>> street trucks are growing. these vendors offer a variety of food all over town. in parks and on streets near you. these mobile restaurants are serving up some original, a creative, and unusual combinations. this is like a grilled cheese sandwich or you could do something truly unique like this. we're here at off the grid-upper hate. there are so many options. ♪ you will be competing in the food and truck challenge. appetizers, entrees, and desserts. make a cohesive mill. the winner will get the title of

the feed truck challenge chompians. ready, said? whether you talking to get out there. i am with the founder of off the grid. how would you describe it? global food trucks in the bay area. we put them into need urban settings. we get people to come and try the great food. >> what inspired you? >> i was helping people launch mobile food trucks. they were asking where we could park together. there was no process that enabled that. we started the first location at 14th and center. from there, we expanded locations. >> why our food trucks growing in popularity? >> three reasons. the high cost of starting a the rises social media, and trucks can be easily located. food trucks offer a unique

outdoor experience that is not easily replaced by any other sitting anywhere else in san francisco. >> how would you describe the relationship san francisco has with food trucks? >> san francisco eaters are adventurous and interested in novelties. our customers love of food trucks. ♪ >> everybody loves food on the go. the fact that the use great ingredients and are very convenient, gourmet food, that makes them very popular. >> i want to go there. >> i have been dying to have these. >> i have dined and various food trucks before. i think it is cool the they're starting to make food that you can try.

>> i cannot decide. >> in the thick of the competition. how is it going? >> pretty good. i got thrown off because they pulled out of my first appetizer choice. but i think we're doing ok. >> how are you going to crush them? >> i think it will be easy. one of the things probably everyone has tried, but it might be a new twist on it. >> i do not want to where you, but we were at this food truck earlier. >> does not matter. still going to win. >> you walk outside and there is a food truck right there. it changes every day. it is fun and easy to go down and get some food. >> these are going to be really good. >> i am going with this. i think he is going with his gut.

>> this is good. >> i was thinking of doing a sample test. >> i thought about starting a restaurant. the food truck was my initial idea. >> we thought, why don't we combine them, and it would be the most desirable combination. >> [inaudible] >> just getting some feedback. >> for a lot of people, i am sure this combination might not sound right on paper, but when you taste it, you're surprised. it is a great way to create a community. people get together and talk about issues, get toríiziañ know different cultures. that brings people together. i hope there's more off the grid style places to stop, and people can mingle and interact.

this creates that opportunity. >> all right, the time has come. as a very hungry. on the go. >> crispy chicken sandwich. salted caramel the cake. >> i have a thing. fried home cooking food. what do you think? >> i think i am going to need another bite. very moist. >> so good. it is so good. >> fantastic. >> i had the sweet potato fries. the fried mac and cheese. the twinkies.

i wanted something classic with a twist. >> those look crispy. >> yes. >> fried mac and cheese. >> whoa. >> are these the best ones you have ever had? >> yes, they are. i have only had one other twinkie, and that was the regular one. >> would you say you had the winning meal? >> definitely. >> do you think your the food truck challenge chompian? >> yes. >> you're not. claire won. congratulations to the first- ever food truck challenge chompian. ;v3fíéi>> i got a free meal. more importantly, you showed me

how tasty the food trucks can be and facebook. out our blog. this has been quick bites. until next time,

chairperson hur: good afternoon, welcome to the continued meeting of the san francisco ethics commission relating to the official misconduct proceedings against ross mirkarimi. we'll begin by taking the roll. commissioner studley?

studley here. commissioner liu? commissioner liu: here. commissioner hayon? commissioner hayon: here. chairperson hur: commissioner renne? commissioner renne: here. chairperson hur: when we last left off, we were hearing the testimony of eliana lopez. can the staff bring ms. lopez and her attorney into the hearing room? while that's happening, just a reminder, any disruptions, we're going to have to ask the sheriff to remove anybody who makes noises that are inappropriate, any disruption, i'm asking him now to please remove somebody even without direction from me. we're trying to pay attention to

the testimony. you're free to do whatever you deem necessary in light of what we're trying to accomplish here and we thank the public for your cooperation in that. obviously, the testimony is sensitive and we're really trying to pay close attention so thanks in advance for your cooperation. i will ask the attorneys the same question i asked yesterday evening, whether there are additional seats that you had reserved that you're not longer using. if that's the case, please let the sheriff know and we can

