I dont think any of them have been modified for sometime, and they will need updating and will require updating if and when the anticorruption ordinance passes. And then, the third item, again, as commissioner chiu just highlighted, we need to do a more comprehensive review and determine whether and or what changes, if any, need to be made. How well our Public Finance system is working, and how well Public Financing systems theres a whole sort of body of policy documents and case law that have sort of made some changes as to how people are looking at Public Financing, so we really need to look at how our systems working in the current sort of regime that exists. We certainly have a number of localities to look at to see which and how certain other systems are operating, and so again, i think we need to really get into that. Its an important issue, in addition to sort of the what people call the supply side restrictions of campaign finance, restricting peoples dollars into the system. We have to sort of reduce the demand fore thos demand for those dollars, and one way you do that is by having a Public Finance system back abundant. And again, any direction related as to how these item sit is much appreciated. President keane so commissioner. Commissioner chiu so just to my fellow commissioners, we started tonight with a policy agenda, and weve made progress against some many of these items, and that lots of things come up in the interim, so i think it would be helpful to me, and also, what i think i hear from staff asking to is for a lot of these things coming at coming out unexpectedly as things in life always do, but we are we have finite resources and finite time. We only meet 11 times a year, so what are the what are those what are those policy matters that are top priority i think is the question that staff was asking us. So i think it would be a great opportunity now since we have new items, old items, its the end of the calendar year and that were heading into a new year next year to get clear on what you know, how do we want to be spending our time . Yes, thank you, commissioner. That is well said. And again, i know im sort of belaboring some of these points here, but i just want to run through these sort of recently identified projects on page 4 here. These have been recently identified or theres been requests for staff, again to sort of use their limited resources to evaluate some of these other proposals. So again, the social media and Election Integrity item, thats something that supervisor kim addressed. Commissioner chiu has expressed, commissioner lee has expressed an issue in this item. Its something thats very apparent as a current item in front of everyone, so its certainly something that is important to everyone that we need to continue to evaluate. Something that was asked about last time was the misuse of Public Financing funds. Weve had a number of conversations internally about this. There are a number of laws that currently exist requiring the auditing thats required to be placed on publicly financed candidates, so again, i think we need to continue to review whether we need to go forward with a a any provision in addition to what we have now to just ensure that there isnt any duplication that has been addressed that has been a concern of the commission. So question, if i may. President keane yes. Kyle, in regard to these specific items, c2 on page 4. Yeah. Is that something that wocod be rolled into a broader Public Finance review and assessment that could incorporate looking into these issues . Yes. I think thats appropriate. As youll see in our recommendation, youll thank you for pointing it out specifically. Yes. I think its an item that may largely be already addressed, but i think we would want to do a fuller evaluation, but i think appropriately as you stated on the specific narrow issue for looking broadly at Public Finance, it would be incorporated broadly into that public review. Yes. Another sort of similar issue here going on that was raised at the last meeting was the prohibition on what are known as the cashout pros. The board of supervisors as you know when we addressed this previously had an ordinance in front of them. They voted that down. We were asked to re sort of evaluate what we could do here, but in our evaluation, in reaching out, weve been informed that they do have a policy on this item. It is still an important issue that may warrant further action, but i think it would perhaps behoove us to set aside some time for further review with the mocd people to further clarify what is on the books now and what we can do, if anything, going forward. So i think thats staffs recommendation is to set it aside but maybe have a subset of the commissioners sort of sit down with mocd and other interested parties and flush out sort of any additional items that are necessary for this matter. The two remaining items were also proposed last time, the Sunshine Ordinance Task force removal. Staff before you get to that sure. I note this paragraph, quoting the office of housing and community development. I would like a copy of that what is it . A memorandum or a letter . Email . Yeah, well call it we will call it its less informal than a letter. Its a statement of sorts. I place less credence in that. I want to see it. Fair enough. Okay. So just quickly, the last two items. They were proposed last time. Wed