proposals out there. i think folks that have ordered their lives according to a proposition k have made their voices very clear to me that this is not something we can change overnight. earlier, i propose something like that, that we essentially called medallions that are out there, and change the system quickly. i received an awful lot of feedback. loud sometimes, but always clear. how we act on that, and the proposals were taken back. as i go forward, one of the things that i would be very sensitive to that several people, including some of my friends that are here today, people have ordered their lives according to its and people have invested 10 and 15 years on the hopes that they will get a medallion. that is something we can't take away very quickly. the current proposal that is out

there has an accommodation for that, it has a phase-out that allow people to continue to proceed along a list with that sort of thing. the best way to address this theory is to assure you that i hear what these cabdrivers are saying. he said he disagrees with me, people complain about the drivers. i'm not saying they never complain, but that is not the main complaint. if i hear 25 taxi complaints, one of them will be about a driver. as we go about addressing the issues of service, i may not always agree with taxi drivers. if you fight someone that can agree with all taxi drivers, who that person deserves a raise. i will be mindful of those issues, and i can just point to my track record.

i proposed an ambitious and bold move that did not properly accounted for the fact that working drivers, the back of the system have ordered their lives and by publicly withdrew it for that reason. >> i appreciate that, for me, making sure that we, as a matter of fairness and equity, recognize that people have organized their lives around this and that we accommodate is something that would be key in any kind of proposal that comes before us. that is a very important thing, and there is one thing that we are in san francisco, that is fair. why can't just pull the rug from under people that have been doing things a certain way with certain expectations. i appreciate that. supervisor kim: i see no further questions on the roster. how to take a moment to thank everyone that came for public

comment, we heard how challenging is. i like to thank you for coming out and expressing your concerns with what work we are doing in that arena. it is not an area that i am familiar with, but i appreciated hearing that perspective. do we have a motion? >> let me appreciate the people that came out to speak today. i have known him for a while, as a father, for sure, but also as someone who has done the a ton of hard work, and from everyone i have spoken with, one of the most well-respected people in city government. we're lucky to have someone of his caliber to be involved. we may not agree on all issues, but the discourse and dialogue is what is most important in my

mind. i think to be well served to have him back. i will fully support him and fully support his efforts in going forward as well. i don't know if there are any other comments, but i am happy to make a recommendation to the full board. >> we have a motion to confirm the reappointment to the municipal transportation authority board of directors. let me thank you for your service and afford to supporting you on tuesday. can you please call items #five and six together? >> motion confirming the mayor is reappointment to the police commission, and to the term ending april 30 to the police commission. >> i decided to call these items together, who are both for the

police commission. we have both thomas mazzucco and miss loftis here today. i know that you had people here that may not have been able to stay to speak on your behalf. >> i want to first thank the mayor for having the confidence in the nominating me to rejoin his administration and i thank you for this opportunity. following year format, i will tell you a little bit about myself and what we have accomplished. some of the things i like to were caught in the future if i am fortunate enough to stay. i am very proud of my native san franciscan routes. i am the son of the seventh go police officer, which gives me great pride. iman, who is probably one of the

strongest and most intelligent people in the world raised three children while being married to a police officer and dealt with all the issues that you have to deal with being married to a police officer. i've been married to the love of my life and a schoolteacher. i have two children, my son as a first-year law student at my daughter is a senior in college. i raised them with san francisco values. personally, professionally, i am a gradual of sacred heart high school in opposition to supervisor farrell. in to graduate of the university of california at berkeley. i went to law school in the evening, not realizing i really wanted to practice law. a lawfirm is not what i wanted at all, i became a member of the district attorney's office where i served for nine and a half years. following my service, i was

fortunate of to be hired by the director of the fbi to join the u.s. attorney's office reiser for 8 1/2 years, i was the law enforcement coordinator. and one day i got a call about whether or not i was interested in joining the police commission coming from the close family friend, and i told her i am not quite sure i can do this. but it was something that i really wanted to do and eventually i was put on the police commission, and now i am with a law firm where i am a partner. god bless you. what i have done since i have done the commission, i have not done anything. it was a group of my former commissioners and staff.

