00:00:14 MORNING. THIS MEETING WILL COME TO
00:00:15 ORDER. WELCOME TO JULY 16TH 2026
00:00:19 REGULAR MEETING OF THE GOVERNMENT AUDIT AND OVERSIGHT
00:00:23 COMMITTEE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:00:24 I'M SUPERVISOR STEPHEN CHERYL. CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE JOINED
00:00:28 BY VICE CHAIR BELAL MAHMOOD SUPERVISOR FIELDER AND TODAY
00:00:34 SUPERVISOR SAUDER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
00:00:36 OUR COMMITTEE CLERK TODAY IS MONIQUE CREIGHTON AND THANKS TO
00:00:40 US S.F. GOV TV FOR STAFFING THIS MEETING.
00:00:43 MADAM CLERK DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
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00:00:49 AGENDA WHEN YOUR ITEM OF INTEREST COMES UP AND PUBLIC
00:00:51 COMMENT IS CALLED PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ON YOUR RIGHT.
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00:01:17 SERVICE OR OFFICE AND CITY HALL NUMBER ONE DR. CARLTON BE GOOD
00:01:21 PLACE ROOM TWO FOUR FOR SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA NINE FOR 1
00:01:24 OR 2 IF YOU HAVE DOCUMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED AS
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00:01:29 THE MEETING. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SILENCE ALL
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00:01:35 INTERRUPTIONS TO TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
00:01:36 FINALLY, ITEMS ACTED UPON TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE
00:01:39 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT THE END OF JULY 28TH 2026 UNLESS
00:01:42 OTHERWISE STATED. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
00:01:46 CAN YOU PLEASE CALL ITEMS ONE AND TWO TOGETHER?
00:01:49 YES. ITEM ONE IS A RESOLUTION OF
00:01:50 INTENTION TO ISSUE BONDS AS A RESULT OF AN ANNEXATION OF
00:01:54 PROPERTY TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO INFRASTRUCTURE
00:01:57 AND REVITALIZATION FINANCING DISTRICT NUMBER ONE TREASURE
00:02:01 ISLAND IS THAT AS NEW PROJECT AREAS IN DETERMINING OTHER
00:02:04 MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AS DEAR DEFINE HERE IN A NUMBER
00:02:09 TWO ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING ANNEXATION
00:02:12 SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED INFRASTRUCTURE
00:02:16 FINANCING PLAN FOR CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
00:02:17 INFRASTRUCTURE AND REVITALIZATION
00:02:20 AND FINANCING DISTRICT NUMBER ONE TREASURE ISLAND
00:02:21 AND DETERMINING OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AS
00:02:25 DEFINED HEREIN. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
00:02:29 WE'RE JOINED TODAY BY JAMIE KERVIN, THE CEO FOR THE
00:02:32 TREASURE ISLAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
00:02:33 JAMIE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
00:02:36 >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, JIM.
00:02:39 COMMITTEE MEMBERS CHAIR CHERYL VICE CHAIR MAHMOOD SUPERVISOR
00:02:41 SOUDER AND SUPERVISOR FIELDER. MY NAME IS JAMIE RUBIN.
00:02:45 I'M THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER WITH THE TREASURE ISLAND
00:02:47 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. OR TIGHTER.
00:02:48 TODAY I WILL BE PRESENTING ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO TOGETHER.
00:02:52 THE FIRST BEING A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO ISSUE BONDS AS A
00:02:55 RESULT OF AN ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY TO THE TREASURE ISLAND
00:02:59 INFRASTRUCTURE AND REVITALIZATION FINANCING
00:03:00 DISTRICT OR WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE I R SD.
00:03:04 AND THE SECOND BEING A RESOLUTION APPROVING ANNEXATION
00:03:06 SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED INFRASTRUCTURE
00:03:10 FINANCING PLAN FOR THE TREASURE ISLAND IFC.
00:03:13 >> SLIDE THREE IS A SLIDE THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS SEEN BEFORE
00:03:17 BUT AS A REFRESHER ON THE TREASURE ISLAND I RFD THE
00:03:20 ORIGINAL DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ORDER
00:03:24 APPROVED IN 2011 CONTEMPLATED THE FORMATION OF THE IFC WHICH
00:03:28 WAS THEN LATER FORMED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN 2017
00:03:32 THE I R F D ALLOWS THE CITY TO CAPTURE AND DEDICATE A PORTION
00:03:36 OF NEW PROPERTY TAXES GENERATED BY THE PROPERTIES ON TREASURE
00:03:39 ISLAND AS A RESULT OF DEVELOPMENT.
00:03:43 THE CITY THEN ISSUES TAX INCREMENT OR IFP BONDS AGAINST
00:03:44 THOSE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES TO FINANCE BOTH THE PUBLIC
00:03:47 INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTING THE PROJECT AS WELL AS AFFORDABLE
00:03:51 HOUSING LOCATED ON TREASURE ISLAND AND YOUR BOAT POINT
00:03:55 ISLAND THE IFP AS FORMED ALWAYS CONTEMPLATED EVENTUALLY ADDING
00:03:59 NEW PROPERTIES INTO THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AS IT
00:04:02 DEVELOPED AS THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS IN ORDER TO CAPTURE A
00:04:06 NEW PROPERTY TAX GROWTH IN THEIR INITIAL STAGES OF
00:04:07 DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS LEGISLATION
00:04:11 TODAY DUE TO CONSTRAINTS WITH THE IRE OF STATE LAW, THE I
00:04:17 R.F.D. WAS ORIGINALLY FORMED ONLY INCLUDING PROPERTIES
00:04:21 WITHIN STAGE ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY AND THAT
00:04:25 INCLUDED DEVELOPMENT PARCELS LOCATED ON YERBA BUENA ISLAND
00:04:26 AND THE WATERFRONT FACING PARCELS ON TREASURE ISLAND.
00:04:30 >> THE SUBJECT OF THIS LEGISLATION IS TO CONTINUE THE
00:04:33 PROCESS TO ADD THE STAGE TWO PROPERTIES INDICATED IN THE RED
00:04:37 BOX ON SLIDE FOUR INTO THE LEGAL BOUNDARIES OF THE IRA
00:04:41 FEE. >> SLIDE FIVE SHOWS A CLOSER
00:04:42 VIEW OF THESE PROPERTIES TO FIND AS PROJECT AREAS F G H
00:04:49 AND I WHICH ARE GROUPED BASED ON THE TIMING IN WHICH THESE
00:04:50 PARCELS ARE LIKELY TO BE DEVELOPED.
00:04:55 CALIFORNIA IRE FOR STATE LAW DICTATES A PROCESS TO ADD
00:04:59 PROPERTIES INTO AN I'D WHICH REQUIRES A MULTI-STEP
00:05:02 LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. >> THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:05:04 ACTING AS THE CITY'S GOVERNING BODY OF THE OF D IN JUNE THE
00:05:07 BOARD PREVIOUSLY APPROVED A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO ADD
00:05:11 PROPERTY INTO THE IRE OF D AND A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE A
00:05:15 PREPARATION OF AN UPDATE TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING PLAN
00:05:19 TO CONTINUE THE LEGAL PROCESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW.
00:05:22 THE NEXT STEP REQUIRES THE BOARD ADOPT THE TWO RESOLUTIONS
00:05:27 PROPOSED BEFORE YOU TODAY FUTURE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:05:30 ACTIONS WILL CONSIST OF THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF AN
00:05:32 ELECTION BY PROPERTY OWNERS ELECTING TO JOIN THE F D AN
00:05:35 ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ANNEXATION SUPPLEMENT
00:05:38 AND CONFIRMING THE ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY INTO THE F D AND AN
00:05:42 APPROVAL OF THE INCREASED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF BONDS.
00:05:45 >> THIS SUBSET OF REQUIRED LEGISLATION HAS ALREADY BEEN
00:05:49 INTRODUCED AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON JUNE 30TH AND IS
00:05:52 SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE PUBLIC
00:05:54 HEARING SCHEDULED ON SEPTEMBER 15TH 2026.
00:05:56 >> THE OVERALL LEGISLATIVE PROCESS RELATED TO THIS ISSUE
00:06:00 OF THE ANNEXATION WILL CONTINUE WILL CONCLUDE IN MID-OCTOBER.
00:06:07 >> THE RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO ISSUE BONDS AUTHORIZES THE
00:06:09 CITY TO ISSUE A MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $520
00:06:14 MILLION FOR THE ANNEXATION TERRITORY SPECIFICALLY ACROSS
00:06:18 THE PROPOSED PROJECT AREAS F THROUGH II.
00:06:19 >> AS A REMINDER FOR THIS 520 MILLION IS IN ADDITION TO THE
00:06:25 EXISTING $780 MILLION MAXIMUM BOND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE
00:06:29 EXISTING PROJECT AREAS WHICH WAS APPROVED IN 2017 AS PART OF
00:06:32 THE INITIAL DISTRICT FORMATION .
00:06:36 THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL MAXIMUM AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT FOR
00:06:37 THE IRF D TO 1.3 BILLION. THE $520 MILLION MAXIMUM BOND
00:06:43 AUTHORIZATION IS CALCULATED BASED ON THE PROJECTED NET
00:06:47 AVAILABLE TAX INCREMENT WHICH IS SET FORTH IN THE ANNEXATION
00:06:51 SUPPLEMENT GENERATED ONLY FROM THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE
00:06:55 PROPOSED ANNEXATION TERRITORY. >> THE BONDS WILL BE REPAID
00:06:59 FROM PROPERTY TAX REVENUES ALLOCATED TO THE F D INCLUDING
00:07:02 TAX REVENUES FROM THE INITIAL PROJECT AREAS AS WELL AS THE
00:07:06 PROPOSED PROJECT AREAS F THROUGH II.
00:07:07 >> IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT AREAS WOULD
00:07:12 GENERATE $1.7 BILLION IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUES TO PAY
00:07:13 PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS.
00:07:17 AS A REMINDER TO THIS COMMITTEE TITLE AND THE COMPTROLLER'S
00:07:21 OFFICE ARE REQUIRED TO SEEK A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVAL
00:07:25 FOR EACH BOND ISSUANCE AGAINST THIS MAXIMUM BONDING CAPACITY.
00:07:28 THEREFORE, ALTHOUGH THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES A MAXIMUM
00:07:32 CAP, THE BOARD WILL STILL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE EACH
00:07:36 SUBSEQUENT ISSUANCE AGAINST THIS MAXIMUM.
00:07:39 >> THE SECOND RESOLUTION APPROVES AN ANNEXATION
00:07:44 SUPPLEMENT TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING PLAN
00:07:47 OR THE RFP. THE ORIGINAL RFP WAS APPROVED
00:07:48 AS PART OF THE DISTRICT FORMATION IN 2017 WHICH
00:07:51 DESIGNATES TITLE TO PREPARE AN APPENDIX OR A SUPPLEMENT TO THE
00:07:55 RFP FOR THE ANNEXATION TERRITORY.
00:07:58 >> A SUMMARY OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE OF THE ANNEXATION
00:08:02 SUPPLEMENT ARE PROVIDED ON SLIDE EIGHT OF WHICH INCLUDES A
00:08:05 MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ANNEXATION TERRITORY A
00:08:08 SUMMARY OF PROJECTED TAX INCREMENT COMMITTED TO THE
00:08:12 ANNEXATION TERRITORY AN ANALYSIS OF THE COST TO THE
00:08:16 CITY OF PROVIDING FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE ANNEXATION
00:08:17 TERRITORY AND ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECTED FISCAL IMPACT OF THE
00:08:21 TAX REVENUES ALLOCATION FROM THE ANNEXATION TERRITORY
00:08:27 AND THE ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT. THE FISCAL IMPACT ANALYSIS
00:08:31 REPORT WAS DRAFTED BY THE CITY'S FISCAL CONSULTANT KAISER
00:08:32 MARSON ASSOCIATES AND PROJECTS THAT THERE WILL BE A CUMULATIVE
00:08:38 $33 MILLION IN POSITIVE NET FISCAL IMPACT TO THE CITY'S
00:08:42 GENERAL FUND OVER TIME AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNEXATION
00:08:46 AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. >> LASTLY, TITER
00:08:51 IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE HAS ALSO
00:08:52 CONFIRMED THAT THIS ANNEXATION IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
00:08:55 CITY'S IFP POLICY REGARDING THE LIMIT OF IFP DEBT ACROSS ALL
00:08:59 FEES SUCH THAT THE TOTAL ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS DO NOT
00:09:05 EXCEED 5% OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.
00:09:09 >> AND WITH THAT I WILL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
00:09:13 I AND STAFF FROM THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE OF PUBLIC
00:09:14 FINANCE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
00:09:18 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COLLEAGUES.
00:09:21 ANY QUESTIONS? NO SENIOR COLLEAGUES ON THE
00:09:25 ROSTER. MADAM CLERK, LET'S OPEN THIS
00:09:28 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> YES.
00:09:29 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO
00:09:33 SHALL LINE UP NOW ON THE SIDE BY THE WINDOWS.
00:09:34 >> ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
00:09:36 MR. CHAIR, IT APPEARS WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
00:09:41 >> THANK YOU. PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW CLOSED.
00:09:44 COLLEAGUES, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO SEND THESE TWO ITEMS ITEMS ONE
00:09:48 AND TWO TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
00:09:51 >> MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL?
00:09:52 YES. AND ON THE MOTION TO FORWARD
00:09:55 ITEMS ONE AND TWO TO THE FULL BOARD WITH POSITIVE
00:09:56 RECOMMENDATION. MEMBER FOLDER MEMBER FILNER I
00:09:59 SHARE MAHMUD FISCHER. MAHMUD I.
