Planning Commission votes to enter closed session under attorney-client privilege, later votes not to disclose discussion

The San Francisco Planning Commission voted unanimously to assert the attorney-client privilege and move into closed session to confer with legal counsel. A motion to assert the privilege and enter closed session was moved and seconded and the chair recorded the roll-call votes: Commissioners Tanner, Diamond, Fung, Imperial, Moore and President Koppel each voted in favor. The chair announced, "A motion passes unanimously 6 to 0."

After the closed session, the commission reconvened in open session and the chair announced that no action had been taken during the closed session. Commissioner Diamond moved that the commission "not to disclose" any of the closed-session conversations; that motion was seconded and recorded as passed by unanimous vote. The special hearing concluded and commissioners were told the meeting would reconvene on the same channel in about 45 minutes at 1 p.m.

The motions and roll-call votes were procedural: the commission entered closed session under attorney-client privilege and subsequently chose not to disclose the content of those discussions. No substantive decisions or policy actions were reported out of closed session during this special meeting.