fine commissioner and,v urge you to vote to bring his nomination to the full board of supervisors. sincerely, beverly popek. thank you. good afternoon, chairman, supervisors. i'm john chobin. and almost all of the speakers mentioned how long they have known mel. well, i'm his first cousin and i've known him all my life. and it's very exciting watching mel when i was growing up as a young man, how he navigated the world of business back in the late '60s and '70s. it was fascinating to watch the success, how he was achieving things and where he was working because he traveled a lot. he worked in saudi arabia, the

u.k. and scotland, new york, and alaska. and then for some reason he he popped into san francisco on a wild event and he stayed ever since. he's made it his home. he married here, and he has a lovely daughter mariana who calls me uncle john. as you've heard so much, about his interest in the city. i am now interested how you are going to approach going forward today. and i'm in harmony with how you've been looking at others that we had earlier. so, i see your job as really three things. can do, will do, and how fit. and the can do is absolutely no question that mel is highly qualified from his business and his real estate and development expertise. will do is a lot tougher because it's about motivation, but mel has demonstrated so

strongly in his work with the bic and all the other things he does, that he's really highly motivated for this port commission. and how fit? many of the people who have spoken today, in fact, all of them talk about how mel is as a person. as a charmer, but he suffers fools not lightly. thank you. >> any more public comments? please come up. supervisors, good afternoon. 1257 polk street happen to be supervisor breed's district. 1985, that was my first project as a young restless structural engineer. mel murphy was my first client. we are now march 7, 2013. i have been doing his

engineering, or as he says it, i've been over engineering his projects for over 26 years. this is a man that started historical preservation in the western addition. he started the renovation of victorians. we just talked about historical commissioners. mel murphy took a chance in the early '80s on the western addition. he has been extremely successful. why? because of his dedication and his love for this city. i cannot think of anyone more qualified to serve on the port commission. we just heard about the fact that san francisco is projected to grow to over 930,000 inhabitants by the year 20 35.

~ i can see within the port we are going to be able to house all the people that are finally have concluded that you want to work where you live, you want to participate on areas that have city housing and transportation helps. that's the future. mel murphy knows it. he will be a great port commissioner. thank you. >> thank you. seeing no more public comment is now closed. i want to thank all the public comments that were made today for mel murphy. so, supervisors, any thoughts? supervisor cohen. >> thank you. so, i've been listening to the public comment. i'm wondering where is the one or two lone voices that are going to dissent against the

appointment of mel murphy. i have to tell you, i was looking for a fight. he didn't bring one today. even mr. pearlman had a couple. but i've recently come to know you and i admire the way you answered the difficult question that supervisor breed proposed. i think it was very fair and balanced in how she gave you an opportunity to acknowledge the accusations that have been against you. one thing i was also interested in hearing if there was any other opposition against your appointment. i would be looking for a pattern of use or pattern of neglect or a pattern of -- i think one of the -- what i read once you were [speaker not understood] you were above the law or above the rule.

accidents happen, they happen to all of us. things do fall between the cracks, i understand that. so, for me i was interested in hearing if there was something that i was missing. and i didn't hear anything. and i am very happy to support your appointment today and i look forward to working with you. as you know, pier 70 is very important to not only san francisco, but critically important to the health and vitality to the [speaker not understood] waterfront in district 10. i imagine we'll be working together in that area. i am very encouraged by your business background, your real estate savvy and willing to negotiate contracts and deal. there is room on the port for a position, a person that has those skills. so, i look forward to working with you. thank you. >> supervisor breed.

>> thank you. i also want to echo the comments of my colleague, supervisor cohen, especially with regards to mr. murphy's real estate experience which i think is truly important for a port commissioner along with a couple other things, he's tough. i heard that over and over again. he takes responsibility. he loves and cares about san francisco. but also, he's a compassionate person and i think that's really important when making decisions here in our great city. we want someone with a balance, someone who brings the expertise necessary, but also brings the compassion to know that the decisions we make as commissioners, as supervisors impact people's lives. so, i'm really excited to support mr. murphy and move his name forward with recommendation from the rules committee. thank you all so much for coming today.

