>> good morning, and welcome to

the government audit and oversight committee for today, november 17th, thursday. i'm eric peskin joined by supervisor katy tang who is sitting in for vice chair supervisor nor man yee. we'll be joined shortly by member and president breed. our clerk is dash -- derrick evans. >> do you have announcement. >> speaker: make sure all electronic devices and complete speakers and it should be submitted to the clerk. board of supervisor agenda -- >> thank you, mr. evans. supervisor tang, can we have a motion to excuse supervise yee. >> so moved >> that will be the order. and mr. clerk, could you please call item 2 out of order. >> item number 2 is hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending february 1, 2017, to the park, recreation and open space advisory committee. (rules committee)vacant seat 4, succeeding heather fuchs, resigned, must be nominated by the district 4 supervisor and from district 4, for the unexpired portion of a two-year

term ending >> item number 2 is hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending february 1, 2017, to the park, recreation and open space advisory committee. (rules committee)vacant seat 4, succeeding heather fuchs, resigned, must be nominated by the district 4 supervisor and from district 4, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending february 1, 2017. there's 1-c and one applicant >> supervisor tang. >> thank you for considering this item which would go through rules committee, but we have an eager appointee who would like to start in december. i would like to invite mrs. dylan to speak. >> thank you for your e-mail. the floor is yours. >> hello. thank you for having me today. my name is natalie dylan. i'm the native of san francisco. born and raised in the mission where mission play ground became my second home. it was there where i formed character, i formed friends and i formed a community. and i was introduced to my first tennis classes and it was through tennis that i got my scholarship of standard. i was able to play for 4 years and study urban studies. my honor species was on the

relationship between graffiti and crime in san francisco. so it was addressing the broken window theory which was has been spoken about in qualitative measures in new york and chicago, but much of the research has hasn't been conducted here in san francisco. so back to kind of pro sack. i think parks and open spaces have always been a -- had a special place in my heart, particularly because of my child and how kind of intra gal mission play ground was for my development. and secondly, as someone who has studied urban studies in urban development cities, i think open spaces is a powerful mean if build community at great and enormous scale. that's one of the benefits in san francisco is for us to be concentrated in one place, and to really

build community, so i hope you accept my candancy >> any members who would like to testify on item number 2. seeing none. close item 2. thank you ms. tang. >> i think you're going to be a wonderful asset to this committee. i would like to move forward natalie dylan to this seat. >> without objection, we'll forward item number 2 without recommendation to the full board which would be considered on the 29th. mr. clerk, could you read item number one, please. speaker: item number one is tanghearing on the city's electric vehicle fleet, to determine what would be required for the city to commit to procuring 100% of its light-duty fleet as electric vehicles by 2020, and how to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles for our medium- and heavy-duty fleets; and requesting the city administrator, the general services agency, the department of the environment, the mayor's office, and the san francisco public utilities commission to report. >> supervisor tang has brought this

hearing to us. supervisor tang. >> thank you so much. and a colleague, as you probably know i rarely bring forth hearings to the board of supervisors, but i do so when i feel an issue is morning and one that our city should take a leadership role on. today we have a hearing before us where we'll hear from sf environment and city administrators office and representatives from puc and our public works department to talk about how it is that we can collectively achieve our goals in reducing greenhouse gas admissions and to moving our own internal city freak towards a greener fleet. and this interest really sums from my personal interest in pursuing the ability to drive an electric vehicle myself, but live nothing a multi unit building, it's difficult. after working on this initiative with our city, i really do hope that we can expand how it is that san

francisco as a whole and our private market can adopt other markets to encourage the

derek evans is our clerk today, and thank you mr. evans and i want to thank those at sfgov tv broadcasting this committee for the folks at home. are there any announcements? >> yes, silence all cell phones, and electronic devices and completed speaker cards and any documents to be completed, and the items today will be appear on the november, 15, 2016, board of agenda, unless otherwise stated as there is no meeting on tuesday, november 8th. >> could you call item one? >> a hearing to consider appointing two members for indefinite terms to the food security task force. there are two seats, and two applicants as well those applicants needs residency waivers. >> thank you. first i think that we have chester williams and mr mr. geoffrey grier; is that correct? ? >> that is correct. >> let's infight mr. williams up to give a brief presentation.

