i have been coming to ethics commission with many other government employees back in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. the last time i spoke to your commission in person at city hall, february 21, 2020, and after that, the san francisco city hall has been running a government for self-interest. there's no public interest whatsoever. the last time i spoke to you was last month, july 21, 2021. i told you there's a lot of corruption inside san francisco city hall. many of the elected officials relate to communism. that is why that we the people have been violated by the elected officials. emergency order is only good held for 60 days, march 2020 to may 2020. as of now, there's no valid emergency order, and you can see that many of the people that love god and love our country file lawsuits against california. we don't want a dictatorship government, and that's -- >> clerk: your three minutes have expired. >> well, but right now, you guys not doing your job by closing your office. it has to be open to the public. the public has no more emergency. our government -- >> clerk: i'm sorry. you

the agreement came from the city's ethics commission, which called breed's violations significant, and violated the city's laws concerning acceptance of gifts and campaign contributions. when asked about her agreement to pay that fine, the mayor also addressed anyone who may have lost any confidence in her because of these violations. >> i hope that the work that i've done throughout the past couple of years in addressing one of the most challenging times in our city's history, which again is not directly related to the challenges that exist in this stipulation, i would hope that my record and what i've done over the past couple of years will make a difference, as well as the work that i do moving forward. >> the chronicle reports that one of the allegations against breed involved her asking then governor jerry brown to pardon her brother. he's serving a 44 year sentence for armed robbery and involuntary manslaughter. governor brown didn't grant a pardon for napoleon brown, but another allegation involved breed allowing the former head of san francisco public works department, mohammed

inaudible] >> well, what i want to start by saying is the stipulation that i signed with the ethics commission after having numerous discussions, i feel is fair, we worked out an agreement with the staff to address some of the challenges that we are listed in the stipulation and in particular, there were mistakes made. i take full responsibility for those mistakes and i've learned a lot since becoming mayor and being in office and as i said in my statement, i made it clear that at no time have any of the things related to this stipulation had any impact on the decisions that i've made as mayor. and, my hope is that over time, i've been able to prove that and overtime, moving forward, i'll be able to continue to approve that. >> [inaudible] >> well, i hope that the work that i've done and addressing one of the most challenging times in our city's history which is not directly related to the challenges that exist in the stipulation. i would hope that my record and what i've done over the past couple of years will make a difference as well as the work that i'm -- that i do moving forward. i mean,

if approved by the ethics commission at its next meeting on august. 13th. the mayor will personally pay the fine. a number of fire departments responding to the east side fire near lake berryessa along the napa yolo county line. >> this is time lapse video from a few hours ago. this fire sparked today it has grown too 10 acres containment tonight is at 60% new evacuation orders were issued in plumas county because of the growing dixie fire, california's largest fire. >> has now grow to 253,000 acres in plumas and butte counties. this is time lapse video showing large plumes of smoke moving across the homes in the small community of greenville near the plumas national forest as strong winds stoked the flames there that fire is 35% contained. >> and take a look at this missing bear cub. wildlife officials at lake tahoe are asking for your help in locating the 6 month old black. their nickname tamarac. he escaped from an animal rescue center where he was being treated for burns suffered in ace of sierra wildfire. tamarack actually got his name from the fire th

if approved by the ethics commission at its next meeting on august. 13th.he mayor will personally pay that fine. more bad news for governor newsom. a new inside california politics emerson college poll shows that a growing number of people supports recalling him from office and it also shows the governor is losing ground with one of the state's key demographics among 1000 california voters surveyed. 46 1% said they would vote to recall newsom versus 48% who said. >> they would keep him in office. that is a 3% increase in favor of the recall since our last poll just 2 weeks ago. most voters about 40% are still undecided on who they want to replace newsome the republican radio talk show host larry elder. now it's 23% of voters saying they'd vote for him. that's up 7 points from just 2 weeks ago. the poll also found newsome has lost support from a majority of hispanic voters 54% of hispanic respondents to the survey say they would vote to recall the governor. this is the only racial group in the poll where a majority indicated they would do so. >> he's going t

if the ethics commission approves the agreement next week, the mayor will pay the fine. >>> an east bay walnut creek police will beef up their presence at in order 0stror plaza. the store asked walnut creek for help. city council unanimously approved the deal tonight. >> the dixie fire blew through control lines today, sadly, pushing into the basin and forcing new evacuations. it has been burning near the feather river canyon for twenty days now, three weeks. a red flag warning going into effect tomorrow, with wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour expect fire has burned burned bu than 397,000 square miles. >>> thousands of farmers have been caught from tapping into that's rivers and streams. it covers those in the sacramento and san joaquin watersheds, which is most of the central valley. this is one of the most drastic moves so far by the state. i know we're getting late in summer, but we're still a good ways off from getting any rain, dan. >> yeah, spencer, obviously a long way to go, but we may get a little drizzle? >> that's true. we don't have rainfall, but at least conditions that tr

