San Francisco is well-known for its corruption scandals and governmental gaffes, from staggering bribery charges to windowless rooms where SF police stash troubled cops.
Lesser known is the quarterly whistleblower report by the San Francisco Controller’s Office, which encourages city employees and members of the public to report suspected misconduct among city officials and agencies. San Francisco counted a record 732 whistleblower reports last fiscal year, and the Department of Building Inspection was the most frequently targeted agency in the controller’s most recent report.
The Standard reviewed the 152 whistleblower reports filed from January through March of this year, which include allegations of illegal overtime to growing cannabis on city property. Here are five anonymous reports that stood out from the pack.
One employee was accused of showing up to work reeking of marijuana. To make matters worse, the person was allegedly growing weed on city property.
Though the city could not substantiate the claims, the employee did get a reminder of the city’s drug policy, which definitely does not allow workplace consumption or distribution of substances.
Some San Francisco employees were accused of intentionally exceeding overtime hours to make extra money—despite the fact that city employees earned a median income of $126,000 last year. Two different whistleblower allegations say that city employees falsified overtime hours and attendance...
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