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OpenGovernmentCommission | 2022-02-07 | 7 | she would be happy to put requests through for individual members or the Commission. In response to Chair LoPilato's inquiry, the City Clerk stated her office does not actually receive a tally from the Housing Authority (HA) since they are a completely separate agency; HA results have never been tallied or shown to the Commission; from time to time, the Clerk's office receives PRA requests for the HA which are forwarded; the one really nice thing about the internal end of the system is that staff gets reminder emails about when requests are due before they are due; it is great at keeping staff on track; once growing pains are smoothed out, the system will be extremely efficient. Vice Chair Chen stated because the HA was listed as an agency that needs to follow the Brown Act, complaints need to go directly to them; inquired whether the OGC has any jurisdiction over complaints filed against the HA for Brown Act violations. The City Clerk responded that the City Council makes appointments to the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners (HABOC), but the HA itself is a separate agency; the City contracts with the HA for some services and requests for those records, such as rent program records, have been produced through the City; other than that, there is very little overlap. Vice Chair Chen clarified her question, inquired whether a violation of the Brown Act by a HABOC member be considered a violation under the Sunshine Ordinance. The City Clerk responded the HABOC is appointed subject to the Health and Safety codes, so it is a different code; the HABOC is not included in the Municipal Code. STAFF UPDATE The Chief Assistant City Attorney announced Commission training would be done at the March meeting as long as no complaints are filed. In response to Commissioner Cambra's inquiry, the Chief Assistant City Attorney stated staff is developing the syllabus which will include topics that have come up over the past year, including issues that have been raised and conflicts of interests; it is a public meeting so the public will be able to attend. In response to Chair LoPilato's inquiry, the Chief Assistant City Attorney stated any Commissioner can email her directly with suggested topics prior to the training. Chair LoPilato inquired if nothing else planned for March, would the training bump to April. The Chief Assistant City Attorney inquired whether Chair LoPilato is suggesting bumping the training to April if there is no business in March. Chair LoPilato stated she was just throwing it out there that the Commission does not need to meet every month since there were 10 meetings last year. Meeting of the Open Government Commission February 7, 2022 7 | OpenGovernmentCommission/2022-02-07.pdf |