like wed like further direction on this, just, you know, with the number of items, again, that we have in front of us. There was a request for to for a kyle, if i can, on those last two items. Yes. If we could just, for a moment, address the second one first, because i have a personal specific reason in terms of my schedule. Your recommendation on the discussion about an independent city attorney, that that be discussed at our december 2017 meeting. We the special calendar that was set last year and because of the holidays coming up, the Christmas Holidays coming up, we dont meet on our regular date. Our regular date for meeting is december 18th at 1 00 p. M. Im unavailable then, and i definitely want to be in on this discussion, so if its okay, id like that recommendation regarding the city attorney, that we discuss that at our january meeting rather than our december meeting. Well, wait. Arent we having a tuesday meeting in december . No, no, were having aymo a monday yeah, monday. What time . Its a special time. Oh. It was a special meeting set on last years calendar to accommodate, and im not available. All right. So you want to put it over, and thats, what, january. Whatever that january meeting is, thats fine with me. Fourth monday. Oh, thats right. January 12th. January 12th . Thats fine. Okay. Is that okay, commissioners, that we do that in january . Okay. Now, you can go back to, kyle, that first one. What about the other one . What do the sunshine ordinance . You say table or set aside, what do you mean, set aside . You mean table, as in bury is . Well, i think its if were going to consider what all the current things, theres a large and comprehensive review that needs to take place for that, and considering the other okay. Necessary projects, im not sure. So do you want to kick it over to january . I dont know if we have a timetable for this item. Lets not do january , because i think the discussion relating to the city attorney, thatll probably take up quite a bit. All right. How about february. I mean, youre getting close now to the june primary. I think we would like the commissions policy take on it, honestly. Well i think commissioner kopp, the reason we made the recommendation that we did is because we do unbalance all the other items that we need to tackle, and theyre very substantive and complex matters. In order to do those justice, taking on number four would really threaten our ability to do that well, so we again, as a staff recommendation for you all to react to and have a different view about it, if you think, is that we dont think this should take priority over those other issues, and we want the commissions sense over time about where you all as a body see the priority nature of this item, given everything that we need to be tackling. Well, whats the deadline to submit matters to the registrar of voters . I believe for is it february for the june ballot . Yes. February for the june ballot. So what youre doing is killing this until possibly november , and thats satisfied. I think this, mr. Chairman, ought to be on the january calendar, and the way that miss pelham is scheduling these matters, its for discussion and or vote, correct. Yes. Again, its up to the commissioner direction as to what you would like to see. So i have a process direction to the city attorney. As this item is agendaized, is it and i think staff is asking for policy direction, so could we discuss im assuming the answer is yes, but i wanted to clarify. Could we discuss, as a body, whether or not as a policy matter we wanted to pursue this item now . We dont have to wait until the january meeting to discuss it . Well, i mean, it sounds like the questions are sort of how you want to proceed from a priority perspective, so you know, i think you could give advice about how how you wanted staff to, you know, to prioritize the different item. , and i think also, just some substantive discussion, as well. Thank you. So if we could, you know, on this item you know, commissioner kopp, im not sure what the genesis of this proposal is. Well, ill tell you what it is. Its a duplicate agency. Its a reason the city has a record budget of 10, 600,000000, and it cams some five years after the voters established this commission because of the then supervisor didnt trust the Ethics Commission, he told me, which is not a strong reason to create another bureaucracy. So thank you for that. So in considering this, however, i think that the Sunshine Ordinance Task force conducts a body of work which i think is very important to the city in hearing the issues raised by the citizens. And that the removal or the abolition of the task force doesnt make that work go away, and i dont think our staff is equipped with the resources to be able to take on that work. And to go to the voters, so ask them to amend is this a Charter Amendment or would this be just a ballot measure. It would be an administrative code. Okay. So it would be a ballot measure to address the the duplicative nature of bureaucracy. I dont know that that is the highest and best use of our good will, if you will. Well, then, prepare the legislation. Its responsibility is the same as one of our responsibilities, which was enforcement of the government code of the state of california al california, and enforcement of the ordinances of the city and county of San Francisco. What do you need more agencies