because the constitution guarantees our life for healthy, safety and health. the chinese population is more than 30% in san francisco. yes, our new mayor made promises during the mayor campaign. she's going to have more chinese commission to serve the city and especially in city hall. to my knowledge, you have more african-american in this room than anybody else. the commissions. that has nothing to do with you, it has to do with the empty promises. the chinese has been targeted. you'll see the statistics. i'm here to ask you to work

something out when you hire bilingual chinese people. we're a target for crime. we don't see the promotion in chinese. we want you to know that we appreciate you but think about what you do. >> vice president mazzucco: next speaker please. >> good evening vice president mizzou. mazzucco. i wanted to welcome the newest member of this prestigious commission. i hope that by now, that you understand enormity and gravity of the charge you've been given.

i like also to take an opportunity to thank chief scott. throughout the year, this year he's given great deal of respect to the latino community. he and assistant chief hector sighniess. this is not an easy job. you have much to do. you will spend time with the community when the community feels there's some issues that you need to be aware of. so thank you and i'm shot sure if the assistant chief is the room. but thank you. i calmed them today. i became aware there's an

individual in our community who i believe is unfortunately enduring elder abuse and fraud. thank you to the commanding officer who made sure the park is one of the safest neighborhoods that we have. the men and women under his command are diligent making sure folks are behaving themselves when they're in this neighborhood. i see that i have 50 cents. if you don't mind, vice president, i do want to say something about building 606. when we moved that forward, it was on seat couple of times. i was dismaed -- dismayed and shocked that we had officers in

jeopardy. i appreciate that all of you are really taking this to heart and it's a serious issue for you. this job is dangerous enough. for us to put those men and women in uniform in jeopardy. the reason we chose building 606 at the time we had six helicopters that we kept out there. but never someone that protected 40,000 decent men and women -- >> vice president mazzucco: tha. thank you for being a good soundingboard for the new commissioners. >> good evening commissioners, chief. i'm not here to make speeches. i'm only here to state the

facts. my name is howard woo. i live in the house that i'm in now for 55 years now. for 55 years, i never moved. i moved from l.a. to san francisco, 55 years ago. i'm currently a member of the dpab an. lot of those retired chiefs and captain and i know quite a few

of them. they are all good friends. we talked to each other all the time. the heard the news that captain yep central station and captain ford being transferred to the headquarters on third street. they both working hard and long hours at their stations for their pay and not too much. i wonder why in such hurry to transfer those two captains out our district? maybe the chief need them more than we do. i think we need them, two of the

captains the most. we need them because the crime rate in those two areas in the past -- it was high. i don't know why such a hurry to move them out. lie i can -- i like them to keep the job over there and to do more safety for our people in those two districts. my time is up. i want to thank you. >> good evening. commissioners and chief scott.

i represent san francisco shanghai location. our location in the bayview station. we are departmented to see captain leave the bayview station. we met him january 21, 2018. he has been listening to our neighbors. our community knows him well. our community is a strong and we request that he stay in bayview staying and continue to serve

our community. >> in san francisco we don't get enough chinese police officers. it's a state that we have only one captain and two sergeants. then the total police officers, 377 but only one captain not

enough. there's a time of discrimination about the chinese and asian proposition. i think the police officers. he's very good in the community. >> good evening commissioner.

good evening vice president mazzucco. i'm the president of the chinese consolidated association. these are members of the chinese consolidated association. we're missing a class dinner we're missing to speak to you guys. we want to retain the captain at the police station. i known paul yep for years. there was a time where a representative from the republic of china came to visit our association. before that, that event, several hundred people came before hand. they lined the streets. they came with loud speakers and

with signs. it could have been chaos. there are line dancing and dragons. because paul yep knows the chinese community, he knows chinatown. he was born and raised in chinatown. he handled the event without incident. there was no arrests. because of his knowledge for the chinese community. he was born and raised in chinatown. he knows about the issue of

chinatown especially the elderly and low income people. he is needed in chinatown. we want to retain them at central station in the chinese community. thank you. >> commissioners and chief. i'm a member of the police station for years.

