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education to increase local awareness of the threat, and state and federal legislation to identify and prohibit jihadist texts that increase the threat. Parallel efforts will work best, including information operations, community watch programs and state and federal initiatives. 3. Recommendation: Provide legal representation for U. S. citizens dam- aged by seditious acts of Shariah advisors and Shariah -compliant financial institutions through their material support of Shariah, of terrorism and of aggressive jihad against the United States. 75  Next Steps and Recommendations Next Steps: Develop the research, legal arguments, and precedents necessary to compel the recognition of Shariah as sedition. 4. Recommendation: Educate and activate shareholders to protect their investments from the risks of criminal and civil liability due to Shariah- compliance. Next Steps: Develop targeted public education and outreach efforts on the risks to individual and institutional investors of Shariah -compliant finance, through coordination with national and local organizations 5. Recommendation: For the few specific areas of disclosure and monitor- ing where existing regulations are inadequate for full disclosure of Shariah-com pliant finance, such as reverse money -laundering, work with congressional oversight committees and regulatory agencies for enhanced regulations and statutory measures. Next Step,): Develop the improved regulations for review and comment by regulators, legislators and industry for tracking zakat and purification of funds and ensuring full transparency of all Shariah -compliant funds. 6. Recommendation: Establish Know-Your-Beneficiary regulators for chari- table donations sent abroad and require U. S. domestic charitable and non -charitable organizations to provide affidavits under penalty of per- jury for compliance. The Know-Your-Beneficiary should be modeled after the export control enforcement laws and regulations such that a donor has an affirmative duty to know the real beneficiary of the donation. Next Steps: Congress and Treasury should work together to draft legis- lation and regulations for this specific purpose. 76 Resources www.stopsharianow.org www.mappingsharia.us http: //papers. ssrn. com /sol3 /papers.cfm ?abstract _id = 1105101 www.nosharia. com http:// womenagainstshariah .blogspot.com / www.reformislam. org/ http: / muslimsagainstsharia / .blogspot.com/ http: / shariahfinancewatch / .wordpress. com/ http : /creepingsharia.wordpress.com / www.terrorfinance.org/ http: / counterterrorismblog. / org/ www.investigativeproject.com/ www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org www.state.gov /s /ct/ www.rewardsforjustice. net/ 77  Working Group Participants* Co -chair Co -chair David Grange Frank J. Gaffney McCormick Foundation Center for Security Policy Nickolas Abramo Andy McCarthy Oakley Strategic Services Foundation for the Defense Democracies Alex Alexiev Center for Security Policy Dan O' Shea Daniel Risk Mitigation Christine Brim Shariah Risk Due Diligence Project Claudia Rosett Foundation for the Defense Debra Burlingame Democracies 9/ 11 Families for a Safe & Strong America Marshall J. Sana Barnabas Fund, The Institute for Demos Chrissos the Study of Islam and Christianity RapidResponse Media, Inc. Diane Sehler Stephen Coughlin Lynde and Harry Bradley Shariah Law Expert Foundation Michael Del Rosso Paul Sperry Acuity Tech Solutions, Inc. Investor' s Business Daily Christopher, Holton Scott Swanson Center for Security Policy Delphi International Research Ken Irish Hope Winters Oakley Strategic Services Center for Security Policy Jeff Lamb David Yerushalmi Cohort International, Inc Law Offices of David Yerushalmi, Society of Americans for National Existence, Center for Security Policy Not all participants are listed. Those individuals who participated in this working group took part in their private capacities. The views expressed herein constitute the consensus of members, rather than individual opinions or those of the institutions they represent. Not every member endorses every judgment or recommendation in this report. 78 McCormick Foundation Conference Series Call for 2009 Conference Proposals McCormick Foundation constantly seeks to build on the quality and tradition of our Conference Series by addressing a range of timely and challenging issues. We welcome submissions from academic institutions, policy experts, and public, nonprofit and private sector professionals from all fields. For detailed submission guidelines, application instructions or to see a list of past conferences, visit the Foundation' s Web site at www.McCormickFoundation. org. Proposals must be received no later than August 29, 2008, to be considered for 2009 conference support. 79 Note 80  CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 9, 2010 City Manager Reports No Backup) Agenda Item Number: 10  CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 9, 2010 City Attorney Reports No Backup) Agenda Item Number: 11  CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 9, 2010 Mayor /Council Comments No Backup) Agenda Item Number: 12