commissioner renne there's a couple of answers first, we do have drafts we're drafting regulations to implement the new changes. and those we hope are before you at the end of july for your july meeting and with the passage of those regulations we're going to update the lobbyist manual that we have then we'll distribute that to relocated lobbyists addresses update our online trying under the new rules the lobbyists will be filing a statement certifying they've done that would be one year >> as i understand under those regulations if joe blow private citizen goes to his supervisor and urges him in support of this legislation is he a lobbyist. >> no he'll have be to compensated for that. >> the level is no longer compensated. >> that's right. >> can you talk the costs on the commission enforcing the ordinance. >> well in terms of administering really the probability main costs we do anticipate based on some feedback from the regulated community that the number of lobbyists will increase by virtue of the new threshold that will take time for the staff getting people signed up and problem

>> thank you commissioner renne . so one minute my esteem goes up and then comes right back down because the sunshine task force held hearings. they issued an order of determination. it was referred to the compliance and amendments committee. after a while it came back to the full task force. they issued another order of determination and said "look they didn't keep the records in a business like manner." what more do you need than to have the complainant [inaudible] than testify he took pictures of blank files? that photograph of a blank file is that not evidence commissioner keane? does the evidence only come from sotf or it can come from complainants or [inaudible]? your evidence should be the referral from sotf that the records were not kept in a business like manner, end of story. >> commissioners, i have been a professional manner for my adult life starting out at 16 doing it and the bottom line i am responsible for keeping the records and responsible for responding to anything that i am responsible for anything

i was glad to hear commissioner renne raise the same southern i had over what a private citizen sending a single e-mail to the 11 board of supervisors that constitutes a lobbyist violation where you're going down a slirp opening that door for instance, if i send all 11 supervisors a single e-mail on a tuesday claiming that the in effect executive director had withheld the entire case in mr. gross man's lawsuit and you only got the appellant portion would i be sued of being a lobbyist because of the court case. what about on the next day i sent a different e-mail to all 11 supervisors? say over bicyclists on the sidewalk in my neighborhood would that be considered lobbying. actually, i'm only writing about my pedestrian safety. you need to urge the mayor to send that legislation back to the supervisor chiu and make sure it's clear that the 5 contact limitation will not apply to private citizens commissioner renne. because when i first look at it that was my immediate concern i haven't seen any of the amendments that were tweaked but that needs to be crystal clear. citizens have every rig

it appears you have a short memory just a month ago t c a white advised commissioner renne that because the agenda and meeting materials had been deficient you had to postpone mr. gross man's case mr. gross man informed you that your agenda more than likely violates the brown act it would be useful to hear d c white weigh in on whether or not items four and five sunshine be detailed another thirty days for the compliance for the agenda. you do remember what happens thirty days ago when item 6 was poinl for a month; right? >> the item a really confusing it's in connection with the complaint initiated or received by the ethnics commission is refers to convince of anticipated litigation as plaintiffs so if you receive the complaint you would be suing that if you initiate the complaint you would still be suing. okay. i suppose that's the way it works and >> talk about the brown act i think i found the section i was looking for. it's a section if it's closed i'm reading now from section oh, it's a long one. i think that's referred to in the agenda. says based on existing factors you can go i

. >> commissioner renne. commissioner hayon. commissioner andrews is excised we're expecting commissioner keane mom ring with the harmonies of liberty; the public comment this is not appearing on the agenda. >> good evening chair patrick i'm here as a private citizen i'd like to ask the gentleman to distribute the 5 copies for the commissioners leave one for commissioner keane and commissioner andrews that's a formal complaint of a statement of incapable violations by sunshine task force member david. was submitted to the clerk of the board of supervisors this morning and to mr. chad field mr. syncountryside. mr. pill paul has no business coming before you and holding himself out as an agent of the task force. or an ambassador for the task force during the deliberations of sunshine referrals sent to you for enforcement. i believe it's your responsibility commissioner andrews that when mr. pill paul comes up to the microphone and introduces himself david pill paul member of the sunshine task force and sales to mention he's speaki