>> so, mr. murphy, i, too, am impressed with the way you answered the questions given to you in a very straightforward way. this is what we need. our people on these commissions that are straightforward, honest, and able to basically say, this is who i am and be honest about that. so, i hear there is a motion right now. is there a second? >> yes, second. >> okay. so, we'll move this to the full board with recommendation. thank you. (applause) >> madam clerk, item 4. >> item number 4, hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending november 19, 2014, to the bicycle advisory committee. there is one seat and one applicant. >> mr. brandt, are you here?

greetings, supervisors. >> how are you doing? all right. i'll be brief. my name is -- >> excuse me. can we have the discussion go outside, please? mr. murphy, mr. murphy? and crowd, if you need to talk outside, please, so we can continue. thank you. greetings, supervisors. i'll be brief. my name is marc brandt. i'm a lifelong cyclist, professional bicycle mechanic. i commute by bicycle to work. i'm a member of the san francisco bicycle coalition and the league of american bicyclists. together with dr. shelby johnson, i started the bikes on board caltrain project, successfully rallied support to conserve and expand bicycle access on board caltrain.

i care about cycling in the city. we have a great city for cycling. it is a joy to see the improvements that are happening. i think where i can make a contribution on the bicycle advisory committee is by drawing on my experience with respect to bicycles and cycling in the city. if the committee were to approve me for the position, i would be very honored and committed to fulfilling my role in helping to make san francisco a more livable city. thank you very much. >> thank you. supervisor breed, do you have comments? questions? >> oh, no. that was from [inaudible]. >> any public comments on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. is there a motion to move this? >> yes, so moved. >> moved. without any objection, it will go to the full board. thank you. thank you very much.

>> item 5, madam clerk. >> item number 5, motion amending board of supervisors motion no. m13-031 to appoint supervisor malia cohen to the association of bay area governments executive board, for a term ending june 30, 2013. >> thank you. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we have a motion to excuse supervisor cohen? >> so moved. >> second, and you're done. can we move item 5 to the full board without objection? >> yes, so moved. >> okay, so moved. madam clerk, item 6. >> item number 6, ordinance amending the municipal elections code, sections 100, 110, 200, 205, 220, 230, 260, 335, 500, and 590, and adding section 810, to: incorporate state law provisions governing community college and board of

education candidates; change deadlines for withdrawal of candidacy and candidate qualification statements; change the public inspection period for candidate materials; change requirements for petition circulator badges; delete the requirement that a disclaimer appear before board of supervisors' arguments in the voter information pamphlet; incorporate state law provisions governing signatures in lieu of filing fees; reinstate candidate filing fee provisions; and make other technical amendments. >> mr. chair, is this the amended proposed amended resolution that was just handed to us, not the one that we have in our possession, correct? >> that is correct. >> okay. >> and i can explain further, supervisor breed. >> thank you. >> please do. >> thank you.

thank you very much, chair yee. andrew shen, deputy city attorney. good afternoon again. at the request of the director of elections, there are a few minor amendments and what i just distributed to the committee, just to highlight them to you, i've actually colored them in yellow. and i can explain this. really basically one set of changes that causes some further amendments to be made. as you recall, at the last rules committee meeting on this legislation, one of the main purpose of these recent changes is to change the nomination period specifically to clarify that it only applies to candidates and the mayor and the board of supervisors. some of the deadlines were changed in the [speaker not understood] of the committee to be considered. upon further consideration in preparation for today's hearing, we noticed one of the relevant nomination periods, the e 171 through e 146 after we consult an election calendar, we found out that e 171 date are the 171st day

before election day actually fell on a saturday. obviously we didn't want to create a nomination time period where the first day on the option of the candidate filing on the first day when actually show up to city hall, the department of elections and find out it's closed. we wanted to move it a day friday in which the candidate could actually file the required papers. so, we actually wanted to shift the nomination period by simply one day up, the same time frame, 25-daytime frame and simply move it up so the first day of the time period would fall on a friday. the thus the e 172 date. that resulted in amendments to the -- result in amendments marked on page 3 lines 17 and 18. and it caused a further change because the time frame for the withdrawal capped da -- candidacy 121 time period needed to be adjusted to account for that shift. and those amendments are found on page 5 line a and page 6 line 22. ~ line 8

i apologize for these minor technical changes. the director of elections is also here to explain further background if the committee so wishes. i also want to ~ also explain that these changes are not substantive so the committee can forward them to the full board after today's meeting. >> thank you for the explanation. let's see. mr. [speaker not understood], is this something that we have to do annually to change the dates because of whether it falls on a saturday or not? >> no, no. these days are annually fall on the same day. so, it would be friday every year. the nomination period would be [speaker not understood]. >> got t okay, thank you. any other questions? seeing none, okay. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, any thoughts? can we move this item forward?

