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i think it is slowly the slow realization that open government is important for what it does. without that, -- open government and good government work together, hand in hand. supervisor kim: what criteria did you think should be used to determine who registers as a lobbyist? >> who registers as a lobbyist? supervisor kim: what criteria should be used? >> i think anybody who is a hired gun to interface with a political official should register. you have this great area involving manage...

ethics commission to investigate government practices there. my colleague in my employment group is handling that. our firm is well aware of the importance of open government and good government. so the second reason i applied is because i have always believed in the importance of serving in my community. as you know from my application, i was a longtime member of the community services committee of the asian-american bar association. i was on the committee about eight years and i was ...

campaigns, lobbyists, campaign consultants, officials, economic interests are part of overt -- part of open government. if appointed as ethics commissioner, i would continue to advocate for the publics interest to ensure that the citys ethics laws are enforced early in the ways that the public expressed them to be enforced. i could read from the mission statement of the ethics commission. not necessary. with no political agenda it ties, having demonstrate my interest in good and open g...

property related. however, once i retired, i developed a couple of very strong interests. in the city and how it was run and what it looked like, because for reasons i will not necessarily have to get into, i became enamored with the problems of the citys forests, which as we know has been steady decline for years. it has been the subject of reports going to 1992. as a result of that, i had occasion to spend time with people in the various departments and people on the outside, such as...