supervisors, supervisors mar, cohen, scott, and wiener. it this case is recommended to go before the board, and the four supervisors that have a sunshine violation, 11048, i myself will file the complaint with the california state bar because it is a conflict of interest for them to pass judgment on ross mirkarimi when they have committed a misdemeanor, they have broken a state law, they are in violation, and i am appalled and outraged that they are not in here tonight. [bell] [applause] >> ice debusschere has been singled out, and i feel it is a double standard, including bias.

in the past, but it has been 25 previous official misconduct cases referred to the thunder -- sunshine task force, which was discussed by the ethics committee, however, it had not included a public hearing. i feel that the rules should not apply to one person, but the rules should be across the board, and if you want to reprimand one person, then it should apply to all, and thanks for listening, and please make an honest, fair decision, as you see fit. thank you. [applause] >> good evening. my name is vivian. i am a city employee, speaking as a private citizen on my own time. your focus is on ethics, so it should concern you that something as unethical as the process with two city employees,

ross and inadvertently bruised his wife's arm and immediately apologize. on the other hand, a fire chief acted with malice aforethought twice, but when she assaulted her husband and when she later defied a court order to pay spousal support. curve behavior was morally reprehensible, and yet there have been no repercussions from city hall. it is unethical for ross to be treated some differently. you are in a position to have fairness, to put things back in perspective when they have been blown way out of proportion. to punish this man beyond redemption is on be fitting of a civilized society. it is a fundamentally flawed system when a man of this caliber is condemned.

looking at him not as a case number, not as an assignment, but as a man, a brilliant, were the man, with a demonstrated dedication to serving our city -- a brilliant worthy man. take a look. he is a good man. [bell] [applause] [whistles] [applause] >> thanks. i am bernie. i raise the point that the agreement that ross signed was probably underdress with the situation that all parties would abide by it, given the absence of one who affirmed my supposition, it is likely that mayor lee and the city attorney

have broken that agreement. therefore, the agreement is impede it. a different case. second, on the question of priorities by the district attorney, the sunshine ordinance task force unanimously agreed that the board of supervisors acted egregiously, in violation of due process, continuously, and asked that the district attorney take a case against them, but that was held to be a secondary priority to ross mirkarimi. there is something very wrong with that. i have served with ross as a friend and colleague on the san francisco tomorrow board, when he served honorably as an officer of the court -- the district attorney's office. if that does not prove integrity, i do not know what

does. thank you. [bell] [applause] >> hi, my name is -- and i have known ross for seven years, because i have done some reports and have interviewed him for mine tv. i saw him working really hard. a and supervisor in city hall. i saw how hard he is working. as a sheriff of san francisco. he always helps everybody needed help. if somebody has a problem that we do not even know the nature of the problem, and they get

angry, and somebody grabs somebody's hand. an abuser. a person who does not deserve his job. i was married for 20 years. a lot of times, i am said things to my husband in the heat of the moment that i do not believe. that does not mean that somebody would hold that against me for the rest of my life and ruin my career, and some people do get bruised easier than others. if i get my hand right here, i get bruised, and my sense, too. just because somebody grabs, it does not mean that he be to the person. it does not mean that the abuse to the person. he stopped immediately. it was just a fight. a family fight. it had nothing to do with this capacity for his hard work to be a share, and i came to this

country because i believe in justice. my children are american persian. i do not believe that somebody -- [bell] chair hur: think you, ma'am. [applause] >> commissioners, i am rolan, pastor at a presbyterian church, and i am here as an american citizen. this is against an honorable, proven, committed servant to the people of san francisco, a former supervisor ross mirkarimi, the was duly elected sheriff of san francisco with more than 70,000 ranked first choice votes. there are allegations of official misconduct even before taking office.

sheriff mirkarimi has taken responsibility for his actions in what should of been a private disagreement between his husband's -- between a husband and a wife, which happens in most marriages. he will be a better husband. it would have been somewhat of a challenge for me to be here if mrs. mirkarimi had received a black eye or a broken nose or ribs or a busted up lip or a tooth busted up or had not forgiven her husband or stood up for him, but for a bruise on her arm, words said in anchor, up to be charged of official misconduct and hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars wasted, in a democracy where majority votes world, as strongly as bad as being stopped. the honorable board of supervisors and our honorable mayor, who encouraged him to

