as well. new items. vice president marshall: i do not have any problem with foreign them in if they are still on commissioners' minds -- i do not have any problem with throwing them in. commissioner: some are very high priority for me. whether they are red pr b;ie -- red or blue. secretary lt. falvey: -- commissioner slaughter: i think what commissioner marcia was suggesting is that we have a

group go out to say, these are the 20 items, and put them into categories and come back in two weeks and say, "year is," rather than having a conversation where we have to get a debate. again, if people want to do with a different way, that is fine. vice president marshall: suggestions to put on the list. commissioner: i was just looking for a speedy way to do this. commissioner kingsley: for us to take this list as well as any items that the commissioners want to add tonight, and then come back. vice president marshall: ok.

done. all right. then public comment on item number four? seeing none, the tennis, please call item no. 6. -- seeing none, a lieutenant. secretary lt. falvey: item number six, public comment on all matters pertaining to item 8 below, closed session, and public comment on whether or not to hold item eight in closed session. vice president marshall: item number 7. secretary lt. falvey: item number seven, to move into closed session. vice president marshall: without objection. we will move into closed session. secretary lt. falvey: item eight

will be in closed session. b vice president marshall: can you call item no. 9? secretary lt. falvey: item number nine, disclosed item 8. vice president marshall: a motion? please call the next item. secretary lt. falvey: the next item is adjournment. vice president marshall.: we are injured.

supervisor kim: good afternoon and welcome to rules committee, our special meeting for march 31. to my left, i have supervisor farrell and to my right, supervisor elsbernd. we only have one item we are considering today. >> the item on our agenda today is listed to go before the full

board on tuesday april 12, unless otherwise stated. item one, hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending february 1, 2017, to the ethics commission. there is one seat and three applicants. supervisor kim: thank you. are all three applicants submitting their applications today? did you hear from any of the applicants? has anybody withdrawn? >> i have not received any notification, but i can check with our office to see whether or not anybody has withdrawn. supervisor kim: that would be great. we heard two weeks ago from two of our applicants, dorothy liu and allen grossman. they have already presented, and we have had a chance and opportunity to ask questions.

i wonder of my colleagues would like to ask questions of our candidates. seeing none, we will open up for public comment. if you have comments on applicants, please line up. please make clear if you are in support or opposition of an applicant. helps us when we draft our minutes. >> i am in support of allen grossman. i am a resident of district 6. the reasons i support him are as follows -- when supervisor kim proposed three questions to each of the candidates, he answered them in a fashion that i think promotes good governance. he is for video recordings of the ethics commission's. he is for all office visits being documented, even in the calendars of government officials. when he was asked what the

debate -- biggest issue ethics has, he talked about their need to enforce more open government because with open government, you have good government. i can tell you personally, working with him on different issues at city hall, with obstacles, but meetings, there are many times that i have gotten up the next morning, open my e-mail, and found a memo from him coming up with a solution to the problem we experienced the previous night. basically, that is the work ethic he has asked a retired business lawyer. i think one of the values he has coming to this is that he is retired and he has time to spend on the issue. it is a very complicated role, and he has the time and knowledge and background to do it. he also cares deeply about these issues.

he does not have to deal with the issues of full-time jobs that other applicants have to deal with. also, he does not have -- if he is working for a firm, the firm is not going to potentially receive benefits by the fact that he is a member of that firm. ultimately, the representative on ethics should represent people, and i think allen grossman is the best candidate. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm here again to support mr. grossman. you probably remember my public comments from several weeks ago, so i will not repeat them, but in the interim, the city attorney has characterized the sunshine task force as a kangaroo court and out to get -- terminate city employees.

those outrageous statements make it imperative that you support mr. grossman on the ethics committee so that he can attempt to enforce orders of determination. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am chairman of the sunshine ordinance task force, speaking parley as chairman of the task force and partly as an individual. regarding the remarks made by the previous speaker, the city attorney has not issued any statement regarding the task force. those remarks came from the city attorney's press spokesman, and mr. dorsey has told me and told the sfbaycitcitizencolumnist.or

that those remarks are coming from him as a city employee, said they are not to be reflected in any way of the city attorney's position. regarding the appointment to the ethics commission, i wish to reiterate my strong support for allen grossman. he has been immensely helpful to the task force in a couple of areas, one of them dealing with the ethics commission, and i think he would be an outstanding member of the ethics commission. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am here to support allen grossman. i work for the ethics commission for over nine years. one of the commission's most important duties is protection, and during my time there, i was compelled to expose repeated

violations by staff with limited by a license, the commission has not been receptive to such whistleblowing. since i have witnessed crimes being committed to the fulfillment of the agency's mandate, once i tell you today that it is imperative that the of what may be a dedicated, independent, demonstrated advocate for good government, not a play along, get along political insider who's professional location consists of achieving positions of managers in employment hierarchy. dorothy liu is a friend of supervisor chiu and julius turman is a friend of supervisor wiener. only allen grossman is independent.

