we can report that to you. >> thank you, i'll turn to the commissioners to see if you have questions or comments for the director. commissioner bush. you are muted commissioner bush. >> do we have any acted for redistricting appointees. as far as ethics is concerned we let that beknown.

>> i don't have an answer for that for you. i'd be happy to get that to you in july. >> good afternoon. i can briefly try to answer your question commissioner bush. regarding the task force it's before the board of supervisors they require them to enforce that. they don't have direct authority over the redistricting task force. they don't have anything direct in that process. thank you. >> they don't make an appointment? >> that's correct. >> i wish we would, that would be nice if we did. >> i look at what's going on

with that? i look at outreach to minority communities and engaging them fully. commissioner lee and chair ambrose a copy of what the community is doing statewide in trying to generate participation in state redistricting. when i thought it was a model for an approach we might take we have an ongoing need to be involved in outreach the equity program. >> not at this time.

>> okay. >> can you bring us something in july. >> we were planning to as an update. >> i read the comments from other commissioners because i'm concerned about our close session discussion. i'll ask for public comment. i'll first hear from commissioner bell. >> very quickly, i think it's appropriate that the commissioner and staff do a follow up on the suggestion about orientation form 700 and addressing the issues in terms

of culture. i suggest we do a follow up meeting and let the commissioner know that. we could put that on for ethics at work this is important to make it effective. moderator, can you see if we have anyone that would like to speak about the director's report. >> madam, we are checking.

please wait until you have been unmuted. we are discussing number 11 agenda item. it's problematic and operational if you haven't done so add this to the public comment cue. 6 minutes if you are online. when you hear the bell you will have 30 seconds

remaining. >> madam chair. we have no callers in the cue. >> public comment is closed on item number 11. we will close agenda item number 12. this is the discussion--actually. let me use my he can exee authority. i'll jump ahead to items 12 and 13 for farther public comment and go to closed session. then we'll come back after closed session and decide if there are items for action on future meetings and or any farther beginural public comments. that's items 12 and 13. so i'll call agenda item

number 14. this is discussion of possible action regarding probable cause for complaint alleging violations of the protection ordnance. article four of the san francisco campaign. possible closed session involving public comment in matters pertaining to the agenda item and then following any public comment about our going into public session. i'll ask for a motion to assert that attorney-client privilege and we will go into section 3699-13 brown act 6.9 sunshine ordnance. we will discuss this. we will follow that and i'll have a conference with legal council about the act. the number of possible cases

the instructions for any public comment on the map we intend to go in closed session to discuss. >> you are muted mr. moderator. >> sorry about that. >> i'm jumping ahead on the script this is the closed session for item 14. >> so, you want to take public comment right now?

>> yes, we are required to take public comment before we go into closed session. >> we are checking to see if there is any callers. if you just joined we are motion number 14. that's an impossible act regarding probable able cause for complaint. the wrestle plower protection ordnance. please stand by. if you haven't done so, press star 3 to be added to the public comment cue. if you were online with an interrupter. a bell will go off if you have 30 seconds remaining. we have a caller in the cue.

hello, caller. your three minutes. >> i'll be speaking about it. we are the taxpayers we are called upon to have the county of san francisco and wasting millions of dollars. we have paid millions of dollars. this is because the ethics commission would like to have

the resources. the ethics commission now should be mandated to look into what the comptroller's office is doing with the program. tons and tons of information. the comptroller they have a disfunctional sunshine. we came to the ethics commission to get nothing done. in good faith regarding the comptroller's office. on the contrary he takes all

of the information that and gives it to them. today he will be given another position in closed session. again and again they hear the ethic commission doesn't have resources. commissioners, let me tell you this. this city is separated with corruption. you have right after the to go to the department of justice. every right to go to the department of justice. in fact, i'll approach them and i'll tell them how disfunctional our ethics commission, comptroller's office and city attorney. we cannot call ourselves if

ail they do is make experiences. if all we do is get investigates that are beating around the bush. >> your three minutes has expired, sir. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, are there any farther callers in the cue? >> no, madam chair. there are no farther callers in the cue. >> i'll ask for the motion to assert the attorney-client privilege and be in choiced section. in charter section 3669 and sunshine ordnance 57 d. do i have a motion.