and then we will hear from mr. grier and then we will take the public comment and a vote. >> hello mr. williams. >> thank you supervisor cohen and supervisor farrell. i represent the bay view area. we are really trying to change the way that our people are eating out in that community. there is a lot of specific issues that have to be dealt with beyond food. but i am here today to speak about food and about nutrition. i have been with the task force to about two years just as a committee or a community program person. i worked with the community living campaign, which supports what i am doing in the community, they support us. and i have been a diligent worker. i like to think so. that things have been going well well and we have made some specific changes in the community. and i also work with a group called hp unity, which is my

back bone and my team that actually helped me get these things done in community. with concern with attrition due to possible chronic, chronic illness, hiv, and diabetes, and particularly in this community, and so what i am hoping to do is to continue to do some of the things that i have been doing and also help build a greater skult for the nutrition and the correlation between the food bank and what we are doing now. >> thank you very much. >> is there more? >> no. >> all right. >> okay. >> you have been outstanding sir, i can attest to that. >> mr. grier are you here with us today? >> yes. >> come on down please. and you will make a brief presentation as to why you are interested in this appointment. >> okay. well, i am glad i had an opportunity to get audience. my name is geoffregrier and i

have been with the food task for two years. i have been involved in health and recovery for years. i was part of the treatment on demand council. i was also a part of helping develop the tender loin community benefits districts. and so the need for the community have been near and dear to me. it became really apparent with health concerns that food is the new van guard. it has been for a long period of time but it is just kind of really gotten, and disability. and it has become such an issue that i would dare say that it is a crisis. especially in compromise communities. so, my, my personal program is the san francisco recovery theater. and we come in and we mirror an image ourselves. and give the opportunity for all

people in the community to take a look at themselves. and with that, we have had an opportunity to do also provide alternatives to lifestyle change. recently we have moved food, and food is a very, very important part of survival, development and recovery. partnered with a friend of mine who developed a green, mobile health education kitchen, with a small grant, we have a truck, a flame, a flameless stove. we go directly into the sros and we take the residents down from their rooms. and have them entertained, we serve them, we show them an opportunity to change the way that they have been eating without pressure. and move on. and we just keep that cycle up. we don't leave. we give everybody an opportunity to experience a night out on the town. and without ever leaving their own residence. it has been very effective. and since i have been with the task force, i feel that it is

absolutely imperative that i work with them. so that they can continue to develop policies for change. and i will make sure that each one of you have one of my cards. this is printed on vegetable ink, totally organic, and you can almost eat that thing. so if anybody has any questions, feel free to reach out and i think eric, we talked about getting you on the truck. and i think that i have a date for you if you want. >> yes. >> okay? and anybody else. that is it. >> thank you. and ladies and gentlemen as you can see supervisor mar has joined us and i am going to turn the committee meeting back over to him. >> thank you and so we have heard from mr. williams and mr. grier, and if there are know other questions, let's open it up for public comment, is there anyone that would like to speak? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. i wanted to actually thank palua jones who is here and the director of the food systems in

the city and one of the code chairs, and what an amazing group of people. and thank you so much to bruce and also for the project open hand, and do we have a mission on mr. williams for seats? >> i'm trying to think, for the seat four? >> yeah, and geoffrey grier. >> i make the motion. >> second. >> could we approve them without objection? >> thank you. >> supervisor mar, if i may, just interject here, we need to make a motion and then to excuse supervisor tang. >> okay. so supervisor --. >> i make a motion. >> seconded by supervisor farrell. and we can do that without objection, excusing our chair, supervisor char. >> the first item would be noted as absent. >> unless the committee were to

resind the vote. >> a make a motion. >> do that without objection? and it has been moved to excuse supervisor tang and seconded and without objection? thank you. >> thank you to the food security task force, did we already vote on that? previous item. >> yes. >> mr. chair, one last thing, i believe if i am not mistaken, residency wave requirements are needed for the applicants both williams and grier. >> very good. >> thank you. >> there has been a motion that we wave the residents requirement for both of those applicants. >> yes. >> and it has been seconded. do we need to do that. >> shall we re-sind the vote. >> do the motion over with the residency requirements, motion to resind the vote, moved by farrell and we will do that without objection, and now, motion to approve both

candidates with a waiver of residency. and it has been moved by supervisor cohen, and seconded by farrell and we can do that without objection, colleagues? >> thank you. >> great. thank you mr. evans call the next item. >> the hearing to consider, appointing three members, terms ending, march 19, 2019, to the child care planning and advisory council, there are three seats and three applicants, and seat, 13, is error on the agenda, that is a new term that is appointed by the board of supervisors and the board of education. and we have received the appointment from the board of education. >> very good, thank you. and i think that we have two of the applicants if any of the applicants would like to come up, please to speak and since laura is not here. >> she is. great. >> then we have all three. >> so the three applicants come forward in no particular order.

