Good afternoon. Welcome to our regular rules Committee Meeting for thursday, february 7th, 2013. I am supervisor norman yee, and i will be chairing this meeting. To my immediate left is supervisor cohen. And to my immediate right is supervisor breed. And i also wanted to acknowledge the two people that will be staffing the sfgtv, nona mcconian and jesse larson. The committee would also like to madam clerk, and also todays clerk is linda wong. Madam clerk, are there any announcements . Yes, mr. Chair. Please make sure to turn off all cell phones and electronic devices. Speaker cards and copies to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted on today will appear on the february 26 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Can you please call item number 1 . Item number 1, motion approving the mayors nomination for reappointment of Diane Matsuda to the Historic Preservation commission, for a term ending december 31, 2016. Thank you. I
Further Going Forward to 120,000. At this point i am not going to recommend that we any lower than we are now. We had a work order with the City Attorney for the last five years and the utilization has fluctuated over the last five years and that has depended on a lot of factors and it has to do with the caseload and the volume of the cases and the length of board meetings and the hours that the City Attorney has to sit with us and the complexity and uniqueness of the cases and the number of new Board Members that come on and increase of on boarding those members and also changes in the deputies that we see. So, it seems to me that given the billing that we have seen so far this year, that leaving at 130,000 should cover us appropriately Going Forward. It depends on the deputy. Is it not appropriate. I dont actually have it in my head. But i would be happy to send it to you. Honestly, i look at the bills very carefully but i dont remember the billable rate for the different attorneys.
Good afternoon. Welcome to our regular rules Committee Meeting for thursday, february 7th, 2013. I am supervisor norman yee, and i will be chairing this meeting. To my immediate left is supervisor cohen. And to my immediate right is supervisor breed. And i also wanted to acknowledge the two people that will be staffing the sfgtv, nona mcconian and jesse larson. The committee would also like to madam clerk, and also todays clerk is linda wong. Madam clerk, are there any announcements . Yes, mr. Chair. Please make sure to turn off all cell phones and electronic devices. Speaker cards and copies to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted on today will appear on the february 26 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Can you please call item number 1 . Item number 1, motion approving the mayors nomination for reappointment of Diane Matsuda to the Historic Preservation commission, for a term ending december 31, 2016. Thank you. I
united states senate three times. first, to serve on a u.s. senate seat commission. the bipartisan commission i helped design to reduce the unwarranted disparities in sentencing and promote transparency and fairness in the criminal justice system. on the commission, judge jackson was known for working with democrats and republicans and found common ground on issues, and secondly, she was confirmed by the senate on the federal district court to administer justice in presiding over trials. third, she was confirmed with bipartisan senate votes to serve on the u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia, and considered the second most powerful court behind the supreme court itself, and the court she once argued cases before as a distinguished advocate. when judge jackson was nominated to the circuit court, one of the distinguished retired members,
justice sotomayor has the only other member in the supreme court that has experience as a trial judge, and once again, she became the only member of the court that previously served as a member of the united states senate seat commission. she brings additional perspective to the court as well. she comes from a family of law enforcement with her brother and uncles having served as police officers. that s one reason i expect by the fraternal order of police said today, and i quote, there s little doubt she has the temperament and legal experience and family background, and they went on to say, she will treat issues related to law enforcement fairly and justly. incredibly, judge jackson has already been confirmed by the