for . So if more staff is needed, thats part of the budget for the fiscal year 2019. I think that given the other matters before us as a commission and a staff, this is the lowest priority in my in my in my view, and i wouldnt support putting time and resources into it because i dont know, like, what what would it accomplish if we did this . Commissioner kopp it would allow this commission to vote on whether to submit abolition to the voters of San Francisco with some of the reasons that i just set out and others. I think that as a practical matter, i dont think that you can that it would be wise to submit something to the voters and say lets take it away without providing something in in commissioner kopp yeah, you can have a sentence saying all duties performed by this commission or whatever its called, task force, shall continue to be enforced by the Ethics Commission of the city and county. President keane commissioner, commissioner kopp, with all due respect, i think i have to agree with commissioner chiu for other reasons, and that is, im no fan of the Sunshine Ordinance Task force. I think having seen it in action, i think its pretty dreadful up close and personal, and i agree with you that many of the things that it does are probably duplicative of what were doing. At the same time much of the stuff that from what weve heard that it does take on is stuff that if they were done away with, we would wind up getting it. And to be as polite as possible about what ive seen about the things that they have on their plate for the most part, its 90 of it is burepure thats a legal term. President keane yeah, thats a legal term, and i would hate to try and have to impose that on our staff, no matter how much the city is unfortunate to have this this creature that would this hydro headed creature that was created back in the 90s by a couple of your former colleagues. Commissioner kopp no, no. It came after me. President keane after. Commissioner kopp related to a former mayor of San Francisco. President keane so i find myself agreeing with commissioner chiu on this, that thats not something that really, we should get into or take on. And thats not a place id want to go, any way, and im commissioner kopp all right president keane you want to put it on a vote. Commissioner kopp all right. I read the tea leaves, and i will subside. President keane thank you. Commissioner kopp for now. President keane all right. Thats all i have. I guess if theres any other points of sort of direction or or orders of priority that youd like to see addressed, as far as [ inaudible ] yes, so i guess we would suggest that you adopt the recommendations as we have in here, i guess, if youre going to take a vote on the matter, the recommendations that weve provided, just in terms what well move forward with. [ inaudible ] yeah, with the amendments that have been proposed, just because of regarding the meeting times. [ inaudible ] so just to my fellow commissioners and to the staff and to the public, for me, i think that the social media and Election Integrity policy item is is, i think, really important because supervisor kim talked today about the importance of not looking backwards but looking forwards, and this was the scene in the conversations that we had last week or the week before with ann revell, who the the former s. E. C. Director. I really believe with the advent of social media and the targeting and the specificity with which campaigns or hackers or you know, others can send out inform and send out messages and influence, and that we have no idea that its happening, that we have no record of such of those communications or of those ads, and i think that this is a problem that we have just recently discovered in as an issue for our our national election. But i believe that it is only going to grow, and i feel like we as a commission are very uniquely positioned to study this issue to invite Public Comment to invite, you know, stakeholders because i think we all have a stake in this, all of us who vote. Because the information that we get is only as clear and transparent as the disclosure that comes with it. We know where its coming from and whos paying for it, and the immediacy of social media it powerful, and it doesnt take a lot of money to reach a lot of people. So to me, i think this is kind of a Burning House that i would i think we should turn or attention to, you know, with with all deliberate speed, as the saying goes. So i would, you know, just ask for your consideration that we do proceed with the recommendation on item number c1 for an update at the december meeting, in addition to the balance of the recommendations of staff. So i think, just to reclarify it, the motion would be all the recommendations with the amendment to section c, item 5, and moving that item back to january , correct, commissioner . President keane thats right. Commissioner chiu yes. President keane okay. Is that that seems to be the sense of the commission, so thats what well do. The commission isnt required to act. I think were looking for your policy direction. Youve been clear on it, so theres no need to take objection. Take Public Comments . President keane yeah, well take Public Comment now. Id say just lastly because supervisor kim is also considering social mediatype regulation, i also dont want that train to leave the station without our input. Larry