>> first of all good morning, supervisor farrell and mar and cohen, it is my pleasure to be here today. and i'm actually very familiar with all three of you and your work, and eric when you were on the board of education, and mr. farrell when i was assistant supervisor at the school you were at a meeting there and i remember you there. and malia you are the supervisor of my dekt, and i met you many times and so it is my pleasure to be here today. >> good to see you this morning and, why don't you talk to us about your interests. >> okay. so my interest is serving on the cpac. my work, my life's work is actually has been supporting children and families. and working in school districts, across the country.

but, as a resident of bay view and being very closely involved with children and families over the years, i see a high need to really continue to support the children and families that are going and especially in the bay view area. >> i feel that my work on the cpac, that i will be able to have an impact by contributing my expertise as an educator, and as a parent, and as a community member. this work is very important to me. and i do know that the cpac has made an impact on the work that they are doing to continue to improve the lives of children and families in san francisco. i'm very anxious to be a part of that work. to me it is not work, it is a pleasure. and it is something that i enjoy doing on many different levels. and so part of my reasons, i can

go on and on and on, but i would like to give the other people the opportunity to speak as well. and i'm open to questions if you have any for me. >> i know that our supervisor from district ten has nominated you. and but i just want to acknowledge your amazing work to follow through with amazing work done before you, but especially turning the school around and making it such an hub of community as well. and your leadership throughout the school district as well. >> thank you. >> if there are no questions, let's have the next applicant come forward. >> thank you. ? ethank you very much. >> he good morning, supervisors, i'm karin little and i am nominated for district two, seat on the cpac and i am a parent of two young boys, and life in district two, and they actually go to school in district one. and i have worked in education,

both for the early care as well as kto 12 education for the last 15 years. and in a number of roles, including working at the school district and recruiting teachers as well as doing, policy development for our children and our families initiative and in the city. and even working on the texting program of the parents of preschoolers out of stanford and trying to help parents get their kids ready for kindergarten. and so, a number of issues in education and would be excited to serve on cpac and advocate for families. i recognize that i am very privileged parent. and i have had great child care and would like to enlist the help of other privileged family to advocate for folks as well as lift up voices of families in that are not being heard. >> so thank you. >> and i just wanted to thank you for the strategic work within the school district but also within parent organizations and otherwise over the years but thank you, and for also being a great part of the pea body

parent grouping in district one. and district two, in some ways, but thank you. >> thank you. >> >> good morning, supervisors. so i'm laura and the deputy director of the department of youth and their families. i have been attending the cpac meetings for probably over a year now. when our seat became vacant, we felt it was important that we kept a presence at the cpac meetings and as you know the early care or the early child care and education work has been consolidated under the office of early care and education. and however, dcu, after the youth fund is a very large funder of early care and education and so it is important for us to be present at the meeting. and stay current on policy, and workforce and accessibility. and regularly at the cpac meetings.

so with your approval, i will look forward to becoming a voting member of cpac. >> any questions colleagues? >> no questions. >> and again, mr. evans, explained that this is a jointly appointed seat by the board of supervisors and the board of education, and my understanding is interim superintendent lee has strongly supported your leadership or ongoing, leadership on the cpac and i also wanted to thank, michelle for her amazing work from first five to so many efforts in the hsa and throughout the city and helping the city become a national model on so many levels. for miss moye, i wanted to thank you also for bring not only the park to the community representation, but also as a parent on so many levels from the lincoln, to the challenges of ethnic and by racial

children. any other comments? and let's open it up for public comment. >> seeing none, public comment closed. >> i would like to make a motion, to approve karin little for two, khalique for seat two, and moye. >> second. and could we approve this without objection. >> yes. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> item three, a hearing to consider appointing two members to the public utility revenue bond, and there are two seats and four applicants. >> so, four applicants for two seats. and we have several applicants that are here. if mr. cronin and leshner and anyone else can come forward?

actually and also, nico barawid is here. whoever wants to start. >> my name is tim, and i would just like to thank each of you for the opportunity to appear here today. and support of my application. i am an attorney here in san francisco. and i focus on clean energy and clean infrastructure, project development and finance. i am also an advocate for both of those things in my work outside of the office as well. and i'm a graduated law school here in the bay area over at uc berkeley. if i could just touch first on my qualifications to serve on the public utilities and bond

oversight committee. first in terms of my day-to-day work, i am looking at the construction agreements that go into building, infrastructure project and providing due diligence on those agreement and drafting the power purchase agreement and working on the financing of those projects and i, i had a chance to attend a meeting and i got to see the hands-on approach that they take to project development. and construction, and their oversight role and i think that my experience in reviewing the construction project and insuring that the construction milestones are met and then looking to insure the financing of those projects would translate, directly to this work. and i would be eager to support in that way. >> and i also think that part of our role is of course, it is general oversight. and the responsibilities, but also insuring that san francisco's movement towards infrastructure that is sustain

