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titles of certain designated officials employees to reflect organizational and staffing changes and by refining new disclosure requirements for certain designated officials and employees. >> thank you president madam. >> thank you, chair walton. >> well, it turns out there's a little more meet and confer work to do on this item and so i'm going to request that we continue this to the call. >> the chair thank you. even make that motion such mr. clerk yes. >> the motion to continue to call a chair correct. okay. public comment? yes, my apologies. are there members of the public who wish to speak on this side himself and misspeak at this time? each speaker will be allowed two minutes. are there any speakers who would like to comment on this matter? i do not see any speakers on this matter. >> thank you senior speakers for this item. public comment is now closed and now mr. clerk on the motion on the motion vice chair cheryl

i know i remember madam and madam and i chair walton i while tonight the motion passes without objection thank you. >> motion to continue carries mr. clerk please call item number two. item number two is a hearing to consider appointing one member term ending april 27th, 2026 to sunshine ordinance task force. >> thank you so much seeing those speakers we will go to public comment on item number two. >> we have the applicant oh that is here. >> my apologies. please come up. please tell us about yourself and let's try to do this in two minutes. >> i will try. good morning. thanks for the opportunity to explain why i want to be in the

sunshine ordinance task force. i'm cynthia dye. i live in bernal heights. i've had a management consulting practice for the past 30 years and teach on the side. i'm chinese-american and a proud member of the lgbtq plus community as a state and local commissioner. for the past 15 years i've worked to increase civic engagement, promote independent citizen oversight and ensure open during my ten years on the first california citizens redistricting commission i chaired meetings where we shone a light on the formerly secretive process of drawing electoral districts collaborating instead with communities to ensure fair representation. our open meeting rules challenged us but our ultra transparent process built the public's trust and helped us win unanimous california supreme court decisions upholding the maps after we drew 177 districts in public

and on time we won an innovation award for public engagement in from harvard's ash center for democratic governance and innovation. this allowed us to share california's model of independent redistricting with engaged citizens in other states. i just concluded three years as a san francisco elections commissioner where i first learned about the sunshine ordinance but my students would not be impressed with the training yet education is the best tool to prevent violations and to assist departments to share information with the public we serve. i'd like to cut the time to resolve complaints because for information requests justice delayed is justice denied. so there are challenges with enforcement. >> no doubt there are many opportunities to modernize and streamline this 1990s era ordinance if appointed i

promise to uphold the mission of the task force to protect public access to city and i look forward to hearing your ideas and concerns. i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you so much. >> i don't see anyone on the roster for questions. supervisor mendham in or we had a little bit of time to talk this weekend i want to i want to thank for that sunshine is really important. >> it's really important that the public be able to see what's going on and and the decisions not be completely opaque. there's also in my experience and observation over these last number of years are tremendous cost associated with implementation of our sunshine rules and we have people and certainly in every supervisor office who are tasked with managing records, keeping

records, redacting records, responding to what seem like unearned dying requests sometimes it submitted seemingly maybe even just as a form of harassment. and i know that that's happening in every single department throughout the city. i have not asked although have sometimes thought about asking for a bill a request to try to quantify the costs of sunshine but i'm sure it's in the millions annually and maybe more. and so i'm curious as you think about stepping onto this body how you think about balancing the importance of sunshine against the costs of the way we do it. >> well, i'm a taxpayer like everyone else. i'm very concerned about the cost to. but i do think that it's very important as you stated that the city process is not be opaque. as i stated, i, i do think

being proactive and educate departments on how to provide the information the public actually wants to see is the right solution. >> i observed a couple of task force meetings and they have very long meetings and spent a lot of time with frequent fliers that you know file repeated requests often in areas that are not even part of the task force jurisdiction. so i think being able to kind of nip those in the bud and and again provide information that the public would want to have proactively helping departments put that forward, i think it's the right way to go. >> as an example on the elections commission i worked really hard to improve elections results reporting because what do people want to

know when there's an election going on they want to know who's winning and sometimes particularly for our local elected offices ranked choice voting and the results can be kind of opaque. and previously the department would only post the first round results and you had to click like 4 or 5 times to get to some obscure report that would actually show you the the you know, subsequent rounds that would actually tell you who's waiting. >> and so that was something that we when i was on the elections commission we work really hard to like make it on the home page for elections result reporting showing the current results of what the last round was so that people didn't have to click five times to figure that out and so the media didn't misreport things. so that's just a simple example of you know, putting the information the public wants to know right up top so that people don't have to file a

public records request in the first place. thank you president madam and seeing no other questions. >> thank you so much. thank you, mr. clerk. >> we will call for public comment. members of the public who wish to speak on this same should line up to speak at this time each speaker will be allowed two minutes. all right. supervisors and rules committee pleasure. my name is bob, explained gary. i'm here in my personal capacity no organization or anything and i'm here to speak against the this particular applicant cynthia die in the last couple of years we've had a lot of tension and a lot of dramatic public proceedings around a couple of different things relating to the elections commission but the two that rise to the top of my head are the behavior in april