00:10:03 CHAIR CHERYL HI. SURE.
00:10:04 CHERYL I HAVE THREE EYES. >> THANK YOU.
00:10:07 MOTION PASSES. >> CAN YOU PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:10:10 NUMBER THREE? YES.
00:10:13 >> ITEM NUMBER THREE IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LABOR
00:10:15 AND EMPLOYMENT CODE TO REVISE THE CRITERIA FOR AN EMPLOYEE
00:10:17 IN THE CITY TO QUALIFY FOR PARENTAL LEAVE BENEFITS UNDER
00:10:21 THE PAID PARENTAL LEAVE ORDINANCE BY REDUCING FROM 180
00:10:24 DAYS TO 90 DAYS THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS THAT AN EMPLOYEE
00:10:29 MUST WORK BEFORE THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE PARENTAL
00:10:30 LEAVE BENEFITS FROM THEIR EMPLOYER.
00:10:33 NOTING THIS ITEM MAY BE REFERRED TO THE FULL BOARD AS A
00:10:36 COMMITTEE REPORT AT THE JULY 21ST 2026 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
00:10:39 MEETING. >> THANK YOU.
00:10:42 TODAY WE'RE JOINED BY SUPERVISOR DANNY SLATER ON THIS
00:10:45 ITEM. SUPERVISOR SLATER, FIRST
00:10:46 AND FOREMOST THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING THIS.
00:10:50 >> THANK YOU FOR DRIVING THIS FORWARD.
00:10:51 I KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF A LARGER SWATH OF
00:10:57 INITIATIVES ORDINANCES MOVES TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR FAMILIES TO
00:11:02 BE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE ARE THE THIRD OLDEST CITY
00:11:03 AND THE FASTEST AGING CITY IN AMERICA AND A BIG DRIVING
00:11:06 FACTOR IN THAT IS WE HAVE THE FEWEST NUMBER OF KIDS PER
00:11:09 CAPITA AND THE DRIVING FACTOR BEHIND THAT IS IT'S JUST TOO
00:11:10 HARD TO RAISE A FAMILY HERE FROM A COST POINT OF VIEW THIS
00:11:17 IS A GREAT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
00:11:18 THIS IS IN MANY WAYS PROBABLY OVERDUE.
00:11:21 BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU MY PERSONAL THANKS FOR INTRODUCING
00:11:24 THIS BEING HERE AND I'D LIKE TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU.
00:11:28 THANK YOU, CHAIR SHERYL AND THANK YOU COMMITTEE MEMBERS
00:11:32 FOR LETTING ME JOIN YOU THIS MORNING TO HEAR THIS.
00:11:35 I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING YOU SUPERVISOR SHERYL
00:11:37 AND SUPERVISOR MAHMUD FOR YOUR CO-SPONSORSHIP BUT ALSO FOR
00:11:40 JOINING US THIS MORNING. WE WERE JOINED AT A RALLY THIS
00:11:44 MORNING BY CAREGIVERS, PARENTS, CHILDCARE PROVIDERS, MANY OF
00:11:48 OUR DEPARTMENT LEADERS AND CITY LEADERS TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR
00:11:52 THIS ORDINANCE. YOU KNOW, A DECADE AGO SAN
00:11:56 FRANCISCO BECAME THE FIRST MAJOR CITY TO PROVIDE FULLY
00:11:59 PAID PARENTAL LEAVE FOR NEW PARENTS WHICH WAS ABSOLUTELY
00:12:02 GROUNDBREAKING AND HAS BEEN A MASSIVE BENEFIT.
00:12:06 AND TODAY WE ARE RECOGNIZING THAT WE CAN GO A LITTLE BIT
00:12:10 FURTHER AND THAT WE CAN EXPAND TO ENSURE THAT WE KEEP BEING A
00:12:12 LEADER IN SUPPORTING FAMILIES IN OUR CITY.
00:12:14 I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE CO-SPONSORS OF THIS
00:12:18 LEGISLATION, SUPERVISOR MELGAR WALTON, CHERYL CHEN AND MAHMUD
00:12:22 AND ALSO THE AMAZING PARTNERS AT THE CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT
00:12:26 HAVE PUSHED THIS FORWARD AND HAVE OFFERED ALL OF THEIR
00:12:30 EXPERIENCE WORKING ON THIS LARGER ISSUE FOR MANY, MANY
00:12:33 YEARS OUR DEPARTMENT ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN DCF OR THE
00:12:38 MAYOR'S OFFICE PARTICULARLY COUNCIL MOTI WHO JOINED US THIS
00:12:39 MORNING AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD WHO IS AT THIS
00:12:42 MOMENT WORKING TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CHILD CARE.
00:12:46 THIS ORDINANCE IS PRETTY SIMPLE IN TERMS OF THE TECHNICAL PIECE
00:12:50 OF IT. REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT
00:12:53 YOU HAVE TO WAIT ONCE YOU START A NEW JOB TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR
00:12:56 THIS BENEFIT. RIGHT NOW YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR
00:12:57 PAID SICK LEAVE AT 90 DAYS BUT YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PAID
00:13:01 PARENTAL LEAVE UNTIL 180 DAYS. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT THOSE
00:13:04 ON PAR WITH ONE ANOTHER MAKING THIS BENEFIT ELIGIBLE AT 90
00:13:11 DAYS. THAT'S GOING TO SIMPLY RESULT
00:13:12 IN MORE PEOPLE BEING ELIGIBLE FOR THIS BENEFIT AND THERE
00:13:16 BEING LESS OF A CONSTRAINT BETWEEN PEOPLE HAVING TO CHOOSE
00:13:20 BETWEEN FAMILY AND CAREERS. YOU KNOW THIS IS THIS IS
00:13:27 SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON WITHIN A LARGER PACKAGE AS
00:13:31 CHAIR SHERYL REFERENCED AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY
00:13:32 BIG STEP FORWARD TODAY BEFORE WE HEAR FROM PUBLIC COMMENT
00:13:38 AND HEAR FROM THE MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
00:13:39 I WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED I
00:13:43 THINK REALLY PRODUCTIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE OFFICE OF
00:13:46 RACIAL EQUITY WITH A SUGGESTION THAT WE ASK DEPARTMENTS
00:13:50 AND PARTICULARLY THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT TO
00:13:54 REALLY DO A THOROUGH JOB OF UPDATING THE ORDINANCE
00:13:59 AND ADVISORY TO EMPLOYERS. WE'RE STILL SEEING LOWER RATES
00:14:02 OF PARTICIPATION FOR BLACK INDIGENOUS AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
00:14:06 COMMUNITIES FOR PAID PARENTAL LEAVE AND WE THINK THIS WILL BE
00:14:10 PART OF SHIFTING THAT UPTICK OR UPTAKE RATHER.
00:14:14 AND THEN TODAY ALSO BE ASKING THAT THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERS
00:14:17 AND MOVES FORWARD AN AMENDMENT AND THAT AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW
00:14:21 FOR BUSINESSES WITH FEWER THAN 100 EMPLOYEES A LITTLE BIT MORE
00:14:23 TIME TO COMPLY WITH THIS BEING JANUARY 1ST, 2028 TO COMPLY IF
00:14:28 YOU'RE AN EMPLOYER UNDER 100 EMPLOYEES.
00:14:31 WE'VE HAD REALLY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BUSINESS
00:14:34 COMMUNITY HERE, PARTICULARLY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE
00:14:38 THE GOLDEN GATE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION AND THEY SUPPORT
00:14:39 THE VISION OF THIS BUT THEY'VE HAD GOOD HELPFUL FEEDBACK ON
00:14:43 JUST HOW WE WORK OUT THE OPERATIONS OF THIS
00:14:47 AND PARTICULARLY RECOGNIZING THAT SMALLER EMPLOYEES WILL
00:14:51 JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A HEADS UP TO COME INTO
00:14:52 COMPLIANCE AND THAT'S WHAT THE AMENDMENT DOES.
00:14:54 SO AGAIN COMMITTEE MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR HEARING THIS
00:14:58 AND I HOPE IT EARNS YOUR SUPPORT.
00:15:01 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR SUTTER VICE CHAIR
00:15:06 MAHMOOD THANK YOU, CHAIR SHERYL AND THANK YOU SO VERY REGISTER
00:15:10 FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD .
00:15:12 >> AS WE ALL KNOW, THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IN OUR
00:15:14 COMMUNITY IS MULTIFACETED. IT IS A HOUSING SHORTAGE THAT
00:15:20 IS DRIVING UP RENT PRICES. IT IS AN AIR BOOM THAT HAS
00:15:24 CAUSING A SHORTAGE TO BE OVER SATURATED AS WELL AND ARE
00:15:28 TARIFFS THAT ARE MAKING EVEN A SMARTPHONE MORE EXPENSIVE.
00:15:29 >> THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS REACHES INTO EVERY PART OF
00:15:32 FAMILY LIFE FROM CHILDCARE COSTS TO GROCERIES TO HEALTH
00:15:36 CARE TO THE ABILITY TO TAKE TIME TO BOND WITH A NEW CHILD
00:15:40 WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT LOSING INCOME.
00:15:44 IN DISTRICT FIVE I KNOW THIS IS A DAILY DECISION THAT MANY OF
00:15:48 MY CONSTITUENTS FACE FAMILIES FROM THE HEAT TO THE TENDERLOIN
00:15:51 SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PAYING THEIR RENT OR
00:15:52 BUYING GROCERIES OR TAKING TIME OFF WORK TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR
00:15:56 FAMILIES. >> THEY ALSO SHOULDN'T HAVE TO
00:15:59 WORRY ABOUT WHAT STARTING OR STOPPING A JOB SIX MONTHS AHEAD
00:16:02 OF A HAVING A BABY MEANS FOR THEIR ABILITY TO TAKE TIME WITH
00:16:06 THEIR NEWBORN. THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT
00:16:07 THAT WE CONTINUE LOOKING FOR PRACTICAL WAYS TO REMOVE
00:16:11 UNNECESSARY BARRIERS FOR WORKING FAMILIES.
00:16:13 >> THIS LEGISLATION IS A STRAIGHTFORWARD, COMMONSENSE
00:16:17 IMPROVEMENT THAT MAKES OUR LAWS WORK BETTER FOR THE PEOPLE THEY
00:16:19 ARE MEANT TO SERVE. >> SO I'M SURE SUPERVISOR
00:16:22 SARTOR AND HIS WIFE CHELSEA CAN ATTEST TO THE CUTEST BABY THAT
00:16:26 IS POSSIBLE I'VE SEEN ALL YEAR. THE FIRST FEW WEEKS AND MONTHS
00:16:29 OF AFTER WELCOMING A CHILD ARE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IN A
00:16:33 FAMILY'S LIFE. >> THIS LEGISLATION RECOGNIZES
00:16:35 THAT FAMILIES SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SCHEDULE LIFE'S BIGGEST MOMENTS
00:16:38 AROUND BUREAUCRATIC TIMELINES BASED ON WHEN THEY STARTED
00:16:41 WORK. >> I'M PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR THIS
00:16:42 LEGISLATION AND DEEPLY APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR SÖDER FOR
00:16:46 LEADING THE WAY AND MAKING IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR FAMILIES TO
00:16:50 GROW AND STAY IN SAN FRANCISCO. I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE TO SEND
00:16:54 THIS TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AS A
00:16:55 COMMITTEE REPORT AND ALSO SO THAT I CAN MAYBE USE THIS
00:16:58 MYSELF IN THE FUTURE. THERE ARE SO MANY COMMENTS I
00:17:05 WANT TO MAKE ABOUT THAT. NO GREAT.
00:17:12 MADAM CLERK WE CALL PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
00:17:16 >> YES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM THREE
00:17:20 SHOULD LINE UP ALONG THE SIDE BY THE WINDOWS.
00:17:22 >> ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
00:17:26 >> MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS.
00:17:28 HANG ON, HANG ON, HANG ON. OH, WE GOT SOME B.S..
00:17:32 TAKE YOUR TIME. TAKE YOUR TIME.
00:17:33 >> I SEE YOU. OKAY.
00:17:37 >> GOOD MORNING, BOARDS OFFICER.
00:17:38 MY NAME IS QUINN AND I'M A PARENT LEADER WITH THE PAIN
00:17:42 VOICES AND THE FAMILY SERVICES ALLIANCE.
00:17:45 >> I'M ALSO A REGISTERED NURSE. WHEN I HAD MY DAUGHTER I HAD TO
00:17:49 STEP AWAY FROM MY CAREER BECAUSE I NEEDED MORE TIME TO
00:17:54 RECOVER FROM JAILBIRD AND TO BOND WITH HER AND I WASN'T EVEN
00:17:57 AWARE THAT I WAS QUALIFIED FOR PAY PER PARENTAL LEAVE.
00:18:01 >> NOBODY TOLD ME ABOUT. >> I SUPPORT REDUCING THE
00:18:05 WAITING PERIOD TO QUALIFY FOR PAID PARENTAL LEAVE FROM SIX
00:18:10 MONTHS TO THREE MONTHS. >> THIS CHANGE WOULD ALLOW
00:18:13 PARENTS TO ACCESS LEAVE SOONER GIVING THEM THE TIME THEY NEED
00:18:17 TO RECOVER BOND WITH A NEW BABY AND CARE FOR THE FAMILY
00:18:20 WELL-BEING WITHOUT FACING IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.
00:18:23 >> I ALSO HOPE THAT IN ADDITION TO THIS CHANGE I HOPE THE CITY
00:18:28 CONTINUE TO DO OUTREACH ABOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF THIS SUPPORT.