bush, friends of ethics. A comment on the Sunshine Task force, one of the things thats going to have to happen is a rewriting of the sunshine ordinance because it calls for one of the appointees of the task force to come from the new american media, and youve just seen in the paper today, theyve gone out of business, so theyre going to have to have a new formula. Well, they wont even notice. Well, i can say about that that i worked a year and a half ago with supervisor campos and several others on a rewrite of the Sunshine Ordinance Task force, because even the people who proposed it released at the its did its defunct in the way its operating. Commissioner kopp it also has to filter out a lot of the stuff it does because its essentially assist essentially its a meeting thats besieged by every screw ball in San Francisco. Thats because thats the way its setup now. My point is the commission has the thofrt to setup committees, and you can setup a two Person Committee to look at that, since its going to have to come back one way or other about who is the makeup of the Sunshine Task force, and what are the duties, so im just suggesting that since the charter and the or the nance for the Ethics Commission allowed you to setup a committee, rather than as you say take up all five members in the time that you have, designate a committee to look at that one issue, because it is timely. Thank you. Commissioner kopp thank you. Commissioners, ray hart, strikers of San Francisco. Im going to address several things. One is the efficacy in the ethics and sunshine training. You had the city librarian, lew lewis luis herrera sepg thousands of dollars of gift and filing statements under penalty of perjury where he said he got nothing, and we presented you with evidence, and you did jack. We took it to the state, and the only reason they were restricted is because of the statute of limitations, so i think youre confusing activity with achievement. Yes, you can have everybody fill out the dam form, but if they lie on the form, and then, you ignore the fact that they lie on the form, what darn difference does it make . And as far as the Sunshine Ordinance Task force. Theres why commissioner kopp doesnt like it. They dared to find him in violation of the sunshine ordinance. Thats the same thing that happened to the board of supervisors. They didnt like the fact that they found against the board of supervisors, so they left seats four seats vacant for two years, so when a complainant went in, they had to have a majority, they had to get six out of seven votes, or six out of six if they just had a quorum, and the reason commissioner keane doesnt like it is because he doesnt want to answer to anybody. He doesnt want to go before somebody like the task force where they ask him a question and he has to actually explain itself. He likes it the way it is right now. The public asks the questions, and you ignore them deaf, dumb, blind, mute. You look at what you want to look at, and the idea that you would get rid of the task force is only because you wont enforce it. And youre tired of people coming here and pointing out the fact you wont enforce it, so what do you do . You just get rid of it altogether. Two thirds of the citizens, when that vote came up, passed that, and i have to say that the will of the voters seems to me pretty clear that they wanted that ordinance. Fixing it one thing, getting rid of its something else, but it serves your purposes, doesnt it . You dont like to have to answer to anybody, and you like it just the way it is, where you sit in these boards and commissions, and someone brings up a question, and you either dont respond at all or you make some sort of ignorant comment like 90 of what the task force does is b. S. Thats an ignorant comment. Thats the only time youve ever been there. How would you know . You dont, but that suits your narrative, so youll say it without a twinge of guilt or acknowledgement of the hypocrisy. Commissioner kopp well, allow f allow me for a moment to associate myself with the chairmans remarks. President keane thank you, commissioner. Any further Public Comment . All right. Well move onto the next agenda item, which is item 10, discussion of the executive director no, im sorry item 9, discussion of enforcement reports. Thank you, chair keane. Unfortunately our Deputy Director and director of enforcement of lela fairs, jessica blum is not here. She is under the weather, but it online and on your table for highlights of most recent enforcement statistics, a status of cases pending before bdr and related information on several matters that were pending before the Sunshine Task force. Also, just a quick note, this does update on a Stakeholder Engagement process for enforcing our advisement regulations. Jessica and i have been meeting with interested persons formally and informally to elicit information in providing draft language that will come back to you planned for the december meeting, and i realize as you note, chair keane, that you wont be at that meeting so if theres any interest in moving it to january , we can certainly do that, but well as scheduled, are preparing to bring those forward in december for an initial presentation and discussion, at this point. President keane and thats fine, and vice chair chiu will do a fine job in shepherding all that along. Commissioner chiu okay. No pressure. I actually