* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] MISSION, I CALL THE ETHICS REVIEW [CALL TO ORDER ] COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2026, AND IT IS 6:21 PM WE ARE AT AUSTIN CITY HALL IN THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ROOM 1, 1 0 1 AT 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET, AUSTIN, TEXAS, SEVEN EIGHT SEVEN ZERO ONE. I WILL NOW CALL THE ROLE COMMISSIONER SOLIS HERE. COMMISSIONER MCGIVEN. COMMISSIONER LOWE HERE. COMMISSIONER LAWSON, I BELIEVE AT THE PRESENT, UM, WE CAN HEAR LAWSON PERHAPS, BUT COMMISSIONER LAWSON CANNOT HEAR US. HE IS ATTENDING VIRTUALLY, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, CHAIR HUMPHREY. FOR A MEMBER TO ATTEND OR TO BE PRESENT, THEY HAVE TO BE SHOWN THAT VIDEO. YOU'RE RIGHT. I WAS NOT COUNTING HIM AS PRESIDENT. I WAS JUST EXPLAINING THAT. UH, COMMISSIONER KING HERE. COMMISSIONER KEEL. COMMISSIONER FIGUEROA. HERE. COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL HERE. VICE CHAIR SHARKEY. CHAIR HUMPHREY HERE. OKAY. WE HAVE A QUORUM. UM, WE DON DO NOT HAVE ANYONE FULLY HOOKED UP VIRTUALLY YET. UM, NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, BUT WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. ITEM ONE ON [EXECUTIVE SESSION ] THE AGENDA, REGARDS THE COMMISSION GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE COMMISSION WILL ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS ITEM THREE, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0 7 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. THE ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION WILL CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL ON LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING REVIEW OF THE CHAIR'S INITIAL DECISION THAT THE COMMISSION LACKS JURISDICTION OVER A COMPLAINT FILED ON AUGUST 24TH, 2026 BY EDUARDO ROMERO AGAINST JOSE VELASQUEZ, WHICH ALLEGES VIOLATIONS OF CITY CODE SECTIONS TWO DASH SEVEN DASH 62 OH. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT TWO DASH THREE DASH FIVE A TWO AND TWO DASH THREE DASH FIVE C. POWERS AND DUTIES. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE ITEMS ANNOUNCED? HEARING NONE. THE COMMISSION WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE TIME IS 6 24 CLOSED SESSION. THE TIME IS 6:57 PM ENCLO SESSION. WE TOOK UP AND DISCUSSED LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE REVIEW OF THE CHAIR'S INITIAL DECISION THAT THE COMMISSION LACKS JURISDICTION OVER A COMPLAINT FILED ON AUGUST 24TH, 2020 26 BY EDUARDO ROMERO AGAINST JOSE VELAZQUEZ, WHICH ALLEGES VIOLATIONS OF CITY CODE SECTIONS TWO DASH SEVEN DASH 62 O STANDARDS OF CONDUCT, TWO DASH THREE DASH FIVE A TWO AND TWO DASH THREE DASH FIVE C POWERS AND DUTIES. WE WILL NOW MOVE [APPROVAL OF MINUTES ] ON TO ITEM TWO ON TODAY'S AGENDA, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. UM, EVERYBODY HAS A COPY OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JULY 9TH MEETING. UH, THEY AREN'T VERY LONG. I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A MINUTE OR TWO TO LICK THEM OVER. I MOVE APPROVAL EVERYBODY. I SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. UH, MOVED BY COMMISSIONER LOWE AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER. SO, LEES THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES. UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, UH, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THE MINUTES? HEARING NONE, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. THE [3. Discussion and possible action regarding review of the Chair’s initial jurisdictional determination that the Commission lacks jurisdiction over a complaint filed on August 24, 2026, by Eduardo Romero against José Velásquez, which alleges violations of City Code Sections 2-7-62(O) (Standards of Conduct), 2-3-5(A)(2), 2-3-5(C) (Powers and Duties) (Part 1 of 2)] NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA REGARDING DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING A REVIEW OF THE CHAIR'S INITIAL JURISDICTION. YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO JUST MAKE A RECORDING OF THIS SO I DON'T HAVE TO KEEP SAYING IT. , TURN ON THE RECORDING. OKAY. A REVIEW OF THE CHAIR'S INITIAL JURISDICTIONAL DETERMINATION THAT THE COMMISSION LACKS JURISDICTION OVER A COMPLAINT FILED ON AUGUST 24TH, 2026 BY EDUARDO ROMERO AGAINST JOSE VELASQUEZ, WHICH ALLEGES VIOLATIONS OF CITY CODES SECTIONS TWO DASH SEVEN [00:05:01] DASH 62 OH STANDARDS OF CONDUCT TWO DASH THREE DASH FIVE A TWO AND TWO DASH THREE DASH FIVE C POWERS AND DUTIES. SO, DO I HEAR ANY MOTIONS TO REVERSE MY INITIAL DECISION? IS THAT THE RIGHT THING TO WAY OF PROCEED? YES. UM, HEARING NONE, I JUST ASSUME WE HAVE TO DO THAT DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. YEAH. OKAY. NOW, ITEM FOUR, [4. Discussion and possible action regarding campaign finance issues related to deadlines for financial reports, required financial forms for candidates, and campaign contributions from married couples. (Part 1 of 2)] DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CAMPAIGN FINANCE ISSUES RELATED TO DEADLINES FOR FRS, REQUIRED FINANCIAL FORMS FOR CANDIDATES AND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MARRIED COUPLES. SO I'M GONNA SUMMARIZE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. I'M NOT GONNA SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING I'VE TRIED TO DO THE LAST TWO MONTHS THAT WOULD BORE EVERYBODY TO TEARS, BUT FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS, I'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO WHAT WE CAN DO ON THREE ISSUES. UH, AND I'M GONNA GO, UM, IN A DIFFERENT ORDER THAN THIS CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MARRIED COUPLES. THIS HAS COME UP A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE THE COMMISSION. UM, THERE APPEARED TO BE LACK OF ANY CLEAR DIRECTION FROM ANY CITY DOCUMENT OR ANYTHING. UM, THE QUESTION IS, THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL LIMITS ON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, THE STATE FORM THAT CANDIDATES MUST FILL OUT. THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT ONLY ALLOWS THE CANDIDATES TO PUT IN AN INDIVIDUAL'S NAME. AND I GUESS THE QUESTION HAS ARISEN OVER THE YEARS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT ONE MEMBER OF A MARRIED COUPLE CAN GIVE ON BEHALF OF BOTH MEMBERS OF THE MARRIED COUPLE. AND IT APPEARS THAT IT BECAME A PRACTICE AMONG SEVERAL CAMPAIGNS THAT IT WAS OKAY AND LAWFUL TO HAVE ONE MEMBER OF A COUPLE GIVE ON BEHALF OF BOTH MEMBERS. UM, AND LIKE I SAID, IT BECAME, IT BECAME A PRACTICE AMONG CERTAIN CAMPAIGNS. UH, CASES WERE BROUGHT BEFORE US COMPLAINTS, AND I THINK THERE WAS, THERE WAS A LACK OF CLARITY AND WE HAD SOME FRIENDLY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS. EVERYONE IN GOOD FAITH EXPRESSING THEIR, THEIR OPINIONS. UM, I WANTED TO TRY TO SETTLE THIS AFTER THE LAST CASE AROSE BECAUSE ONE OF THE, THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CANDIDATE OF THE RESPONDENT IN THE LAST CASE SAID IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE CLARIFICATION FROM THE CITY. UM, I PURSUED SEVERAL AVENUES THINKING THAT THE FINAL, THAT, TO CLARIFY IT REQUIRED A STATEMENT FROM SOMEONE IN THE CITY. UH, AND TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, UM, I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION I WAS PERSUADED THAT WE HAD AT THIS POINT, FULL JURISDICTION TO CLARIFY. UM, AND MEANWHILE, I HAD BEEN LOOKING INTO THE ISSUE SEPARATE FROM THAT PURSUIT OF, OF HAVING THE CITY TAKE ACTION. UM, I WAS LOOKING INTO THE ISSUE. I CONSULTED ALMOST BY ACCIDENT THE FIRST TIME WITH TWO PERSONS WITH KNOWLEDGE OF ELECTION LAW, TWO ATTORNEYS. AND, UM, UH, BOTH OF THEM, UH, TOLD ME THAT, UH, THE READING OF THE LAW IF TAKEN LITERALLY, WAS THAT INDIVIDUALS MUST GIVE AS INDIVIDUALS. AND THEN THEY'RE LISTED THAT WAY ON THE STATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT. AND SO IT WAS NOT, WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW ONE MEMBER OF A MARRIED COUPLE TO GIVE ON BEHALF OF BOTH MEMBERS OF THAT COUPLE. UM, NOW I'LL GET BACK TO THAT IN A MINUTE. UM, SECOND ISSUE HERE, UM, DEADLINES. UM, IT, UH, WE HAD FACED A SITUATION WHEN, A SITUATION ONE TIME WHEN I THINK THERE WERE ONE OR TWO COMPLAINTS AGAINST NON-INCUMBENTS RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL WHO HAD MISSED A DEADLINE. AND THE COMPLAINTS WERE FILED AND WE WERE, WE HAD TO ADDRESS THEM. WE WERE MADE, WE, WE WERE AWARE THEN, WE WERE MADE AWARE THAT THERE WERE MORE THAN A DOZEN OTHER CANDIDATES WHO HAD NOT FILED THEIR, THEIR, UM, CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS ON TIME AND MISSED A DONNA. BUT WE ONLY HAD TWO COMPLAINTS IN FRONT OF US. SO THE QUESTION OF FAIRNESS CAME UP WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS, UH, WISE OR PRUDENT TO, UH, IMPOSE ANY, ANY PENALTIES ON, UH, PEOPLE [00:10:01] WHO'D HAD COMPLAINTS BUT THEN DO NOTHING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO'D HAD NO COMPLAINTS FILED AGAINST THEM. NOW THAT ISSUE IS BEING ADDRESSED BY, UH, THE WORKING GROUP. THE COMMISSIONER LOWE IS, UH, IS CHAIRING, UH, BUT MEANWHILE, THE SUGGESTION WAS MADE A YEAR OR TWO AGO THAT PERHAPS, WELL, THE CITY NOTIFIES INCUMBENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE CITY OFFICIALS. SO THEY GET OFFICIAL NOTICE THAT THERE'S AN IMMINENT DEADLINE. CANDIDATES WHO ARE NOT INCUMBENTS DO NOT GET A NOTICE. AND SO THE VERY SIMPLE QUESTION AROSE AS TO WHETHER THAT, WHETHER THAT WAS FAIR, BECAUSE NON-INCUMBENT CANDIDATES ARE USUALLY TYPICALLY NEW TO THE WHOLE PROCESS AND THE PROCESS IS DAUNTING. THE REQUIREMENTS ARE LENGTHY. AND SO THE QUESTION AROSE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT NON-INCUMBENT CANDIDATES COULD SOMEHOW BE NOTIFIED. AS WITH THE QUESTION ABOUT MARRIED COUPLES, I WAS INFORMED THAT, UH, WE COULD DEAL WITH THIS. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN THE CITY DEAL WITH THIS AND THAT I AS CHAIR WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE, UH, COMMISSION COULD SEND A NOTICE TO ALL THE, UH, CANDIDATES, UH, AHEAD OF THE DEADLINE, SIMPLY REMINDING THERE WAS A DEADLINE COMING UP. UM, HAVING ANYONE ELSE DO IT LIKE THE CITY CLERK OR ANYONE ELSE BECAME A COMPLICATED ISSUE OF PROCESS. UM, LOOK, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE THIRD, THE THIRD, UM, ISSUE, BUT I'M ONLY GONNA ASK FOR ACTION ON THOSE FIRST TWO. THE THIRD ISSUE IS THAT THERE IS A STATE FORM THAT CANDIDATES MUST FILE HAVING TO DO WITH THEIR OWN FINANCIAL INTERESTS, ASSETS, ET CETERA. AND THERE IS A SIMILAR FORM, BUT ONE THAT DRILLS DEEPER, THAT IS A CITY FORM. THEY HAVE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TITLES. AND SO A QUESTION WAS RAISED A YEAR OR TWO AGO AS TO WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE MISSING A DEADLINE FOR ONE FORM THOUGHT THEY'D ALREADY FILED IT BECAUSE THEY HAD FILED A SIMILAR STATE FORM. UM, THE SUGGESTION WAS MADE TO ME THAT PERHAPS WE SHOULD ASK THE CITY TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE CITY FARM TO MAKE IT CLEARLY DISTINCT SO THE NAMES DON'T OVER OVERLAP WITH WORDS. UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO DO, SO WE CAN PURSUE THAT LATER. UH, ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, SO BACK TO THE FIRST TWO, UM, LIKE I SAID, I HAD BEEN TOLD THAT, UM, THE BALL IS IN OUR COURT. THE, UH, THAT WE HAVE THE JURISDICTION, WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE GUIDANCE. UH, FURTHERMORE, I WAS INFORMED THAT WE LITERALLY HAVE THE AUTHORITY IN THE CODES IS NOT IN OUR BYLAWS IN THE CODES TO PREPARE AND PUBLISH INFORMATION AND ADVICE. UH, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON ANY OF THAT. I WOULD SAY MAYBE NOT ADVICE, BUT MATERIALS EXPLAINING WHAT THE CODE SAYS, EXPLAIN MATERIALS, EXPLAINING THE CODE 2 7 30, WHICH WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEND A MESSAGE TO ALL CANDIDATES SAYING THAT THE COMMISSION HAS DETERMINED THAT INDIVIDUALS MUST GIVE AS INDIVIDUALS. AND THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL, WELL MAYBE JUST MAKE IT THAT SIMPLE. UH, WE COULD ALSO ADD THAT INDIVIDUALS IN A COUPLE, UH, COULD NOT, UH, GIVE ON BEHALF OF THE COUPLE. UH, I'LL ALSO SAY THAT I HAPPENED TO BE DISCUSSING THIS WITH A CANDIDATE A FEW WEEKS AGO WHO MENTIONED WHO HAD MADE THIS OBSERVATION THAT I HAVE NOT THOUGHT OF WHEN, WHEN A, WHEN A MEMBER OF A COUPLE MAKES THE CONTRIBUTION OF BEHALF BOTH MEMBERS OF THE COUPLE. THEN ONE OBJECTIVE OF THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE, UH, REPORTING FORM. UH, IT SORT OF GETS AROUND ONE, ONE OBJECTIVE. ONE OBJECTIVE IS JUST TO ASK THE CONTRIBUTOR WHO THEIR EMPLOYER IS AND I GUESS WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR PROFESSION IS. I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DETAILS, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING. SO WHEN ONLY ONE MEMBER OF THE COUPLE DOES THAT ON BEHALF OF BOTH, THEN WE'RE MISSING THE INFORMATION ON THE OTHER MEMBER. SO THAT'S JUST SORT OF AN ADDED LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION THAT I HAD NOT THOUGHT OF, BUT I THOUGHT WAS, UH, WORTH REPEATING TO YOU ALL. SO, UM, WHAT I PROPOSE TO DO, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION IS I WOULD PROPOSE THAT IF, UH, IF, IF THE COMMISSION APPROVES, I WILL SEND AN EMAIL TO ALL THE CURRENT CANDIDATES EXPLAINING BRIEFLY THAT WE HAVE DETERMINED WHAT I SAID ABOUT A REQUIREMENT THAT INDIVIDUALS GIVE AS INDIVIDUALS, AND ALSO REMINDING THEM THAT THE NEXT CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT IS DUE ON OCTOBER 5TH. WHEW. I THINK I GOT ALL THAT OUT. UH, ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER LOWE? [00:15:01] CAN WE TAKE THEM SEPARATELY OR ARE YOU, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE EMAIL WITH THE TWO TOPICS TOGETHER? I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASIER IF I SENT ONE EMAIL, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH. ALRIGHT. I, I WANT TO DISCUSS THE EMAIL REGARDING THE DEADLINES. SO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ONE EMAIL FOR THE 30 DAY REPORT, WHICH IS THE, WHICH IS THE ONE DUE OCTOBER 5TH AND A SECOND EMAIL FOR THE EIGHT DAY PRE-ELECTION REPORT? OKAY. I, THAT'S ONE QUESTION. I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION'S. ONE QUESTION, AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS, IS THIS INTENDED TO BE FOREVER FOR EVERY, UH, REPORT THAT IS DUE IN THE FUTURE? SHOULD IT BE THE PRACTICE OF OUR CHAIR OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER OUR SYSTEM IS TO SEND? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE WANT CANDIDATES TO BE ABLE TO RELY NO, THIS IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION ON THE FACT THAT I CAN ADDRESS IT. YEAH. FACT THAT THEY'LL GET NOTICE. SO NOT ONLY DO WE WANT TO GIVE THE SAME NOTICE EVERY, UM, EVERY REPORT THAT'S DUE, BUT WE WANT THE SAME INFORMATION AS CHAIRS CHANGE. AND AS YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE WHOLE POINT IS TO BE CONSISTENT ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE HAVE SOME RELIANCE. NO, AND IT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. YEAH. UH, AND I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. UM, WHEN IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT WE HAD THE AUTHORITY MM-HMM . TO SEND OUT INFORMATION. UH, MY RESPONSE WAS, WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY, BUT WE DID NOT, PERHAPS OVER TIME HAVE THE CAPACITY. AND THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE. YEAH. MM-HMM . THAT'S BEEN RAISED BEFORE, UH, WITH REGARD TO OTHER ISSUES. AND, UH, IT WAS ONLY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE ISSUES FOR A COUPLE MONTHS. IT BECAME A MATTER OF TIMELINESS THAT I AM WILLING TO SEND OUT A NOTICE, UM, ABOUT OCTOBER 5TH DEADLINE AND ABOUT GIVING BY INDIVIDUALS, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL IS ONE, EXCUSE ME. BOTH OF THOSE ISSUES MAYBE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN SOME OTHER WAY IN THE FUTURE. I WOULD ALSO BE WILLING TO SEND OUT A NOTICE ABOUT THE, THE SECOND ONE THIS YEAR, THE LATER ONE THIS YEAR. UH, THE DEADLINE, UH, FOR THE LONGER TERM, I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE QUESTION OF CAPACITY. TO ME, IT WAS JUST A QUESTION OF TIME WAS OF THE ESSENCE NOW TO GET SOME WORD OUT. BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WHAT OUR OBJECTIVE IS, IS IF WE ARE CORRECT THAT SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS, SOME OF THE VIOLATIONS OCCUR, NOT BECAUSE OF ANY INCOMPETENCE OR BAD INTENTION ON THE PART OF A CANDIDATE, BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE THE PROCESS HAS OVERWHELMED THEM AND WE'RE TRYING TO HELP WITH THE PROCESS. WE MAY STILL GET VIOLATIONS, BUT OUR THOUGHT IS MAYBE WE CAN, WE CAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, UH, BY SENDING OUT ADVICE. ADVICE. OKAY. CAN I FOLLOW UP ON THAT? UM, I THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT THAT WE HAVE THE COMMITMENT TO DO THIS GOING FORWARD, RIGHT? BECAUSE TO DO IT JUST ONCE, 'CAUSE WE THINK IT'S TIMELY NOW IS NOT ENOUGH OF A POLICY AND ENOUGH OF A COMMITMENT ON THIS FROM THIS BODY. I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A LEGAL REQUIREMENT AND I'M NOT TRYING TO ESTABLISH POLICY AT THIS POINT MM-HMM . UM, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. MM-HMM . ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER SOLIS? I, I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS AND I I AM ALSO GOING TO ADDRESS THEM SEPARATELY AS COMMISSIONER LOWE DID, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES. UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE SEND A SINGLE EMAIL WITH ALL OF THE REMAINING DEADLINES FOR THIS ELECTION SEASON AND THAT WAY OH, LET THERE BE LIGHT. AND THERE WAS, UM, AND THAT WAY, UM, WE SEND OUT ONE EMAIL AND I THINK THAT THAT ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF CAPACITY BECAUSE WE COULD SEND OUT ONE EMAIL AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE CAMPAIGN AND BE LIKE, HI, YOU GUYS ARE, YOU KNOW, UM, CANDIDATES, HERE ARE THE DEADLINES. THIS IS, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, JUST, UM, HEADS UP, YOU KNOW, UH, SO THAT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND NOTICE THESE HEADLINES. UM, WE WILL NOT BE, WE WILL NOT BE REMINDING YOU IN THE FUTURE. SO PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF ALL OF THESE HEADLINES OF ALL OF THESE DEADLINES. AND I THINK IT'S ONE EMAIL THAT CHANGES THE CAPACITY A LOT INSTEAD OF HAVING OR HAVING THE EXPECTATION ON CANDIDATES THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE AN EMAIL EVERY SINGLE TIME FOR EVERY SINGLE DEADLINE. I THINK THAT IS CUMBERSOME. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT AS A BODY WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMMIT TO. ONE EMAIL PER ELECTION SEASON DOES NOT SEEM OVERLY BURDENSOME TO ME. UH, I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO WRITE IT UP AS LONG AS I'M HERE. LIKE, IT'S JUST, CAN I JUST, HOW MANY DO WE SEND TO THE SITTING COUNCIL MEMBERS? PARDON? HOW MANY EMAILS DO WE SEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS? HOW MANY NOTICE EMAILS DO WE SEND TO THEM? WE AS A COMMISSION, NOT COMMISSION, BUT SOMEONE SINCE YOU, YOU SAID [00:20:01] YEAH, RIGHT. SOMEONE IN THE CITY. HOW, HOW MANY NOTICE EMAILS ARE SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS? THE SITTING CITY COUNCIL? I BELIEVE THEY GET REMINDERS. THE WAY IT WAS EXPRESSED TO ME, I THINK IT WAS DURING ONE OF THE HEARINGS, WAS THEY GET A REMINDER EACH TIME THAT THERE'S A DEADLINE COMING UP THAT SEEMS A LITTLE SUBSTITUTE. EVERY CANDIDATE GETS THE, THE WHOLE LIST, THE BEGINNING. THIS IS PART OF MY RESPONSE TO YOU MM-HMM . AT THE BEGINNING. EVERY CANDIDATE WHO FILES GETS A LIST OF ALL THE DATES. SO THE QUESTION THEN, AS I SEE IT, IS REMINDERS. MM-HMM . AND INCUMBENTS GET REMINDERS BECAUSE THEY ARE CITY OFFICIALS. SO THEY'RE SORT OF IN A DIFFERENT SYSTEM. CANDIDATES DO NOT GET REMINDERS, DO THEY? I I MEAN, I'M INTERESTED IN THIS IDEA THAT THE SITTING CAN, THAT THE SITTING COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE IN A DIFFERENT SYSTEM AND SHOULD BE GIVEN MORE SUPPORTS THAN THE ACTUAL CANDIDATES. UM, I FEEL KIND OF, I I CANNOT SAY HOW MANY REMINDERS ARE SENT OUT TO ANYBODY AT ALL. