Governor: appointments.

Existing law specifies the powers and duties of the Governor, including to supervise the official conduct of executive and ministerial officers, to ensure that offices are filled and their duties performed, and to appoint individuals to various offices, boards, commissions, and other public positions. Existing law does not require the Governor to disclose whether prospective appointees of the Governor made monetary contributions to the Governor's campaign prior to their appointment. This bill would require, if a Governor's prospective appointee has made a contribution of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more to the Governor's campaign or to a committee organized specifically to benefit the Governor's campaign within the 12-month period preceding the public announcement of the appointment, that the public announcement, whether oral or written, disclose that such a contribution was made and the amount of the contribution. The bill would require the Secretary of State, until January 1, 2027, to submit an annual report to the Legislature describing any such contributions disclosed during the year preceding submission of the report.