of 2022 where they at the behest of a very small number of people who mobbed their chambers one day because they didn't like what was happening in the redistricting task force and they had no evidence for what they didn't like. they just had personal opinions about it petitioned the elections commission to look into and hold a hearing on the potential possibility of removing at the 11th hour. there are three appointees to the redistricting task force for a commissioner who professes to care about an independent body is acting independently to throw that kind of a monkey wrench the 11th hour into a body that was working very hard on the extraordinarily difficult compressed circumstances because of the covid pandemic to entertain that stuff and to also kind of lean into the arguments that were being frivolously was bizarre to me and unwise and did not exhibit good leadership. then the other one more recently was the attempted

removal of john arts, the elections department director who has behaved admirably in his tenure and my understanding is is runs a department that almost all san franciscans consider to be one of the best run departments in the city. and the justifications the rationale, the the reason it was raised at the time it made no sense to me. it made no sense to a lot of other people and ultimately the board of supervisors had to come in and remove that or undo that or put a stop to it. >> so i urge you to to get this that to have more applicants into this open for longer. >> thank you. hello hello. morning. my name is justin so i'm here as a concerned citizen regarding the proposed appointment of cynthia dye to the sunshine ordinance task force. >> so i ask you carefully consider her record before confirming this nomination. in my view, mrs. di's past action raises significant questions about her ability to serve objectively and in the

public interest. i'm particularly troubled by several issues. first on redistricting. mr.. i played a role in bringing unsubstantiated accusations against some incredibly detailed task force dedicated task force members. this not only led to public embarrassment for our city but also contributed to a climate of division and mistrust i think went in the officials actions result in internal strife even in the resignation of respected colleagues it's fair to ask whether such conduct serves the best interest of our community. second, there's evidence that ms. di has allowed partizan considerations to guide her decision making. for example, her attempt to remove john anse a director widely recognized for his competence during challenging election reforms over concerns that appeared more about enforcing a particular agenda than evaluating performance raises some serious questions about her priorities. and third, the establishment of the fierce committee which many see as an ill considered and wasteful effort to change the redistricting process is another area of concern. now it might not have been

illegal but creating additional bureaucratic processes without clear responsible planning and fundraising funding demonstrates an approach that could burden our city's commissions with unnecessary work rather than facilitating meaningful improvement. so for these reasons i respectfully urge the rules committee and ultimately the board to reconsider the appointment of cynthia di. thank you. good morning rules committee. my name is michael siracusa. i'm a district three resident here. i am here speaking on behalf of urging you to reconsider the appointment of cynthia day. i will not get into all the details. i think the two gentlemen before me did a great job. but for those reasons i am opposed. as supervisor gentleman said, president allan said the sunshine task force is incredibly important and i think that we need somebody as nonpartisan and neutral as possible on this. >> thank you. >> good morning supervisors.

my name is manny. my name is captain. actually my name is captain and my last name is obvious. okay. so heads up, guys. the league of women voters san francisco is a far left radical local organization. throughout 2021 the league of women voters in san francisco of san francisco, they lobbied david chiu to appoint cynthia di to a seat on the elections commission in january of 22. chiu appoints cynthia dai to the elections commission in april of 22 and at the direction of the league of women voters san francisco. dai created such chaos with her threats to push for the firing of the three elections commission appointees in 2022 redistricting task force in july of 22. dai begins regular meetings at the elections commission to analyze the chaos that she created. it was she wanted to analyze the chaos that she caused and

created and pretended she pretended that the chaos was a result of racist misogynist transphobes and billionaires. but by the time 2023 rolls around cynthia dai and the representatives from the league of women voters they were here. they were locked arm in arm walking through these hallways trying to strong arm supervisors to become legislative champions for their fantasy charter amendment. >> all of this self-dealing by the league of women voters, san francisco and cynthia dai was such an embarrassment to david chiu that just last month he opted not to reappoint cynthia dai to the elections commission, the league of women voters. have wasted no time parading her in front of you here today. is they seek further unfair advantage? say no to the league of women voters. say no to cynthia dai for this task force. thank you very much. >> supervisors. thank you.

>> hello. good morning, chair walton. good morning, president. my alderman and supervisor cheryl. my name is lily. i'm a member of the 2022 redistricting task force. over the weekend you received an email exchange that i had along with a few other redistricting task force members with cynthia dai when she served on the elections commission. in the email i laid out reasons for believing that miss dai had no genuine intentions of solving a process issue with redistricting because process was never an issue. the san francisco redistricting task force of 2022 is arguably the most transparent, most inclusive process to have ever been done in the history of redistricting in san francisco. i can guarantee you that she weaponized the civic disorder as a process issue which it was not and some of you know our

colleagues here before you have described the chaos that was ensued. you know, as you've already heard ms.. dai has a history of concocting fake news to justify by an overreach of her authority. >> one of the most important lessons i learned while on redistricting is how easy it is to sow division and divide our city with lies. more than ever in this country. we need honest people in. we need honest and ethical people in. i'm here to oppose her appointment and i want to let you know that i fully appreciate these difficult conversations and decisions that you have to make here today. >> thank you. >> good morning. this is not something that i'm very good at or like to do so please bear with me.