what we have accomplished since joining the commission is pretty incredible. a basis accomplishments on the fact that we're such a diverse and interesting group of commissioners with many very different perspectives. my guiding principle is respect and appreciate everybody's opinion. the other commissioners have done that. probably the first thing we have done is the disciplinary docket. when i first got into the commission, we had 77 cases pending. on the committee members of set, the officers that don't belong, i am proud to announce that as of today, due to the hard work of the fellow commissioners, we're down to a pending cases. that is due to the health of the

occ and the police department. the crisis intervention training, i have to give credit where credit is due. when we have been a debate about whether or not we should go the taser is, we always looked at, is there another horse we can use of four officers have to take somebody's life? find something for us. commissioner chan came up with the idea of crisis intervention training. the officers are interested, we are doing it, i have seen in action or officers are learning how to disarm people. it will not work all the time, but it is showing benefits. we also looked at mental health concerns for the police officers. when there was a time where there were police officers suicides. the officers have to go through a deal with this on a daily basis.

our big accomplishment, unfortunately, we had the pick police chief. it is made for a better police department. she bought a sense that he did to be, and brought professionalism when it was needed. quite frankly, there was needed structural changes and the best practices. he why do it this way? that is what we have always done is not always the right answer. and he became the d.a., we got the chief. he has energized and the police department and the community. he is out there more than anybody i have ever seen. i have seen him on the street bringing it into -- and bringing a mentally ill man back to the hospital that the doctors had just released, lying in the middle lane of traffic on bush

street, and he took him to the hospital and said this guy wasn't ready to be released. it has been a great honor to do this, so what we have valhalla is an incredible police department. what we need to do in the future, we really need to continue to keep this case got it down. -- dockit down. i credit that to the change in the administration, the message and confidence. we told the officers, we are a very outstanding commission. we have worked with the poa on back, and i think the message is resonating. fewer complaints, i think it is amazing. how successful have we been with this.

along with the attorney for the national lawyers guild and an attorney for the project. some of the press was there, and what came out of it is something we can all be proud of because we had civilian oversight. we advised by these other agencies that there are no complaints on how to handle of ccupy. we are the model. the complaints are about other agencies and other cities. since you have been the chief, there is a sense of, and things seemed good. we have all the rules and procedures, the community comes first. i am starting to do it more

myself, we have decided to see if we have one last meeting a month, and each commissioner and get out to the community. i have been to the law school and out to the bayview with the victim of a crime, getting out there a little more. the commissioners are doing the same at. i want to tell you it has been an honor to serve on the commission, high and a far better person for it. people i have worked with has made me a much better person. some may get up and speak later. if is a true honor, and the police department is my family. everybody said san francisco police officers are the finest. we are there. and we still have some more work, had left but not least,

when i leave the house, i put a medal of saint francis in my pocket. any questions? supervisor campos: thank you, president mazzucco for your service and your willingness to serve again. a number of your fellow commissioner is here. i have had the pleasure of working with him for many years since i was on the police commission and i became a supervisor. i have always appreciated the openness with which to approach issues. looking at the background of the seven members of the police commission, you have a pretty impressive growth of people with

strong personalities. it is not an easy thing, and i do commend you for being able to navigate that. i appreciate the willingness to explore new ideas, and one of the things i want to highlight, why don't think it ever happened before. the issues around training and your willingness to explore the idea of financing the training police officers get, so i don't really have a specific question to be honest. i of the commissioner very well and i am very happy and proud to be a supporter.

i'm just grateful that you are willing to serve for another four years. especially if you do if the way you do it, taking the time to make sure that you are not only prepared. >> i had a couple of questions. when the academy is out on the street, i will -- i am curious how you can address this issue.

>> some of these jobs taken from the officers were on the line of duty. they like coming to work every day, so they like doing those jobs. but a stretch of the imagination, it should be done by a civilian. since i have done the commission, it has changed. vmo officers, mechanics, they know what they are doing. we are really pushing civilianization. the budget gets tight, the first

folks to go are the civilians and the jobs have to be done by somebody. whether it is coming up with a budget and running a fleet of cars, running the computer system. we really want -- to the officers are out on the street. we're the biggest fans of that because we save a lot of money. supervisor kim: in the last comptroller's report, i saw 271 physicians collected be civilianized -- positions that can be civilianized. and increasing the police force, we have the other is happening as well.

