i met with the entertainment commission, and then at the entertainment commission summoned about using some officers in a district sort of fashion for the outside of the clubs, and then some of the automatics, like violence inside the club, that gets you a closure the next night. that seems to have been affected. again, with the numbers of people that we draw from every corridor of the bay area, we do not always of every time we have a big evening here in the city, and most weekends are a big evenings, but i think that the measures we have put in place have been better at improving the situation dramatically, so i am happy to report back on things that are in place, things that are different, things that have been done, but i think the fact that it has been done lately, and by lely my three months and a couple of months before that. vice president marshall: a lot of these, i do not have a problem moving into a different tier. >> we were not really able to execute that, so that is something we did what to do. >> community policing, we are doing that right now. >> you will have a communi

thank you very much for your efforts, commission, department. if we can help in any way, we are on call. >> thank you. i appreciate that. we will definitely be taking you up on that offer. it is really a partnership and so much of the leadership has to continue coming from your department and commission. i agree with you 100%. i see this going hand in hand with sustainability and green practices to make sure that as many of our building stock as possible could survive the anticipated earthquake. we will not have all of that debris to haul away, new building, co2 emissions that go with that. i see this as very much a green practice to try to go about an increase our resilience. commissioner hechanova: thank you. any further questions? thank you. >> is there any public comment on item 3? commissioner leeseeing none. item 4. public comment. the bic will take public comment on matters within the commission's jurisdiction that are not part of this agenda. >> good morning, city resident for 39 years. first of all, i want to wish ms. day with her medic

commission hearings. they are interested in getting business input. i think i have included in your packets information that the mayor's office on disability has provided around the new guidelines with service animals. but this is one that i think would be a good one for us to partner with to provide information, adequate information on. this seems to be some businesses -- a lot of businesses -- the mayor's office on disability gets a lot of calls from businesses wanting to know what are the parameters of what is appropriate and what is not appropriate. there was a recent piece of legislation at the state level on special access liability. it died in committee last week. the bill wouldn't require the owner of a property to be notified and to allow them 120 days to be able to fix the problem before it could come to suit. it did not pass out of committee. some of the comments were that we have the cast -- casp inspection and this relatively new law needs to allow some time to see how it is being implemented

and i do respect this commission. i so appreciate all of your testimony, but i am going to cry, and so too with my other meap friend because we didn't see any many testimony. hundreds of thousands of mexicans have been affected by these laws. mexicans, and others are affected. they are from latin america. representation is so key. that doesn't invalidate any of your stories. on the contrary, it makes us unified. whether it was logistics, or whether no mexican was available or whatever, but they are not here. so i really -- but again, i do appreciate your work. i think it is time for you go the next step. i appreciate the panel issue. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker. >> good evening honorable chair person and members of the board. my name is carl cruz, i am with the american immigration lawyers and the national lawyers guild. i want to shed some light and go further than due process deprivation and explain what it is we are looking at in terms of the proposals we saw in 2007 and 2008.

members of the reentry council as well as the human rights commission. it was a very broad discussion about the issues around discrimination. one in four california adults has a prior are rust or conviction and with the rise of credit reports and background checks, there are a lot of companies with a very nominal amount of money will provide reports of people. it really is a significant issue and a significant barrier to employment for people, particularly in the african- american and latino communities. as we talk about jobs and job creation, looking very seriously about how they can assist the intent of this legislation, it is very important and i will be watching this closely. >> i am glad you brought that up. we had the district attorney speak about the upper market and castro meeting. i believe it is october 1 when the state and counties have to apply where they will be getting an -- >> 700 people will be released and they will have to find the -- >> jobs for them. we have to reach out because it will all be part of the training. it is better to hav

i want to commence the commission. i always championed the commission when i was on the board of supervisors. i remember when and this applingus applied. when you climb that ladder, it's important not to pull the lever up after you so the next person will not make up. was that close enough? it is very irish. politics and mighpoetry, my favorite. it is not the melting pot in the cliche way, the san francisco public schools, but it presents you with many opportunities to see what newcomers bring, to see the challenges they face. the institutions are not user friendly. i remember a principal not wanting to provide free breakfast to any kid that was undocumented. i remember we got notes from the principle that saidthis would be spoken on the play yard -- said that no spanish would be spoken on the play yard. i turned to the community. the school district was not responding at that time. they got a moratorium on iq testing because it was so culturally biased. i think one of the questions was they showed a toboggan and asked