without any objection? >> i first would like to make a motion to amend the current ordinance to the proposed changes that we just received. do i need to specify what those changes are? okay, thank you. >> okay, thank you. second? seeing no objection, so, again, can we move this item forward to the full board without objection with the amendments? >> so moved. >> okay, moved and seconded, with no objection, it moves. item 6 -- item 7, actually. >> item number 7, hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending july 17, 2013, to the reentry council. applicant [speaker not understood] withdrew his application therefore we now have one seat and 10 applicants. >> thank you.

i believe jessica [speaker not understood], the director of the reentry council is here to say a few words about the reentry council. >> thank you so much, supervisors, for hearing this item today. i'm jessica [speaker not understood], reentry division of adult probation and [speaker not understood]. thank you for considering appointment to fill seat 4. the purpose of the reentry council is to coordinate our local efforts to support adults returning from our county jails, state prisons and federal prisons. we are empowered to identify funding at the local, state, and federal level so that we can bring to these issues to identify programs that work, barriers to safe and successful reentry, and to identify the unmet needs of the populations. some of our recent projects include an analysis to the justice reinvest initiative, looking at how we can better use our resources to protect public safety and reduce recidivism, and how we can

improve policies that reduce the collateral consequences of criminal conductions [speaker not understood] to housing and employment. the council is composed of 123 members, department heads of the public safety agency and health and human service partners. 7 appointments, three by the mayor, four by the board of supervisors that are reserved exclusively for formerly incarcerated individuals. among these seven members, at least two have had experience providing services to individuals returning to the system. at least one has been released in the last two years. at least one has served multiple terms and at least one be between the ages of 18 to 24. today you are considering appointment to seat 4, someone who has spent more than one term in custody. you have a brief memo in front of you containing the candidates today three of whom are here and anxious to speak before you. we will be back before you in

july to seek appointment or reappointment of all four members because all of those term are ending in july. today is just for the unexpired portion of one of those terms. page 2 provides [speaker not understood] of the admin code which codifies the reentry council. and the last page outlines reporting relationships of council. i just want to note there are many subcommittees where we have dozens of opportunities for individuals to work with us and, so, regardless of the outcome of today's difficult decision, i just want to let you know i'm looking forward to working with all the applicants in whatever capacity possible going forward. lastly, just want to underscore how important these appointments are. the eligibility requires that these individuals have personal experience of having been in the system because we know how people with direct experience bring unique expertise to policy discussions. that said, the applicants before you today bring much more than just this personal experience.

they have the best and diverse professional and personal qualifications. thank you so much for considering them today. >> thank you very much for the explanation. so, i'll call to see if you are here or not. bradley reiss, are you here? here. >> come on up. if you want to make a statement. good afternoon, everybody. my name is bradley reiss, i'm a san francisco native, formerly incarcerated obviously. and i've been out for several years clean and sober. i currently work -- i currently work for the [speaker not understood] charter school associated with the sheriff's department, cj5, flagship facility of the sheriff's department in san bruno, chairman of the [speaker not

understood]. for the last several years i have been the voice and ears of people that are still incarcerated, placing hundreds of people into programs. and i'm here, excited about this appointment. i was here for the last appointment. i did not get elected for it so i'm really looking forward to getting elected this time. i feel like i'm a great candidate for it with my previous criminal history and more importantly what i'm doing now the last several years in the community of san francisco, helping people reenter the community one day at a time. thank you very much. >> supervisor cohen, do you have a question? >> yes, i do, thank you. can you tell me, i might have missed it in your presentation, what kind of work are you doing within the reentry community now? so, part of what i do in custody with the inmates every day is we do planning for reentry -- >> planing? planning, reentry planning. everybody who is going to get

