any public comment? >> no public comment requests for this item. >> can we go on to the next item? >> sure item 8 is other business. >> commissioners other items that you may wish to bring up at this point and time? if not i would just note and i know we sometimes merge this but on our calendar we were looking at the community programs and the director and i were suggesting that we actually consider going to the sunnyvale who had a wellness project and programs out in that area. >> oh sure. >> so we are open to your suggestions also but that's what we're looking at at this point and trying to find the right timing and we have a site out there already. >> wonderful, and commissioner i was waiting for the elections to occur as to once that happens to deal with the president and vice president on dates and trying to hone that down but i will take the suggestion to

talk to director garcia. >> okay. notice -- no problem and going to a community each year that this has been our latest thought that sunnydale must be an appropriate place to go to so we are accepting any commissioners and their ideas and that would be fine. commissioner loyce. >> yeah. not so much an idea. i wanted to express i went to the event at the castro 38 last night and commissioner chung is in the movie and next week and san francisco state students if you want to know about san francisco's lgbt transgender community and the

commissioners are in the movie and good to get the historical perspective. >> very good. i didn't get the dates but what station. >> abc and it begins next monday from nine to 11. >> okay wonderful. all right. we're on to our next item i think. >> i will note there is no public comment on item 8. next is the update on the laguna honda hospital jc. commissioner sanchez. >> great. we had the meeting at laguna honda and calendared as close session and reviewed matter et cetera including medical certification and placement. there was a vote taken pertaining to the medical staffing and that's all we have to report because it was a closed session. >> okay. thank you. next item please.

>> item 10 is committee agenda setting. >> okay. so further committee agenda setting if anybody wishes but we would note that elections for officers are officially scheduled by our bylaws on -- >> march 21. >> march 21. just for the record. any further comments on any the calendar or other items? if not then we can move on to the next item. >> yes, consideration for adjournment. >> oh a motion for adjournment is in order. >> so moved. >> i heard a motion and a second. all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> all opposed? this meeting is now adjourned. thank you. [gavel]

>> good afternoon the meeting will come to order welcome to the wednesday, february 22, 2017, of the rules committee i'm supervisor safai chair of the

committee to my right is vice chair supervisor fewer and to my right is rules committee member supervisor yee and he's on his way our collective a derrick evans and thank you jesse larson and mark for staffing this meeting mr. clerk, any announcements? >> eating and drinking is not permitted in the gallery my documents should be submitted to the clerk items will be on the board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you mr. clerk please call the first item number one a hearing to consider pointing out the members we're in resident of the poll from the clerk of the board which supervisor fewer expressed interest all other supervisors

declined the 143 corbett avenue to be appointed. >> thank you, madam clerk supervisor fewer would you like to say a few words or straight to public comment. >> straight to public comment. >> okay. i guess mr. clerk can i make a motion to recuse supervisor fewer without a second. >> yes. a few public comments first and then. >> okay. thank you. >> let's hear from public comment any public comment on this item? members of the public have two minutes state our first and last name speak directly into the microphone leave a copy for the official file we we call public comment file to the left and call you in order. >> seeing no members of the public who wish to testify on this item we'll go straight to making a motion to recuse

supervisor fewer. >> question. mr. chair we're waiting for supervisor yee and we'll losses quorum. >> that's why i was asking we'll hold off and- can we skip that item and go to item number two supervisor fewer. >> mr. clerk we'll return to item number one when supervisor yee is back. >> item number 2 a motion approving or rejecting ben bleiman to the entertainment commission july 21st, 2018. >> thank you, mr. speaker, colleagues, we have the mayor's appointment on the entertainment commission welcomeblast ben bleiman did i say that right. >> would you, please address the committee and speak on your qualifications and i thank you for the opportunity to come

before the committee for entertainment commission commissioner, i feel like my experience as a business owner in san francisco and my advocacy on behalf of the night life in san francisco for the last 5 or 6 years gives me the ideal qualification agency a business owner i have owned 8 and 10 bars and restaurant in san francisco and a busy events company that puts on full-scale prouksz with musical events through the experience i have developed intimate knowledge with working with the neighbors and the local community to make sure our night life business is done responsibly and successfully if i had to boil down my philosophical on san francisco

night life i would put it i stand for responsible educational and affordable night life for residents of san francisco and visitors that means didn't mean that every night life establishment is correct for every single neighborhood whether it is a jazz club in the avenues or something a thumping night life in the south of market each area has its own flavor and needs to be take into account when making decisions around that. >> as on my advocacy side i've been the chairman of the called culture association that is the main trade organization that represents bars and restaurant and music festivals and music venues through the experience i've worked with supervisors across the aisle whether on the

left to pass meaningful legislation in san francisco and some of my main favorite scott wiener's school board members have been i spearheaded a petition to support sxooepdz petition that gardened 4 hundred signatures and used as a main piece in her argument for passing that legislation and i also structural in helping to write and navigate the passage of 10 b a complicated subject that had kind of tortured the night life advocates for decades we were able to pass a meaningful reform are that working with supervisor campos and supervisor farrell together as well as the poa and the police chief so all the experiences i've had taught me

how to advocate for responsible needle in the haystack in san francisco and my experience as a business owner to successfully operate night life establishments in san francisco. >> again, thank you ben bleiman colleagues any questions for ben bleiman. >> supervisor fewer. >> no questions. >> okay seeing none, i will ask a question i know you talked about supervisor president london breed's legislation how has that impacted our industry sew it's the first of its kind in the world a landmark not as a city but the world nightclubs and music venues have been in areas of low population density that's why they were there not to bother the

neighbors, etc. with the hemorrhaging in san francisco and the boom even if residents move on all of a sudden and saw the areas with major areas of development the issue at hand people will tour a condo next to an existing club and turned off on wednesday afternoon they buy the million dollars plus condo and on they're first night they hear the music coming from next door business as usual inform a night life waiting to get in, etc. and having serious issues this legislation protected not an incredible amount but major venues in san francisco to protect them from developers moving in and not informing the residents moving of the facility issues with the night life nearby and so how it did that it

required the developers to inform residents ahead of time in writing of the appearance of a night life establishment and that went a huge way towards allowing the two important things residents and night life to co-exist peacefully it is hard to understate figuratively and actually gray. >> i have one more question he know a lot of the work on the entertainment commission is about preserving existing night life and preserving venues but if you can speak a little bit about our thoughts about potentially expanding into areas of the city that modesty not have that economic make up that. >> it is important night life in san francisco is more expensive to do business and anymore expensive for the

customers on the customers does the one way we can help to mitigate that and the effect of rising expense of doing business filet mignon is a thing for the wealthy and not for everyone else that he can't afford a drink or ticket price, etc. this is to expand night time and not necessarily allow clubs but extend night life offering to neighborhoods that don't have them like the live music permit for jazz or bluegrass or other offering not to crazy but the diversification is the amount of initially there will be affordable options it is a main point by will hope to stress as a commissioner. >> as a part of light city representing a part of the city

that is definitely underserved by night life and opportunities of such that is something that is important to me as a supervisor and member of the committee thank you for take into consideration colleagues any more questions and supervisor yee. >> let me follow-up supervisor safais question so in reverse i guess whether this is new developed built in traditionally not night life areas you know their complaining when the night life was there already i guess wasn't i'll concerned about it from you're thinking this you should expand into the other areas or people at home want a home that is quiet and the not put night life there.

>> yeah. >> and the people that run operate those things can't say well, what are they complaining about. >> there are two points night life a huge category and to me it means you know quiet jazz or acoustical music up to the premier nightclubs in the city i don't think that nightclubs should be in every neighborhood and not right for every street and community; right? it has to be done carefully and the other thing there's a fundamental difference between a place it existed peacefully and operated responsibly for years or decades and a new place that is moving on where people are already living peacefully this is a transmission between the two

things and you need to take a case by case and from the local community for example, in supervisor district 11 will embrace new opportunity not looking at for new night life activities we that need to work with those communities. >> thank you. >> any other questions oh, supervisor fewer. >> thank you. i have one question what are your thoughts on the entertainment business. >> did you say rationale racially. >> this is bigger than the entertainment commission but i think that prioritizing diverse racially and socioeconomic and, etc. is key and really helping

smaller maybe groups that don't have access to incredible amounts of wealth as others do to navigate and on the night life places and working with each neighborhood specifically and if we're in one neighborhood in chinatown they'll want a totally different offering of night life for the residents in chinatown than soma or north beach, etc. so i think that is treeing to support each community to bring more night life to as they see fit to they're residents. >> i notice that actually, the businesses that are own are all businesses that actually have a liquor license; is that correct? >> yes. >> and you serve ages over 21. >> they have the licenses that means technologically we can lie

people under 21 in they're not allowed to drink alcohol for the record but traditionally we'll let them in on off nights and off times but put a door person on to card everyone at a certain time when it gets busy. >> how long have you owned the entertainment center. >> my first bar was in 2008, in september we owned he 10 and bought and sold a few we're down to 5 in san francisco. >> okay. i see concentrating in the mission. >> we specialize in neighborhoods bars and taverns and restaurants we try to serve the immediate community not our some kind of a designation people travel so we've been kind of opportunistic we owned places

in union street and divisadero and policies and russian hill in the mission. >> okay. thank you. >> colleagues any other questions for him seeing none, any members of the public wants to testify on this item seeing oh, state your name. >> my name is audrey joseph i'm the retiring commissioner for for the seat ben bleiman is going for and i was the last remaining founding commissioners of the san francisco entertainment commission and to me the person that replaces me has to have two distinct qualifications one in operations and procedures where you really know how a business should operate and operating safely and

is anly and to know sound sound is a huge issue at the entertainment commission to know sound not that you can't do it but offer some restrictions that will help you have sound and yet not possibly disturb the neighbors like what you do with our base or high-end in my research the ben bleiman his knowledge is knows how to handle staff and customers and keep the venues clean and up to code and a unique knowledge of sound those are important for me the other thing that is important is advocacy so advocacy for the industry as an industry rep that is your job and the entertainment commission is a 7 member body is includes neighborhood representatives

public health urban planning the police and the industry and so it is important that he be able to advocate so for the industry he is the chairman of cpmc and industry organization and the founding mechanic of the bar alliance i think that he will be a great advocate for his industry thank you very much. >> thank you so much any public comment on this item? would like to comment seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues any additional comments or questions seeing none, i need to make a motion and an amendment since no other seeing no other names on the roster, amend this on lines 8 and 9 to qualify that appointments was received by the clerk and lines 3 and 14 we approved the mayors appointment of ben bleiman to

the entertainment commission and further recommend if possible we i make a motion to send it to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> chair i would hike to log my vote no recommendation. >> wale call roll call vote to send this item forward as amended supervisor fewer no recommendation. >> no supervisor yee no recommendation okay seeing and - i'm sorry mr. chair on the motion to send this forward without recommendations or clarification with a positive recommendation. >> excuse me - >> the initial motion to i make a motion to send it to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> we're going to call roll so i guess that will be no. >> okay supervisor fewer and supervisor yee have responded no supervisor safai.

