• Recall that reparations fund?

    From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 10 21:26:06 2023
    That ordinance also encourages city contractors to make "contributions to a Special Fund to ameliorate the effects of slavery." The most recent annual report in March 2022 states, "In February of 2015, letters requesting voluntary contributions were sent
    to all City vendors covered by the ordinance. No responses were received."

    A city official confirmed to The Center Square that only two companies had found ties to the slave trade and the fund had received no contributions.

    LoL.

    ScottW

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to ScottW on Fri Mar 10 22:15:47 2023
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 12:26:08 AM UTC-5, ScottW wrote:
    That ordinance also encourages city contractors to make "contributions to a Special Fund to ameliorate the effects of slavery." The most recent annual report in March 2022 states, "In February of 2015, letters requesting voluntary contributions were
    sent to all City vendors covered by the ordinance. No responses were received."

    A city official confirmed to The Center Square that only two companies had found ties to the slave trade and the fund had received no contributions.

    LoL.

    ScottW

    Yikes! In the past eight years of the fund's existence, how much taxpayer funds
    were spent to administer the perpetual zero balance????

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Sat Mar 11 09:48:47 2023
    On 3/11/23 12:15 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 12:26:08 AM UTC-5, ScottW wrote:
    That ordinance also encourages city contractors to make
    "contributions to a Special Fund to ameliorate the effects of
    slavery." The most recent annual report in March 2022 states, "In
    February of 2015, letters requesting voluntary contributions were
    sent to all City vendors covered by the ordinance. No responses
    were received."

    A city official confirmed to The Center Square that only two
    companies had found ties to the slave trade...

    Yikes!

    Yikes, indeed! Two existing companies had ties to the slave trade?

    In the past eight years of the fund's existence, how much taxpayer
    funds were spent to administer the perpetual zero balance????

    Miniscule.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 11 09:45:42 2023
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 10:48:50 AM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/11/23 12:15 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 12:26:08 AM UTC-5, ScottW wrote:
    That ordinance also encourages city contractors to make
    "contributions to a Special Fund to ameliorate the effects of
    slavery." The most recent annual report in March 2022 states, "In
    February of 2015, letters requesting voluntary contributions were
    sent to all City vendors covered by the ordinance. No responses
    were received."

    A city official confirmed to The Center Square that only two
    companies had found ties to the slave trade...

    Yikes!

    Yikes, indeed! Two existing companies had ties to the slave trade?


    what does a company in existence in 2023 have to do with a company in existence in the 1850's?
    Not much. Different investors, different management, different customers, different products'.



    In the past eight years of the fund's existence, how much taxpayer
    funds were spent to administer the perpetual zero balance????

    Miniscule.

    How do you know that? Back up your assertion.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Sat Mar 11 15:08:12 2023
    On 3/11/23 11:45 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 10:48:50 AM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/11/23 12:15 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 12:26:08 AM UTC-5, ScottW wrote:
    That ordinance also encourages city contractors to make
    "contributions to a Special Fund to ameliorate the effects of
    slavery." The most recent annual report in March 2022 states, "In
    February of 2015, letters requesting voluntary contributions were
    sent to all City vendors covered by the ordinance. No responses
    were received."

    A city official confirmed to The Center Square that only two
    companies had found ties to the slave trade...

    Yikes!

    Yikes, indeed! Two existing companies had ties to the slave trade?


    what does a company in existence in 2023 have to do with a company in existence in the 1850's?
    Not much. Different investors, different management, different customers, different products'.

    The founders are probably dead, too.

    In the past eight years of the fund's existence, how much taxpayer
    funds were spent to administer the perpetual zero balance????

    Miniscule.

    How do you know that? Back up your assertion.

    Probably done in-house. Some flunky in the SF City Administrator's
    office probably has to log some minutes to look at the Special Fund
    balance once a year to make a report.

    It would probably cost more if anyone actually contributed.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 11 14:27:10 2023
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 4:08:15 PM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/11/23 11:45 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 10:48:50 AM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/11/23 12:15 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 12:26:08 AM UTC-5, ScottW wrote:
    That ordinance also encourages city contractors to make
    "contributions to a Special Fund to ameliorate the effects of
    slavery." The most recent annual report in March 2022 states, "In
    February of 2015, letters requesting voluntary contributions were
    sent to all City vendors covered by the ordinance. No responses
    were received."

    A city official confirmed to The Center Square that only two
    companies had found ties to the slave trade...

    Yikes!

    Yikes, indeed! Two existing companies had ties to the slave trade?


    what does a company in existence in 2023 have to do with a company in existence in the 1850's?
    Not much. Different investors, different management, different customers, different products'.
    The founders are probably dead, too.
    In the past eight years of the fund's existence, how much taxpayer
    funds were spent to administer the perpetual zero balance????

