Welcome at this time november 15th 2022 regular meeting of the stan fran board of supervisors. Madam clerk call the roll. Thank you, mr. President. Supervisor chan. Present. Supervisor dorsey. Present. Supervisor mandelman. Present. Supervisor mar. Not present. Supervisor melgar. Present. Supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor preston. Present. Supervisor ronen. Present. Supervisor safai. Present. Supervisor self neil. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. And supervisor mar. Present mr. President all members are present. Thank you an fran board of supervisorsax knowledges we are on the unceded ancestral home land of the Ramaytush Ohlone. Who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco pel anyone slam as original steward sxsz with traditions they are never corgoaten responsibilities of care takeers. We recognize we benefit from living and working on their Traditional Home land. We wish to pay respects acknowledging the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign ri
Violation of the sunshine ordinance . I move that we find that the failure to release these documents was not a willful failure a willful violation of the sunshine ordinance. Is there a second . Second. All in favor . Aye. Opposed . Motion passed. I also want to say in response it to a number of the members of the public that i understand the frustration with not being able to see what we get to see, what the Controllers Office sees, and what the commissioner itself sees. These investigations are factintensive. The commissioner spends a lot of time on them, and i would really like for you to be able to know and to prove that to you. We are bound by rules of nondisclosure. We are bound by the charter and state law and there is good reason for confidentialitis, i think as i set at the last meeting. We need to protect whistleblowers and need to protect people who talk to Commission Investigators and controllers investigators, in order to try to make this system work. So i dont think im al
Comment, is someone following with me sorry. Bottom of page 3. Under Public Comment. Mr. Ng stated that he needed clarification, i believe needed would be better. On page 4, Public Comment, towards the top, my comments stated that the term qualification should be included perhaps in the definition, not into. On the bottom of page 4, item 5, the closed session evaluation of director st. Croix i believe that should also reference the brown act and sunshine ordinance provisions that permit such closed sessions. And there was one other one moment. Well there was one another thing and darned if i can find it now. I will try to find it and communicate it to staff, but just minor typographical things. I did try to read the minutes. Thank you. Is there a motion to adopt the minutes as amended by mr. Pilpel . So moved. Second. All in favor . Aye. Opposed . Hearing none, next item on the agenda is the executive directors report. I just want to throw one thing on top of the report. During Public
Were back in open session. Is there a motion to keep the discussions and deliberations relating to the matter that was discussed in confidential session, keep that confidential . That is perhaps not the most el eloquent motion i have ever made. [ laughter ] so moved. Second. Public comment . Hearing none, all in favor . Aye. Opposed . There are none. Mr. St. Croix, can you make the announcements . Finding of probable cause for Ethics Commission complaint 13111013, at its regular meeting of january 28th, 2013, in the matter of ethics complaint 131103,the Ethics Commission made a determination that there is probably cause to believe the following violations of the San Francisco campaign and governmental conduct code occurred and that the respondents committed them. One violation of San Francisco campaign and governmental conduct code section 1. 1 16 subsection a2 for reporting and receiving a loan to his candidate committee in excess of 120,000. Two, one violation of San Francisco campai
Needs to be taken, is there . Normally you would have a vote. A vote. From the action that the commission is acting me to take. Is there a motion to affirm the executive director submiting a budget that does not include the requested 1. 5 cut in the departments funding . So moved. Second. All in favor . Aye. Opposed . Hearing none, the motion passes. The next item on the agenda is discussion and possible action regarding a complaint received or ebitiated by the Ethics Commission, possible closed session. Public comment on all matters pertaining to agenda item vi, including whether to meet in closed session. Yes, i would just like to request that you be as specific as possible regarding the arraignments for reconvening the meeting and the minimum time it might take. The minimum amount of time it might take difficult to determine. I would do with give these estimates . Probably half an hour. Probably half an hour would be my guess, but its very difficult to determine in advance. Is there