ongoing part of the analysis or the discussion. should not just rest at the police department, so i would encourage you and the mayor's office to work together on the -- on that. one quick question about crime, and i do not want to be labor this. mont mu -- on muni, do we have any statistics with crime? >> i did not bring it with me today, yes. >> we need to talk -- we cannot talk about what is happening with public safety around the city if we do not talk about what is happening with respect to public transportation. that is something of concern for me. in my district, we have the 14 line, one of the second most transit lines. incidents happen from time to time, so i would like to get a better sense of what is happening, what does the picture

look like in terms of safety muni -- safety on muni buses and trains and if we could incorporate that as part of our presentation. >> i can tell you that even one crime on muni is too much. but i work with the deputy chief, who is in charge, and he has a great squad of officers, and they have been doing a fantastic job, and i know these numbers are going down, compared to last year and over the months, and i have known tom, too, and i think you would be happy to see him. supervisor mirkarimi: ok. you want to talk about the chief selection process? i'm just kidding. [laughter] >> i did not apply.

i did not apply. supervisor mirkarimi: and if you did, he should have been interviewed. that is all i'm going to say on the matter. listen, thank you. unless my colleagues have more comments. i do want to say how much i do appreciate everything that you are trying to do, i think, to help modernize the approach and get a handle around the activity that is occurring. i realize a lot of what we are asking is not solely on the shoulders of the police department, but until there is some traffic cop, for lack of a better phrase, to unite all the statistical -- disparate statistical variables of the criminal justice system, it is difficult for us to get a complete picture, so i appreciate you helping us endeavor to that point as much as the conversation has, i think, evolves. thank you. >> i appreciate that. when i put this working group

together, i will be including nlcj in networking group, so you will be hearing from me. >> good morning. i'm from the mayor's office. i'm here mostly to listen because, as you are aware, we have someone starting with us next week, and he will be in this chair moving forward, so he can speak with some knowledge, which i do not have on the issues, but i do appreciate your focusing on solving these issues, and i will commit mr. henderson, since he is not here, to argue otherwise to working collaborative we on this issue. supervisor mirkarimi: the good news is he is really no stranger to any of this. he has been before public safety and the board of supervisors many times, so this conversation is not unfamiliar to mr. henderson at all. being a longtime member of the district attorney's office, someone i used to work with for a number of years, staff i think

is a language he gets, so i think that would be a good language for us. >> he is focused on solving these issues by data and not as much by feel, so i think there is consensus around that. supervisor mirkarimi: just a message to glean from what supervisors have been talking about and i have been drumbeating for a while, too, and that is it somehow through either the department of technology or the coit working group, what have you, is able to help us figure out a way that does unite that strategy on statistics from the disparate criminal justice departments, that would be wonderful. because we came in at the police department. none of us expect them to be able to answer all the

questions, so it is helpful again to have that kind of administrator or organizer, somebody that can referee all the different agencies together. >> i think, as supervisor campos mentioned, you cannot just look at one type of data. on tuesday, the full board voted on first reading on the justice reorganization, and the justice system will now exist under the city administrator, and i believe that they begin to address the concerns you are expressing. i hope it will, at least. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you very much. very much appreciate the mayor's office of criminal justice being part of this. very good. we can open this up to public comment. >> hello, ladies and gentlemen. i'm christine harris.

thank you for letting me speak. i'm a victim of electromagnetic weapons, organize stocking -- stalking. wiretaps are in my phone, and a gps device has been inserted in my vehicle. the perpetrators are sgt beasley from the san francisco police department, his wife, debra davis, and peter davis. in my many attempts to seek protection from the san francisco police department, and public authorities in san francisco, i have not only been denied but threatened for speaking about the crimes against me. officer kelly dunne even showed up at my husband's place of work to say that the crimes against me have been investigated and the case closed. i'm requesting a real, genuine investigation with integrity that does not come for the criminal and crucify the victim. i wanted to let you know that a group of victims just testified at the bioethics meeting in

