but he and i worked closely together when we started and it was then, supervisor amos brown. [cheers and applause] >> -- who i looked up to and worked very closely with in this building, not only in district 11 because back then district 11 was not a district 11, but issued city-wide. and in 2000, when we did have district elections, there were about 97 people running for 11 seats on the board of sou supervisors. one of the things i thought of in those passing thoughts was that dan white lived down the street from me and i thought it would have been full circle if a gay man won the supervisorship of district 11 with a person who had shot two people at city hall and he represented district 8 at the time. it didn't happen, but i continued to do what i needed to do and that was to take care of my neighborhood, to work with people like mary harris with the district 11 council and members of omar that are here, everything from cleaning and greening to going -- and angela would know how many board of supervisor's meetings i've been to forever and ever and committee meetings. i did

the disruption by reverend amos brown, stay true, he he stopped interrupting the meeting after sheriff's deputies warned him he would be escorted out. it would send them to smaller community based facilities. walton, who spent time as a youngster in jail, said the bill would provide better programs for rehabilitation. >> it will help support more the supervisor is a co-author of the election. >> juvenile crime has plummeted while our spending has remained consistent or gone up. it cost $266,000 to lock up a minor in juvenile hall. a figure that this was while the 150 were there. he says the bill's author slighted the african-american community. >> they don't have the courtesy, nor the respect to meet with the african-american community. >> reporter: he opposes the bill as does mayor london breed. she, a use the legislation provides no clear cut alternatives after juvenile hall closes. >> we don't put the cart b cart the horse. it may not have the market on the people we want to serve. ? by the way, this was the first reading of the bill. supervisors will have more moree opportunity. >>>

amos brown nearly got removed until aaron pesken asked the deputy not to do it. >> the proposed legislation to close juvenile hall represents the height of racist disenfranchisement of black people. >> reporter: the population is around 60% black. and brown says the african-american community wasn't consulted on the plan. supervisors overwhelmingly signed off on it. >> the biggest indicator of whether a kid is going to spend time in prison when he or she is an adult is whether or not he or she spent time in juvenile hall. >> reporter: but who is spending time at juvenile hall? >> the vast majority of young people detained in so's juvenile hall are there on violent felonies. >> reporter: the courts aren't going to stop prosecuting the youth, so -- >> we have to have a place to house them. and that's just a reality. >> reporter: in san francisco, sam brock. >> it is also a sensitive topic. today's vote is not the end of the issue by any means. the final vote will come from the juvenile probation commission. >>> traffic brought to a stand still for nearly three hours. all lanes were shut down

. >> members of the board, my name is amos brown, im senior pastor of third baptist church and president of the san francisco branch. the national association of the branch for coloured people and a former member of this body. i wish to say happy pride month to you. i give you this greeting against a backdrop, one of george bernard shaw most eloquent quotes. when he said, the worst sin for our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be in different to them. that is the essence of inhumanity, end of quote. now i do not make these comments to be insulting, but still a truth. human beings can make oversights , but we do say, to air is human, but to give his divine. i would like to invite all of you to go and see the last black man in san francisco. it is very chilling. but on this -- on this day in which we stand before this body, and i applauded the gay community. i was one of the first preachers to stand up against proposition eight. and other mentions for gay rights. but for us to acknowledge that community, and unfortunately, i did not hear of any measure. >> finish your sentence.

the disruption by reverend amos brown. speak truth, tell the truth he chanted directing his remarks towards supervisor shaman walton, the main sponsor of the bill. brown stopped interrupting the meeting after sheriff's deputies warned him he would be escorted out. the bill would end the jailing of most young offenders in the city sending them instead to smaller community based facilities. walton who spent time as a youngster in jail says the bill would provide better programs for rehabilitation. >> mental health support, more education exposure and supports and job and life skill supports. >> reporter: she's a coauthor of the legislation. >> juvenile crime has plummeted while our spending has remained consistent or gone up. >> reporter: she quotes a san francisco chronicle investigation that showed last year it cost $266,000 to lock up a minor in juvenile hall. a figure that nearly doubled since 2011. this while the 150-bed facility normally houses fewer than 50 young offenders. reverend brown says the bill's author slight

amos brown nearly got removed until veteran supervisors aaron peskin motioned to a deputy not to do itearlier in the day the reverend had this to say. >> the proposed legislation to close juvenile hall represents the height of racist disenfranchisement of black people. >> reporter: san francisco's juvenile hall population is around 60% black, and dr. brown said the african-american this. supervisors overwhelmingly signed off on it. >> the biggest indicator of whether a kid is going to spend time in prison when he or she is an adult is whether or not he or she spent time in juvenile hall. >> but who is serving time in juvenile hall? >> the vast majority of young people detained in san francisco's juvenile hall are there on violent felonies. >> reporter: mayor breed weighed in as well, noting the courts aren't going to stop prosecuting these youth. so -- >> we have to have a place to house them and that's just the reality. >> reporter: in san francisco, sam brock, nbc bay area news. >>> well, grilling season is here, but so is a new study that says red and white meats are equally bad for

it is in the process of selling its keebler and famous amos cookie brown's along with its fruit snacksnd ice cream cone businesses. executives say the move is to increase efficiency. company reorganization is expected to be complete by the end of next year. >>> mastercard is reaching out to transgender people with a new offer. it is launching a program called the true name initiative which allows transgender people to use their chosen name and gender for their credit cards. transgender people have complained about being harassed and denied services because the names on their credit cards did not reflect their chosen identities. mastercard is talking with banks to help get this campaign started. that is a look at your dollars and since let's get back to frank. >>> a new episode of the bay area people podcast. ktvu met with members of the men's chorus to hear them saying and talk about with the music means to them. search for bay area people on the podcast player or look for the bay area people section of ktvu.com. be sure to watch our ktvu special. a history of pride sunday night as we