>> yes. >> i two nos and supervisor fewer and supervisor yee in december sent to. >> colleagues, can i have a new motion. >> yes. i make a motion to i make a motion to send it to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> with no representation. >> to send without supervisor fewer yes. >> supervisor yee i supervisor safai no we have two i's with one no supervisor safai that item passes. >> mr. clerk back to item number one please. item number one has been called mr. chair and we've taken public comment on this item okay so colleagues, can we have a motion to excuse supervisor fewer. >> i'll move that thank you so commissioner fewer your

commissioner crews schmoozed *- we've closed public comment so. >> i'll make a motion to pass with a positive recommendation to the full board. >> without objection supervisor fewer can b.a. contact in the room; is that correct. >> congratulations commissioner murphy call item 3. >> excuse me - mr. chair would you like to call items 3 to 6. >> yes. >> items 3 through 6 are motions approving or rejecting the mayors nominees for aaron hyland

diane matsuda and jonathan pearlman to the historic preservation. >> thank you clockwork the mayors appointment to the mayors historic preservation commission welcome commissioners any in the room today okay. great. >> would you, please speak on your qualifications one at a time start with aaron hyland great. >> thank you, supervisors supervisor safai and good afternoon supervisor fewer and supervisor yee i'm pleased to be here and especially honored to have the mayor's frustrate and support i'm an architect and have been in san francisco for 25 years in the castro with my partner of 17 years and spent my career making significant buildings and sites relative. the future historic places are memories their anchors to the

neighborhoods and community and they frame and define our sense of place for me preservation is not about freezing plaza of time but identifying and celebrating what makes the places approximately at the same time have creative solution for change and temporary uses it is not about keeping everything but keeping what is important my time on the hpc has been regarding we expected as an architect on the architectural review committee and representative of the hpc along with my fellow commissioners jefferson city for the waterfront plan more significantly i've enjoyed the work with the cultural hemorrhaging that commissioner mazzucco eye and i we're inspired by the policies for san

francisco living history strategies for conserving culture assets and about that at the same time the san francisco legacy businesses was created in supervisor campos leadership the following november prop j passed with the establishment of historic preservation fund it is the first city in the country to do this past year one and 59 businesses were nominated and heard by the historic preservation commission and 51 received funding we've learned a lot in the past year and look forward to improving the process and capturing those stories if in more meaningful way i can continue with the other accomplishments and things we've undertaken you but want to respect our time i look forward to continuing this journey and honored to serve i thank you, again. and hope to have your

support on this i'm available to answer any questions >> colleagues any questions for aaron hyland. >> seeing none, if we can call up the jonathan pearlman. >> good afternoon, supervisors. >> thank you for your consideration you're consideration of my remeantime to the historic preservation commission it is shocking that 4 years have passed i stood in front of the rules committee i know that a few years ago there was some in the preservation community was weary about my becoming a member i hope i've demonstrating my unwavering commitment preservation is not a sign what to keep and let go of is a tricky dance and with the change

the social pressures and the sheer volume of buildings that disascertainment is important my participation as a member of the historic preservation commission in the ongoing discussions has been regarding i believe my small contribution is valuable in preserving san francisco we know of history is only revealed by the those who create it but participate to see how in to we don't rely on the buildings to define the history but supergreen in between the stories to preserve a memory as a grounding for to prepare all of us for the future i come from a building background i'm an architect and a historian i was trained on buildings who was the architect and what is the style and place of history but obviously there is so much more to the history why was that building built did it represent

a culture or a backdrop all of the attributes are up for consideration as our work perhaps the most important participation has been hearing the personal and inanimate stories and the preservation business owners and patrons come to the hpc to tell their stories are how or what we do or the place they shop and eat their families and community many of the stories have brought me to tears about the expires and american dreamers that shape san francisco our great buildings with the concrete i am of our city those people and their businesses are fabric of the city on the building side i think my most important contribution is as mechanic of

architectural review committee along with aaron hyland designing the buildings to fit with the urban fabric in this date process with the potholes addressed as opposed to to a doctor or last year we're remind of the planners and appreciate by bringing the projects at an early stage of design we can offer advise on ways that a new building what better we've into the pattern, of course, the city didn't stand still having a group like the arc and that's critical to shaping the future of our city in my professional life i'm proud of having completed the renovation of the bank over on market and jones street and having the honor to be a she said of that process currently

i'm in - i'm working on the alexander theatre to bring that back to a 14 or 15 quiet time the theatre building will be turning pools and classes and evening community event that will preserve the exterior of the building as well as the interior having begun in 2004 for the evaluations with the residential building in the back on 18th street avenue currently under construction i'm hoping to see this completion sometime in my lifetime one last thing i'll mention the comradery i feel with my commissioners and the planning preservation staff there's been a gray sense of respect for each other's point of view and a commitment of all of us to do

the right thing to get the whole of the city turning i hope to continue to be part of the tour as a member of the historic preservation commission thank you for your time and consideration. >> thank you colleagues any questions. >> supervisor yee. >> well, maybe is there someone from the commission staff? no? can you answer this question i'll ask - in regards to the meetings for the last year have you made most of them >> my record i think in 4 years i think i've missed two two or 3 at the most but get to every meeting. >> and jonathan pearlman oh, aaron hyland can you come up and answer that question and the

next few speakers the same questions. >> aaron hyland i think i may have missed two or three meeting. >> any other questions for jonathan pearlman thank you for coming back and any other questions seeing none, we can have ellen johnck. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is ellen johnck a 50-year resident of san francisco i've been honored to sit in the preservation position professional position for the last 4 years it's been a rewarding and transitionally stimulating position to be in my credentials for this position

are you. a registered professional archeologist and rp a though i have a business license in san francisco and consulting practice and my business name is ellen johnck comma rp a a registered archeologist a registry where the qualifications are you must be authorized by the secretary of interior to practice archaeology and be responsible for reviewing changes to the

historical buildings and landscape a host of components in our world and in our society and so my consulting practice expanded beyond myville practice to include archaeology that includes being hired by folks that are in the business of either altering buildings or improving buildings or culture landscape i'm involved in documenting the sites around the community and up and down the line and with our heritage and tribal cultural laws that involves a lot of responsibility for compliance with the california california environmental quality act and several other laws an commissioner moore a university of california, san francisco and teach a course on landscape that's my speciality the

business of being a commissioner is not just a guardian of heritage in san francisco recognizing that change has to happen but change is going to happen make sure that our heritage and history is carried forward with integrity with the chances we make as i say to conclude i welcome our support and being reappointed to the historic

preservation commission i grew up in the outer richmond and educated from lafayette to

presidio to george washington high school and i have a law degree but in intensive status and my credentials for the preservation started when i was working for the state of california and ran a grant program to ask the california community to create programs to equate people about the japanese-american experience before and during world war ii i was appointed to be the chief executive officer for the california culture and historical endowment we promoted and recognized underrepresented and unrecognized communities i feel after that i missed san francisco so that i came back 8 years ago and worked for a small nonprofit organization to help foster youth

current you foster youth and homeless youth and at the same time was appointed to the city and county hpc my involvement with is i have primarily been in japantown living there foreclose to 20 years pretty involved in activities that exist there but feel my work on the historic preservation commission has been with the culture heritage where commissioner honda and we're proud to be vocal supporters of program we hope to continue to

promote over the last this -

i've been on the commission for two terms i think i missed one to two meetings per year and last year, i did miss two meetings in november because i went on a pilgrim. >> colleagues any questions for diane matsuda. >> we'll move to see if my public comment that wants to comment on any of the items please line up to the left. >> good afternoon ray hart for san francisco open government. i reviewed all the posted on the board of supervisors websites relating potential appointees i also did further research to look at the credentials and find them to be well qualified to serve on the historic preservation commission it is one in my opinion of the most important commissioners concussions 2 to 3 the city short avenue tragic incident library the 1906 san francisco earthquake he history didn't disappear at one scope in - in my 19 years watched the cities er varies neighborhood go into things not recognition i live in hawaii for 25 years before coming here and watched the island of hawaii change that when people ask me when you go to hawaii i tell them don't go do away hocking huh-uh if you want to see that i suggest you

go to the big island got an idea of hawaii it beyond to its territorial status and back in history so guarding the neighborhoods of insuring that changes that are made are done with a dictatecy

that allows buildings and institutions that have been

pilars of the society can remain intact is an important and critical job i believe all the candidates make that effort. >> okay. next person. >> good afternoon, commissioners we're the city's leading advocacy and education - as have an articulate and thoughtful group of commissioners seeking reand in expertise on the commission i've witnessed over several years that is apparent and their level of engagement and thoughtfulness in deliberations in the leadership and support san francisco is leading the nation in developing new policies to recognize and support the city leasing e legacy businesses and currently significant resources on behalf of the heritage i'm happy to support each of higher appointments without reservation thank you. >> thank you. any other members of the public seeing none, public comment is closed. >> any additional comments colleagues supervisor yee. >> first of all, i want to thank all 4 candidates for replying spoken to several of them before i think they're well qualified people i want to let the public know that i asked a question about attendance as simple when i was serving on the rules committee several years or years it took awhile we realized that many people serving on commissions and . >> it is a basic question and i'll ask it is important for me

to know you're going to the meetings i fully support all 4. >> thank you supervisor fewer yes, thank you chair i wanted to say that i - i met mr. pearlman but want to agree with some of the speakers said this is an important commission i feel like this commission the guardian of our city and san francisco heritage and where we go and that we don't forget i our history is here but also that institutions that house many are institutions i was fortunate to be raised as san franciscan we'll use sort of worship in san francisco an important city not only does the california and san

franciscans but to the united states and people that come here see the history we have and what a grand history we've had so thank you very much for serving on the committee and the commission i am in agreement with i building that all appointments are good appointment to the commission thank you. >> and doesn't the to the commission i'd like to echo some of the things that my colleagues have said that so many - what makes a city great is often it's architecture the value of city and how it treats the architecture in terms of the culture assets and history i agree that is think important commission and very, very happy about your dedication all 4 of you and what you provided to san francisco so we appreciate - colleagues can you entertain a motion or make a motion. >> go ahead. >> supervisor yee. >> i approve all four

candidates. >> second. >> i'd like to amend items 4 to 6 to approve the mayor's appointments to the historic preservation commission a friendly amendment to supervisor yee. >> park merced. >> seeing no objections those items are approved i make a motion to send it to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> autopsy mr. clerk next item. >> 7 to consider appointing one member to the 6 year term ending 2023 to the ethnic commissions. >> as the clerk said two applicants for the ethics commission first quentin kopp.

