Schedule O forms and donors

[bayreporta]

Not sure if you all read this article in the EBX alleging a developer made illegal campaign contributions under Oakland's ethics laws. Specifically, if a developer or contractor has a project in the pipeline, there are restrictions on contribution behavior.

Said developers and contractors have to sign a Schedule O form swearing they will not give contributions to a candidate within the defined time period in the Ethics law.

I'm curious what people think about trying to grab this Schedule O data to explore whether that individual made contributions to any of the candidates within the specified time period.

Story: http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/developers-campaign-contributions-may-have-been-illegal/Content?oid=4260967

[bayreporta]

Form in question:

http://ec2-54-235-79-104.compute-1.amazonaws.com/oak/groups/contracting/documents/form/oak023287.pdf

I put in a question to Whitney to see where these forms live online, if at all.

[evanwolf]

+1 One of those edge areas where there's opportunity to automate alerting for sketchy behavior.