washington, d.c., this past week. thank you so much. supervisor mirkarimi: i'm sorry. a question wanted to be asked by supervisor cohen. supervisor cohen: i did not catch your name. >> christine harris. supervisor cohen: just wanted to make sure i understood what you just said. you are a victim of cyber- stocking -- cyberstalking? >> it is called organized stalking. it is an act that a group of people did back in the 1950's, 1960's, and 1970's. it was very familiar with the kkk to stalk the black panthers to intimidate and threaten them. they would discredit the victim so that they could continue their crimes. supervisor cohen: so you came to

bring your case to our attention? >> i have been speaking at police commissioner meetings, and i have been to three of these public safety meetings to bring to the attention of the board of supervisors to bring awareness as the media is not paying particular attention to these crimes. supervisor cohen: tell me, how did you become a victim? >> very interesting. i had a disagreement with our property manager. that was sort of how it started. the president of the homeowner association was not complying with the law. as opposed to hiring an attorney, which i had done and spent $500, i decided to go to the attorney general, which there is a list of four things with their is no fee, so i contacted the attorney general,

and from there on, a list of crimes started. supervisor cohen: so how long has this been going on? >> basically since june 2008. supervisor mirkarimi: you know, a supervisor cohen, i think the issue sounds extremely complex and sensitive, especially since i'm hearing specific individuals being called out. due to the nature of the sensitivity, i think this might be a conversation best suited offline. supervisor cohen: agreed. >> i will be leaving you some information at your offices individually. the reason why perpetrators names have been listed is they need to be exposed. it would not have gotten this far had the san francisco police department or any public official taken notice of the crime, so please forgive me. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you.

next speaker please. >> good morning, supervisors. i have lived in san francisco for 59 years. i am actually stunned by the first speaker. what she is saying is not here said -- he -- harsaa -- hearsay, and i will talk to her privately about that. my own comments about san francisco, i have a couple of suggestions to improve police presence. my first suggestion is to have the top brass of the police department actually spend some time on the street. in my opinion, one way to shoot down the drug quarter for activity is to park a police car at that corner and send a message that business is over at

that corner. i think the street cops would really appreciate it when they see the top brass on the street, even though it is only for a limited time. let's put it this way -- you might get lucky and actually prevent a crime when the top brass is on the street. secondly, i think that a crime situation would be helped if we could get some help from ex- chief heather fong. i'm surprised she has not had any presence since her retirement, and i think that helps the criminal because we are not using her vast experience and knowledge that she acquired. second, i would like to thank the sfpd juvenile unit for

conducting investigation into pornography allegations on san francisco general hospital. i think that pornography is banned under reported crime in san francisco, and i have a feeling that it is abuse other illegal activities. my final comment is the open court examiner" has an article on today's crops. -- the "examiner" has an article on today's cops. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you, captain, for the updated information, and we look forward to seeing you again soon. want to remind the audience that next week, there will be a special meeting on the ninth regarding community policing and legislation being advanced to discuss what the legislative definition of community

policing may be. we expect a good community interface in that meeting as well. madam clerk, do we have any other business? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you very much. this meeting is adjourned.

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>> it has been amazing. the people have been so gracious and so supportive of what we're doing. the energy here is fantastic with so many couples getting married. it's just been an absolutely

fantastic experience, so wonderful. >> by the power vested in me, i declare you spouses for life. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> to actually be able to get married and be a part of this time in history and time in our history is amazing. >> this is a momentous occasion for us to be able to actually have this opportunity to have equal rights. >> we have been together for 14 years. everyone is so welcoming. it's been all set up and people have guided us from step to step. it's been easy. there was live music. people are so friendly and excited. so excited for us. >> it's really great. >> yeah. >> and salvador is party a here to known as party a. >> on the out it looks pretty simple. you come in, you made your

appointment. you pay. you go here for your license. you got there to get married. you go there if you want to purchase a certified copy. behind the scenes, there was just this monumental just mountain of work, the details into everything that we had to do and we quickly realized that we were not ready to issue the numbers of licenses that people are anticipating that we would need to issue. we definitely did not want people waiting in long lines. this is somebody's wedding. you want to be able to plan and invite your family and friends. know what time you are able to get your marriage license, know what time you're going to have your ceremony. >> thanks for volunteering. >> we got city volunteers, we got members of the public volunteering.

