Every gift received by the mayor's office now must be logged within 10 days, and reported to the Chicago Board of Ethics and the City Comptroller.

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday released new guidelines for reporting the gifts his office receives despite his prior public attempts to discredit the watchdog investigation that prompted the changes.

Last week, a report from Inspector General Deborah Witzburg's office said the mayor's office had improperly denied investigators access to the gift room, refused to hand over a log of gifts as required by the city's ethics rules until investigators filed a Freedom of Information Act Request,