Be there late at night and then you lose quorum and folks cannot have the proper venue to go and appear and then we have to do this all over again. And, so, i think that for me really just looking for ways to make the meetings more efficient so that its there as a process, also to the people who are trying to respond and actually not trying to hide anything, but trying to be there and do their due diligence, not for any request that has been made. That is absolutely what we try to do with this term. I heard about it, it would be late and we would lose a quorum. We rarely had that happen during this term because we were able to we were like, there is no need to put 10 cases on the agenda when were not going to get to that and then you have all these people here and i dont think thats fair for either the respondent or the complainant. I really do think that will that will change a lot by trying to be more efficient and streamline that process and make it much more boom, boom, boom. Well,
And i think continuing that and perhaps working with the people that have frequently sought out help through the task force and identifying whether the sort of consistent problems that theyve encountered can be almost mediated before they become a conflict to make sure that thing just continue to move smoother on the whole. Thank you. Next person, pixie chopra, chopra. Am i saying the right pixie, pixie. Not here. Allyson washburn. Okay. My name is Allyson Washburn. Good afternoon, supervisors tang and yee. Before i speak, id like to introduce karen clap ton who is a past president of the league of women voters. Excuse me. Its your time to speak and she can speak later in public testimony. Actually, im representing the league and we under the ordinance nominate a candidate for this particular seat for [speaker not understood]. Go ahead. Im [speaker not understood] clap ton, chief Administrative Law judge for the California Public utilities commission. Today i am speaking only in my cap
Somehow ask this of every applicant as well today. Some things im really looking for are what are some of the things youd like to zim proved about our Sunshine Ordinance Task force currently. If you are appointed. ~ see improved. The second question is weve all had experiences with some of the members of the Sunshine Ordinance Task force and i think its important all of us respect the rules of the charter. I know that some folks talk about some changes they make to the bylaws as well. I want to hear also your thoughts around that, the rules and regulations governing the Sunshine Ordinance Task force. Any potential changes you want to see there or as is, anyway, if you could just share your thoughts [speaker not understood]. Sure. So, i will have to admit to not having an indepth knowledge of the sunshine ordinance at this point. What i think my candidacy bring is a Strong Foundation in principles, in the freedom federal freedom of information act and in state rules, the cpra. So, i hav
Run our meetings, to mediate matters before they come to the full task force. We do have a backlog still. I think its incumbent on us to be as efficient as possible because if were not, that just delays fairness and justice for those who come before us. So, im happy to entertain any questions you might have for me. Supervisor tang. Thank you, ms. Washburn, for your service. And as you indicated, your good attendance on the task force. Something that i will be asking all the applicants here for reappointment is one of the issues that has come about is that, as you know, the task force is assigned a staff attorney who works with the task force. And there have been instances where members of the task force may not have agreed with some of the recommendations or advice of the City Attorney and i wanted to get a better understanding of, you know, the importance that you feel of the role the City Attorney that is staffed at the Sunshine Task force and guiding the rules set forth in the city.
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