And have at least those provisions that we are able to vote on and pass become Effective Immediately upon passage long before this would become operative work to go to the june ballot. As a threshold matter, i would like to ask the deputy City Attorney and Ethics Commission staff about the nature of this process because my understanding is that we can only pass something that is identical to what the Ethics Commission passed. So to a certain extent making these amendments today is a little absurd if they are not taken in whole by the Ethics Commissioner tomorrow or in future meeting. Is that a correct understanding . Deputy City Attorney. Yes. In order to pass the ordinance or any ordinance amending the chapter, the board and the Ethics Commission must adopt the ordinants. The same ordinants. The board by 8 out of 11. Typically, the way this works is the board will propose something or ethics will propose something and it will go to Board Committee. The Board Committee if they do not a
Followup, can you tell me more about that . Imquestioning in response to the im questioning in response to the correspondence. Chairman brinkman a question i want to clarify, the ptv were discussing, this is a separate permit program from the Commuter Shuttle Program . Exactly. This program applies to services that are open to the public, and run along fixed routes in the city. And unlike the commuter shuttle, this is not voluntary. If a company is operating this business in San Francisco, theyre required to get a permit. I wanted to add that the taxi enforcement layers on top of the onstreet enforcement and there are fines associated with the program. If a permit holder is not operating within the permit conditions, then a citation can be issued. So, that is in addition to some onstreet parking violations citations. For the benefit of the public, i think i imagine what an administrative citation is, but could you tell us how that works. That would be in the permitie is not operating p
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Theres another wave of showers beginning to sweep through the bay area, right around 7 00 p. M. , down through the north bay, down through the peninsula over to the south bay and the east bay. And tomorrow the day will begin with mainly clear skies. But how long will that last . Well have the accuweather 7day forecast in just a moment. Check out this view from atop mt. Hamilton. Its hard to see, but if you look really closely, you can see some snow at the top, just a dusting. The storm has christian mentioned has brought a good amount of snow, up to the sierra, that is terrific news for ski resorts and retailers here in the bay area. Nbc News Reporter Jonathan Bloom live in san rafael with that part of the story. Jonathan . Reporter its so businessy they actually had to bring in extra staff to handle the extra customers and people are loading up their skis and snow boards. The ski shops are bustling because the snow is falling. Its coming down up there now, so thank youve been waiting
Something that is identical to what the Ethics Commission passed. So to a certain extent making these amendments today is a little absurd if they are not taken in whole by the Ethics Commissioner tomorrow or in future meeting. Is that a correct understanding . Deputy City Attorney. Yes. In order to pass the ordinance or any ordinance amending the chapter, the board and the Ethics Commission must adopt the ordinants. The same ordinants. The board by 8 out of 11. Typically, the way this works is the board will propose something or ethics will propose something and it will go to Board Committee. The Board Committee if they do not agree or wants to amend what ethics proposed, the Board Committee will make amendments and continue it to the call of the chair typically. The clerk will send the ordinants to commission. The Ethics Commission may pass it. They may offer something else. It will come back to committee. It could be a back and forth. Ultimately, both bodies need to pass the same ord