need the translate. the original charter amendment will call for vacancies in a citywide offices f it will have the school board and the them to fill vacancies. the new draft narrows it to the board of supervisors so we'll have special elections from the board of supervisors and a special elect for the mayor's office there are other changes we'll align the dates of the election to align with state law and the elections under john who has agent elections we want to marry they coincide and the state law special election will be held between one hundred and 26 and 40 days of vacancies

unless consolidated within one hundred and 80 days we want to save the taxpayers' money we want to be able to consolidate those. to address concerns there were concerns about the original version about a vacancy held open until a special election we've changed that so that there won't be a vacancy but an interim supervisor that will be appointed by e the mayor but are in the be allowed to run for the special election that person will be able to run in subsequent election more of an interim official holders than a person severing beyond that.

so the city attorney has given us assurances that is legal it is essentially having an interim supervisor whether a term we have in place in san francisco. for example, the clock is ticking on my being supervisor for 2 and a half more years. the interim supervisors about accept the appointments knowing it is only for a limited term and that person will be eligible for a subsequent election later on this will reduce the potential for the costs for a special election if we have a special election for the careers office it will be $3 million citywide we'll not have a high you turnout but an election for

a mayor would be a higher turnout. so we'll insure that the districts will have a district supervisor so we'll have the opportunity to elect a supervisors. i have mr. art that has an amendment to a share if you want to explain where a your amendment is about essentially being able to make sure your work with the within the timeline of the elections this charter will coincide with the best timelines >> yeah. john with the relations. the input if there's a an election scheduled near a scheduled election we can consolidated the election not within the timeframe so if there's something near to the special election maybe and mechanism we can place into the

election to allow the department to consolidate everyone into one election >> so i have language that can read into read into the record and hopefully my colleagues will september language as well. >> thank you. thank you >> so if there's no questions or so we can answer questions we have mr. gibner hear or go to public comment. >> let's go to public comment supervisor tang any questions. >> sure i'm so glad i get to sit next to you sxhoovz. >> you call this let's elected i was former appointed in this role i'm in my second election between two years i don't see how undemocratic that is. from what i was aware of during

the mayoral process he went out to the community and met that stakeholder in making titus his decision i one way or the other was not part of the process i heard from other community members from the elective aid was involved i didn't see that happening behind closed doors. i'm glad you amended the charter amendment so there is someone to serve in an interim before an election takes place i think this was lawsuit and the charter as clarified if the mayor appoint someone to serve on the board of directors the peanut villaraigosa to rerun and run subsequentially in the following election wherever the term was about to expire 10 east hence i'm here again and if anyone

wanted to challenge me they have the opportunity before any election and a second you opportunity this november there's been a lot of comments before the inbuntcy sometimes that comes with a huge liability back in november of 2012 there was an appointee is the possible for incumbent to be put out of office i will august i'll sitting here as an elected official i had to work hard to make sure that i did the best to

represent having glutin up there as well i will recently fully disagree are the intent of this legislation a. i appreciate there are differences of opinions but supervisor avalos if you for bringing this forward. we've looked at this issue from the local agency commission laugh could the way it is filled the vacancies is not a no more or expectation the mayor explicit not have the kind of power like in san francisco. in fact, in the majority of jurthsdz from what we remember in the report the power to fill the vacancies rest not with any police station in city hall but with the voters.

i appreciate that there also are expectations and differences and but to supervisor tang with all respect i don't know that i will necessarily agree with the description of what's happened that with district 5 election that was a unique circumstance and the thing about this measure it didn't take away the fact you have to have an election additional if the district 5 race now supervisor breed runs a great campaign but the supporters of the mayor also caretaker came out against the postponement appointee.

