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>> larry bush from friends of ethics when this was passed as prop e nothing in the material that went to the commission that explained those prop j was being repelled and nothing told to the board of supervisors when they did the rewrite not in the voters handing handbook we can people served on the commission that h said i have no idea and members of the board of supervisors that like the president of the board of supervisors that said i had no idea so when mr. raven put together the section for the grand jury he repeated the quotes under the nicole and the board of supervisors and there's no mention in any of this about repel the public benefits prohibition there was an earlier effort by members of the commission to repeal the section having go to do with the board of supervisors but couldn't find a section you'll not find a sponsor for that 0 that's not the way it is at city hall of this is not election year people understand the dynamics but certainly when your talking about things like tomcast or ecology or other types people with special permits there are questions raised all th
>> larry bush from friends of ethics when this was passed as prop e nothing in the material that went to the commission that explained those prop j was being repelled and nothing told to the board of supervisors when they did the rewrite not in the voters handing handbook we can people served on the commission that h said i have no idea and members of the board of supervisors that like the president of the board of supervisors that said i had no idea so when mr. raven put together the...
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i'm larry bush for friends of ethics i've spent them time with the urban development i saw a number of contractors with hud who were debarred in fact they published a list of people that were debarred from participation or a full debarment it is 5 years limited the denial is one year it could be a real estate agency that misrepresented information or an contractor or could be a housing authority official i think the department is a serious to tell not use it frivolously but i think the commission should have the authority to use debarment if warranted otherwise you'll run go into cases that did money 4r5ur7bd and face penalty by the fcc and city but then went on to still have city contracts why would you still give city contracts that are worth more than the penalty into effect you've fined them because they were rob the public so it is warned warranted in a number of cases. >> why is the process that the city attorney mentioned why isn't that the way to handle it rather than through the ethics commission. >> well the city attorney has done it to a property developer here in san franci
i'm larry bush for friends of ethics i've spent them time with the urban development i saw a number of contractors with hud who were debarred in fact they published a list of people that were debarred from participation or a full debarment it is 5 years limited the denial is one year it could be a real estate agency that misrepresented information or an contractor or could be a housing authority official i think the department is a serious to tell not use it frivolously but i think the...
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. >> thank you larry bush for the friends of ethics i think the gentleman did a good job i agree with a hearing establishing were there needs to be legislation is critical and should be in the read for the full commission friends of ethics will be happen to participate in the discussions and provide whatever information just to good enough a fuller context under the current mayor have we've seen put together a committee for the operation of bundling money for people in the business and the mayor makes decisions where to allocate money and we saw that in 2012, the first check was for $25,000 for chuck conway came within weeks to the mire adapt a new tax to mr. conway and his previous enterprises the rest of the money was $400,000 all of it in 57 figure numbers almost all from busy about to benefit from the city's rewrite of tax laws that would underscore why the question is raised the same thing for the board of supervisors establish a ballot measure committee and they can accept contributes from people that are having decisions made by the board of supervisors memo cites a few court c
. >> thank you larry bush for the friends of ethics i think the gentleman did a good job i agree with a hearing establishing were there needs to be legislation is critical and should be in the read for the full commission friends of ethics will be happen to participate in the discussions and provide whatever information just to good enough a fuller context under the current mayor have we've seen put together a committee for the operation of bundling money for people in the business and...
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her. >> larry bush two points one many of you are new in terms of last year or two commissioner renne hears what people have to say it was very much appreciated and the second thing the commission has been taking steps forward with the new i know what you call it a dashboard that allows people to act take a closer look at how money is coming into city hall that speaks well, where you'll be going next and commissioner renne away's raised did issues of the expenditures for lobbyists i was disappointed i couldn't come and talk i was in the civil grand jury and took a 54 of slowdowns i know you want me to do that again, i will not (laughter) >> okay. is there another motion to elect scomplaern as chair. >> all in favor that motion passes 5 to zero congratulations commissioner renne elections for vice chair commissioner keane. >> yes. i'd like to nominate commissioner andrews. >> are there any other nominations for vice chair public comment. >> commissioners ray heart inform san francisco open heart i'm in favor of commissioner andrews to serve as vice chair i've gone through several times
her. >> larry bush two points one many of you are new in terms of last year or two commissioner renne hears what people have to say it was very much appreciated and the second thing the commission has been taking steps forward with the new i know what you call it a dashboard that allows people to act take a closer look at how money is coming into city hall that speaks well, where you'll be going next and commissioner renne away's raised did issues of the expenditures for lobbyists i was...