chair walton. supervisor. >> and cheryl, i. my name is kreiner and i was the vice chair of the 2022 redistricting task force. i'm here in my capacity to oppose the appointment of cynthia died today in my opinion and personal experience . she is not an impartial or fair representative. she uses her position to create division and fulfill her own agenda. as you heard here, redistricting was fair and thorough. we were forced to do our work under extreme harassment and difficult circumstances sometimes working till two, three, 4:00 in the morning. sheriffs guards had to protect us from the hostile crowds and sometimes we had to walk to our cars late in the morning with pepper spray in our hands all

doing a pandemic. >> while mapping was the most difficult part of our redistricting process, cynthia di and her colleagues at the league of women voters dragged us in front of the elections commission in the middle of our mapping process to justify our work. as has been detailed before, they created a spectacle and smeared our name in the paper. but once public with the anesthetic light of day the league couldn't justify their accusations and the aclu letter turned out to be written by a staffer or volunteer just on their letterhead. the aclu apologized but when elections commissioner junk suggested that they to apologize, cynthia said she was proud of their work and refused. shortly thereafter, commissioner chung cited this event as one that aided his decision to resign. >> cynthia creates conflicting position and should not be

entrusted with this position. >> thank you. >> good morning chair walton's president management and and supervisor cheryl. i normally i'm julie sue i sit on the sheriff's oversight board i normally don't speak in opposition to something and i'm actually here to speak in support of another candidate. however i couldn't sit idly and not speak in opposition of cynthia di. i've served over 20 years with the state democratic party until 2023. i had never heard the name of cynthia die so she purports to have done a lot of state work and i would have thought that i would have heard of her name having been predominantly on the executive board of the california democratic party. i followed redistricting for most of my adult life. i'm a fourth generation san franciscan. it is a very transparent process more so transparent in

this last redistricting because it was both in in-person and virtual. i was so saddened to see what happened and at the instigation of cynthia di i personally was called at 245 in the morning to ask for more deputies to come to protect the members and in particular i felt so much for the late arnold townsend who was one of my mentors and he was chair just a very arduous process. and then to have the elections committee commission rounded up by cynthia di to attack the redistricting members. there was no jurisdictional means to remove those on the redistricting task force for merely doing their job. someone who is entrusted with serving the public should be there to make peace, to build consensus and rather than create divisions through a personal agenda. thank you.

>> are there any other members of the public who to provide public comment on this matter? >> are there no additional speakers? thank you c and no more speakers. >> public comment is now closed on this item. president mittleman thank you. chair walton i want to start by thanking ms. dai for for your service and your you're willingness to serve in a different capacity. i think we need to be grateful for anybody who's willing to give the kind of time that you have given and and our foolish enough to want to continue to give. >> i am not comfortable voting on this nomination today. i think i as i said, i have a lot of opinions and not to say grievances but it's moving into the realm of grievances around the way we do sunshine in this in this town. i'm grateful that we did have the brief time we did for a

conversation. i'd like to talk more with the applicant about some of the issues that have come up today some things specific to her and her her past but also about generally what can be done with this task force and generally what should the city be doing about sunshine? i also think that it is possible that there are more people out there who might be interested in this position and it might make sense to see if that's the case. >> so i would like to move unless i mean there may be other my colleagues may not agree but i'd like to move that we continue this either to the call the chair or at least to the next meeting of rules which would be in two weeks. >> thank you president madam and i would just say i also want to commend anyone who's willing to serve and thank you so much for coming in and representing your credentials. i agree that we should continue this to the next rules committee meeting for more time and more conversations.

but i will say on record that the last redistricting process was not transparent. it was not fair, it was not equitable. there were a lot of flaws with that redistricting process. with that said, i do think we should allow for more time and more conversation so that we can all hear from the candidate and of course decide on what's best for this as a city. so with that i will support that. yes. and the motion to continue the matter to the february 24th, 2025 rules committee meeting on that motion vice chair cheryl shaw i remember i madam and i chair walton i will deny that motion passes without objection. >> thank you so much and the motion to continue this meeting to our february 24th rules committee meeting is passed unanimously. >> mr. clerk, would you please

call item number three? >> item number three is a hearing to consider appointing four members terms ending january 31st 2027 to the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district board of directors four seats, five applicants. >> thank you so much and i know we have candidates who are here so i will call you up in order as you appear on the agenda. >> please try to keep your comments around two minutes. we definitely have applications and information on all candidates and i know some of us have had conversation with candidates so i will first call up burt hill. >> good morning supervisors. i've done this one time. i'm still onerous. i'm running for my second term.

