Ordinance and also the Public Records ordinance in regard to a City Department having an obligation to turn those matters over timely. Is that correct . We are. In fact so just to sum up then your you are stating to us that the Planning Department violated those sections referenced in the report of our staff . We did not provide some of those materials in a timely fashion, yes. Which was a violation of the rules as reflected in the materials that are put forth in the report of our staff . Youve already said you agree with it . Thats correct. Okay. I dont have anything further. Others . Thank you for your recounting and commissioner keane that helped me. I was going to come at this differently. Would you treat this request the same way . How would you treat the request that came from mr. Ringel . How would the department treat the request today . Its treaty similarly but since i have been appointed we made procedurally changes and added staff in my department to specifically target thes
[gavel] good afternoon and welcome to the july 28 meeting of the San Francisco Ethics Commission. I will take attendance. Chairperson mr. Hur has been excused for personal reasons and calling the other commissioners. Renne. Here. Commissioner andrews. Here. Commissioner keane. Here. Before taking Public Comment on item number 2 i just want to call everybodys attention to the fact that the regular meeting for august has been canceled, and there will be a special meeting on august 18 at 10 00 a. M. In room four one six to consider the report of the civil grand jury and the commissions response thereto. At this time i will take Public Comment on matters of not appearing on the agenda that are within the jurisdiction of the Ethics Commission. Members of the Ethics Commission. Ray hart director of San Francisco open open government. In 1964 and here in San Francisco Barry Goldwater accepted the nomination for president and his brief acceptance speech included items that were boiled down to
To your department your department did then violate the particular rules relating to the obligation to turn over these materials at the time they should have been turned over . Yes. We will contend those will not willfully done in that manner. But they were violations and you accept the fact that your department violated those regulations whether willful or non willful. The materials that are referenced in the report that should have been turned over werent turned over in a timely fashion. They may have been turned over later but at the time they were supposed to be. Thats correct. And youre aware thats a violation of the sunshine ordinance and also the Public Records ordinance in regard to a City Department having an obligation to turn those matters over timely. Is that correct . We are. In fact so just to sum up then your you are stating to us that the Planning Department violated those sections referenced in the report of our staff . We did not provide some of those materials in a t
Materials that are put forth in the report of our staff . Youve already said you agree with it . Thats correct. Okay. I dont have anything further. Others . Thank you for your recounting and commissioner keane that helped me. I was going to come at this differently. Would you treat this request the same way . How would you treat the request that came from mr. Ringel . How would the department treat the request today . Its treaty similarly but since i have been appointed we made procedurally changes and added staff in my department to specifically target these types of Public Record well, all record requests really, and so we have a better procedure in place to identify those planner who is are involved with processing materials so in fact for example ben fu and don louis were not the only two planners working on the case but the primary respondents to the records request so as part of that some of the records other than not provided to him because they were not in their possession but
Responded in a timely fashion and responding mr. Ringel of all of the emails in possession of the Planning Department. You said you agreed with the report of our staff and in relation to the chronology and how this happened. Is that correct . Thats correct. In the report it does mention a number of times the gentleman asked for various records he was entitled to under the sunshine ordinance act and under the open records act, and was not given them and was given them later than the period he asked for them. Youre aware of that . Yes. Okay. So what youre saying when you agree with your report you are agreeing that in regard to your department your department did then violate the particular rules relating to the obligation to turn over these materials at the time they should have been turned over . Yes. We will contend those will not willfully done in that manner. But they were violations and you accept the fact that your department violated those regulations whether willful or non willf