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. >> hello, i'm larry bush i'm speaking for myself i want to urge the commission to wave a forfeiture i've looked through the record and not a clear definition of what constitutes a controlled committee if they don't see or is that this commission is not in the past as recorded i looked at gavin newsom committee his acid law committee and his committee on the banning city officials from sitting on parties i looked at the aggressive panhandling all of them put on the ballot by mr. newsom not one was listed as a control committee and he took a grateful of money from the people in the committees that coincide and if you look at the materials that are provided by mrooerlz you'll see the minutes from 2008 of the ethics commission as being 10 indoors u thousand dollars or more district by the officials and the commission choose not to move forward they didn't put in a definition as i'm sure you're aware of control committees and contributions to a city offers holders ethic so i went on the ethics website to see a check list to see if it's a controlled committee you have the same consultants
. >> hello, i'm larry bush i'm speaking for myself i want to urge the commission to wave a forfeiture i've looked through the record and not a clear definition of what constitutes a controlled committee if they don't see or is that this commission is not in the past as recorded i looked at gavin newsom committee his acid law committee and his committee on the banning city officials from sitting on parties i looked at the aggressive panhandling all of them put on the ballot by mr. newsom...
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>> hello, i'm larry bush this time i'm speaking on behalf of friends of ethics we sent a letter outlining the number of concerns looking over this i want to add a post script it that on the calendar that would be helpful to the commission if in addition to the timeline of activities for the staff and commission you also included in here the timeline for political activities that is gong in the city at the same time sometimes i'll be seeing campaign financial reports that helps if you include that in june and september and november there's an election it is an important part of looking at our calendar secondly on the issue of travel and more disclosure i think that the civil grand jury y request wore more payments and not just attractively it's a way in which people will have an ability to respond to city hall interests by writing a check to someone that still wants to see funded in some cases offices. >> and then i think that on terms of the control committee the first step i don't see listed to define how do you know the committee is a controlled committee we don't have a good check list
>> hello, i'm larry bush this time i'm speaking on behalf of friends of ethics we sent a letter outlining the number of concerns looking over this i want to add a post script it that on the calendar that would be helpful to the commission if in addition to the timeline of activities for the staff and commission you also included in here the timeline for political activities that is gong in the city at the same time sometimes i'll be seeing campaign financial reports that helps if you...
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statement that filed nothing you have a head engaged in a group i think they should be on here >> hello larry bush i would also second the question about the list whether or not it's complete of people engaged in elections who warrant being audited i guess those are the groups that have foiled they're a political committee i piloted a group friends of lib that's not a committee and the people with the lions that have put money into the parks measure they didn't folly wonder you might want to delay this with a more detailed campaign of details and not by the committees listed thank you. >> ms. shake can you respond to that are we missing entities. >> the memo does state we exclude entities are raise less than $10,000 and we based think that on prior guidance from the commission on focusing on entities with higher levels of activities. >> okay. but understanding that exclusion of anothers do we have everybody. >> yes. >> is there a motion to select the - >> we don't need a motion. >> only volunteers from the - >> we have in a box the names of each of the committees for each category so we we need a
statement that filed nothing you have a head engaged in a group i think they should be on here >> hello larry bush i would also second the question about the list whether or not it's complete of people engaged in elections who warrant being audited i guess those are the groups that have foiled they're a political committee i piloted a group friends of lib that's not a committee and the people with the lions that have put money into the parks measure they didn't folly wonder you might want...
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>> larry bush from friends of ethics just a point of information while it doesn't go to the election department the clerk is responsible for accepting documents from you'll see california and not only from san francisco submissions so therefore they don't have a system that allows you to go down and find out the slate mailers involving the san francisco candidates by moving it to ethics you have that access it's a observe that disclosure. >> any other public comment? all right. all in favor >> i. >> opposed passed unanimously 4, 0 now we've gone through the items item one 2, and 4 directed the staff 67 as well but 67 is a more straightforward but directed the staff to take some further action and i would ask, sir how would you prioritize those recognizing there's a fairly heavy burden where should he start and just give me a week i know that the fcc has their regulatory calendar it makes sense that seemed the commission very much want us to move on item one we can draft the proposed language and begin our i p month to month and gathering records we could come back to you with that la
>> larry bush from friends of ethics just a point of information while it doesn't go to the election department the clerk is responsible for accepting documents from you'll see california and not only from san francisco submissions so therefore they don't have a system that allows you to go down and find out the slate mailers involving the san francisco candidates by moving it to ethics you have that access it's a observe that disclosure. >> any other public comment? all right. all...