00:18:32 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
00:18:35 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:18:39 >> A GOOD MORNING SUPERVISOR. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SÖDER
00:18:44 AND ALL THE SPONSORS OF THIS LEGISLATION.
00:18:48 MY NAME IS MARIA RESTORING THE ORGANIZER PARENT VOICE SAN
00:18:51 FRANCISCO AND THIS AND THAT APPARENT LEADER, HUH?
00:18:54 >> MY MOM HAD 11 OF US. CAN YOU IMAGINE?
00:18:58 >> AND SHE HAD TWO MONTHS PAID FAMILY LEAVE FOR EVERY ONE OF
00:19:01 US THAT WAS IN THE PHILIPPINES CONSIDERED A THIRD WORLD
00:19:05 COUNTRY. >> AND I WAS BORN A LONG TIME
00:19:06 AGO. MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO.
00:19:08 >> THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY. AND IT TOOK US A LONG TIME HERE
00:19:12 IN THE U.S. OF THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO CATCH
00:19:15 UP WITH THAT. AND THAT'S A CRYING SHAME.
00:19:17 WHEN I HAD MY SON I WAS AN INTERN AT THE RAINFOREST ACTION
00:19:20 NETWORK. WHEN I HAD MY DAUGHTER I WAS ON
00:19:24 THE JOB TRAINING AT THE HAMILTON FAMILY CENTER FOR BOTH
00:19:27 BIRTHS. >> I WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PAID
00:19:28 FAMILY LEAVE. >> SO WE STRONGLY SUPPORT
00:19:32 MAKING ACCESS TO PAID FAMILY LEAVE EARLIER FOR EMPLOYEES
00:19:35 IN THE CITY. THIS IS ANOTHER TRAILBLAZING
00:19:36 LEGISLATION THAT SETS A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF
00:19:41 CALIFORNIA AND THE COUNTRY TO FOLLOW.
00:19:44 THANK YOU. AND I SEE SOME.
00:19:48 THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.
00:19:48 MY NAME IS HUNGRY PARENT FOOD LEADER AND YOU KNOW I HAVE A
00:19:55 CHILD WITH AUTISM. AND YOU KNOW WITH OUR SUPPORT
00:19:59 YOU KNOW, I CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE A HMM CAN STAY ACTIVE AT THAT
00:20:09 TIME. >> YOU KNOW I GOT THE ABUSE
00:20:10 WITH MY EX HUSBAND AND THAT'S WHY I NEED, YOU KNOW, TIME FOR
00:20:15 ME TO STAY HOME MORE TIME WITH MY CHILD.
00:20:19 YEAH. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
00:20:25 THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
00:20:29 >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR SO MUCH FOR ANOTHER LEGISLATION
00:20:33 THAT HELPS CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES THRIVE IN THIS
00:20:37 CITY. MY NAME IS VIRGINIA TAYLOR.
00:20:38 I WORK FOR SAFE AND SOUND A CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
00:20:40 PREVENTION AGENCY AND SUPPORT THE FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE
00:20:44 WHICH IS 45 FAMILY SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS AND WE WORK WITH
00:20:48 MORE THAN 50,000 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACROSS THE CITY
00:20:49 EVERY YEAR. >> WHEN BABIES ARE ZERO TO ONE,
00:20:53 FAMILIES KEEP TELLING US THE SAME THING THEY NEED TIME WITH
00:20:56 THEIR CHILDREN. >> THIS WEEK A MOM CAME TO OUR
00:21:00 OFFICE ASKING FOR DIAPERS AND HELP WITH HOUSING BUT
00:21:01 REALLY WHAT SHE WANTED WAS MORE TIME WITH HER NEWBORN BEFORE
00:21:04 SHE HAD TO GO BACK TO HER RESTAURANT JOB.
00:21:07 >> SHE WASN'T READY TO LEAVE HER BABY AND THE CURRENT RULES
00:21:08 MAKE THAT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. >> THIS CHANGE YOU'RE
00:21:11 CONSIDERING TODAY HELPS FAMILIES LIKE HER ACTUALLY USE
00:21:15 THE LEAVE THAT THEY'RE PROMISED AND FOR US PAID LEAVE ISN'T
00:21:19 JUST A WORKPLACE BENEFIT, IT'S PREVENTION.
00:21:20 IT KEEPS FAMILIES FROM TIPPING INTO CRISIS AND IT'S ONE OTHER
00:21:23 CONCRETE WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT SAN FRANCISCO IS A PLACE WHERE
00:21:27 FAMILIES CAN STAY, GROW, GROW AND THRIVE.
00:21:28 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:21:32 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:21:39 ALEX MURKOWSKI WITH CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO CHILD
00:21:42 CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL AGENCY IN THE CITY.
00:21:44 I'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE ORDINANCE AMENDING
00:21:47 ELIGIBILITY FOR PAID FAMILY LEAVE.
00:21:50 THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SOUDER FOR INTRODUCING THIS LEGISLATION.
00:21:52 THANK YOU ALL THE CO SPONSORS AS WELL.
00:21:54 SURPRISE REGISTER AS YOU MENTIONED TEN YEARS AGO SAN
00:21:57 FRANCISCO LED SETTING A NATIONAL EXAMPLE BECOMING THE
00:22:00 FIRST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES TO PROVIDE FULLY PAID PARENTAL
00:22:01 LEAVE WHEN THE BOARD PASSED THE PAID PARENTAL LEAVE ORDINANCE
00:22:05 AS A CRITICAL BENEFIT ALLOWS FAMILIES TO BUILD STRONG BONDS
00:22:08 AND REDUCE STRESS DURING CRITICAL PERIODS OF
00:22:11 DEVELOPMENT. >> ADDITIONALLY, STUDIES SHOW
00:22:13 THAT THIS BENEFIT LEADS TO HIGHER EMPLOYEE MORALE
00:22:16 AND INCREASES WOMEN'S LABOR MARKET PARTICIPATION IN THE
00:22:19 LONGER TERM AS WELL. NOW WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO LEAD
00:22:23 YET AGAIN AND ENSURE THAT THIS IMPORTANT BENEFIT IS EXTENDED
00:22:26 TO EVEN MORE FAMILIES IN OUR CITY.
00:22:27 >> I HOPE THAT YOU'LL SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE NOT JUST AS A
00:22:30 BENEFIT FOR EMPLOYEES BUT AS A COMMITMENT TO THE WELL-BEING OF
00:22:34 THE CITY'S CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND ITS FUTURE.
00:22:35 AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PARTNER WITH YOU
00:22:38 ALL IN THAT COMMITMENT. THANK YOU.
00:22:41 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
00:22:46 SPEAKERS, MR. CHAIR, THAT INCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
00:22:53 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED.
00:22:57 >> FIRST LET'S TAKE THE AMENDMENTS THAT SUPERVISOR
00:23:01 SÖDER DESCRIBED AND CIRCULATED .
00:23:05 >> THAT'S OKAY. COLLEAGUES, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO
00:23:06 AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS DESCRIBED BY SUPERVISOR SAUDER.
00:23:09 MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
00:23:11 YES. >> AND ON THE MOTION TO ACCEPT
00:23:14 THE AMENDMENTS AS DESCRIBED BY SUPERVISOR SAUDER MEMBER
00:23:18 FIELDER MEMBER FIELDER I VICE-CHAIR MAHMUD FISCHER
00:23:22 MAHMUD I. CHAIR CHERYL.
00:23:25 >> HI CHERYL. I HAVE THREE EYES.
00:23:26 THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES.
00:23:29 >> NOW I'M GOING TO MOVE TO SEND THIS ITEM TO THE FULL
00:23:31 BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AS A COMMITTEE
00:23:33 REPORT. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
00:23:34 CALL THE ROLL? >> YES.
00:23:37 AND ON THE MOTION TO SEND THIS ITEM TO THE BOARD OF
00:23:39 SUPERVISORS TO US AS A COMMITTEE REPORT AS AMENDED AS
00:23:42 A COMMITTEE REPORT. >> YOU MEMBER FIELDER MEMBER
00:23:45 FIELDER I SHALL MAHMOOD FLEISHMAN WOULD I CHERYL?
00:23:49 SURE. >> CHERYL I HAVE THREE EYES.
00:23:53 THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES.
00:23:56 CONGRATULATIONS, SUPERVISOR SLATER.
00:23:57 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. AND MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU
00:24:01 PLEASE CALL ITEMS FOUR, FIVE AND SIX TOGETHER?
00:24:03 >> YES, ITEMS FOUR THROUGH SIX ARE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE
00:24:07 FOLLOWING ITEMS NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE AMENDS THE CAMPAIGN
00:24:11 AND GOVERNMENTAL CONDUCT CODE FOR ITEM FOUR TO REQUIRE
00:24:15 CAMPAIGN CONSULTANTS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR THEIR
00:24:18 CLIENTS TO FULLY DISCLOSE CAMPAIGN SPENDING AND REPEAL
00:24:22 THE REQUIREMENT THAT SUCH CONSULTANTS REGISTER WITH THE
00:24:25 ETHICS COMMISSION. REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT
00:24:26 MEMBERS OF THE CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FILE A NOTICE
00:24:30 WITH THE ETHICS COMMISSION AFTER RECUSING FROM POTENTIAL
00:24:33 PARTICIPATION IN A MATTER BASED ON A FINANCIAL CONFLICT OF
00:24:37 INTEREST AND REQUIRE DEVELOPERS OF CERTAIN LARGE PROJECTS TO
00:24:38 PROVIDE INFORMATION ON NONPROFIT DONATIONS FOR
00:24:41 LOBBYISTS ACTIVITIES SO THAT RECIPIENTS CAN ACCURATELY
00:24:45 REGISTER AND REPORT SUCH ACTIVITIES.
00:24:48 AND REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT DEVELOPERS REGISTER WITH THE
00:24:49 ETHICS COMMISSION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
00:24:52 IT MODIFIES THE PUBLIC FINANCING PROGRAM FOR
00:24:56 CANDIDATES FOR THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BY
00:24:59 REPLACING THE CURRENT PROCESS OF CONTINUOUS ADJUSTMENTS OF AN
00:25:02 INDIVIDUAL EXPENDITURE CEILINGS TO A ONE AND DONE APPROACH
00:25:07 IN WHICH THE CEILING IS REMOVED FOR ALL CANDIDATES WITHIN THE
00:25:08 RACE A ONCE CERTAIN SPENDING REACHES A SPECIFIED AMOUNT
00:25:12 AND ADJUSTING REPORTING WILL REQUIREMENTS RAISE A CAMPAIGN
00:25:15 CONTRIBUTION LIMITS THE 500 TO 1000 AND AUTHORIZE THE ETHICS
00:25:20 COMMISSION TO ADJUST THE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT GOING
00:25:23 FORWARD FOR CHANGES IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND ALLOW
00:25:26 THE ETHICS COMMISSION TO DESIGNATE THE WEBSITE TO BE
00:25:29 USED IN CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING. ADVERTISEMENT DISCLAIMERS.
00:25:33 AND FOR ITEM SIX AMENDS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO
00:25:37 ELIMINATE STATEMENT OF INTENTION TO DISCLOSURE
00:25:38 AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CANDIDATES SEEKING ELECTION TO
00:25:41 THE RETIREMENT BOARD HEALTH SERVICE BOARD AND RETIREE
00:25:44 HEALTH CARE TRUST FUND BOARD. ELIMINATE THIRD PARTY
00:25:48 DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS OR ENTITIES MAKING
00:25:51 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE SUCH
00:25:53 CANDIDATES AND DELETE CORRESPONDING TRAINING, AUDIT
00:25:56 AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS. >> THANK YOU.
00:26:00 TODAY WE'RE JOINED BY BOARD PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN.
00:26:04 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY.
00:26:07 PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING THESE ITEMS.
00:26:11 >> TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU.
00:26:12 CHAIR CHERYL AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR MAKING A LITTLE
00:26:16 TIME ON A THURSDAY MORNING TO TALK ABOUT ETHICS.
00:26:22 >> IT'S WE HAVE BEFORE US THREE MEASURES THAT YOU KNOW I'VE
00:26:27 SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH AND MAKING MY STAFF SPEND A LOT
00:26:30 OF TIME WITH OVER THE LAST MONTHS.
00:26:31 I THINK THEY MAKE EMINENT GOOD SENSE AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR
00:26:35 TODAY FROM ETHICS STAFF ABOUT WHY ETHICS STAFF THINK THEY
00:26:38 MAKE EMINENT GOOD SENSE. THERE IS, HOWEVER OPPOSITION
00:26:45 FROM SOME ETHICS ADVOCATES TO THESE MEASURES AND BASED ON
00:26:49 THAT OPPOSITION I THINK I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ANY OF THESE
00:26:53 MEASURES RIGHT NOW HAS THE VOTES TO PASS AT THE FULL BOARD
00:26:57 NEEDS TWO THIRDS. SO I AM I WANT TO HAVE THE
00:27:01 CONVERSATION. A LOT OF PEOPLE ON ETHICS STAFF
00:27:02 HAVE DONE WORK ON THIS. THE ETHICS COMMISSION ITSELF
00:27:06 PASSED EACH OF THESE THREE MEASURES.