i want to talk a little bit about my background supervisor management you know we go back to 2002 with liverpool city. i put together a bicycle training system that the league of american bicyclists awarded me for outstanding lead to urban street skills and it was a two time bicycle. i grew quite a bit and i think i like to think that the reason that san francisco is so safe and i say so safe by looking at the zero vision the only type of travel in san francisco with no great holidays are bicycles. if you look at the chart i'm proud of what i've done four years in in 2019 the bike coalition took over and i stopped doing it because i had

done for 19 years and i wanted to be on the bridge so i was speaking of that i still chair in the out of the bicycle advisory committee. this is my 20th year and we're going to find out what we're going to do with it probably in the next coming months. we look at the commissions and committees so with with that we have i will i will say to you that we have some well i guess i've got 30s go ahead. it's all right. >> we still have yeah. okay. >> thank you. >> you still had a little bit of time as i do. okay. we have challenges this next term besides the person living in the white house. that's going to be bad enough. and one thing i want to say is i think we're going to have to go ahead with what we're doing the i and different names but

we're going to keep the policy . we're going to find a way of keeping the policy. the last thing i'll say is very quickly we have a we never have recovered from the come from from the covid scare and in our revenue we're going to have to do some things that we didn't want to do. so just we don't have them together yet but be aware that we're going to have to find some ways. >> thank you. thank you mr. hill and i don't see any questions or comments from colleagues so i will call up gregory michael hardiman i'm just going in order the list my apologies. >> good morning supervisors, staff and guests. my name is greg hardiman and i'd be honored to represent san francisco as one of our golden gate bridge highway transportation board directors. i'm born and raised san franciscan.

i long long long long term resident of west portal and a perfect example of a well designed transportation neighborhood. i went to school in san francisco and in 2001 i started my career as an elevator constructor apprentice in the international union of elevator constructors local eight. i worked in all various branches of our industries from being the missy mechanic in charge of multiple crews building elevators from blank slates installing all the components electrical wiring programing to the inspection process to turning an elevator over i repair modernized elevators that are over 100 years olds to brand new and i've also rescued my fair share of trapped passengers. i'm happy to share that my jobs were always completed safely with a quality ride on time and under budget. i fully understand the importance in safe, reliable transportation that fits within a budget and working in a contract to nuts and bolts to managing the workforce,

representing the workers all the way to the bureaucracy of getting a state certificate. i rose through the ranks in my career early as you can see on my application delegate to the san francisco building trades labor council and union executive board and joint apprenticeship and training committee labor chair to union organizer where i was able to navigate unique situations and bring companies and people together in situations that benefited both parties as a union representative, as a recording secretary i learned how to address difficult situations things that our members and even companies sometimes find themselves in and able to find a fair common sense resolution that generally appeases all parties involved always considering everyone's unique personalities, situations and issues. my father, my late father mike hardiman served on multiple commissions boards in san francisco, california and nationally. i saw the hard work and dedication that he put into each of those titles and i'm committed to put on the same if

selected the golden gate bridge district is a unique operation of multi-modal transportation and yet like other districts it faces challenges in both coordinating its efforts with regional partners, balancing capital investments and maintenance with basic transit functions, the public has to come to expect as someone who's relied exclusively on public transit, i hope to focus my work on mcas maximizing inter-agency coordination so that riders experience a safe and seamless connected transit network. thank you for considering me and i look forward to building a strong relationship. >> thank you so much, mr. hardiman. >> i don't see anyone on the rosters. so now we will bring up liam devlin. >> good morning supervisor my name is liam devlin and i'm applying for a seat on the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district as the son of an immigrant. i'm a first generation born and raised lifetime san francisco siskin living in district seven with my wife and two daughters.

i attended st gabriel's elementary school and sacred heart high school before attending san francisco state university. i found my passion in life when i was accepted into the local 38 apprenticeship program. my career as a steam fitter has taken me from apprentice to journeyman to foreman to general foreman and project management. working and running jobs in san francisco and the north bay in 2005 i was honored with the invitation to come in and help run the local 38 apprenticeship program. as the assistant training director and curriculum coordinator as my children are getting older i'm allowed more time to get involved with extracurriculars serving the city which i love seems like a good direction. as i looked into the golden gate bridge and transportation district i thought about what i had to offer. the building and operation committee oversees construction programs and facility maintenance. in my 30 years of construction i oversaw many construction jobs from planning and design to final startup. >> i delivered install plans and maintenance plans to keep these projects running long

after construction was complete. i currently oversee the operation and maintenance of our two training centers and i'm involved with the design and construction drawings of past remodels for planned expansions of these schools. >> the finance committee reviews and monitors operating costs and budgets in my current position. i'm responsible for creating and operating within our annual budget to ensure the funding is there to run the school. i write grants to both the state of california and our international union to be sure we are taking advantage of all moneys available to us. the rules and policy committee oversees personal policies and employer relations and my time working at the school. we have had as many as 45 instructors in over 550 apprentices at one time. i was tasked with rewriting policies for our student and instructor handbooks as needed and following our written procedures protocol. >> situations arise where a state approved apprenticeship program and we must review, evaluate and stay current on any laws and legislation that impact the training of our apprentices.

