. >> item 45, the appointment of lesley katz to the port commission. >> i would like to refer this back to committee. i feel very strongly about the former supervisor's qualifications but we owe it to the public to have a more thorough discussion about this. of a move that we refer this back to committee. >> supervisor mar has made a motion to refer back to committee. this has been seconded by supervisor campos. >> the chair and a member of the rules committee were kind enough to indulge me when i wanted to sit in on the meeting and i would like to reflect on the fact that four former supervisor katz received strong support at the meeting which i very much appreciate. i have worked hard with her during her time on the board of supervisors and she distinguished herself as being a very substantive supervisor. she worked deeply with the burgeoning technology community in san francisco and helped to shepherd the way to ensure that city government did not stand in the way of a homely generation of jobs within san francisco. -- a whole new generation of jobs within san francisco. with the app

supervisor dufty: i briefly wanted to add some welcoming remarks for supervisor katz and think lesley for incredible service on the board. i was a board aid and worked in neighborhood service during her tenure, and she was an incredibly substantive member of the board. be she did an incredible job of bringing those business interests together with the city, helping us understand it, really being mayor brown's point person. with the transition to district elections as a proud resident, there was a longstanding supervisor, and not often in public life do you see someone get back and accord someone that respect that tom was deserving, not seeking to just pick up roots and move somewhere else, although probably over time, she did come to live in my district, but i just sensed that lesley is really an incredible member of the public family in san francisco and a longstanding member of the democratic central committee, someone who did not just get on the central committee in order to get somewhere and let it go. she stayed there as a stalwart democratic and someone who has made a significan

supervisor dufty: i briefly wanted to add some welcoming remarks for supervisor katz and think lesley for incredible service on the board. i was a board aid and worked in neighborhood service dg

a theme, for me, that means true with lesley, as it also has done for the other appointments that i'm here to support today. mr. courtney, ms. bridges, and ms. katz has an incredible an uncanny ability to reach across the boundaries of political spectrum, community spectrum and engage in the discussion in the argument in the conversation, and that is why i'm here standing before you to support her. i wanted to let you know that i'm in support of her nomination. thank you very much. supervisor campos: 9 you, commissioner. next speaker please. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i've been a resident of san francisco for 55 years, and for 24 of those years, i've been a supervising deputy attorney general. i've done litigation, appeared before many boards and commissions. i know lesley professionally and personally, and i have to give you full disclosure -- she is my daughter-in-law. there are probably not very many mother-in-law's who would come before you advocating for her daughter-in-law, which shows what a quality person you have before you, and i volunteered for this. leslie is a fantastic person, the most competent professional person i know. th