thank you very much. let me see, i think there is one more person. >> [speaker not understood]. >> can i speak about that? >> later. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm deborah dacumos and i'm actually asking for reappointment for my seat. and i was appointed back in 2011. my goal at that time was basically related to [speaker not understood] and still is my focus. i have a ph.d. [speaker not understood], i'm a nurse practitioner from ucsf. and this past couple years i've been on the commission i've been focused on the care of ptsd. i actually traveled to [speaker not understood] [speaker not

understood] that happened every year since world war ii. and last year we had over a hundred pilgrims, mostly from the east coast and i'm hoping to actually bring some californians, specifically san franciscans to that [speaker not understood]. and pbs is going to be showing that sometime this year. i can't announce the date. that's not been made public yet, but it was filmed last year so it will be showing this year. my passion this past year has been incarcerated veterans. [speaker not understood] a couple times, a few times. they asked me actually to come back. and [speaker not understood] that really got to me was they wanted the veterans treatment court. [speaker not understood]. they kept saying it's been years since we were asking for this and it's not happening. lo and behold [speaker not

understood] and it was approved. so, it's just been a great time to be able to see that. and yesterday i sat in court and it was so gratifying that everyone was clapping and saying they want to -- are making the commitment to go forward [speaker not understood] the whole courtroom was just clapping their hands, giving the veterans who are making headway to basically say, yes, go for it, go for it. [speaker not understood]. try and do it again, we're behind you. as a commissioner, that's what i want to do, is basically make sure that we do get behind the veterans, veterans, continue providing the medical care they need. that's all i have. >> thank you. supervisor campos. >> thank you, supervisor. commissioner, i just have a quick question since you're

seeking reappointment. can you talk a little about your attendance to the commission meetings? >> i missed three because i what actually at the pilgrimage for one of them, then i was sick when i came back. and we had one family issue that happened in my family during that time period. >> how often does the commission meet? he >> excuse me? >> how often does the commission meet? >> every month, every tuesday. >> thank you. >> thank you. any public comments on this item? come on up. you have two minutes. my name is [speaker not understood] jenkins and i'm here to support the nomination of angela jenkins. she's actually my sister. and the reason she's in san francisco is when she was serving in the gulf war, what she said, we have a family history of service, both military and community service. and having a sister in the war was just such a difficult thing. but she actually had to leave to go to war a week after we

lost our mother. and my sister taught me something. she said, [speaker not understood] to serve, i have to g. all of us tried to get her not to leave. and she did. so, one of the things i bribed her with when she returned to service was overcoming to san francisco. that's right, she's a resident of san francisco. i watched my sister, my experience and strategy and execution in public policy, again, i'm speaking from my knowledge of watching my sister as a veteran, her commitment and her passion, her everyday advocacy for the quality of life of veterans that she [speaker not understood] our family history of service. as life moves on, you kind of forget about things like veterans day. but then i'm inspired by her experience and she always says to me, you should celebrate that day like you celebrate any holiday. so, i do. i greet everybody with a happy breakfast day. i'm always

surprised at the number of people who served our country when i do that. i find it brightens my day to hear their stories because i love that story because i do it for my sister. [speaker not understood] go back and say to her, i did what you taught me. i did what you said. and my day is better for it. but i also know my sister is an accomplished reader who has been involved in community service, across communities ~ leader. who has been able to accomplish things other people think are impossible. a formal opportunity to serve will complement the opportunities she'll do [speaker not understood]. i thank you for her opportunity and i hope you pick her to serve. >> thank you. if he already spoke -- are you speaking for -- different people. i already made my comments on behalf of [speaker not understood]. >> different people, not for the same person. i already made my comments

on behalf of dwayne kennedy. i'm here to also recommend -- and i know it's a tough choice you supervisors have another tough one ahead of you to choose among very qualified candidates. but i also recommend the reappointment of our commissioner dacumos. in the past year she was one of the people that was influential in the establishment of the veterans court through her advocacy with veterans in the san bruno [speaker not understood]. you can read about that in our annual report, which you folk just received. talks about that. but i also want to finally advocate one more for the appointment of matthew scott gabe who spoke eloquently about his qualifications. i think he is uniquely qualified to bring to the

commission a balance on not only the balance of [speaker not understood]. he, too, is an enlisted man like i am. and he brings a very common view or view of the common man to a common veteran, lower life veteran and their needs and so on particularly as he mentioned in the needs of housing. i think he has some unique ideas to bring forth to our [speaker not understood] and work on in the coming year. i advocate for his appointment as well. thank you. >> thank you very much. any other public comments on this matter? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel] >> okay, my colleagues. this is another tough one. again, there's -- all these folks are good candidates and you listen to each other and

