ETHICS HELPLINE
The City Manager has partnered with the City Auditor to provide an Ethics Helpline for City employees and the public. This Helpline will be an additon to the existing City Auditor Fraud Hotline.
There are 2 ways to confidentially and anonymously report or ask questions about an ethical concern. The Helpline has 100+ languages and is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
1. ONLINE REPORTING FORM (now available)
2. 1-888-372-8307, select 'ethics' option (pending)
Additional Resources:
REPORT FRAUD, WASTE OR ABUSE
There are 3 ways to anonymously report a tip of alleged fraud, waste or abuse against the City of Long Beach 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to the City Auditor's Fraud Hotline. For more information or to report fraud please follow this link.
ETHICS COMMISSION DOCUMENTS
- Ethics Commission Capstone Team Education Program Report
- Code of Conduct and Ethics
- Action Plan
- Bylaws (Amended 10/12/2022)
Ethics Commission Annual Reports
City of Long Beach
- City of Long Beach Disclosure Reports & Ethics Portal
- City Employee Ethics Survey and Ethics Program Performance Audit
- Management Response and Action Plan to Ethics Program Performance Audit
- City Charter Article XXIV - Ethics Commission
- Long Beach Ethics Guide
- Ethics Commission Implementation Memo
- Fraud, Waste & Abuse Hotline
- Long Beach Boards & Commission Handbook
- Long Beach Campaign Ethics Guide
- Campaign Reform Act (LBMC Chapter 2.01)
- Campaign Finance Portal
State of California
Misc. Additional Resources and News Articles
- News Article - Should nonprofits have to register as lobbyists in Long Beach: Ethics Commission is still debating
- News Article - Long Beach Ethics Commission asks council to censure Mayor Richardson, Councilmember Austin
- News Article - Ethics Commission recommends censure for mayor, councilman over unauthorized PSAs
- News Article - Editorial: California political ethics watchdog is losing its bite
- News Article - Independence of LA Ethics Commission
- News Article - Mark-Ridley Thomas Found Guilty in Corruption Case
- News Article - LA City Ethics Commission
- City of Santa Clara - Code of Ethics
- City of Los Angeles - Code of Ethics
- County of San Diego - Code of Ethics
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