. >> now that you are staying busy retiring from the when you were appointed the head of the ethics commission of the olympics the next olympics have controversy with covid 18 in japan and the calls to boycott the games over beijing human rights what is in light of those controversies? >> each time each country may have certain problems. i think sports and politics should be separated sports should not be misused or abused because of certain issues. of course there were some cases where countries decided not to participate like moscow in the eighties in the western block because of the pandemic and there was some sentiment that they should cancel this olympic games that the ioc and japanese government i am surprised they decided to carry on these olympic games. during my time we work very closely with the ioc for the sports. and for those that will instantly mobilize power and passion and energy so we are thinking how we can get this power generated by the sport that is why i have been working very closely with the ioc commission and the former president to participate and with a torch bearing

if the ethics commission approves the agreement next week, the mayor will pay the fine. >>> an east baywalnut eethr ence at in order 0strom plaza. the store asked walnut creek for help. city council unanimously approved the deal tonight. >> the dixie fire blew through control lines today, sadly, pushing into the basin and forcing new evacuations. it has been burning near the feather river canyon for twenty days now, three weeks. a red flag warning going into effect tomorrow, with wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour expect fire has burned burned bn than 397,000 square miles. >>> thousands of farmers have been caught from tapping into that's rivers and streams. it covers those in the sacramento and san joaquin watersheds, which is most of the central valley. this is one of the most drastic moves so far by the state. i know we're getting late in summer, but we're still a good ways off from getting any rain, dan. >> yeah, spencer, obviously a long way to go, but we may get a little drizzle? >> that's true. we don't have rainfall, but at least conditions that translate into low wildfire risk,

staying busy not you have retired from the way and you were appointed ahead of the olympics ethics commission in 2017 the next olympics have controversy coding them on the calls to boycott the games in china over the human rights records. can you give us your thoughts of the future of the olympic games in light of those controversies? >> it may have certain problems. and with those sports and policy should be separated when should not be misused or abused of course if there was some cases where they decided not to participate like moscow. and then there was some sentiment. so i am encourage the japanese government and the ioc decided to carry on. during my time with the ioc to work very closely and have peace through sports. those which can instantly mobilize that energy. we are thinking how we can mobilize to be generated by sports that's my working very closely with the ioc leadership in that every april 6 was generated by international human sports day so on that day to have a meaningful event so the corporation and energy would be used to bring peace and harmony. 's i'm happy to do this w

the city's ethics commission called those violations significant. >> i hope that the work that i've doneoughout the past couple of years in addressing one of the most challenging times in our city's history, which again is not rectally related to the challenges that exist and the stipulation, i would hope that my record and what i've done over the past couple of years will make a difference, as well as the work that i do moving forward. >> one of those allegations, that she allowed the former head of san francisco's public works department, mohammed nehru, to pay to repair her car. nehru has since been charged by the fbi with fraud. >>> taking a look at your top headlines now, president biden has joined house speaker nancy pelosi and other top democrats, calling on embattled new york governor andrew cuomo to resign. he defiantly challenged an independent investigation's finding that he sexually harassed multiple women and retaliated against at least one former employee for coming forward. >> i never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances. >> the five-month c

