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Mayor Bob Filner City of San Diego News Release Information Re: Trip To Paris, France

Mayor Bob Filner of San Diego released details about the costs of his recent trip to France. The trip was arranged to maintain international relationships that could benefit San Diego projects and was conducted within all appropriate policies. The total costs for the portion of the trip to attend the Organization of Iranian-American Communities conference was $31,363, with nearly a third paid by OIAC for the Mayor's expenses including $8,304 for airfare and $971 for lodging. The Mayor also traveled in France to tour energy and sustainability programs in Lille that he hopes to model for San Diego.

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Mayor Bob Filner City of San Diego News Release Information Re: Trip To Paris, France

Mayor Bob Filner of San Diego released details about the costs of his recent trip to France. The trip was arranged to maintain international relationships that could benefit San Diego projects and was conducted within all appropriate policies. The total costs for the portion of the trip to attend the Organization of Iranian-American Communities conference was $31,363, with nearly a third paid by OIAC for the Mayor's expenses including $8,304 for airfare and $971 for lodging. The Mayor also traveled in France to tour energy and sustainability programs in Lille that he hopes to model for San Diego.

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For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 25, 2013 Contact: Len Lewis, 619 201-1554

MAYOR BOB FILNER CITY OF SAN DIEGO NEWS RELEASE INFORMATION RE: TRIP TO PARIS, FRANCE
Mayor Bob Filner releases facts about the cost of his trip to France. (San Diego) Mayor Bob Filner wants the people of San Diego to know his recent trip to France was arranged and managed in accordance with all appropriate policies, procedures and regulations. It was conducted to help maintain positive international relationships that he had developed while in Congress which he can call upon to benefit several City projects. Initially, he was invited to speak at the Organization of Iranian-American Communities (OIAC) 2013 Annual Conference for Democracy. In addition, the Mayor also travelled to the City of Lille, France in the region of Nord Pas-de-Calais where he toured and was briefed on their internationally recognized energy and sustainability programs, which he would like to use as a model for our City. Building and maintaining these international relationships will support several of the Mayors most important priorities for San Diego, including increasing cargo imports that lead to goodpaying maritime jobs and his vision for an innovative energy and sustainability program. The costs for the OIAC trip totaled $31,363, of which nearly one-third the Mayors expenses were paid by OIAC. Below please find a breakdown of those expenses: Mayors Expenses (Paid by OAIC) Airfare $8,304 Lodging $971 Meals $564 Security Details Expenses (Paid by City of San Diego) Airfare $16,462 Lodging $3,183 Meals $1,599

The region of Nord Pas-de-Calais, France paid approximately $280 in transportation costs for the Mayor and his security detail to and from Paris. Under the California Fair Political Practices Act, OIACs payment of the Mayors expenses are exempt from all gift limits because OIAC is an IRC 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and the expenses were incurred for a legitimate governmental purpose. ###

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