i have attended the quarterly california apprenticeship council meetings to be sure we are complying and state in compliance. in addition to this i'm involved with community outreach to promote our program at job fairs, career days, school tours and special workshops. i teach first period plumbing apprentices the math they will need in the trade. i act as our liaison to city college to make sure we are taking advantage of our material funding. and i'm a registered school certifying official with the department of veterans affair to assist our apprentices with collecting their gi bill. >> and i'd be honored to be chosen for this board. thank you. thank you so much, mr. devlin. >> i don't see any questions for that candidate so we will call up len newhouse segal. oh, she did withdraw. thank you. >> sabrina hernandez. >> thank you, mr. chair. good morning. good morning. good morning, vice chair sheryll and good morning president menem and thank you for the opportunity to be here.

my name is sabrina hernandez. someone san francisco native currently serving as business representative with ibew local six, the electrical workers union here in san francisco. i'm a 36 year member. i'm also a 16 year member of the board golden gate bridge highway and transportation district seeking another term. i'm going to try to keep my my comments brief here. i know there's been a lot of comments. >> so i've had the opportunity the fortune of being on the bridge district over many years served on almost all committees served on all committees and most task forces and advisory committees. i participated in some very, very difficult decisions, some very, very wonderful opportunities i've had serving the district. of course you're aware that the suicide deterrent system is finally complete. i was one of the folks that that participated in the early discussions on the suicide deterrence system and voted for that. i'm particularly proud of my work on with regards to equal employment opportunity diversity inclusion at the

district i charity task force which just finished reporting out on on our accomplishments we one of which and probably the main one we we established a four unit a four person unit formerly to make sure that we're doing everything that we can with regards to equity and diversity at the district not only as it as it applies to the folks that work day in and day out for the district but also with regard to our procurement process and with regard to how we treat and are in our relationship with our with our customers. there are a lot of big decisions and hard decisions and difficult times coming ahead. i'm challenged and look forward to continuing that work. i think i can make a contribution. and i also if i could just would like to put a word in for my colleague burt hill. he is almost going to be president. he'll be president in about a year. he's in line and he's been an amazing champion for for cyclists. he's also been an amazing champion for issues involving the environment.

so i want to say that i support his candidacy as well. greg hardiman and liam devlin i know personally and professionally i think they would be fantastic candidates and all of us would be moving forward with your with your support with san francisco top of mind. >> thank you very much. thank you. sabrina. >> thank you. and i believe that is all the candidates so if there are no questions or statements by my colleagues we will now. supervisor cheryl if i can just briefly this is less of a question and just more of a statement. >> first of all for the four of you i am extremely grateful for your being here today and for your willingness to continue to serve and to begin potentials service. i also just want to recognize lynn newhouse segal briefly as someone who has been extremely dedicated to this city and i know will remain so i think all of us in this room probably share my feelings about her but she's just a wonderful san franciscan and i just want to recognize her briefly.

thank you supervisor cheryl. with that said, we will now go to public comment. >> yes, members of the public who wish to speak on this item should only speak at this time. each speaker will be allowed two minutes. >> hi my name is lorna chang hill. i am the wife of burt hill for almost 50 years. >> so some of you weren't born yet but we were actually married here at city hall and it's my pleasure to be here and to meet our new supervisor cheryl and to see both supervisor walton and mandolin again and i just wanted to remark that burt has been serving on the board for about ten years. so that's about 20% of our marriage. anyhow, i know that he is committed to this job and it's a passion with him. it's not his all in it. >> it's not a hobby and is not a stepping stone to higher

office and it is not padding his resume. he is all in and i'm really grateful for the endorsement by sabrina hernandez. that really means a lot and and he is as she mentioned, he is currently the first vice president and is in line to be the president the next cycle around that board which is really important to have a president from san francisco representing san francisco on the board. and i wanted to also make a note that our family has been a union family forever. so we are strong union advocates and that's all i have to say and i'm open to any questions. >> we just take public comment right now. okay. thanks. thank you. >> if i'm ever up for an appointment, i'd like ms.. >> hill on my side. also i just want to say it really gonzales for this san francisco building and construction trades council i'm

usually here appealing to your better judgment around a project or development. but here today i'm here to extend my support for the applicants that you have before you for all four of them actually. i thought i'd be here also supporting lynn siegel but i understand that she's withdrawn her name but i also look forward to her future service to the citizens of san francisco and it's in her heart and in her nature. >> the bridge was was was started in january around this time of the year in 1933. >> we talk a lot about building big things and doing big bold things in san francisco. >> we built that bridge in just over four years. >> when you think about that in the context of major development in this city and redevelopment, it reminds me that when we're collaborating, when we're working together we truly can do anything we set our hearts to in our minds to no matter the context locally or nationally. so i'm really honored i wanted to also offer support and

gratitude to michael terrio who has not only beat his share of committee meetings, he's beat cycling records. he's beat cancer, he's retired and happy to be retired but he left i think an indelible mark with some of his colleagues and friends that he became friends with through his service at the golden gate bridge and how he district. >> we're in a crisis moment for transit districts and it it it comforts me that we have citizens like liam raising their families in the city people like greg hardiman who until today you probably thought all union leaders drove big old pickup trucks around the city but he is this public transit every single trip. >> and i also think it's it's an important time for us to blend experience on this board of directors with new energy and so proud to support the reappointment of mr. burt hill and also sabrina hernandez, my sister for bringing in new blood in the bridge district continue on and it's important

