>> yes. >> president chiu: okay. why don't we see if one of our clerks can assist you for a moment and why don't we proceed to another speaker so that we have a moment to figure out how to help you figure out how to use the laptop. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is george -- woyames. i am 68 years old, and i'm a retired medical social worker in county of san francisco and a licensed social worker in the state of california. between 1992 and 2003, i work for its jail medical service department of public health at 850 brian at san francisco general. i had compassionate release for dying inmates. all other sheriff michael hennessy. i'm respectfully asking you to reinstate ross mirkarimi as san francisco sheriff, to

continue 32 years of rehabilitative programs initiated by sheriff hennessy, focusing on --mvfl redemption through education, mental treatment, diminution resid keeping the department of public health as the sole provider of medical service to9táñ the incarcerated. rather than contracting them out to -- with knownt9"$ records of prisoners death and abuse, these services are('azñ now at risk of being totallyn dimúkf totally . he reassured voters3$h/ that prisoner redemption shall remain the priority in city jails. >> president chiu: thank you.

>> name is collette brown. i wanted to show justw4ju like e lady said about why we need our sheriff. and -- a death because of old age or sicknessmwó]. it is quite another to experience[d(ç the sudden violt death of a lovedmibãone0pr=7é0.

(shots being fired) since 2004 san francisco has experienced a an unprecedented number of homicides. (siren sounding). 60% of the homicide victims are people of color. their loved ones, living in neighborhoods of scarcity and neglect must deal with their

personal tragedies while at the same time facing the crime and violence of the unsafe neighborhoods that surround them every day. >> president chiu: thank you very much. thank you very muchaúnm. >> good afternoon, supervisors. stop the corporate rape of our public library, don't money to what is this really about. the theme that we've heard over do we live under a series of laws that applysrqy÷ equally. i hope you're asking yourself while official misconduct charges were pending, but after

commission president:6wlb jewelz remains in office with no response from the4ju after one year whatsoever. the answer of course is that it's not equal treatment.e÷ it's not official misconduct if you're a part of the mayor's gang,&e sx but it is official misconduct if it's a political mayor's benefit.fkd% ms. gomez's actions were clearly violations of the law.;jw/ jewel gomez's actions took place joule gomez was acting as chair of the meetingó. jewel gomez's actions were excused as private philanthropyz getting its money's worth. despite the formal transmission byf7/m the fair -- to the mayory the ethics commission the mayor

response or justification of any got for official misconduct. standards of our society are for sale to privateéym> president chiu: thank you. next speaker.

>> hello. hello. my name is eartha mcguire. first of all, just listening to this testimony, the mayor's representative is trying to prove how -- violate the official duties. i find it hard to believe. and so we -- i volunteer for many organizations who do all this compassionate work. and ross is the jewel in the crown. i found it very easy to believe the woman who said that ross would appear in his pajamas and

overcoat when there was trouble. that, time and time again, how ross always tried to assist a person who was in any kind of trouble. so i think ross is the jewel in the crowna é,ñ of san francisco. and we should reinstate the jewel. you. next0#v%w speaker. sellig. i hope the board of supervisors3 do not slip down the slippery slope9szç of corporate fascism.

mirkarimi. >> my name is maurice james, i'm executive8)2[x director and four of -- west which is a community san francisco. throughout the years, ross was a supervisor, he worked veryúó#ú diligently with my population, people. looked at them, followed the newspaper, elephant gun to kill an ant. i think that it's too much. i think what he and his family have suffered is enough. irresponsible of you to take his job from him. hope that you reinstate ross to his job. thank you. >> supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. goo>> good afternoon. i am in district 6. my wonderful supervisor kim, she's the supervisor of my

district. i've known ross for like 20 years, 15, 20 years, ross, i guess. and my feelings about the whole thing is supervisor, you have to realize -- well maybe i did vote sheriff and i think if anything should happen to the man it should come back to me to decide. don't do their dirty work for them. don't do it. don't fall for the dirty tricks they're going on to make you all look bad, especially the ones that's up for reelection, and maybe of course you can't run anymore, sir. so of course the ones that's up for reelection, you have to realize how did all these agencies get these billboards up, who's funneling money where, if we want to look at the whole thing. but i'm not against -- the domestic violence thing, it's very good. but something is going on in the city, and we do need a outsider

in the sheriff's office, a outsider, because they're waiting -- the other officers, the sheriff officers, i'm quite sure are waiting in line, wondering oh, good we get somebody in there that's part of us.ici and ross is an outsider even though he was on the board of supervisors and d.a.'s office but i think he would keep the progressive stance -- (no audio h >> while -- brown was in office,

