ambiguous. i think you pretty much covered it. this is in sections 181 and 188. it seems like a simple change. >> you have the language in front of you as well. >> no further questions. >> let's open it up for public comment. is there anyone from the public who would like to speak? >> good afternoon, supervisors. i do represent one of the owners of the warehouses who lost their opportunity to rebuild because of the ambiguity. that happens to be a pdr use. i will like to thank supervisor cohen for clarifying the

legislation. i do not know if you have the whole file with you. bob and larry suggesting this kind of revision would be an important thing to do. that is it. we are very comfortable with the planning department's suggestions for changes. >> ♪ you got that something i hope you will understand i want to protect those buildings from damage i want a better plan i hope you help us when i walked by the buildings,

i feel happy inside because of acts of god, you can hide you can hide you can hide you have to make those building strong that in case there are acts of god or fire i want a better plan and help it the best you can. ♪ >> is there any other members of the public who like to speak horsing beatles song? could we move this forward with a positive recommendation without recommendation? are there any other items before us? without objection, the abutments are adopted. can we adopt this without

objection? thank you. meeting adjourned. at thank you.

>> ladies and gentlemen, the chair is calling the meeting to order. if you would please turn off any cellphone or pagers so they do not interrupt with the meeting. would you please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation

under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> the queue. we will not take a roll call of commissioners. commission president thomas mazzuko? >> present. >> commissioner dejesus: is in is ien route. you have a quorum. also today we have chief grigory sir, san francisco police department. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the wednesday, september 28, 2011 san francisco police commission meeting. this is our monthly meeting in the committee -- community.

we define community by district stations. this is the mission district turn. on the agenda we pumped up two spots in light of some of the recent activity. we spoke to the captain about that in advance, but before we go forward with the meeting, of like to introduce the board of supervisors to cover districts. one of the most famous polis -- police commissioners, supervisor david campos, and scott wiener [applause] . [applause] both of them will share thoughts about the activities in the neighborhood. what we usually do is -- i know for me it is very exciting. i love visiting different eraars of the city. when i was in high school we

sang in choir at a different city. before we do that, we have commissioner dejesus was a native. so i want to do something a little unusual. i want to turn the microphone over to her, and she will run this committee, and she has no idea it is about to happen. [applause] commissioner dejesus: i do live in the city, but i work in oakland. exci grew up in the burrow heights area. i went to local schools. i am happy to be here. i am always happy to be back from especially since all of this issues in the mission. i am happy to hear from community members in the chief about what we can do to try to keep a lid on it and resolve it. i am happy to be here.

thank you very much. and i am sorry again. commissioner germaturman. commissioner turman: i am probably the newest commissioner, and the new as commissioner. i am a former resident of this district. during the day i am a lawyer at a law firm downtown. i am very active in this community, care very much about what you're to say tonight. i am looking forward to hear from the chief, as well as from the captain. so, share your thoughts and ideas, because we would really love to hear them. thank you. commissioner dejesus: before we start from icy supervisor mirkarimi is coming to join us today. -- i see supervisor mirkarimi is coming to join us. i understand we have interpreter services available if anyone needs them.

if you need them, come up to the front or raise your hand. and there is anyone that needs spanish interpretation, raise your hand, and we will help you. commissioner mazzucco i am the president of come commission, but tonight i am turning it over to commissioner dejesus. for 9.5 years i served as the assistant d.a.. another 8.5 years as the assistant united states attorney. i have spent a lot of my time and career in law enforcement working cases in the mission district. i have lots of familiarity of the area. i am a native san franciscan. are raise my family here, and my family still lives here. this is a lot of fun to come out to the neighborhoods in here

with your concerns are. commissioner chan: good evening. i am very happy to be in the mission, because i come here at least once a week to work on immigrant rights sanctuary city issues, and i know this community is a strong community and engage community, so i would have the money there would be a great turnout like there is tonight. thank you for taking time out of what must be a very fun day with this great weather to come and be engaged in talk about public safety and violence. think you. -- thank you. commissioner kingsley: my name is carol kinsley. it is a pleasure to be here with you tonight. we appreciate your involvement in policing activities. it is of the four most of our

priorities with the police department. i have lived in san francisco and a number of communities for over 30 years. and i have worked in a number of locations in san francisco for over 30 years, so i consider myself close to being a native. my son was raised here. i am a full-time neutral. i practice law -- i have practiced for over 20 years in the city and our resolve disputes in the commercial business arena. i live infertile heights for a while it very much enjoyed it. -- byrtle heights. the mission is a terrific community. barry involved in active -- very involved and active. pleasure working with this community.

