>> president chiu: thank you very much. and we will allow for twomq[4j minutes for a translation for what you stated under the rules of our board? is there someone whol/>bo wishes to translate? sir, please step up. >>9 m [speaking spanish] >> president chiu: sir ifsomo you could please step up and translate what you are ables sz to.

>> translator: in a nutshell, thereqlc"k isn't an immigrant from peru, his kids were born and they believe they come here, they believed in democracy here. and one ofjñ the things he was saying that he knows ross mirkarimi and+s4!i recently he met ross and it was eliana's first day and ross tolda year he had over 400 people there to. and this time he was alone, trying to talk to thezu venezuela, basically in a nutshell. anybody else wanted to add anything÷$= else? >> [speaking spanish] --}÷ english not very good. that's okay. >> president chiu: you'veí w had your two minutes and our rules in the board chambers, if someone could translate or one member translate what you've stated%&ot. great. and we will do that?r.

excuse me please. one person speaking in the chamber at a time. wez ma'am. would you like to speak? >>o,o q yes. i want to say something. i believe in the family. i believe in rossm by mirkarimi. and what did happen it wasn't by domestic7@.já t it was a misunderstand. and please respect ourjzbñ vote. this happen did not destroy him. also, it destroy please think about it and reinstate him. we r366y our sheriff back. thank you very much. >> president chiu: thank you !ekz. >> [speaking spanish] >> president chiu: excuse me,ox sir. are there other members of your family that wish to speak? >> [speaking spanish]h]ñ7p and we support mirkarimi. >> president chiu: thank you. nextg

>> hello. good i was not born here. i was born in south americaehnd where -- are common. we come to expect them. but then i became anl citizen. i did know that united states also had those but yet here in sj)jancisco it seems like we just did and hopefully we won't have anymore of these.dgr# that ewhy we're asking you to do the right thing. to the2z advocates everything you say is nice and proper and should/5 e said. unfortunately it doesn't apply in the case of ross$fg> and eliana. so i suggest that you go and find these women that need your help, women that are"x@>] dragged, kicked, beat stabbed, help them. they need yourm$n help. eliana has said over and over she does not need your 15÷ she is fine. she loves her husband. she'3 ñé @

reinstate ross. >> president chiu: next >> that's isabel. that's she wife,h:t. >> president chiu: thank you. next speaker. next speaker. >> i'm the next speaker. i'mk speaking. i do morning radio. i'm=3)6ally not up this late, but it is so special that i'm here. thank you very much. 0i first i need to say that i remember martha strickland who startedç]oi la casa de las morerasnvj not happy with these organization that are basically sold to thedki@ mayor. their job was to help the women, help the families, like isabelcy! said, instead of trying to destroy families. and this has to be said.ñ96qi it is, as they say, the politicians i want to makee[ perfectly clear.

the emperor who is trying to ousta/au sheriff mirkarimi, and lied to get into office wants to order the cops to stop us all. so stop looking suspicious,m=kt÷ everybody. divide and conquer, the mainbçuuç victim here will be the traditional left. please, don't sell to the>6 right. ross and eliana will come out of this stronger because thish2z%÷ has not destroyed them. it would have destroyed many of us. thank you. you're a lovelyñwv1 couple. another victim, democracy. f$ a radio person, you know i try to tell my audience registerñsz to vote, go out and vote, become citizens. they do. and they finally find somebody that can change. thisnbuei was our change. and then for one person to take him down, and for all of youúhpm to follow and take him down

further, please, do the right 4b,%]9 thank you mr. ben hur. i hope you guys follow hiso5 thank you very much. >> president chiu: thank you. next speakerydv-2ñ. >> good evening, supervisors. my name ist=5uz lori leaderman. in the incredibly diverse community of san francisco applying cx+í standards of being convicted of a misdemeanor as basis for removing an elected official is frightening precedent. city attorney called the charternoá0ñ provision nimble. well a nimble mechanism for removing a elected official is something we should you cannot adopt a broad definition of this charter provisionácãwithout undermining democracy itself. public resources have been squandered and abused in[hñç a undisguised attempt to demo.yy demonize sheriff mirkarimi of being a batterer to make himhñkx into a par ryeia somehow

