Enforcement of San Francisco's ethics laws is so lax that campaigns routinely violate the rules and figure nothing will happen.
The price of doing business, it seems, is reflected when Ethics settled a $190,000 case for $25,000, showing the consequences are minimal for violators.
Candidates for supervisor are not allowed to take more than $500 from any donor, but can benefit from unlimited funds in ballot measure campaigns.
Farrell's campaign insists that their financial setup, where resources for the mayoral campaign are reimbursed by the ballot measure committee, is legal and streamlined.
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