>> thank you, mr. chair and supervisor yee i do apply for reappointment to the ethics commission having been reappointed to this last year and taking the oath september 6th in these very chambers and other aspects of my life i suppose i should add been a san franciscan since discharged from the united states air force after the korean war i thinking about my activities as a legislature particularly relevant to the duties members

of the ethics commission and i began in 1972 as a member of the board of supervisors with a charter amendment that created for the first one a collection of interest provision in the charter of 1932 as amended. >> i was reminded by larry bush introduced the first bill to- in san francisco city elections there have been one precedent for it and in the city of san diego bill resulted agency a matter of comparison

and spending in 1975 supervisorial campaigns on a citywide basis of $46,000 and one and $208,000 for mayor - throughout the state and the united states in the state senate at the

suggestion and with the yes, ma'am it's of publisher of the then san francisco bay guardian bruce the california newspaper publishers association and society of journalist i introduced a large bill that had the effect of being the first change and revision of the then brown open act that was impacted in 1953 my co-author in the assembly was the honorable john l berkman of that bill which had opposition much opposition and was passed by both houses and then signed by governor pete willingly and introduced a bill which revised

the public records act of the state of california in the government code in the state of california and that endeavor resulted in an engagement after a signature by the then governor i've devoted myself to the suggestion which are within the responsibility of the san francisco ethics commission throughout my elected public office career as indicated i served as a trial court judge for approximately 10 years, i'm a reinstated member of the state bar of california after having been in active with 10 years as a superior court judge

i have been impressed by progress of the ethics commission which was the subject in 2014 of a critical civil grand jury report i'm pleased by the fact that the backlog of unacted upon complaints has decreased by at least 50 percent in the 5 months i have participated in meetings of the ethics commission your information there was a numerous backlog much of which was attributableal to requests of district attorney for the some respect for the zoo to suspected the investigation of complaint and those requests

were honored by the prior administration of the ethics commission resulting in complaints for 3 years and two years at least 18 months old never acted upon i'm pleased that we adopted and in a meeting last month, a policy that henceforth, after 90 days of spuntd an investigation at the request of the district attorney and the da we resume our investigation and conclude action on others matter whether this is dismissal or action involving the penalties of one sort of or another i reapply or applied for reappointment not just to

provide the diversity of this to the commission but because as long as i'm able and not only mentally and file number i consider it my civic responsibility and i appreciate very much the comment made last friday by supervisor yee and the chinatown chinese new year lunch i look forward to serving a fixed term with ethics commission and colleagues we'll call up the next person and if we have questions we'll take questions after that

>> hi, thank you so much for the opportunity to speak before you about my interests in strengthening and serving the people of san francisco on the ethics commission as a commissioner, i will uphold san francisco commitments with the financing system and look at each matters and without prejudice my 20 years of experience in business in nonprofit management requires the leadership ability to hold multiple points of view at the same time i had to consider the long term and short time mrpgs with the urban intended consequences i spent 12 years as a ceo with an industrial company in southern california turning around the organization in a local market and lucrative sale to an employer i have 15 hundred

customers and 13 trucks on the road and worked with aclu and the tooermz i have those challenged to get the information to emphasize and prioritize quickly i gain invaluable tools making sound decisions i was selected to partner in a groundbreaking environmental pilot project for industry best practices i negotiated a successful sale to the air march securing they'll hire 85 percent of my clez employees they - i couldn't leave the staff without an option my financial best interest to choose the higher offer but not at the experience of my employees i choose to work with my employees and it was the

right thing to do in addition i spent 15 years in nonprofit management advocating for women in a hospital and as a executive director of an i'd process through my feet i gained skills with critical issues with no obvious right answer that prepared me for the complicated of ethics commission my passion for government and ethics reform where for i served on the directors common causes and non-partisan and grassroots organizations that were to strengthen the public participation and insure that public officials and institutions are accountable and responsible to our city any time has given me ground i know that will say invaluable on the

commission i'll spend san francisco ethics laws to make sure they're effective with my years of experience in business and nonprofit organizations and environmental sustainability and policy my goal to bring an ethical approach insuring that empower democracy and social justice will continue to thrive in the city of san francisco i've been proud to call san francisco my home for the past seven years and wanted to leave here since 7-year-old i served on boards and past president of the women businesses and also participated in leadership san francisco to conclude the future of the city depended on good people step forward to run for office our public campaign system protects our citizens and insures the opportunity i'm

devote to the principles of transparency and accountability i can be impartial and fair and thorough owe thoughtful and a well educated woman have 10 years with democracy issues on the board of common cause and honored to have the opportunity to give back to the city by present those issues as a commissioner thank you for your consideration. >> thank you coordinate can you return to the commission and when our members of the committee have questions any questions for quentin kopp.

>> one quick question so how do you feel about public financing. >> how do i feel. >> what is your feel. >> i feel that public first one is adopted by any jurisdiction that is illegally building to do so as los angeles and the city of richmond and san jose and public financing should be enforced like any other law i believe many in the rule law that surpasses any considerations as a judge i believe in the rule of law and follow the law why i agree with the law or not and i'll give you an example during the time i was in the senate the penal code provided

that any theft over the amount of 200 and $50 was grand theft a felony not petty theft that is a misdemeanor that statute had been passes some 35 year previously then the supreme court justice brought it to my attention he introduced a bill to bring the amount to the amount of the inflation over the ensue years the bill was, however, unsuccessful that part of penal code has since been amended even though i had to enforce that law that made any theft of $250 or

more a felony i didn't believe that it should be 200 and $50 i, however, took an oath to not only obey but to carry out the laws of the state of california and i did the same thing as a itself commissioner december 6th as long as any part of sections which comprise the responsibilities of the ethics commission of the law i followed the law i do not i do not try to subvert the law in an dishonorable or other way. >> thank you. >> colleagues any other questions for quentin kopp. >> seeing none, oh, wait

supervisor yee. >> in regards to the meetings i assume that was a short-term you can't go to any other meeting. >> the commission meetings. >> i since i've been on it for 4 months or 5 months have you missed any meetings. >> what's our attendance record. >> 100 percent. >> great thank you quentin kopp. >> i don't believe there is any other questions. >> colleagues any questions for ms. thurman. >> i know this is probably a different question for you since

you're not on the commission but i asked the same question that wanted to go beyond the commission whether or not they've actually attend any of the commission meetings one way to show their interest. >> no, i haven't attended any meetings i've looked at the minutes and meetings on line. >> thank you colleagues any other questions for ms. thurman. >> thank you, ms. thurman. >> my any public comment that want to comment please stand up to the left i'll also will call some names in case the folks are still present please state your name. >> my name is ace on the case i'm so grateful and honored to be here i know that will

surprise a lot of people personally with the credentials where the what can a you call it city by the bay any advice to the young lady our credentials seem very credential wise but seems you need to be a business consultant because man, i don't know if you know the city by the bay the most corrupt city in the united states and if you don't know about the meetings or anything i don't know who sent you anything but ma'am, this is city hall which i call i call it silly hall. my name is ace and i'm on the case. i'm here supporting former senator supervisors judge that's ready to put san francisco on the right track and -- excuse-me. supervisors welcome to city hall most ever you this is your first term listen this man goes back i'm not here to

express you but to it is black history month i'm a black man 3 generations i truly support judge former supervisor and all of that to be part - i went to the meeting for the first time in a long time went to the ethics commission a long time and they didn't do nothing and they didn't do nothing i see the way they're doing it seems like the issue is this is the man that you need to stand my name is ace and i'm on the case. and i'm hoping and praying that you - you know, i ain't new this is the judge that we need him on the first day i was talking about challenging to find out what was going on in the mayor's office this is willie brown or nobody so i

strongly support thank you. >> thank you just 0 want to remind the members of the public to please address their comments directly to this committee and not to members of the public. >> eileen district 4 resident here in support of quentin kopp to the ethics commission just coping has a long rich criteria to public service and on is ethics commission he is also brought a wealth of experience to the commission i'll urge the committee to move his reappointment forward with represents i'll urge the committee to move this forward today thank you. >> next person please. good afternoon. i'm nancy i'm proud to support the nominees of quentin kopp for the vacancies on the ethics commission we're

extremely lucky to have quentin kopp to over the years of experience with wisdom to foster good government have not ethics commission the other candidate didn't measure up to the quentin kopp experience or demonstrated the ability to demonstrate the cases present to the commission specifically ms. thurman not tenant any meetings but my research says she's only spoken here ones at city hall on the day of september all in favor, signify by i since she was on the committee to the status of women to talk about welcome business owners only one time in the last 5 years found her way to testify about something important not been shown to written a letter to a city agency stating the position on nothing that is not appropriate

to have a november vice sit in judgment of people that may have violated the ethic i agree with her perhaps more useful to oh, her services to the mayor to appoint her on the commission on the status of women for backgrounds not compliment this commission for ethics but certainly compliments her status of women as to diversity i wish to point out the ethics commission has two qualified women he look forward to adding more women when their qualifications mirror the postponement thank you for considering my comments and recommend it that you move quentin kopp to return to the board of the ethics commission thank you very much. >> thank you next person please.

