Chair ronen mr. Clerk, can you please read item number one. Clerk prior to that, id like to make an announcement. Please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Documents referred to in presentations should be submitted to the clerk. Item number 1 is a hearing to propose the submitted ordinance to members of and candidates for the board of supervisors, the mayor, and candidates for mayor, the City Attorney, and candidates for City Attorney and the controlled committees of those officers and candidates. Chair ronen thank you so much. And i just wanted to note that we have quite a front row crowd in the audience. We have two former supervisors and a judge. We have former supervisor tom ammiano. We have the former chair of the Ethics Commission, tom renne. I will turn this over to supervisor mar. Supervisor mar thank you so much, chair, ronen, for allowing us to hold this informational hearing today, and im proud to be this sponsor on this dark money measure. Its earned the suppor
199,000. This would ensure that t. M. G. And their executives cant give money, that the projects are approved on their merits and not based on money. So with that, i have given you my testimony on the three components of the initiatives. Again, i really agree, i really encourage everyone to read it for themselves, and really thank your support for the measure. Supervisor mar thank you, peter, and for all of your work and these important issues protecting our democracy for so many years. I think that concludes the presentation. Chair ronen fantastic. And if supervisor walton has no comments, well open it up for Public Comment. Please come forward. Vice chair kopp good morning, members of the committee. Im quentin kopp, a former member of the board of supervisors, and id like to divide my remarks in procedural and substantive categories. This has been a long, long process which began in San Francisco in 1973. The trivia question before the committee this morning is what is the first muni
Components of the initiatives. Again, i really agree, i really encourage everyone to read it for themselves, and really thank your support for the measure. Supervisor mar thank you, peter, and for all of your work and these important issues protecting our democracy for so many years. I think that concludes the presentation. Chair ronen fantastic. And if supervisor walton has no comments, well open it up for Public Comment. Please come forward. Vice chair kopp good morning, members of the committee. Im quentin kopp, a former member of the board of supervisors, and id like to divide my remarks in procedural and substantive categories. This has been a long, long process which began in San Francisco in 1973. The trivia question before the committee this morning is what is the first municipality in california to adopt an ordinance to control Campaign Contributions and expenditures. Its not San Francisco. We were second. San diego was first. After san diego adopted an ordinance, i telephoned
Very real and very much influences how decisions are made in San Francisco. Thank you. Chair ronen thank you so much. Is there any other member of the public who wishes to speak on this item . Good morning, jordan. Thank you. You know, i was not here for is this item. I was here i was not here for this item. I was here for another item, but i wanted to speak on this item. I am a district 6 resident. I did a lot of volunteering on supervisor haneys campaign, and he won, which im really glad he did, but a lot of dark money came in to his opponents. Funny story. You know in district 6, theres a lot of concern about the fate of the streets. Well, our streets were littered with all these glossy mailers funded by god knows who. Im, like, whats going on here, and i would often take pictures of it and postit on facebook, saying, you know, if youre going to litter our streets, youre automatically not fit to be supervisor. And of course, like, there was the other things, like, you know being lik
Chair ronen mr. Clerk, can you please read item number one. Clerk prior to that, id like to make an announcement. Please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Documents referred to in presentations should be submitted to the clerk. Item number 1 is a hearing to propose the submitted ordinance to members of and candidates for the board of supervisors, the mayor, and candidates for mayor, the City Attorney, and candidates for City Attorney and the controlled committees of those officers and candidates. Chair ronen thank you so much. And i just wanted to note that we have quite a front row crowd in the audience. We have two former supervisors and a judge. We have former supervisor tom ammiano. We have the former chair of the Ethics Commission, tom renne. I will turn this over to supervisor mar. Supervisor mar thank you so much, chair, ronen, for allowing us to hold this informational hearing today, and im proud to be this sponsor on this dark money measure. Its earned the suppor