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is there any public, regarding line item 3 a, b, c, or d? >> commissioners, good evening once again. i have one, and it is brief. i have made several requests over the past number of months to the occ on documentation related not only to my complaint but also a racial breakdown of all the complaints and multiple complaints against police on both sides of the fence, and i have yet to get any documents from occ related to any of that. my complaint at the sec went nowhere -- my complaint at the occ went nowhere for nine months. second, i will not make a racial case out of this because i don't think it is racially biased, but
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the mere fact the investigator was african-american, the police officer was african-american, and i was a salted verbally for almost two minutes while he felt he had full control of the room, i think this investigation of this complete warrants something further. i don't bring that up is any particular issue but i bring up to the fact that i have asked for the breakdown for the number of police officers who have more than two or three complaints out for them and the occ as a year ago has refused to move these documents forward. i think if you have diversity in the city of san francisco and you identify the racial background of the person who complains, he should also have these documents related to the policeman on the other side. the occ has not complied with any requests that i have made since last year. it is getting a little tiring.
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we are all in the same city. two is that even though occ complaints have gone down, i don't have that on any reflection of occ themselves. that is more likely on the policeman doing a better job in terms of communicating with the public at large. and i think that is the issue. so i address you in this particular case that i would like those documents, as requested. ms. hicks has my letters. she should bring them forward. so that i can close my case without any further inquiry in terms of what the actual numbers are and what the actual official documents are. because i think my whole case, since ms. hicks lost the documents twice, the investigator lost the documents for the third time, when i stood before the police commission,
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there something a little funny that took place at occ to reflect my particular complaint. i don't think it was an issue that it was a very big complaint, because it was not. but i think if the occ is going to take care of complaints in that manner, something is missing. president mazzucco: any additional comments? >> yes, commissioners. it just occurred to me that often what is overlooked is i think it's significant part of the sfpd, and that is the airport bureau. if we are going to have the captain and such come here, i'd like to hear from the airport bureau, because we really did not hear any statistics in regards to what happens at the airport. sitting here, it occurred to me that in all of the commission meetings, we have not heard anything from them. president mazzucco: okay, thank
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you. any further public comment? dr. marshall? vice president marshall: i know that it is a couple weeks away, but what you make the announcement of the committee meeting. president mazzucco: he did. vice president marshall: oh. sorry. president mazzucco: line item 4? >> item four, public comment on all matters pertaining to item 6 below, closed session, disciplinary cases, including public comments on the vote whether to hold item 6 in closed session. president mazzucco: ladies and gentlemen, any public comment on the item 6? any public comment regarding the confidentiality of these proceedings? hearing nine, please call the next item, please? >> a vote on whether to hold item 6 in closed session. president mazzucco: motion?
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all in favor? ladies and gentlemen, we're now moving into closed session. thank you. >> we are back in open session. item #7 is to vote to whether not to let to disclose information from the closed session. >>: item #8. and before no. 8, i would like to adjourn tonight's meeting in the memory of firefighters vince perez and tony valerio.
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round table, and we're honored to be here with the staff -- and before i go into any of this, i just want to mention the all the guests were residents of san francisco. and we are so happy they came back to san francisco. in a separate from the department of children, youth, and their families. i am joined by mayor lee with the housing and equal opportunity of washington d.c.. and this is from the san francisco office. we're going to hand this over to merely.
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i am so sorry. the supervisor for the bayview district, and of course, president of the san francisco board of education -- thank you for joining us. >> we have a lot of work to do it in the community. this is one of my favorite places, to be here. we have the director of children, youth, and family. as important as we are here, we have a direct connection to president obama today.
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this is the assistant to the deputy for housing and urban development, and we have a long history with the city. we're making certain that the round table in your opinion will be heard directly in the white house. the president has not only been leading the country in many other things, but one of the top priorities has been to make certain that the youth and the future is engaged with both local government as well as understanding what is happening on the national stage. i cannot possibly run the city without strong opinions, and an understanding this country and moving all of these things together and all of the agendas together. this is important so that we know what your ideas are, and
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how you think. this city in this country can work better with your ideas. and so i think this is a wonderful opportunity, to express your opinions about what is happening in your lives, what kind of city, what kind of community that you want have happened, the things that you think are important, so that people who work in government can make certain that we pay attention to that. i am very happy to be here today. we're here to listen, and we are here to also ask questions and challenge to to give us the appropriate answers so that we can use those answers and make some choices for ourselves. we have to to pay attention to make you feel that this is a safer community for you.
