interactions where we are not getting complaints and also because you do such a great job in outreach and folks know how to make a complaint. that's it for me. >> if i might respond commissioner loftus, while we don't include the context in our quarterly reports because it would add to our work load, we do include the contacts in our annual report so there is more of a context. >> okay. >> thank you so much, director. >> you're welcome. >> thank you very much. please call item 3c. >> commission reports, discussion, commission presidents report and commissioner report. >> i have not new to report this week. commissioner loftus? >> i did bike to work from the outer sunset. it's the first time that i biked in a non-recreational way and being on the road. it reminds me of

what my grandfather used to say to my mom, "before you judge anyone, walk a myelin ile -- in their shoes" there was some real terrifying moments but great moments. i'm glad the city is trying to grapple with the fact that more folks are riding bicycles as a mode of transportation. it's good and healthy and good for them and we have to do a better job to make sure it is safe for them. i was happy to be a part of that and the chief also, you were on a bicycle. >> i was. >> i didn't see it. i have to take his word for it. the other thing is we -- i'm just saying. from a prosecutor, evidence. i didn't see it. we also had a great meeting. i want to share with my fellow commissures. --

commissioners. one big thing is the crisis intervention teamwork that commissioner chair worked on. i had a great meeting with the mental health work last week and commander is doing a great job in moving that forward. it's a diverse excited engaged group of folks who have made a tremendous amount of progress with the department in ways to deal with people in crisis. we'll talk about scheduling them to come before the commission in june because i realize we haven't heard from them in some time and there are some real progress that i made that i think reflects really well on the partnership between mental health experts and how much work we can do as a department to improve our response to people in crisis. so i will continue to represent the commission at those meetings and continue to support their work. i made it clear to the group, president

mazzucco, all of my colleagues have repeatedly talked about what a commitment it is from this commission to continue to move that forward. i will continue to keep you updated. >> absolutely. this you for doing that. other commissioners. it's remarkable and we are seeing fewer incidents and the best part is seeing officers who want to be trained. it's another tool in their toolbox. i think they actually enjoy it. it's a challenge for them and also from former prosecutors, exhibit 1 for identification. chief on the bicycle. >> can we get this on the overhead. >> the chief is on the bicycle. >> the chief standing next to a bicycle. >> with a bicycle on. commissioner hang -- hang

it's all yours. >> i want to thank you for mc's the event. president mazzucco when the board of supervisors board meeting ran late was a back up. i i had a meeting and i know president mazzucco was there before. they want me to rays a couple issues. one regarding a particular intersection on farrell with two districts is something of a safe haven area where folks if standing on a particular corner fall into this gap between the two districts. i invite him to come to our next meeting so they can address their concerns there. they mentioned that they have a couple of take back the block events coming up. one tomorrow,

5:00-6:00 p.m.. one at 398 eddie and on the 27th to try to organize to take back the community block by block. i would invite any fellow commissioners to attend the take back the block event. i also had a meeting with -- whose sister was killed in 2012 by los angeles county sheriff's. he's looking to improve police response on mental health incidents. hopefully we can invite him at some point to this hearing to share his story. he has a very positive story to share. lastly, i had an interview with a chinese language tv channel 26 to address the issue of increased

homelessness at square. we did an interview there but while i was there i changed the nature of the interview to talk about the nature with occ. since i knew that was an issue i said what a great agency it was and they had bilingual staff and they should call with issues. there was a caller that called in while we were on the air and talked about a particular incident that occurred over the weekend. i followed up with the chief to report there was a complaint received. >> turman? >> quite by accident but last week i had an impromptu meeting with the folks from the san francisco office. what topic of discussion was the time that it takes to receive any kind of indication of an

officer involved shooting. they have invited me to come back with another one of my fellow commissioners to sit down and go 32 you that process to find out what we can do to stream line that along. the average time -- is slow. [inaudible] and why it takes so long. >> if i might, i spoke with gaston at your swearing in and expressed the concern that the commission had regarding the length of time it takes with those officer involved shootings. when i first came on the commission there were officer involved shootings that were 5-6 years old that were not adjudicated. i spoke with the district attorney about it

and he explained the possible reasons and the medical examiners report before they can close their case. i was going to look into and see how many of the cases that are still opened actually involved the medical examiners office, how many cases involved autopsies. the d. a. was made aware of this. we spoke about it on monday and he's going to look into it. >> great. i will add the d. a. office has been incredibly responsive. sharon wu is also willing to stit down with us. i'm glad to see we are getting that response. >> great. let's call item 3d commission announcements. >> commission announcements and scheduling of items identified for consideration at future commission meetings? >> any announcements? >> next week is the third wednesday of the month. there