we had our regular volunteers volunteering. we had such an overwhelming response from city employees, from the members of the general public that we had way more volunteers than we could ever have hoped for. we had to come up with a training program. i mean, there are different functions of this whole operation. you were either, you know a check-in person. you were a greeter. you were part of the license issuing unit. you were deputy marriage commissioner, or you were on the recording side. each one of those functions required a different set of skills, a different oath of office if they needed to be sworn in as a deputy county clerk to issue marriage licenses or as a deputy county recorder if they were going to register the marriage licenses or the deputy marriage commissioner if they were going to be performing ceremonies. >> donna, place the ring on her ring finger. >> the marriage commissioner training was only about a half hour.

it was very simple. very well run, very smooth and then we were all sworn in. >> they said we would get our scheduled sunday night and so 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, you know, i got it at 11:00. this person who was orchestrating all of the shifts and the volunteers and who does what, you know, said from her office sunday night at 11:00. they are just really helping each other. it's a wonderful atmosphere in that way. >> have you filled out an application? >> not yet. you want to do that. >> take this right over there. >> all right. >> take it tout counter when you're done. >> very good. >> congratulations, you guys. >> for those volunteers, what a gift for them as well as us that they would take up their time and contribute that time, but also that they would in return receive so much more back because they're part of the narrative of someone else's love and expression of love in life. >> this isn't anything that we

had budgeted for, so it was basically we asked our i.t. director to do the best you can, you know, belling, borrow, steal if you have to and get us what you need to do this. and he knew what the mission was. he knew what our goal was. and, you know, with our i.t. grids and our software vender, they really came together and pulled it together for us. it made it possible for us to be able to serve as many couples as we have been. >> so once you're ready, you and your husband to be or wife need to be need to check in here and check in again, ok. are you also going to get married today? >> yeah. >> let's process you one by one. do your license in, exit and re-enter again check in at that desk. >> our wedding is at 3:00. >> as long as we get you in today. >> we're getting married at 2:30. >> don't worry about the time line. we're greeting people at the

doorway and either directing them to the services they need on this side which is licensing or the services on this side which is actually getting the ceremony performed. >> this is an opportunity to choose to be a part of history. many times history happens to us, but in this case, you can choose to be a part of it. this is a very historic day and so i'm very, very proud to be here. >> i have been volunteering. last monday i performed 12 different marriage smones. the least amount of time that any of the couples that i married have been together is two years. most of the couples have been together eight, nine, 10, i'd say 70% have been together at least that long if not longer. >> there is a lot of misconception about who gay and lesbian people are. it's important that people see that we love our husbands and wives to be and love our

children and have the right to have families just like everyone else. >> it's important that we have experienced our own families, our own friends, and the excitement of the volunteers when we get here has made us feel wonderful and accepted and celebrated. >> there is a lot of city agencies, city departments, divisions that offer up their employees to help us out since overwhelming response, it's unbelievable at how city government works. this is the time that san francisco city employees have really outshined san francisco's clerk's office didn't need to hear from the mayor to say what's your plan. they offered a plan and said here is our strategy. here is what we can do. we can add all of these computers here and there. we can connect our databases, we can expand our capacity by x. we can open up early and stay

late and stay open on the weekends. it's unbelievable. we can coordinate all of the training for our volunteers and them in as deputy marriage commissioners and make sure it's signed and certified. that's an example and a model for others. this is -- what happens is when people prove that things can be done, it just raises the bar for what is possible for everyone else. >> it kind of went cooled plan and this is what we planned for. in some respects, people have kind of commented to me, oh, my god, you were a part of history and how many couples did we mary? how many families did we start? how many dreams did we make come true? the whole part of being part of history is something that we are here and we are charged with