December 12, 2025
Contact: Charlie Machado-Morrow (415) 252-3103
Chair Argemira Flórez-Feng called the meeting to order at 10:04am. With Vice-Chair Yaman Salahi and Commissioners Karen Bell Francois, and Kevin Yeh participating, a quorum was present. Commissioner David Tsai had an excused absence.
Item 2 provided the opportunity for general public comment on matters not appearing on the agenda.
The Consent Calendar provided the opportunity for public comment on all consent calendar items. The Commission voted 4-0 to adopt a motion by Commissioner Yeh and seconded by Vice-Chair Salahi to approve the following consent calendar items that required action by the Commission:
- Item 3, Draft Minutes for November 14, 2025, Regular Meeting.
- Item 5, Enforcement Report
- Item 6, Audit’s Division Report
Item 4, Executive Director’s Report was pulled for an update from the Executive Director regarding the budget.
Item 7, Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Proposed Stipulation, Decision and Order In the Matter of Sophia Andary, SFEC Case No. 25-1001 was presented and the opportunity for public comment was provided.
Under this item, the Commission took the following actions:
- A motion to approve the Proposed Stipulation In the Matter of Sophia Andary was made by Vice Chair Salahi and seconded by Chair Flórez-Feng and approved unanimously (4-0).
Item 8, Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Preliminary Matters In the Matter of Charlie Chiem, SFEC Case No. 24-787 was presented and the opportunity for public comment was provided.
Under this item, the Commission took the following actions:
- A motion to approve staff recommendations 4-5 regarding Preliminary Matters In the Matter of Charlie Chiem was made by Commissioner Yeh and second by Vice Chair Salahi and approved unanimously (4-0). Recommendations 1-3 required no action by the Commission.
Item 9, Presentation, Discussion, and Possible Action on Regulation Amendments Regarding the Required Timeline for Considering Post-Employment and Compensated Advocacy Waivers was presented and the opportunity for public comment was provided.
Under this item, the Commission took the following actions:
- A motion to approve the Regulation Amendments Regarding the Required Timeline for Considering Post-Employment and Compensated Advocacy Waivers was made by Vice Chair Salahi and seconded by Commissioner Yeh and approved unanimously (4-0).
Item 10, Ethics Commission Regular Meeting Schedule for Calendar Year 2026 was presented and the opportunity for public comment was provided.
Under this item, the Commission took the following actions:
- A motion to approve the proposed Ethics Commission Regular Meeting Schedule for Calendar Year 2026 was made by Commissioner Yeh and seconded by Vice Chair Salahi and approved unanimously (4-0).
Item 11, provided the opportunity to discuss items for future meetings.
Item 10, provided an additional opportunity for general public comment on matters not appearing on the agenda.
Item 11, adjourned the meeting at 10:49am.
Draft Minutes for the December 12, 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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