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we can see the candidate activity and the slate marital activity. >> you want to make a motion. >> i make a motion we approve that to make it possible. >> second. >> public comment? >> larry bush from friends of ethics just a point of information while it doesn't go to the election department the clerk is responsible for accepting documents from you'll see california and not only from san francisco submissions so therefore they don't have a system that allows you to go down and find out the slate
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mailers involving the san francisco candidates by moving it to ethics you have that access it's a observe that disclosure. >> any other public comment? all right. all in favor >> i. >> opposed passed unanimously 4, 0 now we've gone through the items item one 2, and 4 directed the staff 67 as well but 67 is a more straightforward but directed the staff to take some further action and i would ask,
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sir how would you prioritize those recognizing there's a fairly heavy burden where should he start and just give me a week i know that the fcc has their regulatory calendar it makes sense that seemed the commission very much want us to move on item one we can draft the proposed language and begin our i p month to month and gathering records we could come back to you with that language in march and in march present a proposed calendar in terms of how we will go about doing this i'll recommend we exclude not only this stuff but there are one or
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two other things that we permit consulting stuff it is clear we have to do something in the next few months we put it together a package and put a proposed calendar and you folks can certainly comment on that and we'll make modifications. >> i understand are you talking about a calendar for item one or calendar for the other 2. >> i think all of them. >> a general calendar with a you know projected completion and timeline that sort of thing. >> commissions - >> and follow-up on your language with the understanding that item one is the one it has tremendous priority as opposed to the on the the others we want to see move forward but item one
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is something additional to see go away as quickly as possible. >> i fully support that timeline i'd like to see that. >> public comment on that proposed timeline? all right. hearing none >> i figure calendar is a great idea. >> we look forward to march 23rd meeting. >> let's turn to i think its number 7 decision and possible action regarding an amendment to the changes of the san francisco caption finance ordinance that were approved by the commission at the january 2015 meeting the
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amendment proposed the same disclosure on smaller written communications on both independence and elections and communications comments mr., sir. >> thank you, commissioners as we said last month the commission approved a passage for c from to standard device the reporting for third party's making expenditures on elections also included were changing to standard dices changes that must be on the mailers that are sent out those apply both the ballet measure committee and the candidates to the so-called election communications where you're not advocating for or against a candidate but
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mentioning him or her we did a great job of standardizing those rules there was one omission that's for small sort prinltd steering wheels like flyers and basically, we forgot to put the language in or i forgot to put in the language the subject to mailings and they're the same specifically with respect to the smaller those smaller items like door hangers and posters this is a clean and we don't think this will delay anything it is sort
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of a followup to make sure we're all correct. >> any commissioners have any questions or comments public comment? hearing none i hear a motion to - pardon me. >> i move we accept the corrections. >> in favor say i opposed it passes unanimously item no. 7 discussion with city attorney's office regarding the litigation against common sense voters and sf number ten for supervisor farrell for violations of local campaign laws. >> commissioners, i want to
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note i'll be recusing myself and stepping away. >> commissioner. >> any public comment on agenda item 8 conducting on whether or not we should go into closed session? hearing no public comment >> this is only about closed session. >> on the item itself or. >> i have a comment about the item itself noimz a michael garcia i formerly was on this body and served on the noiths was president and served on the board of appeals in san francisco and currently on the
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citizens general negotiations general going bond oversight committee and more than 15 years an ash traitor a financial industry authority you know hopefully, i only bring that up to know i sat where you sit and understand and awesome the responsibility it you have and the decisions you have to make and i respect i for that i have a therapy about this i also-ran for office and also had chris leo as a campaign consultant the way i feel supervisor mark farrell candidate supervisor farrell had a reasonable expectation on his part that campaign consultant
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lee would we have a duty of reasonable care to serve and protect his farrell's interests this establishes lee so far as i understand as farrell's fiduciary i not only violated the caption finance laws but breached emphasis fiduciary duties to farrell to hold farrell responsible for the action of lee is unjustify after one and a half years i'm not sure of investigation did not find farrell for custodial believable but in my opinion to preserve the litigation against farrell in a 5 year old action would be a waste of city
