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
And we never had the deputy City Attorney there. So, we often dont have the benefit of that person. One problem weve had for the past two years is we have not had our own seat number 1 has not been filled so we have not had the benefit of our own member attorney. His opinions would also be important for us nonlawyers to hear. Although we did have former member [speaker not understood] was an attorney, too, and it was often he wasnt in seat 1. He was in another seat, but he was very important as well. I guess one of the questions i have is a simple one. What keeps you motivated for this . Well, first of all, this is somebody mentioned, i think former chair grant, there is a very steep learning curve here. So, for the first year or so, i really was constantly just having to do my homework, to listen to members who had vastly more experience than i did, and it took me a good couple of years to really feel that i knew what i was doing in most respects. So, then, after investing two years,
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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