to face has had his fingerprints on it. he led the way in terms of disaster recovery and in terms of dealing with many of the ethnic conflicts we have seen. because of his experience and integrity, because of his ability to run with these and those of come before the city, i really think that he would be the most appropriate candidate for this position. i hope that my colleagues will consider his candidacy deeply because he has been a very worthwhile and very important public servant. >> thank you, supervisors. for our city administrator and sheriff, we are capable to do this. i would offer that some months ago, i approached our

administrator and asked if he was interested and he told me that he was not. i am one of four supervisors had approached him about this and i believe consistently he said he was not interested in doing this job. i don't mean to suggest that i don't think he is willing to do the job right now, i simply want to state that he was among the first people that i thought was qualified to do this job. i thought it was appropriate in this respect. it has been no secret that i have been advocating for the general manager for some time. from my vantage vantage point,e very much need a store in america, not a caretaker. we need someone that will lead us through a year of transition and for the city. someone that is going to respect

the leadership that is in place both in the legislative body and within the departments. in seeking to put their own mark on the city, and hopefully not make wholesale changes that would be destructive. i spoke about who candidates great qualities and i think he is one of the underappreciated officials considering what he began in 1979, a revolution to take an agency and make it reflect the city rather than protect it. he has been a professional that has dealt with every change that has happened since the aids epidemic to provide training for officers on how to respond cullis thickly and give people dignity in their custody of responsibilities. i have not change my vote or

decision a around what i have been doing for more than a year and what i intend to do for the rest of this year. hustling like to see a strongest word and a leader for the city, and all of the rest of the decisions are going to unfold as they should. what is a little difficult for me is that it seems to me that the mayor has the cards. if he does the resign, and any decision we make is ineffectual. there is activity right now that i don't fully understand. but i am not the smartest member of the 11 members of this board of supervisors. there might be something i am not seeing in this equation. i am a bit troubled that the way that votes are sequence, if i make a decision in the first round, i could preclude other

individuals from being considered. i would like my colleagues to have the opportunity to demonstrate. i intend to vote no on the first round at let individuals cast their vote as they see fit. i have seen time after time again that we have gone multiple rounds and removed after that decision is made. what i would like to do is not be the sixth vote for the first round and give people an opportunity to show where they stand on the candidates that are most inclined to do this. if there is a deadlock, i will consider options that the boy. the sheriff is a classy an individual as i have ever met. he is a person that has extended himself to me how without asking anything in return and has been honest. i think they are both tremendous public servants.

the individuals that have been nominated, to prevent that from being here tonight. >> i have always been open to different candidates, and it is important that the people and i feel closest to politically can come to a decision together. i have met with many people for running for inter-american, including folks that aren't on the left. i met with a leak at a time he said he was interested in the

position, and it wasn't until this morning that it was put out there again. it comes as a bit odd that to try to reconsider ed lee as a potential candidate. i have a tremendous amount of respect for him and all the folks here on the list. i really admire his longevity and all the different places he has worked. i think his work that he has been able to oversee in my district and across the city is exemplary. i have had been really impressed with how he has been able to talk about his experiences as mayor and what he has learned from the hard times and there were some incredible experiences that he had as mayor. he was someone that i was

considering as well. i have talked many times with former supervisors, and seeing him as someone to consider as well. many of my discussions with the media have been about multiple names including people that are in this room that i would be willing to support. it is really how we could make the best of a collective decision to move that forward. of the people here that i feel closest to, my closest support is to sheriff hennessy. i would cast my vote in the first round. we have worked on the budget issues and on the sheriff issues within this department. i have been really impressed.

in his commitment to working with our different neighborhoods and different communities, looking at education. and they are great qualities that he could draw on as enteron -- interim mayor. he has also had to work with multiple departments. i feel that he has those relationships that would be great at the helm of the interim mayor position. i concur with supervisor dufty, we want someone who will play an active role. he would have a good relationship with the board of supervisors. it is something we really yearn for, to have a relationship

regardless of how we identify ourselves politically. president chiu: we have a difficult decision in front of us, and we are extremely fortunate that all of these nominees are outstanding individuals. the chairman has served as a brilliant public servant who led the board of supervisors extremely well and currently leads the democratic party very well. all of us see a little bit of the handwriting on the wall that the discussion is focusing on a couple of individuals. the share of has had an outstanding record for decades.

he is someone that has incredible integrity and management experience, someone i would be proud to work with. i do plan to vote for ed lee. much has been said about all of the various things he has done for the city. i want to talk for a moment about everything he has done that reflect our chevy -- city's shared progressive values. he was an old school progressive activists. he worked on the public housing project in the heart of chinatown. he worked in the hearts of my district and worked for 12 years at the progress of civil rights organization in the community that i come from. serving for five years and led

case after case fighting the fight for justice. i have the honor of presenting him with the champion of justice award and worked very closely with supervisor avalos on local hiring. he was appointed to serve as an investigator and executive director of the human rights commission. through this service has continued to exceed expectations to the point where we have recently reinstalled and him. he is someone that can work across the political aisle and has had enormous confidence with no ego.

speaking to many of you about him, i know he is something we can all work with. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, president chiu. supervisor campos: i just wanted to make one point that i appreciate and understand what supervisor dufty: in indicated. the fact that i vote no on someone with respect to a specific vote doesn't mean that it would change. i want to make that clear. supervisor maxwell: i must say

that i am appreciating with this is going. i had somebody else in mind, as you all know. believing that somebody like him could come in and hit the ground running. he does have to be apolitical and a team player. it looks like we have a couple of other candidates that are pretty strong. you all seem to understand that we should be selecting a manager and the voters should elect a mayor. i am hearing the you're considering people that don't have any political aspirations the that the decisions they will make will be based on what the city will need and they will not be in competition with this board homework as a demon. that is what i am appreciating about this.

the people like you are considering could certainly be put in that category who will put the city first and not themselves, who will talk with you and work collaborative leave. that is what we will be going forward, so thank you for that. president chiu: once the board members have talked about nominations, there will be a roll-call vote in the order in which they were received. as we all know, the selection is made by majority vote. would you call the roll on michael hennessy?

