Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Closed Session topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Ethics Commission meets in closed session on enforcement matters and votes not to disclose discussions
Summary
The commission voted to convene in closed session to consider enforcement matters and later voted unanimously not to disclose any action or discussion from that closed session; staff reported no action to announce on return to open session.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission moved into closed session during its Aug. 24 meeting to consider enforcement matters and returned to open session to vote not to disclose any discussion or action.
After staff and the city attorney advised the commission on legal authority for confidential enforcement deliberations under the charter and related regulations, a motion to go into closed session was made and carried. The city attorney and staff explained that some agenda items involved probable‑cause reports and that the regulations provide that probable‑cause hearings may be closed unless the respondent requests a public hearing.
On return to open session the commission, pursuant to the Brown Act and the Sunshine Ordinance, considered whether to disclose any action taken or discussion held in closed session regarding anticipated litigation. A motion not to disclose carried unanimously; commissioners stated there was no action to report out when asked.
The commission recorded the vote not to disclose and proceeded with the rest of its agenda.
Because enforcement deliberations and many investigatory records are confidential under law and commission regulations, the meeting transcript contains limited detail on the substance of those closed session matters.
