they need to know they are hearing from the ethics commission. why was ethics not a party to these issues and why didn't we act under our authority for the violations involving permit consultants? why were we not involved in this? >> sure, so i think the decision to get this matter settled was the most expa dishcious route and try to bring them and handle them fully within the ethics commission. they were pursuing other matters. they were able to have that resolved. >> if i were me interrupting what you just said you stated it wasn't done because of administrative convenance. >> i wouldn't say administrative convenance but just a decision that was made to do it. we could have brought it on our own. >> it was with the city tern. >> i was just the investigator handling the investigation arrest far as decisions on how the matter might have been brought one way it's branded is how it acts rather than watching from the sidelines. that's legally what happens in the cases. i raise that as well as an issue. >> okay, go ahead commissioner, you had your han

they need to know they are hearing from the ethics commission. why was ethics not a party to these issues and why didn't we act under our authority for the violations involving permit consultants? why were we not involved in this? >> sure, so i think the decision to get this matter settled was the most expa dishcious route and try to bring them and handle them fully within the ethics commission. they were pursuing other matters. they were able to have that resolved. >> if i were me interrupting what you just said you stated it wasn't done because of administrative convenance. >> i wouldn't say administrative convenance but just a decision that was made to do it. we could have brought it on our own. >> it was with the city tern. >> i was just the investigator handling the investigation arrest far as decisions on how the matter might have been brought one way it's branded is how it acts rather than watching from the sidelines. that's legally what happens in the cases. i raise that as well as an issue. >> okay, go ahead commissioner, you had your han

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

i think that gives a sense of the scope of what we face as a challenge as an ethics commission. thank you. >> chair ambrose: all right. thank you. i'll go down the list then. commissioner chiu. >> commissioner chiu: thank you chair ambrose. i would agree with commissioner bush and i think that as i look at this, and i know this is just a draft format. as we present the numbers i think last year we had very clear charts. i think that would be a wonderful way in the beginning, just a year at a glance. these are all the -- to commissioner bush's point, these were the number of requests, the number of audits, the number of public funds dispersed through the revised program and then in terms of organizing the rest of the report and the summary of the key highlights, i always like to think of what are the key themes that emerged from the year. on page 2, the focus was improve program impact and ensure service excellence. we take those three as the guiding organizing principles for the report, we can say here's what we did to improve programs, impacts and for that, i would say off the

written comments should be sent to the ethics commission. >> chair ambrose: thank you. t on item 2. each member has up to three minutes to provide public comment. if you joined early to listen to the proceedings, now is the time to get on the line to speak. if you haven't already, please press star 3. it is important to only press it once to be moved into the queue. once you are in the queue and standing by, the system will prompt you when it is your turn to speak. it is important to call from a quiet location. please address to the commission as a whole and not only one person. we are checking to see if there are callers in the queue. if you have just joined the meeting, we are on item 2, public comment appearing or not appearing on the agenda. you have three minutes to provide public comment, six minutes if you are online with an interpreter. you will hear a bell when you have 30 seconds remaining. if you haven't done so, press star 3 to be added to the queue. for those on hold, please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. madam chair, there are no cal

. >> chairman: anybody have any questions for the ethics commission? not seeing any. let's move on to the department of elections. >> good morning, supervisors. john armstrong. and the department is in agreement with the budget and the recommendations. members of the committee, our recommendations are on page 67 of our report. our recommended reductions to the proposed budget total $85,000 in the first year of those religioned $10,000 are ongoing and $75,zero are one-time saving. still on increase of $6.3 million or 26% of the department's fiscal budget. unexpended encumbrances. and as the director mentioned, we are available for questions. >> chairman: i had a question about this for the recall election. it's my understanding that since we have that meeting that the numbers were a little bit different than were discussed at that hearing, then we are assuming some level of reimbursement, but still putting aside a significant amount of local costs. or expenditures. is this something that you looked at at all. did you all analyze or do you view that as a

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. >> chairman: anybody have any questions for the ethics commission?t seeing any. let's move on to the department of elections. >> good morning, supervisors. john armstrong. and the department is in agreement with the budget and the recommendations. members of the committee, our recommendations are on page 67 of our report. our recommended reductions to the proposed budget total $85,000 in the first year of those religioned $10,000 are ongoing and $75,zero are one-time saving. still on increase of $6.3 million or 26% of the department's fiscal budget. unexpended encumbrances. and as the director mentioned, we are available for questions. >> chairman: i had a question about this for the recall election. it's my understanding that since we have that meeting that the numbers were a little bit different than were discussed at that hearing, then we are assuming some level of reimbursement, but still putting aside a significant amount of local costs. or expenditures. is this something that you looked at at all. did you all analyze or do you view that as a po

service, the controller's office whistle blower unit and the ethics commission. we lead our support investigations and audits. we are also deeply involved in curriculum, design and conduct. we expect the findings to be issued within the next 30 days. the city services auditor is also evaluating our e.e.o. work prose r processes for transparency, accountability and consistency in methods of reporting. i hope to establish an autonomous option. building a better city post covid is my goal for d.h.r. to build strong ties within the community to promote career opportunities. we are working in close collaboration with o.e.w.d. and o.r.e. in these efforts. with o.e.w.d. we are enhancing our apprenticeship programs and diversity recruitment has led to numerous community and job fairs to find and support our future workforce. and finally, innovation and impact. it's my view we need much more robust data to advance human resources practices. d.h.r. and digital services collaborated on city tests s.f.. we look forward to building on this this work. the proposed budget will