allow a few more people in. if you're still waiting for others, we understand you need to reserve your seats. >> i think we only need a total of five. so if there's still 10 reserved, we can release five. chairperson hur: ok. so i guess you can release five seats. ms. lopez, let me remind you that you are still under oath. do you understand that? >> i understand. chairperson hur: and same for the interpreter, you understand

you are still under oath? >> yes, i understand. chairperson hur: mr. keith, you may proceed. >> good evening, ms. lopez. have you communicated with your husband's attorneys, mr. kopp or mr. wagner at any time before tonight? >> i just give him a little back and say hello and i bring a present for him from venezuela because i think they are doing a great job, both of you. i have one for you, too. >> have you had any conversations with them about the events of december 31 or anything that happened after that with regard to the police investigation of that incident? >> no. >> did you share a draft of your declaration with your husband's attorneys? >> no. >> and you recall being directed

by the chair of the commission not to discuss your testimony with anyone after leaving the witness chair last night? >> yes. >> have you discussed your testimony with anyone since leaving the witness chair last night? >> no. >> ms. lopez, last night when we left off, i asked you about whether you made a statement to your husband on december 31 along the lines of, please stop, look at what you're doing to our son, do you know what this going to do to him, please stop for our son? and then you mentioned that the first time you told your husband to stop was in the mini-van. do you recall that testimony? >> si -- yes, i'm sorry.

>> that's ok. what was your husband doing to you in the family mini-van that led you to tell him to stop? >> he grabbed my arm. >> how long did he hold on to your arm? >> he grabbed my arm and i said stop, it was one second. how much you can take the time. "stop." >> i think the record should reflect that the witness moved her right arm suddenly across her torso. chairperson hur: record should so reflect. >> were you a danger to your son at the time that your husband grabbed your arm?

>> whether i was a danger? >> yes. >> no. >> do you think that your husband needed to defend your son from you? >> i don't think so. >> you got an injury from your husband on december 31st? >> i got a bruise. >> is that an injury? >> i'm not a doctor. i can say i got a bruised. >> you don't know whether that's an injury. >> objection, relevance. chairperson hur: answer's in. >> there was a second time on the 31st that you told your husband to stop that you mentioned last night. do you recall that testimony? >> yes. >> where were you the second timing -- time you told your husband to stop on december 31st? >> in the kitchen of my house.

>> and at that point did you say to your husband, something along the lines of "please stop, look at what you're doing to our son, do you know what this is going to do to him, please stop for our son?" >> in the kitchen he was apologizing i didn't want to talk with him so i said, stop, do not talk to me. and at that point was around 1:00 p.m., he was hungry. he was sleepy. i was hungry. i was angry because i have to cook and make the lunch late at 1:00 when it's already nap time and he was trying to apologize so i just say, stop, let me cook, make things i have to do

and deal with you. >> on december 31, did you tell your husband, look at what you're doing to our son? >> no. >> did you tell your husband, do you know what this is going to do to him? >> no. >> did you tell your husband, please stop for our son? >> no. >> now, why were you concerned concerned -- let me step back for a minute. were you at all concerned about the effect of your husband's behavior on december 31st on your son? >> i do not like to fight in front of my son, so i was trying to avoid anything and i of course i was so angry he grabbed

my arm in front of my son. >> why did that concern you? >> not only that, the profanity, i think, was worse for me. >> why did the profanity concern you with regard to your son? >> because it's not right to say that kind of things in front of my son. >> are you concerned. >> i don't say any bad word in front of him. >> are you concerned about the effects of that kind of behavior on your son? >> yes. >> and were you concerned about a negative effect on your son of your husband using force on you in the presence of your son? >> absolutely, very strong. >> were you concerned about your son growing up in an abusive environment? >> objection, relevance. chairperson hur: counsel, what is it going to? >> this is going to the witness'

state of mind and what her state of mind was on the 31st with regard to the situation with her husband. it's part of our claim that the witness had an awareness that she was being abused and after the communications we have been going over over the past couple of nights that changed. chairperson hur: we'll allow this question. overruled. >> can you repeat the question? >> you were concerned about your son growing up in an abusive environment? >> i think an abusive environment is when that kind of thing happen every day or every week. i would never be -- i would never let my son have that kind of experience. but, of course, if it happened one time --.