as he did,xes5ñ mayor gavin newm in office, he unfortunately had a problem with>ñss substance ab. and not only that, he committedp fraud by authorizing the assignment of catastrophic il34#÷áñ for his mistress. i have never known ross also, we have certain employees, there's a fire chief who beat child support. now, i have never known ross, in the twéw that he has been a father and husband, to ever beuh negligent of his duties as a husband, a provider, and a loving father. so please take? account. if you're going to take him as an example, then do the same wi-)xferybody else. thank you. >> president chiu: thank youcé1. next speaker. hw.,mz patrick.on, supervisors. i trust that you got my letter

that i sent#ç$1v you yesterday. the ethics commission did not find thatiyvñ mr. mirkarimi committed any misconduct while he was actually%#ap sheriff. the legal analysis that iiú4ú forwarded to you indicates one may fairly question whether the relationship test4q;z ms. keyser went into, adequately apprised is prohibited under san francisco's][e&- official misconduct law. at least if the official has limited experience playing the six degrees of kevin bacon does the mayor say any and all misconduct will result in someone being put on probation, even purely personal conduct totally unrelated to the performance of any of the

official's actual duties? if so are ethics commissioners studley and han saying anything different from what commissioner rene said. is their new relationship requirements so diluted that it amounts to no requirements at all, exactly what mr. rene suggested. and if that is correct, does it not follow that all four commissioners are interpreting san francisco's official misconduct statute in a way that leaves it completely unconstitutionally vague. by making up rules of misconduct proceedings against ross as they went along, the ethics commission appears to have vield the city charter themselves by chersing an authority not;%.f-3 granted by the charter. they do not have my authority to take away my vote.

reinstate -state wúw wj4(p&c"p% >> president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> thank you. my name is author murillo. good afternoon, mr. president and honorable members of the board of supervisors. what i would like to do is offer a lens through which to view this situation. you've heard from many citizens that there's been unequal why is that? is this political? perhaps )]'s another reason. as someone who studied they have on people of color, and how they'ref9s0w viewed, it that there's a relationship betweentjfxx stereotypes, preju, and discrimination. stereotypes is the firste;fáw s. so we have a gentleman here that is being perceived asvhfvg very violent, when in fact he is not.

but yet the4#3( stereotype pers. he's also male. we have a fire chief yet she's a woman and she was not a person of color, so we view3"q+ her behavior differen. if we go forward with that, then dás6! we go with having these opinions differently about the people whichz-mfwe've seen here, opinions differe towards wife. we go forward to discrimination now, which is what we're -- it's discrimination, a act to deprive a citizen+7x-ñ from public servs or benefits. we have an elected official tha the mayor has effectively shownñ discrimination against, and he wants you, as the board, tottrax

follow that, and to remove him from office and deny him theók rights. attorneys -- >> [timer sounding.] >> president chiu: thank you. next speaker. again, ladies and gentlemen, i needácq0v to remind everyone ofe board rule in our chamber against statements of opposition or-4-h@ñ applause for speakers. thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon,6ftár"ent chiu and supervisors. my name is rudy. san francisco, a resident, and also i'm a registered voter. there's one thing that's called integrity, to do the right thing, when nobody is watching. i want to demonstrate though, through his actions, that ross mirkarimi, with my own eyes, i seen him come through to neighborhoods, where people would not dare to come at night, when people got killed. he was there, because he cared.

his integrity and his heart was there. now -- to say this is that once upon a time, he sat at the same table that you guys sat at, and now he has made a mistake. and it seems like the city has for got about him. after all the work that he's the community, it seems like there's a lack of understanding when it comes to justice that he has fought for, for many many years, for the people. i don't think nobody should make a decision, not the mayor, nor should be the ethics commission, not even you guys should decide whether he should be sheriff or pnñyz i believe that decision goes to the people. the people are the ones who should always decide who should be in what position. and i understand there's some xq' for this to hapn your hands. i just hope that we don't havec@

to prolong the decision for ross to become the sheriff that he's supposed to be. and7khu you don't wait until afr election day to make a decision, that it's determined andld said now. and i just want to say in his actions how much he loves san francisco. and i'm sure the$bañ people -- without making no noise, raise your hand and show if you he has([( love that ross has loe and the people --ry.ñ san franc, the city of san francisco -- >> president chiu: thank you very much. thank you verya,ú much. thank you very much.kk8(p&c @g to the crowd. we have this thing called the7vt silent hand wave which we've used in other debates. if folks want to express support i will suggest that as an

approach. thank you. next÷"mv speaker. next speaker. >> good afternoon, president chiu and board of supervisors. my nameyyua is rosario cervants from district 11. i just want to sayv #v this jouy has been long and tried and we have a good hard-working man fighting for his joby.6r as sh. we have interest introops such as domestic violence to womenzqñ who have from the beginning vied to oust him out from this position÷], bruise they were working closely with theúe=6ñ sheriff. we unmank the mayor for his we unmank the mayor for his perjury onñ) elanea never asked to be separated from him. he didn't appreciate the the analogy from8fú÷ñ jeri kaiser we she made ap.0m analogies or refd michael vic. i thought that was inappropriate. where the city attorney and the

