§ 2.36.010. Title and legislative intent.

This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as "the ethics in Riverside County Government Act." The legislative intent of the board of supervisors in enacting the ordinance codified in this chapter is to protect the county and public from the potential conflict of interest and harm which may occur when former officials and employees use their former county positions or take with them information which is not readily available to or accessible by the public or press upon leaving county government and thereafter attempt to use such information or influence for private economic advantage or gain. It is the declared intent of the board of supervisors that the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Section 1021.5 should be applicable to private enforcement of this chapter.

(Ord. 761.1 § 1, 1997)