let's take a short break, and after the break we will begin with public comment. it will be limited to two minutes. is there a procedure you would like us to follow as far as people lining up, or how should we -- >> [inaudible] >> your idea would be to start with the people outside, and then have people inside to public comment at the end? what are you saying? >> [unintelligible] >> we should do public comment first. right, ok. and then you want them to file out after they have given their comment, and then have to come back in? >> [unintelligible]

we already have a line set up >> ok, ok. do you have any estimate of how many people are lined up outside? >> [inaudible] >> ok, given those numbers -- i want to ask my fellow commissioners, should we take a 10-minute break and then go through comp -- public comment, even if that means that plunge occurred around 1:00 p.m. or later -- lunch occurs around 1:00 p.m. or later? or would you like some other procedure?

take a short break now, go through public comment, and then take a lunch break. ok, let's take 10 minutes. let's come back at 11:10 a.m. and then go to public comment.

>> we are back in session and we will now take public comment.

before we begin with the citizens in the room, mr. bembridge -- emblidge has a brief comment. the correct two commissioners received -- >> two commissioners received a brief e-mail with comment an argument about the issues before the commission appeared that email has been forwarded to the council for both parties and will be entered into the record as part of public comment. >> thank you. welcome to the public. >> good morning, commissioners. >> please, speak into the microphone. >>(wñ morning, commissioners.

i am nancy coleman. i a$ñ1 mirkarimi's mother. i am here to support my son, but i have an additional unique perspective. i sit on the human rights commission for the state of rhode island, appointed by the governor. like you, we have to make difficu%:l decisions that affect people's lives. we must sort through a lot o conflicting information to reach a fair and just result. facts do matter, not innuendo, rumor, or gossip. there was a rush to judgment before the new sheriff was even sworn in. sometimes it is difficult to peel back the layers. i follow and view everything in this case every day. the most salient fact here is that in the out of lopez is not an abused spouse. i know her as a strong,

independent woman0zv who speaksr own mind. she travels regularly to venezuela for extended stays. she attended acting class is in l.a. she has a weekly san francisco radio show. she taught movement glasses for babies. i also know that since march, 2011 -- [tone] she has wanted to return to her family and career in venezuela. she stated repeatedly that the video was made because of a potential custody fight, not because she fears her husband. theo means the world to his parents. how many of us have argued over the care of our children? how many of guys have done and said things in an emotional moment for which we are deeply sorry? the mayor's charges are billed on an erroneous -- [no audio] >> thank you, ma'am.

next, please. >> thank you. my name is espinoza jackson. i have been a career activists for 50 years or better. n surprised that you have had this commission for just 18 years. you have a hard decision. i'm hopingñi that you do the rit thing. as the previous speaker said, the family knows best. and the innuendoes about brutality -- she was bruised because a lot of us are easy tubers, and we all know that. i want you to takece- the facts are, and not what people or the press gave up. please, do the right thing. so that you can sleep at night

and people can look up to you in years to come. you are very young and you will continue to run for office. i'm quite sure they will do the right thing. -- that you will do the right thing. >> good afternoon. my name is barbara. ms. lopez, i supported your husband's position since day one. volunteered and another office. i respected the human side of him. he allowed a poppy belonging to their receptionist to work every day. if it was ok with him, it was ok with us. he was suspended with no pay. i immediately aired my on issues before the board of supervisors and sent a strong message to mayor edwin lee, that no one is free of domestic issues.

mayor lee, have you looked at your own dirty linen? it is my sincere hope that you give him his job back as jarett, back pay, and his benefits be restored. made a piece of the lord be with you both, and of course, especially theo. thank you to everyone. >> commissioners, my name is francisco de costa. in all of your deliberations, some of those deliberations you have not heard. you have read about them, but you have not heard. we have a sunshine taskforce that after deliberation, sent hundreds of cases before this ethics commission. you have to ask yourself how many of those cases you have drawn into the wastepaper

basket. -- thrown into the wastepaper basket. you have to ask ourselves whether we, the people, wanted an ethics commission like this that adjudicates in the manner in which you have thrown out so many cases sent to you by the sunshine task force. let me bring it to your attention. we have four supervisors who have been charged for official misconduct by you, commissioners. but in this process that one of your commissioners alluded to that may be a dog and pony show, in this process, you are going to give some adjudication and send the same process before the board of supervisors, of which four supervisors commissioners

have been charged with official misconduct. we, the people, are puzzled. we are bewildered. we are confounded. i feel personally in this case, we should not have taken this route. a waste of millions of dollars and a waste of the people's time. thank you. ñfc>> good morning, commissione. i am president of the san francisco commission on the status of women. however, i speak as a -- an individual today. the city has reduced domestic violence by over 80% as a concerted effort through the policies of the city working through every branch of law enforcement and every representative of social

services and the court. that also includes work by the sheriff's department. when you have a link that you cannot work with, that undermines the policy for the city. i also work as a -- an attorney as a regulatory enforcement attorney for the city. that also includes license fees. every employee has a code of conduct. the specific conflicts of interest may be specific to department, but in terms of licenses, we do remove for dui's and for domestic violence. the department of insurance and other agencies do not have that specificity. we all know what the common- sense definition of decency is. we hold the public trust. your decisions will impinge on whether or not an elected official has special treatment and does not have to conduct

himself or herself -- [tone] with the related charges if that person is above rank-and-file. >> good afternoon. i am maureen? id. -- maureen daggett. my son and his wife are friends of russ. and i am also a longtime san franciscan. one thing that catches my attention is when the mayor testified. he said that he based his suspension on the declaration by

madison commissioner -- by madison. commissioner renne, when that first came up, he said he thought it would poison the well and we should throw it out. madison was never called to testify. so that contradicts the idea that9jñ russ is being tried here again for what he pled guilty for. there have been several of you saying here today -- [tone] that they wished that he had said this or done that since that time that this had taken place that -- taken place.

that would have made things go away. those are not the things he's being tried for. he comes from a good family. he is a good man. he has been voted three times by the electorate of san francisco. [tone] he served and then he was reelected -- [no audio] >> thank you, ma'am. thank you for your comment. >> i moved from here on 33 years ago with my family because i found my country of my dreams, the united states of america, a country where everything is based on justice, a country of relationships of kissing someone in the right place and relationships like that do not

exist. everything is based on fact, on hard work. they do not bring somebody down because they do not like him. i came to the united states because i believe in america. and i am a u.s. citizen. this whole thing is distressing me and my family because it is an example for all of the new generation in this country that you work hard and in the heat of the moment of the family dispute over your child, you pull your wife or your husband's hand and get bruised and you get treated like a criminal. i hear all these words like wrong for conduct, unlawful conduct. if i were not in this room, i would think she was a criminal who beat his wife appeared that she calls 911 all the to -- every day. yes, he lost his temper for a second, in my opinion, and he grabbed his wife. i tell my husband of 20 years

sometimes that i do not like him. i even say bad things to him. but it does not mean that i mean that. you make up later. [tone] we have to judge a person by their hard work and their progressive ideas. he does a lot of good things in life and in his career. just because of something like that we make him look like a criminal, while real criminals are working in the streets? i'm sorry, i get emotional. it is not fair. we all sleep at night. we will all die one day [tone] [no audio] >> thank you for your comment, ma'am. >> my name is patrick connors. i live in district 5 up the street from here. i voted for