ski must be inwwg2f direct relation and connected to the performance of your official duties or purá,6u purporting to perform your official duties. on the standard, and this isuú0zp where it got stickier for me is where is the standard for each electw7< official. is there one standard or multiple standards and i completely und colleagues came to the conclusion that there are multiple. if i agree withíymh that then i think the sheriff is held to a higher standard that actually there are things that he can:c3d do. but when i look at the simple language, it says a ívz standard and it says one that is impliedly required oì6xw all public officials. and so i think the standard to which we hold the sheriff is a standard that we z ñ to all elected officials, whether you are supervisor, or districtb attorney or treasurer.

sokúo4r on the sustained charges that have come before us, i wasn't convinced, eitherç#ñ(z by the majority or by the mayor's office that counts four and five then fit under this dxdi of official misconduct. i think that ituqó wasn't shown that when the sheriff grabbed his wife, that it was4rú% done under the color of the law or that he used his office or the powers of his officeqñt to commit what i consider to be violence against her. and i want to be very clear about that. i do think that what happened was incredibly#] egregious. where i was then again troubled was withw8m counts two and three which were not the counts brought before us. i agreed with@rkz ethics that count three was not shown by preponderance of evidence, that whileñ'5o it was plausible that the sheriff tried to dissuade witnesses fromx8vc speaking out against him, there wasn't the

evidence or preponderance ofz@p@k evidence to show that that is what he did. where i remain stuck is count4'ky two. and count two referred touh whether he -- what he meant by the statement that he's a powerful-.÷l man. and whether i think by he was purporting to use his powers to threaten child8=ó custody ownership. the motion before the board -- and i think is kind of a lot of -- certain ambiguity here because this is8óh:s the first time that we're hearing this, is the motion before us today is that wefcfañ are sustaining charges counts four and five. i won't be able to support thatg,!yá motion. and i won't because i do take this job very seriously, that weq"p% are public policy-makers. i think one of the most important things that we can do

official misconduct means$ dj4(p&c"p% going -- what official misconduct means as we move forward, and how we interpret/ñy that charter. unfortunately we are here for the first time toç that definition also to interpret it. and i think that we have

sit at today. >> presidenteóx chiu: supervisor chu. thank you. first off i want to thank the president for making your findings today. i think the ethicsfvf6 did do a good job of getting the information together. first off i do want tsgo) i know a lot of folks have spoken blf me my colleagues have spokens points before me so i don't want to go through them but i think it's importante;vuz talk about some of the reactions and comments i heard today just because as i was sitting here anduxinr we talk -- i think everybody talked about how dirp 1q it is, and none of us are pleased to be here, turn. there are people who saidóé ñ domestic violations advocates were trying to break up a family. i don't think they should be wd5 in that light and i hope this conversation helps us to understand thisbcz÷ better. they are not the enemy here and

i want to say that it was person make these comments. i was sad to smñ=w a number of people, after they made their public comments give high fives3dc9s to people in celebration for what they had said because the crowd cheeredf that is wrong. this is not a good event to be at and that is important tor#xhú note. so that being said, the items before us are a number of issues. i wantñi69 to speak on two points. i think supervisor kim had spoken about the question ofso timing and i agree with her comments. i do think that a sheriff-elect is responsiblehy for his or her actions. i don't think that the charter meant to give an individual free pass forr they are sworn into office so that piece to me ish@1tí quite clear. there is a second question about whether or not it constitutes an-q-ma official misconduct situation and whether or not it impacts an individual's abilities toóba:÷ discharge their duties and in

this case i really think that it does as a law enforcementñ7 jzejt)(rp&, but also as a leader of city and what it is that you represent being an official ofcg san francisco. and so because of that i will be voting to sustain the i do think to the family, i do

and five fall under the definition of official misconductsm z that i think we should all be under. if the ethics commission found evidence that count two actually hadj jñ been proven by a preponderance of evidence i would be in a different position but being that we had ethics to be the body that looked at the ÷ evidence and judged it before us, i'm going-5wmv to respect that body and the hearing. i was not there for all of those hearings. while ijw-úm the video personally very moving, and i couldn't come to very manyen other conclusions as to what was meant by that statement, today i o11 respect that these are the charges that were brought befores?í us. >> president chiu: is there any furtherqi + comment? we are not done with the proceedings. any further.écfñ comments from

colleagues? supervisor wiener. >> supervisor wiener: i k just have a, i don't know if this is going to affect anyone's vote but i have apqht counsel, just to clarify. are we ablewbz7 to sustain any charge alleged by the mayor, whether or not ther'ñç ethics commission recommended sustaining of that charge? >> yes,pñ.u are able to sustain any chargeúndló?eátááhjt the recommendation of the ethics commission but i think you all need to be voting on the same >> supervisor wiener:j approximate. >> president chiu: any further discussionvs1ñ colleagues? so i understand supervisor wiener has made a motion to/ú l @&c"p% sustain charges. supervisor wiener should we assume those are for charges four and fiveu2 ÷ or are you also going to amend that? >> supervisor wiener: based on the recommendation of the ethicsñ commission. >> president chiu: supervisor

wiener has made the motion to sustain the charges reflecting the decision of the9] super-majority of the agents commission on charges four and five. that motion was secondedn yka by supervisor elsbernd. unless there's further discussion why don't we take roll call vote onu> clerk calvillo: supervisor kim, no.qy xm supervisor mar, aye. supervisor olague, 4 no. supervisor wiener, aye. supervisor avalos,0p8co no. supervisor campos, no. president chiu,]om aye. supervisor chu, aye. supervisor cohen,col' aye. supervisor elsbernd, aye. supervisor farrell,ñuf aye. there are seven ayes and four nos 3-6r7b89d given that that motion required:pfxz votes in order to pass the motion is not approved the the comarges of9yk official misconduct against ross mirkarimi arek])-ñ sustainedxj5cf.