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>> i'm larry bush from friends of ethic we were one felt people that brought this forward for a number of reasons we say contributions that are arranged by city contractors who are not allowed themselves to give money but can put the check or raise money from other people so we asked the question of the ethics commission and she said that's a will that in the law there is no prohibition on people raising money for city contractors and who may not themselves girlfriend money we noticed in other jurisdictions there are rules that is a a city commissioner may not raise money for the people that appoint them that's a play to play politics so your point will the universe that should be captured or people that have an interest whether an appointment a lease or contract is on point i don't know in terms of 6 what the gentleman said about future interests and whether you would say if there's going to be something in the next 12 months include that in the universe in a general sense i think we do need to close the loophole in part to respond to public criticism. >> if you made the candidate ide
>> i'm larry bush from friends of ethic we were one felt people that brought this forward for a number of reasons we say contributions that are arranged by city contractors who are not allowed themselves to give money but can put the check or raise money from other people so we asked the question of the ethics commission and she said that's a will that in the law there is no prohibition on people raising money for city contractors and who may not themselves girlfriend money we noticed in...
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. >> a i'm larry bush from friends of ethic i have a question about drill down the information if you're trying to search for who a donor was an over of a company it's not easy to do we don't use standard language is there my interest on the part of the committee in standardizing the categories of employment that hass someone has to make that search easier, and secondly, do you show where the donor lives to see x amount of donors are living in the community or that couch and the third thing whether or not a donor is employed by a nonprofit or in the case of a ballot measure is a candidate thank you. >> any other public comment? the question raised by mr. bush is what i have information is there as far as the donor in our database >> we do have information about the employer and job toilet of donors however those are on fields they're not boxes you check you're absolutely correct it's not standardized i look to try to see if there's a relationship between certain types of employment a tendency to give to certain candidates but it difficult to put together a maintenance of at this point. >
. >> a i'm larry bush from friends of ethic i have a question about drill down the information if you're trying to search for who a donor was an over of a company it's not easy to do we don't use standard language is there my interest on the part of the committee in standardizing the categories of employment that hass someone has to make that search easier, and secondly, do you show where the donor lives to see x amount of donors are living in the community or that couch and the third...
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director louie freeh and larry thompson from the george w. bush administration. mr. president, under ordinary circumstances this would have been an easy ask for the president to bring a person of this quality to the senate for confirmation. she had three votes supporting her in the judiciary committee from the republican side. i don't understand the objections of the others, but i respect whatever their reasoning. all that i am asking for, all the president is asking for, all the senate is asking for is a vote. a vote. bring her off the pages of the calendar before the senate for a vote. don't make it contingent on some bill or some political agreement in the future. let this woman who has led such an extraordinary life, have her chance to continue to serve the united states of america. that to me, is only fair and only just and would be in keeping with the traditions of
director louie freeh and larry thompson from the george w. bush administration. mr. president, under ordinary circumstances this would have been an easy ask for the president to bring a person of this quality to the senate for confirmation. she had three votes supporting her in the judiciary committee from the republican side. i don't understand the objections of the others, but i respect whatever their reasoning. all that i am asking for, all the president is asking for, all the senate is...
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she has the support of former fbi director louis freeh and attorney general larry thompson from the george w. bush administration. under normal circumstances, this would be an easy ask for the president, to bring a person of this quality to the senate for confirmation. she had three votes supporting her in the judiciary committee from the republican side. i do not understand the objections of the others, but i respect whatever their reasoning. all that i am asking for, all the president is asking for, all the senate is asking for is a vote. a vote. bring her off the pages of the calendar before the senate for a vote. do not make it contingent on some bill or some political agreement in the future. let this woman, who has led such an extraordinary life, have her chance to continue to serve the united states of america. that, to meet, is -- to me, is only fair and just. i yield the floor. >> the 2016 republican budget plans for the house and the senate. a top priority remains increased defense spending. we talked with the capitol hill reporter. >> paul krawzak is budget reporter for "cq roll call."
she has the support of former fbi director louis freeh and attorney general larry thompson from the george w. bush administration. under normal circumstances, this would be an easy ask for the president, to bring a person of this quality to the senate for confirmation. she had three votes supporting her in the judiciary committee from the republican side. i do not understand the objections of the others, but i respect whatever their reasoning. all that i am asking for, all the president is...
