what i want to state is our san francisco ethic commission unique. and this commission has not done its job well when it came to certain things. you all have taken-you all have chosen to listen to (inaudible) you should not have to listen to. you all know who i'm referring to. i don't want to make it very clear. you all have chosen to bring in people from some other areas part of the city to muddy the waters of the commission. we are very fortunate that we have people living who are on the ethics commission who are the original members who established this ethic commission, and we should reach out to them initially. generally. we have to stop taking orders from the mayor's office . we have-the ethics commission has failed by having former attorney, city attorney become a general manager and yet have the audacity to meet in closed session. you'll all made very poor judgment. very very poor judgments. we the people appointed to have an ethic commission. we the people can go and have a ballot measure. we the people must fot be left out, but we have been

not just for the ethic's commission but other commissions we are seeing one or 2 bid in some case. there will is not a wide network this we am these are folks able to meet the expectations that the city has and we have a number of expectations for contract. but also are able to meet the time line that in commission and others have. and so they put forward a time line of 4 months from when this kicks off to when you would have an executive director in the chair. or sitting. so, i think that -- speaks to why we only received one bid. but again as i shared earlier, this is when we are seeing with other executive searchs as well. it is hiring across the board including the executist level. and as i mentioned, i'm currently working not just with cps but with the executive team that will be supporting this commission i find them mindful of time lines and enengaging to the commission presidents question about engagement. i believe they will want to kickoff a meeting first with me and then look for that meeting to happen with if a representative of the ethic's commission. sell there a sele

for years , how free it is, it turns out to work recently, an explanation was issued by the ethics commissiono the standards of the federal chamber of lawyers. so the commission formulated. so, not a single norm of the current law and the code of professional ethics gives the lawyer the right to refuse the accepted protection. this is unshakable, but the rejection of the accepted protection and termination of protection. and these are different concepts, the termination of protection nevertheless follows from the civil legal right of the defender to terminate the agreement on the provision of legal assistance, for example, the refusal of protection. this is when a lawyer in the process with him does not fulfill his duties and does not prepare a complaint, does not write, does not advise, that is, leaves his principal without protection, despite the fact that there is an agreement or he says so, but you have not paid me yet . here's egu orny yesterday's yes, the last and that's it. tomorrow is not a day i'll go, it's impossible, but another matter. here is the termination of the contract in ca

welcome to november 18, 2022 regular meeting of the san francisco ethics commission. minutes reflect this is a hybrid meeting being held pursuant to 44 supplement

at the committee meeting until after the committee meeting did the executive director of the ethics commissionwhich revealed that the 2020 publicly financed campaigns would not be completed for 39 months. it is a core function. this resolution urges them to get their proverbial you know what together. in the past they have been bailed out by the controller city services commission. the controller has offered do again. they need to speed it up and with that, i would like not just the staff to hear this, i would like the appointed members of the ethics dmoition hear this and do something about it. thank you for letting me get that off my chest. i would like to retire from this job with my audit completed. >> i would like to cosponsor. >> supervisor safai. >> would i like to say and i'm not going to drag this on, but i mean i feel like the controller's office is con tantly bailing -- constantly bailing out this department then maybe some of their functions should be fold noodz the controller's office. maybe if they don't meet targets, then we shuffle conversations on folding some of their core fu

they might, may yet have an official reparations commission. one ethic m have a while to become an official member of the carry. com, reparations commission. that's what is a 1st step. we're busy doing our own research. we have employed our government to set up for reparations commission officially, and we've asked parliament to engage in discussions with the people in the mart. that's where we start. as far as we are concerned, and one of them we don't care what the network is going to do. what the medicines often does, you know, present an agenda in the interest of the net in that regard. this how it affects other people. this is why we're having this conversation today about reparations and lee and apology have the netherlands not operated from a place of breed in the interest of the amendment. we would not be here having this conversation cities, but we're saying let the netherlands what a netherlands does all the time. we in saint martin in the caribbean are busy with our own study. with our own research. we do not wish to be rushed into it as it wa

