August 8, 2025
Contact: Charlie Machado-Morrow (415) 252-3103
Chair Argemira Flórez-Feng called the meeting to order at 10:07am. With Vice-Chair Yaman Salahi, Commissioners David Tsai, and Kevin Yeh participating, a quorum was present. Commissioner Karen Bell Francois had an excused absence.
Item 2 provided the opportunity for general public comment on matters not appearing on the agenda. A caller who identified himself as Sullivan brought it to the attention of the Commission that the time of the Commission meeting was not listed on the agenda. The Commission took a brief recess and received advice from the Deputy City Attorney. They concluded to continue on with the meeting as it was a regular scheduled meeting at its normal scheduled time and there are multiple postings on other City websites as well as the Ethics Commission website regarding dates & times of regular scheduled meetings for the Commission.
The Consent Calendar, provided the opportunity for public comment on all consent calendar items and voted 4-0 to adopt a motion by Vice-Chair Salahi 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 August 4, 2025 was informational, but the opportunity for public comment was provided.
Item 5, Engagement and Compliance Report dated August 4, 2025 was informational, but the opportunity for public comment was provided.
Item 6, Discussion and Possible Action on Proposed Amendments to the Ethics Commission’s Enforcement Regulations, Under this item, the Commission took the following actions:
- Approved a motion by Chair Flórez-Feng to defer voting on the item until the next regular Commission meeting. The motion was seconded by Vice-Chair Salahi and approved unanimously (4-0).
Item 7, Discussion of Legislation Related to Ethics Commission Streamlining Project was informational, but the opportunity for public comment was provided. No action was taken on this item.
Item 8, provided the opportunity to discuss items for future meetings.
Item 9, provided an additional opportunity for general public comment on matters not appearing on the agenda.
Item 10, adjourned the meeting at 11:57am.
Draft Minutes for the August 8, 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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