ineligible for redemption. it is clearo0dz from reams of evidence that the december 31 incident between mirkarimi:ó lopez has been blown out of proportion. while the sheriff crossed the line he immediately're stopped when called on it by lopez. lopez must be believed and respected in thisdi+! matter that she has never felt threatened by her husband. themubty domestic violence community who perform an essential service have child for domestic violence and havewsu6y discounted andl[$:÷ marginalized eliana. the sheriff is being held accountable. this entire experienceo

removing an elected official at the behest of a politicalzq opponent -- for any of you who may feel politically vulnerable i would ask you 8a if you support the value of justice and democracy through=-w$z political fears or threat in this case how will you find your moral centerpsh again, how -- >> president chiu: thank:iwz you. next speaker7kez. >> good evening supervisors. my name is kimberly hathaway, a 25 year in nopa and i've had the pleasure to work withúqv= uju mirkarimi who was a tireless supervisor in our district, most proudly he:$gbg led the largest prodemocracy rally for iran inj:! 2009 which directly resulted in the fleeing of a politicalélyeq prisoner. i'm going to speak from the heart. ross i'm going to come clean. youh]4@u

you were a lot of other peoples and at tha$c)6f moment you became my sheriff. you are the sheriff of san francisco and i'm asking you supervisors to do something!x that's difficult. you have to look at the facts in this case. i've been sitting at my%p%@g÷ omputer all afternoon and said i've got to get down here. this did not rise to the level of $eñ ethical misconduct. that's a fact. chroniclu-5lcá 65% ofxzi favor the reinstatement. as i understand sheriff hennessy had an assistant=qa sheriff who was convicted of manslaughter and still serveduqqw honorably. this is not the rye thing to do and i know this is difficult to do to stand up@j and look at the facts, vote on the facts, not from your heart, not to be funnyy:ñ or flip. this is very serious. this is an incredible, hard-working man who has aémyc beautiful wife who is a star with her own income in her own country. they haveqpao a son who may never get over the trauma of this. i am sorry. i

oath. at that time you became my sheriff. please reinstate my ]cb sheriffgñcém. >> good evening. my namekael is -- and i'd just like to say a few words on behalf of[i"ol ross mirkarimi -- they're very good friends. i'd like to say just for aúy$nd minute because i know irregardless of you have your own opinion, you're going to do what you want ÷jbo do irregardless. i am not a politician. i don't believe in either 8m9édublican or democratic process because for many most of you are going to do what you can for yourkp comes to justice and when it comes to crimes, theq5,j justice must fit the crime. in this case there is no crime. their only2$ó+ú crime is primarily because you're not respecting the rights of the citizens, the people that havef? mirkarimi to do their service, to dopá they think that he wants them to!#ue do.

and when it comes to this type 4 5jñ whatever, i -- of the man, what he says, what he does, whatrzq he's about, because i feel myself to be a man. i talk to his wifeçvvh and she tells moo i love this man and will stand by him that's good enough to1nñ ç me, irregardless of what we say it is her0v09ojut add devotion to stand by that man that makes a difference. tq2d the rights of this man to do his job, take away hisfnz income take away his right to live as a man, to protect his family take care2 )hshp &c"p% of them to do what is right, then that is committing domesticlé6ú violence. this man needs his job, he needs to work. we all need to any man that knows this, we all have disagreements with wife. that's ourñ@ wife disagrees with husband. not= :d always happy -- but when

it comes down to it, they go back together. so whou l are we to get involved in their lifestyle and their relationship. let them do their ours. get him back to his job. let him do his job and let the m(çjkple get what they wantub]iuc >> president c-k7óp thank you very much. next speaker:lf2ç. >> hi. good evening. name is richard yh stone. i represent like others whoíi6t have spoke before you, a member of the san francisco laborgx]sa council -- san francisco green party. and speaking of the greenenrzn÷ party, as many may know, ross was actually -- he founded the