commissioner marshall: anything for the director? commissioner chan: you have also been very busy doing community work which i always appreciate. i wanted to ask about the sustained case about contacting customs enforcement. can you let us know if there is any policy or training recommendations that would be developed? is that being contemplated and down the line? >> in can be complemented -- it can be contemplated for the down the line. it is a training issue. it has to do with the minister of warrants and when an officer should or should not contact ice. commissioner chan: and for the administrator of warrants that are criminal in nature, that may not be something that we want to focus on. >> that is prohibited. commissioner marshall: anything else? >> also on the agenda, which is part of your packet, the monthly comprehensive statistical report for january 1, 2011 but unless you have questions, i don't have a report. commissioner marshall: good work as always. >> first, the commission's presi

commission evidenced at least to me there had not been a lot of understanding by the commission and that's really all that i can say. i've talked with mike about going -- taking the month of august and briefing those commissioners on the program where we have been, the history to be available to answer questions to them. so that we can figure out exactly why -- or hope to address those before we get to the next meeting. >> how could a new commissioner possibly hit the ground running in being able to absorb this information when it's been in increments or phases years in the making? and then be saddled with the decision based on w

commission evidenced at least to me there had not been a lot of understanding by the commission and that's really all that i can say. i've talked with mike about going -- taking the month of august and briefing those commissioners on the program where we have been, the history to be available to answer questions to them. so that we can figure out exactly why -- or hope to address those before we get to the next meeting. >> how could a new commissioner possibly hit the ground running in being able to absorb this information when it's been in increments or phases years in the making? and then be saddled with the decision based on what they were faced with in their last commission meeting? how would that have happened without a briefing? >> i'm not saying that they weren't briefed. i just recommended maybe we go and brief them to make sure we understand where they are. >> i want to understand how thorough this is being treated because this is actually reminiscent of problems in the past. and so there has been -- i don't know why we're soft shoeing this. i would like to get an idea from lafco

i would just like to thank the commission for the opportunity to serve. i have the honor of being trained by one of the best in ann aherne. i look forward to carrying her porch and working diligently with the commission. commissioner hechanova: thank you. >>item 8. commissioner's questions and matters. 8a. at this time, commission may make inquiries to staff regarding various documents, policies, practices, and procedures, which are of interest to the commission. >> is there any public comments? seeing none. 8b. at this time, the commission may discuss and take action to set the date of the special meeting and to determine those items that could be placed on the agenda of the next meeting and other future meetings of the building inspection commission. the next meeting is on september 23, i believe. commissioner murphy: the third wednesday of the month. commissioner hechanova: fall equinox. >> i will be sure to follow up on the item that the commissioners requested earlier in the meeting. public comment on items 8a and b? seeing none. item 9. review and a

commissioner kingsley: i thank the chief and the commission. it is important to resolve these cases as quickly as possible. itit is fair to the complainant and the officers. i thank the participants in this filing will machine. president mazzucco: thank you. >> we are severing -- accepting the consent calendar. president mazzucco: that should be a motion. is there a second? public comment regarding line item 1, parts and. >> i would like to say that i do not know -- the got the 77 down to 20. -- and they got the 77 down 20. that was one of the things we heard from day one of the commission. that is a remarkable decrease and remarkable turnaround. i want the folks who criticize us and i am not saying unduly criticize us to get that we have done a fantastic job in getting it down. and declining further. it is -- has been a remarkable job getting those cases of the calendar and keeping things moving. i want to pass all laws on the back for doing that. president mazzucco: any public comment? hearing none, please call #2. i'm trying to keep a quorum