>> commissioner lee. >> i'll call the roll. [roll call]. 2 motion the motion is e video. >> i'll give you a separate

>> clerk: a motion has been made and seconded. i will now call the roll. [roll call] >> clerk: that's five votes in the affirmative and no votes in the negative. >> further, announcement to the sunshine ordinance, in the closed session, the commission took two actions. in one motion, they moved not to ratify the finding of no probable cause subject to further investigation, and in a separate motion on another case made a decision to ratify the

recommendation of no probable cause, and with that, i would like to move ahead and call -- >> chair ambrose, i'm sorry to interrupt. i think on the first matter, you should note that there was a dissenting vote. >> oh, i'm sorry. after i announced the vote, i apologize. and the vote not to ratify the recommendation on probable cause, the vote was four in favor and one opposed. and do i need to identify the commissioners? >> clerk: no. >> so commissioners, bush, chiu, lee, and ambrose voted in favor not to ratify the recommendation of no probable cause, and commissioner bell voted against that motion.

and then, the second motion on the other case, all five commissioners voted in favor of the motion to ratify the recommendation of no probable cause. does that cover it? so i need to go back because i skipped over agenda items 12 and 13. i am not going to call agenda item 12, which is where we would discuss future matters, but i'm going to invite any commissioners who have future matters that they want calendared to call me, and i will work with executive director to get those on calendar. item number 13, which is required by our rules is request for -- to hear additional opportunity for public comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda pursuant to ethics commission bylaws article 7,

section 2, if you could, mr. moderator, find out if we have any callers in the queue. >> clerk: madam chair, we are checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. for those already on hold, please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. if you are just joining this meeting, we are currently on the discussion on agenda item 13, additional opportunity for public comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda pursuant to ethics commission bylaws article 7 section 2. you will have three minutes to make your public comment, and you will hear a bell chime when you have 30 seconds remaining. madam chair, we have a caller in the queue.

>> thank you. >> clerk: welcome, caller. your three minutes begins now. >> so commissioners many san franciscans are fed up with the corruption that is going on on every level, and the federal government has to stop it, much like a consent decree that is done with the san francisco police department or some other agency. now, y'all may not feel that that is necessary, but when you constantly tell us you're underfunded, you have no resources, you cannot do your

jobs, and consequently, what happens in san francisco is quality of life issues are compromised. people wake up in the morning, and the first thing they have on their mind is how to rip off others? contractors, politicians, even the clergy. even the clergy. so, commissioners, you need to reach out to the department of justice for help. this is an emergency. this first-class city is now

known as a very corrupt city proven by some politicians at other levels, saying san francisco should redeem itself, and san francisco has a city has been compared to rwanda, a third world nation. thank you very much. >> thank you very much, mr. dacosta. are there any further callers in the queue? >> clerk: please stand by. madam chair, there are no more callers in the queue. >> all right. public comment, then, on agenda

item 13 is closed. and before i move for adjournment, i just wanted to say, commissioner bush, the further comment you had on the executive director report, if you want to bring that to my attention and director pelham, i'll follow up with you on that. i don't want to, i mean, go back and reopen that agenda item and public comment on that matter again. >> thank you. >> and i don't know about you, but i'm hungry, so i'm going to adjourn the meeting, and i think, you know, i think it was deputy attorney shen that was asking do we need to vote on adjournment? who would not vote on adjournment? >> clerk: yeah, you don't have to vote on that. >> okay.

thank you very much. everyone have a wonderful weekend, and the meeting is adjourned at 2:00 p.m. thank you. >> again, thank you all for coming. this is a celebration. >> excuse me --

>> (indiscernible). >> so, again, we are here to celebrate juneteenth, but for those of you who know me, we do want to celebrate juneteenth, but also part of juneteenth and the last place in galveston, texas, who were freed, it is also black people and our allies -- hi, andrew, i love you. is that we also have to talk about our issues. we can't continue to hold up red cups with alcohol and party and nobody is a party animal worse than me, but when you look at black san franciscans, let's talk about black san franciscans and where we stand here in san francisco. we are experiencing trauma,

pain, suffering, and all parts of our lives, all parts of our lives. education, mass incarceration, homelessness, housing, just -- mental health. and we have -- mayor -- a mayor who holds no guard to say that she fights for us, for all san franciscans, but because she is what -- she said i'm black first and i'm a woman, and then our issues are important to her. and so we are here, not only to support mayor breed, but also to spend her a message that we need to talk with her -- black folk.

