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Ethics Review Board • June 2025

Sukh Kaur & the ethics code.

A source-linked account of the San Antonio ethics finding involving District 1 Councilmember Sukh Kaur, including the violation, the consequence, and the limits of what the ruling established.

San Antonio District 1 Councilmember Sukh Kaur seated at a public meeting
Sukh Kaur, San Antonio City Council District 1

What the board decided

On June 16, 2025, a panel of San Antonio’s Ethics Review Board found that Kaur violated the city’s prohibition on using municipal resources for campaign purposes.

News reports describe the sustained allegation as involving Kaur’s chief of staff discussing campaign-related activity during an official neighborhood meeting. The panel required ethics training.

Read the San Antonio Report coverage

The public record

The finding matters, and so does describing its scope accurately.

01 / VIOLATION

A rule was violated

The Ethics Review Board panel sustained a violation concerning the use of city resources in connection with campaign activity.

02 / CONSEQUENCE

Training was required

Kaur was ordered to complete ethics training.

03 / SCOPE

Other claims were dismissed

Reports state that additional allegations concerning Kaur’s financial disclosures were dismissed after amended filings were submitted.

Sources

  1. 01Sukh Kaur, District 1 biographyCity of San Antonio
  2. 02Whyte, Kaur sanctioned after wave of campaign ethics complaintsSan Antonio Report
  3. 03Two council members sanctioned for ethics violationsKSAT 12
  4. 04Official District 1 campaign websiteFriends of Sukh