>> today, i fear for my children because they are undocumented, and with scom, they could be deported if my x calls the police and accuses them falsely of anything -- if my ex calls the police and accuses them falsely of anything. >> [speaking spanish] >> please protect our families and us, survivors of violence in the lgbt community. please do not allow san francisco to respond to the i.c.e. holds. thank you. >> it is great to see you all again and said the i am seeing you all here because of scom --

sad that i am seeing you all here because of scom. other partners have threatened to call i.c.e., and unfortunately because of the collaboration between police and i.c.e., it makes it easier. an ins officer may not show up to the door, but a police officer will. it is very scary. other violence survivors are here with us as well. they are club members and showing support to the board of supervisors basically passing this resolution. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you very much. >> good afternoon, supervisors.

san francisco domestic violence consortium. we appreciate your leadership and the leadership of supervisor mar and sheriff hennessey on the issue. i brought a letter that the domestic violence consortium joined in the senate judiciary committee this week on the -- holding a meeting this week on the federal issues surrounding secure communities. we hope secure communities will be dismantled at the federal level, but until then, san francisco and many other progressive communities have to take the lead. you have heard from our friends and members and sisters and brothers about the impact on the communities of scom and survivors of violence. we have seen a very high detention rate of survivors who have called the police who were indeed the victim, but the perpetrator may be gone on arrival or may be able to top

police into believing that the victim should be arrested -- may be able to talk police into believing that the victim should be arrested. this is a strategy that is used all the time in abusive relationships, particularly when the victim is an immigrant. scom keeps all that in place. it keeps silence in the community. i am afraid it has a chilling effect in all our communities. our homicide rates are down 80% regarding domestic violence, and i am so concerned this policy will stop that trend. are brought paper work for you. thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you very much. next speaker please. >> [speaking spanish]

>> good afternoon. i am representing the san francisco bay labor program. we are also here supporting this resolution. we need your support at this moment. please remember that san francisco is a sanctuary city. -- representing the san francisco day labor program. >> hi. good afternoon. my name is cesar garcia.

[speaking spanish] >> good afternoon. i am here representing sfop. i want to thank you for this resolution. please remember that san francisco is a sanctuary city. please do not support these atrocious laws that harm immigrants. i want to end by saying my name is renee, and i am also with the day labor program and on behalf of my organization, i want to thank you for considering this resolution. i hope this resolution, when it

becomes politically feasible, becomes an ordinance, becomes a binding -- becomes a policy that is binding. particularly, it would be nice if our future share of -- sheriff would make it into policy as soon as he gets into that office. perhaps make it department policy when this resolution passes and soon thereafter, once it becomes politically feasible, if the new sheriff and board of supervisors could make the policy binding beyond a resolution so that in future years, we do not have to worry about depending on who the board of supervisors is or who the sheriff is to continue to have to advocate for this. thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: next speaker please. >> ♪ no more i.c.e., i.c.e.

safety make it turned out right make sure the immigration don't bike i.c.e., i.c.e. safety make it turn out right, right, safety i.c.e., i.c.e. safety make it nice, nice for the babies i.c.e., i.c.e. safety no more i.c.e. it feels like i'm frozen in time and you are the only city i can see i have waited all my life for better

now that you are here and i have waited all my life for better now you are near i never thought i would see that money, legal tender i never thought it would come my way won't you make it happen today hey ♪ thanks. supervisor mirkarimi: ok, thank you. next speaker please. >> i am from chinese affirmative action, and we serve mainly modeling will chinese american community members -- mainly monolingual chinese-american community members. i really hope that you will continue, you know, to bring back the lost trust we have had since scom has been started and

pass this resolution. thank you. >> we are here to support the passage of the resolution on to the board and, hopefully, in the future, the policy gets accepted at the sheriff's department and law enforcement as a city. today, we not only want to support it, but we want to speak to how this will impact very positively the people we work with. we see mostly tenants, most of them who are mentally ill or who live in sro hotels in really bad living conditions. we see the need that arose for the organization we had was based on how little folks were able to assert their rights when dealing with bad landlords or living conditions that were not habitable. we are seeing that more and more people are afraid to take the simple steps of requesting repairs, calling the department of building inspection, collaborating with any city agency, even one that is not law

enforcement, to get their rights asserted and to live in a dignified way. we have also seen more and we of also say in the issues with management, management threatening to call ice. we want to encourage you to move this forward, passed a resolution, and lastly i wanted to share this story from this week of a u.s. citizen wrongly picked up by s-com. this program is not doing what it was designed to do, and a lot of questions about the local police being entangled in any of this. he spent four nights locked up after a shoplifting charge which was dismissed. he tried to explain it, but of course he was referred. he had purchased about $600.

