get all five of you and the mayor's representatives and the sheriff and his representatives. there are only two rooms that really are available, so i will continue to keep working on that. i will be -- vice president studely: have you found a day where all of the people are available but the room is not prove frustrating. >> i would not press you to make it on a day when there is no point, but -- vice president studely: but there are days that you have not tried it. >> right. vice president studely: does it look like we will be able to add least have the initial meeting in april? >> yes, but it will probably not be the first or second week. i do not want to speculate too

much because i just do not know, and i do not want to leave anyone with an impression that we know. it is, even though there are two dates that may be likely, i do not want to burn it in anybody's memory, so i will continue to stay in touch with you. the measure on public financing that the commission adopted, there will be a rules committee this thursday, so i will keep you posted. i expect that than to go to the full board next tuesday, and then, i will be testifying at the state assembly in sacramento on may 1 before the elections commission. the assembly member has proposed an amendment that would allow us to move forward with all the electronic filing, which has been a priority of ours for a long time, so this is very good

news. the city's legislative affairs committee has voted to approve the legislation. actually, they wanted to sponsor it. they normally only suppose it or not, so this takes it one step further. so it has been endorsed by the city itself, and i've found that this afternoon that staff is recommending that another indorse it at their april 5 meeting, so that is good news for us, and i believe it has got fairly smooth sailing ahead. this will be a good chance for san francisco once again to sort of take the lead in doing something new with electronic filing, which, for a lot of reasons, say does not only staff resources but all kinds of paper and other things. >> so is this legislation to allow san francisco to do it or others?

executive director: i am sorry. that is completely wrong. it allows -- it would be anybody who wants to do it, but they have to get permission. in our case, the board of supervisors. i am sorry i was completely out of the field there. a lot of people are not ready for it. i think most people are not ready. we are, and i think we can set a model for how to do it right, so this is a very good thing. vice president studely: commissioners? >> i do not have a direct question about the report, but i do every question going back to

some of the earlier public comment. is inappropriate for me to pose that question at this time? and that is when we have made a ruling, such as in the case of the library commission president, are there any other further steps that we can take to urged the mayor to make a decision or to take some action? or, essentially, we make a recommendation, and that is the end of it in this particular case or similar cases? the executive director: there is nothing official batting powers the commission to do something like that, but there is no prohibition on determining the communication. like that. you would have to, the chair would have to calendar id so you can discuss it, and then determine what message if any

wanted to send and go from there. >> since it could be an item on the agenda, what would you think of suggesting to chair chur that he put it on the agenda for next meeting? vice president studely: that would probably be a good idea, because my concern is when we take an action and then nothing, there is no further action at the next step in the process, it really does i think harm the image of the ethics commission, even though it is out of our hands, but i think some discussion about that perhaps would be valuable, should we run into these cases again.

certainly not in the upcoming hearings. that is a little bit different, but there may be other situations where we rule on something where it is not clear what further action will be taken if any. commissioner: i think we can make that recommendation to the chair for doing something further. vice president studely: thank you. any other comments or questions for the executive director? public comment. >> david pilpel. three brief points. on page 3 of the report, there is a typo on the second line in reference to the commission's october meetings. i think this was in a previous report as well. i am not aware that those

meetings that happened yet, but i look forward to them. with respect to the testimony in sacramento, if there are prepared remarks that the director is entering, it those could be attached to a future directors reports, i think it would be good to memorialize those. i think that is actually a very good effort on the city's part advancing the electronic filing statewide, and finally, the report does not remind people that form 700, annual filings are due next monday, not later than, so we would like people to comply and file them on a timely basis rather than having to deal with non filing and late filing after the fact. a public-service announcement. vice president studely: i did not follow your first item. what were they? >> on page 3. thank you very much.