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our investigative unit obtained an ethics commission order that states the fines cover three infractions dating back six years. the first is that london breed failed to properly report a campaign donation. she's paying a fine for writing a letter to jerry brown on behalf of her brother. she requested he release her brother from prison early. the third violation allowing the disgraced former public works director to pay her bill. today she's told us she's learned a lot, that she takes full responsibility for her actions and has agreed to pay the fine. >>> our other top stories fireworks at an east bay school board meeting, masked protesters demanded the district drop the mandatory mask policy. they're pushing for families to make the decision about whether their children where masks to school. things already turned violent? >> that's right. the protest first started out here. then the protesters headed inside where masks are required. it quickly went downhill from there, but then later, progress was made. the maskless protesters crowded the room carrying flags and signs saying our childre

the city's ethics commission says the violations include asking former governor jerry brown to release her brother from prison back in 2018 and accepted a gift in 2019 from the former public works director mohammed nuru. you may remember nuru was arrested last year on public corruption charges. the commission found breed misused her title as mayor for personal gain. reid says in a statement that the funds are fair and she took responsibility for her actions. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news new details about the killed in east bay freeway shooting. now the family. >> another freeway shooting victim is speaking out. welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. i'm reyna harvey. the time for you now for 29 08:00am. >> it's been a war one the past couple of days. but john stable has update on our weather forecast. good morning, the we are looking at another foggy start to this morning. and as you noted, rain has been a warm past couple of days. in addition to this fog. we have an increase rees, which is cooling things right off today. >> daytime highs, inland falling from the 90's to th

the city's ethics commission says the violations include asking former governor jerry brown to release or rather from prison back in 2018 and accepting a gift in 2019 from the former public works director mohammed nuru. you may recall new rule was arrested last year on public corruption charges. the commission foend breed misused her title as mayor for personal gain. she said in a statement today that the fines are fair and that she takes responsibility for her actions. >> check in on our 4 zone forecast with a look outside from our camera atop mount tam opi us. it was cloudy start to the day, but it really get pretty as the day went along and it's it sure is pretty out there lawrence. you've the fog. any. yes. yeah. okay. good. other for he said go, there's going to be a problem but looks yeah, we're going to see plenty of this the next couple of days that marine layer starting to deepen just a bit. nothing extent that is going to i think by tomorrow really going to start lifting move further on shore. so yeah, if you like the fog, you're going to see a little more about the next coup

speaking of staying busy now that you retired from the un you were appointed head of the olympic ethics commission in 2017. the next two olympics have controversy around covid 19 confirming japan and call to boycott the games in china over beijing's human rights record. give us your thoughts on the future of the lipid games in light of those controversies. >> each country may have a certain problem. i think sports and politics should be separated and sports should not be misused or used in the course of certain issues. there were some such cases when some countries decided not to participate like moscow in the 1980s. and there was some sentiment, to pencil the olympic games. i am surprised the japanese government and ioc decided to carry on the olympic games during my time, the ioc walked a close lead and established a sort of peace through sports. this, you cannot find anything that can instantly popularize power and passion and energy than sports. how we can, how we can energize power generated by the sport. that is why i'm working closely with the ioc leadership, the current president and a for

please fileness paperwork with the ethics commission. >> thank you. >> we have a presentation. >> ared to make the presentation? >> yes. >> can you hear me okay. >> yes. >> good afternoon, commissioners. alex west off department staff. the item before you is request for certificate of appropriate necessary for the property at 900 inness, the cottage is planning code article 10 landmark 250 located in public zoning district. constructed 1875 as component of the working class settlement of the ship builders and is one of the oldest structures with the association. the resident dense including ship siding and wood windows and front faÇade features. bracketted window sills and upper tran some panels. the project as outlined in the case report includes rehabilitation to serve as welcome center and community classroom with the new india basin shoreline park. restoration for character features including front wood windows, doors meeting accessibility requirements added to the first floor in the area of the removed nonhistoric addition. to the basement where an existing nonhistoric door and w

the ethics commission called them significant. >> i hope that the thutstcoup which, again, is not directly to the challenges that exist in this stipulation. i would hope that my record and what i have done over the past couple of years will make a difference as well as the work i'm doing -- that i do moving forward. >> one of the allegations against the mayor that she allowed the former head of the san francisco public works department to pay for the repair of her car. she has since been charged by the fbi with fraud. >>> there has been mounting pressure for new york governor to step down. findings of an investigation released tuesday revealed that the three term democratic governor sexually harassed at least 11 home inside and outside of government and created a hostile work environment. hethe president and house speaker are among those calling for him to resign. >>> it's time now for your money watch report. this morning a cryptocurrency crack down. we are live from the new york stock exchange. >> good morning. the headst security and exchanges commission said the agency is planning tigh