>> supervisor campos, we will start with you to say a few words. supervisor campos: thank you very much into the entire police commission. more importantly, they do to all the members of the community that have come out to this meeting. i also want to welcome my colleagues from the board of supervisors, supervisor mirkarimi in supervisor wiener. let me just say this, i think this is a very important meeting for us. nothing is more important than public safety, because public safety -- if public safety is not the reality, it affects

everything else. that is why it is so important for us as a community to have a meeting to talk about some of the incidents that have taken place, but more confident -- comprehensively to talk about the efforts that are going on in our community to address the issue of public safety. having been a member of experf e police commission, i know how the police department works, and i know the role they play in the life of a community. i want to think officers, because they have a very tough job, and they put their lives on the line literally every day. that said, we always have to make sure there is accountability to the committee, and that can only happen if we have these kinds of forms where we can hear directly from members of the community. what that -- what i can tell you is that as a supervisor, the moment an incident happens, i am in close communication with the police department and not

only with the cheap, but the district captain. i want to recognize the capt. because he has been very responsive to make sure this district has the resources needed, to make sure they have what it takes to do their jobs, and he has been a strong advocate for making sure that those resources are provided. i want to thank chief sir for making that happen as well. [applause] it takes more than just police presence to keep things safe. but barely -- a very informal capone is violence prevention. there are people in this room who put their lives on the line -- the lives on the line every single day. there are groups that on a daily basis are working with youth to make sure they stay out of trouble, to make sure they have options and choices. what we've seen in the past few months and past few weeks is a

very strong collaboration between this violence prevention workers and law-enforcement, because it requires everyone working together to make sure we maintain the safety. the other thing i would say is the community involvement is also key, because it is not just about the police apartment doing its job. it is not just about violence prevention workers doing their job, it is about citizens being involved. as you can see by the presence of the community in this room, the community in the mission is involved. that is what the community involvement is. i want to thank each and everyone of you taking time out of your busy schedule. the last thing i would say is i am very proud that my office has been working closely with chief sir. we have introduced a community policing legislation. the idea is to codify community policing and to what happens within the san francisco police department. i want to think cheap search for

beginning the implementation before the legislation is passed. i think this is a demonstration that this department under his leadership is truly committed to making sure when we talk about community policing that it is something tangible and something we see on the ground, not only officer walking the beat, but connections across the board with residents and merchants. i'm very proud to be part of that effort now i will turn it over to my knowledge -- my other colleagues. thank you for being here and i look forward to what you're decide. -- to what you ahhave to say. [applause] supervisor mirkarimi: thawienerd evening, everyone. supervisor campos and i went to

law school together. i am very pleased to work with him in this capacity. i am proud to represent a significant portion of mission station. we have a lot of different public safety challenges in different parts of the district, and we have seen some of the violence in and around the mission recently, and that is something we need to address and have a lot of confidence in the police department's ability to work with the community to address that. in the castro area, even though we sometimes use the area as a bubble, it is not. there are quite a few robberies and assaults and other crimes that do not get reported, and

people are sometimes embarrassed to report. it happens, and the community needs to be aware and we need to work with the police department to figure out how to take care of ourselves and be safe and be aware. we also continue to have hate crimes. periodically one will get a heavily publicized, and we say wow, there is a spike in hate crimes, but we have to understand he crimes have never gone away. they have always been there. there are always been people who view the neighborhood as a place where you can devise -- victimize gay men in particular, and that is something we need to focus on as a community, and people need to take care of themselves as well. one of the things i did before being on the board of supervisors was to organize a supervisors was to organize a neighborhood walking patrol