June 16, 2025
Contact: Charlie Machado-Morrow (415) 252-3103
Chair Flórez-Feng called the meeting to order at 10:09am. With Vice-Chair Yaman Salahi, Commissioners David Tsai, Karen Bell Francois participating, a quorum was present. Commissioner Kevin Yeh had an excused absence. Commissioner Francois departed the meeting at 12:54pm, but a quorum was still present.
Under Item 2, provided the opportunity for general public comment on matters not appearing on the agenda.
Under its Consent Calendar, provided the opportunity for public comment on all consent calendar items and voted 4-0 to adopt a motion by Chair Flórez-Feng and seconded by Commissioner Tsai to approve the following consent calendar items that required action by the Commission:
Item 4, Executive Director’s report dated June 9, 2025, was informational, but the opportunity for public comment was provided. This item was removed from the consent calendar for further discussion.
Item 5, Enforcement’s report dated June 9, 2025, was informational, but the opportunity for public comment was provided.
Item 6, Audit’s report dated June 9, 2025, was information, but the opportunity for public comment was provided.
Item 7, Presentation, Discussion, and Possible Action on Ethics Commission Streamlining Project Regarding Major Developers, Campaign Consultants, Recusal Notifications, and Trustee Candidate Reporting Requirements. Under this item, the Commission took the following actions:
- Approved a motion by Vice-Chair Salahi to authorize the Chair to sign a letter on behalf of the Commission to the Board of Supervisors regarding legislative changes to the trustee election disclosure requirements. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Tsai and approved unanimously (4-0).
Item 8, Presentation and Discussion on Streamlining of Expenditure Ceilings & Reporting Requirements for the Public Financing Program and Other Changes to Campaign Finance Rules. This item was informational, but the opportunity for public comment was provided.
Item 9, Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Preliminary Matters In the Matter of William Walker in SFEC Case No. 2223-507, required no action, but the opportunity for public comment was provided.
Item 10, Show Cause Hearing In the Matter of Matthew Lotocki v. San Francisco Police Department SFEC Case No. 25-998 (File #24021) Based on a Sunshine Ordinance Task Force Referral. Under this item, the Commission took the following actions:
- Approved a motion by Vice-Chair Salahi to postpone this item to the next regular meeting. The motion was seconded by Chair Flórez-Feng and approved unanimously (4-0).
Item 11, Presentation and Discussion Regarding Staff’s Proposed Amendments to the Enforcement Regulations, was informational. Under this item, the Commission took the following actions:
- Approved a motion by Commissioner Tsai to postpone this item to the next regular meeting. The motion was seconded by Vice-Chair Salahi and approved (3-0).
Item 12, provided the opportunity to discuss items for future meetings.
Under Item 13, provided an additional opportunity for general public comment on matters not appearing on the agenda.
Under Item 14, adjourned the meeting at 1:00pm.
Draft Minutes for the June 13, 2025, Regular Meeting will be available upon their completion and will be included on the Agenda for a future Regular Meeting of the Commission, which will be made available on the Commission’s website at sfethics.org.
Meeting agendas and materials are available at https://sfethics.org/ethics/category/agendas.
For further information, please contact the Ethics Commission at ethics.commission@sfgov.org or (415) 252-3100.
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