able, is also ak quitable for all of san francisco and some of my professional work has been aimed at the same goal specifically in the area of solar energy, and i have worked with local non-profits to help to come up with ways to insure that community members of all income levels can gain access to solar energy and to help community non-profit and religious stulgss have access to roof top solar energy. >> and in terms of goals for serving on rboc and i think that the base line is to provide the oversight and the guidance of the bond issuance. and spending that is, at the core of the committee's work and i think that my professional experience will lend itself to that. but in order, or in terms of more unique goals, that i specifically would seek to contribute to, i think that my experience in financing renewable energy projects, and i

would like to steer that over time to making sh you are that the sfpuc is also using the financial capabilities to support clean power, sf. and i have had a chance to work on the financing of renewable energy projects associated with several other ccas in california and i would like to make that an emphasis in my service. so thank you again for your time. >> what were the other ccas that you worked with? >> you know, i don't know if i can disclose that in this setting. because it was part of a transaction that has not been announced. >> okay, understood. >> but thank you. >> and i would speak about it in more generalities. >> so thank you. thank you. >> next speaker, mr. leshner? >> good morning, my name is robert and it is a pleasure to present before the board of supervisors and simply put i plan to be the resident bond

geek on the revenue bond oversight committee, my career in finance started while i was at discover bank, managing their interest rate policies, and the planning during the crisis of 2007, to 2009, and i managed 60 billion dollars of issuance and at that house scaning in their portfolio at that time. and i worked vigorously with consultants and regulators and including the federal reserve, and the treasury and the occ and the credit rating agencies during that time. i was the founder of the management business that advises 8 million of client investments. we have that firm made investments in the revenue bonds and i was the member of the committee that steered tho s decisions and did the planning and the modelling for our investments. and i was able to help our clients and individuals generate a return. >> and i'm a chartered financial analyst, and i'm a member of the san francisco charter financial

analyst society. and my skill set in that process, which is a multi year process of training was centered around the financial analysis and planning. and you know, simply put, i have always been a bond geek. and so the opportunity to the oversight of the bonds that we issue is appealing to me. i became interested in this issue two years ago, it was at the time that i had a small business, where it was located at 18th and fulsom and it was actually the victim of flooding during the rains of 2 years ago. and i had never really spent the time thinking about what the infrastructure meant, until i was able to experience it first hand. and you know, start to appreciate the hard work that goes into our infrastructure. my goal is simple, it is to increase the amount of

transparency, and i have always been a believer that more information leads to better policy and better decisions and increases the invest or confidence, and my goal is to have more hearings, and more information that is produced by the committee. with the ultimate aim of increasing the investor confidence in the issuance and decreasing the spreads that our bonds have been, and the future for the planned issuance, and idealy, we can save the city, money with good, financial oversight. >> great, thank you. >> and i don't think that i have heard bond geek used before. >> it is a technical term. >> and it is appropriate for the bond oversight committee. >> are there any other applicants mr. zachary, or nico that are here? so seeing none, let's close this part and open public comment. is there anyone that would like to speak on behalf of any of the applicants or for any reason? >> seeing none, public comment

is closed. >> so kol leez, we have seats, one and two. and there are two people that have spoken and two that are no the here. and i'm wondering if you have any thoughts on mr. cronin leshner or the two that are not here. >> i am happy to make a point to appoint, tim cronin to seat one and move to the committee report to the full board. and then i'm open to discussion for the other seats. >> okay. >> sure. >> does the committee know why the other members are not present? the other applicants? >> so i know that my staff reached out to both and we are not sure and --. >> are they still interested? >> you know --. >> mr. chair, i did receive correspondence from both applicants. barwid is not able to make it at the last minute and he had something come up.

and i am not sure what that is, mr. townsend is in sacramento right now for a meeting. >> okay. >> so, i'll move support, i think that robert leshner explained his strong finance background. being a chartered financial analyst. not only being a bond geek, but his experience with supporting small businesses and his work in the tech industry with a number of entities as well. and i think that he expressed strong interest in having attended the meetings from over two years ago, as well. and showing to me, serious interest in having strong bond oversight. and so, i would like to make the motion that we support mr mr. leshner for seat number two. >> a motion on it. >> right, and i understand. and supervisor, farrell, do you

have any thoughts on townsend? >> look, this guy, and i found it amazing. and so, i would be happy to support that guy. but i think that to the people that came and are very interested and obviously knowledgeable about what is going on here. >> i will second that motion, that is open. >> okay. >> so, there is a motion and a second on moving forward, tim cronin for seat one, and leshner for seat two and as a committee report for consideration on november first at the board of supervisor's meeting. >> it has been moved and seconded. could we do that without objection? >> yes. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> item four, hearing to consider, appointing four members, and there are four seats and nine applicants. >> thank you. and so, nine applicants for four seats. and a number of people that are here, and if anyone that would like to speak who is an applicant would like to come forward to tell us why you are interested in and qualified for the reentry council?

