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Purposefully misinterpreted to protect the agencies in question but also the ethics staff. As far as you not having a conflict of interest, lets look at the Arts Commission when they got the report from the civil grand jury that listed what they had done, including spending 300,000 on things that they had no Legal Authority to do so. Charging fees, that they had no Legal Authority and fire the cultural director and replace the head of the commission. The bottom line is if you were a commission a...

To the extent that you find documents that. Well let me also ask this question, can we the Ethics Commission know the volume of the correspondence file with the Controllers Office . Is that something that is publicly disclosable . Is that question to me . I am sorry that is to mr. Gibner. Okay. I think that what you are asking is when miss herrick reviews the documents whatever documents they are, can she then describe them to you in a way that is generic enough not to disclose whatever confiden...

You without objection. Okay. I think i did everything appropriately so we can move forward and actually, i think were going to take ethnics out of order call item number 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 item six is the preceding just report other than the 20132014 civil grand jury report dierltd civil grand jury pretense. Mr. Ron will be presenting on ethnics. Thank you, chairman breed and vice chair tilly chang and president chiu. This report deals with the topic that many people have strong opinions about. Yo...

Procedures that your commission has in reviewing these referals from the Sunshine Ordinance Task force to refer that to another adjudicatory body completely. It is one thing to have a staff person to review in place of Ethics Commission staff and you know, conform the analysis, based on proceedings before the task force. I think that it is another to send the ultimate decision to another body. It is actually being transcribed. On the screen. Miss herrick, thank you for your time and i have a cou...

Welcome to the regular meeting of the San Francisco Ethics Commission. Submissioner sierra. Here. Submissioner leeann whiffen. Commissioners rennee have been excused. I want to talk about the decision to hear and take possible action on the complaints. Mr. Chat field who is not here, wrote mr. Shaw in may, the Ethics Commission regularly handles referals from the task force, however it will not ajudd kate these matters, in both complaints. He repeated that in his confidential memo to mr. Shen an...

San francisco, open government, now that this Ethics Committee is Holding Meetings on sfgtv in full view of the public it becomes more apparent how much of an enabler this body has been, it enables city bodies and personnel to evade their daoulties under the law and to hide that from public scrutiny. The whistle blower laws are not be used to protect the whistle blower but to protect the target. They are being used to hide the true facts of the investigation and to allow the city agency and empl...

I would be prepared to make a motion along the lines of mr. Gibners suggestion if that reflects what you are suggesting miss herrick . Yes. Yes, i am. Would you be willing to review the file that the correspondence file to determine whether there are any nonprivileged documents there in . Yes. Thank you, very much. Right and we will need to report to the commission explaining the results of your review. If that would be okay . Certainly, yes. To the extent that you find documents that. Well let ...

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Thank you. I am so sorry. I am lisa herrick and i was asked to review the referal from the Sunshine Task force, Sunshine Ordinance Task force and i agree with mr. Gibner that i am not sure that there is a Legal Authority under the procedures that your commission has in reviewing these referals from the Sunshine Ordinance Task force to refer that to another adjudicatory body completely. It is one thing to have a staff person to review in place of Ethics Commission staff and you know, conform the ...

The question before you isnt whether these documents can be ordered disclosed, it is whether these officials have committed a violation of the ordinance. And that is itself, wrapped up into this analysis and im sorry i cant help you any further. I hope that does something to help. Thanks. Commissioners, ray heart, San Francisco, open government, now that this Ethics Committee is Holding Meetings on sfgtv in full view of the public it becomes more apparent how much of an enabler this body has bee...