violence two decades ago. i know what domestic violence is. i am a constituent who worked closely with shared mirkarimi, and with his leadership, we significantly reduced the incidence of young homicide and violence because of the way he fought for programs that would help serve our community, and there was a tangible difference going out and not having to step over dead bodies of kids every day in the street, and this is the kind of leader that share of mirkarimi is. public safety. as a person, i find him to be a gentle soul with eight tender heart, especially towards his wife and child. i have had the honor of speaking to his wife in her native spanish and fully believe her assertion that no domestic violence occurred and resent those who seek to infantilize and marginalize her as if she has no voice, as if she is nothing. she has been reduced to nothing by these proceedings, and i

think we need to honor ms. lopez and to honor what she says. having survived domestic violence, i know what it is, and i am confident that they are both truthfully speaking that share of mirkarimi is actually innocent and no domestic violence occurred. this case is based on after the fact here say statements that were fabricated for a potential custody battle. i urge you to dismiss this and let our democratically elected sheriff do his job. our kids are dying on the street. that is where our priorities should be. we need him on the street right now. we are losing children while resources are being wasted on this travesty. he is the sheriff that we need, and we need him yesterday. please stop wasting time. thank you. [no audio] [applause] >> good evening. i am a criminal defense

attorney, and it certainly has been a very educational evening for me, and i thank you for that. i would just like to make three points in regard to some of the things that were said and some of the other comments that were made. i would submit to you that in the past, perhaps the commission has not been as active as it should of been in regards to some things brought up. that is not a reason to be in dereliction of its duty right now. obviously, like any other judicata body, you have to resolve each and every case that comes before you, and i do not believe this is something with the allegations of the share of can be judged. the second thing i would like to point out is that this case did not come about because of a whim of the mayor's office. it came about because the share pled guilty in a criminal trial rather to avoid going through a criminal trial. obviously, he has the option, as everybody else in this country

does, to proceed forward and go to trial. if he wanted to take the chance, he could have been exonerating. he chose not to do that. i would therefore strongly request and recommend that you follow the procedures and provide for as much live testimony so that this club can be removed both from the city and the sheriff can determine whether he is allowed to remain in office or will be removed from it. thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. my first time before you are, although i was on my way up here before this whole incident happened because i've heard about something i was trying to get some satisfaction from, some sunshine, but it never made it to you, but i am here totally supporting ross mirkarimi.

from the western division, he is the best supervisor we have ever had. i am a part of the media. i am the only black media here at city hall. i call it silly hall, and what we are doing now is silly, y'all. others have had sex, intercourses, but that was not enough to get people out of office. here a supervisor was having difficulties in his family, but you and whenever force is behind all of this is try to create something that is really not there. we had a share of that was on a point to help the people, and let me just say something here. ♪ my name is ace and i have been on this case some of the people out here do not want me on your case

but it is no mystery just check the history ♪ now, let me say that mirkarimi is the best supervisor we have had in the district, and moving up to share, he can help the people. if it had been joe blow or somebody else, you would have had no problem, but what is the issue? they can except mayors having sex, but if somebody as a problem in his family, you criticize him like this. ross is a good guy [applause] chair hur: is there any additional public comment? >> hello.

my name is maureen dowd ag it -- mauren gdaggett. i have been in san francisco my whole life. i went to robert louis stevenson, high school. i went to san francisco state. i went to graduate school year. i have worked here. i have been teaching in preschools. i have been on the board directors for urban schools. i worked all over this city. with children in head start, i was one of the early founders. i care about all kinds of issues, and i really care about ross. my son is a friend of his. they are families together. i know from my son that he is a

good family man. my son is really careful with his family. he has of venezuelan wife, as well, and i know what those tensions can be about. family in venezuela and how things weren't about that. i know ross is a good man, and he has done so much for our city. he is to be voted for. he got more votes than the mayor, and we want to keep him. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is -- and i am the executive director of a project, responding for victims of homicide and violence. i am here today to commend you for your due diligence, and i would hope that we do not inadvertently perpetuate our own collective misconduct, and i am

coming back off of this of all homicides in our community, and i would appeal to you that we not continue to perpetuate this and that we bring closure to this expeditiously, as possible, and we need sheriff mirkarimi back in his position. we collectively as a city have the opportunity to mitigate the violence, to end the continued recidivism, but we need leadership to do that, and we need leadership at a physically lean times. i would ask you to consider the following. in the continuance or extension of this continued in greek regarding his legitimate place back at city hall, how much money are we spending? i am a taxpayer. i want to know how much money we have spent, and let's bring those resources back home under the leadership so deservedly under ross mirkarimi. thank you.