00:27:09 I THINK ALTHOUGH WE'LL HEAR FROM STAFF THEMSELVES ABOUT WHY
00:27:13 THEY THINK THESE ARE IMPORTANT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT FROM
00:27:17 THE PERSPECTIVE OF ETHICS WE HAVE GIVEN THEM A LOT TO DO
00:27:21 PROBABLY MUCH MORE THAN THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
00:27:28 DO. AND SO THEY ARE LOOKING TO THE
00:27:29 POLICYMAKERS ON THE ETHICS COMMISSION AND THE BOARD OF
00:27:33 SUPERVISORS TO HELP THEM SORT THROUGH WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT
00:27:37 AND WHAT IS LESS IMPORTANT. THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME
00:27:41 THINGS THAT TAKE TIME FROM THEM AND TIME FROM THE ENTITIES,
00:27:47 CAMPAIGNS, INDIVIDUALS THAT INTERACT WITH THEM THAT THEY
00:27:51 THINK ARE RELATIVELY LOW VALUE IN TERMS OF THEIR COMMITMENTS
00:27:55 OR IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY CONTRIBUTE TO PUBLIC UNDERSTAND
00:27:59 THING AND TO THE AVOIDANCE OF CORRUPTION.
00:28:01 THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO ON THEIR TO DO
00:28:03 LIST THAT WOULD ADVANCE THOSE GOALS MORE EFFECTIVELY BUT THAT
00:28:07 THEY ARE KEPT FROM DOING THOSE THINGS BECAUSE OF THE VERY TIME
00:28:08 INTENSIVE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY HAVE TO ENGAGE IN RELATED TO
00:28:12 THESE MEASURES. AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR SOME
00:28:15 RELIEF FRIENDS. SO I WANT TO GIVE THEM THE
00:28:19 OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE CASE FOR EACH FOR EACH OF THESE
00:28:20 MEASURES. THEY DEAL WITH THREE.
00:28:23 THEY'RE IN THREE DIFFERENT BUCKETS, THREE DIFFERENT PIECES
00:28:26 OF LEGISLATION. TWO OF THEM ARE RELATIVELY
00:28:27 SIMPLE IN MY MIND. ONE OF THEM IS QUITE
00:28:30 COMPLICATED. ONE OF THE SIMPLE ONES DEALS
00:28:34 WITH DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. CURRENTLY APPLICABLE TO
00:28:37 CAMPAIGN CONSULTANTS RECUSAL NOTIFICATIONS FOR US AND AND
00:28:41 PEOPLE WHO ARE ON BOARDS WHEN THEY HAVE TO RECUSE THEMSELVES
00:28:46 AND WHAT IN ADDITION TO RECUSING THEMSELVES FROM THE
00:28:49 VOTE THEY MAY HAVE TO DO. AND THEN THE THE MAJOR
00:28:52 DEVELOPER DISCLOSURES WHICH I WILL ALLOW STAFF TO EXPLAIN I'M
00:28:56 NOT GOING TO TRY TO GET INTO THAT ALTHOUGH I AT POINTS OF
00:29:00 UNDERSTAND IT AND BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE CORRECT.
00:29:02 THE THIRD ITEM ITEM NUMBER SIX ON THE AGENDA IS ALSO
00:29:06 RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD. IT RELATES TO ELECTIONS, THE
00:29:10 DISCLOSURE, THE FILINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR PEOPLE SEEKING
00:29:15 ELECTION TO THE RETIREMENT BOARD, THE HEALTH SERVICE BOARD
00:29:18 ,THE RETIREE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUND BOARD.
00:29:19 AS I UNDERSTAND, THESE ARE ALMOST NEVER OFFICES MAYBE
00:29:22 NEVER BUT CERTAINLY ALMOST NEVER OFFICES THAT INVOLVE
00:29:26 RAISING MONEY AND YET PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING THOSE OFFICES
00:29:30 HAVE TO FILL OUT CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOSURES AND ETHICS
00:29:33 STAFF IS SAYING AND THEIR COMMISSION THAT OVERSEES THEM
00:29:38 IS SAYING WE CAN LET GO OF THIS ONE.
00:29:41 ALL RIGHT. THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT ARE
00:29:45 RELATIVELY SIMPLE. I WOULD LOVE IT FOR US TO BE
00:29:48 ABLE TO DO THEM. I DON'T THINK WE CAN.
00:29:49 I'M NOT ASKING YOU ALL TO DO THEM TODAY.
00:29:52 THEY'RE GOING TO HELP YOU CONTINUE TO CALL THE CHAIR.
00:29:55 ITEM FIVE IS THE COMPLICATED ONE AND I'VE WRESTLED WITH
00:29:59 PARTS OF IT MYSELF QUITE A BIT .
00:30:05 >> PARTS OF IT I THINK ARE CORRECT ALTHOUGH I KNOW THERE
00:30:09 ARE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT. I THINK RAISING THE INDIVIDUAL
00:30:10 GIVING LIMIT FROM WHAT IT HAS BEEN AT LEAST SINCE THE 90S
00:30:14 AND POSSIBLY SINCE THE 70S FROM $500 TO $1000 MAKES SENSE.
00:30:22 I THINK IT MAKES SENSE FOR CANDIDATES TO BE ABLE TO SPEND
00:30:26 LESS TIME FUNDRAISING AND ALSO TO BE ABLE TO RAISE THE FUNDS
00:30:31 INTO THEIR CAMPAIGN TO A VIE AVOID RELYING SO MUCH ON THE
00:30:34 UNLIMITED LARGELY UNREGULATED OUTSIDE SPENDING THAT COMES
00:30:40 IN NOT AT 500,000 OR 1000 BUT AT 2550 AND HUNDREDS OF
00:30:43 THOUSANDS OR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR WHICH THERE IS NO
00:30:47 LIMIT. I DON'T THINK GOING FROM 500 TO
00:30:50 1000 BREEDS CORRUPTION. I THINK IT IS MAKES LIFE
00:30:54 SOMEWHAT EASIER ON CANDIDATES AND THE CAMPAIGNS AND MAKES
00:30:57 SENSE GIVEN INFLATION. I THINK INFLATION ADJUSTERS
00:31:02 MAKE SENSE. THAT'S A RELATIVELY
00:31:06 STRAIGHTFORWARD CHANGE WHICH PEOPLE CAN DISAGREE ON.
00:31:12 THERE'S ALSO A CHANGE TO INCREASE THE MATCH THE PUBLIC
00:31:17 FINANCING MATCH TO ADDRESS CONCERNS ABOUT ABOUT ACCESS FOR
00:31:21 CANDIDATES WHO MAY NOT HAVE AS WELL-HEELED DONORS AND THE
00:31:28 HARDEST PIECE OF THIS WHICH I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO FAR DOWN
00:31:33 THE PATH OF EXPLAINING BECAUSE I THINK STAFF IS IN A MUCH
00:31:34 BETTER POSITION TO DEAL WITH IS THE CAP AS I UNDERSTAND IT
00:31:40 AND FROM MY OWN RECOLLECTION OF MY OWN DAYS RUNNING FOR
00:31:43 SUPERVISOR IT'S VERY COMPLICATED PROGRAM OF
00:31:47 REPORTING. EVERYBODY WHO'S RUNNING NEEDS
00:31:51 TO FILE. MANY, MANY TIMES AS THEY HIT
00:31:55 VARIOUS LIMITS AND THE LIFTING OF CAPS WHICH HAPPENS BASED ON
00:31:59 SPENDING HAPPENING IN THESE CAMPAIGNS ALSO HAPPENS IN THESE
00:32:03 INCREMENTS OF $10,000. IT IS INCREDIBLY TIME INTENSIVE
00:32:07 FOR THE CAMPAIGNS THEMSELVES AND FOR THE ETHICS STAFF TO
00:32:11 LIFT THESE CAMPAIGNS, THESE LIMITS IN THESE $10,000
00:32:15 INCREMENTS AND KEEP TRACK OF HOW MUCH IS BEING SPENT IN THE
00:32:19 DIFFERENT BY THE DIFFERENT PLAYERS IN A CAMPAIGN BOTH THE
00:32:22 CANDIDATES THEMSELVES AND THE OUTSIDE PLAYERS WHO ARE COMING
00:32:26 IN WITH THEIR FLOODS OF MONEY AT THE END OF THE DAY.
00:32:29 I BELIEVE WHAT ETHICS STAFF HAVE SEEN WITH THE ETHICS
00:32:32 COMMISSION HAS SEEN IS THAT THESE CAPS ARE MOSTLY NOT
00:32:36 FUNCTIONING AS AN ACTUAL LIMIT ON CAMPAIGN SPENDING THAT
00:32:40 ALMOST INVARIABLY THEY COME OFF.
00:32:44 AND SO WE HAVE OUR ETHICS STAFF, OUR ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
00:32:48 SPENDING A TON OF TIME MANAGING A CAP THAT ACTUALLY DOES NOT
00:32:52 HAVE PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE IN LIMITING SPENDING
00:32:55 IN CAMPAIGNS. SO THEY HAVE THEY PROPOSED
00:32:56 AND THEY'RE LEGISLATION THAT THAT CAP KIND OF COME OFF FOR
00:33:00 EVERYBODY. AT THE SAME TIME ONCE THAT'S
00:33:04 BEEN BLOWN BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THEY BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT'S
00:33:07 GOING TO HAPPEN. I STRUGGLED WITH THAT.
00:33:10 I STRUGGLED WITH THAT BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WILL BE
00:33:14 CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE ENTITIES THE WELL-FUNDED
00:33:19 ENTITIES THAT ARE BREAKING THE CAP ARE THE SAME, ARE
00:33:20 SUPPORTING THE BEST FUNDED CANDIDATES IN THE RACES.
00:33:27 AND THAT DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT TO ME.
00:33:28 AND SO THE THE ASK THAT I MADE TO ETHICS STAFF WAS TO COME UP
00:33:32 WITH A MODIFICATION THAT WOULD LIMIT THAT LIKELIHOOD.
00:33:36 THAT IS THE AMENDMENTS THAT I'VE CIRCULATED THAT YOU HAVE
00:33:40 IN YOUR HANDS AND WHICH WE CAN HAVE THE STAFF DESCRIBE A
00:33:44 LITTLE BIT MORE TO YOU. BLESS YOU.
00:33:47 THOSE ARE THE THREE MEASURES I'D LIKE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO
00:33:49 MAKE. IF YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT THAT
00:33:52 AMENDMENT MAKES SENSE, I'D LIKE YOU TO AMEND 5 OR 5 TO HAVE
00:33:55 THAT AMENDED LANGUAGE IN IT. BUT AGAIN, RECOGNIZING NONE OF
00:33:58 THESE WOULD PROBABLY PASS OUT OF THE FULL BOARD RIGHT NOW.
00:34:03 I DON'T WANT THEM TO DIE. I HOPE COLLEAGUES WILL BE
00:34:04 WILLING TO KEEP THEM ALIVE IN THIS COMMITTEE CONTINUING
00:34:07 THEM TO THE CALL THE CHAIR. MAYBE THERE WILL BE AN
00:34:10 OPPORTUNITY SOMETIME WHILE I'M STILL AROUND TO PASS ONE OR
00:34:13 MORE OF THEM. IF NOT, MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE
00:34:14 WANT TO KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE AND CONTINUE IT INTO INTO NEXT
00:34:18 YEAR. BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I GOT.
00:34:21 I HAVE THANK YOU'S. I DO WANT TO VERY MUCH THANK
00:34:24 ETHICS COMMISSION STAFF IN PARTICULAR.
00:34:28 I WANT TO THANK PATRICK FORDE, THE DIRECTOR MICHAEL CANNING,
00:34:32 ZACH D'AMICO AND THEN ALSO I BELIEVE WE HAVE TRICIA LIM
00:34:36 HERE. THANK YOU.
00:34:40 OUR POLICY RESEARCH SPECIALIST LIM AND THEN I WANT TO THANK
00:34:44 OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND PARTICULARLY MICHAEL
00:34:48 KERSHAW. AND THEN IN MY OFFICE I WANT TO
00:34:49 THANK GRACE WANG FOR HER WORK. AND WITH THAT I THINK OKAY,
00:34:56 LOOKS LIKE SUPERVISOR MAHMUD I WON'T SPEAK BUT AFTER
00:34:59 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD WILL HEAR FROM ETHICS STAFF.
00:35:03 >> GREAT. THANK YOU PRESIDENT OF
00:35:04 MANAGEMENT AND APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY.
00:35:07 ZACH D'AMICO FROM THE ETHICS COMMISSION IS HERE WHO'S GOING
00:35:10 TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION AND THEN I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES
00:35:14 HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU ALL. THANK YOU.
00:35:18 AS I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND TAKE IT AWAY.
00:35:29 >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. GENTLEMEN, I ALSO WANT TO ECHO
00:35:31 THE THANKS YOU OFFERED TO ETHICS STAFF TO GRACE YOUR
00:35:33 STAFF. >> I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL THE
00:35:37 GROUPS WHO'VE ENGAGED ON THIS AND THE SUPERVISORS OFFICES
00:35:38 AND THEIR STAFF. MY NAME IS ZACHARY D'AMICO.
00:35:41 I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT THE ETHICS COMMISSION HERE.
00:35:44 I'M GOING TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE THREE ORDINANCES THAT
00:35:48 DEAL WITH ETHICS PROGRAMS AND POLICIES.
00:35:50 >> AND BOTH TRICIA AND I ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER.
00:35:54 >> SO JUST A VERY BRIEF REFRESHER.
00:35:58 THE ORDINANCES AS PRESIDENT MADELINE NOTED, THEY EMERGED
00:35:59 FROM OUR STAFF'S EVALUATION OF OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS.
00:36:03 WE'RE VERY LUCKY THAT THAT THIS CITY IS A LEADER ON ETHICS
00:36:07 AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE RULES MEANS WE TRY NEW UNIQUE
00:36:10 APPROACHES HERE THAT ALSO REQUIRES US TO DO THE VERY
00:36:14 UNGLAMOROUS WORK OF GOING BACK AND MAKING SURE THAT THESE
00:36:18 PROGRAMS ARE EFFECTIVE AND WORTH THE COST AND HAVING
00:36:21 THE INTENDED IMPACT. >> SO THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF WHAT
00:36:25 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE TODAY IS A RESULT OF.