if the ethics commission approves the agreement next week the mayor will pay the fine. >>> california recall strategy to be the recall and what democrats are planning ahead of next month, and what they are planning >>> the power shut off could soon return changes you will see this year. >>> magic revealed, disney announced the replacement for annual passes. >>> a slightly cooler weather pattern will bring moisture to our this is the silence volvo never wants you to hear. so we're as committed to protecting you in an accident, as we are in preventing them. this is volvo on call. is everyone okay? making us one of the safest cars in the us. and this year, iihs has awarded a top safety pick+ to all 2021 volvo models. >>> developing news out of new york, president biden responding to a report that the governor cuomo violated laws. >> we have the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: eight damning report out from the new york state attorney general threatening the governors political future. >> governor annual cuomo sexually harassed women violating federal and state law. an investigat

. >> and a report from the city's ethics commission today. those violations include asking a former governor to release her brother from prison and accepting a gift in 2019 from former san francisco public works director mohammad nuru federal authorities arrested and charged nuru last year for corruption. the commission also found that mayor breed misused her title as mayor for personal gain today. in a statement she called those fines fair and accepted responsibility for her actions. >> so will, you know, call on him to resign given the investigators said the 11 women were credible. stand by. that statement. you know, calling on him to resign. yes. >> tonight, president joe biden leading the pack in the names of top democrats now calling for new york governor andrew cuomo to resign. this after an investigation found that he sexually harassed several former and even current state workers. the investigation conducted by 2 outside lawyers found that the cuomo administration was a hostile work environment and that it was rife with fear and intim

. >> reporter: the stipulation house goes to the ethics commission for approval where it will be considered, the mayor will plate pay the fine. >>> president biden is among those calling on new york governor andrew cuomo to resign. a four month investigation by the new york attorney general's office found cuomo sexually harassed multiple women including current and former state employees. he denies that, saying he never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances. >> the facts are much different than what has been portrayed. >> he should resign. start at the beginning. he has the ability to leave the stage. he should do that immediately for the good of the people of new york state. >> reporter: at least 11 women accused the governor and he is also accused of seeking to retaliate of one woman who accused him. the attorney general has says the results have no criminal consequences. >> reporter: a dozen wildfires >> reporter: a dozen wildfires are burning in attention, california. new federal funding of $3 billion is available to help more people pay for health insuran

the city's ethics commission says the violations include asking former governor jerry brown to releasem prison back into a 2018 and also accepting a gift in 2019 from the former public works director mohammad nuru. you may remember that new rule was arrested last year on public corruption charges. the commission found that breed misused her title as mayor for personal gain. breed said that in a statement. but the fines are fair and she took responsibility for her actions. we'll take a break at 5.21, coming up after the break, governor andrew cuomo of new york resisting mo nting. pressure now to resign after he's accused of sexually harassing nearly a dozen women. >> why he says he won't step down. are you tired of clean clothes that just don't smell clean? what if your clothes could stay fresh for weeks? now they can! downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters keep your laundry smelling fresh way longer than detergent alone. pour a cap of downy unstopables into your washing machine before each load and enjoy fresher smelling laundry. with 6 times the freshness ingredients, downy unstopab

if the ethics commission approves the agreement next week, the mayor will pay the fine. >>> governor facing calls to resign. >>> president biden and house speak yes nancy pelosi is joined by the governor's four northeast states and those calling on cuomo to resign. the investigation released by leticia james found 11 women were telling the truth when they said the governor had touched them inappropriately. cuomo denied the allegations in a taped statement. one of the victims named charlotte bennett told investigators cuomo came on to her after she disclosed a previous sexual assault. she spoke to george stephanopoulos about cuomo speaking to her directly in his statement saying bennett and her attorney heard things he did not say. >> it wasn't an apology and he didn't take accountability for his actions. he can't once apologize and say he didn't do anything wrong. he blamed me and said that i simply misinterpreted what he had said, but his line of questioning was not appropriate. he was coming on to me and he insinuated that survivors of trauma and sexual assault can't tell the diffe