good afternoon committee i'm from the ethics member and former grand injury i'm here to offer my support for quentin kopp phenomenon number one ethics commission san francisco has been and still is to a droeg a city polluted with dark money and paid to play politics that undermine the public confidence in the government gratefully san francisco ethics commission is in a reset pattern operating with more robust and greater integrity that is given rise to improved public trust each the commiserates bring a skill set and quentin kopp past experience serving on municipal and july levels offers insights into ethics laws are more effectively utilized quentin kopp has proven he is

essential for advancing stronger transparent and pay to play political positions and implementing the measures he's the factor in the public right of approval for recent measures that strive for less lobbying practices i'd like to briefing address common causes of opposition to quentin kopps reappoint it appears this is in a lawsuit challenging a measure sponsored by common cause let's be clear quentin kopps opposition to this measure is not based on an objection to public finance but rather commissioner quentin kopp that an amendment of this nature should go back to the voters given the fact that the original measure neatest approval by the voters on the issue of public campaign finance in san

francisco or my other city as quentin kopp has already stated he supports the rule of law an effort to link quentin kopp participates in the lawsuit position as a ethics commission commissioner is extremely misleading by no means is he attempting to increase maintain the public finance i strongly urge the reappointment of quentin kopp and ask this committee to recommend quentin kopp to the full board of supervisors thank you. >> next person please. supervisors ray hart for san francisco open government. i'm here today to state i'm emphatically oppose quentin kopp as part of ethics commission last time the testifying voted to recommend that quentin kopp find him in violation of the shocking for a commitment at the ethics commission meeting

as quentin kopp is an attorney and former member of judicious he has familiarity with the basic comment of forfeiture despite his - he can impose his belief to restrict the bodies on which he serves in the short time he has acted like he's in a court room i may not agree with what a man says but defend to to death what he says not quentin kopp he is not qualified to serve i'll occasionally encounter opinions and expressed in words he didn't agree if you can't stand the heat get out of kitchen quentin kopp will not

voluntarily remove himself in the kitchen as current commissioner, i building this committee should recommended to the full board someone who will acknowledge and accept the rights of citizens of san francisco to make a free and upcoming restricted public comment we don't need someone serving on the ethics commission who has shown insults to be a mini trump. >> next person please. >> good afternoon, supervisors thanks for the opportunity to speak my name is david the executive director of the first amendment coalition just coping is a long time member of the board of directors and like to talk about our organization it is relevant to quentin kopp that are irrelevant to the example of the ethics commission the first amendment certification coalition a

nonprofit in san raphel around thirty years and bring cases on behalf of the examination and protection of right of public access for public meetings and public records we operate a legal hotline free to the users and the hotline provides expert first amendment legal advice to anyone that has questions about how to get access to public records and access to meeting we put on a campaign of public advocacy and education we put on forums around the state relating to issues that have first amendment relevant and gave me in oversight and appropriate get involved in legislation for northern california issues on free speech, free press and government transparency judge coping has been on the board for 3 plus years and been

invaluable asset to the first amendment coalition and commission long experience with the legislative and long captioners as a judge and in public services has been a crucial importance to any organization to do what that side those qualifications make him for qualified than my candidate i can image i strongly urge you to recommend his reappointment thank you. >> next person please. good afternoon, supervisors my name is peter i'm the vice chair of the ethics commission ass i that will be helpful to be chair in the next month or so the ethics commission within the last few years has again gone a transformation i came on the ethics commission in 2014

appointed by city attorney dennis herrera you look at the history of ethics commission for 15 years before or at least 10 years before it was a commission that had done virtually nothing as the executive director who was totally incompetent and engaged in all sorts of things mainly to keep files on his desk within the last couple of years we've be able to turn that around are the appointment from los angeles and go long time head of the ethics commission in regards to a couple of things we've done we've got proposition t and prop m on the ballot what the ethics commission can do and has not been done in years people of san francisco approved those in one sense by 87 percent quentin kopp is an exemplar

individual in terms of one that has qualifications to look at the i believeal situation situation of a political entity like san francisco and know exactly what is a one not wrong and what should or shouldn't done i've known him for 50 years in san francisco has to do with with the political life since he's been on the commission he was given a tremendous emphasis to a whole range the ethical situations that the people of san francisco need and are entitled to i respectfully ask you to repoint out him. >> thank you commissioner hayon. >> good afternoon and thank you. i'm with common cause where precedence are plaid it is

important that san francisco continue to be an example for the country of what public service should look like common cause supported this for decades from the proposition that created the ethics commission and the city public campaign financing program to last year promotion t from that perspective i'd like to share some things for the appointee to the ifkts we think an appointee should understand the purpose. >> support the ethics commission and effect commissioner should be open and fair-minded and consider enforcement free from bias their on agenda the political integrity for both voter confidence and encouraging the participation a commissioner should respect the duty their to serve as a constant of the everyday san

franciscan and ethics commissioner should say the responsible and encourage the board of supervisors to carefully consider his reappointment to allow more time for the applicants or additional applicant to the office of the commission before it goes to vote the board should feel confident the commissioner will advance the duties of ethics commission. >> thank you next person please. good afternoon. my name is linda and i am speaking in support of kathleen thurman i've come to know her in our work in advocacy for girls in the city and county of san francisco with the alliance for girls i can speak to her integrity which is unparalleled she's someone who

is completely transparent, she's inclusive in here leadership and advocacy for girls in the city of san francisco and the bay area at large i believe her experience in both the private sector and on nonprofit arena particularly with her board membership with girls inc. she's demonstrated her thoughtful and experience consideration for her fiduciary responsibilities involved with being on the board and as she mentions in her testimony in running her own business and in her leadership capacity with the national association of women business owners from my work with her in the alliance for

girls i think she'll be a tremendous asset on the ethics commission thank you. >> thank you very much. next person please. >> good afternoon my name is legit a 28 year resident of san francisco a homeowner in the western edition and and advocate i've not spoken at the city hall note that of record it is interesting to me i'm here in support of kathleen thurman and her opportunity to be appointed to the commission i met k5erg9 less than for the alliance for the girls she was an advisor the persuaded me to get involved and to consider a position of scale he reach many girls in the san francisco bay area and being polled nationally

to kate hartley less than with her work through the navaho speaking to the sacramento legislative does have experience not brought to light here in advocating a state and local level and national level as i've gotten to know here it struck me her willingness to go with the pain and most problems exist demonstrated by her work with battered woman 25 years and her leadership in driving the auditorium where my favorite story she doesn't bring up was she arrived this was a male dominated business with posts throughout the company she noted to go to them and advocate for change in a way without counter balancing the company it was a challenging role for any woman

her - guaranteed her and us she works clovg with organizations and elevating the solutions and bringing forgot treats and builds trust and brings forth framework and fairness - >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> >> members of committee i'm larry bush the co-found of friends of ethics i wrote an article for the creation of ethics commission which was taken up by supervisor kelly asked to sit in with his office to charter the amendment in 1995 i called for spending

caps for supervisors and that passed unanimouslyly with the support of then quentin kopp and he also was the treasurer for proposition t that passed with 87 percent of the vote a member of civil grand jury on ethics and i'm familiar with the requirements of the ethics commission i'm fully in support of quentin kopp and the 20 years that the ethics commission was created evident the first person appointed to the commission that held a er run for political office he's got the unique experience of recognizing what happens in campaigns and what we don't see in campaigns an important sight for the commission an excellent commissioner moved on issues with the federal government not taking a strong position on iktsdz or transparency so

much so that a local bay area lawyer who served on the federal ethics commission just reassigned saying the institution couldn't get things done in san francisco because of our ability to put things on the ballot we are positions to lead in ways that no other ethics commission in the country can do in terms of public finance supervisor quentin kopp prop 73 had 3 element the other part it casts on attractions that was topped out by the court but, but important i respectfully ask you to urge to support quentin kopp. >> thank you next person please. good afternoon, supervisors

joe kelly is in my name and i'm here in support of judge quentin kopp reappointment i sent an e-mail to all last week that outlined my support of judge quentin kopp i hopefully, will not repeat those thoughts in gentrification i guess i would offer my thoughts that the ethics commission although public finance is a component of it from you've attended the san francisco ethics commission meeting you know that there is so much more going on in city government than that and then you know not to - this is one of the commission positions that

being we wouldn't say an ininsider but knows the working of city government and helpful so to you know i'll leave it at that if you're coming in that the ethics commission in san francisco without ever even attending a meeting there's a huge learning curve and for that i'd like just i'll leave it at that i don't know if i mentioned i was a member of the grand injure but one on the ethics commission so again, i really hope you'll move today to reappoint judge quentin kopp thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> >> good afternoon. thank you for the opportunity for to make a couple of comments i'm

elaine i'm a member of friends of ethics my membership is recent i was a poor person for the grand jury that did that as others are referred to during commissioner quentin kopp tenure and ethics commission that's been fascist to see how he brings his rich experience to the job and to the insight full questions he puts in front of the people that come before the ethics commission including the staff reports and that kind of thing he wants to understand everything that is going on before he makes a decision i think that it is also evident

he makes companions on the minutes not a lot of people that read the minutes carefully you know he's a detailed person and wants to get everything right as indicated by previous speakers the ifkts has turned a corner compared to the report the 13 and 14 jury and that what commissioner quentin kopp brings to the party is a basically, he's going to keep the momentum moving forward and with that thank you for the opportunity to speak and wholeheartedly support his reappointment to the ethics commission. >> thank you next person please. >> i'm bruce and i lived with my family at 2262, 14th avenue

in supervisor norman yee district since 1963 and the co-founder with my wife co-publisher and editor for almost 50 years i say that because i've known quentin kopp all those years and almost every year we would bring him into the garden and quiz him own this and that he's actively running forest we were a tax and spend paper he was spend less and - we believed in clean government and nobody pushed him around and figured out what happens at city hall we had our arguments because we were on different political labeling but i said before the