00:36:28 >> SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THREE ORDINANCE HERE.
00:36:33 >> I'M NOT GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM SINCE PRESIDENT MANDELL
00:36:34 THEN ALREADY BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON THE SUMMARIES.
00:36:37 I DO WANT TO NOTE THE FIRST AND THIRD ORDINANCES HERE.
00:36:40 THEY'RE FOCUSED ON SORT OF THE AS PRESIDENT MANAGEMENT PUT IT
00:36:44 NON-CONTROVERSIAL OR AT LEAST SIMPLE ITEMS AND STREAMLINING
00:36:47 OUR PROGRAMS. THIS IS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO
00:36:51 BUDGET CUTS THAT HAVE PRETTY SEVERELY LIMITED THE
00:36:52 COMMISSION'S ABILITY TO CARRY OUT ALL OF ITS PROGRAMS.
00:36:55 THIS IS NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE AS A COMMISSION BUT WE ALSO
00:36:59 DON'T FEEL RIGHT ABOUT JUST STICKING OUR HEADS IN THE SAND.
00:37:02 WE HAVE TO WORK TO IDENTIFY THE PROGRAMS THAT DON'T PROVIDE AS
00:37:06 MUCH VALUE IN EXCHANGE FOR THE TOLL ON STAFF AND RESOURCES.
00:37:10 >> IF WE DON'T SCALE BACK THESE PROGRAMS WE WON'T BE ABLE TO
00:37:13 SERVE THE REGULATED COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC ON OUR CORE
00:37:16 PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE'LL BE SPREAD TOO THIN.
00:37:20 >> SO WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE FIRST ORDINANCE
00:37:22 HERE. SO THIS WOULD SCALE BACK ON
00:37:24 THREE PROGRAMS. FIRST WE HAVE OUR CAMPAIGN
00:37:27 CONSULTANT PROGRAM. SO THIS PROGRAM REQUIRES
00:37:28 CONSULTANTS TO REGISTER AND FILE QUARTERLY REPORTS.
00:37:31 >> THIS ORDINANCE WOULD DISCONTINUE THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
00:37:34 >> THE PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1997.
00:37:38 THIS WAS BEFORE ALL CAMPAIGN FINANCE FILINGS WERE AVAILABLE
00:37:41 ELECTRONICALLY. TODAY THIS PROGRAM IS ALMOST
00:37:42 ENTIRELY REDUNDANT AS THE SAME INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
00:37:47 IN OTHER DISCLOSURES. AND CRUCIALLY BECAUSE OF THE
00:37:50 RECENT UPDATES AND SOPHISTICATION TO OUR
00:37:54 DASHBOARDS AND OUR DATABASES, YOU CAN YOU CAN GO ON YOU CAN
00:37:58 SEARCH A CONSULTANT'S NAME AND YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THE
00:37:59 CAMPAIGNS THAT PAID THEM WHAT THEY PAID THEM FOR AND ALL OF
00:38:02 THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
00:38:03 SO THIS ADDITIONAL PROGRAM PROVIDES VERY LITTLE VALUE ADD
00:38:06 IN EXCHANGE FOR THE BURDEN ON THE CITY AND ALSO THE BURDEN ON
00:38:10 CONSULTANTS WHICH DOES TEND TO DISPROPORTIONATELY FALL ON
00:38:14 YOUNG AND NEW CAMPAIGN STAFFERS AND CONSULTANTS.
00:38:17 THE THRESHOLD IS $1,000. IT'S VERY LOW AND THE
00:38:18 DEFINITION IS VAGUE AND VERY BROAD.
00:38:21 SO WE THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO SCALE BACK ON THIS PROGRAM
00:38:25 GIVEN THAT THE INFORMATION IS ALREADY OUT THERE.
00:38:27 NEXT WE HAVE OUR RECUSAL PROGRAM.
00:38:30 >> SO AS YOU ALL OBVIOUSLY KNOW, MEMBERS OF CITY BOARDS
00:38:33 AND COMMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM MATTERS
00:38:35 WHEN THEY HAVE A FINANCIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
00:38:38 OF COURSE WE DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE THAT.
00:38:41 >> BUT MEMBERS OF CERTAIN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ALSO
00:38:42 HAVE TO FILE A SUPPLEMENTAL RECUSAL NOTIFICATION WITH THE
00:38:45 COMMISSION. WE WANT TO ELIMINATE THIS
00:38:49 REQUIREMENT BOTH BECAUSE IT'S REDUNDANT AND BECAUSE IT FAILS
00:38:52 TO ADVANCE THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM.
00:38:53 >> SO THE RECUSAL PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE
00:38:56 GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO RECUSE AND AVOID CONFLICTS CORRUPTION
00:39:00 OR THE APPEARANCE OF CORRUPTION.
00:39:01 >> LAYERING ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ONTO VOLUNTEER
00:39:04 COMMISSIONERS FAILS TO INCENTIVIZE RECUSAL AND COULD
00:39:05 EVEN DISCOURAGE IT AT TIMES. THERE IS ALSO NOT THAT MUCH
00:39:09 ACCOUNTABILITY VALUE TO THIS INFORMATION.
00:39:13 IF I WANT TO LOOK INTO WHETHER SOMEONE HAS FAILED TO RECUSE
00:39:16 AND HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST I WOULD CHECK THEIR FORM 700 TO
00:39:19 SEE WHAT THEIR FINANCIAL INTERESTS ARE.
00:39:20 AND THEN I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE MEETINGS THEY'VE HAD TO
00:39:24 SEE IF THEY EVER FAILED TO RECUSE.
00:39:27 THESE SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES ONLY TELL ME EVERY TIME THAT
00:39:28 THEY DID THE RIGHT THING AND SUCCESSFULLY RECUSED.
00:39:31 THEY DON'T DIRECT ME TO POTENTIAL INAPPROPRIATE
00:39:34 ACTIVITY. >> SO FOR THOSE REASONS WE
00:39:38 DON'T THINK IT PROVIDES ENOUGH VALUE IN OUR SORT OF BUDGET
00:39:42 STRAPPED WORLD RIGHT NOW. >> THE FINAL PIECE OF THIS
00:39:45 FIRST ORDINANCE IS THE MAJOR DEVELOPER PROGRAM.
00:39:47 >> SO THIS REQUIRES DEVELOPERS TO DISCLOSE CERTAIN DONATIONS
00:39:50 TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE CONTACTED CITY OFFICERS
00:39:54 REGARDING THE DEVELOPER'S MAJOR PROJECTS.
00:39:58 >> I SHOULD NOTE THIS IS SEPARATE AND APART FROM
00:39:59 REQUIREMENTS TO REPORT AS A LOBBYIST IF THE DEVELOPER IS
00:40:02 PAYING THE NONPROFITS SPECIFICALLY FOR THEIR
00:40:05 ADVOCACY. THIS MORE HAS TO DO WITH
00:40:06 GENERAL DEVELOPER DONATIONS TO NONPROFITS FOR GRANTS AND OTHER
00:40:10 PROGRAM PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT. >> SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO
00:40:13 ELIMINATE THESE REQUIREMENTS AND INSTEAD ENSURE THAT
00:40:18 DEVELOPERS ARE PROVIDING THE REQUIRED INFORMATION TO
00:40:21 NONPROFITS SO THAT THEY CAN REGISTER AS LOBBYISTS WHEN
00:40:23 APPROPRIATE. >> I THINK THE REASONING HERE
00:40:26 IS TWOFOLD. MOST IMPORTANTLY ALL OF THIS
00:40:29 REPORTING IS DONE POST HOC. SO THE GOVERNMENT DECISION
00:40:31 MAKER HAS ALREADY MET WITH THE NONPROFIT AND MADE THEIR
00:40:33 DECISION AND THEN THE REPORTING IS DONE.
00:40:37 SO THIS IS NOT PROVIDING TRANSPARENCY TO DECISION MAKERS
00:40:40 BEFORE THEY MAKE THEIR DECISION.
00:40:41 >> SECOND, THE DISCLOSURES ONLY PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY INTO THESE
00:40:44 SORT OF LAWFUL PAYMENTS. >> THE LAW DOESN'T MAKE THE
00:40:48 PAYMENTS UNLAWFUL IN ANY WAY. SO THEY'RE NOT GIVING
00:40:51 INFORMATION THAT POTENTIALLY LEADS TO ACCOUNTABILITY
00:40:53 AND INSTANCES OF WRONGDOING. >> SO FOR THOSE REASONS WE WANT
00:40:57 TO SCALE BACK THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM.
00:41:00 >> SO THAT IS THE FIRST ORDINANCE HERE.
00:41:04 THREE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO SCALE BACK TO REALLY
00:41:05 HELP US WITH OUR GIVEN OUR BUDGET CUTS.
00:41:08 >> WE MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ORDINANCE NOW AS PRESIDENT
00:41:12 MANLEY NOTED, THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE COMPLICATED ONES.
00:41:15 >> CAN SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON IT AND THIS HAS BEEN
00:41:16 SUBJECT TO A GOOD DEAL OF BACK AND FORTH.
00:41:18 I WANT TO THANK ESPECIALLY THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE ENGAGED
00:41:22 WITH US. IT HAS BEEN A LONG BUT I THINK
00:41:23 PRODUCTIVE PROCESS. WE ARE STILL NOT IN THE EXACT
00:41:26 SAME PLACE BUT I THINK WHAT HAS EMERGED IS IS A VERY EFFECTIVE
00:41:30 PIECE OF LEGISLATION. >> SO THE ORDINANCE WOULD
00:41:33 IN SHORT RAISE THE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT INCREASE PUBLIC FINANCING
00:41:37 PROGRAM MATCHING FUNDS RATE AND CHANGE HOW THE EXPENDITURE
00:41:41 CEILING OPERATES. SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH
00:41:44 OF THESE CHANGES AND THEN I'M GOING TO FINISH WITH AN EXAMPLE
00:41:48 OF WHY THESE CHANGES ARE. THEY SORT OF KNIT TOGETHER
00:41:52 AND ARE ESSENTIAL TO SUPPORTING VIABLE PUBLICLY FINANCED
00:41:53 CAMPAIGNS. >> SO FIRST WE HAVE THE
00:41:57 CONTRIBUTION LIMIT. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
00:41:58 IMPORTANCE OF THESE LIMITS AND HELPING PREVENT RELIANCE ON
00:42:01 WEALTHY DONORS. BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE, STAGNANT
00:42:04 OR OVERLY STRICT CONTRIBUTION LIMITS CAN MAKE IT HARDER FOR
00:42:08 CAMPAIGNS TO COMPETE WITH OUTSIDE SPENDING.
00:42:09 OUTSIDE SPENDING THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO CONTRIBUTION LIMITS.
00:42:12 >> THE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS LIMIT WAS SET OVER 25 YEARS AGO
00:42:16 BEFORE CITIZENS UNITED BEFORE MCCUTCHEON, BEFORE THE SUPREME
00:42:20 COURT CASES THAT HAVE LED TO AN EXPLOSION OF OUTSIDE MONEY INTO
00:42:24 CAMPAIGNS. THAT WAS A VERY DIFFERENT WORLD
00:42:27 THAT WE LIVED IN. >> THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ADJUST
00:42:29 IT RETROACTIVELY FOR INFLATION FOR FROM 500 TO 1000 AND CODIFY
00:42:35 A MECHANISM FOR ONGOING INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS JUST SO
00:42:36 WE DON'T RUN INTO THIS ISSUE AGAIN.
00:42:39 IT WOULD ALSO BRING IT MORE IN LINE WITH OTHER MAJOR CITIES
00:42:41 IN CALIFORNIA MOVING TO THE CHANGES TO THE PUBLIC FINANCING
00:42:44 PROGRAM. >> SO AS A REMINDER, THE
00:42:48 PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2000 BY BALLOT MEASURE.
00:42:51 >> ITS PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO HELP CANDIDATES WITH A
00:42:54 DEMONSTRATED LEVEL OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT RUN VIABLE CAMPAIGNS.
00:42:58 >> THE PROGRAM MATCHES ELIGIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS AT A 6 TO 1 RATIO
00:43:03 AND TO PARTICIPATE CANDIDATES HAVE TO AGREE TO ADHERE TO AN
00:43:07 EXPENDITURE CEILING. THE CITY HAS A UNIQUE PROCESS
00:43:10 BY WHICH THESE CEILINGS ARE INCREMENTALLY ADJUSTED ON AN
00:43:14 ONGOING BASIS THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN.
00:43:15 >> MOST OF THESE SIMILAR PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
00:43:18 ACTUALLY HAVE NO CEILING AT ALL AND THE ONES THAT DO DO NOT
00:43:21 HAVE THE SORT OF ONGOING ADJUSTMENT PROCESS LIKE SAN
00:43:25 FRANCISCO DOES. >> SO I WANT TO TALK A BIT
00:43:26 ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'VE SEEN EMERGE WITH THIS APPROACH.
00:43:30 I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST AS PRESIDENT MANAGEMENT NOTED, THE
00:43:32 CEILINGS ALMOST NEVER LIMIT SPENDING IN 2024.
