that's basically one of the things that rodrigo was doing, right, mr. santos. but there are other people who do that as well. so i don't know whether this is an ethics commission thing or d.b.i. thing. it does seem like an area, especially if these people aren't licensed necessarily and they have to put their name down. >> supervisor ronen: if i may respond through the chair. i could not agree with you more, supervisor haney. the fact that these permit consultants exist, shows something is fundamentally broke been ouin our system. it should be straightforward enough, that functions, you know, staffed enough so there's not a market for individuals to claim a specific, you know, knowledge that others can't get or as supervisor haney says, more often this inside track with relationships. that any member of the public couldn't get. and if we do our job right, and if we have a d.b.i. that's truly functioning the way it should be, then the market for these expediters should disappear all together. but in the meantime, before we get there, we certainly should be putti

that's basically one of the things that rodrigo was doing, right, mr. santos. but there are other people who do that as well. so i don't know whether this is an ethics commission thing or d.b.i. thing. it does seem like an area, especially if these people aren't licensed necessarily and they have to put their name down. >> supervisor ronen: if i may respond through the chair. i could not agree with you more, supervisor haney. the fact that these permit consultants exist, shows something is fundamentally broke been ouin our system. it should be straightforward enough, that functions, you know, staffed enough so there's not a market for individuals to claim a specific, you know, knowledge that others can't get or as supervisor haney says, more often this inside track with relationships. that any member of the public couldn't get. and if we do our job right, and if we have a d.b.i. that's truly functioning the way it should be, then the market for these expediters should disappear all together. but in the meantime, before we get there, we certainly should be putti

that's basically one of the things that rodrigo was doing, right, mr. santos. but there are other people who do that as well. so i don't know whether this is an ethics commission thing or d.b.i. thing. it does seem like an area, especially if these people aren't licensed necessarily and they have to put their name down. >> supervisor ronen: if i may respond through the chair. i could not agree with you more, supervisor haney. the fact that these permit consultants exist, shows something is fundamentally broke been ouin our system. it should be straightforward enough, that functions, you know, staffed enough so there's not a market for individuals to claim a specific, you know, knowledge that others can't get or as supervisor haney says, more often this inside track with relationships. that any member of the public couldn't get. and if we do our job right, and if we have a d.b.i. that's truly functioning the way it should be, then the market for these expediters should disappear all together. but in the meantime, before we get there, we certainly should be putti

that's basically one of the things that rodrigo was doing, right, mr. santos. but there are other people who do that as well. so i don't know whether this is an ethics commission thing or d.b.i. thing. it does seem like an area, especially if these people aren't licensed necessarily and they have to put their name down. >> supervisor ronen: if i may respond through the chair. i could not agree with you more, supervisor haney. the fact that these permit consultants exist, shows something is fundamentally broke been ouin our system. it should be straightforward enough, that functions, you know, staffed enough so there's not a market for individuals to claim a specific, you know, knowledge that others can't get or as supervisor haney says, more often this inside track with relationships. that any member of the public couldn't get. and if we do our job right, and if we have a d.b.i. that's truly functioning the way it should be, then the market for these expediters should disappear all together. but in the meantime, before we get there, we certainly should be putti