potentially department of elections which sure you all have seen recently and the department of ethics commission. several of those departments also only received one proposal. a lot has to do tremendous amount of comp titian in the space now. there is a lot of entities not just san francisco with the 5 i just spoke to including this board, but also a number throughout the bay area and state. i am grateful when we get one proposal and i had a similar conversation with a commission president earlier this week and they also shared-i would have thought we would have received more proposal and shared the same sentiment i'm sharing with this board, there is tremendous amount of competition. the good news is bob murray is a firm i worked with before. they are quite reputable and i do stand by the work they performed. to answer the otherer part of the question, which is, why the board may opt to engage a executive search firm, a lot has to do with there is not staff infrastructure right now to really support all the efforts that need to happen to do a nation wide search. we would need regular engagement

european parliament, like a supermarket, to buy our votes, i propose to create an independent ethics commissioniament is under pressure and it is this institution that takes a clear stance against corruption, as, for example, with regard to hungary, and therefore it was probably predictable that orbán would feel gloating, mocking the european parliament. on twitter. trying to take advantage of the situation, but i'm thinking about people in hungary who don't have anyone at all to protect them from corruption. european parliamentarians in strasbourg are trying to settle the scandal police in brussels continue to search offices and seize a computer. on a large scale, we are talking about corruption from respecting the money of a criminal organization at the level of the european union, so the investigation continues, but it is not yet clear what will come up out of all this. this is a serious situation for a parliament that usually plays the role of criticizing others. slightly less than corruption europe suffers from weather weather forecasters warn that this december could be the coldest in 10

anti—corruption agency that we proposed to investigate wrongdoing guided by an integrity and ethics commissionproposed by angela rayner for day to day monitoring of standards in public life . and so standards in public life. and so that it standards in public life. and so thatitis standards in public life. and so that it is clear that the era of self—regulation at the centre is oven self—regulation at the centre is over. a citizens jury representing the public undertaking a regular review of standards in public life backed up standards in public life backed ”p by standards in public life backed up by a ban on all foreign funding of british politics and an end to mps. second jobs. so we need a clean up, but we also need to clear out 50,000 civil servants transferred out of london to sav e £200 million on london to save £200 million on the first 12 of many agencies that are also candidates of the special . to save millions of special. to save millions of pounds more to the benefit of all the proposals that rachel reevesis all the proposals that rachel reeves is making the replacement of the inde

and communication, a teacher at the mogilian school of journalism and a member of the commission on journalistic ethicsision manager oleksiy congratulations glory to ukraine glory to the heroes well you as people are not engaged please tell us explain to our viewers this is the new european integration so-called media law, how close it is or how much

and communication, a teacher at the mogilian school of journalism and a member of the commission on journalistic ethics, welcome mrs. diana 7 and we are joined by oleksiy mustafin media expert television manager oleksiy congratulations glory to ukraine say be kind explain to our tv viewers this new european integration so-called media law how close it is or how far it is from that ideal because we understand that our legislators can always adjust any good or good initiative oleksiy, well , actually, the fact that we do not see and do not have the final text of the law that was adopted yesterday and the amendments were caught literally at the knee, then this already characterizes the quality of the legislative work, because hmm in principle, society is not a military secret that we have to keep, but a law that defines the activities of the media and the military military beach, but society practically did not see the text that the deputies voted for, and in principle, i suspect that many deputies do not see it, that is , we do not know bought a cat in a bag okay, it's clear , let's talk about what was a

a law firm and represented police officers and disciplinary cases that appeared before this commission. ethices and reputation were never questioned. as a kwam, especially a woman of color i'm will held it i different standard it is unfair and should not be happen nothing san francisco. rather than judging me for who i am and what i accomplishod this commission. they cast dispersions on my legacy the focus is never on my work or accomplishments or accomplishments of the commission or my work ethic. and iment to say enough is enough. the sexism needs to stop and have no accomplice in san francisco. i'm a proud latina, filipino prosecutoring and take my job seriously. i can and i do exercise sounds judgment in my duties as a commissioner and i do it without my husband's involvement. because i'm a woman of color a hard working ram of color i'm an asset to this commission. i bring personal perspective other don't bring to the tain. my participation is important and needed especially when it come to racial and gender disparities that the san francisco police department struggles with. i am speaking