renn was a 22-year veteran of the force. a 10-month-old child is hospitalized after falling from a second story window. it happened about 7:15 last night in the 700 block of east 93rd street. the grandmother says she believes the child was asleep in its bed near a window... when it woke up and crawled out. the child was taken to the hospital in stable condition. a c-t scan was given and the child will be admitted to the i- c-u. illinois senate president john cullerton's son is due in court today, after being accused of groping a woman at a nightclub in tennessee. memphis police arrested carroll cullerton friday morning - after a woman accused him of unzipping her dress and fondling her. he's charged with sexual battery. cullerton is out of jail on bond. it's been 13 years since two sisters went missing from their home on chicago's south side. >> was still pray and hope they come back home. >>a vigil was held for diamond and tionda bradley yesterday. they disappeared on july 6th, 2001. their mother left for work early that mo

commissioner renne. commissioner hayon. i also certificate >> the respondent is is presumed to be innocent in a subsequent hearing the vice chair shall issue a regulation for the investigation and enforcement proceedings. >> agenda item 6. the commission voted in closed session not to disclose the closed session dlibsdz the commission sought the advice of the attorney regarding the litigations in addition i wanted to raise one thing during the public comment prior to us moving into the closed session one person was giving a public comment subsequent as we were moving into closed session ms. johnson indicated to me should had not completed her public comment which the staff confirmed we asked ms. johnson to return to give her public comment but she declined and ms. johnson expressed to me that she found my response to be rude and for that i apologize ms. johnson. you need a motion on the session? that >> is there a motion to not disclose the closed session dlibsz related to agenda item number 6? >> second. >> all in favor, s

vice chair commissioner renne >> so

renne. >> here. >> commissioner andrews. >> here. >> commissioner keane. >> here. >> before taking public comment on item number 2 i just want to call everybody's attention to the fact that the regular meeting for august has been canceled, and there will be a special meeting on august 18 at 10:00 a.m. in room four one six to consider the report of the civil grand jury and the commission's response thereto. at this time i will take public comment on matters of not appearing on the agenda that are within the jurisdiction of the ethics commission. >> members of the ethics commission. ray hart director of san francisco open open government. in 1964 and here in san francisco barry goldwater accepted the nomination for president and his brief acceptance speech included items that were boiled down to the following. i would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice and let me remind you moderation and the pursuit of justice is no virtue and i want to make it clear that any citizen including myself has the right to come here and tell you stuff that you don't want to hear and t

vice chair commissioner renne >> so certified. commissioner keane. i so certificate the respondent is presumed to be innocent and subsequent hearing the executive director shall issue a statement for investigations for enforcement proceedings. at the regular meeting on the matter of ethics complaint you tell ethics commission made a desertion there's probable cause to building the following violations of the california government code was by the conduct code and the respondent li

observe your discussion i'm good morning to go out on a limb they'll vote to hide and commissioner renne will vote to let the sunshine in. i win either way you choose to hide which proves this or you i'm wrong and you choose to be open which is my deserved outcome. i doubt i will be wrong that is but i sincerely hope i'm wrong. john the executive director pattern of the hiding as much as possible it getting truly tiring not plaza items properly on the agenda and not providing the documentation, etc., etc., etc. it didn't seem like mr. sin country feels any obligation to follow any aspect of the law we come back case by case and issue after issue you sit up there and look like a bunch of no see no evil and speak no evil monkeys. i believe the members of the ethics commission need to give the executive director to be as open as possible. i don't think you're going to do that you like the fact he keeps everything hidden so this constant refrain you're not trying to hide everything you are. it's rather than stupid to sit up there and say you're not trying hide something your successful you w