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resources and worse co-whatever the outcome of the litigation i understand you're an attorney and other attorneys but we all know if you go through litigation whatever the outcome it can effect our repgs reputation that's the more and more most important fact if the city is going to consider whether or not to through this process and consider taking this to litigation it can do greatest harm to someone that was x-rated and this procedure should stop it up for your time. >> any other public comment particularly on who the commission should go into closed session? commissioner want to express or make a motion in in regards to whether or not we go into closed
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session >> so moved. >> second. >> all right. all in favor, say i. >> i all right. we will then >> we're back in public session san francisco ethics commission month to month for february 23, 2015, having been in closed session the commission vote not to disclose the concept of the closed session other than to say that it voted and requested that supervisor farrell file a response no matter march 15
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inform the commission forfeiture letter served on him. >> pardon me. >> that needs to be voted on. >> i so moved mr. chair. >> second any public comment? there being no public comment commissioners have comments before we start to vote call for a vote >> all in favor, say i. i. >> opposed carried 4 to nothing turning next to item 9 discussion and possible action on the minutes of the commissions meeting of january 27, 2015,
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commissioners have any comments? any public comments there hearing none i'll entertain a motion >> second. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed motion is carried unanimously number ten discussion of the executive director report i have one highlight regarding the statement of economic interest they are due for filing on april 1st this year in addition to the sunshine and ethics forms we'll send out a reminder to the commissioner and instructions obviously if you need hem let us know part of what is stated in the report we with are not
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waiting for the state to develop a statewide format instead of moving forward we indicated we're going to be seeking public input on the form 7 one hundred i let's the commissioners let the first meeting is this friday we're moving forward on that. >> commissioner keane yes mr. st. country can you tell us the making of the materials available in the images of san francisco. >> thank you. i meant to we have gone through someone from the language access office met with us we've glutton the pertinent documents we've identified the documents wore to translate and identified the cost and we're working with them to
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set up a t timetable so hook up w us we can cover most of the initial costs but i'm anticipating we modestly mate ask for a small supplemental appropriation the estimates i have to get permission from the mayor's office budget office and controller's office to transfer fund and see how much we have left we anticipate to begin starting the translations this year and possible not all done by the end of the by the end of the year a lot of our document are updated particularly the maudlin and guides make sure we have a proprietorship we only have to
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update the sections rather than redo the whole thing this is underway. >> thank you thank you item 11 items for future meetings there anybody? have any items they want to suggest to the staff for future meetings there being no public here the public has no suggestions i understand and item 12 i'll entertain a motion to adjourn >> so moved. >> all in favor, say i. i. >> meeting's adjourned
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well, good morning welcome to the san francisco navigation center everybody (clapping) let me first say that we're never giving up on the goal to try to help everybody the best way we know it didn't mean that the past programs were wrong in any way or short of what we designed them to it means that both government the community
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the private sector should distancing review everything we do in order to do it better when it comes to homelessness what a challenge it is never sees easy to do the things we said to do and after we've that accomplished that it is about improving that i want to say thank you to everyone might be predecessor ands mayors before him in do everything we can in working through the greatest recession to try to help people about home problems and other issues that prevent them from long-term housing we're pretty luke in san francisco to fill feel the advances of a strong economy we're able to talk with much more clarity omi and the outcomes we want to accomplish
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but we need to learn continuing from what we're done in the past and improve on that i know many of you are here are part of advancing a newer approach and thank you to everyone that is skoourd me from the board of supervisors you're here as a strong advocate here and special thipgz thanks to each and every wish especially each everyone has helped us get clarity about what wire trying to do with the homeless connect and homelessness in general and many of them have advanced a lot of those we wanted to have in the inspire challenge of homelessness through their district so i want to thank the entire board of supervisors each and every one of them many step up to the plate with the navigation
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center and supervisor farrell has been meeting with me about the ideas how it relate to 09 issues she's he's doing and special thanks to supervisor campos i specifically worked with us and the neighborhood it is a sensitive topic people are so understand what we're trying to do i believe that just telling supervisor campos that the temporary nature of this causes us to focus on the outcomes it was welcomed to be discussed in this neighborhood but to take care of the homeless issues immediately as we brandish out to the rest of the city chief suhr has been a indicative part of the community as we 2k3w5e78d in the challenges that
