Burning in El Dorado County the fire shows no signs of slowing down. Good evening, im dan ashley. Well get back to ta story in just a moment. New calls to help americans stranded in cabo for several nights. The hurricane struck sunday evening the next morning six of seven resorts were flooded and there was mud and muck the family had to wade through at the hotel. Most of the staff, gone. Outside of the resort were armed looters the couple with two sons, ages 1 and 3 had no electricy and very little food or water the mexican military got them out on wednesday. They arrived at sfo today. After getting home and being able to step back and look at what we went through, its horrific. The couple told us canadians at the same hotel were rescued by their government. They want to know where their government was. He says eric stallwall received dozens of messages and told us there are only 40 state Department Employees on the ground in mexico assisting americans and 80 other u. S. Lawmakers sign
Public inquiries about the City Campaign and lobbying and governmental ethics laws, during the year the numbers run into the 100s. Why dont we put together the formal or unwritten advice for getting that many calls . That may refer to the individual requests. And we had no requests for formal written advice, this, the year of this, report, and formal advice, somebody asked for a specific case that they were involved in. And we give them advice if they asked for it and in that case, the commission has to vote on whether or not to endorse, that advice, and it gives them, a measure of legal immunity in case there is a subject of the complaint this is what wi think that your individual situation warrant or are should do this or you should not do this, and that does not provide the them any kind of protection, other than saying that i did check with the Ethics Commission ask so they have a record of it, in terms of the leg inquiries we get emails and a lot of phone calls on basic stuff and
Good evening we are back in open session is there a motion to keep confidential about the session that we had the possible litigation of the plaintiffs. So moved. Second. Public comment. I didnt hear the motion. The motion to keep confidential the discussion that we had in closed session about the potential litigation of the plaintiff. To keep it confidential. All in favor . Aye. Opposed . Hearing none, the motion passes. And the next item in the agenda, and discussion and possible action, regarding the minutes of the commission from july and august. Any comments or questions from the commissioners . I just have one. In the august, 18th, 2014 minutes, on page 5, the, there is a paragraph, describing what i was saying near the bottom, and in the last sentence says that the chair person hur suggested revisiting the issue in 2015, i think that i said early, 2015, or february, i remember it being near the beginning of 2015. I can look into the paper again and i actually have memory of that
Office parcels out who gets the money based on their priorities and not ours. Although they dont like it, they go to the board and try to get an ad back for additional funds that things that they think that they need. But the boards discretionary money is limited and each individual member of the board has neighborhood priority and so actually we did get the money in an ad back for the board this year but it was targeted and helping us implement the new lobbyist regulations. Whatever success that we had in regard to getting money for the positions that were unfilled, and the success always, came from harvey roses office in terms of lobbying them, and getting it with the budget analyst, office, before we get to the board because by the time that you get to the board for the most part they are going to go along with the budget analyst. Sucking up, or working in the Analyst Office and in regard to getting these and taking care of your budget problems if yeah, forgive me, because my experi
That the chair person hur suggested revisiting the issue in 2015, i think that i said early, 2015, or february, i remember it being near the beginning of 2015. I can look into the paper again and i actually have memory of that as well. Thank you. Public comment on the minutes . On the july 28th, minutes . Yes. I want to remind you august. I am sorry what . Or august, either one. And so i want to remind you, that it was at the july 28th meeting at which mr. Pilpel inappropriately addressed you. And that was my second complaint that he had violated the sia. And i filed the initial complaint on june 22nd, and it has been four months. Commissioner hur i would really request that you calendar, as soon as you can, hearing both of my complaints, or at least the one that has not been dismissed, and while you were in closed session, it occurred to me that i neglected to messing one small point on your annual report. And i believe and i did not. inaudible when i came back in here and i think tha