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OpenGovernmentCommission | 2022-01-11 | 6 | The Chief Assistant City Attorney stated training has been discussed, but was bumped due to the number of complaints the OGC received; the City Attorney's Office and City Clerk will discuss holding a training session to be conducted during a meeting; the checklist of topics that are intended to be presented would include conflicts of interest, both statutory and those defined by case law, in order to advise Commissioners of any conflicts. Commissioner Cambra inquired whether the Chief Assistant City Attorney is aware of any enforcement actions for a non-recusing member of a legislative body. The Chief Assistant City Attorney responded that she is not aware of any as she is sitting here today; stated it is always a risk; an action taken could be invalidated because someone who had a clear conflict of interest failed to heed the advice to recuse; if she finds any examples, she could include it in the training. Chair Tilos stated it is a difficult issue because the Commission does not have teeth; the only recourse would be not to hear an item if Commissioners fear their vote could be overturned; discussed a similar situation when he sat on the Recreation and Parks Commission; stated Commissioners are crossing their fingers and hoping, but hope is not a strategy; a precedent needs to be set. Commissioner Chen stated that she has her marching orders and invited any comments be sent to her via the City Clerk. 4-D. Consider Amending the Sunshine Ordinance Complaint Form. The City Clerk gave a brief presentation. Commissioner Montgomery stated that she does not quite understand the section in the form which requires to name the person or department the complainant contacted; inquired clarification. The City Clerk responded the section is intended for instances when the complainant did contact someone; proposed making the field not required to eliminate any confusion. Vice Chair LoPilato stated a possible two-word fix would be add a parenthetical "(if any)" in addition to it not being required; inquired whether the last Date field on the form could be made to auto-populate with the date it is being submitted. The City Clerk responded in the affirmative, stated when the form comes through the system it is time-stamped; the form can be made to auto-populate the date submitted and the language could be changed to Filing Date for clarification. Commissioner Chen stated that she compared the new form with the old written form; she can see how a written form is less scary than an online form because if the Meeting of the Open Government Commission January 11, 2022 6 | OpenGovernmentCommission/2022-01-11.pdf |