. >>> the leader of iraq's kurdish autonomous region says he plabs to hold a renn renn dumb on independence within months. masoud barzani says the country is already effectively partitioned. barzani made the comments in an interview with the bbc. he says current would play a part in the political solution to the fighting. he said independence is their right. in the past month kurdish fighters have moved into areas abandoned by iraqi forces including kirkuk. the city has one of the country's largest oil fields. kurds have argued with iraqry leaders for years about sharing oil revenues and longed for an independent state. >>> the turkish prime minister is seeking another mandate from the people in a new role. recep tayyip erdogan announced his running for president. next month's vote will be the first time turkish citizens can directly elect their leader. >> translator: i'm not running for president of a party or group. i will be president of the entire turkish republic. no one must doubt that i will be a leader for everyone, regardless of whether they vote for me or not. >> up until now, the

tomorrow officer renn will be laid to rest. dean reynolds, cbs news, indianapolis. >> pelley: in a rare dispute between close allies, germany said today it has ordered america's top spy in berlin to leave the country. the trouble started last year when word leaked out that the national security agency had eavesdropped on german chancellor angela merkel's phone calls. then in just the past ten days one german has been arrested, another is being investigated for allegedly passing german secrets to the c.i.a. centenarians centurions, a follow-up. donald sterling's mouth may have gotten him in trouble again, and a 12-year-old is swept away in a mudslide. when the "cbs evening news" continues. mayo, corn dogs...you are so out of here! ahh... the complete balanced nutrition of great tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals. 9 grams of protein... with 30% less sugars than before. ensure, your #1 dr. recommended brand now introduces ensure active. muscle health. clear protein drink and high protein. targeted nutrition to feed your acti

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renne. >> here. >> commissioner andrews. >> here. >> commissioner keane. >> here. >> before taking public comment on item number 2 i just want to

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. >> i'm with commissioner renne i mean we've talked about this long enough and everybody seems to want including, you know, the principles in this to have an open hearing let's have an open hearing. now as to the attorney-client privilege with legal advice i'm prepared to take our advise commissioner hur's >> i appreciate you're using the mike. >> okay. so maybe i'll ask it this way is there a motion to receive from the staff an upgrade on the case in open session but then to move into closed session for any attorney-client privilege advise that we seek from the city attorney? commissioner hayon >> i'll second that. yeah, i'll agree to that. >> does that is there a motion to do so? >> so moved. is there a second? >> i'll second it. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> (inaudible). >> i think you've had public comment on whether or not to go into closed session there's no reason for a second round of public comment. >> the city attorney has advised we've already had. it says on every motion that's the motion before we had a discussion of the agenda >> including whether to meet in closed ses

. >> thank you chair renne. i apologize for my behavior but there must be a way for mr. pilpel not to comment on the task force. when we gets to the word "we" in his testimony he's attempting to influence you as being a representative from the task force when they haven't authorized him to come and speak for "we." you've got to figure out how to cut him off on the mic. commissioner keane my esteem went up for you again. thank you for adding all three recommendations to your amended motion. i think the point of those would be to start sending a signal to other city departments that they had better start complying with the sunshine ordinance. to that extent it should be a unanimous four person vote to up hold your motion tonight sir. i really, really am disturbed by mr. pilpel's behavior. i'll be amending that complaint and i am hoping commissioner keane that you will have the wherewithal during the agenda setting topic tonight to recommend that a public hearing on mr. pilpel's sia violation be expedited and put on your next commission meeting. >> any other public comment?