vice president studely: there is one other item, in your continuing to seek a joint meeting with the task force, and we may just want to share that on the record. >> -- executive director: the tapes that we have sent them included april 13, which is the date that they chinos. -- they chose. unfortunately, they took two weeks from when they said the potential dates to answer, and by the time they answered, there were no more rams left on the 13th, so i'm trying to get someone who has got a reservation to move the time to

accommodate, so that date is still on the table, but i am working on it. vice president studely: and if that were to happen, that would be in the afternoon? >> yes, 2:00 until 5:00. or 1:00 until 4:00. vice president studely: ok. >> david pilpel, and on that point, i recognize that there now is required that they televise this, i am not sure that is required with the sunshine ordinance, so if one of the issues is the availability of 400, 416, i would be a of an opinion that that special joint meeting not be televised. bank.

vice president studely: a little bit of history. thank you very much. we have concluded the executive director's meeting. commissioners, anything? noted for future meetings. executive director: a and i will communicate that to the chair. vice president studely: is there any public comment? going right to number nine. public comment, we are voting -- we are having public comment on items about future meetings. seeing none, lamont -- public comment on items appearing are not appearing on the agenda of the ethics commission? seeing none, do i hear a motion to adjourn?

i heard commissioner renne first. all in favor, please say aye. thank you very much. good evening.

>> the right to vote allows us to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for

women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th century accomplished one goal, it was diametrically opposed to this idea. >> many feared it would be corrupted by politics. >> women in the 19th century had to convince male voters that having the vote would not change

anything. that woman would still be devoted to the home, the family, that they would remain pure and innocent, that having the vote would not corrupt them. >> support gradually grew in state and local campaigns. >> leaders like ellen clark sgt come repeatedly stopping these meetings -- , repeatedly stopping these meetings as a politically active figure. doing everything they could to ground the campaign in domesticity. >> despite their efforts, the link made it tough whenever voters were in the big city. a specialist in francisco. >> the problem with san

francisco is that women's suffrage as an idea was associated. >> susan b. anthony joined the provision party. a deadly idea in san francisco. liquor was the foundation of the economy. and >> anything that touched on the possibility of prohibition was greatly and popular. >> the first campaign was a great effort, but not a success. >> the war was not over. less than one decade later, a graphic protests brought new life to the movement. >> women's suffrage, the

republican convention in oakland, this time it was the private sector response. 300 marched down the streets of the convention center. women were entitled to be here. >> joining together for another campaign. >> women opened a club in san francisco. it was called the votes for women club. if she could get the shopkeepers to have lunch, she could get them to be heard literature. the lunch room was a tremendous success. >> it was the way that people

thought about women willing to fight for a successful campaign. what happened was, the social transformation increase the boundary of what was possible, out word. >> there were parades and rallies, door to door candidacies, reaching every voter in the state. >> the eyes of the nation were on california in 1911, when we all voted. it was the sixth and largest state in the nation to approve this. one decade later, we have full voting rights in the united states. helping newly enfranchised women, a new political movement

was founded. >> starting in the 1920's, it was a movement created by the suffragettes moving forward to getting the right to vote. all of the suffragettes were interested in educating the new voters. >> non-partisan, not endorsing candidates >> -- endorsing candidates, getting the right to vote and one they have their voice heard. >> the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage is taking place throughout the state. bancroft library is having an exhibit that highlights the women's suffrage movement,

chronicling what happened in california, bringing women the right to vote. >> how long does this mean going on? >> the week of the 20th. people do not realize that women were allowed to vote as early as the 1920's. in the library collection we have a manuscript from the end of december, possibly longer. >> in commemoration of 100 years of voting in california. 100 years ago this year, we won the right to vote. around 1911, this is how it would have addressed. and here we are, dressed the

same. [chanting] >> we have the right to vote. >> whether you are marching for a cause or voting in the next election, make your voice heard. thank you for watching.