out, we make them do -- we help them assess them and do a reentry plan so they can better navigate through the system once they get out, they're able to stay out. we meet with them. my colleague has a clothing store, we give clothing to. we meet them at meetings. we stay connected to them once they're out of custody. >> is that paid work or volunteer work? that's volunteer. that's after 4:00. >> thank you very much. i have no further questions. >> thank you. okay. >> is dennis kinkle here? hi, how are you? as you well know, i have a term or multiple terms, quite a few of them actually. [speaker not understood]. i'm from sacramento. when i got placed here, i didn't know anybody, i didn't know anything. i've learned of opportunities

that san francisco has and taking full advantage of them. i've came a long ways because of the resourcing that you guys have and i believe that i could help other people that are coming out of this system and bring something worth to what you guys have brought to me to them. because it is possible. that's what it's all about for me, helping somebody that's been -- i've been in prison after prison, federal, you know what i mean? so, if i could do it, anybody can. they just got to know how and they don't know how, and i do, i believe i can help other people to learn how and take the right steps to, to turn their life around. >> okay. are you finished? yes. >> great.

supervisor cohen? >> how do you help people now? right now, i had like this great support system. i'm not involved in no organization. i work at a good will, which is an organization. i'm full time there. and they bring in jrts, which are job readiness training people. and they have like -- they need direction. i give them directions, i give them support. i tell them like all the opportunities good will has, st. anthony has, glide has, what a gd does for them. because without gd, you can't really -- you can't even get a job without a gd. i go to school now. i'm a full-time nighttime school through san francisco college, city college and looking forward to going on to state. so, i mean, i just know of all the resources.

>> i have a question. how did you find out about this seat? i was advised through good will at first, and then my probation officer is dan zarita, and i mentioned it to him. and he pushed it forward, told me go ahead and go through with it. that i'd probably be a good candidate for it. at first i wasn't really sure what all it was for, what it was about. and after i studied and seen -- like i just recently came across a book that's from the reentry council of all the opportunities that they have from san francisco resourcing and stuff. and i just believe there's a lot more you could add to it. and other directions from halfway houses that they -- it's kind of difficult being in certain places, certain rehabilitation centers. if you really are trying to

better yourself, they make it like -- it's almost like they're against you. so, i mean, there's like -- i have ideas that would help the people that are there and directions which way to go when they do have. like they have these things called dars, getting out of a halfway house. if they're used properly and they really want to rehabilitate and get a job and go forward with their life and leave prison behind, there's so many ways to do it here. >> thank you. >> thank you. next person would be jamie brewster. are you here? >> does that mean they're withdrawing or just not here? >> just not here. kathleen culhane? she had a family emergency. >> thank you. malik wade, are you here?

>> and malik, as i'm sitting here, he literally stepped out [speaker not understood] he'll be back in a moment. >> we'll give him an opportunity. michael santos, come on up. hello, supervisors. my name is michael santos. i am recently released from prison. i began serving a prison sentence in 1987 when i was 23 years old. as a consequence of some bad decisions i made as a young man, i served 25 consecutive years in prison. in fact, i'm still in prison right now. i am a resident of the halfway house on 111 tier street. while i was incarcerated i earned an undergraduate degree and master's degree from accredited universities and published numerous books on the subject of preparing for successful law abiding life upon release. i am currently working with golden state lumber whose corporate offices are in petaluma and has three lumber yards here in bay area. we're opening another one and

i'm working with the employer to change their corporate policy to -- hiring policies that prevent them from hiring felons. i have launched a program to help people prepare for success upon release and i would like very much to work with the san francisco reentry council since this is going to be my home. i was recently appointed a lecturer at san francisco state university where i'll be teaching on the subject of architecture of imprisonment beginning in the fall semester. my journey through prison has been longer than my life outside of prison, but because of the experience i've had in serving terms in prisons of every security level, from united states penitentiary, medium security prison, [speaker not understood] prison and recently minimum security camp, i know the system. ~ better than i know living in society. but the work i've done has helped me land on my feet and i'd like to share those experiences with others. >> thank you. any questions? seeing none, thank you. thank you.

>> next person is noel, noel valdivia. [speaker not understood]. >> robert bowden. how are you doing this afternoon, supervisors? my name is robert bowden. i grew up in san francisco and north carolina, i spent 16 years of my life being incarcerated from age 12. i got released from prison in 1997 and i promised god if he gave me another chance, i promised my family that this time that i wasn't going to go back. that's been 15 years ago. many times when i got out,