service, the controller's office whistle blower unit and the ethics commission. we lead our support investigations and audits. we are also deeply involved in curriculum, design and conduct. we expect the findings to be issued within the next 30 days. the city services auditor is also evaluating our e.e.o. work prose r processes for transparency, accountability and consistency in methods of reporting. i hope to establish an autonomous option. building a better city post covid is my goal for d.h.r. to build strong ties within the community to promote career opportunities. we are working in close collaboration with o.e.w.d. and o.r.e. in these efforts. with o.e.w.d. we are enhancing our apprenticeship programs and diversity recruitment has led to numerous community and job fairs to find and support our future workforce. and finally, innovation and impact. it's my view we need much more robust data to advance human resources practices. d.h.r. and digital services collaborated on city tests s.f.. we look forward to building on this this work. the proposed budget will

note 2, you declared that i am the only commissioner not to have filed my statements with the ethics commission. is that a correct reading of your document? >> that's correct. when we accessed the filings on may 5th, 2021 it did not show you had filed your ethics disclosure. >> i would like to state for the record your research was incomplete and in fact i filed my ethics and sunshine training declaration on february ninth and my annual report on february 11th. not only have you accused me of being derelict at my duties but your inclusion of this statement does very little to advance your request. thank you, mr. voice president vice presidentfor allowing me to correct the record. >> clerk: thank you. i would like to add that i did also confirm that commissioner lazarus is current in filed in timely manner. so, we have now hear from the planning department and mr. sanchez. >> scott sanchez. regard plea the appellant has not met the a standards and they continue to make arguments and allegations that are either irrelevant, incorrect or just not understanding the issues of this matter. we haven't

politicizing the federal election commission, a commission that was established just like our ethics commission. president, in the senate, with an equal number of one party and no imbalance. this politicizing the federal election commission. it makes it a partisan agency, not a bipartisan policing agency. it pours federal funds into campaigns, and it chills free speech. bad policy, i think, mr. president, in search of a problem. now, democrats have said this is necessary to increase voting rights, particularly for minorities, but the overall turnout in the year 2000 was about two-thirds of all the voters, the highest percentage of voters that partisan ped in over a century. -- that participated in over a century. so what we had here was an election that had the highest level of participation in over a century. most states had their highest voter turnout in 40 years, and we decide we need to change the system. s. 1 isn't just about bad policy; it's about what democrats have seen as a political imperative. now, frankly, this has been the bill that democrats have offered for about the last 20 year

ask to make sure that we did forward this out to 2021, regular meeting of the san francisco ethics commission, being held teleconference pursuant to the governor's executive order and declaring the existence of a local emergency dated february 25, 2020. before we proceed further, i would like to ask commission staff member acting as our moderator to explain procedures for the remote meeting. >> clerk: thank you madam chair. to protect commission members, city employees and public, the meeting rooms of city hall are closed but we will be participating remotely. this precaution is taken pursuant to the local

hits home. >> people get hungry why not eat and give 2021, regular meeting of the san francisco ethics commissioneclaring the existence of a local emergency dated february 25, 2020. before we proceed further, i would like to ask commission staff member acting as our moderator to explain procedures for the remote meeting. >> clerk: thank you madam chair. to protect commission members, city employees and public, the meeting rooms of c

commission. he brought a perspective. he brought a work ethic. he was determined to figure things out. a several conversations with him. no violation of sunshine, no violation of the brown act, but if i can help you in any way, please let me know. don't hesitate to call. he never called. we had different conversations at different times and i really came to appreciate his perspective. he was a fine human being and he was dedicated to doing his job to the best of his ability, which was absolutely in every way or in some ways more than others of us could do. i mean he brought a very special perspective. he has a lovely wife with whom i spoken and four daughters, two of whom i spoken to. i am going to thank the chief for the coordination that she has done with regards to friday's services and the length that the department has gone. i just really wanted to recognize that he wanted to do this job and he wanted to get it right. he was willing to do anything that he needed to learn. you know, i apologize to my fellow commissioners for being somewhat obtuse along the way and that was at the r

the ethics -- authorities of the respective state for which they belong to be dealt with according to the laws of said states. that, the like orders be executed in all cases with respect all commissioned officers of the united states, when found serving in the company with armed slaves and insurrection against the authorities of the different states of this confederacy. >> translated -- davis was encouraging those in the southern states, to put together speedily, and painfully, all blacks who served in the union forces the same as slaves who about. following the issuance of the emancipation proclamation, the liberator magazine actually published an article, highlighting davis is proclamation, asserting that the confederacy was proposing to meet the policy of emancipation, by inaugurating quote, wholesale murder of prisoners, and quote. since african american troops, participated in nearly every battle between 1863 in 1865, the confederate had ample opportunity to carry out davies is thread and unfortunately, many did. as in this example published in harper's weekly. examples such as the fort pillow max secure and the turning of blacks on white troops. and the wholesale murder of black