will not be a police commission meeting. the following week on the 28, we are in the northern district. the commission will meet at sacred heart cathedral high school theatre. it was 1100 ellis. in san francisco wednesday may 28, 2014. 6 :00 p.m. to hear comments from the public concerning public protection issues. >> thank you, with reference to matters for the agenda, mr. -- ms. mahoney where are we with regard to the officers first rights. i know we have given it additional time. where are we at with that now? again i want to address this issue before it becomes an issue. thank you. you have an estimate of when we would be

able to have that before the commission? i know it has to go to the occ involved, and the police officers association is involved. do we have a time frame. >> i think hopefully sometime this summer. >> okay. thank you. commissioner loftus? >> i would like to schedule in june the cit working group and invite vinny ing to talk about losing his sister. they said they would be ready. >> your call. take a look at the calendar. >> while i'm looking at that, inspector, ms. mahoney i have a same request about the dvdgo? >> that, we are still in discussions on that. i think you will also see that in the

summer hopefully earlier. >> by october? dv awareness month. >> june 4 th or june 11th? >> why don't we do june 11th. thank you. >> anything else, commissioners? okay. hearing none it's now time for public comment with reference to line items 3abc and d. good evening ms. brown. i'm here regarding my son. he was murdered august 13, 2006 to , to a semi

automatic gun. i would like to say his case number. his case no. 606862038. i'm only saying that because if anybody wanted to or know of anything that happened to my son, that's his case number. here are the names of all the guys that murdered my son. one of them is deceased. my son's case is a cold case. it will be 8 years coming up. i believe 8

years, and i'm still looking for justice for my son. i was out at city hall on mother 's day with other mother who lost their children to homicide. it wasn't a good day for me. it was a bad day for me standing in the hot sun where i should be in a restaurant with my children. but i chose to stand outside and hold a sign and hold my son's sign up and sat with other mothers. even though i got into it with some other mothers because they are not there to do what i'm doing. maybe they are looking for something else. it's sad.

but that happened that day i also want to show the pictures of other young men that are murdered. these are all cases unsolved. these are all in the city of san francisco. these are cases unsolved. mothers asked me to show their pictures. i hang out with garcia all the time. she's a fighter. she lost her son. these two men killed her son. this one killed this one, but they both killed her son. i still ask for justice for my child. and again, here are all the names of the people that killed my son. >> and again, if anybody has any information that could assist in the solving of this case or any case, the

anonymous tip line is 415-575-4444. >> thank you. >> thank you, chief. >> good evening, my name is frida lark. i live in northeast. i would like to thank the chief and staff for helping me get here. the only reason i'm here is they followed me here. they have two dope houses. one underneath me and one away fwr me. the lady that lives under needed she's in the hospital. the dope house and they keep hanging there. i ran into a homeless. by the time i got

home she has another lady and where my daughter comes from school talking about how she wants to whip my daughters tail. i want to know how they get in. these are two dope houses. i have the address. thank you. >> thank you. >> any further public comment? hearing none, public comment is now closed. >> call next item. >> line item 6 vote to whether to hold item 6 to closed session. >> i want to talk about the search warrant. the loud boom was the officers reaching the door. there was no shots fired and no flashed bang used.

>> public matter involving will it combaegs -- litigation in the city. hearing none. call the next item. >> vote to hold closed session. >> all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> thank you. we are back in open session. you have a quorum. >> thanks very much. commissioners, i have a motion with reference to disclosure the matter to discuss in closed session. >> to not disclose. >> all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> next item. >> next item adjournment.

>> all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> have a good night. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >>

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that kind of a five. everybody is there to enjoy a literary reading. >> the best lit in san francisco. friendly, free, and you might get fed. ♪ [applause] >> this san francisco ryther created the radar reading series in 2003. she was inspired when she first moved to this city in the early 1990's and discover the wild west atmosphere of open mi it's ic in the mission. >> although there were these open mics every night of the week, they were super macho. people writing poems about being jerks. beatty their chest onstage. >> she was energized by the scene and proved up with other

girls who wanted their voices to be heard. touring the country and sharing gen-x 7 as a. her mainstream reputation grew with her novel. theses san francisco public library took notice and asked her if she would begin carrying a monthly reading series based on her community. >> a lot of the raiders that i work with our like underground writers. they're just coming at publishing and at being a writer from this underground way. coming in to the library is awesome. very good for the library to show this writing community that they are welcome. at first, people were like, you want me to read at the library, really? things like that.

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we definitely have some folks who are straight. >> the loyal audience has allowed michelle to take more chances with the monthly lineup. established authors bring in an older audience. younker authors bring in their friends from the community who might be bringing in an older author. >> raider has provided a stage for more than 400 writers. it ranges from fiction to academics stories to academic stories this service the underground of queer fell, history, or culture. >> and there are so many different literary circles in san francisco. i have been programming this reading series for nine years. and i still have a huge list on my computer of people i need to

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