when someone is appointed by the mayor it's going to be difficult to beat that person there are many challenges that person has. and i speak not to take anything away from anyone but it's a different path in terms of not being appointed and having to make the case as everyone else it's a different path and there are pros and cons to either but the reality is when you have the appointment by a mayor and actually have, you know, sit in this seat with that job there's a certain advantage you have. and the interesting thing the people that are appointed are people that are somehow connected to city hall that's been time and time again the way it's worked. the reason why i think this is

good is because it opens the field. it sort of levels the playing field you don't have to know someone in city hall to end up with that advantage everyone is equal. i think especially given the amount of money it take right now to run for office that incumbentcy provides a huge advantage and you see time and time again not only is it challenging to raise money especially, if your if you take positions that are not necessarily seen as mainstream with some of the powers that be but on top of that xuchd where

and like your experience supervisor tang i was broadly thinking about what was good for san francisco and our belief in democracy now the mayor having a selection process is good if there's an appointment process but not the same as an election i recall when bob black ran for supervisor i like his quote it's

the longest job interview he had it is talking to as many people as you can to know the issues to best translated those issues into city hall those are a long process or how much time you have is a process for people to see you are involved in the process i totally understand supervisor tang you're involved in the progress we have a lot of privilege to serve on the board of supervisors and that is partly because we've done the work to get elected if we're choosing to be on the board the number of elections shouldn't be an issue we have a lot of persons to serve here it's not a common experience to be sitting here. it's important 3 we provide the

voters a chance to be involved. i think if people knew what happens in city hall for the reasons people are put into will office including the mayor they would time to have a different process i talk about my process for ed lee being appointed for mayor it was very, very confusion and causing anxiety. i had a conversation with mr. lee in december of 2010 and i called i am up on a sunday and i asked i am i left a message i hear you want to be - you're interested in being the mayor i want to talk with you and you know what you want to achieve what you're grossly are we

didn't call me back but came to my office and told him he didn't want to run for mayor so i scratched mr. lee off my list i got to january then looking at the paper and talking to some of my colleagues some people had enough votes to become mayor but suddenly my colleagues tells me they want to be mayor and there's enough votes i said great i was considering mr. lee and mroo wasn't in the country and hadn't call anyone he didn't call me about that i felt like i could support mr. ed lee if i had a conversation tuesday between the board of supervisors between monday and tuesday, i

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of san francisco i wanted to have a conversation i fingered he'll find out he was selected to be the interim mayor of san francisco and we'll be able to get on the phone i was able to recess the meeting and not the next day but on thursday of that week he told me he wanted to be mayor so on friday i voted to support him but the process if the public knew that was the kind of way we made decisions they would want someone else so this measure will be the one they can choose for themselves if we want the kind of process or the board of supervisors or the process that the mayor's office with a minimum amount of

communication to appoint supervisors but they should have this choice i want to move up this to the full board after we consider the amendments to we give voters that 0 choice >> supervisor campos. >> yes. so supervisor avalos has described the amendment that he has introduced i believe he's given - they're coming. >> yeah. i actually haven't presented the whole i want to go to public comment first. >> okay. thank you. so we'll go to. any public comment on that item? please come on up you have two minutes. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm jeff i moved from new york 20 years ago i live in district 3 i like it the way it is now if i said the example that

supervisor tang laid out she was postponed and remember or went before the voters unusually those 0 election there are 0 names like jeffrey and barack obama and a people show up and vote for the supervisors before we had this voting there were only supervisors or citywide officials n in december and had a low turnout we have an protective two or three weeks and a lot of folks showed up. so what bother me if you're talking about a neighborhood election with two people that are relatively unknown 24 percent will be aggressive and i think your stretching i know that democracy is a fwuf thing

but your stretching it when i say this is not going to get a lot of press? not perfect i think that gavin newsom said when the mayor is vacant that the city administrator should automatically fill in. but i think there might be so other options other than a professional that leads to an legislation with little known names. thank you next >> thank you, supervisors i'm ilene i'm a former sf commissioner postponed in 2005 and a member of friends with the grassroots organization advocating for reformer and a