commission. he brought a perspective. he brought a work ethic. he was determined to figure things out.i had a several conversations with him. no violation of sunshine, no violation of the brown act, but if i can help you in any way, please let me know. don't hesitate to call. he never called. we had different conversations at different times and i really came to appreciate his perspective. he was a fine human being and he was dedicated to doing his job to the best of his ability, which was absolutely in every way or in some ways more than others of us could do. i mean he brought a very special perspective. he has a lovely wife with whom i spoken and four daughters, two of whom i spoken to. i am going to thank the chief for the coordination that she has done with regards to friday's services and the length that the department has gone. i just really wanted to recognize that he wanted to do this job and he wanted to get it right. he was willing to do anything that he needed to learn. you know, i apologize to my fellow commissioners for being somewhat obtuse along the way and that was at

there's a reason that that six-member commission was equally divided when it was set up just like there's a reason the senate ethics committee is equally divided. this bill would send federal money to campaign coffers at the rate of $6 for every dollar raised for every contribution of under $200. and i think the number that my friend chairman grassley was talking about was if you raised $5 million of under $200, you'd get $30 million from the federl government. $30 million of government money that could clearly be used for something else. in fact, the current members of the senate would be eligible under the total restrictions of the bill to get $1.8 billion in federal money. talk about a conflict of interest when you vote for this bill. the bill also changes redistricting established in the constitution for the states, and basically assures that all congressional restricting would be done by federal courts. now that doesn't affect the senate much, but it affects the government a lot. it places heavy burdens on free speech and impacts every branch of the federal government. i've heard proponents of this bill say th

commission civil rights matters. she also represents clients across california, in election campaign law matters ranging from general compliance and ethics representation for partisan and nonpartisan contenders, to ballot description contest, and that is a big deal in california for those of you who are not aware. she is regularly retained by candidates in campaigns for advice on complex legal issues. she is a graduate of dartmouth and the university of virginia school of law. i am going to recognize each of the witnesses for 5 minutes and will begin with dr. barreto. you are not recognize. dr. barreto: thank you for the opportunity to speak today. my name is matt barreto and i'm a tenured professor at ucla run also the director of the voting rights project. i've researched access to voting for more than 15 years and provide expert support and expert testimony in seven different state and federal cases related to voter identification law. across these states, my report seven credited by both democrat and republican judges by providing clear and accurate data on the impact of voter id laws. i also examine the national trend in underlying

i served for nearly 34 years as a commissioned officer and i believe that the country is in need of principled, moral and ethical1 leads through arizona. steve: well the problem right now is we have seen such a sea change general in the migration and immigration policies of this administration. you say that the number one thing, if you were elected u.s. senator, that you would come down and focus on be border security and you're a border state, obviously this is something you know a lot about. >> that's right. i have been in command for eight years as the commander, and nearly 15 years in command total this is the first administration that hasn't committed to doing the things they need to do. one is build the wall, secure the border physically. two is provide the resources to the agents that need to enforce that, and then three, make sure that we look at laws subsequent to those changes that make us all safer in our communities and if you all believe that go to electmick.com. this is going to take a whole of nation effort to get some balance back in the u.s. senate. steve: okay well i know that you will now have

this is an ethics issue with commissioner ortiz since you do or property. this is always a challenge for this commissions activity in some way or another does support you does someone affect you. so, it is particularly in terms of it is the degree of how this may affect you but i do think with you, commissioner ortiz work to hannah that you do own commercial property that do leave and this may be beneficial to work queues. at this particular time i guess is there any other commissioners that have a concern in relationships this? that said that i think that we also make the motion if commissioner ortiz court you do want to take you so. >> [president sharky laguana]. your option. >> [regina dick-endrizzi] are you there? commissioner. >> [president sharky laguana] you kind of have to say yes i want to recuse her no you don't. am i going to tell you to if you don't want to. i will leave it to your discretion leaves your discretion. >> william ortiz, commissioner] i will recuse just to be safe. >> [regina dick-endrizzi] all right, so we have a request for commissioner will gonna move to recuse commissioner o

the civil service commission and the contract monitoring division and we work very closely with the office of contract administration to ensure our competitive processes are fair, ethical and transparent and my staff and i and this past april our office issued a competitive request for proposals for the budget and legislative annalist or the b.l.a. services contract many of the selection process is on going and will be completed by july and we will make a recommendation to the board in august. the new contract will be in effect on january 21st, 2022. we've made efforts to advertise this work widely and reach out to many firms to have a competitive solicitation and now i'll just make a brief remark regarding item 12. madam clerk, were you able to call item 12 if that is ok with chair haney? >> clerk: item number 12 a 3.25 cost of living adjustment to the contract for the budget services from july 1st, 2021 through december 31st, 2021 resulting in a new contract amount of $1.2 million and increase of 30,000 to the amount of $1.1 million and directing the clerk of the board to take administrative actions to a fend the contract accordingly and members should call (415)655-