mission for all of us. thank you for your time. appreciate you. >> good morning. thank you. i'm lyle beckman. i am a retired lutheran pastor most recently the interim pastor at st mark's lutheran church and formerly also the knight minister for san francisco knight ministry. and i've known burt hill for almost 20 years and i support his reappointment to this board. i think he's decent and kind and bright and charitable and i think he has a great vision for what this board can do. mostly though, why i'm here is i've watched burt interact with people on several occasions over these years and he's very good at getting to the heart of the matter, trying to get to know people and what they

really think about issues and matters and i think he would be a great person to interact with all of the members of the board and the public when it comes to policies and procedures moving forward on this board. so my greatest admiration to him and my full support thank you. >> are there any additional speakers on this matter? >> there are no additional speakers. thank you, sir. you know the speakers public comment is now close and i would just like to add my comments to the comments of supervisors, cheryl and just say thank you so much for being willing to step up like rudy stated, this is a pivotal time for transportation. there's a lot of work that needs to be done and the results and the negative impacts of the pandemic are still very much with us. >> and so thank you all for being willing to serve and i would like to make a motion to

reappoint sabrina hernandez to seat one reappoint reappoint burt hill to seat to appoint leon devlin to seat three and appoint gregory michael hardiman to see for yes on that motion by sure cheryl so i remember madam in high madam and i chair walton i brought in i that motion passes without objection. >> thank you. >> motion carries. congratulations and thank you. >> mr. clerk, would you please call item number four? yes. item number four is a motion approving rejecting the mayor's nomination for the appointment of w.e. wilson long to the police commission for a term ending april 30th, 2028. thank you so much. and i see we do have our candidate here. >> mr. long thank you very much. good morning, chair walton good morning president gentleman

good morning supervisor cheryl i'm honored you have been nominated by the mayor to serve on the police commission. my own story is very typical of san francisco and is inextricably linked to the city i was born in hong kong and moved to the u.s. with my family when i was four years old we settled in san francisco specifically the richmond district and i grew up there. i was educated on its playgrounds and its public schools, went to oregon, went to alamo, went to presidio before going to law for high school and then of course moved over to berkeley for college before heading over to new york city for law school. i'd been practicing law for roughly 28 years and started my career in new york city. >> but the special gravity of home drew me back in 2008 and so i came back in 2008 and settled again in the richmond district of my 28 years practicing law, 15 were spent as a federal prosecutor, as an assistant u.s. attorney first

in the southern district of new york for about seven years between 2001 and 2008 and then in san francisco in the northern district of california from 2008 to 2016 and an assistant u.s. attorney represents the united states in federal court. but we did more than that and more relevant we also served as legal counsel to the federal law enforcement agents and the local law enforcement partners with whom we worked. we advise them on what they could do under the law and as importantly we advise them on what they could not and should not and must not do under the law. and we did that to ensure that they respected the rights of witnesses, subjected defendants so that any prosecutions brought under the name of the united states of america were fair and just and lawful. and i promise to use my experience as an a usa if i were to be named to the police commission i will use the sense of objectivity and fairness and

objectivity in order to formulate policies for the lapd that are both effective at protecting public safety while also being respectful of the rights of the community. >> indeed, the ethical mandate of a prosecutor is fairly simple it's to do justice and this mandate has been ingrained in me over the years. it's been conditioned, it's been a reflex and i will seek to do justice without fear or favor whether it's shaping policy for the speedy or adjudicating allegations of misconduct against individual police officers or listening to the community and the people of san francisco. i know that in recent years san francisco has endured sorrow and tragedy. it suffered a bit of a crisis in confidence. there's a bit of fear out there. there's concern for public safety and about the rather persistent sense of disorder that we see. but i'm optimistic that we've reached a tipping point and that things are getting better and i'd like to help i think together we can make the city

safe for the children of the tenderloin. we can make the city safe for small businesses to thrive and we can make the city safe for those who suffer violence which seems stubbornly concentrated in certain parts of town. >> i think together we can do all that without sacrificing what makes san francisco great. we can maintain san francisco as a vibrant, diverse community that's both caring and humane but also safe and with the police force that is both efficient yet accountable and that is an extension of the community that it serves and i would welcome an opportunity to help however i can. >> thank you so much. i do have a question what are your thoughts about having an oversight body over the police department just as a whole? i think it's necessary. i think it is good to have accountability and it's good to have an oversight committee that is separate and distinct and objective from the organization being overseen

that ensures objectivity and that doesn't and that prevents agency capture. and then how would you work with community me and the department? >> i think the police commissions should serve as a bridge between the community and the department. it definitely needs to listen to all the stakeholders and listen to their concerns because i think oftentimes people are very familiar with their own positions less familiar with any contrary positions and it's important to get a full sense of the of what's out there and consider all the factors before rendering a decision. thank you. i don't have any more questions. i don't see any of my colleagues on the roster. so mr. clerk we will go to public comment. >> thank you. yes. members of the public who wish to speak on this item shall line up to speak at this time each speaker will be allowed two minutes.