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larry: and we always ask those questions. people say, "i would have a beer with george bush." ay "i'd have a brazilian wax with hillary." >> just so you know, that's not a thing you do with your girlfriends. >> larry: i want to bring up this term, the class cliff. have you heard this? yes. >> larry: where comes bring in a woman as a c.e.o. when the company is failing. i thought that's what they did with paum. he comes in as the janitor to clean up all that mess. >> i'm glad you said it. >> larry: is there a feeling like the country has to go so bad, all right women, do your thing. >> it's the 52 faik out, that's what it is. it's you know what? we're sinking. put her in. she's going to be the scapegoat. when the company goes belly-up, then the man comes and saves day and they pull the wool over our eyes. it happens. we all know corporate people. can you picture corporate people going, "we're losing men. let's throw more out so we can blame the woman." the fact that we're even still having this conversation and questioning women's right and equality. ( cheers and applause ). >> l
larry: and we always ask those questions. people say, "i would have a beer with george bush." ay "i'd have a brazilian wax with hillary." >> just so you know, that's not a thing you do with your girlfriends. >> larry: i want to bring up this term, the class cliff. have you heard this? yes. >> larry: where comes bring in a woman as a c.e.o. when the company is failing. i thought that's what they did with paum. he comes in as the janitor to clean up all that...
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bush. political analyst larry salve tow says cruz is seeking attention by being first. >> he has been well down in this very large republican pack. so he's trying to do something unusual and dramatic in order to boost his rating. >> reporter: cruz is expected to run a very conservative campaign, targeting tea party supporters and christian conservatives, and that's why he's making this announcement here at liberty university which calls itself the largest christian university in the world. >> thanks. >>> and a "wall street journal" columnist and cbs news contributor. good morning. >> good morning, guys. >> so what's the advantage to getting out first? >> he's trying to show daring. he's trying to get attention. he wants to get the whole thing going, and he wants to change the conversation that we all have from jeb bush and scott walker to jeb and scott and ted. he wants to be in the mix and get going. >> the last republican president ran as a compassionate conservative. george w. bush. we have ted cruz running as a courageous conservative. are there concerns about jeb bush, do you think, w
bush. political analyst larry salve tow says cruz is seeking attention by being first. >> he has been well down in this very large republican pack. so he's trying to do something unusual and dramatic in order to boost his rating. >> reporter: cruz is expected to run a very conservative campaign, targeting tea party supporters and christian conservatives, and that's why he's making this announcement here at liberty university which calls itself the largest christian university in the...
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bush to just stop talking about global warming because it's scary and start using a less scary phrase climate change. >> larry: so republican governor rick scott is banning the term climate change which is the term republicans came up with to ban the term global warming. because over time climate change came to mean what global warming meant. can't we just ban the term rick scott? [applause] i mean, all right. hold on now. it's not really just the right-left issue, though. it seems like everybody wants to control language these days. >> executive sheryl zappedberg has started a campaign to stop using the word bossy when talking to girls and young women. the argument is it hinders them on the path to leadership. >> just ban the word bossy. be brave be you. ban bossy. [laughter] >> larry: i don't know if i would yell through a megaphone and tell people not to say bossy. [laughter] muddy's up the message. but i understand what you're saying. if you call a girl bossy it's like she's being assertive and an insult. we don't need to ban the word we just need to tell people to stop insulting women. [applause] but i g
bush to just stop talking about global warming because it's scary and start using a less scary phrase climate change. >> larry: so republican governor rick scott is banning the term climate change which is the term republicans came up with to ban the term global warming. because over time climate change came to mean what global warming meant. can't we just ban the term rick scott? [applause] i mean, all right. hold on now. it's not really just the right-left issue, though. it seems like...