[cheers and applause] >> hi. my name is jose morales, and i am a member of the senior action network, and i am proud to be a member of a group, 50 million together fighting against injustice and foreclosures, and i am here to defend ross mirkarimi, my friend. i admire him. i read one time in the newspaper that he was walking on a sidewalk, and somebody was assaulting a person, and he defended the person from being a assaulted, you know, and all

that he did, do not forget, his wife's arm. he is awfully strong, but his intention was not to hurt her, and you have heard and read in the paper that it was not his intention to hurt his wife. he was just a little nervous, and he made a mistake. as a matter of fact, this same problem has happened in the city of san francisco to other officials and their wives. like brown. 10 points of law, the 10 commandments.

he did not comply with one single commandment or promises. that is outrageous. that is really unethical, but here is one of the best supervisors, most progressive, and you should defend him. you will not be representing our city if you do not. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> commissioners, and terry sanders with the in arrears foundation. i am a union and community organizer. i have known ross mirkarimi many, many years. he was one of the founding people to of create the reentry council. he speaks highly and often about

the local job issues, helping to create jobs for disadvantaged neighborhoods. being a supervisor in district 5, going over there when they had some boxing matches, and the supervisor was there, but what i really want to talk about is our character assassination of a newspaper. it has vilified this person here every day, every day. it is news. distorted news, but it was news. i have got the news here. i have got the news here. look at it here. look at it here. sensationalism. i took a course in journalism. very distasteful, very ugly. it took him away from his family. how could you do that?

and you sit in judgment? and he sat in judgment. it should be dismissed before it even goes any further, but would you have the courage to do that? would you have the courage to do that? you are talking about ethics. we are talking about law. or are we talking about personalities? [applause] >> good evening, commissioners. i am a community activist. my name is -- i am here to give sheriff mirkarimi my complete support. i would like us to go back to work immediately, have him go back for the job he was elected for. as a mother and woman, i have had long-term relationships. a young child, upset, getting into an argument, if things get

heated, stuff happens. that is not misconduct. misconduct is real-life issues that we all have to deal with in today's relationships. enough is enough. i really truly believe share of mirkarimi needs to go back to work. we need him. there is many people coming out, something he has always been a part of. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, commissioners, for giving me this opportunity to be year ended least portillo minutes -- two minutes of my heart out to you. my name is bob. i was born and raised in tehran, iran. i have been a very long time california resident since the 1960's. i would like to bring to your

attention one point that no one has mentioned. the universal declaration of human rights. it is only 32 sentences. it is not 35 pages to go in a brief. if you read that, this man and his family have been violated of every single one of those 32 situations. the universal human rights, and it does not belong to our state department to take to north korea, russia, myanmar, china, etc. the other point that i would like to bring is mayor ed lee, he suspended share of mirkarimi on the new year's day, and a lot of people have called that a racist move. to support that, he would have never done it to a black.

would he do it to a black on martin luther king day, to a two-person -- to a jew on rosh hashanah. every bit of this thing is very appalling. i know it is a hot potato that been has been passed down to you to cover up for the city officials who have brood this witch hunt so far. you have the power and authority to terminate it now. you do not need to wait for the rest. in view of all of the contradictions in the case. thank you very much. [applause] >> good evening, commissioners. my name is paul. i served on this commission for eight years, actually longer than any other commissioner in

the history of the commission, and my interest in the commission is the integrity of the commission. i am proud to say that during the eight years i was on the commission, and never, why we would sometimes a disagreement among commissioners about the facts and have a vigorous debates with the city attorney about a lot, never did i feel the process was compromised because of the politics of the party complaining or the party complained of, and specifically, what i want to make sure of in this proceeding is that the same legal standard is applied that the city attorney has advised the commission must be applied in every single case where there has been a complaint of official misconduct in the history of the commission, and that is, and i read from a memo by a city attorney who was the chief deputy to the city attorney, and this was in a case where the commissioners were unanimous in their findings of the facts, but we were advised that we could

take no action unless we found a violation of a charter or city ordinance relating to campaign finance, lobbying, conflicts of interest, or governmental ethics has been violated. under these circumstances, the regulations make clear that no further action shall be taken on a complaint unless a specific violation of a specific ordinance or charter provision that the ethics commission in forces has been found. thank you. [applause] >> good evening, commissioners. i am a former inmate of this county jail. i am now reformed. i am a pastor. i am a district 5 residents. as you can see, i am an african- american male. i am a father.

all of these are things we fight every day, but i want to stand here and ask for the ethics of the san francisco police department of the hiring of people that destroy evidence during drug use. the former lady, i forgot her name, what her position was, but she took the cocaine and snorted it, snorted up evidence, and nothing happened to her. even gavin newsom was a cokes in order. -- a coke snorter. doing it outside. he is a lieutenant governor. we are wasting money on this thing. every day, as people have come up here before me said, we are dealing with homicides. we have actual mothers and fathers who are losing their children on the streets of san

francisco. there has been no ethics in finding justice for these families, unsolved homicides for over 20 years. that is ethics. bring the police department to this commission on their ethics on finding justice for families. [applause] >> how are you doing? i am larry haynes. ross mirkarimi, he has been positive in our western addition, and i would like to see him get back to work, and he has been very responsive to the needs of the community. i think he is very honest. i know him personally, his family, and he needs to get back to work. he is a good guy, and he does good work. thank you.