commission some time in august. and if we can, you know, your schedules, you take a break in august so i'm not -- but it could be possible that we could meet in august. even with them if we got a date. certain we would have a joint meeting then and we could push that alternative as well. >> so mr. campbell through the chair can we get a joint meeting in august? >> as i mentioned in my remarks, i know by the tuesday meeting that my commissioners did express an interest in that. so i can take back the discussion as well. >> is he still the chair of the commission? >> yes, sir. >> if i may wanted to add a point here, which is we have made it very clear to the p.u.c., p.u.c. staff of the importance of having something done before the board of supervisors takes its recess. that's the reason we tried to have a joint meeting in july and where it became very clear scheduling would not allow for a joint meeting, then would push very hard to make sure there was a p.u.c. meeting prior to a lafco meeting so that the p.u.c. coul

business, they commissioned two major. the first would be in the lobby and another area, and it will have water cascading down, a plastic glass looking thing on both sides that would be a water feature for the building, and that has been commissioned. the other major piece is what they call the firefly wall. you have seen it before on the front of the building. it is a wall that will shimmer in the wind. it will be a cover for the wind turbines. so the front of the building is scooped sideways and up and down, and that is to add to the winter by which will be in front of that, and it will have an leed wall -- an led wall. we did use up the funds for the building, and those decisions were made by the art commission several years ago. be a family of other facilities, where it really is in the middle of nowhere. where people can see it. so we are suggesting a third item, which is the last page of the report, and it would be a media wall in the lobby that will allow us to do educational and artistic kind of expressions and you

erne, secretary of the commission for 13 years. i recently retired. i was on medical leave before and i did not get a chance to say goodbye. i want to say how much i enjoyed working with everybody. i worked with over 30 commissioners. i have seen all kinds of personalities and all kinds of different people, and have worked with all of them. some of them you might think for the most difficult were some of my favorite. i would also like to say that i enjoyed working with everyone in the department, and i thank them all for their help. they really do help behind the scenes. the commissioners do not see all of the crazy calls that come into the commission that sonya will now be taking care of, and customers that come in. they do not see the day to day of what goes on in the department and how much the department really helps everyone in the commission. they save you a lot of time and a lot of the aggravation -- sometimes they just need somebody to listen to them. i know vivian does not like the term clerk, but i would like to thank all of the clerks in th

we need a process that allows the commission, the nrc staff, the commission, and other stakeholders to be fully-gauged. with that, i yield back. >> thank you. -- fully engaged. with that, i yield back. >> senators sessions, you are less monopolies. >> thank you. -- last -- senator sessions, you are less, but not least. >> thank you. this is a good starting point. but i do think it is important to keep in mind as senator alexander noted, we have not had one single event at an american nuclear power generating plant where an individual has lost their life or sustained a serious injury as a result of nuclear effects. so, i think that as a significant thing that we need to remember since over 20% of electricity is coming from nuclear power. it is a big part of our economy, and it has been very save. i think we need to rest -- remember that. many lives have been lost in the process of creating coal plants, providing fuel, and in natural gas, which also provide co2 and other pollutants into the atmosphere. i am interested, as senator inhofe is, at looking at the japanese system, to see if th

on the commission for over six years now. i remember a time when we had our meetings on monday morning and our agenda packages would come to us on friday, as they do now. the agenda packages were really thick. i spent a lot of time on the weekend just reviewing the package getting ready for the monday morning meeting. i remember at that time the agenda item package was so big, we decided we needed to move the meeting from monday to wednesday just so that we have time to review, ask questions, and get some answers based on what we had read over the weekend. i have noticed in this past year, the agenda packages have been getting smaller and smaller. today's package was actually eight pages, and i am kind of surprised. some of the items on the agenda, i would think, we would have some backup information, documents for us commissioners to review. i appreciate that we have got something today, but i would like to see if we could include the friday agenda package. for example, the capss program. it is not a new program. the status

i am the secretary of the police commission. on behalf of the commission, i want to welcome everyone to the san francisco 2010 medal of valor ceremony. please stand and join us for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. mayor newsom was unfortunately unable to attend this evening. he sent his congratulations to the medal of valor recipients. we are joined by commissioner president thomas does it go, dr. joe marshall, commissioner james slaughter, commissioner petra dejesus. we are also joined by chief of police george gascoign. also with us are the it assistant chief. this isn't she said of the operation pirro. assistant chief denise schmitt. deputy chief john murphy, enforcement and security at the mta. commander sandra tong of the airport bureau. commander james dudley of the airport operations bureau. commander daniel mahoney, chief of the operations staff. c