i hope that we all bent when the assignment. he's certainly need more administrative work and policies and whatever you assign him, he

will do a good job. we are looking forward for him to be star after star. he was born in chinatown and his family opened the best restaurant in chinatown. that's asian garden. everybody eat there. we has lots of talent in san francisco. most was immigrants get two jobs. we have to work three jobs so

they can buy a house. what we want is the communication. we want more officers, especially captains and higher up to speak languages. i hope that you commissioner chief give it a lot of consideration. thank you. >> vice president mazzucco: good evening. >> president or vice president thomas mazzucco, members of the police commissioners and chief scott. before i start, i like to give a moment of silence for our past mayor ed lee. i'm here to speak on behalf of paul yip. the move by him is sudden for us in the chinese community and also looks like out there in the

bayview. as you make your decision, chief, going forward, we like to ask you to also include us and the chinese community as well. there's always 30% of the asian population here in san francisco and their demand is not met. it's a force for us. we will come and knock on your door to make sure that we are served. i grew up here in san francisco. 64 years ago. i grew up in chinese hospital. i seen it all. i seen chief come and go. make sure you include us. there might be some people that give you insight to that. i'm a new member in the chinese association this coming here.

we would like to invite the chief to our monthly meeting. what happened at the last saturday of january, at that time, it will be a great time to maybe talk about some of your issues and some of your visions for us and also to serve us well here. i'll go back to what the first speaker said, wendy wong. she raised an important point. where is the promotion going to? i hate to see it go to litigation and it comes out the way we don't want it to be. you can address those issues. make us inclusive, be transparent, we'd be happy. most importantly happy holidays. thank you very much.

>> good evening. i'm mina young. i represent hundreds of homeowners, small homeowners, mostly chinese in 4 san francis. 30% of the population is chinese and 60% of them are owners. i've been wondering at all levels of the city, we have clutter everywhere. the poverty rights are violated left and right. we have mentioned the crime rate targeting us. why is that? wendy just gave us a loud and

clear answer. the police department, our backbone for safety and we rely on you. i do think that you guys work very hard. the reason why we are being so underrepresented in the police department and other levels of city. that makes us weak as a whole and being seen as weak in the community. that's why we are targeted. we need all levels of city to think about it and that will help with our safety and also the community to be more balanced community. we need equitable share of our representation in the police and

chinese immigrant don't feel comfortable speaking with other people unless they feel that the person understands their background. that will help fight the crime and also help to reduce crimes. police consider that. thank you. >> vice president mazzucco: next speaker. >> i'm visually impaired. i filed my notice of intent to run for mayor of san francisco. it was nice meeting you chief scott at general hospital. i'm highly upset. i no longer have ihss workers at all. does everyone know where ellis hotel is? 465 elder street.

it's upsetting. you know how many thousands of emails i get everyday? all my information is in the elections department. thank you bay area reporter. i was assaulted twice. i have nowhere to go at this moment. they said i was stealing cup of coffee. do you think they have something better to do? he told me, only reason he did

it because cafeteria insisted on it. i feel sick ever time i go by the police station. mission police station is better. police officers tell me, only reason they let him do it, every time they arrest him, they let him out. i think he's selling to childr children. i was born in ashland, oregon. i'm upset with the mayor's

awful. >> it's very upsetting. >> thank you sir. >> vice president mazzucco: okay ms. brown.

>> thank you. good evening. i want to say, to everyone until we get back next year, have a happy, merry christmas. i'm here it talk about my son. everybody was here asking and complaining about something. i want to make my complaint the last. not the last complaint about my son again who was murdered august 14, 2006. still to this day no justice, no recover of people that people that murdered my son. i have been asking -- i brought up other people that are here. asking for something for all the

years they've been asking. the police association put this on the bus last time. we as parents will never get any closure. that's how i feel. i was asking that we have a venue at the bus barn back on buses to put these back on the buses. we're talking about homicide and domestic violence. lot of people don't want to say anything, think don't feel they'll get justice. i'm a victim of domestic violence. you don't say anything because you don't want your family torn apart. people are not saying anything

about murders because it's called snitching. what do we do to solve these homicides. i bring this here. this was the laths graduation picture of my son. i had to walk across the stage and receive his diploma in death. i should be going to graduations like funerals. every time i hear a siren and ambulance, a fire engine, i worry everyday because i have other children left, they are girls. i have grandsons too. every time i hear that, i cringe. these are all the names of the perpetrators that murdered my son. the first man, he's a suspect. he's the main one and paris moffett the ring leader.

you have all these names of the perpetrators that murdered my son. what do we do about it? >> vice president mazzucco: lady information regarding the murder of him august 14, 2006, please call the police tip line. ms. brown, i know it's difficult for you to have a merry christmas after losing aubrey. you made your son proud. i don't think any mom has been diligent as you have been to keep his memory alive and seek justice for his murderer. i want you with your daughters and grandchildren have a merry christmas. any further public comment? public comment is now closed.