idsf>l+sq1q >> president chiu: colleagues, we still have additional business but why don't i suggest we recess4(fq for five minutes and then resume. with that, we'll recess. >>% (the san franciscon[" ez supervisors is in1uxo? recess) jlosf6z6oxçç$a=5fñci:l éfu[gññk

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roster that concludes roll call for introduction. next> president chiu: let's go to genzsi/$tu!lic comment, two minutes per person. first speaker. >> good afternoon,h3 corporate rape of the public library don't give money to the friendsñy>r÷ of the library don't accept money from the friends of the library. i have a little trepidationxvgd about getting up here and talking about the library today. but of course it's not really.'k9s about the library. it's about what happens to our institutions when they are run by7-bív our increasingly government by private public-privatei partnership. i can't completely -- or at

least0dkse properly talk about what just happened, but i think there's aw price that's relative to that, and that's also relative toiht the public-private partnership which is the loss of credibility that you rvñ see here, you see in many, many places. the public l pepy is just the most extreme example of'%sz that -- of an institution, the purpose of which is to maintainiañ'y(spáj barriers and promote the influence of private money. there is noge5jtá ((r&ity for the public money that is spent on it. there is no accountability for private mone it. there is no accountability for where that private money(bp6[ goes. most of all there is no accountability for the sunshine and ethics violations that allowzmw them to operate with impugnity. as i said many timeso. cost is the credibility in our

society. no onehñ6 believes you. no one believes anything in our society.i@wñ there's a quotation i've used many times. it's not part of mya=ñ graphics presentation. that says tha|t the casualty of being lied to is that you lose faith in thei and isn't thatk our privatized world? the lieszcg>! do cost more than the money. >> president chiu: next speaker pleaseá . >> mr. president -- north amerp'[ñ vacantist i'm glad this body got something right or.iq at least a small portion of it did. that's why i decided to come upit

today i'mn proud to say i'm not an attorney. i found some of the arguments tooc0 be extended. it was disturbing. first of all, one of the things thaty about microwave radiation isú ) idea that the federal government can somehow keep a city or any government frasa:@r protecting the health of their people. we cannot regulate the health of our people because of a federal regulation. that's ridiculous. in fact, the federal regulation is much, much more narrow than that. the second thing is the at&t argument that the issue that they're worried about is tissue warming. it's a very typical thing in industry for the industry to throw out a kind of red herring that throws you off track. the one thing we know about microwaves from experience is it

does not generally warm things. the effect on the body is much more precise than that. and it really is out of respect that this body did the right thing tonight that i'm bringing that to your attention tonight. >> president chiu: are there any other speakers? please step up. >> good evening, supervisors. what a night. i feel relieved but not in any way jubilant. i wanted to give you some comment about public comment. i've stood in these chambers a number of times and watched certain supervisors chastise members of the public for how they've given their public comment and i really think it's not appropriate. i think you have to realize that you're on the other side of the divide, where you have unlimited amount of time to talk, whereas a member of the public has two minutes. you see the clock winding down and you're trying to get in all your points and start talking fast and maybe say things in a way you would not say them if

you had more times to say them in a more deliberate way the way you have opportunity to do that. not everyone is a professional speaker like you are. and so i think you have to give the public a little bit of room for being able to say things in a way that maybe you find a little bit harsh or whatever and just recognize that that's what public comment is about. you know the l.a. city council, they actually have a full meeting of the city council three times a week. and they take public comment before the full council after every agenda item. you guys don't take any public comment as a full board, normally. you have it in the committee. so the public really doesn't have much access to all of you, as a full board very often. and, you know, for a city that's like san francisco supposed to be very democratic your procedures are actually not very democratic at all when you compare them to other major

cities. so that's something you also should be aware of. i just really think that it's not a friendly inviting thing to do, to chastise members of the public for how they give you public comment unless they are really really over the top, yelling, saying rude inappropriate things, which i didn't hear anybody doing tonight. i heard them expressing opinions with passion. they didn't necessarily -- i think you have to be respectful of the public. >> president chiu: next speaker please. >> my name is greg cayman. i actually wanted to echo what steve hill said. i may not be as eloquent but i too was pretty taken aback at some of the comments of the supervisors in particular, you know, supervisor from district 4. you know i was really taken aback at how vicious, how mean spirited some of her comments were, berating some of the people in public comment.

>> president chiu: if i could -- >> we don't work for you. remember that. >> president chiu: if i could mention that all comments during public comment should be directed to the full board. thank you. next speaker. are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment? general public comment is ended. madam clerk, is there in he more business in front of the body? >> clerk calvillo: that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> president chiu: ladies and gentlemen our special meeting for today is now adjourned.

afternoon. i would like to call the meeting of the public utilities commission to order. madam secretary, call the roll. >> president moran. >> here. >> commissioner cane. >> may i say with apologies, wonderwoman went to the gym and totally messed up her knee. i'm here. >> glad you are. >> commissioner butor. >> present. >> commissioner torres and courtney are excused. >> we have the meetings from the september 25th meeting. any additions, corrections or a motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> moved and seconded. all in favor.

opposed. the item carries. public comments, this is the time for any members of the public who wants to address the commission about something under the commission's jurisdiction but is not on the calendar today. this would be the time for those public comments. do i not have any cards and don't see anybody who wants to speak. we will move on. communications, the advanced calendar and summary, commissioner, any questions? okay. moving along, is there any other commission business? seeing none, report of the general manager, mr. kelly. >> so first i would like to give a report for the wisip update.