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Did Keisha Lance Bottoms create Atlanta's inspector general office?

Matches stated direction. A transparency officer, credit card limits and an inspector general all became law while she was mayor; council members sponsored them, and she signed the inspector general law.

Keisha Lance Bottoms

City ethics and transparency reforms

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What they say

Her campaign says she advanced reforms including the city's first chief transparency officer, and established an inspector general and tighter rules on city credit cards.

“Established stronger accountability measures in city government, including creation of an Inspector General and reforms to restrict and tighten oversight of city-issued credit cards”

Source: Keisha for Governor

What the record shows · Feb 6, 2020

Atlanta's code shows all three became law while she was mayor: a transparency officer in September 2018, credit card rules banning personal use in January 2019, and an independent Office of the Inspector General in February 2020. The charter has the mayor approve or veto each law, and her office said she signed the inspector general law.

Sources: City of Atlanta (Code of Ordinances, published by Municode), City of Atlanta (Code of Ordinances, published by Municode), City of Atlanta (Code of Ordinances, published by Municode), Atlanta City Council (legislative records), Atlanta City Council (legislative records), Atlanta City Council (legislative records), Atlanta City Council (legislative records), City of Atlanta (Code of Ordinances, published by Municode), City of Atlanta, Office of the Mayor, City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Communications, City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Communications, City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Communications

Limit: Council members sponsored all three laws. Her January 2020 order says the inspector general law was introduced in coordination with her administration, and city releases say she proposed the transparency law and signed the inspector general law.

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