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.

>> i am rich with enterprise community partners. it is a little disconcerting to be surrounded by barbed wire. [laughter] i was going to start by flipping a coin, but i figured only a portion of the audience would get the joke so i will not. i love the events like this. it is kind of a moment where there are no cost overruns, no change orders. there are no issues of tenants and property management. it is all wonderful. it is all a great project. i think we all need to -- it is a good idea to celebrate those moments as long as you possibly can. let me do my quick ad for enterprise. what are the largest investor in

affordable housing in san francisco, the bay area, and california. we have $250 million invested within half a mile of this site. to invest particularly in the nonprofit developers and special needs of housing. it is a very much to what we feel we want to do and to our mission. that is very important to us. we have worked with chp and bridge many times. we're very proud to be part of it. i tried to think of what i was going to say on my way over here. in my cultural and religious tradition, passover is coming up this week. there is a traditional story of elijah. many of you know the story, and no a different version of it. you can come up to maine later

and say that is not the story. the story is that he lied to the profit will come back once every generation -- that elijah will come back once every generation as a poor man and see how he is treated. if he is treated well and society has reached that point, we all get redemption. it is a wonderful story to think that everyone you meet could be elijah and you need to treat them with respect. my thought was that if the elijah were here today, he would be very happy. maybe we would all get redemption. who knows? affordable housing is very difficult to do in california and getting more difficult. any group that is able to do housing like we will have here is my hero. we put in millions of dollars into projects, but the true heroes of the projects are the

developers, project managers, directors, property managers. there are tax issues, property management issues. investors and lenders, we all have 18-page checklist to close the deal. subsidies are very difficult real-estate deals. they take the sophistication beyond most real-estate developers. on top of that, they come to the board with passion and commitment, patience and courage that is unheard of. we are proud to be a small part of this. we congratulate you for a fantastic project. thank you. [applause] >> i am representing wells fargo bank. wells fargo believes in affordable housing and making sure they invest in the communities in which they have a presence. they have both here in san francisco. that is part of the reason we

are participating in this project. more importantly, the city, the redevelopment agency, and chp allow us to participate in the project. this project would never happen without incredible leadership that occurs at the city level. the mayor's office of housing and redevelopment agency have the foresight to say supported housing for people who might not otherwise be able to live in this wonderfully developing neighborhood -- it is because of their support that this is occurring. that is sort of an only in san francisco. i congratulate the city government for doing that. for a bank, is tough to find borrowers you feel, but it will take something to a conclusion. bridge is a wonderful non-profit developer. we have done many projects with them. they have great expertise in construction. chp is a wonderful organization.

they serve a population that is particularly challenging. they do a great job of it. we are very pleased to participate with them. i do need to mention our partner in providing the construction financing is silicon valley bank. donna kelley is here. they worked with the federal home loan bank to make one of the many pieces of the puzzle for financing available for the project. they are participating with us. it is important to mention matt with cal fha and msha. without these sources of funding, projects like this cannot happen. it is all the various sources including the redevelopment agency that allowed a project like this to function without permanent debt. people who really need support to housing do not have the kinds of income that are going to be

able to support debt. it is due to rda funding, proposition funding. i encourage us all to keep working to make sure these sources of financing or substitute sources become available so we can keep doing these projects. thank you very much. [applause] >> my name is calvin welch. unaccustomed as i am to speaking with brevity in public, i have taken the opportunity to beat the bet that i cannot do this in two minutes. i have written my remarks. rene was part of a movement of community-based people committed to providing housing

opportunities in san francisco. through his and others' efforts, 25,000 units a permanently affordable housing have been produced, a record unequaled in the united states. in the most expensive housing market in the country, providing such an opportunity is extremely difficult. it takes patience, determination, and wit -- two qualities he had. he was not too good on the patience side. confronted by the philosophy that says we cannot afford health care, public education, and affordable housing for the broad majority of our fellows, both national and state governments have withdrawn their support for affordable housing. currently mayor lee has undertaken a process involving private and public sectors because it will take both to

seek to provide the minimum of $50 million a year for that purpose in the city of st. francis. that effort will require a ballot measure or two, patience, determination, and wit. if this opening is merely an homage to his past, my old friend would simply remind us that he never came to these kind of events anyway. but if this ceremony is a demonstration of a commitment to the future of providing many more thousands of units permanently affordable to san francisco's poor and working people, we can all rest assured that rene would be pleased. it all depends on us now. [applause]

>> the first thing i want to say is the key to everyone who worked so hard to make -- is to say thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this possible. my mom was not sure she could make it today. she had something she wanted me to read. we would like to thank everyone who has made this event possible, including those who chose to dedicate the building to rene. for 40 years, he advocated, raised funds, and by organizations in providing affordable housing throughout the city. a native of san francisco, he wanted to help families stay in san francisco. he worked tirelessly toward that goal. this building is a testament to his dedication of achievement, and love for san francisco and its people. it is a way to remember him for years to come. he would never have admitted it,

but i think secretly he would have been very proud of the honor, and so are we. thank you all very much. [applause] >> good morning. i am one of the project managers from the community housing project. someone will ask me what we as project managers do. this is what i explained. we do a lot. what we do is very complex. in terms of our day-to-day responsibilities, most of it involves taking credit for the hard work and successes of other people.

i would like to take this opportunity to publicly acknowledge the many people who have contributed to this project happening. the list of people we owe our thanks to are many. if we have forgotten anybody, except our sincere apologies. we would also appreciate it if you hold applause in the interest of time. i would like to thank our developer-partner. it is through their expertise and hard work that this grand opening is possible. i would like to thank olson lee and tiffany from the agencies. true leadership requires a clear vision and a commitment to making that vision a reality.

this project and the funding it received is owed to you guys. i would like to thank the staff , elizabeth, sally, heidi, migke, joyce. you are the ones that worked side-by-side to sweat the details and worked as long and hard as we did. if there is any recognition we receive as project managers, you receive that equally. i like to thank the department of public health and city-wide and the funding people. you were a big part of the success and will continue to be so for many years to come. finally, i would like to thank the members of the