-b732-2177330ce485
    Harvest Source Title SFO JSON
    Homepage URL https://data.sfgov.org/d/s4ub-8j3t
    License http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 64010082e715c5351f6b17b03b2c001bf3203c8df1ada7030f1fc9e0d0609250
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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