you could imagine what we have to go through to make decisions up here. but any thoughts? supervisor campos. >> thank you. i do have one question before i make my comment. in the agenda the description of the vacancy is for seat number 2. even though people are applying for seat 1. >> they're all 2. >> there is a correction, it's 2. >> okay, so, it's not 1, it's 2. i just wanted to make sure i was correct. well, i think the predicament we face in this committee, we always have more qualified applicants than you have spots. so, my hope is that those of you who are not recommended today will continue to come back to the committee because you will find that people who end up being appointed to this commission [speaker not

understood] many other commissions have to go through the process a couple of times. it's just the nature of having incredible people who want to serve san francisco. so, i'm just going to begin with one that to me on a personal level throughout, not to the detriment of anyone else, or to minimize anyone else, but i was impressed with angela jenkins. and, so, i would make a motion to nominate ms. jenkins to i'm going to say one of the at-large seats. so, that would be seat number 10. >> supervisor tang? >> all right. so, i would support that motion. i do like the fact that you had wanted to apply for this previously and have come back showing your dedication to this and given your vast experience

i will support that motion, supervisor campos. the other candidates who i would like to recommend, mr. dwayne kennedy, i did like the fact that you bring policy planning background experience as well as goals. i think that is something that will contribute to the diversity of the commission members. and, so, let's see, i guess we would appoint -- would that be seat 2, then? >> seat 2, yes. >> seat 2. i'd like to recommend mr. kennedy for seat 2. >> and i will support that as well. >> so, what wasn't filled? deborah dacumos is basically applying for her old seat, so, i would like to move that forward. thank you for your

recommendations. i'm glad i didn't have to be the first one to make them. ms. jenkins, i love what you said, but i love what your sister said more. [laughter] >> so, i guess we have some nominations here. i believe we have nomination for dwayne kennedy to be on seat 2, angela jenkins for seat 10, and deborah dacumos for seat 5, correct? okay. any objections? so the motion passes. [gavel] >> thank you very much, congratulations, and those that did not get a seat, please -- >> come back. congratulations.

>> okay, item number 6. >> item number 6 is a hearing to consider appointing four members, terms ending march 28, 2016, to the pedestrian safety advisory committee. there are four vacant seats and five applicants. >> okay. is howard bloomberg here? >> hello, my name is howard bloomberg and i'm applying for seat 1 of csac. i've been on the committee one year. i took -- i was approved for unexpired seat last year. so, i've been about one year now in the position. my background is in science and engineering and most of my working career has been spent in the washington, d.c. area working mainly on defense issues. i came to the bay area in 2001

and spent over eight years at lockheed martin in space systems company there. i've been living in san francisco since 2007, so, almost 7 years now. i worked with walk s.f., pedestrian safety organization since i've been here, and have been involved in many of their activities. most recently i've worked with walk s.f. in meetings that they've attended with the board of supervisors, a committee on neighborhood services and safety, in conjunction with the police commission. they have very, very he interesting meetings we've attended. and i supported walk s.f. in some of the issues that they're interested in. and in addition to that, in

2011 the end of the year i was participating in the pedestrian safety task force. in particular, i was working in the subcommittee, [speaker not understood] subcommittee that was chaired at that time by megan ward. so, those are basically the -- my experience. with regard to goals, which supervisor tang has brought up, i really think psac and certainly myself will be supporting the police department in their initiative. i'm very impressed with the commitment of the police department. i will be visiting southern station. for example, if i'm a soma resident, to see just how they're doing, what the issues are and also in particular to see whether their enforcement efforts are having an effect in

time. ~ soma, not southern if they are having a monthly meeting, i would hope to attend those meetings, exchange my information during the psac meetings so we start getting an idea of just how effective the police department is. and i think they really need a lot of our support right now. chief suhr has really come to support it, vision zero. so, that's one of my major objectives. >> okay, thank you. any questions? seeing none, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next person is john alexander lowell. >> good afternoon, supervisors. katy tang, norman yee and [speaker not understood]. i come to you as an applicant to be reappointed to seat number 4, representing seniors and disability organizations, as i do have contextual

experience in that as i sustained my disability from terminal brain injury from a collision, a pedestrian collision here in san francisco on march 23rd, 2001, which my anniversary is in three days from now, of 13 years. appointed to psac, i was in 2006, and i transitioned over to seat number 4 in 2010 as i had contextual awareness to incorporate the needs of seniors and people with disabilities and the dynamics of pedestrian safety. i do see the immediate need of the city and the state of california to work together on legislation to change the timing, the default timing on pedestrian signals, and to also

address a component which came forward to you, and it was approved, a pedestrian safety strategy. it was based on police collision data from traffic collision form 555. i mentioned this to you on january 16th at the public comment hearing. it does not mention in this form that any party in the collision had a disability. therefore, the data used by walk first which was comprised to be the base data of the pedestrian safety strategy does not have any recommendations or policies regarding people with disabilities. it would need to be addressed on a state level. the components of what the city can do is make recommendations and then particularly what many of us know would be coming out of san francisco is someone to fill a state position. we need to see how psac can