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HANDLES. UM, BUT I DO BELIEVE THE REMINDERS THAT COUNCIL MIGHT RECEIVE AS OPPOSED TO CANDIDATES IS FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, LIKE THE PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTEREST BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO FILE THOSE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, NOT JUST AS A CANDIDATE. AND IT'S THE SAME FORM AT THE SAME TIME, BUT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, SO HAS, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO ABOUT WHETHER YOU'RE RUNNING OR NOT. SO LIKE HALF OF THEM HAVE TO DO THIS AS PART OF THEIR CORRECT. ELECTION PROCEED. CORRECT. THOSE, THOSE FORMS ARE REQUIRED AS A, A CITY OFFICIAL. RIGHT. RIGHT. RIGHT. SO THEN NOT AS, YEAH. SO EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT RUNNING FOR ELECTION, YOU DO GET THIS REMINDER CORRECT. BECAUSE IT IS YOUR JOB TO DO THIS. CORRECT. OKAY. THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TOTAL REMINDERS ARE SENT OUT TO ANY, I I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT SYSTEM. SYSTEM. SO WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE, THE, THE FINANCE, THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS. WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER ANYBODY RECEIVES ANYTHING ON THAT. THAT IS CORRECT. I, BUT I MEAN, AS CHAIR, I APOLOGIZE. YOU KNOW, I ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TIME. THIS GETS BACK TO THE QUESTION OF CAPACITY. MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO LOOK INTO ALL THESE THINGS. SO I HEARD CERTAIN THINGS OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, AND SO I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT HAD BEEN THE WAY THEY WERE RAISED TO ME. RIGHT. AND IT COULD BE THAT ENCOMPASS DON'T GET ANY REMINDERS OF, UM, CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING DEADLINES MM-HMM . SO THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE BECAUSE AS A CANDIDATE, THEY'RE NO LONGER A CITY EMPLOYEE AND THEREFORE, LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY IS NOT GOING BE REMINDING THEM. CORRECT. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. RIGHT. BUT I THINK AS A CANDIDATE, WE CAN REMIND EVERYBODY WHO IS RUNNING LIKE, HEY, HERE'S THE LIST OF ALL OF THE DEADLINES. AND BEYOND THAT, I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT WE SHOULD BE REMINDING PEOPLE, HEY, YOU HAVE A DEADLINE IN TWO WEEKS. HEY, YOU HAVE A DEADLINE IN TWO WEEKS. LIKE, I DON'T EVEN DO THAT FOR MY 17-YEAR-OLD. AND, AND, AND IF, IF INCUMBENTS ARE NOT GETTING REMINDERS ON THOSE, THEN I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. OKAY. ONE, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED, DID WANNA TALK ABOUT WAS, UH, HE'S LIKE, INDIVIDUALS GIVE ON BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS, WHICH I, I THINK IS GREAT LANGUAGE, BUT I THINK THAT THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS LIKE, YOU'RE LIKE, OH, LIKE NOBODY CAN GIVE ON BEHALF OF LIKE A MARRIED COUPLE. I, I THINK LIKE FULL STOP INDIVIDUALS GIVE ON BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS, NO ONE CAN GIVE ON BEHALF OF ANY OTHER PERSON. YES. I AGREE. EXCUSE ME, COMMISSIONERS, I'M SO SORRY TO INTERRUPT. COULD WE GET COMMISSIONER MICHAEL LAWSON BACK ON COMMISSIONER LASON? OH, THERE YOU ARE. ARE YOU ABLE TO FOLLOW THIS? YEAH, I'M FOLLOWING IT. I JUST THOUGHT IF I WASN'T TALKING, SORRY, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE. THANK YOU. YEAH, NO, I'M HERE. THANK YOU. UM, SO LIKE, I, I THINK THAT IT'S A YES, UH, INDIVIDUALS GIVE ON BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS, BUT NO ONE CAN GIVE ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON, NOT YOUR YES, YES. KIDS. NOT YOUR SPOUSE, NOT YOUR DOG, NOT YOUR PARTNER, YOUR UNMARRIED PARTNER. YOU KNOW? SO I THINK THAT INSTEAD OF LIKE TYING IT TO A SPOUSE, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S A QUESTION WE ORIGINALLY WANTED TO ANSWER, BUT I THINK THE BETTER DIRECTIVE WOULD BE TO SAY LIKE THAT NO ONE CAN GIVE ON BEHALF OF ANY OTHER PERSON. AND, AND YEAH, MR. LEMME LET ME READ WHAT I HAD DRAFTED FOR MYSELF. YEAH. UM, IN RECENT YEARS, THE O ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION HAS OBSERVED A LACK OF CLARITY REGARDING WHETHER ANY INDIVIDUAL CAN MAKE A CON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION ON BEHALF OF ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO A CANDIDATE FOR AN ELECTED MUNICIPAL OFFICE. AND THEN I SEE IN PARENTHESES THE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE THAT HAS COME UP IN MARRIED COUPLES. THE COMMISSION HAS DETERMINED THAT MAKING A CONTRIBUTION THAT IS INTENDED TO BE PARTIALLY OR ENTIRELY ON BEHALF OF ANYONE ELSE IS NOT ALLOWABLE UNDER CITY CODE SECTION EIGHT A ONE. THE COMMISSION ADVISES THAT ALL CONTRIBUTIONS LISTED BY A CAMPAIGN ON THE STATE OF TEXAS CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING FORM MUST BE CONSIDERED CONTRIBUTIONS BY INDIVIDUALS, AND THAT THE CITY'S LIMITS ON SUCH INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE ENFORCED WHENEVER ANY COMPLAINT IS BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMISSION. SO THAT'S MORE LIKE YOU WERE SAYING. RIGHT. RIGHT. OKAY. SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY. YEAH. UM, AND I THINK THOSE WERE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER FIGUEROA. YEAH, I MEAN, SO I DO THINK THERE'S A WORTHWHILE IN DENVER, AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF ONE EMAIL THAT CLARIFIES THESE TWO THINGS. UM, I WAS GONNA ASK [00:25:01] IF THE LANGUAGE, AND THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE LANGUAGE, SOUNDS LIKE A LITTLE MORE TECHNICAL THAN WHAT YOU INITIALLY WERE SAYING, WHERE IT WAS LIKE, INDIVIDUALS ARE INDIVIDUALS. UM, SO I'M GLAD YOU READ THAT 'CAUSE THAT SOUNDS WAY MORE SPECIFIC. AND I, MY QUESTION WAS WHETHER OR NOT, UH, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEYS WOULD REVIEW THE LANGUAGE BEFORE IT WENT OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS COMPLETELY COMPLIANT, ACCURATE? YES. UH, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY AND NOT AN ELECTIONS ATTORNEY, AND YES, YES. IF YOU DO VOTE FOR TO APPROVE, UM, CHAIR HUMPHREY TO TAKE THIS ACTION, YOU CAN ALSO IN THAT MOTION OR IN THAT ACTION, INCLUDE THAT WE WILL REVIEW IT PRIOR TO THAT COMMUNICATION GOING OUT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S FINE. AN AMENDMENT IN THE MOTION. AND, AND I'M PREPARED TO, TO WITHDRAW MY PROPOSAL THAT I ALSO SEND A REMINDER BECAUSE IT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME NOW THAT THAT INCUMBENTS GET REMINDERS ABOUT CAMPAIGN FINANCIAL REPORT DEADLINES. SO PERHAPS, PARDON? LAWSON? OH, I'M SORRY. COMMISSIONER LAWSON. YEAH. SO ARE WE SAYING THAT INCUMBENTS, OR I'M SORRY, UM, CANDIDATES SHOULD GET THE SAME COMMUNICATIONS AS INCUMBENTS? YES. BUT I HAVE THOUGHT THAT INCUMBENTS GOT REMINDERS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT DEADLINES, AND THEN THE NON-INCUMBENT CANDIDATES DID NOT. I MAY BE, I MAY HAVE BEEN WRONG. IT MAY BE THAT THE REMINDER THAT THE INCUMBENTS GET AS CITY OFFICIALS IS THAT THEIR, THEIR, UM, FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL INTEREST, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT IT'S, THAT THAT'S A DIFFERENT FORM. AND IF THAT IS TRUE, THEN I WOULD, THEN I WOULD, I WOULD RETRACT MY, MY SUGGESTION THAT I SEND OUT REMINDERS ON THE FILING DEADLINES OF THE, OF THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS. BUT WE ARE SAYING THAT IN THAT, UM, CANDIDATE SHOULD GET THE SAME COMMUNICATION AS AN INCUMBENT. RIGHT. THAT RAISED THE QUESTION THEN I GUESS OF, OF THE STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL INTEREST. UM, AND AT THIS POINT, THOSE WERE ALREADY DUE A MONTH OR TWO AGO. SO, SO TIME IS NOT OF THE ESSENCE THERE. AND I WAS TRYING TO GET NOTICES OUT WHERE THERE WAS, UH, THAT WERE TIME SENSITIVE, BUT THOSE WERE DUE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, I BELIEVE, A MONTH OR TWO AGO. UM, I, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN THE WORKING GROUP, UH, IS ABOUT LIKE GIVING PEOPLE CUTTING DOWN THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS. RIGHT. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT IS, IS A GOOD OBJECTIVE. AND SO IF WE FEEL THAT SENDING ONE EMAIL RIGHT NOW WOULD CUT DOWN THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND CUT DOWN THE NUMBER OF TIMES AND CITY RESOURCES THAT WE'RE SITTING HERE USING, UM, I DO NOT HAVE AN OBJECTION TO AN EMAIL GOING OUT. I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UM, AS COMMISSIONER LEWIS, THAT SOME OF THE, THE PRESIDENT THAT WE'RE SETTING, UM, YOU KNOW, AND IF WE ARE GOING TO SEND OUT A REMINDER EMAIL, MAYBE IT IS JUST ONE OR, YOU KNOW, UH, MAYBE WE COMBINE THIS EMAIL AND MAYBE WE DO IT EVERY ELECTION, YOU KNOW, EVERY ELECTION. LIKE, HEY, WE'VE NOTICED THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE WORKING GROUP FOR SURE. LIKE, HEY, LIKE WE'VE NOTICED X, Y, AND Z COMING UP HERE IS SOME CLARIFICATION ON X, Y, AND Z. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS, UH, UM, A BAD THING TO DO. AND THESE ARE THE TWO, THESE ARE TWO OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED FOR THIS PARTICULAR ELECTION SEASON. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, UH, COMING TO SEND AN EMAIL PER ELECTION SEASON IS NOT OVERLY BURDENSOME. I DUNNO. SO ARE WE ADDRESSING THE SYMPTOM OR THE CAUSE? UH, WELL, I THINK OF, I THINK OF THIS AS ADDRESSING THE CAUSE, WHICH, WHICH IS, UM, PEOPLE AREN'T, THE PROCESS IS COMPLICATED. AND SO PEOPLE FORGET TO FILE NOT ON PURPOSE. THEY JUST FORGET BECAUSE IT'S A COMPLICATED PROCESS. YEAH. SO I SEE THAT AS THE, CAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE CAUSE, AND IF WE ADDRESS THE CAUSE, MAYBE WE REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS OF THAT'S THE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS. YEAH. UM, BACK TO THE QUESTION. OH, I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER LOWE. IF WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE COMPLAINTS, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD SEND SOMETHING OUT. NOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ANYTIME A CANDIDATE FILES, THAT CANDIDATE GETS A PACKET FROM THE CITY CLERK MM-HMM . AND THAT PACKET INCLUDES ALL THE DEADLINES MM-HMM . SO WE COULD SEND AN EMAIL WITH AN ATTACHMENT WITH THAT, UM, PACKET LISTING. WELL, MAYBE NOT THE WHOLE PACKET, BUT AT LEAST THE DEADLINES. THE DEADLINES, YEAH. YEAH. UM, AND JUST SEND THAT AS AN ATTACHMENT. I, I MEAN, I, I REALLY DO THINK I, I MEAN, AND THIS WAS TRUE THE LAST COUPLE OF ELECTION CYCLES. [00:30:01] WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF CAMP, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINTS WHEN PEOPLE ARE A DAY LATE, THREE DAYS LATE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, AND THEY ARE LATE, RIGHT. IT IS A VIOLATION, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS EASILY AVOIDABLE AND THAT WE DO NOT NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE COUNSEL AND ALL THESE OTHER EXPENSES MM-HMM . THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO INCUR SINCE THE DEADLINES ARE ALREADY IN A DOCUMENT THAT THESE CANDIDATES ALREADY HAVE, IT IS REALLY JUST A REMINDER NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SO I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST DO THAT AND WE SHOULD MAKE IT A PRACTICE, AND WE SHOULD STATE WE ARE COMMITTING TO DOING THAT AS A PRACTICE INTO THE FUTURE. RIGHT. INDEFINITELY GOING FORWARD. UM, AS TO THE MARRIED COUPLES THING, UM, WE COULD PUT IT IN THE SAME EMAIL. UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S FINE TO GIVE VERY SIMPLE ONE PARAGRAPH, YOU KNOW, TWO SENTENCE STATEMENT AS OUR CHAIR READ. UM, AND SIMILARLY, CAN WE NOT PUT THAT IN THE PACKET THAT EVERY CANDIDATE GETS WHEN THE CANDIDATE FILES? THAT'S A DIFFERENT QUESTION. AND, AND I WAS TRYING TO PURSUE THAT MM-HMM . FOR A COUPLE MONTHS AND, AND THAT WAS A MUCH MORE DIFFICULT QUESTION. OH, WE HAVE TO, HAVING ANYONE ELSE DO ANYTHING EXCEPT US IS A DIFFICULT PROPOSITION. OH, OKAY. I I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THE BALL IS IN OUR YEAH. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO, THE BUCK STOPS HERE, IT TURNS OUT. UH, NO, I, I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND, JUST PROCEDURALLY, OKAY, SO THE CLERK HAS DOCUMENTS THE CLERK GIVES TO ANY CANDIDATE WHO'S FILING, WE WOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SEND A SEPARATE EMAIL OR SEND A SEPARATE DOCUMENT THAT WE DON'T ASK THE CLERK TO GET INVOLVED WITH, RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT? THE CLERK, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE INFORMED ME THEY DO NOT GIVE ADVICE ON HOW TO FILL OUT A FORM. I'M, I'M, I'M ONLY SLIGHTLY OVERSIMPLIFYING, I BELIEVE. MM-HMM . IT WAS ALMOST THOSE WORDS. THEY DID NOT GIVE ADVICE ON HOW TO FILL OUT A FORM. SO IT WAS THROUGH A SERIES OF EXPERIENCES IN DISCUSSIONS AND EMAIL, EMAILS LIKE THAT. AND THEY CONSIDER, AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT, THAT THAT BUCK STOPS HERE WHERE WE CAN SAY, OKAY, BUT THEY CONSIDER ANY STATEMENT ABOUT NOT FILING ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL TO BE ADVICE. IS THAT WHY THEY WOULD NOT DO IT FAR? OKAY. THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE. UM, HOW ABOUT THE WEBSITE? OKAY. I SAW LIKE, YOU KNOW, AS, AS THE CAP CHANGES, I DID SEE LIKE THE CAP CHANGE LISTED ON THE WEBSITE. UM, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S AN EASY, EASY ENOUGH PUBLICATION THOUGHTS, RIGHT? AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, CHAIR HUMPHREY AND I HAD DISCUSSED WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT PREPARE AND PUBLISH MATERIALS MEANS MM-HMM . AND AGAIN, THIS EMAIL SUGGESTION IS FOR THE CURRENT SITUATION MM-HMM . BUT PREPARING AND PUBLISHING MATERIALS COULD BE AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY ELECTION CYCLE, YOU PUT TOGETHER A, YOU KNOW, ONE SHEETER FORM THAT SAYS, HEY, THESE ARE SOME BIG ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP IN PAST ELECTION CYCLES. BEWARE. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE POSTED ON HERE, HOW WE HANDLE IT ON THE WEBSITE. YES. THAT COULD BE, UM, THE CITY HAS MULTIPLE AREAS OF WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION GETS OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND TO CANDIDATES MM-HMM. MM-HMM . AND SO THAT COULD BE NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT IS DETERMINED TODAY ON HOW THAT WOULD HAPPEN, BECAUSE THE LOGISTICS OF IT ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE LOGISTICS OF AN EMAIL IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE GOING OUT. BUT YES, THINGS LIKE CAP CHANGES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, EVEN, EVEN THIS CALENDAR IS ON THE CLERK'S WEBSITE. MM-HMM . THE CANDIDATE PACKET IS ON THE, THE CLERK'S WEBSITE. I THINK THAT IT WAS A MEANS OF, IT'S A MATTER OF A COURTESY AND MM-HMM . OF, OF A COURTESY AND TRYING TO, FOR THE REST OF THIS ELECTION CYCLE, MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT CLEARER FOR PEOPLE. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND I, YEAH, AND, AND IN, IN THAT VEIN, I THINK THAT IT'S A GREAT IDEA. AND, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD WE CAN BE LIKE, HEY GUYS, HEADS UP. LIKE, LET'S BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THESE THINGS THAT WE HAVE. RIGHT. THAT COULD, THAT COULD BE JUST WHAT THE EMAIL JUST SAYS, PLEASE REVIEW THE MATERIALS IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKET. IN YOUR PACKET. RIGHT. CONCERNING, AND MAYBE JUST THAT. AND THEN, BUT MY CONCERN WAS, BUT WE HAVE THIS FURTHER CLARIFICATION CONCERN. THE TENANT WERE GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE CITY THAT WE, THAT THE CANDIDATES WERE NOT. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS UNFAIR. I DID HEAR THAT. BUT, BUT IF IT'S, IF, IF THAT JUST INVOLVES THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORM THAT IS ONLY REQUIRED OF INCUMBENTS AND NOT OF, AND NOT OF CANDIDATES, THEN WELL, HERE'S THE, THEN THE BURDEN. I MEAN, THE BURDEN SHOULD BE PRIMARILY ON THE CANDIDATE, UH, TO, TO DO THAT. COMMISSIONER LOW, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SFI, IT IS CANDIDATES AND IT IS INCUMBENTS [00:35:01] OFFICE HOLDERS WHO ARE REQUIRED. SO I THINK THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE. CORRECT. I, I WANTED TO MM-HMM . STEP IN WITH COMMISSIONER KING IS THAT ALL CANDIDATES, INCLUDING INCUMBENTS, DO HAVE TO DO THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL MM-HMM . INFORMATION OR INTEREST. BUT CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD RECEIVE A REMINDER AS A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT THAT IS DUE IN THAT CAPACITY, WHICH ALSO MAKES IT DUE IN THEIR CAPACITY AS A CANDIDATE. SO THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY, THEY WOULD ESSENTIALLY, IF, IF THAT REMINDER GOES OUT, BE GETTING IT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE NOT INCUMBENTS WOULDN'T BE RECEIVING THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT A CITY OFFICIAL, BUT IT'S THE SAME FORM, IT'S JUST REQUIRED IN. RIGHT. WELL THEN, THEN MAYBE THE REMINDER AT SOME POINT JUST TO SAY, YOU KNOW, PLEASE REVIEW YOUR, YOUR, YOUR CANDIDATE PACKET, ESPECIALLY CONCERNING FILING DEADLINES AND PROPER F UH, AND, AND, AND PROPER FORMS. UM, I MEAN, I MEAN, I'M, MAY, MAY, MAYBE I'M OVERREACTING THIS, BUT IT, IT, IT SEEMS THAT WE'RE, WE ARE PROVIDING A SERVICE TO A CITY AND COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WE'RE NOT PROVIDING TO A CANDIDATE WHEN THEY'RE, AND, AND, AND SEE, I HAD NOT, THAT WAS BECAUSE THOSE, AND BY THE WAY, I MEAN THE CITY, 'CAUSE THOSE FORMS WERE DUE A MONTH OR TWO AGO IN THE LONG RUN. I THINK THIS IS AN, AN IMPORTANT, A GOOD ISSUE TO DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT NON-INCUMBENT CANDIDATES SHOULD ALSO GET NOTICE ON THE FINANCIAL INTEREST STATEMENTS SINCE THOSE WERE ALREADY DUE A MONTH OR TWO AGO. AND BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO DO THINGS WHERE TIME WAS OF THE ESSENCE, I JUST DECIDED, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO WORRY ABOUT THAT ONE. UM, IT WOULD JUST BE MY RECOMMENDATION FOR SIMPLICITY, UM, AND CONSISTENCY THAT WE DON'T TIE IT TO THE INCUMBENTS. 'CAUSE IT SOUNDS THEY HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS AND GET DIFFERENT NOTIFICATIONS. AND I DON'T WANT US HAVE TO BE LIKE, CHECKING WHAT THEY GET AND THEN HAVING TO MATCH IT EVERY SINGLE TIME. SO I THINK FOR SIMPLICITY, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO LOOK INTO THIS, THAT THE INCUMBENTS HAVE DIFFERENT DEADLINES, RIGHT. THAN CANDIDATES. SO I WOULD JUST SAY FOR OUR PURPOSES HERE, FOR SIMPLICITY, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE NOT TIE IT TO THE INCUMBENCY AND JUST SAY, WE WILL SEND A REMINDER, UM, TO ALL CANDIDATES ON THESE REQUIREMENTS. AND THAT WAY WE'RE, WE'RE OFF THE HOOK OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR THE INCUMBENCY PURPOSES AND WE CAN JUST DO IT ON OUR OWN SCHEDULE INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OTHER PEOPLE'S SCHEDULES. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I THINK SO. UM, COULD YOU REPEAT IT FOR ME? YEAH. IN A SHORT IN SHORT FORM, JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO SEND A REMINDER ON OUR OWN SCHEDULE THAT IS NOT TIED TO THE INCUMBENCY REMINDER SCHEDULE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO WE TELL, SO IN THE SAME REMINDER WE SEND OUT, WE SAY, HERE ARE THE INCUMBENTS DEADLINES FOR THE NO, NO. THAT WE JUST SEND OUT A REMINDER WHEN WE WANT TO, AND WE NOT HAVE TO GO AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE INCUMBENTS. WE, WE SEND IT TO EVERY CANDIDATE. EVERY CANDIDATE, WHETHER THEY'RE AN INCUMBENT OR NOT. THAT'S RIGHT. AND IT JUST SAYS, IT JUST SAYS, CHECK YOUR PACKET, PLEASE REVIEW YOUR CANDIDATE, YOUR, YOUR CANDIDATE PACKET ABOUT DEADLINES. YEAH. IF, IF, IF OUR, IF ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO REDUCE CASES COMPLAINTS HERE, THAT COULD BE, COULD, COULD BE NON, WE, WE COULD, UH, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF MISTAKES OF, OF, OF, OF NON MALEVOLENT MISTAKES. UH, REMIND, SO JUST A GENERAL STATEMENT AND NOT AT THIS TIME SAY ANYTHING ABOUT FRIENDLY REMINDER ABOUT OCTOBER 5TH AND NOVEMBER, WHAT IT IS, JUST A GENERAL STATEMENT, REVIEW YOUR PACKET AND MAKE SURE YOU MEET YOUR DEADLINES. AND THEN INCLUDE THE COMMISSIONER LOW, INCLUDE THE PDF THAT, UM, REP THAT OUR COMMISSIONER LOW HAD MENTIONED. 'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ALREADY HAVE A PDF OR A LIST. AND THAT WOULD JUST BE INCLUDED. AND THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT ANYTHING ELSE. COMMISSIONER LOW. UM, I THINK WE'RE MISSING A FEW THINGS. NOT EVERYONE FILES ON THE SAME SCHEDULE. NOT EVERYONE FILES THE SAME THINGS. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S ADEQUATE, UM, TO SAY, REVIEW YOUR PACKET BECAUSE THE PACKETS ARE ONLY FOR THE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE FILED WITH THE CLERK. OKAY. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE INCUMBENTS. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE CANDIDATES FIVE OR 10 YEARS AGO WHO HAVE NOT CLOSED THEIR CAMPAIGN ACCOUNTS. OKAY. EVERYBODY HAS TO FILE. UM, SIMILARLY, THERE IS THE PFS, THERE IS THE [00:40:01] SFI PEOPLE ARE FILING THEM AT DIFFERENT TIMES. SO WE DON'T JUST WANT TO REMIND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE IN THEIR PACKET. I MEAN, WE EITHER REMIND EVERYBODY ALL THE TIME OR WE JUST SAY ONCE A YEAR, THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO THIS YEAR, WHICH MAYBE ADDRESSES THAT CAPACITY ISSUE. UM, BUT IF WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT WHAT'S TIMELY, NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 30 DAY AND THE EIGHT DAY REPORTS THAT ARE COMING UP. OKAY. THAT CAN INDEED CAUSE US TO RECEIVE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO MONTHS. SO THAT'S ONE ISSUE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, IMMINENT. OKAY. THAT, THAT ACTION MAY BE TAKEN IN TERMS OF COMPLAINTS AND RESPONDENTS. THE OTHER REMINDERS ARE FOR MANY, MANY, MANY FILE, MANY, MANY FILINGS THAT CANDIDATES, THAT, FORMER CANDIDATES THAT INCUMBENTS WHO ARE NO LONGER GONNA BE CANDIDATES BECAUSE THEY'RE TERM LIMITED. I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE FILING DIFFERENT THINGS. AND IT MAKES IT MORE CONFUSING IF WE START SENDING COMMUNICATIONS. UM, SEE, AND I ASSUME DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE NOT PREPARED TO DO ALL THESE THINGS. YEAH. I, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING, I'VE TRYING TO SIMPLIFY IT. YEAH. COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL JUST, UH, QUESTION IS IT POSSIBLE, NO SIR. IS IT POSSIBLE TO UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GOAL GOAL WAS TO, UM, WELL EASE THE PROCESS BUT ALSO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, UM, AND POTENTIALLY MAKE THE HANDLING OF COMPLAINTS WHEN THEY DO HAPPEN, HAVE SOME BASIS FOR, FOR, FOR THAT CONVERSATION. UM, IDENTIFY WHAT COMPLAINTS, UH, OR, OR MOST NUMEROUS, UM, WHICH, WHICH ONES ARE CREATING THE GREATEST LOAD AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING THAT MAY HAVE LIKE THE 10 YEAR ACCOUNT THING THAT MAY HAPPEN ONCE IN A WHILE, OR SOMETHING THAT'S A CONSTANT ISSUE, WHICH I LIKE. OH, SORRY. UM, YEAH, FOCUS ON THOSE. AND I, I AGREE WITH WHAT, WHAT COMMISSIONER SOIS WAS SAYING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT, WELL, IT'S PROBABLY VERY DIFFICULT TO CHASE CHASE EMAILS AND GIVE INDIVIDUAL EMAILS OVER THE LONG COURSE OF TIME 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S EVER CHANGING AND SOMEONE HAS TO ADMINISTRATIVELY MANAGE THAT. BUT HAVING A, A SINGLE WELL-KNOWN RESOURCE OUTLET OR RESOURCE BOARD OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, THAT, THAT ANSWER SOME OF THESE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS AT LEAST GIVES A BASIS FOR, FOR REFERENCE, UM, AND CONSISTENCY. RIGHT. COMMISSIONER . YEAH, I, UM, I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH CANDIDATES WHO HAVEN'T FILED STUFF IN 10 YEARS. SAY THAT AGAIN. I SAID I, I I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH CANDIDATES WHO HAVEN'T FILED STUFF IN 10 YEARS, FRANKLY. YEAH. LIKE, I, I DON'T, UM, I DON'T WANNA REMIND THEM. UM, AND I DON'T LIKE, I'M, I'M NOT EVEN SURE. I MEAN, SO I THINK THAT WE NARROW THIS TO THE IDEA OF LIKE, CURRENT CANDIDATES IN THIS ELECTION CYCLE. UM, AND I THINK THAT NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO DO IT BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN SOME ISSUES COME UP LIKE DURING THIS ELECTION CYCLE. LIKE MAYBE IT CAN JUST BE LIKE A DEAR CANDIDATES DURING THIS ELECTION CYCLE, WE HAVE NOTICED THESE ISSUES. HERE ARE THE REMINDERS FOR THESE LAST TWO DEADLINES. AND HERE IS AN ISSUE REGARDING, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, INDIVIDUAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, LOVE US , AND THEN, AND, AND, AND, AND THEN BE, BE DONE WITH IT. SO LIKE, AS, AS THE ELECTIONS HAPPEN, LIKE AS EVERY ELECTION OCCURS, THEN WE'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, DEAR CANDIDATES, UH, THESE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS COME UP. UH, HERE ARE SOME REMINDERS. LOVE US. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, JUST LEAVE THAT UP TO THE CHAIR AND, AND THE COMMISSIONERS OF THAT NEXT ELECTION TO SEND OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, HALFTIME EMAIL, IF YOU WILL. LET ME, LET ME ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT TO WHAT EXTENT WE WANT TODAY TO ESTABLISH POLICY FOR FUTURE COMMISSIONS AND FUTURE CHAIRS, OR WHETHER WE WANT TO JUST DEAL WITH THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR. I, I, I DON'T THINK THAT SENDING ONE EMAIL TO HELP REDUCE THE NUMBER OF THINGS THAT MAY BE FILED, UH, IS OVERLY BURDENSOME. I FEEL LIKE I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT IN BEING ABLE TO SET THAT AS POLICY TO HAVE OUR CHAIR SEND A SINGULAR EMAIL IN PERPETUITY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, OKAY. LET ME RESTATE WHAT I THINK THE PROPOSAL IS. OH, I'M SORRY. COMMISSIONER LO. I, I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE IN PERPETUITY PART. , I THINK NO, I, I REALLY THINK WE LOOK AT IT KIND OF AS AN EXPERIMENT. WE SEE WHETHER IT REDUCES THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY GOALS. [00:45:01] AND IF IT'S NOT A GOOD WAY TO DO THAT, THEN WE JUST REGROUP AND, UM, WE RECONSIDER. SO I THINK WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD LOOK AT THIS AS A ONE TIME THING AND THEN REEVALUATE. I MEAN, I, I REALLY THINK WE'VE JUST GOTTA TRY SOMETHING BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T TRIED ANYTHING. YEAH. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL HELP. RIGHT, EXACTLY. SO THAT, THAT'S HOW I WOULD LOOK AT IT. AND I'LL REMIND PEOPLE THAT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAD BEEN OBSERVED IN THE PAST, BOTH TWO YEARS AGO, AND I THINK YOU TOLD ME SOME, YOU GAVE ME A FIGURE EARLIER THIS YEAR, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, IS THAT WHEN WE GET COMPLAINTS, NOT ONLY IS THERE A QUESTION, THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, BUT THERE'S THE QUESTION OF THE FAIRNESS. AND IF, UH, IF A NUMBER OF CANDIDATES ARE NOT FILING AND NO ONE'S FILING A COMPLAINT, THAT THAT'S SORT OF A, A RELATED BUT DIFFERENT ISSUE. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT MAYBE IF WE JUST REMIND EVERYBODY, THEN UH, WE'LL BE BETTER OFF. BUT THEN, SO THE QUESTION NOW IS ARE WE ESTABLISHED, DO PEOPLE WANT TO ESTABLISH POLICY OR DO WE WANT TO USE THIS AS AN EXPERIMENT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THIS YEAR? EXPERIMENT. YEAH. YEAH. I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SAY LIKE, LET'S JUST DO THE EXPERIMENT THEN. AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN, AND AFTERWARDS WE CAN, UH, ON OUR, IN THE OFF SEASON, WE CAN REVIEW THIS AND UM, AND TAKE A LOOK IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA TO CONTINUE, SOME KIND OF POLICY THAT WE WANNA MAKE. OKAY. SIMILAR, THERE MAY BE THERE, THERE MAY BE FEEDBACK FROM THE CANDIDATES OR WHATEVER. EXACTLY. IT WAS HELPFUL. THANK YOU. OR DON'T BOTHER ME, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IN WHICH CASE WE CAN LEAVE IT TO THE CANDIDATES. SO, OKAY. THEN LET ME STATE WHAT I THINK IS THE LIVE PROPOSAL THAT THE COMMISSION SUPPORTS THE CHAIR SENDING AN EMAIL TO ALL CANDIDATES IN THE CURRENT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS STATING WHAT WE HAD DETERMINED REGARDING CONTRIBUTIONS BY INDIVIDUALS AND REMINDING THEM TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE LIST. OR TO SAY THAT WE HAVE TWO MORE DEADLINES THIS YEAR. I THINK THEY'D SAY THAT WE HAVE TWO MORE DEADLINES THIS YEAR. THAT WAS MY ORIGINAL INTENTION. YEAH. TO