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Public criticizes Ethics Commission's handling of Grossman lawsuit; commissioners postpone discussion
Summary
Public commenters accused Executive Director John St. Croix of acting without Commission authorization in Grossman v. St. Croix and pressed the Ethics Commission to avoid closed-session secrecy; the Commission postponed substantive action to the next month to allow posting of non-privileged documents.
Members of the public told the San Francisco Ethics Commission on May 28 that Executive Director John St. Croix had acted improperly in the litigation identified as Grossman v. St. Croix and urged the panel to discuss the case in open session or provide public access to non-privileged materials.
Alan Grossman, who said he was the original petitioner in the litigation agendized as item 4, criticized the executive director's approach: "Mr. St. Croix's hostility to open government is well known," Grossman said, and he recounted that St. Croix had not read or counted records the task…
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