>> commissioner hirsch: at end of last commission meeting i had a prevent conversation with the chief. i thought it will be very beneficial for all of san francisco if he were to get on the general, brief discussion of the appointments that me made. after tonight's comments i thought it will be valuable to get that on agenda as soon as possible. the commission and the department and the community understands how promotions were made and why and why people are moved from one spot to another. i would ask than agendized as soon as possible >> if response -- >> vice president mazzucco: i think that's a great idea. we as commission, we have always heard the biggest complaint is, when you move our captains. neighborhood stations love their captains. we had compliments when captains have been promoted. central station and bay view station are two of the top

stations in the city where move out and move up in the ranks which benefits them and their families. i know it's difficult for the chief. i understand the need for that. this is not new. we've been through this before. it's also not new to hear complaints about promotions. it's important for chief to share that. i think we need to explain how many -- who is promote and what their ranks are.

it's been topic of debate for many decades in this department. i think the process gotten lot better. and we need to talk about that >> can you distinguish that between transfers and how that works? that's different from a promotion. that's a transfer >> i'm happy to report on all that. >> is there room on the calendar on the 9th to get this on? that will be great. i think it's urgent. >> item six closed session

including public comment on item 7. >> public comment regarding closed session. hearing none, public comment closed. >> second. >> vice president mazzucco: all in favor. >> we're back on the record. you have a quorum. san francisco administrative code action. >> vice president mazzucco: mot. all in favor. >> this is item 10 adjournment. >> pass on the matter of adjournment to commissioner hirsch. >> commissioner hirsch: i was

asked to adjourn we're adjourning in the name of former mayor lee who died a year ago. he had a heart attack on my birthday and died few hours later on the 12th. i knew him for 35 years or so. just a loss for the city. we miss him. thank you. >> vice president mazzucco: do i have a motion? >> so moved. >> aye. >> vice president mazzucco: tha.

>> the hon. london breed: hello, everyone. good afternoon, and thank you so much for being here today. if anyone wants to come down to the front, there are a number of seats where you can join us. i called my aunt today, and i was about four years old about 40 years ago -- oh, did i just tell my age? and i wanted to get an idea for what was going on during that time. and my aunt said, you know, my grandmother, who raised me, she said ms. brown, who was tough as nails, she never, ever, ever cried. i don't remember seeing her cry

when she was a young person, but when she was sad, there was a look on her face. and my aunt remembers her saying on that fateful day, first jonestown, and now this. how much more can our city bear? and we all know that during that challenging time when we lost two amazing leaders in our city, mayor moscone and supervisor milk, it was a really tough time in 1978. it was a tough time because of jonestown and the loss of over 900 san franciscans, and then, to lose our leaders soon after that. and we as a city, we came together. we came together to support one another, we came together to

encourage one another, and what came out of that tragedy was two amazing legacies. two individuals who represented hope for so many people. and many may not be aware, the younger generation now may not be aware how significant it was to have harvey milk, who was the first lgbt member of the board of supervisors and then elected in the state of california. many were not aware of how amazing it was to have george moscone become mayor, someone who not only talked about inclusiveness, but who somehow made the kind of appointments that just weren't happening here in the city of san francisco, to appoint african members, to appoint women, to appoint members of the lgbt

community to positions was significant at that time. they paved the way for so many of the leaders that you see standing here, representing diverse backgrounds, leading san francisco and leading the state of california. we -- today, we take what we know was a sad time in our history, and we celebrate, and we honor their legacy, and their commitment, and what they represent for inclusiveness, for resilience, for over come -- overcoming the odds and celebrating disadvantages in a place like san francisco. what we hope to do today in honoring their legacy is really a call to action for not only the leaders of the san

francisco community but for all of us to continue to work harder, to strive for inclusion, to make better policy decisions, to continue to be good to one another, even during times of difficulties and disagreements. we are better because we have leaders who have showed us the way of how to work together and how to be inclusive, and we were so fortunate to have had them as a part of our incredible history here in san francisco, and their legacy, despite what has happened in the past, their legacy will live on for generations to come. and i want to thank members of the mayor moscone's family, jonathan, is here today, and he will be speaking shortly, as well, as well as friends and family of harvey's family, including his nephew, stewart,

and his cousin. what we hope to continue to do, what i hope that we will continue to honor their legacy by opening the doors for the next generation to be a part of this incredible city in the same capacity that they have tried to do as leaders of san francisco 40 years ago. so thank you all for being here today. welcome to city hall, and at this time, i'd like to introduce a member of the board of supervisors who represents the community that harvey milk represented who will continue to carry on his legacy and make