00:43:35 THEY WERE ADJUSTED ALMOST 300 TIMES FOR 27 CANDIDATES AND AT
00:43:39 THE END OF THE ELECTION THEY LIMITED THE SPENDING OF A
00:43:43 SINGLE CANDIDATE. NEXT OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE
00:43:46 EXTREMELY VOLATILE WHERE SMALL AMOUNTS OF SPENDING LEAD TO
00:43:50 BASICALLY A CASCADING SET OF ADJUSTMENTS AND CONSTANT FILING
00:43:53 ON A 24 HOUR BASIS. AND FINALLY THEY IMPOSE A
00:43:58 PRETTY LARGE BURDEN ON CANDIDATES AND ON STAFF.
00:44:01 SO AGAIN IN 2024 CANDIDATES HAD TO FILE OVER 250 THRESHOLD
00:44:05 STATEMENTS. THESE ARE DUE WITHIN 24 HOURS
00:44:08 OF CROSSING A GIVEN THRESHOLD. >> THEY TAKE TIME AND RESOURCES
00:44:11 BETTER SPENT ENGAGING WITH VOTERS AND THEY HIT FIRST TIME
00:44:14 CANDIDATES PARTICULARLY HARD FOLKS WHO DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW
00:44:16 THE PROGRAM WORKS. >> MOVING ON, I WANT TO TALK
00:44:19 ABOUT HOW THE AUDIENCE WOULD CHANGE THE PROGRAM.
00:44:23 SO FIRST AND SIMPLY PROGRAM WOULD NOW MATCH CONTRIBUTIONS
00:44:27 AT A HIGHER RATE 8 TO 1. NEXT MORE COMPLICATED THE
00:44:30 PROGRAM WOULD CHANGE HOW THE EXPENDITURE CEILINGS OPERATE.
00:44:34 SO INSTEAD OF THESE SORT OF ONGOING INDEFINITE ADJUSTMENTS
00:44:35 THERE WOULD BE A SINGLE CEILING.
00:44:38 THAT CEILING WOULD APPLY TO EACH CANDIDATE AS AN INDIVIDUAL
00:44:41 . AND THEN IT WOULD BE LIFTED ON
00:44:42 A PER CANDIDATE BASIS ONCE A SINGLE THRESHOLD IS MET.
00:44:46 SO THERE ARE TWO WAYS THAT THIS THRESHOLD CAN BE MET.
00:44:49 LET'S SAY I AM RUNNING FOR THE BOARD AND IF THERE ARE
00:44:52 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES OPPOSING ME OR SUPPORTING MY
00:44:57 OPPONENT AND THEY EXCEED 50% OF MY CEILING THEN MY CEILING IS
00:45:03 LIFTED. >> MY OPPONENT'S CEILING ISN'T
00:45:04 LIFTED BUT MY CEILING IS LIFTED .
00:45:07 >> ALTERNATIVELY, IF SOMEONE IS RUNNING AGAINST ME AND THEY'RE
00:45:09 NOT PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC FINANCING AND THEY RAISE OR
00:45:13 SPEND 75% OF MY CEILING MY CEILING IS LIFTED.
00:45:17 THE REASONS FOR THIS CHANGE I THINK ARE THREEFOLD.
00:45:20 AND I'LL GO THROUGH THEM. >> SO FIRST IT DOES DRASTICALLY
00:45:24 SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS. IT REDUCES A HUGE
00:45:27 ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ON CANDIDATES ON THE CITY.
00:45:29 IT ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR THESE ONGOING 24 HOUR THRESHOLD
00:45:32 REPORTS. IT REPLACES THEM WITH A SINGLE
00:45:34 THRESHOLD THAT REMAINS IN PLACE UNTIL IT'S NO LONGER EFFECTIVE
00:45:38 . >> SECOND ON THE FRONT END THIS
00:45:39 ACTUALLY MAKES EXPENDITURE CEILINGS MORE EFFECTIVE.
00:45:43 >> THIS IS BECAUSE FOR LOW AND MODERATE AMOUNTS OF
00:45:47 SPENDING THE CEILING ISN'T CONSTANTLY BEING INCREASED
00:45:50 THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN. INSTEAD IT STAYS IN PLACE SO
00:45:52 LONG AS THERE IS LOW OR MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SPENDING.
00:45:55 AND WE SEE THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL DATA WHAT WOULD
00:45:58 HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LAST 15 RACES WITH PUBLICLY FINANCED
00:46:01 CANDIDATES. >> SIX.
00:46:04 NOBODY'S CEILING WOULD BE LIFTED.
00:46:05 SIX. SOME BUT NOT ALL CEILINGS WOULD
00:46:08 BE LIFTED AND THREE THEY WOULD ALL BE LIFTED.
00:46:09 >> I THINK ANOTHER USEFUL DATA POINT IS TO TO COMPARE TO THE
00:46:12 NUMBERS I OFFERED FOR THE 2024 ELECTION 27 CANDIDATES.
00:46:17 THE WAY IT ACTUALLY PLAYED OUT THE CEILING IS LIMITED.
00:46:20 ONE CANDIDATE AT THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN.
00:46:24 IF THIS SYSTEM HAD BEEN IN PLACE THE CEILINGS WOULD
00:46:26 HAVE REMAINED IN PLACE ON 13 OR EXCUSE ME ON TEN CANDIDATES.
00:46:29 CEILINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN LIFTED ON THE REMAINDER OF THE
00:46:32 CANDIDATES AND FOR THE 13 OTHER BOARD CANDIDATES.
00:46:35 FOR 12 OF THEM THE CEILING WOULD HAVE BEEN LIFTED
00:46:39 IN OCTOBER. >> SO REALLY AT THE END OF THE
00:46:40 ELECTION AND THEN FOR THE OTHER ONE IT WOULD'VE BEEN THE LAST
00:46:43 WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. >> SO AGAIN, WE THINK THIS IS
00:46:46 ESSENTIAL. YOU GO BACK TRICIA.
00:46:47 AGAIN, WE THINK THIS IS ESSENTIAL FOR MAKING THE
00:46:50 CEILINGS MORE EFFECTIVE ON THE FRONT END.
00:46:51 THE THIRD REASON FOR THIS CHANGE IS THAT ON THE BACK END
00:46:54 ONCE THOSE CEILINGS STOP BEING AFFECTED THEY ARE CLEANLY
00:46:57 LIFTED AND THEY REALLY ALLOW CANDIDATES TO RUN A MORE VIABLE
00:47:00 CAMPAIGN. ONCE YOUR OPPONENT IS SPENDING
00:47:04 OR IS RECEIVING INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES UP TO 50% OF YOUR
00:47:07 CEILING, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE FILING 24 HOUR THRESHOLD
00:47:11 REPORTS TO CONSTANTLY BUMP YOUR CEILING UP.
00:47:12 >> AT THAT POINT THE CEILING IS JUST NOT EFFECTIVE.
00:47:15 IT'S PREVENTING YOU FROM RUNNING A VIABLE CAMPAIGN
00:47:17 IN THE FACE OF OUTSIDE SPENDING AGAINST YOU.
00:47:19 SO THE CEILING IS LIFTED AND ALLOWS YOU TO RUN A VIABLE
00:47:22 CAMPAIGN. >> SO MOVING ON I WANT TO GIVE
00:47:26 THIS SORT OF LIKE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND HOW THESE THREE WORK
00:47:30 TOGETHER. >> THEY'RE DESIGNED TO BE PART
00:47:34 OF THE SAME ORDINANCE AND THEY MAY SEEM LIKE THEY'RE DIFFERENT
00:47:35 BUT THEY REALLY DO WORK TOGETHER TO INCREASE THE
00:47:39 VIABILITY OF RUNNING A PUBLICLY FINANCED CAMPAIGN OR RUNNING A
00:47:43 CAMPAIGN WITHOUT A TON OF OUTSIDE SPENDING.
00:47:46 >> SO AGAIN, LET'S SAY I'M A CANDIDATE RUNNING FOR THE BOARD
00:47:50 OF SUPERVISORS. MY OPPONENT JUST RECEIVED
00:47:52 $250,000 IN INDEPENDENT SPENDING SUPPORTING THEM.
00:47:56 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THESE CHANGES WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE
00:47:58 IT MORE POSSIBLE TO RUN A VIABLE CAMPAIGN.
00:48:01 >> SO IN THE PAST I COULD TRY TO COMPETE WITH THAT MONEY BY
00:48:04 RAISING UP TO $500. I COULD RECEIVE A 6 TO 1 MATCH
00:48:08 FROM ELIGIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEN I WOULD FILE A SERIES
00:48:11 OF 24 HOUR THRESHOLD STATEMENTS TO HAVE MY CEILING
00:48:15 INCREMENTALLY ADJUSTED AS I'M RUNNING MY CAMPAIGN.
00:48:19 IN UNDER THIS NEW ORDINANCE THIS CHANGES IN THREE WAYS.
00:48:22 FIRST, I CAN NOW RAISE UP TO $1,000 FROM INDIVIDUALS THAT'S
00:48:24 GOING TO HELP ME BETTER COMPETE WITH OUTSIDE SPENDING.
00:48:27 >> SECOND, THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS WILL NOW BE
00:48:31 MATCHED AT AN 8 TO 1 RATE. OUTSIDE SPENDING CAN OFTEN COME
00:48:34 IN VERY LARGE CHUNKS. SO THE INCREASED MATCH RATE
00:48:37 ALLOWS ME TO GET ACCESS TO PUBLIC FINANCING DOLLARS FASTER
00:48:41 SO THAT I CAN RUN A VIABLE CAMPAIGN.
00:48:42 >> AND THEN THIRD, MY EXPENDITURE CEILING IS LIFTED
00:48:45 AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE $250,000 IN SPENDING THAT IS
00:48:49 OVER 50% OF MY CEILING. SO THE CEILING IS JUST LIFTED.
00:48:52 I DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SORT OF ALMOST CHARADE OF THESE
00:48:56 24 HOUR ONGOING REPORTS WHEN THE CEILING IS JUST NOT GOING
00:49:01 TO LIMIT ME ANYWAY. I GET TO JUST REMOVE IT BECAUSE
00:49:04 IT'S NOT EFFECTIVE. >> THAT'S A BIT SORT OF ABOUT
00:49:07 HOW THESE THREE THINGS WORK TOGETHER TO HELP PUBLICLY
00:49:09 FINANCED CAMPAIGNS BE VIABLE. >> THE LAST POINT ON THIS
00:49:15 ORDINANCE AS SUPERVISOR MANAGEMENT NOTED, WE RECEIVED A
00:49:19 LOT OF FEEDBACK BOTH FROM CITY PRESIDENT MANAGEMENT
00:49:22 AND STAKEHOLDERS. >> SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR
00:49:26 THAT PROCESS. THIS SLIDE EMPHASIZES SOME OF
00:49:27 THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THIS
00:49:30 FEEDBACK. THESE ARE CHANGES THAT WE THINK
00:49:33 THE LEGISLATION HAS WE THINK HAS MADE THE LEGISLATION
00:49:37 STRONGER. I WON'T NECESSARILY GO THROUGH
00:49:38 EACH ONE. I THINK THAT FIRST ONE IS THE
00:49:40 KEY ONE THAT PRESIDENT MENEM NOTED.
00:49:44 >> THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THIS LEGISLATION WOULD HAVE ALLOWED
00:49:47 WOULD HAVE LIFTED THE CEILING FOR AN ENTIRE RACE ALL AT ONCE.
00:49:51 SO IF I AM SPENDING $250,000 TO SUPPORT TRICIA IN HER CAMPAIGN
00:49:55 AGAINST PRESIDENT THEN IT WOULD LIFT THE CEILING FOR BOTH OF
00:49:59 THEM AS PRESIDENT MEN, WOMEN AND SOME OF THE GROUPS NOTED
00:50:02 THAT CREATES A PERVERSE INCENTIVE.
00:50:04 AND SO INSTEAD IF I AM SPENDING THAT MONEY TO SUPPORT TRICIA
00:50:06 ONLY PRESIDENT MANAGEMENT'S CEILING WILL BE LIFTED NOT HERS
00:50:09 AND SOME OF THE OTHER CHANGES ARE LISTED HERE SLOWING THE
00:50:13 RATE OF INCREASE IN THE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT.
00:50:16 REMOVING THE ADJUSTMENT FOR THE LOAN LIMIT AND FINALLY AS I
00:50:20 MENTIONED INCREASING THE PUBLIC FINANCING MATCH RATIO.
00:50:24 >> SO THAT WRAPS UP THE SECOND ORDINANCE.
00:50:25 I'LL BRIEFLY BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE THIRD ORDINANCE AND THEN
00:50:29 WRAP UP SO THIS WOULD. >> SO THIS CONCERNS THE CITY'S
00:50:36 THREE BENEFIT RELATED BOARDS AND THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE
00:50:40 REQUIREMENTS ON CANDIDATES FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
00:50:41 >> WE'RE PROPOSING TO ELIMINATE THEM IN THE EIGHT YEARS OF
00:50:44 THEIR EXISTENCE. ONLY A SINGLE CANDIDATE HAS
00:50:45 RAISED A TOTAL OF $78.60. THESE ELECTIONS ARE NOT OPEN TO
00:50:51 THE PUBLIC AND THE REQUIREMENTS WHICH NOT ONLY INCLUDE FILING
00:50:55 REGULAR DISCLOSURES BUT ALSO INCLUDE OPENING A SEPARATE BANK
00:50:56 ACCOUNT. >> THEY JUST IMPOSE TOO HEAVY
00:50:59 OF A BURDEN FOR VERY, VERY LITTLE VALUE.
00:51:05 SO WITH THAT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.
00:51:07 THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LONGER PRESENTATION AND I
00:51:10 APPRECIATE YOU STAYING WITH ME FOR IT AND TRICIA AND I ARE
00:51:11 HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. >> GREAT.