>> me my name is frank noto and i'm speaking on behalf of stop crime action and our 4500 members in support of the nomination of mr. leon for the san francisco police commission. we believe he's eminently qualified for this position given his background in criminal justice raised in san francisco and going through public schools from kindergarten through high school is rooted in our city and its communities and our values. we believe he'll be a solid proponent of public safety, civil rights and accountability on the commission. we have every expectation he'll help fulfill its role in setting general policy for the police department and conduct disciplinary hearings and hear appeals as needed with fairness

and dignity. as you know, he has a lot of experience as a federal prosecutor and trial attorney working with law enforcement in the criminal justice system including his service as an assistant u.s. attorney. he was named prosecutor of the year by the society of asian federal officers and a recipient of the attorney general's distinguished service award. we would be grateful for his confirmation. thank you. good morning, chair walton soup supervisor management and other members. my name is george jackson, a native san franciscan community activist, former chair of the reentry council of san francisco and a proud member of our city our home commission serving the great city of san francisco. i am honored to passionately recommend woodson young for the

san francisco police commission, a dedicated and homegrown leader whose deep rooted connection to san francisco makes him uniquely qualified to service our community. wilson embodies the cultural humility in firsthand understanding needing to address the specific needs of our city his commitment to public safety is not just professional it's personal having worked alongside federal, state and local agency wilson's brings invaluable expertise, expertise and insight into collaborative law enforcement efforts. he understands the complexities of public safety in a diverse city like san francisco is eager to work with the s.f. pd to build a stronger, more effective strategies that enhance trust and security for all. >> wilson's passion for service coupled with proven ability to work across multiple levels of law enforcement makes him an exceptional candidate to drive

for meaningful change. his dedication and integrity and deep love for his hometown set him apart as the leader. we need to move our city forward. >> thank you for your time. good morning supervisors. my name is will. i'm the president of dare community, a group of young asian activists here in the city with the goal of uplifting asian pride and supporting asian and small businesses. we were created out of the pandemic during a time of stopping asian hate. >> you know our elders are under attack. >> our businesses are under attack and we really don't want to live through something like that ever again. i think having someone like wilson who not only looks like us but really shares our values which is important on the police commission we'll just do wonders for our community. i think more broadly in san francisco we really need to, you know, fix our reputation when it comes to public safety.

and i think having someone like wilson on the commission will help do that. you know, he read off his qualifications. he's really done the work to get to where he is today to build these relationships in the community and in city hall and elsewhere. and so i'm here to support him and i hope he will serve for a long time on this commission. thank you. >> good morning supervisors. my name is vinita louis and my husband and i are natives of san francisco and we're very proud to call ourselves san franciscans because this is our home. >> but we hope also for a safer san francisco for all and this is why i'm here to wholeheartedly support mayor lowry's nomination of wilson leung to the police commission as i currently serve on a commission. i take my role very seriously.

safety continues to be the public concern across the city . i know wilson will be an exemplary civil servant and work with the police department and not against the police department and the staff to help craft policies to make our city safer. >> i met wilson just the other evening in chinatown. >> we were at the same event and after speaking with him and listening to him i knew i had to come today. he will bring integrity and trust to the police commission with nearly 15 years of experience as a federal prosecutor and nearly ten years combined as a corporate investigator for hewlett-packard, uber and intel. >> he has an illustrious legal career. we know he has high ethical values and he will bring this across to all our communities.

>> his career built him because he is a strategic thinker a problem sour problem solver. >> and plus he's really nice. i heard that he takes care of his elderly parents too. shows compassion and empathy. >> and we know the police department is well, understaffed. watson already has a plan for recruiting more police officers whether new recruits or lateral hires. >> we all want a safer city and wilson leung is an excellent choice. thank you, mayor lurie and thank you board of supervisors and the chair. >> in august i thank you commissioner chair walton president melvin supervisor

sheryl. thank you for this time. my name is christopher doerr. i am the chairman of apapa san francisco as well chairman of the association for the advancement of asians. our community the asian community has been big victims of a lot of the crime that's been in here in san francisco. and one of the things that we're excited about is that we have somebody like wilson liang potentially being on the police commission. he has served in law enforcement. he has sat there and been in a situation where he can represent our community where 37% of the community and in san francisco and we're hoping to get people on the commissions that reflect the community that it serves. so we're excited for his nomination and we hope that you emphatically support him. thank you very much.

>> good morning supervisors alhambra del district eight i'm here to support wilson liang as well. thank you mayor lurie for putting such a fine person up here for appointment to the police commission. we need him very badly. i think he represents the values of most san franciscans very well and i urge you all to appoint him today. thank you. moving through today rather to the full board. >> thank you. good morning again commissioner. i'm sorry supervisors julie sue i speak in strong support of wilson leung. he has had a distinguished legal career both in the public and the private sector. but more importantly he has the cultural and linguistic attribute to be a fine police commissioner. he as a young child immigrated from hong kong with his family, attended san francisco public schools. so he has the linguistic abilities to reach out to our large immigrant chinese community. they are oftentimes the victims

