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COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
Friday, January 13, 2006
SPECIAL MEETING
12:00 PM
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
Members Present Staff Present
President Andrea Shorter Executive Director Emily Murase, PhD
Vice President Angela Williams Executive Assistant Bernice Casey
Commissioner Andrea Evans
Commissioner Carolene Marks
Commissioner Katherine Munter
I. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order and 12:13 PM. Commissioners Keehn and Lee were excused.
No public comment.
II. PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO CLOSED SESSION
No public comment.
III. VOTE ON WHETHER TO HOLD CLOSED SESSION TO CONFER WITH LEGAL COUNSEL (S.F. Admin. Code section 67.10(d))
City Attorney Sherri Sokeland Kaiser gave an overview of the parameters of the Closed Session.
She explained that the tapes from the closed session may become public at a later date as part of possible litigation on the issue of the controversial videos made by a San Francisco police officer.
Public Comment
Kim-Shree Maufas, a member of the public, asked for clarification on the issue of disclosure of Closed Session items.
President Shorter stated that the Commission rules on disclosure after Closed Session items are heard and that members of the public are allowed to comment after the meeting is reconvened in Open Session.
Ms. Mesha Monge-Irizarry of the Idriss Stelley Foundation expressed concerns about the police videos and stated that Officer Andrew Cohen and his attorney were attempting to show another video that Officer Cohen had developed about the Bayview neighborhood to church congregations and community groups in the Bayview. She felt that this video did not excuse the offensive content of the earlier videos and stated that her organization would be holding a press conference and asked the Commission to attend.
IV. CLOSED SESSION (Gov't Code section 54956.9(c) and S.F. Admin Code section 67.10(d))
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (ENFORCEMENT ACTION/POSSIBLE LAWSUIT BY ANDREW COHEN)
The Commission considered using its subpoena power in furtherance of its investigation of the recent police videos.
V. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION
The meeting was reconvened in Open Session at 1:03 PM.
A. Possible report on action taken in Closed Session. (Gov't Code section 54957.1(a)(2) and S.F. Admin. Code section 67.12(b)(2))
Action: Not to report on action taken in Closed Session.
m/s/c (Marks/Williams/Unanimous)
No public comment.
B. Vote to elect whether to disclose any or all discussions held in Closed Session. (S.F. Admin. Code section 67.12(a))
Action: Not to disclose on any discussions held in Closed Session.
m/s/c (Shorter/Williams/Unanimous)
No public comment.
VI. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 1:05PM.
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