>> good afternoon. i am currently working with the attorney general on the realignment issues. i am privileged to be here in support of suzy loftus. we worked together as prosecutors in the da's office. i have to describe our working conditions because it does shed some light. we shared an office that had been a closet. it was a by six and one of us would have to stand up for the other to leave the room. when you work together under those conditions, you cannot help but observe a person's daily habits and character. her integrity and i have to say that she demonstrated the highest integrity, all of the law and justice and a concern not only for the prosecution side but a concern for defendants who came before her to ensure the process was fair and the procedures were fair and i have no doubt she will acquit herself on the police commission

in the same way and serve the commission very well. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker. >> we have three more cards here. >> good afternoon. i got to know suzy when i became her intern six years ago. i thought i was going to be creative but i am not the first person to talk about her integrity. i can talk about her numerous courtroom histories. the one thing she taught me is the importance of integrity. she definitely said one of the most important things about being a prosecutor was doing the right thing. i have seen her in still that sense of integrity on people she works with, people who work for her and in her three daughters. i think she would bring that to

the police commission and that is an important quality with the kind of work the commission needs to do. i would support suzy loftus wholeheartedly. >> that afternoon. -- good afternoon. i'm a resident of district 6. i am excited to be able to talk about suzy loftus. this is my first time in this service. i have known her for 20 years when she was just a kid like i was. at santa clara university. out of all the great things that people previous to me have said, i am excited about the fact she has been the same person for these 20 years. in college she knew what she wanted to do. she knew that she wanted to work in the capacity she has achieved in san francisco. i am proud to say that i am her friend and have you met her kids? if you look at her children and the way which puts into her

children and how great of a citizen there will be and they are, it is a small resemblance of the character that she has. watching her and watching or public-service has inspired not just me but a number of people in my generation who many of us have chosen different roads and she was one of the only people we know that when into public service and she's an inspiration to us and she allows us to have faith in the public system and our democracy. i wholeheartedly support her and hope that you will confirm what our great mayor has started. thank you. >> i am reading a letter from the principle of -- principal of where her next tablet be

attending. i write this letter to support the nomination of suzy loftus to the police commission. i have not her in the capacity of a parent at our elementary school. she was elected by our parent community to serve on our school council for two years and has been serving as the chair person since. she is genuinely compassionate about the welfare of all children despite her busy schedule. she is fully committed to quality education. making significant contributions to our school community by staring our programs in the right direction. she is a strong advocate for promotion of safe and enjoyable learning environment. this is our school plan. for my personal interactions, i am impressed with your

integrity and interpersonal skills, her intelligence and extraordinary leadership. the sentiment is not only felt by me but shared by others. as a fellow citizen in san francisco i hope mayor lee continues to seek out cabinets of extension -- of exceptional character. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am prosecutor in san francisco. i have known suzy loftus for her work at the district attorney's office. she is tireless in any role or her undertakings, whether as a mother, wife, a friend, a daughter, a mentor in her role at the office and at the attorney general's office.

as a member of the law enforcement community and someone who has the privilege of going out into court and dealing with the citizens and the people of our city. in a changing environment, her work and input as a member of the police commission will be critical for the ongoing public safety of the citizens of san francisco. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. is there any other public comment? on items 5 and 6? please,. you do not need a card. -- please come up. >> it is good to be here today. i was not going to speak but i was thinking about i have a 32- year career in the city.

prior, this was two years ago on my own dime. traveling up and down this state. we have been in orange county, riverside county. and more than once, several times. people polis aside and say, what are you doing here? the state is never going to --- for an african-american woman. she will go toe to toe. she -- if you are looking for someone with integrity in strength, someone who will stand up for what is right, she is a great commissioner.

