best efforts to provide our insights for the ferguson mayor and then additionally on sunday, i participated in a panel on race relations after if ferguson that was a panel of members from pedmont community church as well as the (inaudible) church in oakland. and i shared again, the line and sites, based on my work with the office of citizen complaints here, in san francisco. and also, commended to them a book that was given to all of us by dr. marshall called the new jim crow, and it was in lightning and additionally, in

preparing for that panel on race after ferguson, and i took the time to view a pbs video from 1963. where from the course it said in 1963 and this was the moerpg that edgars had been sat and they had been assassinated or murdered and the farmer said, well, i think that in another three years, we will be able to deal with the jury discrimination and it will take a little bit longer for the defacto discrimination and then just finally, just a personal aside, and i did show with the panel, that, leading to, in texas when i was ten years old, and this was in 1962.

and 8 years after brown verses the board of education. and you know, texas still had not gotten the memo, that the public education that was separate was not equal and that the school should be desegregated and so that was my out reach on sunday. >> okay. >> if i may, now i hope that i am not wrong with this but to understand that ferguson has put in a civilian review body for the police department and that is what i read in the news and so i think that is that they have moved forward with that process and it was my understanding, which supports, you know, you would all agree with me and it needed to happen, and it needs to happen in that city. >> dr. marshall, that they were planning and to do that, and as a leader of the board of

national civilian oversight of law enforcement i do not promote one form of civilian oversight over another and often, san francisco office of citizen xlaipts referred to as the cadillac of civilian oversight. and in smaller, in smaller towns, such as ferguson, which has only 54 police officers but it is over 60 percent or 80 percent african american, and yet on their city council, there is only one african american city council member and yes, they did ask the question of the mayor do you have district election and the answer is yes, they do have district elections but this is a community that does not, and it does not feel

disenfranchised and does not feel empowered. >> thank you for your report and also for sharing some of your personal history with us, because i know that that is some times and it is relevant in this context and i want to highlight, just briefly the video that was done with the police department and the marion and the advocates and i am so glad that you are promoting that, commissioner wong and i were saying that there are so many things that the department are doing that are cutting edge and leaders and i think that the department does the same thing and because it came from the idea and i heard you say to all of the victims that it is a sanctionary city and please report and the reality that you found is there is a non-english speaking victim and the purpose traiter has better english skills and that there are circumstances where the wrong person would be arrested and what i commend the department for working to resolve that issue and train the officers on the language access issue and it was such a partnership to

watch you guys work with the department and the community advocates and so i am glad that you are spreading that message because we never want to arrest the wrong person because of language access issues and so i am glad that you are promoting that. >> thank you. >> i just want to under score, that the occ, (inaudible). i am grateful for you and those who did a tremendous job that you do as well. >> thank you very much commissioner turman. vice president turman. >> okay, i think that you just called me a cadillac, i am not sure. >> sergeant could you call the next line item? >> 2 c, commission reports discussion, commission president's report, and commissioner's reports. >> i did attend the officer involved shooting town hall, i think that this goes to

actually it is a perfect segway from where we came, this department has a number of procedures when an officer involved shooting happens and one of which was adopted recently was as close in time to give the facts that we can and i want to thank mazzucco, the past president for coming to the meeting and i commend the department and it is difficult that you give it back that you have at the time but it is so important that that transparency, leads to people saying okay, i can understand that, that is what you have but the reality is that there are multiple investigations that are ongoing and it was important to have the firearms discharge review board here tonight to show us that there are procedures in place, and it is that we have the policy and procedures that we do every time and i think that there was a question at the town hall, why are you doing it for this? and we do it for every single one of them at the time that the folks from the community can come and that was very important, and that we continue to share the policies and procedures that we use to make sure that reinvestigate fully, officer involved shootings, we

also had a meeting about the crisis intervention team and i had a meeting with the deputy chief and the folks from the mental review group on how we can continue to advance that work there is an upcoming cit training in monter ey and just to be sure that the department is not following but leading the way in addressing policing with folks who are in cry crisis >> any other reports? >> thank you. >> sergeant call the next item. >> commission announcement and stelding of items identified for consideration at the future commission meeting. >> action, the next meeting will be october 8th at 5:30 p.m., room 400 city hall. >> colleagues? anything in particular that would you want to check in with

the scheduling? >> just know that next week with have a couple of closed session item iss that correct? >> two. and just maybe i just want to ask, down the road, do we have any orders and i know that we have asked a couple of times when they are on schedule that just the people know where they are in the next month or so because we get into the holidays and it gets crazy. >> i have been asking about the department general order. >> we have the dv one for next week. >> that is on next week also? >> okay. >> and then the first amendment djo regarding the officers and social media. >> okay, that has not been schedule. >> no it was and it has been taken off and we are looking at in that reference to that? >> closer. >> getting closer. >> possibly getting really close? >> before it comes an issue? >> generally pretty patient. but it is kind of... >> we will get it done before

