not only to the mayor's office but directly to the city's lobbyist i spoke with karen lange and paul yoder i spoke with them this morning and they are unable to speakat this meeting because they are doing work for us this morning but they are able to, and meet with us this committee f or a special meeting on a friday so i would like to consider that in the future. with that i would like to introduce supervisor yee. >> good morning supervisor peskin and committee members and members of the public. i am here [inaudible] unfortunately, they are unable to be here with us this morning but is for good reason and i'm happy they will be here to be able to speak with you and to answer any questions you may have and to enjoy a giants game. i would like to discuss what this does and to communicate the role of a state lobbyist. i will try to be brief but bear with me. i will start with our state legislation committee and 1st of all at the enabling body is found inbudget and finance supervisor.when it comes to items that are considered by the committee we require that the department bring bills to us t

not only to the mayor's office but directly to the city's lobbyist i spoke with karen lange and paul yoder i spoke with them this morning and they are unable to speakat this meeting because they are doing work for us this morning but they are able to, and meet with us this committee f or a special meeting on a friday so i would like to consider that in the future. with that i would like to introduce supervisor yee. >> good morning supervisor peskin and committee members and members of the public. i am here [inaudible] unfortunately, they are unable to be here with us this morning but is for good reason and i'm happy they will be here to be able to speak with you and to answer any questions you may have and to enjoy a giants game. i would like to discuss what this does and to communicate the role of a state lobbyist. i will try to be brief but bear with me. i will start with our state legislation committee and 1st of all at the enabling body is found inbudget and finance supervisor.when it comes to items that are considered by the committee we require that the department bring bills to us t

not only to the mayor's office but directly to the city's lobbyist i spoke with karen lange and paul yoder i spoke with them this morning and they are unable to speakat this meeting because they are doing work for us this morning but they are able to, and meet with us this committee f or a special meeting on a friday so i would like to consider that in the future. with that i would like to introduce supervisor yee. >> good morning supervisor peskin and committee members and members of the public. i am here [inaudible] unfortunately, they are unable to be here with us this morning but is for good reason and i'm happy they will be here to be able to speak with you and to answer any questions you may have and to enjoy a giants game. i would like to discuss what this does and to communicate the role of a state lobbyist. i will try to be brief but bear with me. i will start with our state legislation committee and 1st of all at the enabling body is found inbudget and finance supervisor.when it comes to items that are considered by the committee we require that the department bring bills to us t

say as far as the particular mechanics i would say that we have a primary lobbyist and that is paul yoder and i believe you said you spoke to, and i believe that they go to great lengths to avoid conflict by creating walls within their office so there is not conflicts with in the legislation here. >>now are these meetings publicly noticed? can the public attend these meetings? >> yes. >> in the height of legislative session do you meet more often? >>we could and that has been done in the past but what we have seen in the past is there is an enormous number of bills that come to state legislation in the legislation season and that tapers off. >> and then internally let's say there is a piece of legislation that is near and dear to a department but less so to an administration how do you administrate there's things? >>are you asking how we prioritize those advocacy's?that is something that guides our lobbyists throughout the year and we do flag bills that we believe that departments would be interested in viewing and we do it send them back to those departments to do a review and they send

not only to the mayor's office but directly to the city's lobbyist i spoke with karen lange and paul yoder i spoke with them this morning and they are unable to speakat this meeting because they are doing work for us this morning but they are able to, and meet with us this committee f or a special meeting on a friday so i would like to consider that in the future. with that i would like to introduce supervisor yee. >> good morning supervisor peskin and committee members and members of the public. i am here [inaudible] unfortunately, they are unable to be here with us this morning but is for good reason and i'm happy they will be here to be able to speak with you and to answer any questions you may have and to enjoy a giants game. i would like to discuss what this does and to communicate the role of a state lobbyist. i will try to be brief but bear with me. i will start with our state legislation committee and 1st of all at the enabling body is found inbudget and finance supervisor.when it comes to items that are considered by the committee we require that the department bring bills to us t

not only to the mayor's office but directly to the city's lobbyist i spoke with karen lange and paul yoder spoke with them this morning and they are unable to speakat this meeting because they are doing work for us this morning but they are able to, and meet with us this committee f or a special meeting on a friday so i would like to consider that in the future. with that i would like to introduce supervisor yee. >> good morning supervisor peskin and committee members and members of the public. i am here [inaudible] unfortunately, they are unable to be here with us this morning but is for good reason and i'm happy they will be here to be able to speak with you and to answer any questions you may have and to enjoy a giants game. i would like to discuss what this does and to communicate the role of a state lobbyist. i will try to be brief but bear with me. i will start with our state legislation committee and 1st of all at the enabling body is found inbudget and finance supervisor.when it comes to items that are considered by the committee we require that the department bring bills to us tha

not only to the mayor's office but directly to the city's lobbyist i spoke with karen lange and paul yoder spoke with them this morning and they are unable to speakat this meeting because they are doing work for us this morning but they are able to, and meet with us this committee f or a special meeting on a friday so i would like to consider that in the future. with that i would like to introduce supervisor yee. >> good morning supervisor peskin and committee members and members of the public. i am here [inaudible] unfortunately, they are unable to be here with us this morning but is for good reason and i'm happy they will be here to be able to speak with you and to answer any questions you may have and to enjoy a giants game. i would like to discuss what this does and to communicate the role of a state lobbyist. i will try to be brief but bear with me. i will start with our state legislation committee and 1st of all at the enabling body is found inbudget and finance supervisor.when it comes to items that are considered by the committee we require that the department bring bills to us tha