00:51:14 THANK YOU, ZACH. APPRECIATE THAT DETAILED
00:51:18 PRESENTATION. >> I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
00:51:22 QUESTIONS. VICE CHAIR MAHMOOD UH, PLEASE
00:51:25 GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU FOR THE
00:51:26 PRESENTATION AND THE RIGOROUS THOUGHT TO HOW TO REFORM THESE
00:51:30 PROCESSES TO BE ADAPTING TO THE TIMES.
00:51:35 ONE MORE JUST ONE BROAD QUESTION WHICH IS YOU INDICATED
00:51:39 THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT PART OF THE NECESSITY FOR THESE
00:51:44 IS INSUFFICIENT STAFF TIME TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CAMPAIGN
00:51:51 COMPONENTS IN AN ALTERNATIVE WORLD.
00:51:55 >> IF YOU HAD THE RESOURCES AND THE SUFFICIENT STAFF TIME
00:51:59 THAT THERE'S THAT IS A LEVER THAT THE CITY CAN PULL OR
00:52:03 RAISE. WOULD YOU STILL BE MAKING THE
00:52:07 SAME RECOMMENDATIONS? >> AND I'M CURIOUS LIKE OF
00:52:10 WHICH OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IF YOU HAD FULL STAFFING TO
00:52:15 MEET THEM ARE STILL UNNECESSARY FROM YOUR STANDPOINT OR WHICH
00:52:19 ONES DO YOU THINK ARE STILL NECESSARY BUT YOU JUST CAN'T DO
00:52:20 THEM RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF STAFFING?
00:52:21 >> SURE. >> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
00:52:26 I THINK THE ANSWER IS NUANCED. IT IS THAT IF THESE WERE UP FOR
00:52:33 A VOTE WE WOULD RECOMMEND SUPPORTING THEM IN ANY
00:52:36 SCENARIO. WE WOULD NOT BE PUTTING IN THE
00:52:40 EFFORT TO GET THEM PASSED IF WE WEREN'T IN THE SAME SORT OF
00:52:45 BUDGET CRUNCH. >> SO WE SUPPORT THEM NO MATTER
00:52:48 WHAT BECAUSE THEY ALSO IMPOSE BURDEN ON THE PEOPLE INVOLVED
00:52:50 IN THE PROGRAMS AND THEY JUST DON'T PROVIDE THAT MUCH VALUE.
00:52:55 AND BUT THE REASON THAT WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF OUR TIME
00:52:56 TRYING TO GET THEM PASSED IS BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO BE
00:53:00 FREED UP FROM THE STRAIN THEY PUT ON US.
00:53:04 >> AND I WANT TO GIVE ONE EXAMPLE THAT MAYBE IS AN
00:53:08 EXCEPTION FOR THAT THAT WE MIGHT PUSH FOR REGARDLESS WHICH
00:53:09 IS THIS THE SUPPLEMENTAL RECUSAL NOTIFICATIONS.
00:53:11 I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT TRANSPARENCY IS IS
00:53:20 ESSENTIAL BUT IT REQUIRES CONTEXT AND MAKING IT REALLY,
00:53:24 REALLY EASY FOR ME TO GO TO ONE PLACE AND LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE
00:53:25 TIME SOMEONE FOLLOWED THE LAW BUT REALLY HARD TO THEN FIND
00:53:28 INSTANCES OF POTENTIAL NONCOMPLIANCE CREATES THIS
00:53:31 ILLUSION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.
00:53:36 SO HAVING A LIST OF EVERY TIME SOMEONE RECUSED WHICH IS WHAT
00:53:39 THESE SUPPLEMENTAL NOTIFICATIONS ALLOW ME TO FIND
00:53:42 IS A LITTLE BIT OF A MISDIRECT FROM THE ACTUAL WORK WE HAVE TO
00:53:46 DO TO FIGURE OUT IF PEOPLE ARE NOT RECUSING.
00:53:49 AND SO THAT MIGHT BE AN EXCEPTION FROM THAT POINT.
00:53:51 ALSO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT FOR THE BOARD OF
00:53:53 SUPERVISORS YOU ALL DON'T HAVE TO FILE THOSE NOTIFICATIONS.
00:53:57 SO THIS WOULD BRING THE REST OF THE CITY IN LINE WHICH I DO
00:53:59 THINK HAS VALUE IN AND OF ITSELF HAVING THAT CONSISTENCY.
00:54:01 >> BUT FOR THE REST OF IT I THINK IT'S SORT OF A NUANCED
00:54:05 ANSWER BETWEEN WHETHER WE WOULD SUPPORT IT FOR VERSUS WHETHER
00:54:07 WE WOULD SPEND OUR TIME AND EFFORT TRYING TO GET IT
00:54:09 PASSED TO JUST TO POTENTIALLY BE CLEAR, YOU'RE SAYING THAT
00:54:12 EVEN IF YOU HAD FULL STAFFING, MORE STAFFING YOU WOULD STILL
00:54:17 RECOMMEND THESE CHANGES? >> YEAH.
00:54:19 >> THANK YOU. I THINK VICE CHAIR MAHMOOD YOUR
00:54:24 QUESTIONS. >> GREAT.
00:54:27 I'LL ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS. >> FIRST OF ALL, JUST THANK YOU
00:54:34 FOR YOUR FORTHRIGHT FORTHRIGHTNESS AND EFFORT HERE
00:54:37 WHICH WAS I APPRECIATE IT. >> ONE QUESTION ON THE CAMPAIGN
00:54:46 CONSULTANT DISCLOSURES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I
00:54:48 UNDERSTOOD THIS CORRECTLY. YOU WERE IN THE THE PROPOSED
00:54:52 LEGISLATION THEY WOULD HAVE TO FILE FEWER DISCLOSURE LAWS
00:54:59 OVERALL, IS THAT CORRECT? >> CORRECT.
00:55:00 YET EVEN WHILE FILING FEWER DISCLOSURES, ALL OF THE
00:55:06 INFORMATION THAT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TODAY WOULD ALSO BE
00:55:11 AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE MAYBE IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FORMAT
00:55:15 BUT IT WOULD ALL STILL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
00:55:18 >> CORRECT. I WOULD GIVE THERE'S ONE CAVEAT
00:55:21 TO THAT WHICH IS THE THERE IS A REQUIREMENT RIGHT NOW THAT
00:55:35 SECOND CONSULTANTS REPORT THE NAMES OF LOCAL OFFICEHOLDERS OR
00:55:43 CITY EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE CONSULTANT OR
00:55:47 CLIENT AT THE BEHEST OF THE CONSULTANT.
00:55:50 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS HAS NEVER BEEN REPORTED.
00:55:54 THAT WOULD NOT BE COVERED ELSEWHERE.
00:55:56 SO THAT IS THE ONE PIECE OF UNIQUE INFORMATION THAT'S
00:55:58 IN CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT DISCLOSURES RIGHT NOW.
00:56:01 >> AND NOBODY HAS EVER REPORTED IT.
00:56:02 SO WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT THAT'S THE ONLY PIECE
00:56:06 OF INFORMATION WE'RE LOSING SINCE IT HAS NOT PROVIDED
00:56:09 TRANSPARENCY INTO ANYTHING THUS FAR.
00:56:10 BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD BE AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE.
00:56:12 >> GREAT. THANK YOU.
00:56:13 I THINK IT WAS INTERESTING THAT YOU NOTED THAT THIS REQUIREMENT
00:56:16 OFTEN DISADVANTAGES YOUNGER ENTRANTS INTO THE PROFESSION.
00:56:20 I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT
00:56:24 TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE A SHOT. SO THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING
00:56:27 IT. LAST QUESTION FOR ME.
00:56:28 YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CEILING QUOTE LIFTING.
00:56:32 >> CAN YOU CLEARLY DEFINE THE WORD LIFTING IN THIS CONTEXT?
00:56:39 >> PLEASE. SURE.
00:56:39 SO IT THE CEILING WOULD BE REMOVED REMOVED AND IT WOULD
00:56:48 NOT BE HIGHER IS NOT LIFT IT WOULD BE REMOVED ROOF THAT'S A
00:56:51 GREAT POINT. THANK YOU.
00:56:52 THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
00:56:53 I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH AND LEAD THE
00:56:55 HORSE TO WATER BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.
00:56:56 >> GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:56:59 >> I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS BUT SUPERVISOR FEELER
00:57:06 NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
00:57:07 PRESENTATION AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
00:57:11 I JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON ON ALL OF THESE YOU
00:57:18 KNOW WE DID HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH COMMUNITY ADVOCATES
00:57:22 AND AND I AGREE WITH MANY OF THEIR OF THEIR TAKES SOME YOU
00:57:26 KNOW FOR EXAMPLE THE RAISING THE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT I FEEL
00:57:30 TORN ABOUT THAT ONE BECAUSE IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE TO JUST RUN
00:57:34 CAMPAIGNS AND WE HAVEN'T ADJUSTED THIS LIMIT SINCE THE
00:57:41 YEAR 2000. >> SO IT'S IN SOME WAYS OVERDUE
00:57:44 AND AT THE SAME TIME THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHO WHO WOULD
00:57:51 ACTUALLY BENEFIT. I THINK IT'S THE SAME
00:57:55 CANDIDATES THAT WOULD ATTRACT AN UNFATHOMABLE AMOUNTS OF
00:58:02 OUTSIDE SPENDING DIRECTED TO THEIR CAMPAIGN.
00:58:06 I ACTUALLY DON'T THINK IT WOULD ACTUALLY LIMIT OUTSIDE SPENDING
00:58:10 IN A CITY WITH SO MUCH WEALTH TO SPEND ON CAMPAIGNS.
00:58:14 SO AT THIS POINT I'M NOT INCLINED TO SUPPORT RAISING THE
00:58:18 CONTRIBUTION LIMIT. I MY MIND COULD CHANGE WHEN IT
00:58:24 COMES TO RECUSAL NOTIFICATION AND THE REQUIREMENTS ON
00:58:29 CAMPAIGN CONSULT AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES WARNED THAT IT WOULD
00:58:36 DECREASE THE LAYPERSON'S ACCESS TO THIS KIND OF INFORMATION
00:58:41 AND MAKE THEM GO DIGGING FOR THIS INFORMATION IN A WAY THAT
00:58:45 ONLY REALLY JOURNALISTS INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS COULD
00:58:49 ACCESS IT. >> AND SO I MEAN IT JUST IT
00:58:55 BRINGS TO ME THE QUESTION OF WHY WHY WOULD WE DO THAT RIGHT
00:59:00 NOW? AND THEN RELATED TO MAJOR
00:59:03 DEVELOPER DISCLOSURES, I DO SHARE ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST
00:59:07 CONCERNS WITH THAT IS A DEVELOPER OR NONPROFIT COULD
00:59:11 EASILY CLAIM THAT DONATIONS ARE NOT PAYMENTS FOR LOBBYIST
00:59:15 SERVICES BUT RATHER JUST DONATIONS TO A GOOD CAUSE
00:59:22 AND THEN THE NONPROFIT COULD INDEPENDENTLY DECIDE TO WEIGH
00:59:26 IN ON THE PROJECT. SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ABOUT
00:59:29 THAT DYNAMIC AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE
00:59:38 CEILING LIMIT, I'M CONCERNED IN THE BECAUSE THIS DOESN'T ALL
00:59:42 HAPPEN AT ONCE RIGHT OUTSIDE MONEY IS SPENT OVER TIME
00:59:49 CANDIDATES GET MONEY OVER TIME. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE
00:59:53 INSTANCE IN WHICH YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE SPENDING REACHES THE
01:00:00 POINT JUST BELOW 50% WHICH IS STILL A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
01:00:05 SOMETHING LIKE 174,000 SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE AND THE
01:00:12 RESPONDING CANDIDATE FOR THE CANDIDATE SUBJECTED TO THAT
01:00:15 OUTSIDE SPENDING AN EXAMPLE OF OPPOSITIONAL SPENDING UM WOULD
01:00:22 MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO RESPOND AND SO I THINK THERE'S
01:00:29 A MEDIUM SOMEWHERE THAT WE'RE NOT THERE TODAY ON WITH THESE
01:00:34 AMENDMENTS THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SOME BETWEEN BETWEEN THE
01:00:38 AMENDMENTS BEFORE US TODAY WHERE A PARTICIPATING CAN
01:00:45 AND CEILING WOULD BE LIFTED IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF I
01:00:49 EXPENDITURES AGAINST THE CANDIDATE AND THOSE SUPPORTING
01:00:53 THE CANDIDATE'S OPPONENTS EXCEEDS 50% OR AN ARM PURCHASE
01:00:57 MEAN CAN IN THE RAISE RAISER SPENT MORE THAN 75% OF THE
01:01:00 EXPENDITURE CEILING IN THAT RAISE I THINK THERE'S A MEDIUM
01:01:04 WE COULD FIND BETWEEN THERE BUT I DON'T THAT'S NOT BEFORE US
01:01:08 TODAY AND THAT'S NOT UM THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I WOULD SUPPORT
01:01:12 UM I'M NOT COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING TODAY ELECTIONS TO
01:01:19 RETIREMENT BOARD I THINK I THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE ONE
01:01:23 ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S ONLY ONE CANDIDATE WHO'S RAISED A
01:01:24 TOTAL AMOUNT OF LESS THAN $80. >> UM, AND IT'S NOT AN ELECTION
01:01:30 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BUT THAT IS WHERE I'M AT TODAY.
01:01:37 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE THE ETHICS COMMISSION FOR PUTTING
01:01:41 ALL THE WORK IN. I'M SURE WE'LL SEE THIS AT SOME
01:01:42 POINT IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR FIELDER
01:01:48 COLLEAGUES ANY MORE. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
01:01:52 OKAY. MADAM CLERK, CAN WE TAKE PUBLIC
01:01:56 COMMENT PLEASE? >> YES.