same hearing a few months ago he's the only person i know in my 50 years of covering san francisco politics candidates and issues the only person i'll recommend on a qualified business to the ethics commission the only one i say that today after he's done a good job in the few months provided focus and energy and creativity at a time that the ethics commission needed it so i could go on but i think that quentin kopp is person and i hope that you endorse him thanks very much. >> thank you, sir. >> next person please. >> my name is richard i don't have much to say except that i just heard that he was in

the air force and during that time i also was in the korean war and i was in the front line and people asked me you know my size and my strength they have supplies - but i have so much to thank for the air force you, you know in back of us the big battle ships 16 inch guns to for us to just tell them where to shoot and we have the airports jets at a point to we can direct them where they lay the napoleon's and i'm still alive

we did veterans are 4 thousand appreciate quentin kopps leadership he helped many of the homeless veterans find a home and job he also a stronger leader to maintain the rotc in the city they have an early knowledge of training leaderships and many of jrotc members are our generalize and officers i forgot one more item. >> i want to say one more thing a human rights leadership about three years ago - we have

lots of flower shop and - >> thank you sir, thank you. >> next person please. good afternoon. i'm helen the california common cause regretfully we must oppose the appointment of quentin kopp the people of san francisco desire a commissioner that supports side ethics commission unfortunately quentin kopps records documents he did not he opposed prop k that created the ethics commission he authored a proposition that will have prohibited public campaign financing in san francisco he was a plaintiff and

authorized public financing program which the ethics commission administers and even after appointed to the ethics commission quentin kopp continued to oppose those ethics reforms 3 days after his appointment he went to governor jerry brown urging the bill that the ethics commission support that on public campaign promises and quentin kopp has personally joined a lawsuit to overturn this bill public financing is and heart and the core duty of ethics commission it gives candidates from fauldz to support the diversity a chance to run for offices without relying on donors and ivenths nee

comment. >> we may not like but consistent with the law that's what we had to do then and quentin kopp is doing has been doing it is worth understanding that finding the distinction so the concerns don't get distorted i also want to mention our

earlier offers and informal suggestions to keep the appointment open to keep people realize before you do that look at the timeline there is some timelines for holding over an appointment for a fixed time and that person could be begun once you go past the timeline not a vacancy on a commission 3 deals with regulations so i'm saying be careful about changing the timeline on this i urge action now i support quentin kopp unreservesly i don't agree but i respect him thank you. >> thank you, sir any public comment seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues any more comments

>> supervisor yee. >> once again thank you to the public for coming out on both sides of this and supporting each candidate. >> this is a tough decision when we have more candidates than slots and persons here with unique qualifications in their resume judge quentin kopp has the reputation of being very, very, very opinionated but the reputation that stays within the boundary of law that is important for me to hear regardless of where we're in total agreement with public finance situations that repetition that you bring in that is really important to

me i know that with the experience not only as an elected official but as a judge to come in with that perspective and no one else on the commission has that is unique that what balance off the total condition itself and because of that i would like to recommend that we reappoint judge quentin kopp to the commission. >> thank you supervisor fewer any additional questions or comments. >> none thank you. >> i'm before we entertain a motion want to make some comments i had the opportunity to sit down with both candidates i say i think we're in a situation that as supervisor yee said we have two really qualified people i'm not sure they're qualified for the same commission and i think that one of the

intention that for this particular commission that is really important qualification is truly understanding the in and outs of government not solely about public finance i can talk about that for a second he live in a moment i think you'll three of us sitting on the body are in any way because of public financing that affected our campaign but the aspect of the work firemen's in terms of the questions and the nature the understanding of the in and outs of government i think that is a really important qualification i think the commissioner brings that to the table whether or not people agree or disagree i think that ms. thurman i was delighted to meet with her and understand

here qualifications and she brings quality to the table i'll ask her to apply for additional commission opportunities based on her interest in work that she's done in the city in terms of public finance it is really important you can't under state unless you've gone through the process i'll speak there my own position having access to public fund takes a burden off the candidates in terms of how you put your campaign together you can reduce that burden by having assess to the public fund when campaigns are instenos e tense towards the end and plan properly you can have a access to that money that reduces the burden in terms of your time constraint so i'll say regardless of whatever the position i've heard you loud and

clear quentin kopp you'll uphold the law no doubt in in my mind from my own perspective is a tremendously important aspect of the reasons i'm sitting here i'll say i'm in full support of what supervisor yee said and i'll be in support of your recommendations to the full board of supervisors supervisor fewer. >> thank you very much chair yes. i want to say thank you to everyone and the public comment testimony and for submitting your names to participate 2, 3, 4 in important commission i want to say that i think that night time we give the public it is inexcusable to be rude who is testifying before a board and commission i want to reiterate that i think we have a responsibility to the public to encourage public dialogue and night time anyone is rude it is

completely inexcusable with that said, i know that judge quentin kopp is qualified for the position and supporting his reappointment to this board thank you. >> colleagues any additional comments can i entertain a motion. >> go ahead and recommend quentin kopp to be reappointed to the full board. >> seeing no objection this is i make a motion to send it to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> mr. clerk, call the last item. >> item 8 a hearing excuse me. congratulations quentin kopp on our reappointment a hearing to appoint 7 members for the unexpired term ending 2018 to

the urban forestry council there are 7 seats with 8 applicant the applicants are john malcolm hillan a done deal and michael sullivan for seat 6 and corey lindgren and for seat 6 and 7 as is clerk stated 8 applicant for 7 seats to the urban forestry council if there are no any initial comments if there are not any ask the applicants to speak any

applicants line up to the left. >> approximately supervisors my name is andrew sullivan i'm serving often the urban forestry council on seat 2 i'm a landscape arithmetic in san francisco over 20 years of experience for the last 1890 in san francisco my practice and my work is always been focused on environmental sustainability and stewardship and i always had a keen interest in the universe urban forest for the past 6

years serving on the university council and he served as a the chair the subcommittee of urban forestry council as well so i'll keep it brief if you have any questions i thank you for your opportunity to continue with my service thank you. >> thank you andrew sullivan i'm sorry do i say oh, colleagues - why not to have them all go through and if you have a question. >> same question i asked how is your attendance. >> close to perfect in subcommittee. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors

the second sullivan seeking appointment to the urban forestry i'm a resident of woodland avenue in district 5 i don't work in the urban forestry area but it is been a passion of mine for a long, long time i'm a 25 year volunteer with the friends the urban forestry was iowa's on that board for 12 years and served as board president for a few years the author of a book on the trees of san francisco that was published in 2000 and had a second printing a couple of years ago and maintain a blowing sf trees that is out there and my license plate is sf trees among other things i served on the rec and park commission with a term and one the advantages

i'll be pleased to serve on this commission oh, and that i my attendance record is very, very good idea missed two or three times awhile on the commission. >> good thank you. >> mr. flanagan. >> thank you very much i'll speak for my own self and speak for other members of the come in that couldn't make that first of all, you probably know me i've been worked for the friends of forest for the past 5 years and been on the council for the past 6 years i be i've served as the president for the past 4 years

and the first one i did we had a planning session and one of the main to be on advisor to the board of supervisors and to the mayor on issues for the urban forestry i think we've accomplished that and be able to get qualified people beyond the council so i'm lucky and happy to be work with a dedicated folks who care about the urban forestry issued and i think that i want to underscore what michael sullivan said it as laborer and underscore the word labor we have meetings that go from two or three hours and for us to really spent a lot of time on major issues that are facing the urban forestry and being able to consultant with the supervisors and mayor that is an important thing we do and that's

my thing i want to speak on behalf of of the members that couldn't be here they had prior commitments and said they couldn't miss that that is right that meg lowman was appointed by the mayor she's incredibly, incredibly qualified she's a scientist and i think if you you've gotten her resume i'd like to quiz you on page 28 of her resume it is about thirty pages along an extensive resume of publishing and a world renowned stewart expert and that's serviced us well to have her on our council so i strongly, strongly urge you folks to reappoint here i'll go to john malcolm hillan i think his first name is john but i

think on the council for 9 years as a state in urban forestry issued he's been a very loyal member of the council of great resource i think his attendance is close to perfect since he's been on the council mine is almost perfect i think i've missed 2 in the past of years and john malcolm hillan is a great member of labor tree commission with a history that is helpful as we consider landmark tree issues going forward and the next person i'll speak to say phillip pierce going for the last seat you mention he's very qualified used to work for the friends the urban forestry and going for the community seat on the council he worked for 4 years as

president of the urban forest as a committee organizer know all parts of the city and reassigned from the president prop e running the campaign for prop e that was successful he was deeply connected to all issues of the urban forestry and i think gave us a great perspective on various community and their needs when it comes to urban forest one other candidate i forgot i not spoken for meg and phil, who oh, corey lindgren i brought on dan kida on a couple a couple of years ago that represented pg&e his relocated to inspector every inch of the telephone wires and protect them against trees has a

afghan arborist for is boots on the ground for the urban forestry street trees and moving out of the bay area and his replacement is corey not corey what's his name? kobe i had a meeting with colby and he's taken off daddy's position and committed to being on the council i think he'll be a great candidate >> any questions? >> supervisor yee. >> i actually didn't have a question. >> i'm sorry, i thought you told me you did sorry about that any questions or comments. >> or my public 9 to 5. >> any public comment open this item before we take

comments from the board members. >> yes. >> please. hi nancy again i would like in support of current reappointment of the gentleman who appeared and that are being proposed and one exception to the proposal that mr. flanagan made i oppose colby peterson i think that the prior person has a - i'm not impressed with colby peterson he didn't have my passion or interest in trees this man lives in redwood city i don't understand why he is applying for this he's not gotten any letters of support and not preying me have a letter

from a school that has complaints of is an organization that chopped down a bunch of trees on a hillside and the children are upset and asked repeatedly to have those trees replaced for nature trees or something that will sustain the erosion on the hillside now this is not a man that tells me understands the mission of urban forestry council which is to work with people he didn't work with those folks he can supply you with this letter i don't know the role of mr. petersen had in the grant this is an important issue he should is where objected or - i'd like to hold it seat up seat

