our most meeting was with members brenda mcnulty and larry lush on january 24th. for the benefit of new committee members, the first few slides will provide an overview of the whistleblower program. according to california government code section 5307.786 to maintain whistleblower program to receive information regarding allegations of fraud, waste and abuse by local government employees. the san francisco campaign and governmental conduct code article 4, directs the controller as city services auditor to administer whistle we whistleblower program. this section also makes confidential draft, notes, preliminary reports, audits investigations and other reports with some exceptions. note that campaign governmental conduct code was amended in december 2018. these changes have gone into effect in 2019. at the next presentation by the whistleblower program we'll discuss how we're addressing new mandates on the program and if the changes are impacting our workload and resourcing. the previously mentioned state and city laws make the controller responsible for a broad va

larry bush, kristin chu, brian larkin, brenda mcnulty, jane natoli, bart pantoja, lauren post, alexander tonisson. item two, opportunity for the public to comment on any matters within the committee's jurisdiction that are not on the agenda. seeing there are no member of the public present, we'll go on to item 3, which is the election of the chair. >> i would like to nominate kristin chu as chair and larry bush as vice chair. >> i second that nomination. >> i like to nominate alex as vice chair. >> i will decline that nomination. [laughter] [indiscernible] >> please be sure to speak into your mic >> not at present. >> no thank you. >> this election happens yearly right? >> yes. >> i'm deputy city attorney. the election is traditionally held under our bylaws a the first meeting fiscal year, which is in july. in this case, miss mcnulty is stepping down as chair. bylaws call for us to elect a vice chair by this committee's action, you can waive the requirements of the bylaws. i should note that no members of the public are here. as of right now, we don't need it take my public comment after