charter of the party you know back in the mid-90's and with the green parzm'u have what's known as the ten key values and two of those values are ñ feminism and non-violence. as usual able to bearft+# witness to the people of the green party before me we believe in another virtue that is .fj11 redemption redemption. and that really brings5erí to question did what he did actually reach the+t ethical misconduct or the moral turpitudé51k of some of his predecessors in high officeb([5 that -- such as fire chiefa."ç joanna hayes or gavin newsom when he had his --owq with the chief of staff's wife does thatgg;z wind up moral turpitude or

firefighter that killed his wife and burnedj$ down the place that they lived in. perhaps i8ñ the casa de las madres should ask, after all this is over the the district$d attorney's office, why did they dismiss all of these hundreds ofçmc&-cases, considering the fact that the d.a.'s office actually has a pending with one their own. not exactly a conflict of inteoilbut something we should take into consideration if we're going to facilitate a healing process wxgnn< i think we should do by thewh8 board -- >> president chiu: thank you very >> good evening. my name's ann --k÷foi and i did not

expect to be here tonight. my evening started out3>9[ really well. i came home from work and settled down on the couchoñ with my husband and two daughters and watched the giants win. justd[ and then i flipped the channel over;/

talking.ggdd=mj4q )áñ daughter's friend said to her -- i was surprised that the sheriff's hearing came up. and my daughter's friend said to her, my dad said that the sheriff hurt%oqha his wife, and he's going to get away with it.@( pgshp &c"p% now, kids are like little sponges. they are picking up cues all thef$p!out what is okay, and not okay, in relationships. and i want you to÷7 the children in our city, and what message your n to send them. the sheriff's main duty is to keep us safe. guilty of a charge of domesticm+3ep violence. the ethics commission was the fact-finding body here. they found many of thefd>/z charges here that i've heard over and over again, described not -- credible. and just because you say something over and over again does not i respectfully ask that you

remove sheriff ross mirkarimi. thank5#%[ you. >> president chiu: thank you. next ;íòer. >> good evening. my name isqi>lv richard roarman, a 40 year resident of san francisco and a 20 year residen┌ of district 5. and the only thing i cannot sup02 mr. mirkarimi when he's been elected, and i voted for him, elected+j to uphold the office, and administer some law thatñr÷ he's been presumed guilty of. and medicine elianaieou also, i want to say if you don't tell the postman that you're vacation to venezuela, the post office will not know to hold your mail. we did7dn+ this. had it not come to the media everything would have sailed through! have had his job. thank you. >> president chiu: thanks. next speaker. >> my name is bradley weedmiv)il

executive board of seiu. i hope you will standc%gx up for the rights of the citizens of san francisco to choose their sheriff. the caseñ does not rise to the point of removing him. i have suffered morewywñí violence from this city demonstrating peacefully in "occupy"

housing. and the2 people being driven from theiro÷

we want our sheriff to remain and serve -- >> president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> supervisors gabriel holland. it's quite difficult for me to speak on this subject and every time i do it gets harder and easier at the same time. i'm a domestic violenceüf shp &c"p% survivor, was beaten pretty badly as a child. and so it's difficult for me to (nñ watch all this, to watch the testimony hear are different perspectives on it.knc it's also pains me to hear the division between violence advocates and those on the left because we've been such strong#30e look forward to when that dynamic changes. i would say this domestic violence survivor it is not easy to stand here and sayzm%z i believe in redemption. it is not easy for me to stand