make recommendations on legislation, and i can further the work that we have done so far by having carla johnson from mayor's office on disability and several directors of programs to address how the timing of pedestrian signals can be more effective for seniors and people with disabilities such as myself, which is traumatic brain injury. so, we shall work together on this to address the spike we have currently. since the last year the numbers are going up, and particularly i feel the appointment of somebody to represent district 4 is very important because one intersection there, sunset boulevard in [speaker not understood], has two people have been -- one a fatality and

one a traumatized collision. we need to address the dynamics of that intersection and all intersections that are specified in this report and further determined bi-monthly reports from the police department. please nominate me to fill seat number 4 on the pedestrian safety advisory committee. >> we he thank you. any questions? seeing none, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next applicant is howard strassner. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm reapplying for seat 6 for the umpteenth time. i've been a member since psac was formed. it formed ~ with the seniors. the pedestrian safety task force that was predecessor, and

we finally came to conclusion it would help the city and help move our issues better if we became an official cac with the city and that was accomplished many years ago and have been on ever since. since then, since we set ourselves up, we promised we would not cost the city too much money. we provide our own secretarial service, which i've been doing since the beginning and i continue to want to do. i want to continue to serve because now things are getting hot and heavy as you well know and something has to happen. we should be advising the supervisors of what good policy is. we recently -- the president of your board came to us and charged us to do that. we haven't been doing that enough in my view. we should do more rather than sit back and let people come and ra us, which i try in my minutes to find those things that might help them, but it's very difficult. one of the issues i'm working on more recently is that we

have the police come to us. and the police captain of the -- their main transportation thing came and when i spoke about the things that they do, and they do them all over. they do this -- he he does it in the various -- separate captains have it done. that's kind of an enforcement educational thing and it hasn't accomplished very much. so, i ask the question, what if we did more things and more enforcement? so, the captain heard that and i made contact with their cfo and we're going to accumulate some data. so, if we know how much manpower the police are now spending on this -- which i think is a useful effort -- we might be able to say, if you double it or triple it it will be better. [speaker not understood] we're finally having more police a

cad ms. there will be more people coming onto the police force. and maybe they don't all have to pound the beat. more of they have could be doing pedestrian stuff. so we hope to be asking you to support that in a while. so, if there are any other questions. >> seeing none, thank you very much. the next two applicants are zachary marks and todd henry are not able to attend today and they're vying for the same seat. okay. so, supervisor tang? >> sure. so, in terms of the three appointees that we heard from -- oh, i'm sorry. >> public comment. >> public comment. >> is there any public comment on this matter? are you commenting for somebody else? okay, come on up.

i am commenting on zachary marks who currently holds position on psac seat number 10, which he's appointing -- rehe applying for. and he's also the current chairman of psac ~. i encourage you to reappoint him in particular for what he has lead psac in the last year [speaker not understood]. since he was appointed to it in the mid 2012 to have structural improvement of psac. he is currently in the process. and in my hand is the bylaws that he handed member of psac to consider in his proposal that we write -- have new bylaws of how they are carried out. since the number of members of psac is growing, many supervisors such as you three have appointed somebody, [speaker not understood] mc neil, chris [speaker not understood], and doug [speaker not understood].

we have great need in structure and we have great need for how we respond under great leadership of such would be continued through the works of zachary marks. so, i really recommend you reappoint him to seat number 10 on pedestrian safety advisory committee. thank you. >> thank you. any other public comments? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel] >> supervisor tang. >> sure, thank you for that. so, for the three appointees that were here today, i am fine with reappointing all of you to your respective seats. in terms of the last seat, seat 10, i did have some interest in one of the nearer candidates. i don't know if the committee would entertain a motion to continue those two appointments to a future date so that they can both show up. >> sure. okay. so, there is a motion to

continue item number -- >> just to continue the appointments for seat 10 with zachary marks and todd henry as applicants. >> okay. any objections? none. that amendment is an amendment. motion is passed. [gavel] >> okay. and you had a motion to -- >> sure. >> supervisor campos? >> yes, thank you. i look forward to hearing from both mr. marks and todd henry. i do think that continuity is important, but i do want to give an opportunity to mr. henry as well to make the case. so, i look forward to that. i think that this is one of the more important appointments that we're making at the rules committee given the seriousness of what's happening out there in terms of pedestrian safety in san francisco. and i'm very pleased to see the caliber of the people that are

serving and the commitment. i was very impressed with the presentations. mr. bloomberg, very thorough. mr. lowell, very thorough, very passionate. and mr. strassner, you know, i'm familiar with his work for many years, his commitment to community service. so, i'd like to make a motion to reappoint mr. bloomberg to seat 1, mr. lowell to seat 4, and mr. strassner to seat 6. >> so, my comments is that -- thank you for your willingness to want to serve again. i think this issue is important to not only me individually, but i think everybody on the board of supervisors, the work

[adjourned]