member of the harvey milk democratic club. i failed that because i'm pleased to office the support of the milk club both voted unanimously to support this measure. the reason i believe those organizations support the measure because it's about democracy and being able to deal with vacancies whether or not they're on the board or in the mayor's office in an expeditious manner so we have a special or regular election as possible we we have a interim supervisor so make sure that the district is taken place so it's not left vacant and in the end appointing someone that only serves for a short term so the decision is

not made so it person is made to serve into the future i believe if hams in incumbency it's a strong predicateer it takes it back to the people people and the people who decide who should serve them as soon as possible >> i'm christopher dull. supervisor avalos is morning taken into consideration the wind out of my sales but i want to offer my note when i building everybody should be in receipt of as an amendment to supervisor avalos own proposition. there are many kinds of

democracies we have popular democracy when is what the initiative system is my name my proposal actually for an initial leblgs allows for an simultaneously election this will can you remember people to be engaged all of a sudden everybody will have a chance to the supervisor instead of having to raise money and make loose and lots of friends rather than do wee what they think is important. i will definitely offer my support for any amendment i want

to ask the chair to convey my regrets that supervisor avalos didn't take the equivalent to remove the devotion clause that's psychologically enforceable to devote themselves to their career. thank you very much. >> hi supervisors i'm karen. i'm here representing the sierra club we strongly support having elections we discussed the let's elect our elected official act and the executive committee unanimously vote so long as we

have the final language it's involved. thank you for your time and i hope you'll support in act on the november ballot >> that believe seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor avalos will you like to - >> yes. i want to pass those onto the colleagues and actually, the members of the whole supervisor campos to make. and this is the language for - . so i'll describe quickly again, the amendment we're making staefldz of having special elections to fill every vacancy

in elected office in san francisco we're now going to be having special elections for the vokz vacancies in the mayor's office in the office of mayor and the board of supervisors and we're eliminating any language referencing the city college as well as the board of education so this is indirectly about the balance of important between the mayor's office and the board of supervisors. we have language that clarifies the number of days between the vacancy and the election between one hundred and 26 and one hundred and 80 days we have language from the department of elections to clarify in case there's an election with the one hundred and 81 days of a general election we're able to extend

the time period if we need to make sure we're not having back to back elections a special election followed by an general election to the handout you have is a new amendment to add going to be on page 3 line 2 and it readers notwithstanding that special election maybe held one hundred and 80 days for the purpose of consolidating a really regularly specialized election if the board of supervisors and mayor approve the we question by reds >> if i may as i understand it from the city attorney the only change to the language here supervisor avalos instead of it's calling you would add the vacancy notwithstanding a special election a may be called

one hundred and 80 days from the vacancy saw that's yes to amateur match it up. >> so colleagues, i make a motion to accept the amendment as a whole including the amendment that we're describing to address the concerns from the department of elections. >> city attorney just wanted to get clarification in terms of the process. so we have legislation that's been introduced and supervisor avalos is african-american the original. and right now, we're voting on the amendments to the original? >> that's right john gibner, deputy city attorney you're voting on the amendment that supervisor avalos or supervisor campos is proposing today.

and if you make that amendment you'll have basically a new version of the charter academy that optional applies to the board and the mayor's office to supervisor avalos suggested and have to continue the item to another committee meeting and if i may my understanding we're basically voting on african-american the charter amendment proposal and with the understanding be that you'll have an opportunity to vote yes or no depending on our view on the issue when we come back at the next committee meeting >> okay. so there's been a motion to amend supervisor avalos legislation. is there a second >> second do you want a roll call. >> on that motion for the amendment. >> supervisor campos. supervisor tang.

supervisor yee. mr. chair there are 3 i's >> so with the amendment versions we'll continue this item to another rules committee hopefully next week we'll figure out that one. >> do you know what days you'll have the rules committee. >> the next two rules committee on june 23rd and 30th. >> okay. would like to request to go to june 23rd i can let people know about it so if we could - >> give me a date we'll talk to my staff about so tomorrow he'll on the other hand, you'll hear. >> thanks. so this item is now continued to the call of the chair