and remember our re appoiappoin as well, and if you could acknowledge your past work if you are a current sitting member of the council as well. >> good afternoon, i want to thank you for the ability to serve on the council and the ability to give back to a great city that i know that we are going to end up the catalyst for reentry. and i have dedicated my life --. >> your name? >> joseph calderon. >> i have dedicated my life to reentry, and i work for the transition network, which is a national network that helps to empower and educate men and women coming out of the federal system and the state system and the county system. and teaching them how to navigate, medically and socially, and meeting where they are at and seeing what their needs are, and addressing their social health and understanding that many of these men and women comes from community where it is an issue and i speak on that at

different i just came back from the 2016, reentry solution, where i was able to meet the head of the cdr, scott and just advocate for these people's needs. i know that the unique healthcare needs and their social needs. and i will continue to advocate for those needs. while serving on the reentry council, i have built, great relationships with federal probation, and state patrol, with the state patrol, and one of the founders of the peer reentry navigator network. which is a, and which was set up for men and women that are coming home after serving life terms to teach them how to network and if they don't know how to network, teach them and if they do, teach them how to network on this side of the fence and to teach them how to build social cap tom and understanding on how to come back and to be healthy and successful and have a place where they can speak and if they are going through any type of issues to help. >> and i have assisted the pact

meetings which disappeared, while ab 109 was processed and in the meetings i also helped organize, but i am also out of being a community, based organization and i am a resource for these men and women. and i also, in regards visit the state prison and i am a strong believer that the successful reentry does not start at the gate and so i have visited the valley state prison and i can continue to serve those both as a motivational speaker, and also as a resource. i remember the men and women, and me myself having a life sentence and doing 20 years, and i continue to go back because i want to inspire hope and inspire change as a san francisco reentry council member. i have developed great relationships with the san francisco adult probation. i have worked first hand with the adult probation and the reentry council, with building justice in san francisco that aaddresses racial and ethic

disparties in the criminal justice system and i have to plan and promote the meetings with the staff in the bay view, mission, tender loin, and the visitation valley and the western edition. and also personally facilitated the mission meetings, and the mission meeting under that, and one of my, i think that one of my proudest moments was recently at the last meeting. towards the end, we were going to discuss the different issues that men and women coming home were having. and knowing their healthcare needs and their social needs,vy seen that a lot of our men and women coming back from the state and federal system were not receiving mental health through san francisco department of public health and unknowingly, to the leaders of that denied based on, you can get the services from the feds. you can get the services from the state and so i made an issue of it for a future event, but lucky for me, someone from the craig murdock was in the audience and in a week or two he reached out to me and i was able

to set up a meeting and take care of that problem. and acknowledging that in advocating for them, we have brought them, if a man or a woman does not trust the system they are coming out of, or is interesting because of obama care, has insurance, i have made sure that i made sure that their rights would be respected. and on that note, it is noted that anyone from any of those systems can reach out to the department of public health for mental health services and they also set up a meeting for doctors who are the executive director for the transitions clinic network and myself to meet with all of the heads of everyone in the mental health system both to advocate one to get the mental health service and two for them to understand what services we provide if they need to send somebody to us. if reelected i would like, and i would like to continue to being he bold in defining the bearriers. and i want to continue to see what type of funding we may have around housing and developing more jobs. and when i say jobs, i say jobs

that will help this reentry population, reenter and be able to pay rent in san francisco. which is a difficult deed, for families that have two people working. i want to look at these communities that have been affected by the mass incarcerati incarceration, and i look state wide and to the city, what communities are based and what can we do with the reentry council with helping to give ideas and our concepts back to the board of supervisors around creating equity in those communities and the headquarters is in the bay view, and it was not placed there by accident. and the bay view has been heavily affected by the mass incarceration and i want to continue to keep my seat and work with the city leaders to address these issues. and if there is any questions, i would be more than happy to answer. >> i don't have a question, but more of a compliment. i don't know you as joseph calderon. >> yeah.

>> jt. and i just wanted to just pay you the highest compliment. i think that you are not only an advocate in person and on the street when you are interacting with people, but also on social media. you are always up lifting and positive and sometimes the journey through life can be really discouraging, particularly in the past that you have forged. and it is also inspiring for you to come back and share your story. and really share in a meaningful way to have you are touching people's lives, and inspiring them to also make a positive change to their families, and to the community. and to the entire world. and that is not easy work. >> and it is not glamorous work. and often times it can be even thankless, and so i want to say thank you and i am happy to support you and i continue to support you until you decide you want to move on and do something else. but it is just absolutely a breath of fresh air.