but they sit in silence because they don't believe that there is an avenue to communicate with the police department or victim services. back in the late 1990s i had the honor of working on the equal access to services ordinance which is now the san francisco language ordinance with him sitting on the body that reminds that our police officers need to remember to bring interpreters when necessary to serve the community better because wilson is a longtime san franciscan and attended public schools, he also knows how diverse our communities are and to bring together different communities and not just a chinese community or immigrant chinese community. i believe that whatever he does he does with full integrity. so whether it be putting forth policies as a police commissioner or or just working within the entire body, he will make sure that he has an eye on what is fair and what is just. so i urge you to support wilson leung for police commissioner,

thank you for good morning supervisors. >> my name is nancy. you and i also an immigrant from china when i was ten years old and i'm also a small business owner in chinatown for over 26 years. i'm here to support wilson learn to be confirmed today because we share the same value he's caught value that we have a very good conversation last week. we share the same value as awesome as haskins and also as immigrants and i am so happy that we spoke in chinese. we have a good very good communication in cantonese even when he was four years old he has been really good cantonese and we can communicate as a part of the merchants in san francisco chinatown and we share so much value that he has communicating with the community and merchants more

business like us is a is a first step to to bring the sum of cisco and a community together. so i really appreciate his he he's willing to serve our property goods and what is good for the community and we also share doing what is right not what is easy so i really appreciate he's caught value and hopefully and thank you mayor lori for his nomination and i really appreciate it he if i communicate communicated and confirm and i he is a treasure and he could be a bridge for communicate with all segments kids in this with you thank you very much. >> good morning chair walton president mandolin and supervisor cheryl my name is tiffany deng. i am here to strongly support wil wilson leon's appointment as a police commissioner.

as myself i'm a commissioner currently serving the city at the asian art commission. i am confident that wilson will serve as an outstanding police commissioner. additionally, his roots in the west side of the city are especially important to bringing much needed aapi representative a represent representation to city hall. i believe wilson's leadership and commitment to justice will greatly benefit our community. thank you so much for considering his appointment. thank you. >> are there any additional speakers on this matter? there are no additional speakers. >> thank you. seeing no additional speakers public comment is now closed. >> and i'd like to make a motion to remove rejecting and replace with approved and sent to the full board. >> yes on the motion to amend and recommend as amended to the full board vice chair cheryl i'm sorry i think a vote in

your system. >> you can you mind just clarifying that? sorry i didn't understand the language there. >> so i apologize on being so we have the ability to reject or accept. so we are removing rejecting and replacing with accepting and moving that forward to the board if you so are so inclined. >> sorry my apologies are yes on the motion to amend to approve the motion and to recommend as amended on that motion by cheryl by cheryl i remember gentleman management i chair walton all right well tonight the motion passes without objection. >> thank you. motion carries unanimously mr. clerk, please call item number five. >> item number five is a motion appointing supervisor jacqui field fielder to the local

agency formation commission term ending february 4th, 2027 and the conclusion of her term as a member or at the closing of a term as a member of the board to supervise her. >> there's a request that this matter be sent out as a committee report. thank you so much colleagues. do you have anything? i don't see anything from my colleagues. mr. clerk will call for public comment on item number five. >> yes. members of the public who wish to speak on this matter line up at this time each speaker will be allowed two minutes. are there any speakers on this matter? >> there are no speakers on this matter. thank you. saying no public comment public comment is now closed. and mr. clerk, i would like to motion that we move item five forward to the full board with recommendation as the committee report. as a committee report? yes. on the motion to recommend as a committee report. right. sure, cheryl. so i remember management and i chair walton i both deny the motion passes without objection. >> thank you.

motion carries. >> mr. clerk, do we have any other business that completes the agenda for today? >> thank you. we are adjourned

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give a round to lion's dance and the high school students. good evening! welcome to this year's official celebration of lunar new year city hall. i'm claude en chang with the heritage foundation. our a ap i heritage celebration team of volunteers look forward to this event to provide support to the mayor's office because

the lunar new year is the first major celebration of asian and pacific islander heritage in the year. also known the spring festival in china and many countries in asia. family and friends come together, visit, have good food. wishing each other the best of everything. happiness, good fortunate, good everything in the year. that's when we are doing here right now. the san francisco family coming together celebrating together. so, thank you for being here. >> i will say a few word in chinese now. after all it is lunar new year. [speaking chinese]

>> so this is the year of the snake. snake is known for the great wisdom, moving around, really quickly and with good energy and positive energy. the two words i heard most associated with the year of the snake -- renewal and transformation. renewal and transformation. i believe that this is what we in san francisco can look forward to this year. because -- because we have a mayor who is committed to doing the same. a mayor that is committed to restoring vibrancy in san francisco. to make sure our city is safe.

prosperous and a happy place for all families for our buildings. residents and for residents and tourists alike. welcome the host of the upon event our mayor daniel lurie. [applause] >> good evening. everyone. i'm so appreciative that you all areere tonight on behalf of myself and the city ask county of san francisco. it is my great ho to welcome to you our lunar new celebration at city hal tonight we garth upon to usher in the new year b to celebte thech traditions. vibrant culture and the contributions of our ap i

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