    Miniscule.

    How do you know that? Back up your assertion.
    Probably done in-house. Some flunky in the SF City Administrator's
    office probably has to log some minutes to look at the Special Fund
    balance once a year to make a report.

    Probably more reports than that. And others to analyze and read them sand then on
    to appropriate committees, etc.. i worked for state and local govt. it's never that simple and
    streamlined.



    It would probably cost more if anyone actually contributed.

    more waste,

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Sun Mar 12 12:37:33 2023
    On 3/11/23 4:27 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 4:08:15 PM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/11/23 11:45 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 10:48:50 AM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/11/23 12:15 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 12:26:08 AM UTC-5, ScottW wrote:
    That ordinance also encourages city contractors to make
    "contributions to a Special Fund to ameliorate the effects of
    slavery." The most recent annual report in March 2022 states, "In
    February of 2015, letters requesting voluntary contributions were
    sent to all City vendors covered by the ordinance. No responses
    were received."

    A city official confirmed to The Center Square that only two
    companies had found ties to the slave trade...

    Yikes!

    Yikes, indeed! Two existing companies had ties to the slave trade?


    what does a company in existence in 2023 have to do with a company in existence in the 1850's?
    Not much. Different investors, different management, different customers, different products'.
    The founders are probably dead, too.
    In the past eight years of the fund's existence, how much taxpayer
    funds were spent to administer the perpetual zero balance????

    Miniscule.

    How do you know that? Back up your assertion.
    Probably done in-house. Some flunky in the SF City Administrator's
    office probably has to log some minutes to look at the Special Fund
    balance once a year to make a report.

    Probably more reports than that. And others to analyze and read them sand then on
    to appropriate committees, etc.. i worked for state and local govt. it's never that simple and
    streamlined.

    Sure, but those people are in-house so don't incur extra expense. There
    would be a process and a template to follow.

    https://sf.gov/resource/2021/slavery-era-disclosure-ordinance

    "The Ordinance provides that the City Administrator... report annually
    to the Board of Supervisors."

    These annual reports don't look too different from year to year and it
    doesn't look like there's a ton of analysis and committee reports.

    It would probably cost more if anyone actually contributed.

    more waste,

    The "waste" was the audit the private companies did to comply with the ordinance. That's now a sunk cost.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 12 19:33:18 2023
    On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 1:37:35 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/11/23 4:27 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 4:08:15 PM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/11/23 11:45 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 10:48:50 AM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/11/23 12:15 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 12:26:08 AM UTC-5, ScottW wrote: >>>>>> That ordinance also encourages city contractors to make
    "contributions to a Special Fund to ameliorate the effects of
    slavery." The most recent annual report in March 2022 states, "In >>>>>> February of 2015, letters requesting voluntary contributions were >>>>>> sent to all City vendors covered by the ordinance. No responses >>>>>> were received."

    A city official confirmed to The Center Square that only two
    companies had found ties to the slave trade...

    Yikes!

    Yikes, indeed! Two existing companies had ties to the slave trade?


    what does a company in existence in 2023 have to do with a company in existence in the 1850's?
    Not much. Different investors, different management, different customers, different products'.
    The founders are probably dead, too.
    In the past eight years of the fund's existence, how much taxpayer >>>>> funds were spent to administer the perpetual zero balance????

    Miniscule.

    How do you know that? Back up your assertion.
    Probably done in-house. Some flunky in the SF City Administrator's
    office probably has to log some minutes to look at the Special Fund
    balance once a year to make a report.

    Probably more reports than that. And others to analyze and read them sand then on
    to appropriate committees, etc.. i worked for state and local govt. it's never that simple and
    streamlined.
    Sure, but those people are in-house so don't incur extra expense. There would be a process and a template to follow.

    That's not the way costs are calculated in government service.
    One's salary expense is apportioned to each separate function and accounting entry.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Mon Mar 13 09:49:12 2023
    On 3/12/23 9:33 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 1:37:35 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/11/23 4:27 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 4:08:15 PM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/11/23 11:45 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 10:48:50 AM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/11/23 12:15 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 12:26:08 AM UTC-5, ScottW wrote: >>>>>>>> That ordinance also encourages city contractors to make
    "contributions to a Special Fund to ameliorate the effects of
    slavery." The most recent annual report in March 2022 states, "In >>>>>>>> February of 2015, letters requesting voluntary contributions were >>>>>>>> sent to all City vendors covered by the ordinance. No responses >>>>>>>> were received."

    A city official confirmed to The Center Square that only two
    companies had found ties to the slave trade...

    Yikes!