two or three executor one but have someone appointed not for someone that has the commitment and passion for the trees. >> any public comment that wish to comment on this item. >> mr. flanagan if you've already spoken. >> i can speak in public comment can't i. >> yes. >> i respectfully disagree with our candidates he has a deep understanding the challenges of managing after urban forestry i like having pg&e on the council that way we can have influence with pencil that has direct impact on one 24 thousand trees he's an arborist i'm disappointed he didn't send my letters of recommendation i'm

sorry i had an hour conversation i was not impressed but dan has endorsed his membership thank you very much. >> any other any public comment want to comment seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor yee. >> thank you supervisor safai first of all, i'd like to say that i wish they were more diversity in the group being that 3 of you joking but seriously i mean one of the things again, i serve on the rules committee for two years and one of the things i put forward was the composition of anything whether this was balance and i believe that one

woman meg - yeah, so there is different ways to cut - >> oh, there's some other seats besides the 7 i guess my point could be more difference in many ways i suggest for two seat two, that we go ahead and maybe continue that item - i know it is nice is mr. peterson spoke to that but we're the ones that appoint we need - at least i feel there is a question and like to should have made that to the reach out

to me that would be helpful people have to understand - >> supervisor fewer. >> thank you chair so this is a counselor that actually is really important to me i think you know that my father-in-law founded the urban forestry i come i married into family 35 years of actress and my husband continues to prune the street trees so i'm concerned about and ethic in case diversity i think that we have diversity in thought and opinion i actually would agree with supervisor yee that we keep the one position open and do outreach to look for adding more diversities to the council i

agree that everyone has an expertise for the appointment to the council but having gender and racial diversity it is important for san francisco my suggestion i'll say to actually supervisor yee suggestion that leaving that one seat open but follow the recommendations i think myself i'll say that john malcolm hillan and saudi arabian and meg lowman. >> supervisor yee. >> one more comment nothing personal but trying to bring is it - 100 percent we need to give waivers i mean in regards to like can we find anyone in

san francisco that's a general question and that's always a challenge for me to know whether a person that we're going to support with a residential waiver is two questions whether not necessarily in san francisco can do this year qualified or the person is so qualified deserves a waiver i i want to put that out there i notice that meg needs a waiver i will support that waiver only because we need the exit. >> thank you. i'll add to that last point i think that the residents requirement for something particular as our urban tree and forest council that is important to have residents interacting with that on the

daily basis ♪ instance you described mr. flanagan to have a california scientist with age understanding of eucalyptus >> what that means in the context of san francisco right now i think that really important so i support what excuse me - supervisor yee said i'll probably am supportive of leaving the seat open for mr. petersen and urge you to folks work with to go out and find some other qualified candidates it adds to the diversity of this council. >> urge you not to be someone that need to register to the requirement unless they say bring something unique to the table so can members can we entertain a motion. >> would the motion be to move

the certain people forward and on the same motion to continue seat number 2. >> okay. >> and also to make sure we get the residency waiver >> let me do - so i'd like to recommend that we move john john malcolm hillan to be appointed to seat one andrew sullivan to seat 2 and dan flanagan to seat 4 and meg lowman to seat 5 and michael sullivan seat 6 and phillip pierce to seat 7 and to continue seat number 2

and to also 3. >> he did 12, 4 and 3 is open. >> and also provide a waiver or set the waiver from a residental waiver for meg lowman. >> thank you supervisor yee seeing no objection it is i make a motion to send it to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> mr. clerk mr. clerk, is there any additional business to come before this body? >> there are no more items the last one with a with a positive recommendation. >> thank you, colleagues we're adjourned

>> welcome to wednesday february 22nd, regular meeting of the public safety and neighborhood services committee, i am supervisor ronan the chair of the committee to my right is vice chair supervisor, and we expect supervisor fewer shortly. the clerk is erica major and i would also like to thanks sfgov tv for staffing this meeting.

can you call item one, please? >> yes. resolution retroactively approving the city and county of san francisco refugee services plan for the fiscal years, 15, 16, and 16, 17. >> great, and i understand that suzy smith is here who is the deputy director for the policy and planning for the human services agency. >> thank you. >> good moerrning i am joined ba few people, the refugee coordinator and two providers gladys and nancy from the lynn

institute, after a say a few brief words they will say a few words about their programming. >> the item before you is a resolution approving san francisco federal fiscal year, 15, 16, and 16, 17's refugee services plans. these are submitted annually for the funding. san francisco is one of eight counties, that receives refugee federal refugee assistance funding and administered through the california department of social services and the 15, 16, allocation was totalled 214,000, and the 16, 17, allocation totalled 168,000 dollars. and the funds are used for newly arrived refugees that have been here eight months or less to help with the employment related services and so the job search assistance and the resume building and vocational

education and things like that. there is also a small portion of the funding that is used for the people who are 60 years and older, and have been here for at least five years and that is to help the older refugees become citizens. >> it is a huge number of countries and the refugees in the program are from 29 different countries, in the central outh america, africa, china, south east asia and it is diverse for a relatively small progr program. and the contract with the hantos and the lynn institute and this year we have a knew come poen tent to identify and serve unaccompanied minors as we know there is unaccompanied minors for the last several years, hard to identify them, but the school district is a great partner in helping to identify them.

so this year huntos and the school district and a few other clabive organizations are working together to identify the unaccompanied youth and to serve them and so we are happy about that addition to the program. and i just wanted to say a word about why we are submitting for the 15, 16 plan, retroactively. so, this california state department of social services has to approved the plan before we can take it to our human services commission and then to the board and td state did not approve the fy, 15, 16, plan until october of 2016. and the plan was approved on november, 9, 2016 and so a few weeks later we submitted it to our board and our human services commission and then to you, and staff followed up regularly with e-mails weekly and there was a hold up at the office, and we were directed to spend the money despite the fact that it was in the review process and this has

happened one other time before and we have records indicating such. i will take any questions and i will let the provider say a word or two with the program, if that is okay? >> sure. my name is garcia, and i work for hontos and our mission is to promote economic self-sufficiency for san franciscans and the families for the occupational training and employment. in the past eleven years we have served 300 refugees averaging 30 per year. 170 successfully completed, 145 of the subsidized employment, and currently, we have ten, and 145, i am sorry, we have ten refugees attending esl level, 0-1. we have three attending level two to three, and seven attending eleven three to five.

on friday, june 16, in collaboration with the human services agency in sf cares. huntos will once again host the refugee awareness month. please join us as we celebrate the refugees who were forced to leave their country to escape war and persecution and natural disasters and please mark your calendar and we hope to see you there. >> thank you. >> thank you. good morning, i'm nancy ren from the lynn institute, lynn is happy to say that next week we will celebrate the 25th anniversary. and the big piece of that services have been with refugees over the years. we have a very integrated program. where we provide services alongside with english as a second language services and skilled development. the skilled development allows an extremely diverse population

not just ethically, but with regard to their educational and work history backgrounds is develop the strongest skills that they are able to do so, and move forward in to employment. the types of employment that our students have obtained range from everything from entry level janitorial to right now the data analyst for the mayor's office in new york city as a lynn graduate. and so everything in between that might address positions at such computer positions such as tech, and office clerk positions, etc. so we have a very strong relationship with a number of employers in san francisco. in particular we have a contract relationship with mercy housing. excuse me. through that opportunity for the last three and a half years, they have partnered with us to bring our graduates, and many of which have been refugees into entry level employment or the front desk clerks with our facility. they are not only interested in

having those positions staffed but in the opportunity for advancement for these graduates in the last seven years, four of the students have gone as high as senior property management which is a position that pays over $60,000 a year with housing and all ranges in between, and so it has been a successful partnership. although we have the strong partnerships with many, many, employers. our completing of the placement rates are strong and we have over 85 completing and placement rates. we provide placement services not just for the students who are enrolled but as well we follow up with the students through the social media and other contact to maintain support with them and help them move into stronger positions as they have the opportunity and develop greater skills and in a culture to the united states.

>> okay. thank you. would you like to speak as well? okay. great. go ahead would you like to say a few words. >> i am the refugee coordinator for san francisco county and i coordinate the services with the service providers within the human services agency. and these are successful programs. >> wonderful. >> and can you give a few more specifics about the services that you are going to provide, particularly to an accompanied minors, i have to say that i am very excited to hear that you are starting that new program that i was staffing former supervisor david compos on the legislation that created a guaranteed right to legal council for all unaccompanied minors that the former administration had put into place. which i, you know, at the time thought was just unconsciousable and to know that not only do unaccompanied right have the

right to legal council but also the support of job training is music to my ears and i would love to hear more about that. >> at this time, we have created collaborations with the different groups, including the behavior health, mental health providers, and also outside of the school district, we have created very strong collaborations with the different programs. they have at the school level but right now, we have created an out reach position so we are creating this collaborations so that we can bring them in for the employment services as specifically. and for children that are 16 and over, they can get the employment services through both agencies and become self-sufficient, also they want to work, and we can create the part times that they need and also, we are working with the legal services for children. and lynn institute is in the same building and so they are working together to make sure that if they have any new,

unaccompanied minors that received the status and they can start to receive services as soon as possible. so there are different groups, including san francisco, coalition for refugees and immigrants that is working with us and 27 agency and we worked with the mayor's office and the different departments to make sure that they know about our services our service providers and the benefits they can receive in the human services agency, which is cash, and with the unemployment services. >> that is great, thank you. >> supervisor? do you have any questions or comments? >> no questions. this is just a fantastic program. and so. would it be appropriate to move to adopt this resolution. >> sure. >> just going to see if there is any public comment. >> thank you so much for your presentation. now the opportunity for public comment. if anyone wants to comment on this item? >> seeing none, public comment

is closed. supervisor? do you want to make a motion? >> yes. i move to adopt this item. >> great. >> before we do so, could we excuse supervisor fewer from voting on this item? >> sure. would you like to make a motion ex-excusing supervisor fewer. >> sure i would like to move to excuse supervisor fewer from this item. >> so moved. >> motion passes. now, we would like to move a motion forward to adopt this item with positive recommendations >> so moved, second. >> thank you. >> and this item passes, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> clerk, could you call item number two? >> yes, ordinance replacing a provision of the planning code with the new provision of the administrative code requiring all city buildings that are accessible to the public to install and maintain at least one baby dieper changing

