from their partners. if ross mirkarimi is not removed from office after admitting abusing his wife it9]8x would definitely stop women from reporting, especially immigrant women, who already scared to ask for help. because of their immigrant status. i have a big problem,t??xy i men i've been listening to everybody saying that it was just a bruise, he just grabbed her. i have a problem with that. what do i tell my clients, go back, it was just a bruise, i have a big problem with that. i wouldn't begb4ih doing what im doing now if i told this to myw clients. so please, i urge you to remove ross mirkarimi. thank you. >> hello. my name is -- i am a domest!z violence advocate. i work with victims to report

that are sometimes afraid to report. concerned that failing to hold mirkarimi responsible for his actions will have a silencing2íç effect on survivors citywide and beyond. i believe that they wouldubv beo scared to come forward, and even more so in cases where victims stay in danger, inb situation. please, i urge you to remove ross mirkarimi fromx@ñ office as victims rights could be held in the balance. things that i hear. you know, we do really hard work with this kindt?1(÷ when they ce in and ask for our support, for really hard every day, to keep them safe. we needb%8ñy someone to please, please help us keep them safe. thank you. >> president chiu:ats thanks.

>> my name is barbara marquez, part of the domestic violence community. i am here to implore the board of supervisors to uphold the recommendation of the ethics and remove ross mirkarimi from office. our residents deserve to have a sheriff, someone elected by the people who uphold and respects the law, as we are also expected to do so. there have been a string of recent domestic violence incidents in the media regarding high profile individuals who have been able to avoid harsh punishment. as a city, we must stand and make a statement that anyone, especially elected officials, will be held accountable for their actions. let us not forget, he did plead guilty to a crime. as a city, we must realize that

the sheriff is a -- of his department. mirkarimi is seen as the leading example for his department and his employees. we deserve to be able to trust and respect our law enforcement officers. victims of domestic violence have the right to be protected by the sheriff's department without fear that our issues will be taken lightly. by removing sheriff ross mirkarimi from the board -- i'm sorry, from office, the board of supervisors will affirm and ensure that any official will be accountable to the public they serve, and exhibit an appropriate standard of conduct. please make the right decision for the san francisco residents you serve, and vote for the removal of sheriff ross mirkarimi from office. thank you. >> president chiu: thankmtí# yo. next speaker. >> hi.

the same extra time she had. what i will say is that there saying but i'm going to say out loud and i'm else is thinking. you have all these women groups that profess to speak for everyone. most women in san francisco have they don't know what they think. most of the women i know, that i campaigning, visibility for ross all over the city, there are very few

and san franciscogw0eé area. i want to speak also on behalf of men around domestic violence. violence and can tell you the arguments made here today legally i busúnát are sound and that underscore the fact that hzh'gs you can do -- i say this not just as a person but also as a teacher, high school teacher,[ somebody that teaches at the college level as well, somebody that is active, his that one of@ the most violent things you can do is separate a family. coming from a broken home, maybe from an1-v show of hands those m broken homes understand this one situation where two parents have a disagreement, or whatever thak is that you have no idea what's going on and that have consequence be --5w. on that kid not knowing what that consequence will mean for that kid for the rest of their life. second thing one of the most violent things you can do politically is to target

somebody's family especially a democratic official and use that as a tool and understand the precedence that that sets not only for your political career or everybody else when our mayor who is pulling strings can get away with that and overturn 80,000 votes of the people here. i encourage you to think about the right thing what that means for families here in san francisco but all throughout the state and of course the country -- across the globe. thank you again for your time and do the right thing. >> president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> goo good evening, mr. presid, ladies and gentlemen, san francisco board of supervisors, and citizens in the audience on both sides of the aisle. my name is johnny, former mayoral candidate for the san francisco. ladies and gentlemen, please forgive me for not giving you eye contact. i would first like to apologize to all of the san francisco

board of supervisors for having to be placed in a conflicting disadvantaged position. the court handed down their )tu(áq handed down his mind but] suspend they sheriff ross mirkarimip[kxw wito pay. you must not let -- interfere. nis not a lawless state. there wasst you cannot perform official misconduct while offb duty. was this motivated by politics, bias? since 1953, therexñxnx have nevr been a specific policy in the city of san francisco forhc dealing with an off-duty city official involved in domestic violence. the most common discipline that can be imposed for a first time offender for a -- allegation of domestic violence is counseling, by he is currently undergoing.