anticorruption agency that we propose to investigate wrongdoing, guided by an integrity and ethics commissionr for day—to—day monitoring of standards in public life, and so that it standards in public life, and so thatitis standards in public life, and so that it is clear that the era of self—regulation at the centre is over, a citizens during representing the public undertaking a regular review of standards in public life, backed up by a ban on all foreign funding of british politics and an end to mps of second jobs. so, we need a cleanup but we also need a clear out. 50,000 civil servants clear out. 50 , 000 civil servants transferred clear out. 50,000 civil servants transferred out of london to save £200 million. and the first 12 of many agencies that were also candidates of dispersal to save millions of pounds more, to the benefit of all the proposals that rachel reeves is making. the replacement of the indefensible 830 member house of lords, with a smaller, democratic second chamber, which would be an assembly of the nations and regions that would lose its right to delay ordinary legisla

the president of the european commission called for the establishment of a new ethics body and said thession is looking into members past meetings. we are checking on our side. the transparency register that we have. we're all meetings of college members and members of their cabinets with interest representatives are published, so we have very transparent. officials have not disclosed the countries suspected of offering bribes, but several members have linked to the incident to qatar. former crypto billionaire and bay area native sam blankman. freed has been arrested in the bahamas after the u. s filed criminal charges. bahamian officials say u s law enforcement had filed unspecified charges against blankman freed and are likely to request he be extradited to the united states. he is arrested the first concrete move by regulators to hold people accountable for the multi billion dollar implosion of crypto exchange ft x last month. prosecutors say they plan to release more information on the charges tomorrow morning. masking up is making a comeback in some cities with flu covid and rsv ca

ethical group. it is european commission, counsel, parliament and they have different ways of regulating themselvesropean parliament has been something of a laggard. does not the same standards. now the pressure is on for the european commission president ursula von der leyen to put a power and will behind creating a body that would act as a deterrent. some people here are shot that an mep, a prominent mep, a group mep, very well—known, one of 14 vice presidency, that she felt in a position, if it is proven, to be able to again be involved in this kind of a scandal that is what people are very at here. suzanne lynch, thank you for giving us more decal on the story. and just to say that qatar have denied all allegations levelled against it as far as the story is concerned. more details on our website. the libyan man accused of making the bomb that destroyed a us passenger plane over lockerbie, in southern scotland in 1988, has appeared in court. the explosion killed 270 people. abi agila masud is alleged to have been a member of libya's intelligence service. us prosecutors say he won't face the deat

ethics committee. the election commission and the bar associations. the committee's final report is expected to be made public on wednesday. remember, house republicans have promised that in this investigation of the select committee's work is also coming as soon as that party takes control in january. much in the january six committees evidence, including transcripts of witness interviews, will soon be going to the department of justice. bloomberg now reporting recent subpoenas from special counsel jack smith indicate that a new branch of will be in place for march of 2023. one of the key figures in trump's fight to overturn biden's 2021 is now facing a serious punishment for making false claims of election fraud. the committee for the d. c. bar today recommended former trump later, rudy giuliani, may be disbarred. the d. c. court of appeals will make the final decision on disciplining giuliani, coming up. with that, let's get smarter with the help of our lead on panels. baker joins us. chief white house correspondent for the white house. cheney, for

chauffeurses for the is commissioner and office of national ethics and national cemetery commission?> it is shameful, liz, this frank condition stein process, frankenstein bill is a betrayal of the american people. this is by 18 republican voters to do this. it wouldn't have made it out of the senate. pelosi won't have limits to do a wasteful bill like this. this is an outrage. we're spending money we don't have on things we don't need. elizabeth: steve to, the congressman's point, they will spend trillions of dollars on a bill they will not read, not hole hearings on but now they're demanding every taxpayer give details on 1099 forms to the irs about their little 600-dollar payments on phone apps like venmo or paypal, steve. >> yeah. you know i thought we would have a lesson of irs. there is additional funding for the irs. gee, i thought republicans running for congress they would not allow additional funding. now which know why want 87,000 knew irs agents. if you buy a sofa the irs will want to know about the transaction. congratulations to congressman bishop, he is one of the few

