From: Doris Nishimoto
Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2025 1:51 PM
To: City Mgr <[email protected]>; Rob Newsom <[email protected]>; Lisa Diaz Nash <[email protected]>; Adam Loraine <[email protected]>; Danielle Cwirko-Godycki <[email protected]>; Nicole Fernandez <[email protected]>; Prasanna Rasiah <[email protected]>; Noel Nish
Subject: Upcoming study session for "Code of Conduct" Council Members Hi City Council and City Manager and City Attorney,
As a practicing dentist 47 years now (73 YO this week!), if a dentist does not follow the rules of "Code of Conduct", the dentist is subject to loss of licensure through the California State Board.
I've seen this happen to 2 dentists (younger than me) in our town:
One was for fraudulent billing of services rendered (female DDS). The other was for theft of a TV Cable from the former Kmart Store on Delaware St (male DDS)
You would think that this wouldn't happen (risk losing license) in that it takes 8 years to become a dentist. "Loss of Income" (Council member's monthly paycheck) is what I recommend you consider as enforcement. Also, Dentists are required to fulfil an "ethics" course now. (Didn't have this requirement when I graduated UCSF in 1978). Council members should take an ethics course relevant to politics.
Doris Nishimoto, D.D.S.