and some -- you consider this incident high caliber but the court sees it different. what the court handed down is a standard procedure. turn to each other, not on each other. when you dissolve you drift. i believe a recommendation should be that sheriff ross mirkarimi incident should be parallel with the disposition of the dui case involving a city official, a shoplifting case involving an assembly woman at nieman marx, a battery case involving three public servants in the case. also to recuse yourself because of conflict of interest. since sheriff ross mirkarimi was voted in by san francisco voters. >> president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> hi. patrick connors. there are so many things that i would love to point out, i'll never get it in in two minutes. one thing i want to mention is

the city attorney, in their presentation, mentioned similarity between a case in new york, a politician named high ram mansrat removed from office. the the thing making that a parallel, he was arrested and charged with three felonies and three misdemeanors. he spashed his girlfriend's face with a glass, he slashed her, and he was caught on videotape, grabbing her by the hair and assaulting her violently. it has nothing to do with mirkarimi and it's offensive that the city attorney would make that kind of connection. i'm so glad i did not vote for that guy. finally, in the paper yesterday there was a quote from a domestic violence inc. person. her name is kathy black from

lacasa. she said it's about how this case is about how san francisco will respond to domestic violence. well, no it's not. if that were the case then there would be a recall. and what i would like the supervisors to do is empower the domestic violence organizations to get themselves together, and gather signatures, and recall the man, instead of enabling them to hide behind the mayor, to hide behind politics and have the work done for them. so reinstate the sheriff. make them do the work that they think should be done. uphold my vote. thank you. >> president chiu: next speaker. >> good afternoon, everybody. good afternoon, mr. . and i don't like to say too much. lex-q me tell you something. we live in united states. we arepeqp believe in democracy. if we believe in democracy, we

forget the vote for too many people. please don't forget the vote. return it to this family, vl)imi, to his place, and support this family, and that's6 all. evening, and god bless you. >> president chiu: next$#&xx speakersy#8. speakersy#8. >> it's av'é should verymanqmn well be held e highest of standards. and neither romney or obama and( their media supported deceiving lawyer drama both be supporting twçak bankers fed, 144 million, including lincoln,b]ij kennedy d king, murdered quite dead. in this world of believersvmwl6d deceivers who holds the upper hand maintaining finger

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40 day general strike be the proper endeavor. i am here speaking truth free of all fear. domestic abuse upon the entire nation, the promised land be the high station. dr. jeffrey mcdonald -- we have all allowed to sit in prison all this time, the mother of boycotts be the call and sets them free. and a woman sheriff in san francisco to lead the sheriffs is just fine with me. and no one in this room and no one listening has ever seen freedom and the freedom in the promised -- >> president chiu: thank you very much. >> my name is ron stuts. love and lies. it has been said that when the lion and the lamb sit in peace there will be harmony in the world. this applies to our own inner

self as well. because the proper balance between ying and yang, heaven and earth, makes us wholecom with one in the universe. the pride of the lion needs the hunger of the lamb to lead with humility and love. the lambd6ré÷ needs the strengtf the lion to avoid being2n'vu devoured. the result is unconditional love and the kind of leadership that comes from the good side of the÷ heart. ross is a lion who has experienced a verygwñq public humility that most people would rather avoid and walk away from. but he5imc has wisely atoned fos anger and insecurity, being meeklysx%3ñ strong enough to asr rededges and forgiveness. be given the opportunity to demonstrate that he has learned for it at home, and in his elected position as i believe that ross is a better

man for his recent ordeal,ay> president chiu: thank you very much.o8z thank you.

>> hello. heart of constituents of ross,gr7'ñc= have talked abouts commitment to public service. and you have also heard, both here and over the last nine months, of people who are standing up as proponents of domestic violence abuse, and who are trying to reach out to women. i believe that these speakers, who are here to speak about domestic violence, are misguided in this event, and that is because the women that they are trying to help have cried out for help. none of their clients is an international film star, who want to a neighbor who is an

attorney to confide in, and poured her heart out, and had that attorney, with a dual motive, turn to the district attorney and concoct a case to be used as a political wedge and hammer. on the one hand you are talking about people who are coming here and talking about eradicating domestic violence abuse, and on the other you're talking about a singular case, a instance wherekrg÷5 domestic vie label is being used as only a battering ram. i urge you toaáxñ reinstate the sheriff. thank you%ó[oç. >> president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> goodk?bmj afternoon, supervi.

my name is beverly, and i am so very honored to be the execut;qw director of the san francisco domestic violence consortium. we are not thezécçy enemy. gorge gascón is notw)f!d the en. ed lee is not the enemy. and you are not the enemy. these wounds% i'm sorry that we all find ourselves hereuvl$t today. many opportunities to make a change were available over the last 10

our conduct is a reflection of not only when we're in city hall, not only when the cameras. you all are supervisors 24 hours aqsi day. i'm the executive director of the domestic violenceb8ohñ consm 24 hours a day, and i would like to suggest that our sheriff should bebe our sheriff 24 houra day. this is:lns a disciplinary acti. it's not election stealing. it's what$7ç the voters voted fr in the charter. and until ross'4-í>havior became the subject of this issue, he i'm going to stick to my time but i know that today will take leadership-isq÷ and courage. and i know that you have it. the facts matter. you. >> president chiu: thank you. next speaker2z.