here9lt and say i believe if restorative justice. it would be easierm6 for me to say i believe in punishment, put them ine them. but that's the very culture we're trying to?z change. and i would just say to you our prisons areíl full. we need -- i would say this situation the very reasons that i've heard some say that he should not be in charge of restorative justice, are the very reasons that he should be. there is no greaterb y the man has stood there and said i have made a serious mistake, y=e i'm ready to make a difference. and so i'm here today as a domestic=jzlence survivor to stand up for domestic violence@9 survivors, stand up for compassion, stand infor

restorative)y÷g justice, and also to stand up for ross. thank you. p/> my name is steve

san francisco. there isnqákt malfeasance. there is stealing of money at laguna honda by managers and what does this city do about what does mayor lee and the supervisors do about it? they letb it go. two people were fired for theft of city property. but they have an agenda when it comes to ross mirkarimi. he's a beater of women. he's a liar. he's a criminal. i say the real criminals are running this city.)'tñ that's what's happening in san francisco. and that's why there's a?zíáwp &c"p% vendetta against him. i'm not a democratic. i didn'trc vote for ross mirkarimi. but he has a right, a democratic right to have a hearing and have justice. and you have created a backlash of peoplecp&d who are against privatization who are against outsourcing, who are against turning this@dut)uv to the bankers and the billionaires. thankq%ñ you.

>> president chiu: next speaker. >> good evening. chrisi keefer. i attended the ethics commission hearing on ross mirkarimi's the four commissioners that supported the mayor's position not oneh6 represent to you their findings i think it's because they could not articulate their position which shows the murky slippery%2f slope they were on because this is politically motivated set in position leaving behind a gentrified beautified playground for thezpy7 rich. let's talk about official misconduct, the arm grab of ross mirkarimi or grab by the blue angels. whose city is this. for some of you it is the businessv(d elite and their confiscations of wealth and power. the majority here are8 justice,

equality, affordability andpal@ democracy. not twitter, not facebook, not even the booms/ valencia street. what thaiks this city great is to organize our thoughts take a stand, fight against inequality,h:hax wade through the political bullshit and like it or not ross mirkarimi is one of our leaders. at this juncture you can abandon ross you can abandon eliana and theo, that is your karma. if úk4n tonight who have pleaded with you from many points of view, those of us that spoke, the 97% who spoke in support of ross mirkarimi because hesr supports our values the consequences for all of us in this room will be miserable,çzivñ unprecedented and far-reaching. >> president chiu:u( speaker. >>

my name is laurel niece, a resident of district 9. i grew up in district 7. and irf went to high school in district 11. as you know, is a serious matter and i trust that each of you will cast your votes considering only the facts. the ethics commission struggled to create a process where none existed before4#añ while at the same time reaching a decision on -- in the mirkarimi case. but in the end,1[16 the commissioners, one appointed by the city attorney one by the mayor, and yet anotherr by the district attorney, found the sheriff guilty of official misconduct. but theyeçu did not vote to remove mr. mirkarimi from office. ross mirkarimi'svp.r÷+ior did not relate to his duties. our sheriff has neveri!1z failed refused, or neglected his duties as sheriff. and hegñgg-u(j not convicted of domestic violence. please reinstate ross mirkarimi

to theóxn@ office of sheriff. if the voters want to fire our sheriff, there exists a democratic process by which he can be removed. thank youg >> president chiu: next speaker> my name is -- and i live in san franciscoash in the bernal heights area. i share many of the other c i think this is the time we really -- i encourage ll the supervisors to take the high road. i think there'uvi enough. this is enough. and there is a choice#3h0s here. you know what it is. and do0> good evening, supervisors. my name ismdp)x valerie, and i'm sure you're very very tired, and i

thank you for your patience. know that this is purely political. if it wasn't political then 911 would have been called that night if it rose to that level. and how can so many diverse behind ross, because there's some truth to that, there's validity to what we're saying bywkc supporting ross. and i would like to also say that i know it's an electionñróqk year. and your decision, whatever it is will have political ramifications either/j!fq way. i just pray that you do -- have integrity and take the high road and allow ross to keep his rightfully elected@op position. and you also know that if it were any of you having