those tough decisions. ladies and gentlemen, welcome supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, mayor breed, and thank you so much for allowing us to have this space for this event. i do want to invite everyone to the candlelight individual the that happens tonight and has happened every year for 40 years at castro and market, but for the 40th anniversary, we felt it was important to do something at city hall a little special. i want to thank tom timprano in my office. i want to thank tom for everything he did. he's in an elected position in my office. and senator scott wiener. i do want to thank everyone for

coming to acknowledge this, and i want to thank mathy athew an kira who made special efforts for this event. as we mark the 40th anniversary in what must have been one of the darkest days in san francisco's history, i hope you will join all of us in celebrate the tremendous lives and lasting legacy of two of this city's greatest leaders. throughout history, san francisco has shown a tenacity to be able to rebuild time and time again, stronger than before. we are a phoenix, rising from the ashes. the legacy that george mass coney and harvey milk left behind is a better san francisco, a city that's defined by its economic values,

its diversity and inclusion. mayor breed described empowering leaders from neighborhood, women, people of color, and lgbt. moscone's embrace of diversity in san francisco city government has endured, and today, our city is led by a strong african american woman mayor -- yes, that's worthy of applause. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: we are the city that leads the resistance and a board of supervisors that is majority female who is led by a president who is another strong african american woman, and that also -- and there she is. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: malia

cohen, everyone, and hillary ronen, and we do have assembly man david chiu. and it's aaron peskin from district three, thank you, and kathr kathrin stefani, and carmen chu, and joanne hayes-white is here, and. >> president cohen: we now have a coquorum. >> supervisor mandelman: we know have a quorum, and we're in violation of the brown act, and we're now going to jail. in 1978, harvey milk said his election would give people two new options. move to san francisco was one or stay and fight, and they did both. and a few weeks ago, we had this great, wonderful blue wave that we're all still sort of basking in.

but part of that blue wave was 150 out lgbtq people who were elected to positions around this country and that is worthy of some applause. i -- we're all revealing our ages here. i was five years old when harvey milk and george moscone were killed. i don't remember that moment, but i learned about them as i grew older, and learned about them at a time before i knew i was a day man. but i became -- i was proud of them as a san franciscan, and so before i even knew to be proud of myself, i was proud of these two men and what they had done. it's a tremendous honor to hold the same seat on the board of supervisors that harvey milk held, and i know that i know not only him but the entire succession of lgbtq people that have served so strongly on that

board, tom am i don't knowy, susan leal, mark katz, david campos, scat wiener, cristina olagui, and jeff sheehy -- applause for them all. but even more for the countless activists upon whose shoulders they stood. the work these heros did following harvey's death through krifg rights struggles and battling an epidemic that would take many of them from us far too early created opportunities for young people that did not exist when i was born in 1973. of course we are reminded daily that we cannot take that progress for granted. i'm keenly aware that i'm the only lgbtq person on the board of supervisors, marking the first time in decades that our representation on this body is that low. i'm also keenly aware that

there is tremendous prejudice facing our community and its more vulnerable members emanating from washington, d.c., but even right in san francisco, here as in the rest of the country, the transgender community continues to face disproportionate and unacceptably high levels of violence, unemployment and homelessness. one-third of our homeless population identifies as lgbtq and half the people living on the streets are queer. as lgbtq continue to be priced out of neighborhood like soma, and the tenderloin, it alienates our power and takes them from the communities and neighborhoods that can support them. fortunately, harvey milk and george moscone left us with a road map, one uniting the lgbtq

communities, fighting like hell, and never giving up until we win. so thank you, harvey and george. can we have -- [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: you know, thank you, alex randall. thank you for supporting your gay sister. now i think we were going to hear from mayor brown -- he's here. he's arrived. there's a wonderful documentary that was just -- that's recently come out about george moscone and his life, and it is amazing to think of these two men at hastings, young before they had accomplished all that they would. but -- hello. but mayor brown is speaking after me. i'm introducing you. i'm out of the way. [inaudible]

[laughte [laughter]. >> mayor breed, and other local elected officials that are here, it was so many years ago that things happened in this city hall that should not happen in any city hall, if not any public building in this nation. two sterling examples of people who have been elected to public office, who earned the election by demonstrating in every fashion how their existence stood out as a mark and a guideline for the future, an optimistic future for

everybody. unfortunately, their lives were shortened. this city will never be the same because we always are forced to remember, are forced to recall that dreadful day when a former elected official did something so despicable, so destructive to so many, so destructive to so many families for which they could never be forgiven. thank you, mayor breed, aaron peskin, for reminding me that on this occasion, each of us ought to pause as i suspect

