Good evening everyone.

Welcome to first meeting of the Sacramento Ethics Commission for the year of 2026.

Today is Monday, February 23rd, 2026.

The meeting is now called to order.

Mr.

Breedberg, would you please uh call role to establish a quorum?

Thank you, Chair.

Commissioner Commissioner Kelly.

Here.

Commissioner Velasquez.

Commissioner Tao.

Commissioner Emory.

Here.

And Vice Chair La Faso.

Here.

Thank you.

We have quorum.

Thank you.

I'd like to remind members of the public in the chambers that if you'd like to speak on an agenda item to please turn in a speaker slip before the item begins.

Sorry, Mr.

Brieber, where are the speaker slips?

If somebody wants to fill one out, uh the speaker slips are uh right outside the doorway on the table, along with uh some pencils for folks to fill the forms out.

Excellent.

Thank you for that.

Um after the item is called, we will no longer accept speaker slips.

Uh, you will have two minutes to speak once you are called upon if you want to speak on a particular item.

We will now proceed with today's agenda.

And the, oh, uh, we were going to do the pledge of the land acknowledgement.

Thank you, Vice Chair La Faso.

Please rise for the opening acknowledgments in honor of Sacramento's indigenous people and tribal lands to the original people of this land, the Nissanon people, the Southern Maidu, Valley and Plains Miwok, Patwinguinton peoples, and the people of the Wilton Rancheria, Sacramento's only federally recognized tribe.

May we acknowledge and honor the Native people who came before us and still walk beside us today on these ancestral lands by choosing to gather together today in the active practice of acknowledgment and appreciation for Sacramento's indigenous people's history, contributions, and lives.

Thank you.

Please remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Salute, pledge.

I pledge allegiance to the flag.

United States of America to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation, indivisible, liberty and justice for all.

So everybody, today is an interesting milestone for the City of Sacramento Ethics Commissioner.

Today is the very first time that the Ethics Commission meets without one of the original inaugural five members of the Commission.

As such, we have two new members, Commissioners Kelly and Tao.

And if uh you'd like to introduce yourself, uh we would very much like to hear your thoughts about your new service here.

Commissioner Tao.

Yes, thank you so much, and um it's a pleasure to be here with all of you.

Um I am excited and looking forward to the appointment here, and and really uh it's an honor uh to be here.

Linda Yng, who um has been here for a long time from the beginning, really is an inspiration to all of us in our Asian American Pacific Islander communities, and I really look forward to um bringing not only that perspective but all of our perspectives and communities here in Sacramento.

So uh being a part of of this commission means a lot, and I look forward to learning from all of you here today.

Thank you.

Commissioner Kelly, thank you.

Um just by way of background, I was a longtime attorney.

I'm now an inactive member of the bar, worked for the state of California, spent the last 20-some years at the office of the legislative council, followed by about 12 years of working for a private law firm by the name of Nielsen Merksimer, which is a compliance firm.

That's where I worked in ethics issues, lobbying, campaign finance, and so forth.

Uh so I kind of bring that perspective.

And I was also a longtime volunteer with uh an organization called KOGL, the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws, which is kind of a trade association for governmental ethics agencies.

And I I bring a little perspective from that.

I will say I don't have any particular agenda.

I'm happy to be a resource here and help out in whatever way I can.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

And I'll just interrupt really quick.

Jacob Redberg from the city clerk's office.