    Yikes, indeed! Two existing companies had ties to the slave trade?


    what does a company in existence in 2023 have to do with a company in existence in the 1850's?
    Not much. Different investors, different management, different customers, different products'.
    The founders are probably dead, too.
    In the past eight years of the fund's existence, how much taxpayer >>>>>>> funds were spent to administer the perpetual zero balance????

    Miniscule.

    How do you know that? Back up your assertion.
    Probably done in-house. Some flunky in the SF City Administrator's
    office probably has to log some minutes to look at the Special Fund
    balance once a year to make a report.

    Probably more reports than that. And others to analyze and read them sand then on
    to appropriate committees, etc.. i worked for state and local govt. it's never that simple and
    streamlined.
    Sure, but those people are in-house so don't incur extra expense. There
    would be a process and a template to follow.

    That's not the way costs are calculated in government service.
    One's salary expense is apportioned to each separate function and accounting entry.

    That's why I mentioned "logging minutes" to reflect the cost of the
    task. Sure, that worker is unavailable for other stuff so there's an opportunity cost, but the salary is still being paid.

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 13 09:03:30 2023
    On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 10:49:15 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/12/23 9:33 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 1:37:35 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/11/23 4:27 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 4:08:15 PM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/11/23 11:45 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 10:48:50 AM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote: >>>>>> On 3/11/23 12:15 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 12:26:08 AM UTC-5, ScottW wrote: >>>>>>>> That ordinance also encourages city contractors to make
    "contributions to a Special Fund to ameliorate the effects of >>>>>>>> slavery." The most recent annual report in March 2022 states, "In >>>>>>>> February of 2015, letters requesting voluntary contributions were >>>>>>>> sent to all City vendors covered by the ordinance. No responses >>>>>>>> were received."

    A city official confirmed to The Center Square that only two >>>>>>>> companies had found ties to the slave trade...

    Yikes!

    Yikes, indeed! Two existing companies had ties to the slave trade? >>>>>

    what does a company in existence in 2023 have to do with a company in existence in the 1850's?
    Not much. Different investors, different management, different customers, different products'.
    The founders are probably dead, too.
    In the past eight years of the fund's existence, how much taxpayer >>>>>>> funds were spent to administer the perpetual zero balance????

    Miniscule.

    How do you know that? Back up your assertion.
    Probably done in-house. Some flunky in the SF City Administrator's
    office probably has to log some minutes to look at the Special Fund >>>> balance once a year to make a report.

    Probably more reports than that. And others to analyze and read them sand then on
    to appropriate committees, etc.. i worked for state and local govt. it's never that simple and
    streamlined.
    Sure, but those people are in-house so don't incur extra expense. There >> would be a process and a template to follow.

    That's not the way costs are calculated in government service.
    One's salary expense is apportioned to each separate function and accounting entry.
    That's why I mentioned "logging minutes" to reflect the cost of the
    task. Sure, that worker is unavailable for other stuff so there's an opportunity cost, but the salary is still being paid.

    That is a truly wonderful argument. That when government employees, who spend so
    much time doing nothing, actually start doing something, it doesn't
    cost the taxpayers any more money.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Mon Mar 13 13:00:28 2023
    On 3/13/23 11:03 AM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 10:49:15 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/12/23 9:33 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 1:37:35 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/11/23 4:27 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
    On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 4:08:15 PM UTC-5, mINE109 wrote:
    On 3/11/23 11:45 AM, Art Sackman wrote:

    In the past eight years of the fund's existence, how much taxpayer >>>>>>>>> funds were spent to administer the perpetual zero balance????

    Miniscule.

    How do you know that? Back up your assertion.
    Probably done in-house. Some flunky in the SF City Administrator's >>>>>> office probably has to log some minutes to look at the Special Fund >>>>>> balance once a year to make a report.

    Probably more reports than that. And others to analyze and read them sand then on
    to appropriate committees, etc.. i worked for state and local govt. it's never that simple and
    streamlined.
    Sure, but those people are in-house so don't incur extra expense. There >>>> would be a process and a template to follow.

    That's not the way costs are calculated in government service.
    One's salary expense is apportioned to each separate function and accounting entry.
    That's why I mentioned "logging minutes" to reflect the cost of the
    task. Sure, that worker is unavailable for other stuff so there's an
    opportunity cost, but the salary is still being paid.

    That is a truly wonderful argument. That when government employees, who spend so
    much time doing nothing, actually start doing something, it doesn't
    cost the taxpayers any more money.

    That's how salaries work. And hours are charged against projects, hence
    the activity log or other form of time tracking.

    https://govcon365.com/blog/dcaa-timekeeping-regulations-and-best-practices-part-1/#:~:text=The%20Basic%20DCAA%20Timekeeping%20Requirements?

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