the president of the european commission wants a new ethics body and says the commission is looking intos. we are checking on our side. the transparency register that we have. we're all meetings of college members and members of their cabinets with interest representatives are published, so we have very transparent. at this point, officials have not said which country is expected of offering bribes, but several members have linked that incident to qatar. time is 4 56 happening today. more information expected to be released about the charges against the former crypto billionaires. sam bank run freed after he was arrested in the bahamas. bahamian officials say us enforcement law enforcement filed on specified criminal charges against the bay area native he's due to be extradited here to the u. s bank been freed , was preparing to appear before congress remotely. he said. he didn't think he would get me detained if he went to the bahamas. this is the first arrest by regulators holding people liable for the multi billion dollar collapse of the crypto exchange ft x last month. well, the annu

ethics rules are being followed. the president when she first became president when she first became president of the european commissiond establish an institution wide you ethics party, that has been so far mostly talk and no action, and may be a little bit ironic because the only institution in the eu that has tried to push this proposal forward was the european parliament, they passed a resolution last september and 2021, outlining whatjust such an ethics body should be, but so far as we can tell nothing has happened since that time. it's important to say qatar denies any accusation of corruption, a statement released yesterday saying we are not aware of any details of the investigation in the country complies with international laws and regulations. nevertheless, roberta metsola says democracy is under attack, is it? certainly democracy is under attack when what was happening attack when what was happening at behind—the—scenes bits not something that involves actual representations of the citizens supposed to be acting on their behalf so when you have a foreign government that is alleged to have done this kind and,

decided to become the main character, one of their own european commission. president ursula vander line has now proposed an independent ethics body for you institutions where there are quote, very clear rules. yeah. how about like use a bank and not your luggage to store cash. if you're an elected official, maybe she said that it would be quote, a big step forward. yeah, i guess it would hold european officials to the same high standards as teenagers who might be tempted to dip into the till during their shift at the local fast food restaurant and take home the proceeds. since authorities also said that a 150000 euros were found in a euro deputy, so member of parliament apartment. there are now 6 people arrested, including 4 members of european parliament, most notably former you parliament, vice president, eva collie who was just stripped of her title in a vote. all this loose cache has been tied to could tori lobbying efforts, but doha denies having anything to do with it. so while this investigation is still ongoing. rachel, how was cass? i responded to the allegations sofa. yeah, well they're saying that they really have

we have a commission that was recently announced, we are going through the process through ethics and onboarding to start our meetings. 21 leaders from the country will be working with us. they will serve for the community across the country, and to the fourth piece is really exciting to be a part of. it is our public engagement work. we have a space to work in english and spanish with. virtually and in person. one thing i'm proud of is we work with the aspen institute to have three in person summit on hispanic institutions. these initiatives, we were able to go out on the road with the first lady and three cabinet secretaries and agencies to talk about the historic resources we are putting out for the american rescue plan, infrastructure law and a number of other actions. relate to help encourage the community to think about how they can better leverage the use of those funds and programs. even apply for two join us inside federal government. astrid: have you heard from people in these communities you have been to? including a el paso. what are people telling you? i'm cured about edu

and those can be things like referrals to the federal election commission for campaign finance violations, could be a referral to the ethicsmittee for members of congress who may have violated their, you know, house rules or other sort of ethical obligations. you could see things like referral with two agencies for inspectors general or the olations of the hatch act to the office of special counsel, not to be confused with the special counsel investigating january 6. and so those are the types of thgs the committee could seek referrals for. and we just don't know what the full range is yet. geoff: i know from following your reporting, you often make the case that the referral would be largely symbolic, since congress has no ability to compel prosecutions by the doj. but the committee, it strikes me, it appears they're trying to speak into the history books potentially and perhaps pressure the doj to follow through if, in fact, they do make these referrals. kyle: you know, i think that that case, the pressure on doj was more salient in the spring when a lot of what doj has now we now we know they've been doing wasn't known

independent ethics advisory ethics committee has to be extended to all institutions of the european union. and so far it's been, you know, part of the oversight of the european commission, but she has already proposed that the european parliament should be included within that, you know, within the oversight of, you know, that ethics committee which would be independent, which would, you know, hopefully prevent such scandals from occurring again in the future. thank you for that. i abraham in brussels. let's take a look at some all stories that making headlines around the world. now. taliban officials say 3 assailants were killed by police after the storm, the hotel, and the african capital capital. more than 20 people were wounded in the attack. hotels popular with chinese visitors on business trips. china, shutting down a major coven, 19 tracking app. as it is, pandemic restrictions police will. people will be able to travel again without their movements being recorded. that's been growing criticism of the tough measures that led to widespread protests across the country. polish president andrew duda has been received in berlin by a german president. frank alpha ston