the year closes i hope. >> yeah. >> okay. >> great. sergeant, call the next line item? >> three, public comment on all matters pertaining to item 5 below, closed session, including public comment on vote whether to hold item 5 in closed session. >> ladies and gentlemen, we will be going into closed session for matters that are around litigation or personnel matters which are protected. so is there any public comment on our going into closed session? >> hearing none, please call the next line item? >> line item four, vote on whether to hold item 5 in closed session? >> colleagues do i have a motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> all of those in favor? >> aye. >> motion passes. we will no >> we are back in open session and we have a quorum. >> thank you, sergeant, could you call the next line item. >> line item 8, vote to elect,

to disclose any or all discussion on item 7 held in closed session, san francisco, and administrative, code, section, 67.12 a, do i have a motion to disclose the items in closed session? >> i move not to disclose. >> second. >> all nofs favor. >> aye. >> the motion passes. >> call the next line item. >> 9 adjournment. >> action. >> and colleagues, it is, some very sad news that i am going to ask for a motion shortly yesterday, we as a state last our 9th officer in the nine of duty, an officer from the covina police department, an 28-year-old officer jordan quarter, is his name and he was hired as a community service officer at the police department in 2006. he was hired as a police officer at the department less than a year later last may

assigned to the traffic unit as a motorcycle officer and received numerous awards from the mothers against drunk driving and yesterday, while pursuing a subject who was speeding, he was involved in a collision, and he succumbed to his injuries and, so he is survived by his wife, mother diane and his father mark and his father is a retired police department captain. so, it is with a heavy heart that i will ask to adjourn our police commission in memory of officer jordan quarter. so moved. >> second. >> all of those in favor? >> aye. >> we are adjourned.

>> roll call coucilmember circo commissioner josefowitz commissioner stephenson commissioner wan we have the introduction by the commissioner in the opening remarks please final this is san francisco director ralph. >> thank you, monique and thank you, everyone for coming together this is a very special meeting i think we're excited to be here at the commission i'll josh i'm the president of the

commission our vice president angela king will be joining us that's because we are all of us you talk about the environment and we immediately think about and a half the air water, and a lot of time we forget about people and this effort is to connect with the people and laurino about the environmental work we're existed just you've heard espanol. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> we say an exciting agenda we are scheduled to have the opening remarks from supervisor

campos he's at the time board of supervisors we said so we're going to continue until his arrival it's thoughts and welcome to the folks here tonight i know that mr. jose couldn't be here he is proud to talk about the work that was done here at city college mission campus we wanted to come to support of the sustainability of this campus we talk about the sustainability of the campus and we have a local architect they're proud of the sustainability and the designs bell said he challenges anyone here violinist at the commission to find a trash can here at the campus as opposed to the blue benefit and the green bin i'd

like to move forward and introduce our department director she joined us a few months back but taken our department into exciting new directions and worked hard to bring us here as a commission a and the san francisco environment commission so let me introduce deborah write ralph (clapping.) thank you want and hello commissioners and everyone at the campus tonight, i'm thrilled to be here this is the second time in a year that our commission meeting has ventured but out of city hall we do that because we believe that environmentalism must be inclusive and must be relevant to the community we serve so by the end of tonight i hope i'll be taking back areas of focus

things our department can do better to serve the community we find ourselves tonight he have thank you's it's important to understand doing a meeting like this go isn't easy it take a lot of planning i want to honor the work that be various people have done to make sure that everything we have tonight runs smoothing and mrunlly thanks to the mayor's office you've heard an introduction for giving us the translation (calling names) and sarah sorry that was a last name that was difficult but beautiful thank you it's wonderful to have the partnership of the mayor's office to help departments like obvious that didn't have the

skill set in house i also want to thank sunshine she was out on the street with here volunteers to let people know about this meeting i ran into her on mission street when i was also knocking on doors she's done a lot to get people here we put adds in the newspaper my motto for community work the world is run by those who show up so i want to thank you for showing up tonight and promise to work with you to change the world so thank you (clapping.) thank you debbie and i think we're joined by vice president angelo king and to reiterate thanks to donny you want to do this at the start you don't want to forget so thank you to donny

and clark and page miller and the department our fearless monique for all the work to bring us here we had additional outreach mission housing, ed and labors 2 61 and thank you for getting the word out and please if you haven't enjoy the food with a woman owned cooperative and thank you sfgovtv for setting up the facility to report tonight decision to learn for time to come i want to remind the colleagues and commissioners and myself to be be honest and the presenters to be mindful of the pacing of our presentation because the

services as we know b will be simultaneously trailed the into spanish and cantonese so be mindful of having an easygoing pace to our presentation we're looking forward to tonight so commissioners unless there's further comments from the commission before we move into public comment on this item all right. any public comment on our welcoming remark all right. seeing none, monique next item. >> commissioner for accident jurisdiction and your personality. >> so any members of the public so any member of the public that wants to come forward and talk about anything at all on not on the agenda you have 3 minutes.

