insufficient. there needed to be some kind of an incubator kind of approach, or at least that is what he said, and he was more knowledgeable. the possibility is there. supervisor kim: thank you for being here. she did write a letter describing her experience and your reasons for wanting to continue. i will open this up for public comment. >> ♪ good luck with your appointments all alone

dropped all loan -- drop all alone you're going to make it better from the bayview to the ocean tide you can show me the appointment city that israel -- that is real ♪ supervisor kim: public comment is now closed. supervisor farrell: thank you for coming out. supervisor kim: we have a motion before us. we have a second. we can do that without opposition. thank you. >> item #5, ordinance amending the campaign and governmental conduct code and municipal elections go to modify funding

of the city's public financing program, to increase expenditure ceilings for supervisor cohen candidates, to delay the date on which public funds may be dispersed, to change the qualification requirements for partisan bidding candidates, and to advance the date by which all local candidates must file their nomination papers. supervisor kim: if you do not mind coming up and speaking briefly on the amendments that have been made since the last time rules had the full board have heard this item. that would be great. >> good afternoon, supervisors. we have been through this a lot. the legislation before you has the full support of the ethics

commission. it changes the cap on the election campaign fund. it fixes the mayoral candidate spending ceiling at $1.4 million. a lot of people have worked very hard, including the members of this committee. we are satisfied that it is workable and productive and these are positive changes. >> thank you. i do want to take a moment to thank the ethics commission for all of the hours of work that you spent on this and for the discussions that have happened. i do think we are moving forward with a stronger program for public financing. this ordinance would put us into compliance. i do want to -- i appreciate the work that you and your staff has put in. thank you. supervisor wiener: i also want

to say thank you. i know this has been a convoluted and difficult process. getting to eight boats can be challenging. i want to thank supervisor kim for her hard work. i do not agree with everything in this ordinance, but that is the way it works in legislation. you get what you can and you do not have to agree with everything. i do appreciate the inclusion of several items that i had suggested. i think this is a strong product and i think is going to improve a lot of things about our financing system. supervisor kim: at this time, we will open up for public comment.

>> good afternoon, supervisors. i think it is important to review why we have public financing of campaigns. it is not only because we do not want candidates during dialing for dollars and is not only because we want to sever the link between such -- special interests and who gets elected. it is also about the election and the structure. if you think about it, we want to be concerned about the means that voters have for getting information about candidates and having good information to make good decisns. just as we would not leave the infrastructure of how we count ballots, and we would not probably find that, we also do not want to only leave the means of receiving information for voters in the hands of private

money. if you do that, those who have the most money speak the loudest. they had the biggest microphone. this really is about opening up our political process and making it work better. i think we should always keep that in mind, and start trying to change the finance reform ordinance. i support this legislation. i think there are some very good things we are doing. we're fixing the problem with zombie candidates. my biggest concern is that we are reducing the amount that can be in the public fund from 13 planned $5 million down to $7 million. nobody knows if that is enough money. we're kind of shooting in the dark. we have to remember that our previous administration raided the financing fund two years in a row. if we'd had not had a cushion,

we may have run at of money. hopefully, it is going to be ok. i have heard assurances that it will be. supervisor kim: thank you. i know that you have been an active advocate on this matter. thank you for your work. >> ♪ no city doesn't mattes it r makes me feel sad for the rest city city west your the best ♪ supervisor kim: thank you.

>> good afternoon. i have no objection to the substance of the legislation. my concern is -- i have two concerns. it is about compliance with section 1.103. it is very specific about amendments with respect to public finance or other amendments. it requires that the proposed amendment is available for public review at least 30 days before it is considered by the board of supervisors. this latest version was substituted on march 13. i understand that this takes us back to a previous version, but i would note that the standard is not the charter amendment

standard. it is very specific. if we do not follow this, the amendment has to go to the voters. i am not suggesting that this go to the voters. is that this hearing, i believe, is premature and we should allow additional time. how these pieces work together is important for people to understand. as i have expressed before, at moving the nomination deadline to 146 days before the election. i think that works against the goal of reducing campaign expenses. the latest version changes the operative date of that section to january 1 of next year, but it would still apply in future elections to not just office is the subject to public finance, but those that are not. that need some more discussion. i encourage you to discuss

whether this matter is timely. supervisor kim: i believe the proposed amendment was made 30 days before. i was confused as to what 30 days you are leading to. >> the 30 day requirement, 30 days that the proposed amendment is available. this latest version is dated march 13 -- march 12. it was introduced at the board on march 13. elements of it were available at the elections -- at the ethics commission meeting the previous friday. there are elements that were not available 30 days before her. and so i think that it is not quite timely. supervisor kim: if i could have the city attorney address the specific question? >> good afternoon.

i think there are a few different issues presented. the first is to clarify the purpose of what was substituted in on the 13th was to change or to delay the operative date of this new nomination deadline. i want to be clear on that. that provision is a section of the municipal elections code, not the conduct code. it is not within the ethics commission's purview at all. it is part of this entire package, but not part of the legislation subject to the special amendment's role. i would just add that the universe of amendments that of gone back and forth that were initially made on february 28, 30 days ago, what ethics did was

a subset of that. all those amendments have been out there for 30 days. supervisor kim: thank you. are there any further questions on this issue? supervisor wiener: i believe the only thing that ethics change from what we had was reverting to the original calculation for health funds are deposited. that is the current state of the law, right? it is no longer an amendment. what we sent back, we change the way the money is deposited into the fund. after that, the ethics commission went with reinstating the previous method of calculating the annual contribution of the fund, meaning that it is no longer an amendment. it is maintaining the current state of the law. is that right? ok. the 30-day rule would not apply

to that. everything else is what came out of the board last time. supervisor kim: thank you. we do appreciate and we want to make sure we're following our charter. are there any other comments? >> i want to say thank you to my colleagues for working on this. i know you have worked very hard. i still have issues with the -- i am happy to put it through with that recommendation. if that it and -- if that makes it ok for you guys. supervisor kim: i do appreciate that motion. supervisor wiener: i will be voting for this of the full board. i do supportive. i did address my major concern, which was the extreme over funding, in my view.

we now have a strong mechanism to prevent that from happening. we were depositing too much money into it. this address is that any meaningful way. i will be voting for it. i am happy to go along with the motion. supervisor kim: with a compromised -- there will always be aspects you are not thrilled with, but overall, i am content. i didn't think we're making the public financing program stronger -- i do think we are making the public financing program stronger. i will be supporting this ordinance. i am happy to move this out with no recommendation. we can do that without opposition. >> [inaudible] supervisor kim: yes. can we entertain a motion?

we can send this out as a committee report. thank you, madam clerk. at this time, the community will be entertaining a motion to convene into closed session. would any of the members of the public like to speak on items 60317? public comment is now closed. do we have a motion to convene in closed session? we do that without opposition. to the members of the public, it will be vacating the ram. we can enter into closed session.