favor of creating a reward or bounty for the legislature putting regulatory commissions out of business and to follow up those ethicalcerns. so let me switch gears. we haven't talked as much about preservation but there is a wonderful anecdote that i think sets the imagination running and hoping you could tell us about turtles so how does that unfolded what are the implications for other environmental questions? >> so g see turtles are slightly endangered and one of the biggest problems is turtle eggs people eat them they are a delicacy and they are viable and poaching a p clutch of turtle eggs can be very valuable especially inaccurate, so when the turtles come in they dig a hole and lay their eggs in the poachers grab the eggs and then will sell them. so in central america they have worked with the rangers to say this is the impact you are having an they say yes i understand but i i have to feed my family. they know the poachers but who ise interested in paying the poachers? so talk about tracking a shipment. >> so this is private association? >> this is an ngo of a thousand people that with a limited number of peo

of work waiting, because for the entire time, the ethics council, the high council of justice, did not function until the high qualification commissiones, which is now also elected, has received a huge number of applications and vacant positions that must be filled by that is, it is probably not the next year or several years, these people will have a huge titanic volume of work, because it is necessary to consider complaints, it is necessary to consider complaints against the judge of the scalaborants, to deal with them, it is necessary to consider and judges of the oask, because we cannot forget that this is also a part of this russian measure, which we actually have in the center of kyiv and near the nsdc, because now everyone is very happy about the searches in the churches of the moscow patriarchate. but in fact, the oask also made decisions and defended this is the moscow patriarchate and that's why it's necessary to deal with these judges, and it's a huge responsibility and a huge amount of work, but if everything succeeds , we can really hope that finally the judges who act are dishonest judges judges bribers judges, collabor

referrals to state bars for possible disciplinary action to the federal election commission for campaign violations and the house ethicsommittee. today's meeting is expected to not only name people being referred but also lay out a legal basis for those decisions. among those who could face referrals, a handful of trump's former aides and as dvisers. >> this is about donald trump. >> the state election officials ignored or violated state law. >> mr. clark, how are you this morning? >>. >> reporter: including former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, lawyer john eastman, former justice department official jeffrey clark and former trump attorney, rudy giuliani. also on the table possible action against fellow members of congress who stonewalled the committee's work. >> we have weighed what is the remedy for members of congress? is it a criminal referral to another branch of government or better than the congress police its own. >> reporter: as the committee is rushing to tie up nearly two years of evidence gathering. >> we want to make sure no one slips through the cracks. we want to make sure that the key organiz

0mbudsman has called for a complete overhaul of the ethics system that they have, she has also criticised, ursula von der leyen, the european commissionem which is toothless and it needs more investigative power and sectioning power, they have also taken some action in regards to qatar even though the gulf state denies any wrongdoing currently but in april, they are recommending further investigations but there is another issue here and it's about trust in some of the eu and europe's most important institutions, and meps are saying the actions being taken right now simply not strong enough, let's listen to one mep who is part of those questioning it part of the left group in the european parliament. some specific groups played a key role to stop any strong language condemning the role of qatar in human rights violations for the organisation of the world cup, that's the one thing i'm saying, the second thing is that scandal was only the part of the iceberg on top of the water, but it is probably a bigger part of the iceberg under the water. in which investigations are continuing. so tip of the iceberg, it really does seem like this cou

be having a really serious conversation about big tech and about al and ethics and we need a truth and reconciliation commissionreconciliation commission. will you stay with me for a minute? coming up? i will be right back. and i'll reading and responding to views . i can . three or saying. that's such misinformation. if we take what they said, the problem was a lot of i didn't say anything. a lot of i didn't say anything. a lot of people the chance on the left used brexit as an excuse to say the country's racist this that and the but i'd say look we're a country having a conversation about race unique nobody is trying to get about race unique nobody is to her wedding. watch this. i don't think anyone understands what that very small comms team was dealing with . they just was dealing with. they just couldn't wrap their head around. and i have compassion for it. how do we explain that? this half sister isn't invited to welcome back. time some more of your views and. i've been asking our air pollution a smoke screen and that zero hour says yes the net zero agenda is just the project of rich bureaucrats that will