>> on the nomination of sheriff michael hennessy. [roll call vote. ] there are 5 ayes and six no's. president chiu: the next being for the mayor. >> on the former mayor. president chiu: no. supervisor chu: no. supervisor daly: aye. supervisor dufty: no. supervisor elsbernd: no.

supervisor mar: aye. supervisor maxwell: no. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: no. supervisor avalos: no. supervisor campos: aye. >> there are 4 aye's and 7 no's. president chiu: the next round will be for edwin lee. aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor daly: no. supervisor dufty: no. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor mar: no. supervisor maxwell: no. supervisor mirkarimi: no. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: no.

supervisor campos: no. >> there are 4 aye's and 7 no's. president chiu: and on mr. [unintelligible] >> former board president and chairman of the democratic party. president chiu: no. supervisor chu: no. supervisor daly: aye. supervisor dufty: no. supervisor elsbernd: no. supervisor mar: no. supervisor maxwell: no. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: no. supervisor avalos: no. supervisor campos: aye. >> there are 3 aye's and 8 no's. president chiu: the first round of votes has been completed. no one has the votes necessary

to proceed. we can have a second round of nominations or we can close nominations. supervisor elsbernd: [inaudible] president chiu: in order for us to proceed, we would need a motion to reopen nominations which requires a majority vote. supervisor elsbernd: so moved. president chiu: seconded by supervisor alioto-pier. supervisor daly would like to speak against the motion. supervisor daly: perhaps it has to do with what supervisor dufty said in terms of wanting to allow a round of voting to see where the votes are after

having expressed support for multiple candidates. if you look at the voting with supervisor dufty voting against his preferred candidate, no other candidate received more than 4 votes. i would recommend giving supervisor dufty another round before we reopen nominations as a think the intent of giving everybody the opportunity to vote before locking in the first nomination makes the most sense in terms of going forward. i don't know how many rounds before everybody had enough opportunities to vote for the

return candidates. i voted for three. people have different strategies, but at some point, i would assume that supervisor dufty or maxwell will cast an aye vote. supervisor campos: i also want to join supervisor daly in asking that we vote in another round. i think that is consistent with the statements made and we have an opportunity to make a decision right now. my hope is that we can come together and make a decision that makes sense. >> i am happy to withdraw my motion. president chiu: we will proceed as supervisor daly has suggested identical to what we

just did in the last round of votes. would you like a minute?

supervisor alioto-pier: no. supervisor avalos: no. supervisor campos: aye. th>> there are three aye's and 8 no's. president chiuon lee.

[rollc al call vote] there are 5 aye's and 6 no's. president chiu: and the last round of the chairman. >> on the former board president and chair of the democratic party. president chiu: no. supervisor chu: no. supervisor daly: aye. supervisor dufty: no. supervisor elsbernd: no. supervisor mar: no. supervisor maxwell: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: no.

supervisor alioto-pier: no. supervisor avalos: no. supervisor campos: aye. >> there are three aye's and eight no's. president chiu: discussion. supervisor dufty: i would like to request a 20 minute recess. motion to recess for 20 minutes. president chiu: 8:45? unless there is an objection. supervisor daly: perhaps an explanation? supervisor dufty: i would like a recess is my explanation.

president chiu: why don't we recess until 8:45? president chiu: welcome back to the board of supervisors meeting. we are on item 26. the appointment of a successor merit. having gone through two rounds of votes, the options are as follows. all of the nominations that have been made before stay alive

unless someone decides to withdraw the nomination or a month there is a motion to reopen nominations that would require a majority of the board to do so. i see a couple of colleagues that would like to speak. supervisor dufty: thank you for your patience and for the members of the public and the press that are here. it was clear that there would be a major named for the city. i approached an individual that i thought would be inappropriate to work for the city. i am not misrepresenting this. they indicated they were not willing to take this position on that individual was the subject themselves to the existing charter restrictions that would

limit that individual's ability to retake their position, a renewal of the city administrator. it was clear that the city administrator had many personal decision that he is willing to make that sacrifice and accept the position recognizing the uncertainty. i have been very forthright with my support and belief of the sheriff as a transformative public servant and law enforcement official. i want to say at this stage and at this point, i am comfortable that i am being consistent with myself and i would be supporting him to be interim the mayor and i am willing to proceed to a vote of the

candidates before us. and with respect, i will not be supporting the sheriff in this round of voting. supervisor mirkarimi: a question. either to county council or to the clerk. if i did not hear correctly, some of the comments of supervisor dufty, none of the people that we have offered a nomination have we actually pass if they are accepting the nomination. it is a question that hasn't necessarily been pointed. would this be useful in making sure that that is the case, and it might inform us of a potentially alternate strategy so we can know for sure that these people are really

interested. so i would like to know what evidence there is that we have heard by some of the other candidate that they would accept this. >> i have staff right now contacting in at least three of the nominees to let them know that they have been nominated and that they would accept a nomination. president chiu: i have spoken to all the individuals and they have expressed interest. that is my representation.