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SPRINGER:Yes. <br />DARROW:Commissioner McCall? <br />MCCALL:Yes. <br />DARROW:Commissioner Alameda? <br />ALAMEDA:Aye. <br />DARROW:Commissioner Graham? <br />GRAHAM:Aye. <br />DARROW:CommissionerSiracusa? <br />SIRACUSA:Aye. <br />DARROW:CommissionerSmith? <br />SMITH:Aye. <br />DARROW:And Mr. Chairman? <br />FUJIKAWA:Aye. <br />DARROW:The motion passes for acceptance of a Petition for Standing in a <br />Contested Case Hearing for Cheryl Green. <br />FUJIKAWA:Commissioners, what do you want to do on this case? <br />SPRINGER:Mr. Chair, leading us to a discussion on what our preferences are <br />as far as how to handle the case, I€ll ask my standard question of the Director whether or <br />not we should consider outsourcing this request? <br />FUJIKAWA:Director? <br />YUEN:Well, it€s up to the Commissioners as to the final decision. You <br />usually ask about the funding, and we do have the funds to employ a hearing officer. It€s <br />really a question for the Commission because it is, although -. Generally, I like the <br />Commission to make the decisions, to hear the, it often is useful to actually sit and hear <br />the testimony. It winds up, you wind up hearing a lot of it over again when you get the <br />hearing officer€s report and hear the arguments of counsel anyway. There is a time <br />commitment involved to it, and I know that the Commission already gives more than <br />generously of its time. So I don€t try to prod the Commission in any one direction or the <br />other as far as whether they have a hearing officer or they decide to do this themselves. <br />13 <br /> <br />