All right, thank you. And madam clerk, can you please call the first item . Is there a motion [speaker not understood] . Ill make that motion. All right. Motion to recuse supervisor breed from our meeting today. Item number 1 is an ordinance amending the campaign and government conduct code to expand the definition of a lobbyist; expand the definition of an officer of the city and county; expand the list of reportable lobbying contacts; hold employers and clients of lobbyists jointly and severally liable for violations of this ordinance committed by the lobbyist on behalf of that employer or client; enhance lobbyist training, auditing, and recordkeeping requirements; require public reports about city officials who fail to file statements of economic interest; require a public guide to local Campaign Finance laws; require permit consultants to register with the Ethics Commission and file regular disclosure reports; and require Major Developers to disclose donations to nonprofits active
Interprets it in a way that is long overdue. Most of the code is full of things that are actually frankly wrong in many ways in terms of the way they are interpreted. So, well be working together. The other benefit of this is something we shared with the public also, very important step in the direction. And thirdly we have opened again the direction may evolve into where we actually change some of the codes that are inappropriate for bicycling right now. The second is establishing an enforcement Strategy Plan for education of bicycles sfpd staff, the general public in conjunction with the policies being implemented. Thirdly, planning a citation Diversion Program that conforms to california vehicle code superior Court Process he which may require changing the state law. We talked about this from the fact of supervisor chiu has been involved to some degree in hearings on it. Not only is the superior court have a lot of very structured rules on the payment of the process. Its very diffic
Things myself i have a fabulous staff that carries dr. Davis legacy and help out so thank you very much welcome to our regular meeting well wait for sfgovtv. So, welcome, this is the regular meeting of the government and audit oversight committee. I am supervisor katy tang. Chair breed is out of the state. To my left is supervisor david chiu. Our clerk is erica major and wed like it thank jim smith and jesse larsen at sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. Madam clerk do you have any announcements . Please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Item acted upon today will appear on the march 25th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. All right, thank you. And madam clerk, can you please call the first item . Is there a motion [speaker not understood] . Ill make that motion. All right. Motion to recuse supervisor breed from our meeting
Item number 1 is an ordinance amending the campaign and government conduct code to expand the definition of a lobbyist; expand the definition of an officer of the city and county; expand the list of reportable lobbying contacts; hold employers and clients of lobbyists jointly and severally liable for violations of this ordinance committed by the lobbyist on behalf of that employer or client; enhance lobbyist training, auditing, and recordkeeping requirements; require public reports about city officials who fail to file statements of economic interest; require a public guide to local Campaign Finance laws; require permit consultants to register with the Ethics Commission and file regular disclosure reports; and require Major Developers to disclose donations to nonprofits active in the city and county of San Francisco. ~ lobbying regulations. All right. With that ill turn this over to supervisor david chiu, the author of this ordinance. Thank you, madam chair. I want to thank you and thi
Can continue to use it. When you approved it at the time it was [inaudible] but since that time the board approved the document that had a section called appendix a that talks about the city financing process, the government structure, budget process, property taxation, expenditures, laborer relations as well as will Employment Benefits and retirement costs so what were doing now sup dating that to reflect the changes in terms of the citys Financial Condition as well as approving the hearing that is required under federal law for this type of transaction. It allows by approving this youre facilitating the Tax Exemption and certificate of participation. When you approved the transaction last time it approved a public hearing that occurred in april 2012. Since then we had another hearing because it expired due to the lag of when it was approved and now issuing a year later we were required to have the hearing which we did hold in april 28, 2013 so by approving this youre approving the pu