We read your post and were really shocked at what you found — especially because we really do take every precaution not to let our official City business overlap with the campaign work. I am adamant about it which is why this situation is particularly upsetting.
I have been working to find out what is wrong and I think we have fixed the problem. I am not an IT person, but it has been explained to me that in short, the form was originally set up, prior to the campaign, to operate with a database on janicehahn.com. Before the campaign, janicehahn.com directly to our city website. When the campaign site was built, the form was not updated with the database’s new address and caused a URL error, which automatically re-directed people to the new janicehan.com main page. I hope that makes sense.
Again, please know that this was a mistake that should have been caught by our database folks or even our ITA, but it never was. I thank you for bringing it to our attention.
Please also feel free to call me if you ever think there is an issue like this again. We feel very strongly about adhering to the boundaries between City business and Janice’s campaign.
Courtney Chesla Torres, Chief of Staff to CD15 Councilwoman Janice Hahn