be having a really serious conversation about big tech and about al and ethics and we need a truth and reconciliation commissionreconciliation commission. will you stay with me for a minute? coming up? i will be right back. and i'll reading and responding to views . i can . three or. being radicalised before you be radicalised on call of target, you can talk to people and headsets and also also a lot of like you enjoying the game. would you like to do this in real life? you know, that kind of doesn't happen with sonic the hedgehog does? no the thing no. berman this is sort of sucking in people who aren't really terrorists. so like autistic kids who download bomb making young people anxiety. yeah yeah. so, i mean, there's a lot of a lot of people with mental health problems , people who spend too problems, people who spend too long in the internet. and you can imagine if you're a teenager, you want to download, you want to find out, make a pipe you want to find out, make a pipe bomb or some you've got that on your hard drive. that's that's a terrorist offence. there is some good news though. so those radicalised

ethics committee. it could also be something that the federal election commission looks into as well.t the members of congress led by whoever turns out to be the speaker at that time, if it's kevin mccarthy could vote to refuse to seat him in his seat because of these questions, but that is a real remote possibility. it is very likely that he will become a member of congress, and the other thing to keep in mind is that right before this "new york times" story came out, he came out vocally in support of kevin mccarthy's speakership and of course the margins are so narrow for mccarthy to hold the speakership and for republicans to maintain the majority that they probably do not want to mess with the seat of a guaranteed vote on the republican side. so they're not going to take these dramatic actions. really, the only way for democrats to rectify this problem for them is to beat him again in two years, unless, of course, there's something in his background that comes out that is explicitly illegal that could lead to some sort of criminal prosecution. at this point there doesn't appear to

and full of sexist narratives, so they urged not to distribute these photos, and the commission of journalistic ethicsal to check the quote the legality and ethics of the actions of the fifth channel of the ombudsman. already reacted. you can get out. i did not think that anyone could be offended by the calendar that was issued in support of the armed forces of ukraine, to be honest. i welcome any such initiatives. if you personally don't like what you see on the calendar. you just don't look buy something for clay. maybe i think that in general, in principle, it cannot offend anyone. and something to break in our state, a wave of support for this in general. wow. i am grateful to each and every one and those who supported us in words and those who supported us. the photos are incredible. new stories and incredible reactions were sold by a hidden counterweight to criticism, and with the belly of sexism and the objectification of the image of a woman, a significant number of people supported such an idea of ​​collecting for ukrainian fighters. in particular, military personnel even suggested creating a

but also the federal elections commission perhaps, other agencies, state bar associations along with that. the ethicshe house of representatives may get some of this. so it's going to be widespread. but yes, we're going to focus on doj. doj is most likely to take this ball and run with it. doj will probably, we don't know this for a fact, but probably put forth charges. that starts the ball rolling. if there are charges put forward, there will be trials. if there are trials, we don't know what will happen by then. but we'll have a lot of action here and a lot of evidence placed before the judge and jury. one thing, kira, you know, referrals that we talked about the next president they're unprecedented. so was the insurrection. >> that's a great point, larry. it's a lot to take in and we will stay tuned tomorrow. we know you will keep us abreast of what happens. larry, thanks. good to see you. happy hanukkah, happy holidays. >>> it is 7:52. up next, we have a quick look at the top stories we're following including millions getting ready to hit the roads and the skies with covid rebounding and the flu

we have the state bar association, the federal election commission, what else could we see? >> ethics violations could be recommended to some of the ethics committees. there could be a state crime, as we know, the state of georgia is pursuing crimes against donald trump and others. you could see similar criminal investigations occur in other states. we sought similar kinds of behaviors. it is like arizona, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania. there is a whole litany of possibilities. i think when it comes to matters before congress, itself, it gets a little bit tricky for members of congress to make referrals against their own. but, we have seen so much of this. now, these recent text messages where we have got a number of members of congress, in south carolina, ralph norman, he is urging a meadows to persuade donald trump to invoke martial law. and so, whether these amount to crimes or near ethical violations, it is important, i think, to hold them accountable. the real question will be whether the new congress with the republican majority in the house will want to go forward with that