to see your continued commitment and interest in serving on the reentry council, but also serving the larger to the reentry population. >> yes, and thank you. >> thank you. and supervisor, cohen and i also, i didn't say anything, about what i think that reentry, ultimately is, because i define it as intervention and prevention as well. i have fallen in love with public health and i think that with the proper investment we will save money but more importantly save lives. i do work with multiple community based organizations united players, and buy back, and my first three years, i spent with mo magic and the magic zone with davis and the western edition, and i am now in the bay view and i will continue to work in the communities that have been affected by the mass incarceration and i hope that you guys decide to give me my seat back. thank you very much. >> thank you. i know that we have a number of other speakers, but i just wanted to acknowledge the nearly 20 years on the inside and the empathy, for people. but from what the letters of

support show, you're really focused not only on empowerment of individuals, but also systems change on the constitutional and systemic level of the prison industrial complex and people describe you as a fierce advocate and i think that you have shown that in your presentation, but thank you. >> next speaker? >> good morning, i'm ernest kirk wood and i am grateful and excited at the possible of being able to continue my work with the council and the stake holders. when i became a member of the council i was newly out from my second prison term, which one like the first term of nine years was a life sentence, my history puts me in a unique position of understanding the needs of former lifers as well as the needs of short termers, when i came out to walnut house, i learned that reentry is an ongoing process, not just a single event of being free to walk out of the jail house gates. one of the important aspects is

giving back to the community. and was glad to be a role model and a leader, because i have a passion for the work that i do, which is why i returned to college and became a cohort in the community and worker program and received my certification last year. it is very important that in i impress on you the need of reentry to start in the sa cell and not in the streets, and i go into the jail twice a week, promoting this concept to the men and women in custody. at my first meeting with the council, a gave a presentation that resulted in the reentry council, creating a resource team that went into solid and they had to do a seminar, and providing resource information, and sadly there was no follow up, and as a result, things never went any further than in the initial meeting. this shows that there needs to be commitment from the council and during the last nieft years that i spent in pris object, i realized need for a concrete, plan and not only for myself, but for the inmate population,

and the freedom requires, preparation and i found to balance the reactivity group, and aka, fray when i started to with the presumption and in order to make this and the commitments and the determination and the plan and the first term as the appointee, will be spent, actively looking and networking and being educated to the process i committed myself to. my second term was to practical application of the things learned in my first term, i feel the council needs to be serious about providing the structure for reentry that is viable, accessible and sustain able. and after years of being inactive, the reentry, excuse me, the reentry subcommittees were react vated after the appointment and it has been pleasure to serve as the chairman of the support and the subcommittee from that point to present, i participated in many events, related to the council during my tenure, i was the speaker in the graduation of

january of this year, i spoke on change and my journey from prisoner to role model. miep presentation was well veefd and published in the entirety in the february, edition of the san francisco sheriff's department, newsletter. i was given the opportunity to be an active participant in the community meetings, regarding the information released by the burns report, on ethic and racial disparities in the criminal justice system in san francisco san francisco. and i can continue to be active in the follow up review process. >> through the council, i connected with the arch diocese of san francisco and together we plan and brought the foolish in the three fares, which provided the resources to men and women. maf gating the reentry maze and finding a home are the two major challenges faced by former prisoners. and there has to be affordable housing and i would like to see the reentry council make it a top priority and come forthwith the i am mri menable policy that

afirms, housing. and another thing that i would like to see the council accomplish is the expansion of the hard copy resource manual to the interactive on-line website. and while it is true that the hard copies are a crucial component in the prisoner exit plans, families and friends of people exiting the jail or the prison as well as the individuals themselves, sh you had have access to a website that can guide them and show them the best way to access reentry resources in san francisco. also, i look to ward to the continued work with tennessee on the offering of a more nutritious menu, and the jail, in order to bring about a reduction in obesity and related illnesses among the population in custody. in partnership, with julio and the arch diocese, we are planning a dinner for the families of prisoners. but potentially to be held in january as part of the dedication to the service and the arch diocese will donate,

$10 noushgs noushgs to the events and we would like to see the council support this by providing matching funds. it is an honor, a privilege and truly a blessing to serve my community. and my city, as a council member and to make use of my experience in a positive and productive manner. >> are there any questions? >> no, that is a thorough presentation. >> yeah, and from all of the letters of support to the college and to the public defender and the legal services for the prisoners with children, what an amazing teacher you are, but thank you, thank you to your service and willingness to continue. >> my pleasure. thank you. >> and next speaker? >> miss coleman. >> good morning, supervisors. i'm angela coleman and i am new on the council and i just would

love to con, i was just here and i don't know if i want to bore you with my story again, since i was just here, hoping that you guys kind of remember. i can talk about what i have been doing while i am on the council. >> yes, please. >> first i want to thank you for my appointment, earlier this year, and it has been an honor and a privilege to serve as a board appointee on the reentry council for this city and council of san francisco. i have been attending the subcommittee support and opportunities meetings. to learn how to better serve the incarcerated and formally incarcerated populations. and this has been a great opportunity for me to learn more about the criminal justice system. and with a sharing help.