the small charge was dismissed. it was triggered by s-com because of his citizenship status. when this happened, his job and asked, can this happen because i look like you? it cannot happen to him because he may look like somebody the police want to pull over. we want to encourage this so our community can live with dignity. thank you. isupervisor mirkarimi: thank yo. next speaker, please? >> good afternoon. i am here in support of this resolution and i encourage the board of supervisors to pass this resolution. not only for the effect that will have on the community in san francisco, but i would also

like to remind you that all over the country, different states look to san francisco and for a long time we have been a model of progressive laws and policies. i would ask you to take a step back and look at the positive example the city would be setting for other counties and areas, thank you. isupervisor mirkarimi: thank yo. ext. speaker, please? -- next speaker, please? >> we work with families every day, providing services in the schools, leadership development, legal services for immigrants, and we work with young people trying to come out of the gangs. the stories of my co-workers to work on the front lines every day tell me people are afraid already of the police for

various issues in the immigrant community. what we have heard from the sheriff and other police officers is a key aspect of them being able to do their job is to have the trust of the community. the community policing is a time proven way to protect our community, not just the immigrant community, but all of san francisco. i am here in support of the resolution, and i hope that today you will take the right steps forward to continue to go in the right direction that san francisco has been going to make san francisco a city for all, not just for the people -- for everybody to in this -- who invests and works in this city. it recently came out that more than 5000 children have been left behind because of deportations, and they are now

citizens of this country and they did not have their parents and they are in the foster care system. it is a net that is catching families and throwing them apart and affecting everyone. i encourage you to vote yes on the resolution. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you very much. >> good afternoon, supervisors, i represent young workers united. this program has had a negative impact on our base, particularly. we had one worker who was a member of bars who earlier this year's -- who was a member of ours who got picked up because of a domestic violence dispute and was held in ice for a couple of months. since being released through the help of the community, this worker -- it is a huge impact to

see this worker is now afraid to participate more in the community, be able to participate fully within our organization, and so we know that this is a huge issue people have been working on for a number of years. i would definitely encourage you all to support the resolution and be able to pass something where as a city that we can definitely provide a dignified and safe atmosphere for a lot of committee members here. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you very much. next speaker, please? >> good afternoon, my name is francisco. i am an attorney doing deportation assistance, speaking on behalf of the resolution. i am here as part of the national lawyers guild.

i know that the topic of domestic violence has come up. we represent several people who were victims of domestic violence who sought assistance from the police, who then found themselves and removal proceedings. many times in domestic violence situations, people are not only charged with domestic violence, as a matter of fact, represent somebody who is charged with attempted murder. that sounds quite dangerous on its face. however, she was innocent of the charge and no charges were filed. that is a very serious concern. probably around 60% of our clients have been placed in removal proceedings as a direct result of local law enforcement were no criminal charges have been filed. i think it behooves us to be a community more like santa clara rather than san francisco and cook county to have a real policy, a safe policy to win here to the sanctuary ordinance

that we have. thank you. >> hello, my name is peter. i meant anthropologist from vanderbilt university and a resident of san francisco thank you for having us here today. i have been working with some of the newest migrant populations coming from mexico, mostly 15 years old through 35 years old, and i am studying their undocumented experience and a sanctuary city. these people, because of s-com, i have seen an increase in their being reticent to participate in local politics. as an undocumented people, they have a lot to contribute to this city, as undocumented people in all of history have had a lot oto contribute to this city, and

their civic engagement is impinged upon. i would like to offer my voice of support for this resolution and i encourage you to offer your support, too, thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you very much. at any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. the item is before this body. supervisor campos? supervisor campos: i recommend moving this item forward with positive recommendation. supervisor mirkarimi: i agree. i think everybody for participating. this meeting is a little out of kilter. this usually happens in the morning, but to accommodate supervisor mar and other schedules, we rescheduled for this afternoon. i am sorry that we are not able to go more into the analysis of it, but i think everybody here today on their work on this issue, and we look forward to

the next level of discussion. madam clerk, this item is support it and so moved. any items further? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor mirkarimi: all right, very good.

>> 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 this responsibility to carry out.

>> good morning, everyone. we're coming up of a busy weekend. our efforts have been validated from huge crowds over the weekend. highlight clip. ♪