Former San Francisco Deputy City Attorney appointed to Ethics Commission

Bay City News Service

March 20, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera has named a former deputy city attorney to the San Francisco Ethics Commission.

Herrera's office announced today that Kimon Manolius will fill a vacancy on the five-member commission created by the resignation of Michele Anglade.

Manolius, a partner in the public agency section of a San Francisco law firm, spent 11 years at the city attorney's office.

He also serves as an early settlement panelist for the Bar Association of San Francisco and has served as a judge pro tem for the presiding judge at the San Francisco Superior Court, according to Herrera's office.

"The charter specifies that my ethics commission appointment have a background in law as it relates to government ethics, and I think it's impossible to imagine a single person whose background is better suited to the important and varied challenges the commission faces than Kim Manolius," Herrera said in a statement.

"I know his professionalism, leadership and extraordinary knowledge of government ethics will be an enormous asset to the commission and the citizens of San Francisco," Herrera said.

Manolius' term will expire in February 2008.

Created by voters with the passage of Proposition K in November 1993, the Ethics Committee administers city laws regarding campaign contribution, conflict of interest, lobbying and whistle-blowing, according to the city attorney's office.

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