January 13, 2012

NOTICE OF MEETING and AGENDA

LEGAL COMMITTEE MEETING

Friday, January 13, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 421
San Francisco, California

1. Call to order and roll call:

Dean Holter, Derek St. Pierre [Chair], Stewart Rhoads,
Stephanie Tucker, Theresa Lynn Cooper, Dan Rush,
Shona Gochenhur, Michael Goldman, David Owen,

Secretary for meeting.


2. Approval of Minutes of Committee meetings (5 minutes*)
a. Public Comments

3. Approval of Agenda (5 minutes*)
a. Public Comments

4. Public Comments (5 minutes*)

5. Substantive policy considerations re: MCA (30 minutes*) [Discussion and Action Item]
- Subcommittee report back
- Mandatory Transparency
- Clustering/Saturation of MCDs
a. Public Comments

6. DPH / City Attorney Update regarding permit processing suspension (10 min*)
a. Public Comments

7. MCD closures pursuant to U.S. Attorney letters (7 min*)

8. MCTF Request re: Legal Update on Recent Appellate Decisions (10 min*)

9. Additional Old Business [Discussion] (15 Minutes)
- Clones, definition
- self consumptive gardens

10. New Business for Legal Committee [Discussion] (10 min)

11. Additional Public Comment (5 min*)

12. Adjournment

*Times approximate and flexible

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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 information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapters 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, please contact:

Frank Darby, Administrator
Sunshine Ordinance Task Force
(415) 554-7724

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.


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For more information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142. There is accessible parking available in the vicinity of City Hall.

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For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, contact the Ethics Commission at 1390 Market Street, Suite 701, San Francisco, CA 94102, (415) 554-9510,
FAX (415) 703-1021, or visit its website at http://www.sfgov.org/ethics