we want to have a roundtable discussion with our mayor. because, one, the city departments, they're not doing justice by black people. we need to raise our justice. we need to raise up equity. and we need to raise up equality for black san franciscans. and you guys look fabulous. i'm glad you're here, because it is important. the more numbers is the more power that we have. and so without further adieu, without further adieu, she always coming in looking good, right -- always beautiful -- and i have her back no matter what, i don't care who has it, i don't care who doesn't have it -- i have my mayor's back. so here you are, a genuine black queen, mayor london nicole

breed. [cheers and applause]. >> thank you, phylicia. first of all, let me thank wealth and disparities and felicia jones for their unwavering commitment to address some of the challenges that continue to plague african-americans in san francisco. yes, we have the first african-american woman to serve as mayor. but we know the challenges that have persisted in this city far too long, not just with african-americans in general. i am acutely aware of the challenges that exist with african-american employees. and i am committed to continuing to work with you all to address many of those issues. don't you remember juneteenth back in the day? raise your hand if you remember [applause] the pony rides.

the carnival. the black cowboys. we put on our best clothes and we go show off and we go have fun. and there was barbecue. but, you know what? there was a history. there was a history in san francisco as to when juneteenth started. here in san francisco, it was around 1965 when walter johnson jr., who -- what that was club called, diane, linda? -- you know, the club that i'm talking about? the one they started at. anyway, i'll remember it in a minute. no, it was way before the plaza so he started juneteenth and started one of the first parades and they were walking up and down the streets and it was black people at their very best and it was absolutely beautiful if you look at many of the photos, you see the happiness and the excitement, and it felt good. it felt good, despite the

challenges that our community continues to face. it felt good to be black in san francisco. but, you know what, it should feel good every single day. it should feel good every single day that we walk down the street. and last year we saw a real reckoning in this country like never before. an uprising, where people said, not no more. people talk about the death of george floyd as a catalyst for the rest of the country. but, sadly, in the african-american community, this is too familiar with us. on a regular basis we experience the discrimination and the death and the destruction that has plagued our community for far too long. but there is hope. we have an incredible opportunity. we have an incredible opportunity to rise up, despite

those challenges. when you think about it, look at where we are today. we have a less than 6% population of african-americans in san francisco and you all still help to elect the first african-american woman mayor in this city. [applause] and the president of the board of supervisors is a black man. and the leadership of this city in so many ways presents us with an opportunity. an opportunity to see growth and to develop and to see prosperity in our community. but you know what, i can't do it alone. it takes work and it takes us coming together and it takes us putting aside our differences in order to support the collective and as a result of so many of you who have been at the forefront of these challenges, today president biden is signing

to make juneteenth an federal holiday in this country. [applause] now for black folks it's been a holiday, but we'll share the holiday with everybody else. no problem. and as mayor -- as mayor i plan today to sign a declaration giving all city employees juneteenth off as a holiday. [cheers and applause]. now if you are already going to work, go ahead and go to work, because you've got the whole weekend. but you get a holiday in lieu, don't worry, you can take it off later. the fact is that we honor our heritage, we honor our history, we honor our culture when we remember the past, and we use the past to not repeat the same mistakes, we use it to grow and to become better.

san franciscans, this weekend as we celebrate juneteenth with so many amazing events. at the african-american art culture complex, as we celebrate at gilman park in the bayview and as we celebrate at the ferry building, so many amazing juneteenth events this weekend, let's remember, let's have a good time, and let's re-dedicate ourselves to the cause that we all know that continues despite the gains that we have made. thank you so much for being here today. have a wonderful juneteenth. [applause] >> excuse me, everyone, if you're not speaking can i ask that you step off the steps and go into the audience, please down below? if you're not speaking at this

time, please go down the steps, please. thank you. okay -- okay -- all right, all right, cheryl davis -- is cheryl davis -- i saw her earlier. where is cheryl davis? come on up. director, dr. davis, she's going to say a few words. director, dr. davis, come on up

come on up. another strong doing marvelous things in the city and county of san francisco. and i just want her to say a few words to the people. and just come in your own way. just come in your own way. she's going to kill me later, but that's okay. >> i am like the mayor, i can't be up here, i'm distracted when other people are talking when i'm talking. [laughter] just happy juneteenth, as someone who was actually born in texas and it is really a national holiday down there from our folks, and i'm grateful for the mayor's declaration and i'm grateful to the president, but ultimately this is not the end of it all, right? because i think that if we're going to be really honest, juneteenth was a signing of a

piece of paper that was already two years in action. so we're not really as free as we think we are. so let juneteenth be a day to remember that we are still in the fight and the struggle, and similar to the folks in texas, some of us have not yet opened our eyes to the reality of freedom. so i just want to say to let's celebrate juneteenth, but let's not relax and sit down and let's not forget is that we need to keep moving. -- >> sing a song! (indiscernible). >> no, i'm not doing no song up here. >> (indiscernible). >> i'm going to give you -- let me see if have a poem. no, i can't do that. so this is my -- one of my favorite poems, poets is mya