>> hello. my name is merrill easton. i have been a resident of district 54, i do not know, 25 years or so, and before ross was our supervisor there, i was a victim of street violence. i was attacked in front of my house and 7:00 a.m., my face broken in two places, and the police were not very interested in this affair. however, after ross came in as supervisor, he got into the community policing and coordinated work with all of the departments, and i have not had any problems since, and i think that ross needs to get back to work so that people knew are doing these things, like the person you did this to me, they need to be given the resources to turn their lives around and not be attacking other people,

and i think that the ethics are in the -- excuse me. thank you. >> hi, good evening. i was expecting to get up here to speak, but i hear you will not be taking public comment on this as you go forward? i am a native san franciscan, and i have worked with ross on a number of campaigns. i have known him since 1995. i find him to be an incredibly outstanding citizen. he has been of great service to this city. he has been a part of many great changes that have protected marginalized folks. greatly involved, when he was a supervisor, in this district. when i had encountered violence against women, i was able to

count on ross for counsel and support. i have known him personally but mostly professionally, and i believe that you're really doing a disservice to the city. he was duly elected. i do not feel that this is due process. i really do not quite understand what the city attorney's office is trying to say, and they did not really seem to be present, but i feel that he was elected to office. you are withholding his pay. there is really no great reason for this. you are expending a lot of city resources trashing this man's good character, and i find that you're doing a disservice to the voters of san francisco. [applause] >> hi, my name is rosario, and i met ross back in 2007 when i was tutoring, and we were fighting

to keep the school open, and ross was a strong advocate for us, and i am also working with family and children, and i have known him for many years. he is very committed to people and his district 5, and now he is committed for sheriff. i voted for him, and i want him to do his job. thank you. [applause] >> good evening to all of the commissioners and everyone in the audience. my name is paula bahama, and i am here on behalf of mr. ross mirkarimi. i have sat here and listened to everything that everyone had to say on behalf of him, and we as the people when we elective him, we knew exactly the type of person that we were putting in office, which is mr. mirkarimi. my children or all born in the western addition.

i have eight children. in all of the years of living in the western addition, i've never seen a mayor or a supervisor or elected official get out on the streets and do what he has done. i think he is the best thing that could have happened to the western addition. i feel that he has gone through enough pain and suffering. he should be allowed to return back to work with pay. to suspend him is one thing, but to suspend him about the date is a total different thing. he has a family. he has a child to support, and one thing i am asking the commission to please do is to have his wife returned and the year to be able to give her testimony, because she is the only person that can actually tell you guys what you want to know what you want to hear. everything else is just tabulations on what somebody else said. unless you get it directly from her, i do not feel that there is a case.

i feel it is a waste of taxpayer money, and that is all i have to say. [applause] >> good evening, commissioners. my name is michael, and i am san francisco resident, and think you for letting me speak. thank you for your job. i know you have a hard job in front of you and that you are treading on some waters. i would like to ask you to consider re-establishing share of mirkarimi's pay. there is a lot of financial loss here. it is kind of ironic. i heard the peace officer bill of rights, and if you work involved in an officer involved shooting, you would be on leave with pay pending the results of the investigation, so any consideration you can give to that would be appreciated. thank you very much.

[applause] >> good evening, commissioners. i am beverly with domestic violence consortium. family violence is the number one reported crime in san francisco. i helped charity commission of san francisco and have had the pleasure of being on the advisory committee of many intervention programs. i am also starting to serve on the realignment committee. the world is watching. the world is watching. my concern is that victims are watching, victims and cannot come of their crimes and talk, victims who are not here today to talk about what they are facing, and my other concern is that abusers are watching. we do not want to emboldens abusers. the san francisco damascus -- domestic violence related crimes are down. we used to list 12 to 15 women a

year, sometimes their children as well, and i am so proud to be part of the san francisco partnership with the community that has reduced the homicide rate to one or two tragedies, absolute tragedy is per year, but the statistics bear us out. we are heading in the right direction. the world is watching. they need our leadership. thank you. >> hello, commission. my name is mr. hunter, and i was born and raised in the fifth district, the district ross mirkarimi represented, and i really do not know him personally, but i have seen his work in the community, and for a supervisor, i can say he was active in the community and knew what was going on in the community, and i have nothing bad to say about him per se as a supervisor, but i would also like to just bring up to your

attention that the people made the decision why we are here today for this man here, mr. mirkarimi, is ed lee made the decision to suspend him without pay and basically terminate his election, being elected, by the voters of san francisco to be the sheriff, and i just want to say that ed lee also hired greg suhr as the chief of police in the middle of a corruption scandal or officers created perjury and all sorts of things. those are felonies. nothing was done by ed lee other than appointing greg suhr as the chief of police who was demoted to deputy chief