i've watched the great work he has done and i support their reappointment. the other thing is the one word that comes back to me is change. i have seen change for over 32 years in the police department and it is all for the good. this commission has changed for the good. suzy loftus is one more step in that change. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. is there any of the public comment? seeing none, public comment is now closed. if i could call you back up, mr. loftus. one of the issues that have come up repeatedly is the issue of [unintelligible] the community is concerned about the speed at which sfpd is taking to make concrete steps toward doing this and i wonder what your thoughts are on steps

you can take to make sure this occurs. >> i would -- i appreciate your interest in making sure we have our officers on the street serving their communities and i believe most of them, is where they want to be. as i told you, i will be a new commissioner so it is -- there is a lot for me to learn about what we can do. what i do know is it is something that will routinely be something i inquire about. you have to figure out as president mazzucco said, there are certain areas where we identify with the challenges are but you have to be careless about going through and maintaining a commitment, will -- not letting things drop-off. civilianization is the right thing to do so you have my commitment to work on that. supervisor campos: thank you. -- supervisor kim: thank you.

ideas you have on ensuring that the police department higher in san francisco. is really have to appointments of folks who grew up here. i was curious on ideas to ensuring we higher in san francisco. >> i was thinking the same thing, this is a son of san francisco who loves this city and wants to contribute and give back. that is what we want from everyone. a great career police department. the chief has tried to recruit and train and identify young people and interested -- interest them in the track of being a police officer. the youth commission is one of those ways and something we need to be intentional about. recruiting from communities that traditionally have not had police officers. it is a great career and something that we should make

every effort to inspire our young people to choose. >> the last question on the recommendations of the youth commission on their interactions with youth. and number of recommendations that were made, including providing you training for -- used training for police officers and talk -- tactics that address -- establishing an active mou that standardizes our relationship between high schools and districts stations. >> it is important to open communications between the schools, young people, and the police department and increase understanding of what people are trying to do it tends to help the escalade situations. there's a lot of sense in having an agreement on what the parameters are and having everyone be on the same page. that is something i would look at as a commissioner. >>supervisor kim: on your positn

on tase shares and its use in sfpd. >> there is problems with tasers. we have to use other methods including crisis intervention which was a product of commissioner chan and other people bringing best practices. we have to bring everything we can to do escalade situations and keep everyone safe. i am not convinced tasers is the answer. supervisor kim: i had one more question. an issue that had come up with commissioner appointees last year. something that is an issue has been use of master keys to enter into sro hotels. i am wondering your thoughts on that. >> the home is under the fourth amendment of the most critical safe -- it is your home and protecting that is of critical importance. i think that entering into

someone's home without a warrant, there are constitutional doctrines that require you to have a reason. i cannot imagine why a master key would be provided. i do not think that makes sense for the residents or for the officers. it is difficult to justify that it comports with the country -- constitution. it is straightforward. supervisor kim: thank you. >> thank you for your time. i appreciate it. supervisor kim: thank you. we do have two items before us today. can we take a motion on item number 5 first? >>supervisor campos: i would lie to move forward with a positive recommendation for the reappointment of thomas mazzucco to the police commission. supervisor kim: thank you. supervisor campos: i wanted to speak really quickly. i did not have any questions.

i will tell you you're accessibility is pretty amazing and it speaks volumes of the way residents in the community speak about you not only in san francisco and your role on the police commission but also people in the neighborhood and that means everything to me. i appreciate your hard work and i look forward to working together. i am happy to second that nomination. supervisor kim: i want to thank thomas for your service on the commission. you have an incredible reputation as someone who listens. and that prioritizes going out in the community and representing and listening. i have had an opportunity to get to know your and i am happy to support you with positive recommendations. we have a resolution to move thomas mazzucco forward and we can do that without objection.

thank you. second, we do have item number 64 is now. supervisor campos. supervisor campos: thank you. i want to thank you for coming before the committee and for presentation. it is clear from the presentation and from the public comment that you have a very accomplished individual here who brings a lot to the table and i can definitely see why the mayor made the recommendation and i think that the person -- is very moving and i appreciate sharing that with us. it is not an easy thing to do. it is something to provide some context. -- to how you would approach the job. i also appreciate the thoughtful

muscle with which you responded to the questions and i think the track record at the district attorney's office is something that is definitely very, very impressive. i will be honest. i was -- i am concerned about the answer around civilian oversight. it is not because i necessarily feel that it makes you a bad person or makes you a bad individual. i do think that it is a different take on civilian oversight. while i respect where you are coming from, it is one i disagree with. i feel that the thing about civilian oversight, if it is going to work, is that the commission has to have the final say on certain things and i think that without that, it cannot really function well. that is not anything specific to

