February 1, 2012

Budget for fiscal year 2012-2013 

Disability Access

The Elections Commission meeting will be held in Room 408, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA. The Commission meeting room is wheelchair accessible. The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center Station at United Nations Plaza and Market Street. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: #42 Downtown Loop, and #71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line to Market and Van Ness and the Metro Stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For information about MUNI accessible services call               (415) 923-6142         (415) 923-6142. There is accessible curbside parking adjacent to City Hall on Grove Street and Van Ness Avenue and in the vicinity of the Veterans Building at 401 Van Ness Avenue adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex.

The following services are available on request 48 hours prior to the meeting; except for Monday meetings, for which the deadline shall be 4:00 p.m. of the last business day of the preceding week: For American sign language interpreters or the use of a reader during a meeting, a sound enhancement system, and/or alternative formats of the agenda and minutes, please contact The Elections Office at (415) 554- 4375 or our TDD at               (415) 554-4386         (415) 554-4386 to make arrangements for the accommodation. Late requests will be honored, if possible.

In order to assist the City's efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illnesses, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products.  Please help the City accommodate these individuals. Individuals with chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call our accessibility hotline at               (415) 554-6060         (415) 554-6060.

Know your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code)

Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils, and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review. For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, Donna Hall, Clerk, City Hall, Room 409, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102-4683 at Phone No.:               (415) 554-7724         (415) 554-7724; Fax No.: (415) 554-7854; E-mail: [email protected] Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Task Force, the San Francisco Public Library and on the City's website at www.ci.sf.ca.us.

Materials contained in the Commission packets for meetings are available for inspection at the Elections Department, City Hall Room 48, in the Commission's Public Binder, no later than 72 hours prior to meetings.

If any materials related to an item on this agenda have been distributed to the Elections Commission after distribution of the agenda packet, those materials are available for public inspection at the Elections Department, City Hall Room 48, in the Commission's Public Binder, during normal office hours.

The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.

Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements

Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code §2.100] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 220, San Francisco, CA 94102; telephone               (415) 252-3100         (415) 252-3100, fax (415) 252-3112; web site at http://www.sfethics.org/.

Budget for fiscal year 2012-2014 

Minutes Draft

Elections Commission Budget and Oversight of Public Elections Committee Meeting

       Wednesday December 7, 2011

                                                                      At 6:00 pm

                                                                  City Hall, Room 421

                                                          1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place 

                                                             San Francisco, CA 94102

                                                                  Order of business

1. Call to Order at 6:00pm Roll Call: Present Commissioner Gerard Gleason, Commissioner Rosabella Safont and Excused Commissioner Jill Rowe. Present also Director John Arntz

2. Report from Director of Elections on the November 8, 2011 Municipal Election.

Director John Arntz said the Department followed the Election plan and the Election went as planned.  Being that we only had a 2 card ballot contributed to the plan going smoothly.  Rank Choice votes were run twice being that all the numbers were not mapped, nothing was changed after rerunning all the numbers a count matched up without any problems.  Secretary of State and the Mayors Office Certified the ballot count.   

3. Discussion and possible action regarding Budget and Oversight of Public Elections Committee recommendation to the Commission on evaluation of the effectiveness of the Elections Plan for November 8, 2011 Municipal Election.

Commissioner Gleason said that the Incident Reporting Information System (IRIS) for the

November 8, 2011 Elections report showed that several persons showed up at the precinct

wearing blue colored shirts, with had some inappropriate language for a polling place.

Director Arntz replied that the if police are called if there is a problem and are quick to respond

no instances were reported.  Commissioner Safont said the building next door to the polling

place had a sign displayed that should not have been allowed it was too close to the polling place

 she, went to the location and asked if they would remove the sign and it was removed.

4. Discussion and possible action to approve August 3, 2011 Minutes for Budget and Oversight of Public Elections Committee meeting.

Vote was taken and it was unanimous to approve the Minutes

       Adjourn 6:40