there being no public comment, director pelham, could you take roll call. [roll call] >> chair chiu: agenda item seven, informational presentation on information campaign disclosure dashboards. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is tyler field. i am an analyst with the electronic disclosure and data analysis division or edda. i'm here to show you the analysis of the dashboards, and be happy to take questions at the end of the presentation. [inaudible] >> when people come to the website looking for these disclosures, they have to go -- they could go to our databases, search through pdf copies of paper forms, looking somewhat like this. in 2018, there were more than 2,000 filings from over 400 committees. people coming in are probably most interested in the # 64 filings. those 964 filings represent 12,800 paper pages. after searching through them, learning about campaign finance reform is not a simple task. the first thing you need to know is what a political committee it is, which section of the form will tell you what you want to know, schedule a, b-

thank you. >> vice chair kopp: through the chair to miss pelham, what is the $10 for? >> we communicated incorrectly, as it turns out, with miss bassen about a $10 one-day-late fee for filing. we did not take into account the extension because of a holiday. we were wrong, and -- >> vice chair kopp: all right. is the $10 cancelled? >> the $10 is cancelled -- has been cancelled, and she will be receiving a letter to that effect. >> vice chair kopp: all right. there is nothing pending, and for the record, i do not believe the ethics commission of the city and county of san francisco is out of control. thank you, madam chair woman. >> chair chiu: thank you. other public comment? >> good afternoon, commissioners. john avalos. i'm here to speak on the consent calendar, item number four, in the matters that the proposed stipulate -- >> we'll wait to get to number four. item number two on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda. still. >> vice chair kopp: when item four is called, then you'll be invited to speak. >> thank you. >> chair chiu: any other public comment f

the middle—class squeeze is real and millions of pelham —— mica families can barely breathe.! cheering and applause. chris buckler is in washington. i asked him where elizabeth warren stands on the list of democrat candidates so far. yeah, you heard the message that she has said. very much trying to set herself aside from president trump, who she is presenting as somebody who is wealthy and privileged and essentially the elite and she tried to present herself as someone of the working people. in fact, she even walked onto the stage with that anthem of working women, nine to five playing. it gives you a sense that elizabeth warren is trying to rally the grassroots of ordinary people, choosing that old manufacturing town of lawrence to show again that she was alongside those people truthfully, though, it is a very wide field at the minute and there isn't really a front runner as things stand. if you take a look at some of the other candidates, kamala harris has had a very good start. she was very accomplished and very articulate in her prime time cnn special, in which she spoke

. >> commissioner renne: miss pelham, as you'll recall, mayor lee gave those directions similar. and i think at that time, the commission instructed you to in effect not comply with them, and to point out the need to keep our funding at the level it's at. and so i think certainly, from my point of view, i would urge you to take a fairly hard line on it in pointing out the fact that the ethics commission only now is getting up to where it can operate as efficiently as it should. >> thank you. >> chair chiu: yes, i would echo what commissioner renne has said, that certainly, under the former mayor, he was very supportive of the work that the commission is doing, and i hope that mayor breed will continue, not just in word, but in deed, in terms of not cutting the budget. and as you note, in order to meet these budget cuts, it would mean eliminating staff, and so essentially, we would not be able to hire the many positions that are currently open at this point, and i think that that would severely and materially impair our -- the commission's ability to be effective and to -- and to

because you know, she was from pelham parkway and i'm from long island and i could understand what she my part was initially very much smaller. and she would say to everyone -- "i need someone to go over there, cut the ball, come up wit a hot dog in her mout. who wantsa doit?" [ laughter ] and nobody would volunteer. and i'd say, "ah!" she's go, "rosie again! how come always rosie?" [ laughter ] you know? like, well, i heard what she said! [ applause ] >> seth: oh! >> but she was lovely to me. it was a big, big, heartbreak when she died. and my granddaughter was born the next day. so i got the call that she had passed and then i got the call that -- and it just -- you know, very trite, but reminded me, the whole circle of life. and you know, to remember every great thing that i had with her and how she really did give me a film career. >> seth: yeah. >> and i'll be eternally grateful to her. >> seth: well, and we're all grateful for her work, as well. and thank you so much for being here. it's just such a pleasure. >> my pleasure! [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: and you're going to st

all right pelham i'm not going to contest whether or not revenue goes down i want to ask you why revenueing to go down. >> two reasons number one because 2018 was such an amazing year with fortnite on the pc scene, and we have read that redemption games like that are tough for 2019 to replicate that that's problem number one. problem number two in hien with a big crackdown on gaming in general, the government is cutting -- yes cutting back licenses, because they're worried about children playing too much games not studying enough and big backlash from parents in china. so these two things combined make it quite difficult for the market for the industry this year. >> what about e-sports? >> this is going to be an also potential headwind. >> when i say e-sports these arenas with 20,000 people watching two teams play fortnite or something, how does that cut into revenue? >> well because if you're watching you're not playing and if you're not playing you're not spending. >> that schism. yeah. simple. what do you call -- these -- video game revenue what will close into revenue the cost of the

>> i will defer that to executive director pelham. hopefully she will let me know beforehand if the answer is no. >> well, certainly budget cuts for the commission budget in the upcoming year, we definitely do not and cannot let anything happen to the resources here. i think this is such a powerful tool for not just for us but certainly for the public and especially for the voters to understand, you know, where is the support coming from. it is significant. so thank you for that. >> thank you. >> chair chiu: any other comments from commissioners? okay. public comment? mr. marstellar. >> yes. for the record, charles marstellar again. i was wondering if the press in particular, but i guess members of the public have called in and tried to factor what percentage of an individual's contributions would constitute spending in a ballot measure race. so that you take prop c, for example, and if you see mr. benioff, just to pick a name, i should say, mr. smith was a major donor, then, you -- the press is able to quickly ascertain what percenta

the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of william pelham barr of virginia to be attorney general shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the yeas are 55, the nays are 44. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of justice, william pelham barr, of virginia, to be attorney general. mr. graham: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. mr. graham: thank you. well, we're now on the debating of the nomination of mr. barr to be the attorney general. all i can say is that if america ever needed a steady hand at the department of justice, it is now. mr. whitaker's done a good job as interim attorney general, but we're looking for a new person to bring stability, improve morale, and be a steady hand, mature