accommodations. >> supervisor, did you want to continue this item? ible that is item three. >> yes, item number three is the one that i was going to continue. >> okay. >> thank you. very much. i see, sone from supervisor tang's office, hello. >> good morning, supervisors i'm diana with katie tang's office. this legislation was inspired by an act signed by president barack obama in 2016. it was called the bathrooms accessible in every situation. in that act the federal government agreed to require baby changing, baby diaper changing accommodations in every federal building. when we took a look at it, as great as that was, how many times, we thought how many times

does that public access federal building and what are we doing on the city level to make sure that parents have access to appropriate accommodations for changing their children? we saw that of course, san francisco has led the way in 2005, the board of supervisors required new and renovated buildings to install baby stationing accommodations. but we thought that we could do more, based on what the federal government had done. so we changed three codes to accomplish three different opportunities. in the first we changed our administrative code, to require that all city buildings have public accommodations for baby changing stations. and we also that it currently offers the changing in the female bathroom that they must offer it in the bathroom for males or the all gender bathroom. >> we have heard experiences from where from my colleagues

have gone into restaurants and there was accommodations in the female but not in the male bathroom. so she was forced to change her baby even though her partner was willing and able to do it. the third piece, although it was in the city code that new and renovated buildings are required to have accommodations. other they deal with the use of the building we were not seeing as much enforcement because they were not dealing with the internal aspects of it and did not have the opportunity to make sure that this code was being implemented. and so we spoke with the department of building inspection and they agreed to take this on into the building code. and have agreed to make sure that we continue to enforce this law that has been in place for the last decade or so. we were happy to see that we got the full support from the small business commission as well as the building inspection commission and the planning

commission. through that process, a number of amendments have been asked, and these are all non-subnative and you also have a summary sheet in front of you. we changed on from accessible to used by, sometimes they are not accessible under the code but we want to make sure that there is still installing these accommodatio accommodations. and we also want to insure that there is clear language throughout. that they install of a diaper changing station does not in peed with any city and state and city laws regarding accessibility. >> and we heard this loud and clear and the committee and the building inspection commission to make sure that yes, we want these stations available but we don't want to impede the access to travel for anyone with a disability. also from 6 to 12 months, in case there are departments that

have multiple floors and need to install multiple stations. and we change reference to both gender to all genders to make sure that there is this acknowledgment that there are different types of people identifying various types of ways. >> and we clarified the definition of what could be a baby changing accommodation, and you have those ones coming out of the walls or there could be a table and there is many ways that you can accomplish this. in the administrative code, we stated that the requirements of the ordinance will not violate or impair any existing contracts or leases and we clarified the waiver procedure and in case the bathrooms are too small and it impedes the accessibility issues and then, the departments can go to the building department as well as the administrative department to make sure that they can get that waiver. within the building code we widen the scope of the establishments to make sure that it acompasses many businesses from the daycare centers to the adoption centers to restaurants

and everything in between. as long as that establishment offers a rest room to the public. and they are required to fulfill this requirement. but for instance, a laundry mat might not have a bathroom for the p you believe and so had then they would not have to fulfill that requirement. >> we added requirement that the signage be posted in compliance with section, 11 b. 16.2, which has to do with tactical signs. we amenlded the definition of renovated to say that it has to be the definition is 50,000 or more, renovations to a bathroom. and we included provisions that the ordinance does not require any reduction of the number of toilet facilities required by the law. so these were all suggested by both the department of public works, the department of building inspection and members of the public. so we tried to encompass all of those changes. >> lastly we want to make sure that we get the word out that we insure that all parents have

access to the tools to properly care for their children and get rid of the mind set that only one gender is in charge of taking care of their children. we don't want to hear any more stories of people changing their child on the roofs of cars or in the back seats of cars or tables or in chairs, we want to make sure that our children are taken care of and the public as well. >> so thank you, and happy to answer any questions. >> i just want to thank you and supervisor tang omuch for this legislation, and i am sure that there are parents cheering all over san francisco right now, including me. i love to be added as a co-sponsor, please to this legislation, and just really appreciate this piece, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> is there anybody else who has any comments? >> yes. likewise, as a parent who has been through this, me and my husband with our daughter, the bathroom situation is just a nightmare, when she was little.

and so thank you to supervisor tang and add me as a co-sponsor as well. >> thank you. >> supervisor fewer, do you have any questions? >> thank you so much. is there anybody here to speak of public comment about this item? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. can i have a motion to approve this item? >> i move to approve this item. >> great. that motion passes. i am sorry to interrupt, we had amendments that we would need to submit to change. >> thank you. >> could i have a motion to rescind. >> so moved. >> okay. >> without objection. >> and now could i have a motion to adopt the amendment. >> sorry, so i move to adopt the amendment $. >> second. >> without the objection the amendments are adopted. >> now i move to adopt the item amended. >> with recommendation. >> yes. >> so moved.

>> thank you so much. item number three, please? >> >> a hearing to determine a comprehensive coordinated neighborhood and crime prevention strategy for san francisco, addressing issues including but not limited to robberies and break ins and break thefts. this is your item? >> could you move that to the call of the chair? >> no objection, and we would like to take public comment in >> if there is any public comment on item three, now is your opportunity to speak. seeing none, public item is closed. and there is a motion to continue the item to the call of the chair without objection. that motion passes. >> madam clerk, could you item four? >> yes, item four is the ordinance amending the administrative code to prohibit the city from using resource to create implement and provide investigation or information for o'brien others assist or support any government program requiring the registration of individuals on the basis of religion.

i am sorry, national origin or ethnicity. >> thank you so much. so colleagues, i have passed out some amendments that i am introducing today. that respond to what happened at our last hearing on this item. when the public called for a private right of action. and really so moved us here in committee. that we have been working together with our city attorney's office and thanks so much to your office, deputy, city attorney. and with the community and in a very special thanks to alika for her work and guson in my office and britney and supervisor c cohen's office. we have created a private right of action and i am going to introduce that in a second. i also want to extend my thanks to both mayor lee and supervisor

cohen for working cooperatively with us on these amendments. and once again, just want to recognize the amazing work of the american islamic relations of the san francisco bay area. the aclu in northern california, and the arab resource and organizing center, and the law caucus, and for all of their hard work on coming to consensus about what this private right of action should look like. so i just want to say a couple of programs because i don't know if it is unpress dented /* /- dented but it is rare. and i want to talk about why we decided to go this route. we are basically strengthening what was already a very strong ordinance. and by taking this step, of creating a private right of action for individuals or non-profits, serving immigrant populations to hold the city

accountable, if the city or snee act tore in the city violates these protections that we are creating, it is an extraordinary act, and we are doing this because of the fact that muslim community in san francisco and across the country, and the immigrant community in general in the u.s. is facing dangerous discrimination by our federal government as we speak. and with this ordinance and the amendments we are sending a strong and clear message to the trump administration that san francisco is dead serious about doing what ever it takes to protect our communities from anti-muslim and immigrant policies. and we need to also be vigilant that history does not repeat itself. this is very timely because this weekend was the 17th anniversary of the signing of the executive

order 1966 by roosevelt when authorized 120,000 people of japanese an kes tri, two-thirds of whom are u.s. citizens to be i am prisoned for the sake of so-called safety of the american people at the start of world war ii. the registry of the japanese americans, stripped the americans of the right to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness and it was untugsal and unjust and it is widely recognized to be so. that the in hawaii when it order was passed hawaii said that we are not going to participate in helping the internment of the japanese community. san francisco at the time did not resist in the same way. and it is part of a history that we need to learn from and make sure we never repeat again. and by creating the strongest law possible of resisting this registry and any internment that

might be connected with it, we are sending that strong message that we will never participate in that type of diskrimation, unconstitutional conduct ever again. and we must create laws that hold ourselves accountable and are the strongest possible. during the campaign president donald trump assumed a very aggressive stance towards islamic terrorism as a corner of his so-called security policy and they talked about creating a muslim registry and while this has not become policy, he has created implement other racist laws the travel ban and excluding muslims from entering this country. we need to act on the offense? . we need to create protections in place before he acts. because what he has shown is that he is going to hold true to

his promises on the ka campaign. when he does he is going to act quickly with devastating consequences to our community. we are anticipating what could be a disaster and we are saying no before it even happens. and putting the protections in place to make sure that every member of our community is protected. we don't know exactly what is coming from the federal government, or what it will look like, but we are going to create the strongest possible laws to protect every member of our community and do whatever it takes to time to be at the forefront of resisting these types of policies. so i have passed out the amendments to my colleagues. i will just briefly go over the main amendments. the proposed ordinance creates a private right of action against the city for an individual whose personal information has been disclosed in violation of the ordinance or a non-profit focused on the defense of

immigrant and the minority rights could bring a claim against the city. if the city is found liable in a cause of action brought by an individual or a non-profit, it shall or can be liable for damages suffered by an individual. and as well as up to $5,000 in civil penalties per violation. >> in terming the amount of civil penalty, the court should consider if the violation was intentional or negligent and if there have been any previous violations by a city department. and prevailing plaintiff in the case is also entitled to recover, reasonable attorney fees and costs. and any person or, entity must file a claim with the city within three years of the alleged violation. there is one exception, any disclosure of personal information required by a legally enforceable subpoena, warrant or court order. and shall not give right to a cause of action.

under this section. >> and so, again, i, very proud today that we are creating what, you know, perhaps, the strongest law, i think in the entire country, hopefully we are leading the way, and we will see other cities and counties across the country, stepping up to send a powerful message to this administration that we will not tolerate discrimination of the muslim community against the muslim community or any immigrant members of our community. with that, is there any comments or questions? from my colleagues before we go to public comment? >> supervisor fewer. >> thank you chair, and i just want to be insured that in the definition part of this ordinance, that actually when it refers to persons and individuals, that it refers to natural and legal persons, and is that stipulate yd in the wording of this. >> can you read what page and line you are referring to?