we have had the meeting with the sheriff, where we have voiced our concerns with to be in the county jail and we need the women reentry service and i do go in every monday to the sisters program and i support the women there with reentry support. but we don't have the reentry in others, we do have reentry service with the men. we have the bro bz with the people having someone to go and being released in business hours, i remember that when i was in custody, the night does not, it does not feel good.

and most were up to no good and you get peld into that behavior. >> and we have had meetings with the department of p public health and we had discussions about the mental health issues inside and outside of jail. and what resources are available to who. we discussed the referral for the proposal that they were going to submit and they would like for the board members to be a part of that. i have been involved in facilitating the justice in the tender loin and in the western

edition. >> i'm learning how the criminal justice system works and doesn't work for the incarcerated population barriers that the people face, the injustices, the disparities that plague our communities. and i'm learning some way that we can be instrumental in resolve. >> this position is not always comfortable. but it gives me a path to heal, learn and grow. and in addition to my application, from february, i am a facilitator of the emotional emancipation circle for the people of african, ancestry to learn to heal and over time the light of white superiority, and the black insubpoena purchase orty, and the process was ated

by the community, healing net i don't recollect and the association of the black psychologies with the collar ration for the california institute for behavior health solutions. if i can remain or voted in for to continue, i would like for the next two years for the reentry council to focus on way that we can support the formally incarcerated population, with the more employment opportunities and the other services with housing on the forefront. and put it in criminalizing homelessness with all of the citations that the law enforcement issues. and i think that we need a daytime shelters for people that are homeless, and that are employed. and people that do seek employment.

and in five years, my dream is to open and run a residential reentry facility, and i have support as we speak on that, on my endeavor. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> and just because super farrell was not here when you presented earlier this year. but thank you for your dozens of years of service within the glide, church family. and the letters of support from reverend williams, to others in your file, is very impressive. and your service as a sitting member of the council. and i did want to say that i hope that your dream of building an exit and reentry facility is accomplished. and i wanted to thank you also for the representing of not only the fillmore, and the bay view, but also day, as you mentioned in the application and to work

in the tender loin, that you talked about for many, many years, with glide, but thank you. >> thank you. >> our next speaker? >> and miss coleman application is for seat number two, with a focus on exiting the system seat number one, that mr. caleron is seeking to be reappointed to is really a san francisco and california and u.s. inner section. and also, self-identifying as a survivor of violence. and i think that as we move forward, mr. kirk wood seeking reappointment to either one or seat number four, which is seat number four, actually was held by kimberli courtny and a former inmate for the u.s. bureau of facility and must also have served multiple terms of incars rage. and so the next speaker?

>> my mame is kimberli courtny, and i am reapplying for seat number four, as a formally incarcerated person in both the county and state. i qualify for this seat because i have done reentry myself. and you know, went through and found the resources that are in he is for me to change my life. and during that time, i had the opportunity to start doing the work. and working with clients that were formally incarcerated. i actually started at a resource center in the bay view, where i was able to work with the victims of violent crime. and then i look back over my path and it is just ten years that i have been blessed. and i currently hold the position in the custody with the charter school that i have been doing for over i think eight

years now. and i'm a reentry coordinator and so i work at ground zero for the clients that are needing reentry services. anybody in the charters that want the reentry help would come through me. and you know, we figure out the plan that works best for them. i go out and find the resources, i help them actually get the resources, and attack the resources themselves. and you know, and hopefully get them into treatment. and get them the support that they need on the outside. i feel privileged to be able to do this work. i am very happy about it. i feel like i lived my whole life for a job that makes me feel the way that this one does. good days for me would be taking someone to city college and res centeri registering for school, and following them through three counties and still successfully getting them into treatment. i ask to be reappointed to this seat. and this is a huge part of my

job. and i love the work that i do. so, that's it for me. >> thank you. >> and thank you, for helping to build keys as a national model of restorative justice, and real education that is so meaningful for people's lives but thank you. >> you're welcome. >> so i see that mr. kirk wood had been on seat number three. which requires a person appointee to be released from custody, within two years of his or her appointment and my understanding is that because two years have or longer than two years, that he cannot continue on seat number three. so that is my understanding from reading through the requirements of this various seats. >> is that right, mr. evans? so we have several, incumbents including mr. kirk wood, but he had been in seat number three, but he has to vacate it for the required reasons and he can

