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I - .; LEITHEAD TODD: But let me express that, that we haven't had, it doesn't change the language of the resolution, it doesn't change the language of the interim amendment here that's being initiated. This was fully noticed so that anyone who had any concerns over this could come in. And it's only really to implement what was passed by the Charter. And so I feel very . comfortable moving forward on this because we move forward on it, and it then goes back to the County Council for them to vote on. WOODWARD: All right. Commissioner Iwashita, do you have something further? IW ASHIT A: Yeah, I, thank you. Probably too much law school but in my mind it'd be better if we continue this till the next meeting. And basically my analysis is that once it's void, it's void. What they did yesterday was to redo it all over again. And so, you know, the Council messed up. Everything they did that dayJudge Ibarra ruled was, basically, no good. LEITHEAD TODD: He didn't rule that. IW ASHIT A: Well, the Judge found that there was very likely-. LEITHEAD TODD: It was a Sunshine Law Violation. IW ASHITA: The Judge found that it was very likely that irreparable harm would have occurred because of the evidence placed before the Judge at that time; and basically you're looking at the result of it. And the Council before the Judge can make a final order basically started to redo things, acknowledging the inadequacy on what it had done on the 16th. So ifin fact what the Council did on the 16th was void, then it was void all the way up until now. What they did yesterday is what they did yesterday. So, you know, nothing that was done on the 16th is legal, you know, as a violation ofthe Sunshine Law. And, or arguably, I guess cause there has never been a court ruling on that, on the ultimate issue -. But to me it's not, once it's void it's void. So my preference is to continue this to the next hearing and whenever it's appropriate I would make such a motion. LEITHEAD TODD: Mr. Chair? Mr. Chair? WOODWARD: Madam Director. LEITHEAD TODD: I personally don't care whether you vote on it today or defer it. But I do want, because we have a record from this, to be very clear that the Sunshine Law violation of the Council went to the reorganization vote. If, in fact, there is a willful violation, it does not necessarily go to all other matters that were agendized, because you had the same nine Council Members who were duly elected by the public representing their districts who voted on those matters. And on none of the other matters that were on the agenda were there any allegations that there were Sunshine Law violations, on those other items. The reason that has been put forward by the Office of Corporation Counsel for the redo and voting over everything is just, it's kind of a cover their okole's action to insure that ifthere's any issue, that everything has been validly 3