have one comment, if i may. On page 5, i would like to convey my, i guess, thanks and would like to note that based on the numbers here, of 89 matters in preliminary matter, 68 are less than 12 months old, and 21 are more than 12 months old, so congratulations to the team for working through that ba backlog. I think with a full complement of investigators and auditors now, we can get start to make headway against these matters that have been pending for a long, long time, and im just really delighted to see that, so thank you for that hard work. President keane all right. Any Public Comment on. Commissioners, ray hart, spec tor San Francisco. Governors like to point out the one page that nobody seemed to mention, and i can understand why you dont want to mention it. Its the letter from the office of the District Attorney to miss pelham regarding what you neglected to act upon and had to go before the task force, and from what i read, the District Attorney said you did violate the brown act, and i admit. I was wrong, i kind of went in there and took up the bat for you and said well, i dont think they really did. Well, i got it wrong, too. So im not perfect. I never pretended to be, but the bottom line is, somebody held you in account and you dont like it. Thats one thing that ive found is very common on boards of this city, is if somebody says something to a board or commission, they just ignore it because they dont want to number one, they cant give a response. You never get a response, you get a reaction, and you ask why i behave the way i do . Its because you dont get a response from anybody. What you get is a reaction, and if getting a reaction is the only thing you can get, you become a provocateur. B. F. Skinner, the father of behavioral conditioning said any behavior that is rewarded will be repeated, so if i come here for Public Comment and cant get anybody to engage in dialogue, then, ill become a provocateur. But here, you have something that the District Attorney said you broke the law, and nobody mentions it. The executive director doesnt mention it. Shell say oh, because miss blum isnt here, some other bizarre excuse. The bottom line is you broke the law. The District Attorney said so, and now, you want to go back, and you want to hang it on the Sunshine Ordinance Task force, like theyre the problem. And you want to get rid of the Sunshine Ordinance Task force like theyre the problem. The problem is not with the task force, its with you, because the law says youre supposed to enforce what they find. The Good Government guide, as i pointed out to you earlier says youre supposed to make your decisions based on the evidence and the law, but when we had my hearing last month, you didnt even look at the law. The task force did. Thats why the task force ruled 11 times that in the minutes means in the minutes, because they read the law. But you dont want to read the law because it results in you doing something that you dont want to do. You dont like my comments, and the reason i fought for eight years to get the 150 word summaries is because i was tired of people who didnt like the comments just edit them out of the official record, which is what the library did for years. Its what this body did for years. If a citizen has an opinion you dont like, you just edit it out or you do what you did to mr. Petrellis did that one time. You said oh, you cant have a sign. City ordinance that was a lie, wasnt it . He and i had a meeting with the sheriff, and the sheriff said no, youre permitted to have a sign, and it cant be larger than a certain size. But no, you sat there with a straight face and set to his face, you cant have signs. Thats the rules. You talk a lot about stuff you absolutely no nothing about. You all took sunshine ordinance training . Ha i doubt if any of you has ever even read that law, and yet, you sign a statement every year saying you understand. Yeah, you understand it only to the point where you dont like it because it holds you accountable, and if theres one thing that nobody is able to do in this city is hold anybody accountable, and thats the way you like it. And thats why you dont bite the hand that feeds you; in other words, the body that appoints each and every one of you to this commission. President keane well go now to item 10, discussion of the executive directors report. I have a brief report for you, commissioners. We continue with our organizational or staffing updates. Well be working with the department of Human Resources through the new year to developing the positions with job postings. We expect three positions to be posted in december, but well be working closely with the department to be moving those closer to hiring completion. I also would note that the annual conference of the council on governmental ethics laws is taking this year in tlont. We are using salary savings to send two Staff Members three of them, actually. Two of the three will be participating in panels, jessica blum will be comoderating the panels discussion on monday. Kyle will be on a panel along with others from wash wash d. C. Talking about expanding conflict of interest laws in different areas and how elected officials raise funds, and i will be on a panel regarding measuring agencys success, so that should be an interesting discussion, as well, but we are looking forward to providing you with a full report. Its an