now the agreement will be finalized at the ethics commissions meeting later this month, and the mayor will be required to pay the fines out of her own pocket live in the newsroom. evan sernoffsky ktvu fox two news, right, evan, thank you, the contra costa county coroner has identified 26 year old lawrence s cloven as the victim of the shooting on highway four last night shooting happened just after 7 30 in the chp closed all the south, um at the eastbound lane. excuse me between summers ville. road in hillcrest avenue in antioch to investigate that shooting officers were called to the area for crash on the freeway near hillcrest avenue, and our crew saw a red car that was damaged and up against the freeway center divide. the coroner says the 26 year old victim is from stocked in. he was the second person shot and killed on highway four within the past several weeks. oakland police chief lebron armstrong today addressed the public about the city's recent spike in violent crime. so far this year the department has investigated 75 homicides. that's compared to 49 the same time last year,

now the agreement, the agreement will be finalized at the ethics commission meeting later this month, and the mayor will be required to pay for the finds out of her own pocket. live in the newsroom. evan sernoffsky ktvu fox two news, okay, thanks so much for the fall semester is about to start for schools around the bay area in just a few days. coming up here on the four what one bay area lawmaker says needs to be done before kids head back to campus. and another wildfire possibly sparked by a downed pgd line. what the utility is saying about the fly fire. added barrier weather another warm to hot day england, but we will cool things off in your wednesday forecast. we will have the update coming majestic mountains... scenic coastal highways... fertile farmlands... there's lots to love about california. so put off those chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm when less clean energy is available. because that's power down time. vaccinated against the coronavirus and now one bay area lawmaker wants school districts to do the same. our political reporter greg lee joins us now with the m

that, yeah, the people in the chamber and the governor himself could be referred for ethics violation for the commission on public ethics and there are specific rules in the state code of ethics that can punish state employees to further personal interests and for using their job to secure unwarranted privileges for other people and for doing things that cause people to question, you know, their sacred trust as employees, so all those things can be brought out and it was interesting that the attorney general didn't mention them. she just kind of, i think, thinking my job is done, and i'm not sure i want to go any further here, but she could easily have made a criminal referral and she could make a referral to the commission on ethics and she could make a complaint with the division of human rights. we'll see how that all plays out with those agencies and it's a very strong report, and i think it will have some severe fallout and we'll see what that is. >> and joining us now is lisa lair, political reporter for "the new york times" and susan dellpersicc who worked as an adviser to governor cuomo. we've h

inaudible] >> well, what i want to start by saying is the stipulation that i signed with the ethics commission after having numerous discussions, i feel is fair, we worked out an agreement with the staff to address some of the challenges that we are listed in the stipulation and in particular, there were mistakes made. i take full responsibility for those mistakes and i've learned a lot since becoming mayor and being in office and as i said in my statement, i made it clear that at no time have any of the things related to this stipulation had any impact on the decisions that i've made as mayor. and, my hope is that over time, i've been able to prove that and overtime, moving forward, i'll be able to continue to approve that. >> [inaudible] >> well, i hope that the work that i've done and addressing one of the most challenging times in our city's history which is not directly related to the challenges that exist in the stipulation. i would hope that my record and what i've done over the past couple of years will make a difference as well as the work that i'm -- that i do moving forward. i mean,

inaudible] >> well, what i want to start by saying is the stipulation that i signed with the ethics commission after having numerous discussions, i feel is fair, we worked out an agreement with the staff to address some of the challenges that we are listed in the stipulation and in particular, there were mistakes made. i take full responsibility for those mistakes and i've learned a lot since becoming mayor and being in office and as i said in my statement, i made it clear that at no time have any of the things related to this stipulation had any impact on the decisions that i've made as mayor. and, my hope is that over time, i've been able to prove that and overtime, moving forward, i'll be able to continue to approve that. >> [inaudible] >> well, i hope that the work that i've done and addressing one of the most challenging times in our city's history which is not directly related to the challenges that exist in the stipulation. i would hope that my record and what i've done over the past couple of years will make a difference as well as the work that i'm -- that i do moving forward. i mean,

retroactively, apparently the work has been going on since april and i question whether there is an ethics commission filing needed because i have no idea who this contractor is and what other interest they may have with the city and whether providing these pro bono services gets them in the door for other possible work in the city. those are my comments on the consent calendar. >> thank you, mr. pilpel. moderator, are there any other callers on the line? >> you have zero questions remaining. >> so we'll close public comment. to the items that mr. pilpel referenced being excluded from the motion and the -- i'm not sure about the -- the gentleman was on line about the posting of the environmental do you mean. but if the environmental document wasn't posted, is that a problem for us moving forward today? >> so, i'll speak first and then let ms. jones go ahead, deputy city attorney. as we discussed at our last meeting, we are not required to include the case numbers or the dates of the environmental review in resolutions, although it's customary. so you can add those or not as you wish. in terms of the