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do you feel that there are opportunities out there that you think are important? how do we open these opportunities and how we make certain that we are listening better. all these different viewpoints about the culture of the city are important to us as well. i hope i am making the right decision. but the best way to do this is to make certain everyone is talking. all of you are connected in some way. i appreciate your engagement, to help us answer the tough questions about how we will move forward with everyone in the city. thank you very much. what's good morning. i just wanted to offer a welcome, and i wanted to encourage you -- i was active in
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the youth activities at the time of the presidency for the of commission. sometimes a lot of these meetings -- there may be a little part of the that actually wonders if your voice in your opinion matter. i want you to know that people do listen, and this is as much of a benefit for you as it is for us, and it is important for us to get your feedback about how you would like the direction of the city to be going, and this a chance to show your leadership skills, for those people making decisions that will hopefully inspire you to continue through your life and your professional career in a leadership position. honoring your commitment to bring about change. today's session is about winning the future.
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it is very inappropriate we are here in the southeast part of the city. this is right here in our neighborhood. i will encourage you to be thoughtful, excited, and share your vision, and i want to encourage you to be candid about your conversations. like you, we are from san francisco and we care about the city, and we want the city to thrive and be robust, and welcoming for all people. thank you for being here, i am happy to be here. and with that, let's get started. >> thank you very much. when we started this discussion about 10 days ago, we picked up on this right away.
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this time of year, you are looking at final exams. this has been issued for about three months. i see him on saturday, and they have been exploiting the budget and all of this in the district. i appreciate the work of your staff, and even though we have the title, the important people across the room -- the president and the congress, they are writing all the policies. but unless they are grounded in reality, the reality of what you face on a daily basis, this is not going to work. and that is why the white house
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staff is holding about 100 sessions across the nation. this is time to make sure that young people, between 18 years old and 24 years old, that we hear from you, we hear about the realities in your community. housing is an important platform. this is where you live and where you go to school, the opportunities that you have if there is a grocery store in your neighborhood. this is for you and your family. the work that we do is sending money down to the communities. but this is also about having participation so the decisions that are made are made with a reflection on what the needs are. and over the years, it looks much like it does today.
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most of you were not born when this center was first thought up. prior to this there was a neighborhood with a lot of elderly filipino people along mission street. decisions were made by the city, and is transformed the community. it did not look like it looked when -- 20 or 30 years ago. the decisions that were made today, this will affect you in your 20s and 30s. you have to be part of this discussion. we will lay out the framework for today, hearing from you about the vision of what your city should look like, where these services may come short, with housing and education, and
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this is the middle school out here. this was a big deal when the middle schools opened up. at a very local level -- this has a direct impact for your age, and in between. the things that you educate us on today, they'll be debated with a different priority but we will take this back to washington. that will be part of the discussion with the other 99, and the different communities across the country. there are others who are not, and some of the work that is being done today, this is very important for the people in alabama. people facing the tornadoes and flooding. the only way that we can be ready in an emergency is to do
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our homework and listen to you and your counterparts across the country. i already have these discussions with others, and i wanted here with all of the it -- hear from all of you today. >> before we go with this activity, i would love for you to go round the room and say your name and age, and what agency you represent. >> i am 20 years old, [unintelligible] >> i am andrew, 18. >> my name is nathan, 19 years old, president of club -- >> i work for the transitional issues initiative.
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>> i am rochelle, 17, -- >> i am part of the youth environment advisory board. >> i am lia, chair of the youth commission. >> i am 18 and work with cafe. >> i am 17, and i work with the fund advisory board. >> i am 18, 20, sorry. i am with old school cafe. >> i am 18, part of youth empowerment advisory board. >> i am marisol, the youth commissioner. >> i am robin 18 year old, and part of warriors youth works. >> i am angel, and i work for
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the juvenile advisory council. >> i am joseph, 17. >> i am darren, 19, and i work with old school cafe. >> i work with the san francisco youth commision. >> i am brian, 17, working for the youth advisory council. >> she will talk about the ideal if activity. >> i work with the department of children, youth, and their families, and so, what we would like to do is present to you the ideal community, and this will be led by the wonderful you facilitators.
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we have vanessa, and marisol. if you can present your ideal community? >> we do couple of things. we have the drawing in the exercise, and we took some notes that describes everything that you see here, which is hard to take in. we'll start with everything i am naming off here. this is all three services and what have you. we start off with education and post-secondary education. we have housing programs, youth centers and transition planning, cultural competency training for the educators, and the service provider
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