>> mr. president, we are returning to our open session at 7:00 p.m. after a short recess and we are back on item four, which is election of commissioned officers and we have one motion on the floor. i believe we were about to entertain a second. >> that is correct, lt. riley. we have reached a resolution with how they should go for the nomination of vice president. we have been advised of the protocol. >> commissioners, at this point, i believe we have a second nomination of vice president that had been moved and seconded. according to our research, we can consider both of those nominations by roll-call vote. >> any comment regarding the two nominations? during a public comment, --

hearing no public comment, we will take a bow. >> i'm sorry, i thing that could use some clarification. >> the second nomination was and seconded. >> it was. >> the second motion was moved by -- i beg your pardon. with the maker of the motion please repeat that one, please? >> i made that motion for commissioner turman and it was seconded by -- >> commissioner chan. >> the second nomination for some -- for commissioner turman was moved by commissioner de jesus and seconded by commissioner chan. i will call the roll on this.

>> you will see the name of the commissioner your voting for. >> i will start again with commissioner marshall. on the two motions for vice president, -- i beg your pardon, since you are one of the nominees, let me start with commissioner dejesus on this one. commissioner turman. commissioner chan -- >> commissioner chan, how do you vote? >> commissioner turman for the reasons that i stated, but dr. marshall, i want to thank you for your work on the commission. >> commissioner kingsley, how do you vote? >> i would like to thank both commissioner marshall and commissioner turman for being willing to serve. you have to pinch hit for the president and the president has a tough and busy job.

thank you to both of you. dr. marshall has demonstrated that he has been a terrific president and vice president. commissioner turman, i have been extremely impressed with your quick study in the last year you have been on the commission in terms of really getting it, the responsibilities of the police commission and doing an outstanding job. i'm going to defer to president mazzucco. yeah initially would have nominated dr. marshall -- he initially would have nominated dr. marshall, so i'm going to defer to them and vote for dr. marshall. but i think both would be outstanding. >> commissioner kingsley is casting your vote for commissioner marshall. moving out to commissioner term and termturman.

-- commissioner turman. >> and dry after withhold my vote for the same reason as commissioner marshall? rex dr. marshall does not have to withhold his vote. -- >> dr. marshall does not have to withhold his vote. >> i was trying to alternate which member of the commission i was starting with. >> oh, that is fine . is fineturman. >> thank you. -- oh, that is fine. . turman. >> thank you. commissioner german votes for himself. >> this is an embarrassment of riches with these nominations. commissioner turman's commitment

to this department and his commitment to cooperation and collaboration, i think you also embody what president mazzucco said about this not been a divided body and i think you want what is best for this department. i have a tremendous amount of respect to you -- for you in the amount of time where work together. i, like commissioner kingsley, will vote for commissioner marshall because i think that team has been going very successfully and i want to continue that. commissioner loftus votes for commissioner marshall. >> commissioner michael -- thank you, commissioner. commissioner marshall? >> you cannot go wrong with either one of us. i will vote for myself. [applause] >> commissioner marshall casting

a ballot for himself. finally, commissioner mazzucco. >> commissioner marshall. >> commissioner marshall carries 4-3. >> before we go off of this, i think we should next year talk about the process and how we are going to do it. to avoid the predicament we were in this time. i think we should talk about fairness and sharing of the leadership position and this commission. >> thank you. now we move to line item number five, please. >> public comment on all matters pertaining to item 7, which is closed session. this is including on whether to hold item 7 in closed session. item seven has two matters, one being a personnel exception and the assignment of suspension.

item b is personnel disciplinary actions >> ladies and gentlemen, this is a closed its doors closed session item. under california law, comments are confidential. any public comment? hearing none, public comment is now closed. please call item no. 6. >> a vote for closed session. >> so move. all in favor? >> we are now moving to close session. >> thank you, commissioners. ladies endowment, the commission has asked that the room be

cleared for closed session. they will be in closed session until 9:00 p.m. -- the commission will be in closed session until 7: 0 9:00 p.m. -- 7:09 p.m.

>> we are moving back into item #8 in open session.

can we have a motion of non disclosure regarding item 7 in closed session. >> a motion of nondisclosure. all in favor? >> lieutenant riley, please call item no. 9, adjournment, as you adjourn as a san francisco police officer. before you call this line item, we are going to adjourn in your honor and appreciation for everything you have given to us and the san francisco police department. [applause] >> thank you, commissioners. if i do not call the item, do i have to retire? [laughter] >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? [applause]

>> city officials joined richmond residents for a groundbreaking ceremony. it was an exciting event for the neighbors ready for long overdue improvements. >> there is a need in this great city. they saw fit, they take care of it. >> the project is expected to open in spring 2013.

for more on the >> when the new california academy of sciences opened in

2008, it quickly became one of the top tourist magnets in the city. part of the cal academies' astronomical success is the weekly nightlife party. >> i am joined by helen, who is here to school me on all the nocturnal activities that are getting ready to take place here. tell us a little about what we can expect to see at nightlife. >> we open up the doors every thursday night at the california academy of sciences. there are certain things you can see every week you can go to the museum, visit the planetarium, and we bring in bars and a deejay or band. it is a different feel from during the day, something different every week. tonight , we have beer and music. -- tonight we have great beer and music. it is beer week. we have a dozen local brewers in african hall. we have a deejays to set up

throughout the museum and a live performance at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> what has been your favorite part as a participant or as an observer? >> my favorite part is to walk around the aquarium in to see people with a drink in their hands, getting to know maybe somebody new, may be looking for a day, or chatting with friends. there jellyfish. i mean, they are beautiful. >> the culmination of the animals. >> it is very impressive. we do not have this at home. >> tell us a little about some of the spider's we see here on display. >> at the california academy of sciences, there is a very large collection of preserved and live specimens, which are the evidence about evolution. we have the assassin spiders, which are spiders that exclusively kill and eat other spiders. they are under the microscope

here. research done and the california academy's i rhinology lab suggests that the assassin spiders have been doing this for over 150 million years. this glassed in room is a real scientific laboratory, and the people in that room are preparing specimens of vertebrate, that is mammals and birds. the way they do this is to remove the skin, sew it together in a relatively lifelike pose, and ensure that it does not decompose. >> i am a really big class actress fan, so i am here to see them, and beer week. >> i wanted to learn something and have fun. >> i always enjoy it. i am not all is well -- always working as i am tonight. sometimes i come to enjoy the

music and to dance. ♪ >> culturewire covers the arts in san francisco, and one of my favorite culture artists is here tonight. jason, thank you for being on culturewire. tell us about some of your posters that we have here today. >> most of the posters here are four specific shows or tours. i am hired by the bands or the venue. >> what is the inspiration behind these posters? >> no, disease of the related to the bay and, of course. music -- it is related to the band, of course the musical content or isn't related to the bed. album covers can come from anywhere. ♪

♪ >> class actress was great. we have been having so much fun. i did not realize how beautiful the cal academy looks than that. what other events take place here? >> we do corporate events that night on a regular basis. but nightlife is your best bet to come in as a regular person pharmacy the academy at night, and visit with friends. calacademy.org/nightlife. we have details for the next few weeks. you can get tickets online in advance or at the door. >> thank you so much. thank you for watching

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