extraordinary opportunity for our staff and to learn from our peers, so we look forward to reporting to you about that in december. Commissioner chiu if i may, so when you go, i hope that youll have the opportunity to ask questions about what other jurisdictions might be doing in regard to the social media and Election Integrity and if they have, you know, have any insights or ideas to share, that would be great. Thank you, well do that. President keane okay. Any Public Comment on agenda item 10 . Commissioner, ray hart, director of San Francisco open government, and id like the executive director to ask a question. What is the policy in most cities regarding open government laws . Are they enforced or are they not enforced . In this city, we have a body that functions, the Sunshine Ordinance Task force, that does its job, and you may think its all b. S. , but thats your opinion, and you may think all the people are a bunch of cranks. Thats your opinion. Commissioner kopp you use the term screwballs. Okay. Screwballs, but thats a personal opinion, and you know what . Everybody has one, so the bottom line is why dont you ask them when you have a law that the body that is supposed to enforce it refuses to enforce, what do they do . I seem to remember a confirmation hearing when commissioner kopp was nominated where supervisor fewer asked him whether he would enforce laws that he didnt agree with, and he went through a long, convoluted explanation, never really answering the question, but we have the answer right here. I dont like the sunshine ordinance, i dont like the task force, so i am not going to enforce the law. And i dislike it so much, i want to do away with it so that we can then shove it under the rug and dont have to go through the pretense of holding hearings. And thats all they are, isnt it . How does due process comport with the idea that you always come out with the same result the complainant loses and the respondent wins . The citizen loses, and the city wins . Well, ive said it before, its because number one, you cant enforce any of them, and you dont want anybody to know how impotent you really are. One ordinance referral you did pass against the city librarian, and you sent it to the mayor, and the mayor ignore it. Not only did he ignore it, he reappointed the person. Shows you how much the mayor thinks of you. You dont do anything except sit here, have meetings and shuffle paperwork. Ive asked time and time again for any member of this commission to tell the public what exactly you have done that has made this city a more ethical place. Never had a response. Its like rearranging deck chairs on the titanic. You shuffle papers, you fill out the forms, and thats the end of the story. And a City Department head sepg 15,000 and then lying about it under penalty of perjury falls below your radar . Shows you how good you are at what you do. President keane theres two points id like to make from friends of ethics. If the measure that was passed today on anticorruption and accountablity is watered down at the board and that is what happens, then i want you to know that friend of ethics and our allies will mount a significant campaign and put on the ballot a robust version stronger than what youve passed tonight, and i dont have any doubts tonight whatsoever what the public will do with it since weve seen it in the past. It will pass with virtually no campaign at all. Thats one point. Second point in terms of the ethic commissions ability to enforce the Sunshine Ordinance Task force, is only someone in authority has the power to remove someone theyve appointed. Weve gone through this time and again. Thats the reason why the librarian didnt have anything done to her is because the mayor has the power. Only the appointing authority can remove a commissioner that theyve appointed. Thats how we ended up with mel murphy at the port board, even though the board of supervisors didnt vote unanimously for him. The president of the airport commission, who violated criminal laws trying to get a nephew appointed to a position at the airport. Nothing is done, so if you are going to take a look at the Sunshine Ordinance Task force, one of the things that you ought to take a look at is who are the lines of responsibility, and how are things held accountable . Thank you. President keane thank you. Any further Public Comment on that . Thank you. Okay. Is there on item number 11, does anyone wish to have a closed session . Hearing none, well move to discussion and possible action on items for future meetings. We had a fair amount of discussion of that already. Does anyone have anything further to add to that . Initial opportunity for Public Comment on matters appearing or not appearing on agenda. Pursuant to Ethics Commission bylaws, article 8, section 2. Commissioners, ray hart, spec tor San Francisco open government. Sunshine Ordinance Task force ordinary determination in file number 16116, ray hart v. Commissioner quentin kopp and the Ethics Commission. Findings of law and conclusions of law. Based on the testimony and evidence presented the Sunshine Ordinance Task force found that commissioner quentin kopp and the Ethics Commission violated the sunshine Ordinance Section 67. 