>> meeting called to order. [roll call] item two, approval of minutes for the march 13, 2011 meeting. >> second. any public comment? president woo ho: minutes have been approved. any public comment? >> item four, >> please turn ofs and electronic devices. please be advised the chair may ordered the removal from the meeting room of any person responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar electronic device. please be advised a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent public

comments on each agenda item. commissioner, with your permission, i would like to make an announcement in case we have people in audience who are waiting to see a lot 51 washington has been taken off the calendar until further notice. an item 7a, executive director's report. >> the captain and. i am sitting in for the executive director this afternoon. she is attending a symposium and is one of the keynote speakers. i have five items under her to report today. the first is related to bae. next wednesday, it will enter the port. the ship will be in dry dock for 55 days, employing over 200

shipyard workers and will generate between 80,100 thousand hours of labor. that is the equivalent of 38-48 jobs for a full year. with options to the value for repair will be 14.5 million, and that will generate additional rent to the port cough. the primary mission is to provide fuel, ammunition and dry and refrigerated storage to support needy at sea. this is the first ship of its class to undergo regular maintenance. there will board -- there will be more coming out for bid this year. the port dry dock is the only one on the west coast large enough to accommodate the size of the vessel. notably the collaboration effort with bae in the port to share the 1.5 million in dredging the

base makes way for this. the central basin public waterway adjacent to the shipyard was previously not deep enough to allow ship access to the port dry dock. the dry dock investment, plus dredging has opened up new business for the ports and city of san francisco. we're looking at the installation of power at pier 70 that will continue to make future bids on this type of work very competitive, which results in a good deal of jobs for san francisco and a friend to the port. good news all around. the second item, we are excited to announce on saturday, april 14, san francisco heritage 2012 will celebrate the historic western merchandise mart. it is now called the market square, the future home of twitter and ongoing of the finalization of market district built in 1937.

it is a $1 million and mark. it will serve as a backdrop for a memorable evening. the mayor will be the honorary chair. also, you will start to notice advertisements on the muni buses and trains. this begins the first week of april through the end of may. the new promotional advertisements will be seen on the buses throughout the city to promote the upcoming anniversary of the port, and also the 100 year anniversary. muni turns 100 years old in december, and we are celebrating april 13. more information about the anniversary will be provided to you with a small celebration after the port commission meeting april 24. and also, on thursday april 5 at 10:00, between the embarcadero and stores street, senator

dianne feinstein and mayor lee will post an opening ceremony for the celebration of the real way. now to update you on projects that are showing exciting changes along the waterfront. first, the cruise terminal project. the cruise terminal meet and greet event is held at pier 29.5 on march 20. and it was 10 by approximately 60 neighbors. a good turnout. there were power point presentations. you can check the web site for up sites on all construction related activity, and that is ouat www.dpw.org. in terms of the project schedule, the short transformer has been disconnected, and the equipment has been stored off site. demolition is under way.

it will be completed around april. the permit has been approved, and construction permit has been issued. this deal work is expected to begin mid-april. now to move the plant in st. wharf project. the demolition of peerier 36 is well underway. they have begun demolition work of the shut and your building. the pier -- the building should be removed by mid-april. contractors working extra shifts to make the schedule. the contractor is currently preparing items including piling. during the demolition and floor plit is reduced to 15 feet with segments for the reduced to 15

feet to accommodate certain sections of the war. a complete section of one northbound lane will take place in early november until late december. this is required to rebuild the portion of the, not adjacent to the southern edge of pier 32. during this time the bike lanes will be routed into the closed northbound lane. that concludes the executive director's report today. >> thank you. we have public comments. francisco decasta. >> commissioners, i come here from time to time. i was hoping the director would be here, but the representative did a good job. what is happening here is that this city has a local hire

ordinance. i watch you all from home. you all fail to incorporate local high year in what is happening on the waterfront. the commission has -- whenever i come here i mentioned to you all that there mormon -- that the 7.5 mile front is public trust land, so every californian has a say in what happens here. for some strange reason there is no our reach them to all san franciscatreach done to all san franciscans. so in the report that was