my name is eric willett. i'm an aid, senior investigator analyst with enforcement division.i'm here to provide an update on staff's efforts to revise the penalty policy into the streamlined administrative resolution program. at the august 2019 commission meeting,

my name is eric willett. i'm an aid, senior investigator analyst with enforcement division. i'm here to provide an update on staff's efforts to revise the penalty policy into the streamlined administrative resolution program. at the august 2019 commission meeting, directors -- commissioners directed staff to move forward with the policy to reduce incertainty and time spent negotiating a settlement by providing a level of standardization and predictability to the commission's enforcement program. at the september 2019 meeting, staff delivered a process outline with eight steps and appear today to deliver step four by detailing the progress staff made on steps one through three. commission staff reviewed the practices of other jurisdictions including the fair political practices commission, l.a. city ethics commission and san diego ethics commission as well as consulted internally with commission staff. these conversations were very helpful, and they developed the violations applicable to the goals of the new expanded program as well as the consideration for the inclusion or e