i support cindy elias.ou seen from today's conversation with her show is a thoughtful, mart and collaborative leader. reelected as president of the police commission she is skilled building consensus. as a former commissioner i appreciate she makes herself accessible to the community and connected to the community and show she is willing to work. she lead many efforts. posting a listening session. on the department order and ending biassed traffic spots. she arrived early and seated with young people of color and discussion. explaining to them and listen to them and enany knowledging them to get feedback from real experience. that captured who cindies and explaining the powers and work the commission to those impacted by the policies. acl urgs of northern california a civil right's organization for police accountability and transparency and footprint law enforcement in san francisco. we urge the board of supervisors to appoint people such as upon current commissioner president cindy elias who are committed

i did want to address on the merits of president cindy elias. i wanted to say this is going to be so far my political career this will be the nicest and appreciative no vote. i just wanted to express to president elias, my appreciation for her dedication. i will say if there is a commission that deserves salaries is a police commission as much as any other. police commission meetings for those who haven't been through them are often long and contentious. you are only seeing the public portion of it because there is a lot that goes on behind-the-scenes in closed sessions and there is not a single person that hasn't said that president elias is a hard worker. this precedes me in the city attorney's office and wayne who was a mentor to me, an lgbtqia plus member with harvey milk whose desk i sit on. who created a great lgbtq plus community. i believe that commissioner elias is worthy of being a commissioner, but there are times that i will have to cast a vote not because i question anyone's commitment or competence or being a great person, but just

i did want to address on the merits of president cindy elias. i wanted to say this is going to be so far my political career this will be the nicest and appreciative no vote. i just wanted to express to president elias, my appreciation for her dedication. i will say if there is a commission that deserves salaries is a police commission as much as any other. police commission meetings for those who haven't been through them are often long and contentious. you are only seeing the public portion of it because there is a lot that goes on behind-the-scenes in closed sessions and there is not a single person that hasn't said that president elias is a hard worker. this precedes me in the city attorney's office and wayne who was a mentor to me, an lgbtqia plus member with harvey milk whose desk i sit on. who created a great lgbtq plus community. i believe that commissioner elias is worthy of being a commissioner, but there are times that i will have to cast a vote not because i question anyone's commitment or competence or being a great person, but just

>> commissioner larry yee: thank you very much president cindy elias.t want to say from my meeting in the community, chinese community. as they called in previous meetings. yes, there is ati that sign on, the mainstream non-profits that you asked and they have agreed to sign on. but the chinese benevolent association, he never heard about the stop. for years, the chinese company has been an advocate for civil rights, social justice, they fought for birth rights to be born here in the united states. you are a citizen. they fought for all of these things. if you are an immigrant and you ask for political asylum, it came throughout there through the 1906 war that they had with mexico that the chinese immigrant asked to come to america because it was subject to violence after the united states army, so general took them along. that's what we believe in and absolutely there is racial disparity on the stops of blacks. i do not disagree with that. i totally support this. you need to reach out to our community. that's all i'm saying, and talk to us about it. we

commission, even though her term was not supposed to end until april, the board voted 7 to 4 to give cindy elias another term on the police commission, which conducts disciplinary hearings of police officers supervisor aaron peskin that the goal of the early reappointment was to make sure there's more stability in the coming months. in the san francisco school board did not decide who should be the next school board president for members of the board voted to have the current vice president kevin boggess, become the new president. three other board members support the current president. any lamb and the support of five board members is needed to become the new president. that will change to only four votes when the board meets on january. 24. and insanity plea for san jose woman convicted of murdering a family of three at their home in oakland has been rejected, according to the bay area news group at alameda county judge made that decision. dana rivers was convicted in november of murdering three oakland family members back in 2016, according to judge scott patton. the facts of the case indicat

the board voted 7 to 4 to give cindy elias another term on the police commission.ucts disciplinary hearings of officers. among other duties. supervisor aaron peskin said the reappointment was to make sureboard did not decide who should be the next board president for members of the board voted to have the current vice president kevin bogus, become the new president . the three other board members support the current president, henny lamb, and the support of five board members is needed to become president. this will change to just four votes at a meeting on january 24th. in los angeles county, two vehicles drove into a sinkhole. the storms that hit southern california this week caused the road in the san fernando valley to collapse, creating a 15 ft sinkhole. one car drove into the sinkhole, and then a pickup truck drove into it. the people in the pickup truck climbed out on their own, but firefighters use ropes and a ladder to rescue a woman and a young girl who were in the car. the way the car is in the hole. we got to a point with the way the storm was coming in

commission , even though her term wasn't supposed to end until april, the board voted 7 to 4 to give cindy elias another term on the police commission, which conducts disciplinary earrings on, police officer's supervisor aaron peskin, said the goal of the early reappointment was to make sure there is increased ability in the months ahead. and the san francisco school board did not make a decision on who should be the next school board president before members of the board voted to have the current vice president kevin boj's become the new president. three other members support the current president, henny land. now it requires the support of five board members to name a president that will change to just four votes at the meeting on january 24. time is 4 32 and insanity plea has been rejected for san jose woman convicted of murdering a family of three had their home in oakland. that's according to the bay area news group at alameda county judge made the decision. dana rivers was convicted in november of murdering three oakland family members in 2016, according to judge scott patton. the facts of

. >> thank you president cindy elias. first thing i wanted to ask is hiring and recruitment. this year california passed sb960, non citizen right to be employed. is that part of hiring process you have looked into? >> yes, that is new and we are currently in discussion now how the department will handle that. we have a meeting scheduled in the next month with the city attorney's office and dhr so everybody can come to the table but we are definitely aware of it, exploring the options and we should have update soon. >> okay, so it should be part of the city-police department policy as well is that-and, the way that is structured the department can elect to opt in, and move forward with hiring non u.s. citizens and can also elect not to opt in so we are just making sure we understand all the information before the department makes a decision. >> okay. second question i have on technology, we talked about the body worn cameras where officers have to activate it. i know it is a department that has host trigger that once it is removed from the host it triggers the body worn camera

. >> thank you very much, there president cindy elias. thank you jacob denny. spur has been doing a lot of great work here in the city. i think over 110 years, there abouts. also, just had some questions, you know, you totally hit it on the ratio of disparity along black drivers. we see it per-capita. but i had a few questions on there and in regards to citation issues. so if you look in there, we're at 58%. so for 100 drivers, curious has the highest? >> it seems to citation was necessary or justified in the stop. so it could be for reason for somebody and then we see the low citation rate. they've actually broken the law to an extent and then they feel it's necessary. >> so that's what the display on both license plates. >> same thing on expirations, asian are on the top of the list. they're given a ticket. >> and because we don't have a same level of geographic, there may be on what decisions officers make in different neighborhoods that inform that. so maybe the asian living in the west side may be more likely to get a ticket than black drivers stopped on t