julius turman. mr. turman is highly educated, eminently qualified, graciously equipped for service to our city at this time. his competence and his willingness to serve give me continuing cause to rejoice as a san franciscan. we have the type of city where randy brightest and the best -- wherein the brightest and the best rise to serve the common good. please, give your recommendation to mr. turman and grant our beloved city up police commissioner who will labor with all of his strength to let righteousness will down like water and justice like a never- ending stream. supervisor kim: thank you, reverend. >> thank you. i am here to support julius turman's candidacy. i of known him for over 10 years, the first five of which, we were in a committed, caring relationship as domestic partners. we parted company in a legal and intimate sense in 2005. he has remained a constant in my life ever since. i can only offer my own observations as a human being. i am a better man because of him, because of knowing him.

but today i am proud to support julius turman. one word i associate with him his courage. it takes courage to step up and be a voice of reason. he is willing to stand up above what is politically expedient and stand above political ideology and stand for what he believes to be right and correct, standing above the fray of infighting. this is a man that has integrity, that is thoughtful, and has the ability to sort out and find the facts. i enthusiastically will be supporting his appointment to the police commission today and ask that my colleagues join me. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: as is often the case with commissioner appointments, we are confronted by an embarrassment of riches. it is a welcome problem. the rules committee understandably has advanced a strong and solid candidate in julius turman, but i have known david wagner much longer. he is an acquaintance with whom i have had discussions over some years about safety, police politics, and public safety, as we have tried to advance and understand much better. i believe mr. wagner would do an excellent job on t

i'm here in support of julius turman. i've also served with him on the allis board and worship with him at united methodist church. he is a brilliant attorney. balanced, rational, and stare. -- and fair. his role is that of a labor and employment attorney, which i believe makes him uniquely qualified to sit on the police commission into a evaluate behavior's and craft and dropped policy and procedure to bring the hot seemingly disparate positions together -- two seemingly disparate positions together. and think that is part of what the police commission does. i think it would be incredibly valuable to have a man of his experience serving in that role. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. we actually are recall -- and i have -- [reading names] >> thank you, supervisors. i am a little bit of my game. i just found out about the deaf and possible deaf of a colleague -- death and possible death of a colleague of mine. i know how important it is to be a public safety, -- to be a public servant, involved with public safety. the

julius turman to the police commission with positive recommendation. i would like to take roll call again. this is not -- i continue to support mr. turman and i know he will be an excellent police commission. for now i will be supporting mr. waggoner for that seat. so roll call, please, on that item. >> on the motion supervisor elsbernd? >> aye. >> supervisor farrell? >> aye. >> supervisor kim? >> no. >> two ayes, one no. supervisor kim: motion moves forward. thank you to your time and thank you to all of the applicants again. madam clerk, can you please call item number snow shower >> item number four, hearing to consider appointing four members terms ending april 30, 2013, to the commission of animal control and welfare. there are four seats and seven applicants. supervisor kim: thank you. i believe all of the applicants are here today except for miss brooks and i would like to hear them in the order listed on the agenda. if you are here for the previous item, if you don't mind moving outside to continue your conversations. thank you. so we have phili

i'm here in support of julius turman. i've also served with him on the allis board and worship with him at united methodist church. he is a brilliant attorney. balanced, rational, and stare. -- and fair. his role is that of a labor and employment attorney, which i believe makes him uniquely qualified to sit on the police commission into a evaluate behavior's and craft and dropped policy and procedure to bring the hot seemingly disparate positions together -- two seemingly disparate positions together. and think that is part of

i am supporting julius turman's of women to the commission. julius is an incredibly well- respected leader in our community and will be a great representative for our community on the police commission. whether we are talking about the lgbt community, the african and -- the african-american community, he has shown independent leadership and we have seen that over and over again. one example i talked about in the rules committee was when there were some incidents related to the bad lands in that castro and allegations of racism and there was a boycott. it was a very intense situation and mr. turman was a true leader to hold badlands' accountable and come to a resolution with the community. he has been recognized many times with many awards for his work and leadership in the community and has worked tirelessly to create a more just and equitable society. julius, i have known him for a long time. if there is one thing you can say about him, is that he does not suffer fools. he is independent, he is reformed-minded and, believe you me, if the depa

ok, please bring of julius turman. thank you for being here. >> thank you. i am proud to stand here today as a candidate for the police commission. i am a graduate of rutgers law school and the university of michigan. i am currently a partner in a law firm where i am a labor and employment attorney and i work for fortune 500 to mom-and-pop shops, helping them to create jobs, implement rules, policies, and programs to strengthen and better their workplace with more diversity. i am also a former federal prosecutor where i have supervised and worked with police officers in over 150 investigations. i also sat on the u.s. attorneys for the districts of new jersey in house committee to review cases against police officers for police misconduct. i grew up in detroit, michigan, where there was an active and vibrant police force. as an african-american and an lgbt person understood the importance of having a sons of self and being expressed to a was even in the face of a strong police presence. during that time, i worked on several citizens committees to interface wi