>> okay. i'm anastasia i came to talk about natural areas problem in san francisco i'm sure you're aware of it is nothing by natural it kills trees it provides value services to everyone in the whole earth carbon they fight pollution and the clean air provides it prevents landslides and habitat and they are be r being destroyed and plan to be more destroyed through significant land management and this problem being a natural thing it is how

the toxics destroy the tier one and tier two, that has tons of reconcussions so i forgot what i prepared to say so instead i have an article in the san francisco examiner they claim is leads to insensitivity imagine a metropolitan city they have trees they demolish thousands of trees and eucalyptus trees on operating the trees in - why fix what isn't broken the city

has thousands of trees all to destroy trees the correction of the natural program started in 1995 to preserve smaller remnants by something that is some people according to some people we're growing in a certain area for a selected appointing this vegetation (inaudible) it was a problem that people could support the support showcase has vanished they have recreational uses i will skip some because i don't know how the time will run out in embarking upon a quest to

please have the grassland and manager will use toxic herbicides on the properties significant natural area includes the following acts striking about 18 thousand 5 hundred healthy trees and anastasia if you want to leave us with a copy we can be copy it, too city attorney says no. >> but if you want to leave us a letter. >> it is not in good shape. >> we specialize in things not in good shape (laughter). >> it's not natural to talk about the other - >> for future agenda. >> thank you.

>> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, i'm robin share i wish i had ann starbucks article i'd continue reading it one of the things we're dealing with is climate change and they is oh, killing a few tries didn't matter one hundred trees were cut down in mclaren park i notice that rec and park was killing trees at glen park i drove by beautiful eucalyptus that had been housing owls and they were lying there cut down and i had already given up going to pine lake i used to go driver's license it was like you were not in the city you couldn't see the houses or they

you it is now completely okay. but there's what a quarter of the trees that needs to be there and as you walk down the valley you feel like people are looking at you and the cutting of the trees is not stopping there i think that the natural area program could be fin i wish they would go out and work by the cow palace and leave the trees alone i tried very hard to make changes to the roads policy that was recently passed the it originally said trees would be cut down and they changed all the words to vegetation would be saved so the whole thing is ridiculous we're trying to turn san francisco back into a sand brunner mountain and we have a san burner mountain we have trees that stop the fog and stop

the wind from blowing sand in it captures the water and keeps the hill if eroding and keeps the hospital quiet on mount suzette 0 restraining order the trees are why not a historic landmark but i would strongly urge go natural ear and stop cutting trees leave the trees alone and the eucalyptus alone the u lynn lips are fine if you say they should be removed because their nate not native only the people that are native are mexicans we're not native the golden gate park is not native the school is not native yet we're hawk away at our trees please save the

trees. >> any other speakers all right. seeing none, no further comment going once public comment is closed. moaning item 4. >> for the investment in neighborhoods (inaudible) and substantial committee for the concord district (inaudible) at the director for (inaudible) 24 protocol. >> thank you, monique i know that our first personality you can't keen the director of the department of workforce development is 5 minutes away but his he's chairing the housing authority

but i know his very capable partners in this effort are present what would be the thought? and just to explain the idea as we talk about the work we do in the environment commission one of the things we want to highlight his efforts to sustain the local community in the mission focused on e.r. or in around the latino culture and community we're going to hear inform initiatives the first is invest in the neighborhoods and the next will be the adequate restraining order latino cultural district maybe we will we're projecting probably down to 4 minutes i can't blab four

minutes my colleagues won't let me but perhaps we'll hear about the investment in neighborhoods >> good afternoon. i'm with the office of economic workforce development i'm with the investment team i'm with my colleagues and she's the liaison to lower 024 with that, we're going to get started to present a quick overview on the investment and move into a detailed conversation on what's happening on 24th with the neighborhood. >> so the initiative was created in the early 2012 has mayor ed lee proposed the 17 point jobs plan and this initiative is create to address some of the economic needs that would cost the city faced by the small business commercial

district to create a viable corridors across the city 25 neighborhoods with or selected so there a very long progress 3 things social capital and economic opportunity and needs in those neighborhoods as you can see they were selected for multiple reasons you might ask the theory behind our work 4 major components one to provide services and programs to the businesses to make sure the businesses are thriving this is denouncing so the corridors have the resources from our office second is high quality of life to make sure those districts have a programming program services from the various departments that deal with graffiti and crime and other associated concerns and needs