change his position and run for mayor, i appeal to you for the good and future of our great city that to exercise mercy, forgiveness, a unit, and support for our democratically an elected sheriff madrassa will remain -- sheriff ross mirkarimi, so he can do the work that he was elected to perform and that we know he will do. [applause] >> i just want to thank you for allowing me to come and say something. i always in my lifetime, i try to stay out of politics and religion, but unfortunately, i could not keep quiet. the last three or four months, i have been watching on television what is going on with ross mirkarimi. i have never met the gentleman. this is the first time. something happened in the house between a wife and a husband. i want to know which one of you

have not had the same problems. everyone has an argument with their wife and kids. i have done it, too. we get angry once in awhile, and we hurt the person closest to you, so i do not think that they can say that because he grabbed something, this or that. that does not mean it, because the expert was not there. there were two people. it was mr. mirkarimi and his wife. nobody knows what happened. the d.a.'s office -- i am sorry, the city attorney, mrs. lopez, this case was politics. it has got to be the district attorney and the judge who created that. i personally have been dragged into court for 25 years. i lost 600 acres, and i have

been sleeping in a garage with two kids. i appreciated. i do not think you or even the mayor has anything to do with this. more power above. thank you very much. [applause] >> commissioners, good evening. thank you for letting me speak this evening, after all of the other speakers. for the record, my name is -- lawrence. i have spoken before this commission several times in the past. i have been a citizen and resident of the county for 44 years. a citizen of this country all of my life. what i see right now taking place is one of the biggest waste of times i have ever seen. we live in a city of 1,000 tons of the murders, yet the district

attorney has time to prosecute a man that breezed his wife's arm in an argument. -- bruised his wife's arm in an argument. you tell me which one of you has a perfect marriage. throw the first stone. you do not have a case here. i do not know what you are voting on. you do not have any suspects because they will not come forward and admit it. it is over. you did not prosecute the previous mayor. we used to have a mayor in san francisco picking up hookers in his limousine and bringing them to city hall at board meetings. i did not see the city ethics commission then. on campaign night, no investigations there. he came forward and said it was drug abuse. no investigation there. now we have ross, being

investigated because of an argument with his wife. if you look back in the history of this city, if you look at all of the cases you have not looked at, and now you are exploding on this one, but the biggest deficit in san francisco's history, u.s. prosecutors wasted hours and hours looking for depositions on so-called expert witnesses they are going to find in a phone book -- [laughter] ? is an expert witness on san francisco? you tell me. [bell] [cheers and applause] [applause] >> hello. what i want to say is that i was here last time, and i am going to reiterate the same message i gave last time, that this is unnecessary. it is a waste of taxpayer money. ross was working with people in

the jails, making life better. it needs to be fixed because the right person is not running it. you have to let him go back and do his job. they say they are doing this to help eliana and their son. nothing i have seen has helped them. let the man go back and do his job. mayor lee is a sore loser, but he has got to let it go so the people in the jail -- andross can take care of his family. [cheers and applause] . >> good evening, commissioners.

my name is eric bob mcdonnell, and i am here to urge you to drop these charges, dismissed these charges, and reinstate wasa mirkarimi immediately. this case is not about a bruised arm, and i can prove it to you. i myself that two badly bruised arm when a violent felony was committed against me when i was attacked on the streets, only to be denied justice by the very same people. only to be denied justice by the very same government agencies who are now claiming the moral high ground in the name of public safety. we need sheriff ross mirkarimi's leadership, and we need it yesterday. i am very upset with mayor edwin lee for bringing these ridiculous charges. he is a long time since the insider who was appointed to his position as mayor without

anything remotely resembling a public process. whereas mirkarimi received more than 2000 plus, more votes than mayor ed lee last november, and mayor ed lee is now trying to shamelessly overturn that election. i urge you to not let him do that. if mayor ed lee as 1 ounce of integrity left, he will end this charade and give this city our share of back. i thank you for your time. [cheers and applause] >> good evening, commissioners, and thank you so much for allowing us to speak at such a late hour. thank all of you for your hard work. my name is -- i am the co- founder of a support group, and

i am here to support share of mirkarimi because i lost a son to gun violence in 1996, and his case remains unsolved. my son was killed before his sixth birthday, so does not have his father. little theo has his father but does not have this father, and in the human circle, we are for keeping families together, not tearing them apart. i must say, sheriff mirkarimi, you have failed to look at his record. when homicide happen in our neighborhood at 2:00 in the morning, do you know who is there? sheriff mirkarimi. when homicides happen anywhere

in the western addition, he is always there. when there is a funeral, and he is there. when there is a community meeting, he is there. he is there walking the neighborhood, at the farmer's market, talking to us. he is a public servant. he is bigger than a public servant, and i am here to say we spend too much money and tax dollars on unnecessary things like this when they should be spent on unsolved homicide cases. we have thousands of unsolved cases, and mine is one of them. i am asking the mayor and the city and you to do the right thing. heard people hurt people, and healed people kill people. let's get in the killing business and start healing our city. thank you. [bell] [applause] >> good evening, commissioners.