15. If a member of a commission wishes to unlawfully interrupt a member of the public, thats okay with you. Commissioner kopp did it, commissioner keane endorsed it, and the rest of you sat silent. But when a member of the public speaks out of turn, that is he thats a nono. What hypocrites you are. You would use the rules to maintain order because you dont like whats being said or you dont like the way people are saying it, so mr. Keanes comment last time about mr. Harts we had a democratic process, why dont you respect it, was b. S. It wasnt a democratic process, it was a show trial, a show hearing. It was a joke. Particularly hypocritical was chair keanes comments last time that i respect the democratic process. Frankly, i take quentin kopps referral to me as quote, that person, unquote, a badge of honor. Isnt it ironic that it comes from a person who has shown himself to be without honor . I mentioned the fact that under oath at the rules Committee Hearing for his nomination supervisor fewer asked commissioner kopp whether he would enforce laws with which he did not agree, and he assured her that he would. So whats with the sunshine ordinance . He doesnt like it so he wants to get rid of the Sunshine Task force and the ordinance, and to heck with it. So theres a vacuum there. Thats fine with him because all he wants it so get rid of it because it took him and called him on the carpet. So same thing the board of supervisors did when they found against them, they left four seats vacant for two years so that every person who went before the task force had to either get a six out of seven or six out of six vote to get a finding. And then, you portray it as being conflicting decisions. Thats bull. President keane well, ill entertain a motion to adjourn. Commissioner kopp so moved. Commissioner chiu second. President keane all those in favor . We are adjourned. All right. I think we have everybody seated here. Welcome, everybody. My name is steve delordo. Im the Senior Regional manager with Clark Construction. On behalf of Clark Construction thank you. On behalf of clark and our community partners, the renaissance entrepreneurship bay area community, i want to welcome ed lee to the first ever bay view business extravaganza. Clark construction has a long history, 111 years, in fact, of successfully building great projects, but more importantly, has a building within the communities that we live and work. As a San Francisco business, we consider it an honor to have worked successfully with the Bay View Community on our project, including the office of the chief medical examiner on newhall street that is very near completion as we speak. Were very proud to have worked alongside our fellow bay view areas and residents as we work to build that new facility. Just up the street we have the chase center, where we initiated an unparalleled construction program, with almost 50 percent of the graduates coming from the Bay View Community, something. So stay tuned, because the second round of training is scheduled to begin next summer, with the focus on recruiting even more bay view residents into the program. Mr. Mayor, we specifically would like to thank you for your ongoing leadership and partnership in helping us help local communities like the Bay View Community. Your concept of having this event that we labelled clark on 3rd similar to the opera houses third on 3rd to help highlight businesses along the 3rd street corridor was very innohave ative, and that has now become a reality. With the help of other businesses, all of this has been made into a reality, so thank you. So we are here today because of you, mr. Mayor, and weve assembled the Small Business from the bay view 3rd street corridor to showcase their offerings, while also showcasing their services for the renaissance Bay View Community, so without further adieu, let me introduce the mayor, ed lee. Thank you, steve, to you and vickie bamba and others who were in the room when i said, hey, bay view is working in the community. Why not expand it to clark on third, and people dont just invite anybody here. They invite people here if theyre doing something for the community. I know that because they say if they dont work. [ inaudible ] you aint forgetting that. Josh aint forgetting it because hes in charge of the whole program because hes putting everybody to work. Mohammeds been doing it for years. Thats why we all love him. Thats why you all love him. Renaissance, happy sweet 16. Of course, ebu, youre here, and i dont see you barbecuing. That must mean youre working, and thats a good thing. Good thing. But let me Say Something again about clark. You know, theyre building this chase center, which is going to be the greatest arena in the world, and theyre doing it, and the people who are touching it are people from right here, and you know, you dont get that, when these big towers go up downtown, you see them go up, and then, they go up. You dont go up. Now you see chase center go up, and we are going up, and i think thats a big difference. Its a big difference because we have people like mohammed and vickie and josh and other people working together, but we also have a company thats sharing values with us, and they wouldnt be invited into the community unless they were doing that, so i want to say a big thank you to Clark Construction again, because chase center, medical center, you know, the Small Businesses wouldnt have the relationships unless we had companies who understood what the needs are and are working on it and implementing it. A lot of people