before you do when you say a prayer at night. it causes you to remember something significant. each of us should recall forever so that our conduct never again in any fashion causes anybody under any circumstance to do what was done and to whom it was done. my friend, george moscone, a student at hastings school of law, a fellow janitor of that facility became a mayor of this city. he was really the forerunner to almost everything that has happened in this city since his election, including the election of the first black woman as mayor of this city,

and for sure, the first black man who was ever mayor of this city. george moscone's politics inspired all of us. george moscone's politics led all of us. when i heard the word progressive, it wasn't used to describe george moscone, but i can assure you, every single thing that has happened under the name of progressives came out of the heart and soul of what george moscone really stood for and demonstrated in his capacity as the mayor of this city. harvey milk, and in all the things that people say now about how credibly mature this nation has become with reference to choices that

people may or whom they may love, harvey milk, the symbol of all that was achieved in this day and age on that question. and so when we as a city pause, we really should pause and frankly rejoice, two great people gave their lives to the -- so the rest of us could live in greater freedoms. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, mayor brown, for those inspiring words. and with that, i'd like to introduce jonathan moscone, the son of mayor george moscone. >> hi. last time i was up here speaking, i got married to my

husband, darryl carbonaro's around here somewhere, and willie brown made it possible. 40 years ago, san francisco lost its mayor, george moscone, and we lost our father. you know while i somewhat keep ourselves in the public eye, our family has remained private, opting instead to remember my dad, my mom's husband, as exactly that, dad and husband. we haven't forgotten who -- what he did for this state and this city, but he's the man who taught yus pedro and took us t the movies and to the theater, and whom we didn't see enough of when he was alive and whom he we'd give anything just to

see again. five years ago on this very date, i spoke, as i'm speaking now, and i vowed that our family would never again mourn in public the death of our father. instead, we'd celebrate only his life. that life, which lasted 49 years, zero months, and three days, but who's counting, far outweighs the instance of the flash of time that took him away from us, from all of us. so when i was asked to speak today, of course i said yes because i love to speak. but on this anniversary of that one flash of an instant, i really said that i wouldn't want to if we don't pledge to not mourn the past, but instead look to the legacy of the

future. the death of my dad and of harvey is not tragedy, but as opportunity. when i look at willie brown, mayor breed, and honey mahogany, i see the best of our past, our present, and our future. the honor paid to my father is more than a mere honor. his legacy lives in the continued fight to bend the arc of the moral universe towards justice, and in the struggle to ensure that our city keeps its promise of inclusion and opportunity for all of its people. i am grateful to rafael mandelman and tom temprano, and everyone in their office and everyone at city hall who made today possible and who along with so many community leaders fight for an equitiable future

where regardless of race, gender identity, culture, class or aspiration can thrive. that's san francisco, and i believe my dad would have felt the same. thank you. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you so much, jonathan. we truly appreciate the work that you continue to do in your father's honor by supporting and advocating so fiercely for the arts community, and we know that he would have been proud. thank you. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: next, i'd like to bring up an incredible person who is well known and well respected all over the country for his work in advocacy, and what he has

represented in terms of carrying on the legacy of harvey milk. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome cleve jones. [applause] >> well, first of all, mayor, i want to thank you for inviting us here today. several of us from the lgbtq community spent yesterday, a significant amount of time on the picket line at the marriott marquis. and i know that all of the workers there are extremely grateful of your support in this struggle which is i believe entering the 55th day of the workers on strike against this very powerful corporation. i think that was an appropriate way to honor the work of harvey milk and george moscone, two men who unds the importance of fighting for the people, and for all the immigrant born,

gray and straight, black, brown, and white, that was what harvey and george stood for. i've been looking through the photographs and the news coverage, and i'm overwhelmed with memory of your father. just the incredible joy and charisma. as someone who was 64 years old and arrived in this city when it was still a felony to sleep with the person that you love the most, i want to thank you again, willie brown, for your work with george moscone to decriminalize us. and people forget, and sometimes i say to young people, you know, it used to be it was a crime just to be gay. and they say you're kp exaggerating. and i say there were two men, willie brown, and george moscone, and because of them, we no longer went to prison for

loving people of the same sex. so thank you. [applause] >> now, you know, when i met harvey, i was just this idiot street kid, and he got me to cut my hair and go to city college, and i enrolled in the film department, and i made a little super 8 movie. remember super 8, and he took me aside and said you have no talent at all. you need to change your major, and so i enrolled in the police science department at san francisco state, and got an internship working for harvey, and that was part of the deal. he said you go back to school, and i'll bring you back to city hall. i said you better get elected first. you lost several times. danny nicoletto went through several of those campaigns with harvey. danny, i'm gla