i can think of no better or relevant examples than successfully suing ethics to compel it to comply with the very laws it is supposed to safeguard, such as mr. grossman has done. two candidates have both made campaign contributions to one or more cities -- sitting supervisors. this choice presents an opportunity for each supervisor to proudly show the public that boded to appoint a truly independent watchdog who will hold even you accountable -- showed the public that you voted to appoint a truly independent watchdog. >> good afternoon, supervisors. district 6 resonant, north mission homeowner. i cannot think of a better way for a citizen to express their political -- can we [inaudible]

it is difficult to concentrate year. it will be nice to know that before public comment, to see if we should address mr. turman or not. >> office did receive written notification from julius turman requesting that her application be withdrawn. >> what we have is an individual who has put his money on the line to be sure that the laws in the city and county are faithfully executed. i understanding is the board president expressed concern about this, as if the third branch of the government is irrelevant, as if following the law is optional. in this case, the law was not followed. the city attorney was compelled to settle. i find it strange that my friend matt dorsey make comments to the press to this effect. actually referred to them as wallace, and he is acting as

spokesperson for a member of the bar. that is problematic when both the city and county in pop -- in all its forms are its client. there should be a process where under sunshine, all of these claims are exposed. if someone is bringing forth a for claim, that should be heard in the body. that will send a signal back. that is how checks and balances were. but those checks and balances have been short circuit. the ethics commission is a mess. it has systematically tried to alienated key political natural supporters who want to see open government, by bringing everybody for small amounts of finance. that is not what we want to see. we want to see the ethics commission actually supporting government that is open and honest. that is what we will see these contracts go to the right place. we saw a situation where a waiver was granted for tony hall to go to treasure island. one says political use was exhausted their, the commission decided to hit him with major

finds right before he decided to run for mayor here the upshot was he was found to have not committed for what they said he did. perjury went down in those proceedings. yet the district attorney never prosecuted. we do not have a commission that is going to stand up and insist laws be followed, that integrity be respected, that tampering with evidence and perjury not be accepted in those proceedings. i believe mr. grossman comes with those qualifications. ms. liu mentioned that she wanted to be a team player. we need a coach, not a team player. this will be a test for all of you all, to see where you stand on critical issues of go -- of open government. thank you. >> [inaudible]

supervisor kim: excuse me. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. i want to thank our applicants for coming back again today. both mr. grossman and ms. liu. thank you for allowing rules committee to continue this item with there being a last-minute applicants hear all the now, it seems he has withdrawn his application. so we are back to square one. colleagues, any comments or a motion? >> i'm sorry mr. turman withdrew his application. would have been interested on his thoughts.

we had two solid candidates. we have one solid spots. i believe in reviewing those applications and thinking about the hearing and thinking about the next six years. i think our best candidate and the person who could best represent the ethics commission would be ms. liu, and i would like to put in a motion to send her name forward as our nominee. , i agree with supervisor elsbernd. we have two amazing candidates, both of whom have contributed a lot to the city and have done a lot of amazing work. i want to thank you for your time because this is a commission that involves time commitment and dedication and does some very important work around local government, as many of the folks have said in public comment, and i think both of you will serve very well on our ethics commission.

after having taken some time to consider to every zero weeks ago in the hearings and some of the letters of support we have gotten from our office and hearing from folks that have supported both candidates, i have also -- you know, given that we have one spot open, i am committed to supporting ms. dorothy liu as well. >> [inaudible] this is a tough one for me as well. i had a chance to sit down with both candidates, speak for quite awhile, and i do think we are blessed that we have two really strong candidates today. [inaudible] he reminded me, a bump into him on the campaign trail [inaudible] that all being said, understanding the way [inaudible] what i would say is i want to support mrs. liu here today