01:01:57 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEMS FOUR THROUGH
01:02:00 SIX SHOULD LINE UP NOW ALONG THE SIDE BY THE WINDOWS.
01:02:02 >> ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
01:02:06 >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
01:02:10 TO SPEAK TODAY BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE.
01:02:11 MY NAME IS BILL REEDY AND I ARE WITH INDIVISIBLE ISAF AND I'M
01:02:15 THE LEAD OF THE STATE AND LOCAL ACTION WORKING GROUP.
01:02:19 I'M ALSO HERE REPRESENTING OUR PARTNERS IN AROUND THIS ISSUE
01:02:25 COMMON CAUSE CALIFORNIA, THE CALIFORNIA CLEAN MONEY CAMPAIGN
01:02:28 AND THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
01:02:33 >> WE WE GENERALLY OPPOSE THE CURRENT LEGISLATION AS PROPOSED
01:02:37 WITHOUT SOME CHANGES BEING MADE.
01:02:40 >> REGARDLESS OF WHERE ONE STANDS ON THE PARTICULARS OF
01:02:44 THESE AMENDMENTS, THERE IS ONE POINT ON WHICH THE AMERICAN
01:02:45 PUBLIC HAS BEEN REMARKABLY CONSISTENT FOR DECADES.
01:02:48 >> PEOPLE WANT MORE TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT
01:02:49 AND LESS INFLUENCED BY LARGE POLITICAL DONORS.
01:02:52 >> IN FACT, CAMPAIGN SPENDING REFORM IS THE ONE TOPIC ON
01:02:55 WHICH THERE IS STRONG BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
01:02:58 77% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT LIMITS ON CAMPAIGN SPENDING, 85%
01:03:01 SUPPORT GREATER TRANSPARENCY AROUND POLITICAL SPENDING
01:03:03 AND DARK MONEY. 72% BELIEVE WEALTHY DONORS
01:03:06 ALREADY HAVE TOO MUCH INFLUENCE AND MAKE IT HARDER FOR ORDINARY
01:03:10 CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. AND OVER 80% FAVOR A
01:03:13 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ALLOWING FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE
01:03:16 REFORM WHEN PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IS ALREADY FRAGILE.
01:03:17 ROLLING BACK TRANSPARENCY AND INCREASING THE ROLE OF
01:03:21 LARGE DONORS MOVES US IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
01:03:24 >> WE AND OUR PARTNERS HAVE WORKED EIGHT MONTHS ON THESE
01:03:25 PROPOSED COMPROMISES THAT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MADE
01:03:32 IN THE IN THE CURRENT PROPOSED LEGISLATION BY RANDLEMAN THESE
01:03:35 REQUESTS ARE NOT IDEOLOGICAL. >> THEY'RE PRIMARILY THEY
01:03:37 IDENTIFY SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS AND SO
01:03:40 I HAVE URGE YOU TO CONSIDER CIVIL RIGHTS A FIELD THESE
01:03:47 CONCERNS AS WELL AS OURS WHEN YOU DO EVENTUALLY TAKE UP THIS
01:03:48 LEGISLATION. THANK YOU.
01:03:51 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER GOOD MORNING
01:03:54 SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS NATALIE G AND I AM
01:03:58 HERE ON MY PERSONAL TIME AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN AS A GRASSROOTS
01:04:02 CANDIDATE THAT JUST MOST RECENTLY RAN FOR SUPERVISOR
01:04:04 IN JUNE MY AVERAGE DONATION WAS $127 FROM 8194 DONATIONS 846 OF
01:04:12 THEM WERE INDIVIDUAL DONORS AND OUT OF THAT ONLY 130 EIGHT
01:04:17 WERE MAX DONATIONS 500 AND THIS IS RAISED FROM FRIENDS
01:04:20 AND SUPPORTERS WHO ARE OF THE WORKING CLASS AND WHO ARE
01:04:24 ALREADY STRETCHED THIN ECONOMICALLY.
01:04:26 $100 WAS A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR MANY OF MY FRIENDS
01:04:30 AND SUPPORTERS, LET ALONE $500 DOUBLING THE MAX CAMPAIGN
01:04:34 CONTRIBUTION TO $1,000 DOESN'T LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD IT JUST
01:04:40 CANNOT. >> WITH THE NETWORK OF WEALTHY
01:04:41 FRIENDS BANKROLLED THEIR CAMPAIGN IN JUST A HANDFUL OF
01:04:45 CHECKS AND DONORS WHO DON'T EVEN NEED A BLINK AT A FOUR
01:04:49 DIGIT AMOUNT WHILE GRASSROOT CANDIDATES LIKE MYSELF
01:04:52 AND FUTURE GRASSROOTS CANDIDATES WILL HAVE A EVEN
01:04:53 STEEPER HILL TO CLIMB. >> THE EXCUSE THAT I KEEP
01:04:56 HEARING IS THAT THE 500 LIMIT IS FROM THE YEAR 2000 AND WE'RE
01:05:00 JUST KEEPING UP WITH INFLATION. BUT INFLATION DOESN'T EXPLAIN
01:05:03 WHY PEOPLE'S PAYCHECKS AREN'T KEEPING UP WITH THE COST OF
01:05:07 LIVING AND EXPENSES HERE IN THE CITY WORKING PEOPLE DON'T JUST
01:05:11 GET TO DOUBLE THEIR DONATION CAPACITY JUST BECAUSE THE
01:05:14 CONSCIENCE THE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT DID.
01:05:17 >> WE ALSO KEEP SAYING THAT THIS IS GOING TO ALIGN US WITH
01:05:19 OTHER MAJOR CITIES BUT I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT
01:05:22 SAN FRANCISCO IS A CITY AND COUNTY ONE OUT OF 58
01:05:26 IN CALIFORNIA. SO WE ARE NOT THE SAME.
01:05:29 ASIDE FROM THE MATCHING PUBLIC FINANCING FUND INCREASE, THIS
01:05:32 PROPOSAL DOES NOTHING TO TOUCH THE REAL PROBLEM OF OUTSIDE
01:05:34 SPENDING. >> CITIZENS UNITED, WHICH LETS
01:05:37 PACS AND INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES FLOOD THE FIELD
01:05:40 WITH UNLIMITED MONEY OUTSIDE OF THE CAMPAIGN HAWAII OVERTURN
01:05:44 CITIZENS UNITED WE CAN MAKE AN EFFORT TO DO THAT AT THE END A
01:05:48 BY ELECTION ON ELECTION DAY MY CAP WAS RAISED TO 1.3 MILLION.
01:05:52 >> THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD STILL FUNDRAISE UP TO THAT.
01:05:55 >> SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING.
01:05:56 THANK YOU. NATALIE DO WE HAVE ANY
01:05:59 ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS? MR. CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC
01:06:03 COMMENT. >> THANK YOU.
01:06:07 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. OKAY.
01:06:13 SO I THINK LET'S TAKE THE AMENDMENTS THAT PRESIDENT
01:06:20 MENDELSOHN DESCRIBED AND CIRCULATED ON ITEM NUMBER
01:06:24 FIVE AND BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION PRESENT GENTLEMAN, DO YOU HAVE
01:06:29 ANY MORE COMMENTS YOU WANT TO MAKE ON THOSE?
01:06:32 >> YEAH, THAT WOULD IT WOULD BE MY REQUEST THAT YOU DO EXACTLY
01:06:35 THAT. >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
01:06:39 >> AND I DO WANT TO AGAIN THANK ETHICS STAFF FOR THE CLEAR
01:06:43 EXPLANATION FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK FOR TRYING TO DO THE
01:06:50 SOMETIMES IMPOSSIBLE THINGS THAT ARE ASKED OF THEM.
01:06:52 I THINK IT IS ONE THING FOR US TO IMAGINE A PERFECT WORLD OF
01:06:58 COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY AND AND AND FAIRNESS IN ELECTIONS AND I
01:07:06 THINK IT IS ANOTHER THING TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
01:07:07 ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK IN THE TRENCHES EVERY DAY AS THEIR JOB
01:07:13 TO TRY TO DELIVER TRANSPARENCY AND FAIR ELECTIONS AND WHEN
01:07:15 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TELLING US THEY NEED HELP, WE SHOULD
01:07:18 LISTEN. AND I HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY THE
01:07:23 LACK OF INTEREST FROM SOME IN THE ETHICS ADVOCACY
01:07:26 COMMUNITY IN LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE DOING THE WORK.
01:07:33 BUT WITH THAT THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS I
01:07:37 THINK WE MAY BE BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE WITH ITEM SIX BUT FOR
01:07:40 NOW I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE ALL THREE ITEMS TO THE
01:07:43 TO THE CALL THE CHAIR AFTER YOU AMEND FIVE GREAT.
01:07:46 >> THANK YOU PRESENT GENTLEMEN ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I MAKE A
01:07:50 MOTION HERE? >> OKAY I MOVE TO AMEND ITEM
01:07:54 FIVE BOARD FILE 2508 68 AS DESCRIBED BY PRESIDENT
01:08:00 RANDLEMAN MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
01:08:05 THAT MOTION? >> YES.
01:08:05 AND ON THE MOTION TO AMEND ITEM FIVE AS PRESENTED.
01:08:09 MEMBER FIELDER NUMBER FILTER NO FISCHER MAHMUD FISCHER MAHMUD I
01:08:17 CHAIR CHERYL I CHAIR CHERYL I HAVE TWO EYES IN ONE NO WHAT
01:08:20 MEMBER FILTER VOTING NO THANK YOU THE MOTION PASSES PRESENT
01:08:26 GENTLEMEN THANK YOU FOR FOR BRINGING THIS ALL FORWARD.
01:08:30 THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK TIRELESSLY WITH VARIOUS
01:08:34 A VARIETY OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
01:08:38 MOST IMPORTANTLY THOUGH, JACK, YOUR TEAM I THANK YOU ALL FOR
01:08:42 YOUR DEDICATION AND ALSO TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO
01:08:45 ARE TAKING TIME TO BE HERE TODAY TO WEIGH IN AS WELL.
01:08:47 >> SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME SO MADAM
01:08:53 CLERK, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO CONTINUE ITEMS 4 OR 5 AND SIX
01:08:56 TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR AND COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE
01:08:59 ROLL? >> YES.
01:09:00 AND ON THE MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM 4 OR 5 AND SIX TO THE CALL
01:09:03 OF THE CHAIR MEMBER FIELDER MEMBER FIELDER I FISCHER
01:09:06 MAHMOOD LIKE MOOD I CHAIR CHERYL HI CHAIR CHERYL I HAVE
01:09:11 THREE EYES. >> THANK YOU.
01:09:14 THE MOTION PASSES AMENDMENT THANK YOU.
01:09:17 THANK YOU MADAM CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE CALL ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH
01:09:21 15 TOGETHER? >> YES ITEMS NUMBER SEVEN
01:09:25 THROUGH 15 ARE FIVE ORDINANCE AND FOUR RESOLUTIONS APPROVE
01:09:28 AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING SETTLEMENT OF LAWSUITS IN A
01:09:32 LITIGATED CLAIMS AGAINST A CITY NOTING ITEM SEVEN, NINE, TEN,
01:09:35 11 AND 13TH MAY BE REFERRED TO THE FULL BOARD AS COMMITTEE
01:09:39 REPORT AT THE JULY 21ST 2026 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.
01:09:44 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. SO NO QUESTIONS OR REMARKS TO
01:09:48 MY COLLEAGUES. LET'S OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC
01:09:49 COMMENT. >> YES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
01:09:52 WHO WILL WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM SEVEN THROUGH 15
01:09:56 SHALL ITEM NOW ALONG THE SIDE BY THE WINDOWS.
01:09:59 >> ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
01:10:03 MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:10:04 ALL THE COMMENTS NOW CLOSED. ALL RIGHT COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING
01:10:08 TO MAKE TWO MOTIONS GIVEN THE DIFFERENTIATION IS BETWEEN SOME
01:10:11 COMMITTEE REPORTS, SOME NOT. >> SO FIRST I MOVE ITEMS SEVEN,
01:10:17 NINE, TEN, 11 AND 13 TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE
01:10:24 RECOMMENDATION AS COMMITTEE REPORTS.
01:10:27 >> MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
01:10:29 YES. AND ON THE MOTION TO FORWARD
01:10:31 ITEM SEVEN, NINE, TEN, 11 AND 13 TO THE FULL BOARD WITH
01:10:34 POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AS COMMITTEE REPORTS REMEMBER
01:10:38 FILTER NUMBER FILTER I SHALL MAHMUD FLEISCHER MAHMUD I CHAIR
01:10:42 CHERYL HIGH CHAIR CHERYL I HAVE THREE EYES.
01:10:44 >> THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES AND NOW I
01:10:45 MOVE TO SEND ITEMS EIGHT, 12, 14 AND 15 TO THE FULL BOARD
01:10:48 WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION .
01:10:52 YES AND ON THE MOTION TO FORWARD ITEMS EIGHT, 12, 14
01:10:55 AND 15 TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION MEMBER
01:10:59 FILTER NUMBER FILTER I I MAHMUD VICE-CHAIR MOVED I CHAIR CHERYL
01:11:03 HI. >> SURE CHERYL I HAVE THREE
01:11:04 EYES. THANK YOU.
01:11:07 THE MOTION PASSES MADAM CLERK IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS
01:11:11 THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING AGENDA?
01:11:12 THANK YOU MADAM CLERK SEEN OTHER BUSINESS?
01:11:15 >> WE ARE ADJOURNED