mayor's office,= with ross. will. thank you. reinstateé+b ross. >> president chiu: thank you very much. thank you for the silence. next speaiç[dáskg4(p&c"p%>> hi. my dear honorable supervisors, thank you for representing me. i'm going to paraphrase the bible a tiny bit. as jesus said, if you are free of sin, free of being human and making mistakes, then throw the first stone. otherwise reinstate the sheriff because you believe in rehabilitation, compassion, and redemption. i pray none of you are subjected to this type of process. i thought we were forgiving san francisco society. are our morass of our city so inflexible, insensitive, unfair, predatory,ç>/]k judgmental, and unforgiving that we are always guilty? michael vic is still attacked here by a representative of the mayor even though he paid his

debt to society? if a mistake is made, do we0s(t? have we resorted to people who .z a mistake to wear a scarlet do we continue to condemn president nix/tí nixon and mayor newsom. i have faith in you that you will do the right thing. please reinstate the?%soñ sheri. bless you. >> president chiu: thank you. next speakersñ. >> hi. my name is nancy, i'm from the mission. iphone. somebody called ross a jewel. ross is a jewel. i mean he's been in ourgu%á livn san francisco, i know -- i've been here almost 10 years. okay. he's a38"@ç leader. he's a leader in the community. okay. and i think thath9[b÷ the mayors abused his power.

this was not a violent act. i mean where is the proportionn here? where is the proportion? gentlest men i know, and i don't know him that well. but anyway, iyh!yj think we shod reinstate him. supervisors really nicely said our sheriff. well that's what he is. don't take -- i mean we have a that worked for ross to get him in. and i would suggest to you all not toa'l turn that upside down. okay. we're the people, and we deserve, you know,x> president chiu: thank you. >> i'd like to thank the board of supervisors for allowing us to speak today,ujs-n2ñ and giver opinion. i have known ross for over 17

years, have worked with him in our district 5, with the vis dareo business community. he's the reason we have the trees and the -- down the vis daro right now. he's worked with us, has been up nights, working out plans to help us have a better community. the things that i'm seeing right now is just unbelievable, you know, how we can take a person and just strip them down. i think it's very unfair. i don't even hold the mayor accountable right now because i think somebody's pulling his chain because at first he said he wasn't going to do anything to ross, he was going to let ross make his own decisions. so i think we are right now at a point where a lot of people are being pressured by special interest, and i think it's now that we all take a stand and say this has to end. we need to stand up for what we believe as citizens, and we need to back people that we believe

back us. and i'm for ross. you need to reinstate him. i don't even believe he should even be here and you should be voting on this. this is not something for the supervisors to vote on. we put him in office. if we want him out we'll take him out. that's our choice. so reinstate him and allow us to do our jobs as citizens. thank you. >> president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, everybody. my name's peter, i'm with the).o lower haight street merchants association. everybody's talking about ross' past. i want to talk

that time. but there was a few that treated us like crap. i said when i get out of here i'm going to do something about against the guy. but in the future i believe that if ross is put bf&n the position in which he was voted for, i think the sheriff's place, just like district 5 was a much better place now after he left it.ky%s and you supervisors, you do a great job and you have a lot of stress on you right now and i'[l glad i'm not running for another four years. i know this is a important time in historyzi: guys. so take into consideration not just his past, but

what we elected him to do, let him do it. time. bye-bye. >> president chiu: thank you. >> my241y fellow residents, my e is emilio, i'm aúktsz represente of the latino community at san francisco state. i'm a firm beli#$í9bjez the powr of democracy. us. don't you think it's wrong that our tax dollarsg"gm are being misappropriated in order to it's wrong the vote of the supervisors commission has been hastened to take place prior to the november elections? imposing unnecessary pressure and potential bias in the decision? i believe there has been an abuse of power.

i believe there should be justice. you want us to go out and vote. then bring back our sheriff. he stood for us, and we should stand with ross. >> president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, president chiu, honorable members of the board of supervisors, all of which are paying attention except for one that's playing with her ipad. my name is pedro fernández, a former san francisco policeman, seen lots of domestic violence in this my time, been a victim of domestic violence. if bruised from being grabbed a couple of myáj÷girlfriends would be released on probation. you guys are building the gallows. you have the hammers, you have the nail and the wood. it's on you. you are the pontius pilot of

this scenariodu and mayor ed le has put you in an untenable position i wasn't want toaéypo , and i look around, i know there are a few of you running for spot to be in. but you have to measure the the crime against tw penalty. he was taken away from his family for seven months. seven months. publicly and privately, he's been villainized, and;í;>ñ cano. i can go on but the bottom line is this man has been dogged from day one. he has not been given his just due. a grab of the arm is wrong. he's apologized for that and paid a penalty for that and the bottom line is at the end of the day we elected him. he scored 20,000 more votes than the sitting mayor. before i close i want to say one more thing. nobody bothered in this pane