[inaudible] but i want to say, mr. grossman, i respect your desire to serve here, and if there is another committee [inaudible] with that, i would support the motion. supervisor kim: 90. we had a motion to move forward with dorothy liu for the ethics commission to the full board. without objection. >> excuse me, supervisor, would you like to send this to the full board as committee report? dorothy liu -- supervisor kim: yes, i would. i believe the next ethics commission meeting is coming up soon in april, and i know that ms. hanson, who has been a wonderful commissioner, was only able to serve through the end of february, so they have one vacancy. if we could move it forward as

the committee report, that would be great. supervisor kim: great. motion forward with positive recommendation for ms. dorothy liu. this item is now closed. thank you to the members of the public for coming today. this meeting is now adjourn. before that, quickly, i want to thank sfgovtv for taping the session today with transcriptions available for members of the public. thank you. meeting adjourned.

>> welcome to "culturewire." since december 2005, the museum of the african diaspora, known locally,moad, has presented programs that celebrate and explore the culture, history, and art of people with african descent throughout the and added states and throughout the world. the director of cultural affairs recently met with the museum director. to learn more about the current expedition, textural rhythms, constructing the jazz tradition, contemporary african american quilts. >> welcome to "culturewire." today, we are at the museum of the african diaspora, which is

celebrating its fifth anniversary occupying one of the premier cultural district in the world, the yerba buena cultural arts center in san francisco. joining me is the cultural art director. tell us what moad's mission is. what does it do? >> the museum of the african diaspora showcases the history, art, and cultural richness that resulted from the dispersal of africans throughout the world. we do that through compelling and innovative exhibitions, public programs, and education programs. our goal is to celebrate and present for appreciation to our broad and diverse public the controversial energy contributions of people of african descent to world culture in all aspects in all areas, including politics, culture, economics, education, just in all aspects of cultural forms of expression.

>> one of the fascinating things since 2005 when the museum was established, is that it has become clear from science that all of humanity originates in africa. how does that influence the education programs or presentation here at moad? >> obviously, being able to attenuate that, and there is a sign at the door that says, "when did you know that you were african?" our point is that we share a common dna, and it connects us on a number of different levels. this institution is an institution available to everyone, a resourced for everyone. >> you have both permanent and temporary exhibitions, right? >> we do. our temporary exhibition program is one that we are restructuring. i have been here now for about a year and a few months, and as a

former curator, i'm very interested in this aspect of developing the visual arts program. part of what we are looking at is using the four core seems that define our program -- origins, migration and movement, transformation, an adaptation -- as a framework for our thinking about the kinds of exhibits we present. >> we want everybody to come and see the permanent exhibition. there might be a special opportunity to visit with the current show that you currently have, which is constructing the jazz tradition, which is a very striking exhibition of quilts. >> it is a compelling exhibit on a number of different levels. visually, it is compelling. in terms of the subject matter, in terms of the approach to materials, it is so rich and diverse. it is a colorful show, a show that is deep in content, and we know something of the history of the "'s tradition within the

african-american community. it is a tradition that came from africa, has its roots in africa, but during slavery, this was a combination of things. one was a way to be able to communicate with each other, a way to create beautiful objects, and a way to create functional, utilitarian objects for the family and community. the other part that makes it so interesting is the focus on jazz. there are two attritions being celebrated here. certainly, the tradition as we know it -- these are not traditional quilts. they have their roots in traditional aspects, but what you will find in this exhibition are works that include materials on the surface, new processes, copying, and putting photographic images on the surface. you will find packets sewn onto the surface, so the methodology from traditional " making has changed from how traditional

quilt makers use the medium. >> our visitors can visit the web site, which we will be showing on the segment, so follow the link to the website, and get all of the latest information about all these events related to this exhibition, and, of course, you guys are very active. throughout the year, with all kinds of special programs. >> yes, we are. this is what i'm so excited about. >> this may take us off track a little bit, but a couple of things i wanted to highlight is that the creation of moad is one of the flagship creations of the redevelopment of san francisco. it is housed inside -- what is the building? the regency, right? >> the st. regis museum tower. >> the st. regis museum tower, which is one of the development projects that was promoted by the redevelopment agency is what

allows the city to -- and the development agency to give form and establish moad in the yerba buena cultural district. now, we are looking at governor brown oppose a proposal, which means that in the future, it he is successful, they would not have had the rebel the agency to promote these economic and cultural projects. it is something that has relevance today in terms of public policy today, what is going to happen in the future if we do not have a redevelopment agency to promote this development. >> yes. moad is the result or culmination of a public/private partnership that included the redevelopment agency and former mayor brown, and included