my name is -- jackson. i am a native san franciscan. i am elected delegate to the democratic national convention and a delegate to a committee. my support for sheriff mirkarimi is a very selfish. i want the people of san francisco the cannot speak for themselves to get the attention that share of mirkarimi was elected for. i am beseeching you to get back to the big six and use your fairness and ethics. i ask that you not be biased by the power of the position of mayor with the preponderance of evidence. please recommend a share to be and suspended without pay and returned to share as elected by the majority of san franciscans. again, thank you for all you do, and i think you in advance for your ethical analysis and submit you will deliberate with the highest at the core standards. please do not stack the decks.

and again, thank you for what you do. [applause] >> how are you doing? my name is larry ames, and i am 100% supportive of ross. he has always been supportive of our group. it is a complete fiasco and a total waste of time doing this, and it means -- he needs to be back in the office of sheriff, where he will do the most good. this is politically motivated. i believe that. thank you. [applause] >> i have been in san francisco

since 1965. the one thing that makes me the most promised to mid year is that it is the city in the world where we respect diversity and embrace all of the communities that call san francisco home. today is one of the saddest moments in history. this is a day when we lost one of the mares and george mosconi, and today, we have a mayor who is selling his heart and soul. shame on you, mayor lee. it cannot be any more obvious bad your motivation is purely political. you are trying to get rid of one elected sheriff, and shame on you for having a double face when it comes to giving in to

the influence of tricky willie and their circus of followers who are always trying to run san francisco. it would not surprise me if we have a hearing in this same room to penalize you, mayor, for the crime you are trying to commit. that is why i am appealing to members of the committee, not under pressure of the so-called powerful influences. do not become a paunches pilot -- pawnee as pilots -- pontius

pilate. thank you very much. >> i am -- i just wanted to mention a couple of notes that nobody mentioned. number one, ross mirkarimi, sheriff ross mirkarimi was suspended on new year's eve. number two, its share of ross mirkarimi loses his job, that means that liberal people cannot act in political circles in san francisco, which is a really, really bad thing to happen, and last and most important of all, we are using all of this money, electricity, and everything, manpower for

something that is not really important, and i do not know why politically they are attacking ross mirkarimi. thank you. [applause] >> i will be as quick as possible. i have known the mayor and ross mirkarimi. ♪ whoooo, whooo whoo is control, right here in san francisco? ♪ my name is ace, and i am in your face this thing about it is coming here at ♪ city hall, it did silly -- gets silly

it gets so silly, y'all, right here at city hall i am telling you, what i have sought, might be against the law, like what you are doing here heard sounds so observed the things i want to tell you all, one thing is for sure ed lee he knows me we worked together it is no mystery he will tell you there is a conspiracy on the real ♪ ross has so much integrity and respect. if you would take the polls of the community, you would see that something is going on. it is nasty.

the whole world is looking at us. right here in city hall. it gets so silly y'all. [applause] >> commissioners, i am glad and very grateful to you. he demonstrated to me tonight that he did take the oath of office seriously. as someone who devoted eight years of their life to this commission and before that, four years on the board of appeals, when that commission had jurisdiction, i can say from personal experience, it is an understatement.

it is a thankless tax -- re- tasked to serve on any commission. you have given me faith you are going to follow the law and the evidence in this case. the law is very clear. i quote the former city attorney, "the charter does not authorize the commission to impose any public censure upon individuals who have not committed a violation. the commission must find probable cause to believe that's an order related to finance, lobbying, or other has been violated. if no violation is found, no further action will be taken. i hope you will continue to

serve as admirably as you have tonight. [applause] >> good evening, i did not need to clarify your jurisdiction. those parameters were quite clear. of inslee, this is out of that range. if that is not clear, maybe we can reference him again. i am here not only because i feel he should give the mayor and the rest of the people that are trying to perpetrate a political coup an opportunity to save face and third this case out. i think we need to honor the men and women who died to preserve our right to vote. clearly, our vote means nothing

to the mayor and those in power. what matters to them is greed, corporations, and getting ross out from the scene. it has long been said that politics in san francisco is a blood sport. that we know going in. never has anyone lower their standard to such a point to sacrifice a family. that is intolerable. you should have the integrity and respect for a man who has had a long history incense and disco to defend the impoverished and neglected. i am asking you, do the mayor a favor, give him the opportunity to save face and throw it out now. [applause]