. >> thank you chair renne. i apologize for my behavior but there must be a way for mr. pilpel not to comment on th

>> thank you commissioner renne. i am the executive director. this is an example. we talked with -- two things about this. this is in response -- this example was drafted in response to concerns primarily from the attorney community about showing up at the planning commission and whether that was sort of the practice of law which is actually a second sort of exemption as you know, and we went and talked with folks -- in particular attorneys working for the city attorney's office, the planning department, and folks at planning in terms of the mechanics how this might work if an attorney shows up and talking with a staffer regarding an eir or another declaration finding, and what we learned is based on what we heard from the planning folks is that there may be a lot of back and forth with staff regarding eirs, other environmental findings that don't ultimately -- the report might make its way up there but the conversation doesn't make the way up to the department head or the commissioners so we thought it was reasonable to draw the line there and say hey to the exten

. >> commissioner renne. commissioner hayon. commissioner andrews is excised we're expecting commissioner keane mom ring with the harmonies of liberty; the public comment this is not appearing on the agenda. >> good evening chair patrick i'm here as a private citizen i'd like to ask the gentleman to distribute the 5 copies for the commissioners leave one for commissioner keane and commissioner andrews that's a formal complaint of a statement of incapable violations by sunshine task force member david. was submitted to the clerk of the

her house overlooks whereabouts on rennes a ship laiden with the dangerous components from the chemical weapons will dock. >> translation: i'm not afraid for myself, i'm old, but for the young people, i pray for them. i have two children up north. i hope it's not the last time i speak to them. on wednesday the stockpile will be transferred to a vessel at the port. it will set sail for international waters where the chemical agents, including components from mustard gas and sar jip will be neutralized. it has been fitted with feel deployable systems, charged with breaking do breaking down to a system. once the chemicals are neutralized they'll be stored in waste tank, ready for disposal. this is what the port looked like on tuesday. on one side locals are getting by every day life. on the other police created roadblocks around the perimeter of the port which was turned into a militarized zone. access and details of the operation are being kept secret. the toub's mayors says he has been left in the dark. >> we were given reashurps but they are empty words. i still haven't been told what a

the migrants sur renn direction most of them. smugglers, they're in and out as quick as that. it's hard. and they're throwing rocks at the agents and doing all kinds of stuff from very nearby. >> that's gotinfuriating. mark potter, thank you. >>> major developing news in the crisis in gaza. israel has reportedly agreed to extend the 12-hour cease-fire an additional four hours, ending now at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. in the brief respite so far the death toll has climbed. 150 bodies were removed from the rubble in gaza. the dead there now topping 1,000. joining me now, democratic congressman john yarmuth. good to see you, sir. >> good to see you. >> do you think this is the beginning of a larger deal? >> i certainly hope it is. what we're seeing here is a tragedy of enormous proportions. what bothers me the most is everybody's trying to play the blame game and talking about moral equivalents and so forth. meanwhile, just hundreds and hundreds of innocent people are dying. and yes some are dying on the israeli side. far more on the g

that all the folks in this room know that the house passed budget did propose that we would have a renn a you-neutral tax reform where the top rates on both businesses and individuals would be set at 25%, and most those tax breaks and loopholes would be ended. of course this proposal would follow recommendations we heard from economists and come before our committees and testifying. it would follow the president's own fiscal committee's recommendations for designing an effective tax code, one that would have a broad base and have few distortions and loopholes and marginal rates. what is the economic impact of a tax code with high marginal rate, complexity and distortions through deductions, credits and preferences. what would, in youres es timati be? >> as a general matter, moving from our current tax code to a tax code with broader base and lower rates would probably strengthen the economy. how much it would strengthen commit would depend on the details of the reform. as you know, the devil is in the detail on tax reform. as a general matter, yes we share the very widely held opinion a

in the last year alone, two police officers, officer bradway and officer renn were senselessly gunnedown in the line of duty. enough is enough. i'm calling on my fellow hoosiers to end this violence, and i'm asking my colleagues here in congress and in the administration for help. with violence on the rise, police levels in indianapolis have dropped below 1,500 officers, the lowest number in seven years. we need increased funding for law enforcement and programs that keep our children off of our streets. we need the resources to not only combat crime but prevent it from happening in the first place. it's time for us to end the violence and make our streets safe again. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 661, i call of the bill, h.r. 4718, to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation and ask for its immediate consideration. th