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Definitely be ready to listen to anything that you say. We appreciate you coming nonetheless. Not a problem. I dont have any questions. Does anybody on the commission have questions for the budget analyst . Not really, no. Was it mr. Cunningham . I look forward to working with mr. St. Croix and well see where we go. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you. I have a question. Commissioner hayon. When you say there are things that you would like to get done, that you arent to get done currently, what are som...

Not the most el eloquent motion i have ever made. [ laughter ] so moved. Second. Public comment . Hearing none, all in favor . Aye. Opposed . There are none. Mr. St. Croix, can you make the announcements . Finding of probable cause for Ethics Commission complaint 13111013, at its regular meeting of january 28th, 2013, in the matter of ethics complaint 131103,the Ethics Commission made a determination that there is probably cause to believe the following violations of the San Francisco campaign a...

Discussions and deliberations relating to the matter that was discussed in confidential session, keep that confidential . That is perhaps not the most el eloquent motion i have ever made. [ laughter ] so moved. Second. Public comment . Hearing none, all in favor . Aye. Opposed . There are none. Mr. St. Croix, can you make the announcements . Finding of probable cause for Ethics Commission complaint 13111013, at its regular meeting of january 28th, 2013, in the matter of ethics complaint 131103,t...

Violation of the sunshine ordinance . I move that we find that the failure to release these documents was not a willful failure a willful violation of the sunshine ordinance. Is there a second . Second. All in favor . Aye. Opposed . Motion passed. I also want to say in response it to a number of the members of the public that i understand the frustration with not being able to see what we get to see, what the Controllers Office sees, and what the commissioner itself sees. These investigations ar...

Comment, is someone following with me sorry. Bottom of page 3. Under Public Comment. Mr. Ng stated that he needed clarification, i believe needed would be better. On page 4, Public Comment, towards the top, my comments stated that the term qualification should be included perhaps in the definition, not into. On the bottom of page 4, item 5, the closed session evaluation of director st. Croix i believe that should also reference the brown act and sunshine ordinance provisions that permit such clo...

Report a sixmonth forward calendar of topics and hearings that sort of withered away after a while. I think that would be helpful to list those things that we know or intend to have happen in the next few months, and those things that havent yet been scheduled, but are intended to happen. There are some things that are on an annual schedule and other things, asneeded. I would really encourage you to develop that, and maintain it. I think it would be helpful for you and the staff. The next item o...

Were back in open session. Is there a motion to keep the discussions and deliberations relating to the matter that was discussed in confidential session, keep that confidential . That is perhaps not the most el eloquent motion i have ever made. [ laughter ] so moved. Second. Public comment . Hearing none, all in favor . Aye. Opposed . There are none. Mr. St. Croix, can you make the announcements . Finding of probable cause for Ethics Commission complaint 13111013, at its regular meeting of janua...

Needs to be taken, is there . Normally you would have a vote. A vote. From the action that the commission is acting me to take. Is there a motion to affirm the executive director submiting a budget that does not include the requested 1. 5 cut in the departments funding . So moved. Second. All in favor . Aye. Opposed . Hearing none, the motion passes. The next item on the agenda is discussion and possible action regarding a complaint received or ebitiated by the Ethics Commission, possible closed...

Determine. I would do with give these estimates . Probably half an hour. Probably half an hour would be my guess, but its very difficult to determine in advance. Is there a motion to move into closed session under chapter section c3699. 13 . So moved. Second. All in favor . Aye. Opposed . Hearing none, we will move into closed session. With all due respect you didnt answer the other part of my question, are we going to leave and are you going to notify people in the hallway . Do we wait here and...

Appreciation for the interested persons meeting announcement, and im glad that well be talking about that report at a future meeting. Some of the issues that were raised in the course of these conversations kind of come naturally into the consideration of that. Im thinking of something, like, our whistleblower experience and it will be i think it will be useful for all of us to see you think the contemporary word is benchmark. But have an opportunity to reflect on that, not in the context of any...