say the policies are great, but they dont do anything about it. Thats why youve got people like derek working in the neighborhood because he wants to get something done. Youve got mohamed, youve got everybody else. So without people place that say well take these ideas and values that actually bring people in to get those jobs, train them, so they workup every moerpg, and they are a piece of the action thats happening in our city, youre just going to have empty promises. And im too tired about empty promises. Weve always got to make things work, and thats what i want to have this community feel, and i dont ever want to have people say theres Public Housing tenants here. Theyre San Francisco residents, and were rebuilding all the Public Housing, making sure that there are San Francisco housing that everybody is going to be proud of. Everybodys going to hold onto their property now cause they now found out how beautiful the place is, how wonderful the people are, how the storefronts are starting to shine, and how the entrepreneurship that renaissance have been working on is becoming more successful. Businesses, the high and local folks, this is all connecting to turnaround everybody, and when the warriors come to play in San Francisco, youre going to be able to afford it because youll be in jobs. Youre helping to build that. Thats why im here today because this idea i had about suggesting that clark help our Small Businesses and also to allow more people to understand how they do it, brings faith and trust and brings community closer together. Thats why i want to be here every time is to take another step for folks to become closer together because thats what we ought to do in the city of love, city of compassion is to bring people close together, be real, get the real jobs here. Every company should be like clark in making sure that theyre working through the community rk working through city build, working through dpw, working through our Neighborhood Services and doing everything to bring the benefits that the city promises here, like when we promised third street corridor, and all the rail and all the stuff, it didnt automatically happen. We had to continue working with everybody here. So i say congratulations to renaissance, so entrepreneurship. Congratulations to clark. Thank you for following up, and with that, ive got a couple of certificates that they want me to handout, so i get to do the mayoral duty. First up, Clark Construction, steve and vickie, thank you very much for your commitment and work. By the way, vickie was my boss when i was at the Human Rights Commission, so this is payback, right . Youre making the big bucks, now. Thank you. Thank you. All right. And then, marcus and linda from renaissance, happy sweet 16, huh . And then, today, cause everybodys working so well together, and were bringing the community together, and we need to do this every year, right . Clark on third every year, businesses, employment, everybodys barbecuing for the right reasons. Today, its my pleasure and ill be here every year if we can only say its bay view business day in San Francisco and i just want to say one last word. I know everybody here knows a bit of my history, but i used to work and in fact, the president of the Human Rights Commission was larry martin way back when that i first started working for the city, and i recently passed away. He was the president of the transport workers union, and ran the whole muni. In fact, he was the whole International President , so he was the big time. I just want to say thank you, larry for your support and your work. Youre a big part of the community, and im going to have a big statement for you tomorrow, but i just want to say thank you, because he really understood the community, he got a lot of people jobs through urban and muni buses, and theyre raising families, so thank you larry martin. All right. Thank you so much for coming out. Now, were going to celebrate and go inside, but thank you so much for coming out. Enjoy the rest of your evening. Thank you. To be. Hi, im average im a personal analyst that the Human Resources examining and recruitment unit and suffix i started my career as a San FranciscoState University and got my bachelors in psyched and orientational psyche if they had we have a great relationship that the San FranciscoUnified School District i exploded for American People interim Shopping Mall and become eligible for a permeate job. Okay. Perfect. I love working for our Human Resources services because of the agriculture were laidback with a professional mindset although Human Resources is a challenge were light a hearted started as a intern guided through the process eventually one day a a Deputy Director or staying with the puc is where i love it perfect timing. Welcome. Welcome, everyone. Welcome to the commission on the environment. Our meeting tonight has very many interesting item, and i hope that all of you had a wonderful thanksgiving. Good evening. This is a meeting of the San Francisco commission on the environment. The date is tuesday, november 28, 2017, and the time is 5 01 p. M. Reminder that the ringing and use of cell phones, pager, and similar producing sound electronics are prohibited. Please bed a vie advised the chair may order the removal of anyone using a sound producing electronic device. 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