Mark Farrell in his 2024 run for San Francisco mayor failed to report payments, misreported spending and did not properly document donations in violations of state and local campaign finance laws, according to an audit from the city’s ethics commission published Monday.
“These findings represent instances of noncompliance that Auditors determined to be significant,” read the March 9 audit. That determination was reached based on the “frequency” and “significance of the dollar amount” of the transactions flagged.
The audit found that the “instances” of noncompliance were serious but concluded that “except as noted in the audit findings sections above” Farrell’s campaign “substantially complied” with local and state law…