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his staff was going through and optimistic they're the loudest voice we cannot move people around we have to have them a place to go the services to support that interfaith group has been at the heart of the entire idea of navigation center thank you, michael and rita for your license plate and the entire interfaith council we couldn't have done it without you and to their collaboration with us became the venue through of we were able to receive serious resources to be able to open up and do this and when we got those resources at their blessing that's i'm using that term in a nice way that that vehicle more than a vehicle
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their faith in yours us that the police department and hope and all the other service providers that are reflected here i think they were not only sold but help to lead it i want to thank the city administrator to the public director a the human services to all the agencies that are putting the services on the site to have a newness to this we have to have the entitlement you're going to have the people that on the streets get help they'll not come into a place people will have learned through harshness or through experiencing things they'll not that offered or responded to
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legitimate offers of housing simply because they're only insecurities or health are ones they feel challenged or safer on the streets than in - we're beginning to understand the survival tactics that people have learned and implemented to are control their own lives to try to offer them an opportunity to get off the streets this is a continue yum of serviced of ideas of support to get people off the streets i happen to believe i know that all the folks that are standing here building as well living on the streets is not a good thing as good as the weather and generous as people that give
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cash and lovely as the diversity that happens on the streets living on the streets particularly when you watch what happens in the evening is dangerous i don't courage anyone, of course, the early stories i'm used to hearing i'm seeking an alternative we have to come up with more alternative that's a challenge that's why all the entities are working to find creativity and more combooift was i want to say to beven keep coming with the ideas no idea is to the r50ek9d whether helping people getting out of inebriate ration or getting the psychological support or giving them a respite or homeless connect and the
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constant 24-hour service we have now for now the navigation center is all a continuance of into the weeds ideas to written people we want and desire us you kick with our sframz a true home or connect up with you to provide a level of services to get it a point where you can make a reasonable decision and at the end of the navigation center we'll have a long term housing opportunity for people now we're talking about hundreds of unit obey identified we already have in our spemgs a hundred units backing up this center and working with our residential hotel providers who are business people in their own right and offering us sfunt to work with n them as well the
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enforcement community building our housing i say we've spent billions of every year to insure that people get services whether their transitional or senior ever veterans or families or single mothers and we've had creative programs whether calling them healthy san francisco or housing first a or project homeless connection i made the announcement of project 5 hundred we're trying to reach both the most impoverished families we want an okay. you'll building in and help us form in order to end generational poverty we're going to keeping e keep investing and trying to fought was works best for everyone the ultimate end is people they have to building and
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invest themselves and participate just like when we did the state of the union of nourishing banks to navigate her way through the families her pronunciations spearhead our efforts to call that the navigation center doing it better there are a lot of people to thank i want to thank the people behind me from public works to public defender to default probation to mayor's office on disability public works has spent i talk about nurses in the contract you are have to give you kudos mohammed you guys did a great amount of work (clapping.) so what was this before it if you were here literally three or four months ago you'll find an 2k57bd school site thank
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goodness the school site was smart to be able to work with the city on this this was an band school site for many years i know that supervisor campos knows it first hand often he and i often on different schedules peered through the events why not have something positive ranch this place those portals were used in the classrooms broken into no type of wirings in the place i word why nothing worked and optimistic as neighbors moved in and around they word what feels the focus of this place but we have a focus a long term focus this is the place for one hundred and 25 bringing unit of low income housing this will be built here hopefully within less
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than 8 months (clapping.) all of the process going through and all of the sprifrdz every one of you have had the challenge to provide low income housing and transgender youth housing and want to speed that up while authenticity happening public works working with trent working with barbara gary suicides and homelessness connect guided united states if we're going to be able to welcome in groups of people that would never come to a shelter by themselves feel they wouldn't survive groups of people yes, we call them sometimes homeless but i call them groups of people they form the lions
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