my second question is something that i brough with his previous appointment, local hiring. what are some ideas they have ensuring that the police department does higher in the communities? >> it is incredible conversation and one of the things i would like to introduce in the future is your idea, the idea of having a program of the school district where we have students fobry -- dovetail. it's a quasi police academy. they become cadets, train them in law enforcement, we get a first look at them, and they are san franciscans. long ago, there was a restraint were you had to be born in san francisco. i think you need to understand

san francisco. i know the city, i know the different districts, i don't want to use an analogy, but somebody has lived at home with his or her parents, a suburb far north or south of san francisco, the first interaction is a police officer, that causes me concern. local hires, get back to us. i think we should do it. >> thank you for reminding me that we had discussed that earlier. it was in the interests of the chief because of the magnet program in los angeles was really effective at recruiting youth that live in the neighborhood, and i think it is something that you want to ensure, the jobs that we are creating is also benefiting our communities as well. my last question, how the joint

meeting with the youth commission was on the recommendations that the commission made as a result of the hearing. i was wondering your thoughts on the meeting itself. >> it was not just fun, but it was rewarding to hear from the youth in the city. people say that that officer talked through lead to me, she brings people to the room and the officer says it is a first level use of force, a verbal commands. now i know why i am doing it, the kids have the same perspective. the funny thing was that we

understand we are young, the brains are not fully formed. the officers got to hear what kids were saying because the perspectives were very different. we thought this would be a hit meeting on the police department. i am a product of that fishing program. football, baseball, we start here with the officers are doing. with reference to the mlu school district, we have resource officers and we need to have people that wanted the s -- want to be sro's.

not because it is the only one they can get. the first impression a lot of times is in school as opposed to the first interactions. we need to change that perspective. i am on board with that and i can pretty much set every other commissioner is, too. >> i enjoy the work you have done with the officers and working with young people. further questions? susie loftis. same format and i'll be asking the same questions. >> great. thank you, supervisor kim, supervisor farrell and campos. i am honored to be nominated by the mayor to serve on the police

commission. i will tell you a bit about who i am and what i would like to do as a commissioner. i stand before you as a potential commissioner, a mother of three, my husband had to go pick up our daughter. i am a former prosecutor and a former special assistant attorney general for the california department of justice. i am an executive and an innovative non-profit in the bay view. i'm the daughter of maureen roach, a woman who, while not born in the united states, love this city more than any other. mom would regularly remind us of the few things, we were lucky to be born in san francisco where we were injured our freedom. i remember her taking my sister

and die to golden gate park. she would tell us about the day she became the united states citizen. it was among her proudest days. she told us that there were many others that would never have that opportunity and remind my sister and i that it was our obligation to fight for people that did not have the chance to fight for themselves. like many other people smarter than me, i decided to listen to my mother. a choice i made out of the desire to fight for vulnerable victims, she squirmy and while i held my eldest daughter in my arms. like my mother, attention of to uphold the constitution. -- i took an oath to uphold the

constitution. my experience as a prosecutor will inform the type of police commissioner i will be. in my years there, they counsel to state your appearance. i represented the people of san francisco and the question is, who were the people of san francisco? they are the young people that take two muni buses and a bart to get to public school. i know that those of the people of san francisco because i was one of them. they are neighbors that joined

together in their community to figure out how to make their streets safer after a violent incident. i got to work with them and watch them do just that. people that witness a crime but are reluctant to testify because they are scared. i have waited at bus stops, sat with witnesses reluctant to testify and witness to their courage. there are also victims of crime and that we never hear about. the drug-addicted prostitute that was beaten. i know she is one of the people of san francisco because the prosecuted her assailant. the fathers of the community that returned after being incarcerated, doing something simple trying to make sure there is medical care for their kids.

i have spent my career representing the people and as a police commissioner, i will continue to fight for them. some of my goals include ensuring that the three-year debt we have experienced in homicides and gun violence becomes the new normal. we must acquit the department with the ability to keep these numbers low. and preparing for the crimes that are emerging like mortgage fraud, and trafficking, and being prepared to handle those crimes adequately. we must ensure fairness and accountability within the department. are residents must feel connected to the department and supported by its. i would prioritize the use of technology as the most powerful tool that law enforcement has.

it demonstrates my commitment to protecting civil rights and public safety. they held accountable, they were transparent and dignified at every turn. as a daughter and the mother of my three girls to do just that, to serve the city. i will be a commissioner that you will be proud of and i am happy to take any questions. supervisor kim: supervisor campos? supervisor campos: think you for being here and for your comments, and your willingness to serve. thank you for taking the opportunity to meet with me prior to this hearing. i wanted to ask