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The Ethics Commission. Quentin kopp. Thank you very much. Its a pleasure to be with you and vice commissioner keane. I have known judge kopp for more than 45 years. As a supervisor in the city and county of San Francisco. And a judge and things like the state bar. Judge kopp and i were involved at the state bar. He was indeed a tremendous main stay in terms of protecting the integrity of the political system in San Francisco and we are really blessed by having him as an asset as a membership. Qu...

Local Agency Formation commission please stand by. [ gavel ] good morning. Today is september 29, 2016. Welcome to the local Agency Formation commission of San Francisco. My name is john avalos, chair of lafco. Joined by cynthia pollock, welcome, and joined by the commissioner david campos and commissioner march and i would like to congratulate ms. Pollock for her wedding. And our clerk. Please share your announcements. Clerk please silence all electronic phones and devices. Speaker cards should...

[indecipherable] as a result , think of this as a subject to avoid. What impression you get from [indecipherable] do you ever come to our meeting . You ever want to get to know us . [indecipherable] [timer dings] thank you sir. Next speaker please. Hello supervisors my name is alicia cho i would like to continue my colleagues comment. Using the Chinese Communist regime for propaganda to generate heat for propaganda she worked closely with the procommunist Chinese Media to carry out her mission. ...

Think maybe that is something ms. Pelham maybe that is something raised addressed by regulation we do get this implemented but sounds like you may have a suggestion. Mr. Pilpal question about the different phrasing under the section 41 hundred is certainly language that needs to evolve a definition to distinguish behind that language in 41 hundred start on line 17 well find that the charter protects those including contractors, operating within the scope of a contract so the protection is to tho...

Questions that might be answered so in that sense whats the harm i see nun i see also a certain degree of credibility coming to the commission for stepping forward and doing that and it is beyond the protocol but ill say in terms of my own observation of the City Government it is anecdotal for me, i see a lot of corruption that is soft corruption from the top down and i think many other members of the public the editorial boards of newspapers do it is more us of sticking our toe the water and pu...

Is reviding in my office. Welcome. I will ask for Public Comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda and believe madam assesser is here to make a few words thank you. Good afternoon commissioners. Executive director pelm. We were in the crowd wondering about commissioner hurs name tag. Glad to hear you have one. Today i want to come here because today is commissioner hurs last day with the Ethics Commission and would prefer to find a way to extend his term but i want to express m...

Hur. Let me say we welcome you back and particularly in the view the fact well cover the wistal blow rr regulations we passed at the last meeting and i see you didnt bring your plaque that you stethly took away in february. It wasnt given to me but it is reviding in my office. Welcome. I will ask for Public Comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda and believe madam assesser is here to make a few words thank you. Good afternoon commissioners. Executive director pelm. We were in...

When it comes to those that are spending 10 thousand or less it is perfectly understanding with. 3 percent of the totem spending why you wouldnt audit any. I worry about the message that sends. We are saying if you spend 10 thousand of less you have zero risk if you misspent the funds and not sure that is the message we want to send. Even if it is a rel tivly token percentage at least it sends a message there is some risk that fraudulent reporting would be caught and fined by the commission. My ...

Ordinance and also the Public Records ordinance in regard to a City Department having an obligation to turn those matters over timely. Is that correct . We are. In fact so just to sum up then your you are stating to us that the Planning Department violated those sections referenced in the report of our staff . We did not provide some of those materials in a timely fashion, yes. Which was a violation of the rules as reflected in the materials that are put forth in the report of our staff . Youve ...

To your department your department did then violate the particular rules relating to the obligation to turn over these materials at the time they should have been turned over . Yes. We will contend those will not willfully done in that manner. But they were violations and you accept the fact that your department violated those regulations whether willful or non willful. The materials that are referenced in the report that should have been turned over werent turned over in a timely fashion. They ...