seeking appointment for seat number one, when there calderon or seat number, for which miss courtny is sitting in. >> that is correct, mr. chair. >> next speaker. >> hello, supervisors farrell, mar and cohen. my name is james lowden and i am applying for seat number three, on the reentry council. i am fairly new to san francisco. i have been here since october of 2014. and i patrolled after serving a life sentence, 26 and a half years in the california, prison system and i was able to navigate my wal through and i patrolled to the go, reentry program, in the tender loin and i start there had from ground zero. and i got involved with the leadership academy, through the adult probation department and springing my skill sets as a facilitator for anger management and recovery dynamics and i was able to work with them to developing the workshops for people coming out of prisons, or

jails, or institutions. workshops such as resume, building and the public speaking skills. and things that are going to them to reenter into the society, and i am a student at san francisco, state university and i recently graduated from the city college. with the associate's degree in social and behavior science. so i was able to accomplish that within one year. and now, i work with -- i mentor, and i personally, believe that i'm all for reentry. and i want to bring my skills and my experience and my knowledge to the council. to be of service of san francisco, to help successful reentry from the people coming out of prisons. but i personally believe that the reentry starts with the youth and so i mentor the youth that i have met through the city college in the 20-year-olds and to be there for them and to kind of just have someone that they can trust and talk to. because, i believe that reentry starts before eliminate reentry, so that the people don't have to go through the system.

and i would like to open up the request ez for you. if you have any questions for me. >> i don't have any questions. >> thank you, mr. lowden. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> mr. farrell, mr. mar, mrs. cohen. my name is marvin mutch. i was released from california department of corrections and rehab in february. after serving 41 years in prison. on a seven to life sentence. and i entered the department of corrections in 1975. i joined the prisoner's union. was active in the prisoner's union for the first three years when in 1977 we took that platform and created the advisory council, which is in all 33 prisons. and at its height, and amended the advice i council, and collected the grievances of the prisoners in california, and we

penned legislation, and recommendations for legislation and conditions that help to change the conditions, and of course, food and healthcare. during the course of time in prison, i spent a lot of time in the library. in the legal stacks and i became a paralegal. and most of my time was spent helping other prisoners petition for and trying to change the culture inside the department of corrections. and advocating for programs, and improvements in the rehab taive process. and it became a big battle in the 90s and there was a lot of c casualties as far as the support goes, the people left and the support went outside of the prison system. and so we had a bleak time and however i am here now today. and mainly because, as soon as i got out of prison, i came here

and i spoke it. and the reentry council, at two weeks out of prison i was here. and so i have been volunteering with the policies subcommittee, and awaiting the chance to get on this committee. and one of my goals is to see the establishment of the sentencing commission in california, that will look at the laws, and was going on in the sentencing and the patrol process, and the board process in particular. my expertise lies in through which seat were you seeking appointment to? >> actually, it looks like number three. >> i was not sure what was open, so i put one through four, but i'm looking at, because i have only been out seven months. >> so i am recently patrolled from a california prison. >> okay. >> and i believe that qualifies me there. >> so, i would like to see some examination going forward of the

patrol lives as well. i was supposed to go back to the county, when i went to geo and i was done with the program and i got myself a position in san francisco. and it happens to be a san francisco address. and right down the street from mr. calderon. and so i could stay here, and i would like to see the san francisco patrol process cloned, across the state and there are very, and this is probably the most aggressive patrol system in the state of california. and there is a lot of programs that i think would flourish in other counties. and so as part of the reentry council, i think that we could go a long ways as having spokesperson who could talk about the propolicies in san francisco and advocate them to other counties. and aside from that, i would like to see the reentry council get involve with the reentry

houses themselves and to help the men and women who are coming out of the prison system tailoring some of these programs for the lifers, perspective and coming to these reentry houses and in san francisco, or any place, in california, and that has been boilerplated for a short term drug offenders and people who have been in prison a short time. and you have the men and women coming out who have done decades in prison and have done thousands of groups and been through all of the programs and in fact they created the programs and facilitated them and they come back out as a very crucial time in their life. and they need to have a pathway to smooth transition, in to normalcy, and instead, and a lot of cases they are being held up and being required to go to groups, which they have already done. and black out periods, and other things that happened, and some of the houses that i think that are getting in the way of people's reentry. and we have a large content gen

of lifer coming out, these men are well trained, well educated have certificates and have degrees, and with the realignment, coming full face, to the county, the 91,000 technical that were going through the department of corrections every year are now going through the county yalz and those men and women are required to have programs when they come out to support them from the county jails, and most of the counties in california, have not experienced the need to have these type of programs in place, like the state did. and with my experience at the anti-recidivism coalition, and the network and the alliance for change and the life support alliance and some of the other organizations that i have been working with, and i think that we need to get some of the people coming out with the experience and offer them to the county. and to help to set up the programs. and i think that it would be very, and it would be syet