KEEP IT SIMPLE IN THAT SENSE. WELL, WE HAVE RUNOFF POSSIBLY. SO YEAH. SUB SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. YEAH. PARDON? SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. I, I REALLY DON'T THINK WE SHOULD SPECIFY WHICH REPORTS NEED TO BE FILED BECAUSE THERE ARE THOSE TWO. THERE MAY BE RUNOFFS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOO DETAILED. OH YEAH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. JUST SAY, FILE YOUR REPORTS THAT ARE DUE AND YOUR PACKET TELLS YOU WHEN TO DO THAT. RIGHT. THERE ARE FURTHER REPORTS DUE THIS YEAR, AND WE'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT YOUR MM-HMM . PACKETS. THERE IS A CALENDAR OF INCLUDED ON THE CITY CLERK'S WEBSITE. WE CAN INCLUDE THAT, THAT HAS ALL THE DATES FOR THEM. AND A LINK THAT'S, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE INCLUDED. GREAT. WITHOUT PUTTING IT IN THE EMAIL SAYING THESE DATES FOR THESE PEOPLE. SO I'LL REPEAT THE, THE WAY I SEE THE PROPOSAL NOW, THE, THE COMMISSION APPROVES THE CHAIR SENDING OUT AN EMAIL TO ALL CANDIDATES, REMINDING THEM, EXCUSE ME, TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUE OF CONTRIBUTIONS BY INDIVIDUALS AND SAY, ATTACHED IS A LIST OF THE DATES FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING DEADLINES. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. RIGHT. HERE'S A LINK TO THE CALENDAR. OH, LINK. PLEASE BE SURE TO MEET ANY FUTURE DEADLINES. YES. YES. AND THEN THE, THE NOTE THAT I HAVE HERE IS THE AMENDMENT FOR SUBJECT TO, UM, CITY ATTORNEY REVIEW. YEAH. I SO MOVED. I MOVE . OKAY. COMMISSIONER SOLIS HAS MOVED THAT WE APPROVE THIS. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, YES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER FIGUEROA SECONDS. IT, UH, ALL IN FAVOR? UH, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL, UM, OKAY. SO THERE ARE NO, NO NEGATIVES 'CAUSE WE HAVE UNANIMOUS RAISING OF HANDS. IT PASSES AND I WILL PROCEED TO WORK WITH MS. HASLET ON SENDING OUT THIS, UM, THIS EMAIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE HERE. WORKING [5. Update from the Working Group to Review ERC Complaints Process (Commissioners Figueroa, Lawson, Low, McGiverin and Soliz).] GROUP UPDATES. UPDATE FROM THE WORKING GROUP TO REVIEW ERC COMPLAINTS PROCESS. COMMISSIONER LOW, YOU CAN HANDLE THIS ONE. YEAH, ALL I WOULD SAY IS WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE AUDITOR TO COME SPEAK TO US. UM, AND HOPEFULLY AT THE OCTOBER MEETING WE CAN HAVE SOMEONE, UM, OUR COUNCIL HAS RECOMMENDED THAT, UH, WE MEET WITH THE CITY AUDITOR OR A FEW PEOPLE IN THAT OFFICE TO WORK [00:50:01] A FEW THINGS OUT. AND THEN HAVE, UM, SOMEONE FROM THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE BE PRESENT AT OUR NEXT MEETING. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ON THAT. IN CASE ANY COMMISSIONERS AREN'T FULLY AWARE OF WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR CAPACITY TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE UNDER OUR AUTHORITY AND THAT PERHAPS THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE CAN HELP US. AND WE'RE EXPLORING THAT. I'M, IS THAT A GOOD WAY OF PUTTING THIS? IS THIS IS FOR COMMISSION INITIATED COMPLAINTS, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE STAFF, WE DO NOT HAVE INVESTIGATORS. YOU KNOW, WE OURSELVES CANNOT DO ANY OF THE, UM, INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT. SO THE WAY WE ARE INSTITUTIONALLY STRUCTURED WOULD BE THAT THE CITY AUDITOR WOULD, WOULD SERVE THAT FUNCTION. THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT REPORT? THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE ITEMS LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA. MR. CHAIR. MR. UH, [3. Discussion and possible action regarding review of the Chair’s initial jurisdictional determination that the Commission lacks jurisdiction over a complaint filed on August 24, 2026, by Eduardo Romero against José Velásquez, which alleges violations of City Code Sections 2-7-62(O) (Standards of Conduct), 2-3-5(A)(2), 2-3-5(C) (Powers and Duties) (Part 2 of 2)] CHAIR HUMPHREY. SORRY, I, I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. UM, ACTION DOES NEED TO BE TAKEN ON THAT. UM, BECAUSE THE COMMISSION EITHER NEEDS TO CONFIRM OR OVERTURN YOUR INITIAL JURISDICTIONAL. OH, AND THE LORD JUST ASKED FOR OBJECTIONS. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I DID. RIGHT. THERE WAS NO MOTION. AND, AND SECOND AND VOTE ON THAT. SO LET'S TAKE A PROACTIVE STANCE ON THIS. DOES ANYBODY LIKE TO MOVE TO UPHOLD MY INITIAL DECISION? UHOH ? I, I, I WILL MOVE TO UPHOLD YOUR INITIAL DECISION SAYING THAT THE COMMISSION DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER HERE. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ALLEGATION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER KING. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL. AND A DISCUSSION. THE ONLY DISCUSSION IS, IS I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE, THAT THE SECTIONS MENTIONED, UH, IN THE, IN THE COMPLAINT ARE NOT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS NOT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE, OF OUR COMMISSION. OF THE COMMISSION. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED ABSTENTIONS. OKAY. IT IS, UH, I LOST TRACK OF THE NUMBERS. UNANIMOUS MINUS ONE ONE ABSTENTION. OKAY. UM, ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT? UH, MR. [4. Discussion and possible action regarding campaign finance issues related to deadlines for financial reports, required financial forms for candidates, and campaign contributions from married couples. (Part 2 of 2)] CHAIR? YES MA'AM. FOR THE WORKING GROUP, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER FIGUEROA IS DOING A DIFFERENT PART OF THE, UM, COMPLAINTS PROCESS. SO PERHAPS HE HAS SOMETHING TO REPORT. YEAH, NOTHING TO REPORT. COMMISSIONER LAWSON AND I NEED TO CONNECT. I DIDN'T HAVE THE CORRECT CONTACT INFORMATION FOR YOU, COMMISSIONER, SO MAYBE WE CAN, UM, TOUCH BASE AFTERWARDS. 'CAUSE MY EMAIL TO YOU DIDN'T, DIDN'T GO THROUGH. SO, UH, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO TALK OFFLINE AND MAKE SURE WE GET THE INFORMATION. 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET IT TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY SO THAT ALL KNOW IF I NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE, DOES THAT MEAN THAT HIS CITY EMAIL ADDRESS IS NOT WORKING? UM, I HAD AN EMAIL FROM A PREVIOUS ONE AND I DON'T HAVE THE CITY EMAIL ONE. UH, I HAD, WE WERE IN A BIGGER GROUP AND I HAD TRIED TO REPLY THAT ONE AND THEN NOTHING CAME BACK, SO. OKAY. WELL, WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT. YEAH. YEAH. AND I DON'T HAVE A CITY EMAIL, SO THAT'S PROBABLY, PROBABLY THE PROBLEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE WISHES TO BRING UP? UM, THIS CONCLUDES ALL THE ITEMS OF THE AGENDA. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. DO I SEE ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY, THE TIME IS 7:48 PM EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.