The Sunshine Ordinance Task Force Complaints Committee approved an allegation that Supervisor Joel Engardio failed to provide public records of his appointments calendar, missing a meeting related to the Great Highway closure with a donor and political consultant. The committee asked the full task force to determine whether the omission was intentional and willful, a finding that could prompt an Ethics Commission investigation. The meeting involved tech executive Lucas Lux and consultant Todd David; Engardio's chief of staff Jonathan Goldberg acknowledged the meeting occurred but said unpaid interns handled the Microsoft Word document and the meeting was mistakenly deleted. The deletion raises accountability concerns during an active recall campaign.
The Complaints Committee of the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force voted last week to approve an allegation that Sup. Joel Engardio failed to provide public records of his calendar -particularly, a meeting with a big donor and political consultant around the closure of the Great Highway. The committee asked the full task force to consider whether the violation was intentional and willful-which could trigger a full Ethics Commission investigation.
He received a response showing 343 meetings over the course of several months-but one single meeting, which happened to involve the Great Highway (a central issue in the recall) was missing. Engardio had disclosed that meeting to another constituent in an earlier request. But when Correa asked, that one meeting-with a tech executive who was pushing to close the Great Highway and a political consultant-was deleted.
Goldberg told the committee that unpaid interns handled the Microsoft Word doc that contained Engardio's schedule. Somehow, he said, someone must have made a mistake and deleted a meeting that had a significant impact on the defining issue in the recall. Joel Engardio is an elected official. He has a staff of four people, all of whom make a very reasonable salary. The interns work for free.
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