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Rules Committee recommends Quentin Kopp for Ethics Commission after contentious public comment
Summary
After more than an hour of divided public testimony, the Rules Committee voted to forward Judge Quentin Kopp’s reappointment to the Ethics Commission with a positive recommendation. Supporters cited experience; opponents, including Common Cause, pointed to his past opposition to public campaign financing.
The Rules Committee on Feb. 22, 2017 recommended that the Board of Supervisors reappoint Judge Quentin Kopp to the San Francisco Ethics Commission despite vocal opposition from several good-government groups and advocates of public campaign financing.
Clerk records show Item 7 was to fill the unexpired portion of a six‑year term ending Feb. 1, 2023. Kopp, who outlined a decades‑long public‑service résumé as a former supervisor, state legislator and judge, said he would follow the…
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