>> a warning signal. >> that you have to pay attention and that is why i was mad of him. >> did you tell cali williams you were concerned about your son growing up in an abusive environment? >> i think to cali williams, you said? >> yes. >> can you repeat the question? >> did you tell cali williams you were concerned about your son growing up in an abusive environment? >> yes. >> and when you that said to cali williams, were you referring to your own home? >> she was telling me about her father who was an abuser of her mother and hurt her mother, and he was, she described like a horrible domestic violence, and that affect her. she was telling me her own

experience,ids, and i said, of course i do not want my son growing up in that kind of environment, but she was talking about her own experience because she, i think she grew up in a domestic violence house and her father, she described that her father. chairperson hur: ms. lopez, i'm going to stop you right there. >> i'm sorry. chairperson hur: you're starting to be nonresponsive to the question and i don't think we need to go into the details of that. i think you have your answer. move on. >> ok. >> and when you told your husband to stop in the kitchen, what happened after that? >> he moved to another room. >> how soon after he came into the house did you tell him to stop? how soon after your husband came

into the house did you tell him "stop"? >> immediately he came inside and i say, you don't talk to me and stop. >> did you continue to argue with your husband inside your home? >> no, i just said that. >> didn't you tell cali williams that the argument with your husband continued inside your home? >> no. >> didn't you tell ivory madison that the fight with your husband continued inside your home? >> no. i told them exactly what i already told you right now. >> so did your husband push and pull and grab you inside your home? >> never. >> ok. didn't you tell ms. had son and ms. williams that your husband continued to physically abuse you in your home? >> no. >> ms. lopez, your testimony is that you never ran out of the house screaming on december 31st? >> yes. >> ok.

now, after the fight with your husband on december 31, did you send a text message to abe mertens. >> december 31st? >> yes. >> and that message said, hello, where are you guys? >> yes. >> how long after the fight with your husband ended did you send that message to mr. mertens? >> i think that that was around0 when i started to make theo's lunch and i was hungry and we ate, theo and me, because i didn't want to cook for ross. and then we finished and i tried to put him down and he didn't want because we pass all the schedule, and then i took him to square park and when i was

walking up the park, i text them because i was along with theo so maybe they can bring grace to play in the animal square park and i think that was around 2:00 or 3:00 because i was in the park between -- until maybe 4:00 p.m. >> ms. lopez, i asked you how long after the fight ended that you texted mr. mertens. >> and i was telling you the things i was doing. maybe you have the record. >> you don't know how long after the fight? >> no, we drive to the lunch, we come back, and then i make lunch, i feed him, maybe he went to the bathroom and i tried to put him down. maybe that took one hour, one hour and a half. >> so it was an hour to an hour and a half after the fight ended that you texted mr. mertens? >> yes, when we were walking to

animal square park. >> on january 31st. >> this is yours? >> ok, sorry. >> on january 1, you went over to ivory madison's home? >> january 1? >> yes. >> yes. >> and you told ivory madison what your husband did on december 31? >> yes. >> did you tell ivory madison the truth about what happened on december 31? >> yes. >> had your husband ever been physically violent with you earlier in 2011 before december 31? >> no, this is the first time. >> now, you told ivory madison that you're husband's violent act toward you on december 31 was the second time he was physically violent toward you in 2011, didn't you? >> objection, that misstates the testimony and the evidence in the case. chairperson hur: i didn't quite

hear the objection. >> objection, that misstates the testimony and the evidence in the case. chairperson hur: overruled. >> can you repeat the question? >> you told ivory madison that your husband's violent act on december 31, 2011, was the second time he was physically violent toward you in 2011. >> no. >> you told cali williams that your husband's violent act toward you on december 31 was the second time he was physically violent toward you in 2011? >> no. >> and you told cali williams the first time he was physicalle violent with you was in march of time we fight about and we -- when the situation about divorce, i was referring to that. >> so is it your testimony that you did not tell cali williams that that first violent incident was in march 2011? >> i didn't say that, yes.

>> now, ma'am, you made a video that day at ivory madison's home? >> yes. >> in the videotape you made that day you pointed to your bruise and you said this is the second time this is happening? >> yes. >> was anything you said in your video untruthful? >> no. >> now, later in the day, you sent ivory madison an email on the 1st? >> i do not remember. >> so for the commission, i'm going to go to exhibit 48 and ms. lopez, you do have exhibit binders in front of you that are tabbed. exhibit -- rather large, exhibit 48 is in the larger binder.

ms. lopez, if i can approach the witness? chairperson hur: yes. >> while the commissioners are getting their binders i'll ask you to look at that email that's exhibit 48 and i'll have a couple of questions for you.