the current chief of police. i have a lot of respect for chief surh. it should be independent with who was there. that said, i am impressed by the people who are here and who were here, including fox, a lot of people -- folks and a lot of people here. i do not know that i am prepared to move forward with a positive recommendation to the full board at this point. the question that we have with us as a committee is whether or not we hold it up in committee, whether or not we move it forward. i am comfortable, given the people who are behind this nomination, given the personal experience that has been laid out and the thoughtfulness of the responses to move it forward to the board so that it does not

sit in committee and we can do that without a recommendation. my hope is that between now and the time this matter comes before the board that we will have an opportunity to anyone of us who has a question to follow up with ms. loftus. we -- i owe it to her to make sure we have that opportunity. my motion would be to move this forward without a recommendation one way or the other at this point so that the full board can decide instead of folding it in committee. my hope is between now and the time it comes before the board, that you and i can have a conversation to have more of an in-depth discussion about this concern. i do not feel that i have to agree with what your position is, but i do want to know more as to why you give the response you gave so i understand that better. ok? make a motion to move forward without a recommendation. supervisor farrell: sure. i appreciate that am -- and

happy to support. i would be more than happy to make this motion with recommendation at this point. i have had a chance to interact with ms. loftus and answer questions. i think a large part of your background and the people who came to testify or speak on your behalf among others. i think when we have a new nominee to the commission who has not been part of it before, there is not an answer to every single question we want to hear. that is not reality and it will be the job. in terms of background professionally and personally and the type of person you are, you would be a great appointment. i'm happy to support the motion but also i will be fully supporting ms. loftus at the

full board and i will try to ensure that happens. supervisor kim: thank you. i want to appreciate the mayoral appointment of suzy loftus to the police commission. i was impressed with the number of things you talked about, most importantly i appreciated your discussion on focusing on crimes not normally associated with sfpd work, mortgage fraud and other types of paper cases. this came up as a point during occupy. we use sfpd officer's time to investigate and go after low- level crimes and theft and burglary and assaults which are incredibly important work but how do we use our resources to go after criminal activity that is happening in the white-collar work force as well? i think that is important we expand what it means to do policing here and who it is we're protecting and defending.

i appreciate your points on that. i appreciate that your mother of three and during public school parents. that is important. we have two women serving on the police commission and i am glad the mayor did appoint a woman on the sea. i do have to concur with supervisor campos. i think we do disagree on this one issue around the task force. the police commission is a civilian oversight body first and we certainly when it comes to managing and supporting sfpd on a lot of its views, that is the role of the chief. i would hope that in terms of responding to our community concerns around beginning positions on how our city sits on important issues like civil liberties that that is something we can continue to engage in discussion about. i appreciate your work and i think that also coming from working with young people is an important perspective to bring.

one of the preventative measures we can take to make our city safer is a course on health and wellness. of all the members of our city but in particular, our young people and that is an important step in addressing public safety, along with enforcing the crime that occurs. one of the symptoms of crime is the health and wellness and i am struck that there is such a correlation between data of the number of homicides in the neighborhood and the number of domestic violence that occurs in the neighborhood and how can we be more holistic about how we address crime? you will certainly be able to bring that perspective and a number of folks i truly respect are supporting your candidacy and that means a lot. which is why i felt comfortable in moving forward, moving you out of the rules committee. you have some time over the next week and a half to engage with board members on a myriad of

issues. since this will be heard, the tuesday after that. this will certainly give you that time to dialogue with the rest of our colleagues on some of these issues that i know are important to them. we do have a motion to move forward with no recommendation to the full board. we can do that without opposition. thank you. i want to thank the members of the public who were here today. it was a lengthy meeting and i appreciate those who were able to wait. our apologies to those who were not able to speak today. are there any other items? >> no. supervisor kim: seeing none,, meeting is adjourned -- seeing none, meeting is adjourned.