>> i am not sure, but i am actually thinking page 7 line four, this section 103 hpt 4, shall apply to all individuals regardless of citizen or immigration status, age or any other factor. i would want it to just be insured that this refers to natural and legal persons. >> deputy, city attorney? >> i am not totally sure what the question is. the ordinance applies to ethnicity, national origin or religion information about any person, any individual. i don't know if that is the response to your question? whatever their status national, origin, is that --. >> this ordinance protects them. >> >> this ordinance prohibits the

city from disclosing information about any individual regarding ethnicity, religion or natural origin for the purpose of use on any government list or registry. or data base. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> any other comments or questions before we go to public comment? >> seeing none, open up the floor to public comment. would anyone like to speak? >> oh, i also should mention that we do have translation, i know that we made that sad announcement at the beginning but if you would like to speak in arabic we do have a translation for you. >> good morning, city supervisors, i know that i stood before you many times before. today i stand here to thank you for taking the time to make the amendments. these changes make the ordinance much stronger, they show that

san francisco is ready to send the community and be accountable. we support the action language which will provide further protection for its residents as a muslim american we spreesht your support. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker? >> hi, my name is adele and i am a first generation american born citizen. and i have lived in the bay area my entire life and i really appreciate the support you guys have for this ordinance. and i wanted to express my strong support of an ordinance that will endorse non-participation in targeting of muslims or any marginalized group. and i think that it is really important to recognize that protecting the safety of these individuals does not ever compromise the safety of the rest of the city's residents. and at the last city hall, there was discussion about how some individuals have been targeted in part due to their religion and so i would like to ask if

there is language in the ordinance making it clear that any targeting based on rights is unacceptable. and government officials that find themselves incapable of enforcing this, need to face consequences for violating that and be taken out of positions where they are responsible for protecting those rights. >> and again, i really appreciate that you guys have been supportive of this and it means a lot to me personally, to our entire community. >> thanks. >> thank you. >> hi, next speaker. >> hi, there, my name is catergy and i am also a local history researcher. and the very first reference to south asians interacting with san francisco city government that we found so far was something that happened in 1851. when there is a man from india who was schedule to testify in court but his testimony was challenged because of his race because he was about to testify

in a court case where there was a white man present and he was not supposed to be able to do that. from 1851, to 2017, our communities have faced policies of state based exclusion here in san francisco. the second story that comes out right after that happens in 1852, and this is something that came out in the daily in california and this i love this quote. it reads, in our streets, also, is the failure of the european and the darker hin du and the muslim says his daily prayers as he passes the churches of the christian. it was never before written in the world's history and this article goes on to talk about people from the lands of persia and being here in san francisco and it is 1852, and san franciscos have figured out that people from the middle east, south asia, muslims are a critical part of the fabric that makes san francisco the place that it is.

and this is what our communities have always faced sometimes recognized as being part of the fabric of this place and sometimes they fail to protect us, and this is a moment in time where we g et to choose which history we want to go with. and ip want to thank you for making sure to pass this on to push on this, to make sure that this is ordinance is robust and absolutely, thank you, thank you, thank you. for making sure that the private right of action is part of this. like you said this is history that we are creating. this time we are going to get it right. >> thank you. >> next speaker please? >> good morning, my name is kristine, and i am the teacher and program manager for the mothers esl program and, again many of my students are here this morning. and we are here to thank you, and thank all of you for the time and energy that you have put into this ordinance. and it makes us extremely proud to be san franciscans.

and as one of my students said the other day, she said you know, i think that i have to thank trump for one thing. and i said what is that? >> and she said, because here in san francisco, people are starting to be nicer to us. and in fact, on the way over here this morning, as we were walking there was a gentleman who said, wait, hey, no hate, no hate. i love you guys. and so, thanks again, and we do so much appreciate your energy and thoughtfulness on this ordinance and hope that it can be a blueprint for the rest of the country. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> i just wanted to say that we apply for school, we register to vote, but the city officials i just want to thank you and i am glad that you guys are making us apply for this muslim registry and keeping us safe as if we are now part of the mission, we would not want to apply for this. and we are not a threat and this

is a great nation and we want to thank you guys for standing strong against this discrimination. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> hi, my name is jerry garber and i would want to say that as a jewish resident of the city of san francisco i stand with the muslim community and i really thank you for what you are doing. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> next speaker? >> hi, my name is malaka i am eleven and i am in the 6th grade. hey, creating a muslim registry is not normal. we do not deserve to be treated like as we were others. thank you for making sure our city does not cooperate with this order. >> thank you so much. >> greetings of peace. >> my mame is loudi.

i would like to first thank you all for coming today and representing our rights. and allowing us to share our voices. >> i believe that everyone deserves the right to live in peace. as a yemen arab, american muslim i am very proud to be here and be able to share my voice. what makes america is its diverse people that includes arabs latinos african americans, christians jus, muslim and more, we are all one nation, brothers and sisters mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, i have a close person who told me a quote that i memorized and never forgot. the quote is proud to be who i am. when you guys want to say proud to be who i am with me now. okay. >> proud to be who i am. >> and so on the count of three. we are going to say -- 1, 2, 3.

proud to be who i am. >> thank you very much. >> thank you so much. >> good morning supervisors, my name is skria hakeem and i have lived in san francisco for three decades. and i love my city. and i cannot imagine signing up for muslim registry. thank you for your understanding, and how prejudice that is and how hard it would be to explain to my grandchildren that they are different because of their faith. that is unlike other children. once again, i thank you very much for your support, and thank you. >> hi, my name is calkut and i

live in san francisco. we thank you for talking and your hard work in this law we are proud to be san francisco. and we are really happy we are angry that muslims registry will be thank you >> thank you so much. >> i want to say thank you to the supervisor and the full board next week to pass this ordinance, thank you. >> good morning and i am here on

my own behalf, i have been in the bay area for a few months, i lived for a long time in the arab country, south east michigan. i wish that i didn't have to be here, where my parents grew up despite political turbulence and dictate or ship they had free healthcare, and they went to the university for free and woman's rights were respected and music, and poetry and literature fluished and after several wards sanctions and occupations my parents's home land is no longer liveable. so we panic about the oroville dam dam and we don't have enough funds to do anything about it, but we always have enough money

involved to bomb the dams on the tigress. and the citizens that are targeted by the ban deserve a safe haven here and i encourage extreme vetting of the areas where they choose to reside in the u.s. to make sure that they are not exposed to arabphobia and to be sure that they are comforted as much as possible considering the anguish that they will feel for the rest of their lives for being torn away from their home lands. >> thank you so much. >> it thank you for the hearing last time around and hearing the community and the gravity of what we are all are facing together here in san francisco and in the bay area. and for really pushing for whatever strength we could add to the ordinance, as you have heard, our various organizations in the xhnts will xhublt /*

communities will come forward to move this language forward to set a precedent that when we are facing such difficult and discrimination issues from the federal level that we will come out strong and have ordinances that truly do protect our communities... so thank you for your leadership. >> thank you for all of your work on this. >> i think that two weeks ago san francisco pulled out of the task force and that was great by the supervisor and today it is a great moment that we should thank the supervisors for supporting this ordinance.

san francisco should lead the way. thank you for that. >> thank you so much. i want to say thank you so much and i want to keep the city safe and i am happy that you guys are being part of that, and so that what i have to say to my students and my kids too, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> i would like to thanks you guys and i hope that we will stand here next time because we know that you are doing a great job. and i would like to thank you again because everybody knows you know, the united states is built by -- and this backed and oral agent. and thank you guys and thank you

for everything. and whatever we say, we cannot appreciate that. thank you so much, the small message we would like to thank you guys, thank you so much, god bless you and god bless america. >> thank you so much. >> is there anybody else that would like to speak during public comment? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. would anybody like to make any comments or a motion to adopt the amendments? >> i would like to thank you supervisor for following up on this and actually we are really incorporating i think what we heard at the last committee meeting for these extra protections that i think that are really important and also, to thank the mayor and for the supervisor cohen also to work on this with you, and to our upper city, attorney also for their advice. and then i would like to say to the community, that you know, as a san franciscan, and i think as an american citizen, i just want

to really apologize that we even have to go here and do this. i feel such a sense of embarrassment. i think and shame that actually our country is going in this correction that we find this necessary which, i think we thought that this would never happen or it would come to this. but i am glad that we are taking protections. but at the same time after the hearing last week, or two weeks ago i have to say that i was feeling such a great sense of shame and embarrassment about our country and about the direction that our country is going. and i think that i am also very foo fearful but most of all i am deeply ashamed and i just want to apologize and ask for your testimony after testimony and saying thank you, and i actually am so embarrassed even to hear

people thanking us for doing something that we have, of course, an obligation to do. but it is so ridiculous that we are even at this point that we have to do it. so i just want to extend an apology quite frankly for all of the rest of us. i think that feel as though our country has lost direction and has lost purpose. and has lost really what we are founded on. and i am also a grand daughter of people who came to this country on illegal papers or documents that because a heart immigration policies have been inherently and to be here for a long time. noo he way, i just wanted to express sort of my embarrassment and shame of this country. and that we are here today actually voting on something

like this. and which i should not even be necessary but in these horrible times, unfortunately lts. and so thank you for coming out today and thank you so much. and thank, supervisor sheehy who really pushed the issue of a priet vat right to action and for supervisor to follow up on it and to hear it loud and clear what the community said and the assurances that we needed to make in order for them to feel safe because it is not about us. it is really about the community. that needs extra assurance to feel safe and what is actually needed for us to take an extra step so that they feel they can live their life safely in san francisco. >> that was so moving. and i share your embarrassment

and your shame for where we are as a country, it is just shocking and you know, you open the paper today and our immigrant community is now under assault. and i think that we are standing together and we are going to resist and we are going to protect our communities whether they are muslim, from other parts of the country, that are no the favored by our president, or immigrants. and because it starts with a handful of people and then it moves through society, we know this and we have seen this drill before. and i hope that the actions that we are taking today and that we will take next week will reassure our immigrant communities that we are here, and that we are doing everything that we can to make you safe.

so thank you. >> thank you. >> i want to echo my colleagues and while it is embarrassing, and i think that you put it perfectly, supervisor fewer, we are going to fight in stronger, and more bold and innovative ways than we ever have before and i think that is what we are doing with this ordinance. and i just want to appreciate you all for pushing the envelope and pushing us. to think outside the box and get outside of our comfort zone. and create laws that are not just empty words, but have strong enforcement mechanisms and can and that we know will be effective if we god forbid ever have to use them. and so, i just want to thank you al