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larry beil is here with the latest. >> that's the kind i like. >> how come you never get me a card? >> how will reggie bush fit in with the 49ers? and think of your most embarrassing moment dan and ama. you know >>> good evening. with frank gore gone the tort 9ers have a gaping hole in their back field. is carlos hyde the back? is it a three headed monster with the newly acquired reggie bush? he addressed the media today at the nfl owner's meeting in phoenix. reggie bush has bounced around for nine years. now, he can catch the ball out of the back field. he sees bush as more than a third down back. >> it is well documented. he is a running back. he is not a gadget guy in my opinion. reggie book is a running back. i am real excited about that. >> winning three world series in five years has paid off handsomely for the san francisco giants. according to forbes the giants' value estimated has surged to $2 billion double from last year and fourth highest in baseball. in contrast you have the a's valued at $725 million. they are 27th out of 30 teams in jar league baseball. cactus league action and a's and brewe
larry beil is here with the latest. >> that's the kind i like. >> how come you never get me a card? >> how will reggie bush fit in with the 49ers? and think of your most embarrassing moment dan and ama. you know >>> good evening. with frank gore gone the tort 9ers have a gaping hole in their back field. is carlos hyde the back? is it a three headed monster with the newly acquired reggie bush? he addressed the media today at the nfl owner's meeting in phoenix. reggie...
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larry beil is here with the latest. >> that's the kind i like. >> how come you never get me a card? >> how will reggie bushfit in with the 49ers? and think of your most embarrassing moment dan and ama. you know what this bulldog: oh boy! every mattress at mattress discounters is so comfy! how could they get any better? well, there's one way... brilliant! mattress discounters red tag sale! through sunday get $300 off serta perfect sleeper, and sealy posturepedic. plus, free delivery. don't wait! mattress discounters red tag sale ends sunday. now that's a beautiful sight. ♪ mattress discounters ♪ >>> good evening. with frank gore gone the tort 9ers have a gaping hole in their back field. is carlos hyde the back? is it a three headed monster with the newly acquired reggie bush? he addressed the media today at the nfl owner's meeting in phoenix. reggie bush has bounced around for nine years. now, he can catch the ball out of the back field. he sees bush as more than a third down back. >> it is well documented. he is a running back. he is not a gadget guy in my opinion. reggie book is a running back. i am real
larry beil is here with the latest. >> that's the kind i like. >> how come you never get me a card? >> how will reggie bushfit in with the 49ers? and think of your most embarrassing moment dan and ama. you know what this bulldog: oh boy! every mattress at mattress discounters is so comfy! how could they get any better? well, there's one way... brilliant! mattress discounters red tag sale! through sunday get $300 off serta perfect sleeper, and sealy posturepedic. plus, free...
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larry beil is here with the latest. >> that's the kind i like. >> how come you never get me a card? >> how will reggie bushwith the 49ers? and think of your most embarrassing moment dan and ama. you know what this looking for one of these? yoplait. smooth, creamy, and craved by the whole family. listen to this sweet symphony of flavor. beautiful! gorgeous! here comes the fruitful crescendo! incredible. pillsbury toaster strudel. if beethoven made breakfast. dude totino's blasted rolls. sweet. totino's blasted crust rolls... yeah. flavor at full blast >>> good evening. with frank gore gone the tort 9ers have a gaping hole in their back field. is carlos hyde the back? is it a three headed monster with the newly acquired reggie bush? he addressed the media today at the nfl owner's meeting in phoenix. reggie bush has bounced around for nine years. now, he can catch the ball out of the back field. he sees bush as more than a third down back. >> it is well documented. he is a running back. he is not a gadget guy in my opinion. reggie book is a running back. i am real excited about that. >> winning three world se
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bush who same in fifth. and joining us sour old friend larry sabato.that the other candidates ought to think about do you think? >> well you know says that libertarian group. it's also fairly youth-oriented which is good for the republican party. they need to do more for young people to bring them into the fold. and and the audience who participate in the straw poll are often disproportionately strung. look, rand paul and ron paul what won five of the last six straw polls. only mitt romney interrupted the flow in 2012. so the fact that rand paul won the straw poll is about as surprising as having all of that snow in february. >> scott walker came in second, six or seven points behind rand paul. but way ahead of the other more institutional candidates. here's part of what he said. >> we have a president a president who draws lines in the sand and failing to act. a president who calls isis the jv club. who called yemen a success. and who calls iran a country we can do business. when we need a leader in america who stands up and realizes that radical isla
bush who same in fifth. and joining us sour old friend larry sabato.that the other candidates ought to think about do you think? >> well you know says that libertarian group. it's also fairly youth-oriented which is good for the republican party. they need to do more for young people to bring them into the fold. and and the audience who participate in the straw poll are often disproportionately strung. look, rand paul and ron paul what won five of the last six straw polls. only mitt...