÷ffgood evening. from ross mirkarimi has been suspended with pay after he has not been proven guilty. money from the city has been spent trying to persecute someone that is not guilty. mayor ed lee has communiunion just to -- in his family, by taking away his salary. with how he take care of his family. he has done all this -- mirkarimi be proven guilty. i am asking for -- mirkarimi to be installed right away. i speaker say woman would be afraid to refer domestic

violence. the truth is woman who be afraiñ to report domestic violence because -- what happened toc eliana's family because there are a lot of people who -- is not their business4anká like -- please bring --wu'z mirkarimi. thank you so much. >> president chiu: thank you. >> could i have the overhead the overhead. >> supervisor chiu: if you speak into the microphone. >> ms. riserdfú6ñ said that the language of the charter speaks for itself.ó

charter amendment. that it's a definition when it's a charter amendment. the actual -- look"w at the difference between the actual charterdd9áp amendment. here you see official misconduct in large letters. it's omitted fromfof21 the mays brief but it's here for all to see, official misconduct. why38éx is that important. because that defines everything underneath that law. the reasonçjj;$at they could evn make the poor case that they did confines of official misconduct that is indicated in thedvá' rel brief right here, official now, an important question. what is official. here's the definition ofr@ official. it says here, a person invested with the authority of thesón office. that means they have to have the power of the office. they can't be pract/1r(mz%ñ getting ready for it or preparing for it.

they have to have the authority of the office. either we.zj83 are a country o, tierney is what is being offered here. and theygtç8o offer that -- i hd from the attorney for the mayor this morning saying that there was a triparti system that was going to save this from being tyrannical. what if a political machine, per chance, had control of the san francisco. how -- what solace could any voter take in that very skimpy protection that she offers. we have only one thing, the rule of law. >> presidenlaw. >> hello. my name is josh wolf, and when i found myself subpoenaed by a federal grand jury ross mirkarimi put forward a resolution saying that the board of supervisors stands with me in

upholding the rights of a free press of a reporter's privilege, which we don't have in the federal context. many of you signed on in support of that because you rcognize that that was a political witch hunt. again today we find ourselves in a political witch hunt and i hope you will make the sim decision to choose what is right especially during this time of election. after i was released from jail i ended up in an altercation from someone whom i knew from jail. i called the police and said i said sorry, we can't help you, there aren't any wns you can zoint us can do. i called ross mirkarimi and within minutes i heard back from the police leadership saying they were going to do something and within short order i was looking at mug books and they were pursuing the case. that only happened because ross mirkarimi was responsivebiyç to public safety issues. he will continue to be responsive as a sheriff if we reinstate him and i encourage

what is politically expedient. thank you so much. >> president chiu: thank you. next speaker. hill. this is a difficult issue, obviously. i think what -órkñ it difficult is that in many ways this is not a legal proceeding, this is not a court of law.q9j)ñ if there's any parallel, it's probably an impeachment president bill clinton. i think most of the people in this rg÷yñ and most of you would agree we saw how that process was terribly abused because ofh0 where a personal -- a repugnant was suddenly put into the national limelight and made into something that basicallye"o kidnapped the entire country. i think in some ways this is what's going on here. i'll tell you why. because it's not like this is the first time we've had a high public official98v that's been engaged in domestic violence. in fact, i did a little bit ofq

research and, you know, there mcbride who was arrested and charged with domestic violence, entered a6e=f plea like ross mirkarimi did, was sentenced, yet he continued as a judge. by his colleagues to be presiding judge and continues to serve on the bench to this-çñx( day. or how about the case of hayes-white. i have cued up on my phone the youtube videoqq;$ audio of the 1 call where her husband is calling in about domestic violence which i don't have it play for you. but there were children involved. head with an object. since quit paying spousal support. and yet when this past may,o÷ mayor lee was asked about the fire chief he said we're going to work with her. so these sortsa)0h'aá of thingse there's a double standard here. why is there a double standard.

is it politics? seems to me that there is. i'm sympathetic to the plight the domestic violence victims. i've been involved in that issue many years ago counseling batterers. >> president chiu: thank you very much. thank you. >> good afternoon. michael feinstein, former mayor and city councilmember in santa monica. i've learned the publicw will tolerate diversity on issues but will not tolerate manipulation of the public process for partisan reasons. that a violation of the public's trust. before you is an item to remove an elected official for something that happened before they assumed office. if you approve that item what you're doing is opening up pandora's box for partisan abuse which you will never close.

the mayor's office said he assumed office right after the election before he took the oath. this is absurd and ludicrous. could the sherif:dev have hierd and fired staff before he took the oath of office. could he have directed his no. now we have a double standard on what it is to be in office to and this kind of convenient double political double standard how wide open this is. what the mayor's attorney that this should apply no later than the election day meaning this could beho6fñ wide open for somebody before they were elected that didn't come out elected that didn't come out into public and nowt game as well? so this is a wide open so this is a wide open opportunity foroa>= 5y are the check and balance. but if you remove theñ"?tñ sherf now you are laying a public

game, at any time, before they were elected. is that really what you want to do? charade down, you keep sheriff mirkarimi in office, and- make that vote to ensure there's public integrity in this government, so3ép8 the people tt partisan purposes. >> president chiu: thank you. nextv]orátqp)q). >> hello, supervisors. my name is erica mcdonald, i'm reinstatement of sheriff ross mirkari-bc@&5j4(p&c"p%all of yoe received lengthy e-mails from me detailing a violent crime committed against me in this city. thank you, supervisor wiener for your compassionate response. i want to give you my case number, 980490385.