inaudible] >> well, what i want to start by saying is the stipulation that i signed with the ethics commissionsions, i feel is fair, we worked out an agreement with the staff to address some of the challenges that we are listed in the stipulation and in particular, there were mistakes made. i take full responsibility for those mistakes and i've learned a lot since becoming mayor and being in office and as i said in my statement, i made it clear that at no time have any of the things related to this stipulation had any impact on the decisions that i've made as mayor. and, my hope is that over time, i've been able to prove that and overtime, moving forward, i'll be able to continue to approve that. >> [inaudible] >> well, i hope that the work that i've done and addressing one of the most challenging times in our city's history which is not directly related to the challenges that exist in the stipulation. i would hope that my record and what i've done over the past couple of years will make a difference as well as the work that i'm -- that i do moving forward. i mean, it's difficult because, you

retroactively, apparently the work has been going on since april and i question whether there is an ethics commissiong needed because i have no idea who this contractor is and what other interest they may have with the city and whether providing these pro bono services gets them in the door for other possible work in the city. those are my comments on the consent calendar. >> thank you, mr. pilpel. moderator, are there any other callers on the line? >> you have zero questions remaining. >> so we'll close public comment. to the items that mr. pilpel referenced being excluded from the motion and the -- i'm not sure about the -- the gentleman was on line about the posting of the environmental do you mean. but if the environmental document wasn't posted, is that a problem for us moving forward today? >> so, i'll speak first and then let ms. jones go ahead, deputy city attorney. as we discussed at our last meeting, we are not required to include the case numbers or the dates of the environmental review in resolutions, although it's customary. so you can add those or not as you wish. in terms of the postin

resources, ethics human commission, we do refer those types of reports within their jurisdictions, to their respective departments. >> chairman, if i could provide a little more information. just to committee member post-comment, when we receive complaints, and these are ones that are kept in the program, ones that are not getting charter-referred out, we receive the facts as they are. and we will go where the facts lead us, if that makes sense. so we can't control the intake of what kinds of complaints come in, but be assured if a complaint comes in with facts that are being warranted, we make sure that it is appropriately handled. if we feel that the department should have taken corrective action, we push back and ask the department what further steps that gone into their determination. >> great. thank you. >> i have question on this. so i'm looking at the chart that is in front of us now. so define "no investigation." [please stand by] >> so you actually investigate it? there is an investigation on that complaint. it just turns out nothing substantial? >> correct. >> yeah, or it is

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office back in 2014 during moreland, and it's the same kind of defiance we saw, the moreland commission was about ethics that led to one of his staffers being convicted of ethics charges but his brother was there, too, by the way. this is not an unusual thing for the cuomos to get together. i saw chris cuomo in the governor's office back then. i'm not surprised it happened now. he's very consistent. >> john heilemann, it's one thing if you are a member of let's say the new york assembly to make a statement about the governor or if you're president of the united states and a democrat on whether he should resign. i found it really interesting and, again, i'll use the word again ominous politically for governor cuomo that governors from bordering states decided to put out a statement as well. that's kind of like swerving jr. your car into the other plane politically, going out of your way to take this guy down a couple of notches and let people know he should resign. nobody was asking the governor of rhode island, and new jersey if they wanted him to resign, and nobody probably would have. but i just thoug

ethically sound. we have to have standards. we cannot get -- you have a dark cloud hovering over the san francisco public utilities commission and you supervisors have no transparency. we want good people to represent by voting. can we get a good representation from the politicians? let's -- that's the million dollar question. thank you very much. >> supervisor peskin: are there any other members of the public for this item? >> clerk: there are no more people in the queue for public comment at this time. >> supervisor peskin: okay. public comment is closed. colleagues, are we all in agreement we should send this to the full board. roll call please. >> clerk: on that motion. [roll call vote]. the motion passes without objection. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. please read the fourth and final item. >> clerk: ordinance amending the administrative code to add clerk of the board of supervisors and the executive director of the human rights commission as permanent members of the committee on information technology. >> supervisor peskin: that's exactly what this legislation that president walton brought to us would do. the floor is y