One of juliets mentors. She is a young woman. When i was working as director of communications at the urban habitat, you know, at the time carl anthony was the executive director and president of Earth Island Institute with david brauer. And juliet was working on her mba at San Francisco state, and i was asked to sit in on the interview when she came to apply for a job as carls assistant. Basically, a very lowlevel job. But what i was id impressed by was shear passion and her commitment and her caring for community and for people, marginalized people of every color. And i sat through that interview. And when she walked out of the room, we had a flood of people from San Francisco state, from university of california, from stanford who really wanted to work as an assistant to carl anthony who was then president of and chair of the urban habitat which was the oldest Environmental Justice organization in the country. I was honored and excited, and carl and i looked at each other, and we sa
Ms. Ellis that were taken in august of 2013. However, i want the commission to know and understand that all actions were based on exhaustive and independent puc investigation where we carefully weighed the facts and the mitigating circumstances. Recently, in january 2014 with your commission and the fppc, reached a joint Settlement Agreement with ms. Ellis. Your investigation did not present any new information or contradict any information related to the puc investigation. I cannot revisit disciplinary actions that i took nor i see any reason to do so. I believe appropriate actions were taken on all fronts and this matter is concluded. I hope that the commission, as i do, that this is simply time to move on and thank you for hearing me. [cheering and applauding] good afternoon, commissioners. Supervisor john avalos. I am here to speak on the same matter as well. I know that the Ethics Commission has already made its determination on the individual who is being discussed today. It seem
Business attorney and political attorney. He worked at the political Practices Division in sacramento. [speaker not understood]. Hes a graduate of Hastings College of law and has a masters degree from harvards school of kennedy government. A long list of accomplishments. As i said, fortunate to have him. Welcome. Welcome, mr. Minarde. Were fortunate to have you and look forward to working with you. The first item on the agenda are minutes of the board of directors meeting of march 20, 2013~ [speaker not understood]. Commissioners, my name is harlan kelly and i am the general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities commission. Thank you for allowing me to come before you. I have a previously scheduled engagement, so, im going to have to dash off right after my comments. But i want to talk about an item that you have, item 5 on your agenda. ~ first of all, due to personal and confidential rules, im not here to talk about any specific as it relates to any disciplinary actions relate
I went to Polytechnic High School which no longer exists. So, i stand here before you as one of juliets mentors. She is a young woman. When i was working as director of communications at the urban habitat, you know, at the time carl anthony was the executive director and president of Earth Island Institute with david brauer. And juliet was working on her mba at San Francisco state, and i was asked to sit in on the interview when she came to apply for a job as carls assistant. Basically, a very lowlevel job. But what i was id impressed by was shear passion and her commitment and her caring for community and for people, marginalized people of every color. And i sat through that interview. And when she walked out of the room, we had a flood of people from San Francisco state, from university of california, from stanford who really wanted to work as an assistant to carl anthony who was then president of and chair of the urban habitat which was the oldest Environmental Justice organization
I was asked to sit in on the interview when she came to apply for a job as carls assistant. Basically, a very lowlevel job. But what i was id impressed by was shear passion and her commitment and her caring for community and for people, marginalized people of every color. And i sat through that interview. And when she walked out of the room, we had a flood of people from San Francisco state, from university of california, from stanford who really wanted to work as an assistant to carl anthony who was then president of and chair of the urban habitat which was the oldest Environmental Justice organization in the country. I was honored and excited, and carl and i looked at each other, and we said, this young woman hands down. So, i have known her for the last 17 years. I have been proud to claim her as one of my mentees and somebody that ive mentored. I have listened to her talk about the challenges of working in the public sector. I have i have i mean, its ironic that shes not here, beca