also for the latino community and other communities as well. i would urge you and encourage you to continue to reach out to those communities because i want to make sure that everyone's voice is heard. >> absolutely. i will. >> thank you very much. >> >>supervisor norman yee: any public comment? of course. i have the cards. i'm going to call the names that submitted cards for this item. ted olson? did you speak on this item? >> yes. andrea a yala, andrea, mike bowler, robin le vits. and allen martinez. you have 2 minutes. c'mon up. >>> good afternoon supervisors. my name is andrea ayala, from the market benefit district. today i'm speaking for myself. primarily because of the quick notice there is no time for our port to get together to talk about this. i'm here to support dennis' appointment to the planning commission. i'm here today because i have noticed and been working with dennis for about 6-7 years and his absolute devotion to san francisco and planning and land use issues. he's in a leadership position for a very long time and also been

and in the pacific community and the lgbt community. everything was hoped through the jewish values and through their own leadership style. so this is sort of the tangible product of a bit of the federation of three years of our work and we will be greeting for our next cohort of pathways starting in may, june, it will be the next cohort. that's the latest/greatest. >> i know for all of us in the bay area, we patining to the nomenclature of how we label ourselves and refer to other folks in the community who are not like us, but we want to show that we have a level of respect with the language we use. before we go further, why don't woe we just start outlining lbgtq and then folks know what those letters themselves mean. >> l stands for lesbian. g stands for gay. b is bisexual. t is transsexual, people who either have a gender that is different from the standard which is male or female and all male-bodied people having a male identity and all female bodied people having a male identity. it can include transsexuals who have had a sex cha

and the poorer, vulnerable by nordion communities -- minority communities, not as communities most need in production, which they are, but at some kind of incubator of terrorism and crime , and everyone there is a potential danger to the republic. this is a terrible, terrible way of understanding crime and issues within poor communities. host: a few comments now from twitter. fishing sam says violence on both sides is not helpful. oshia, sayson, peg police chief in ferguson moscow. and a complete housecleaning needs to happen. here is jim. caller: i have a question regarding the speaker, you are making a lot of assumptions, and a lot of these generalizations about police retaliate, about the images of them when they show up in this full military riot gear. a place that is notorious for riots. i have families in police forces. what will be the difference if the police chief, as he said, walk through the crowd without any armor? all it takes is one police certain to be shot because they do not take enough care or caution. i would much rather a police officer be safe and secure so he can f

here is the hash tag, ferguson, online community global community talking about the press conferenceight now and someone from the press conference, catherine johnson, is now trending. check out my page. it happened that quick. speaking about the trending hash tag, this started a global solidarity movement. we have the hash tag, don't shoot. young boy holding a don't shoot sign. another one, if they gun me down, what picture would they use? a picture on the right. a gentlemen said they would probably use the picture on the left. >> that's been retweeted .21 times. >>. >> and the woman who started it on the show. >> yeah. >> how did we get here? what has led to the racial tensions in ferguson? we are glad though have tashara jones. she is the treasurer for the city of st. louis and one of the people who started the hash tag don't shoot: it is considered one of the leading public publications and cj conrod is a ferguson native. he watched this unfold practically from his doorstep for the last six days. thank you for being here. cj, wanting and i were talking about it. highway patrol cap

the idea of having an community sound community oriented golf course. we don't see that in san francisco with the rising costs and we ask for your support and hope it passes today. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> i am tom [inaudible] and here to support the lease extension for glen eagles. i come to this discussion here today as an outsider. i got to know glen eagles a few years ago and tom shay's children and my children go to the same school at [inaudible] and tom suggested the idea to host a fundraiser at his golf course and upon so we did so and familiar -- phenomenal for the school and we noticed the welcome being nature of the staff and the professionals we observed there. since then that excited a lot of the other folks that participated in the fundraiser and we scheduled others and i think other schools are considering it and seems to me like this course is a well kept secret. since then i have golfed there on numerous occasions and what struck me is the incredible diversity of players that are there and having golfed at different c

however, the outreach newspapers that represent the chinese community and hispanic community tend to be published in that language. the small business exchange is a little different. they represent minority small business owners. we do have non-responsive bid submissions from foreign language newspapers [speaker not understood], publishes in spanish. cinta daily and world journal publish in chinese. >> thank you. >> mr. rose, do we have a report from you on this item? >> no, there is no report, supervisor. >> okay, thanks. so, we'll open this up to public comment. anybody wish to comment on item number 1 hereof our special 10:30? seeing none public comment is closed. [gavel] >> so, supervisor mar, we have options here, either to accept all the responsive bids or do what we have in past practice, broaden it to all the nonresponsive bids as well. i would say that would be my preference, better to be inclusive. [speaker not understood]. that would be my recommendation. >> i would support that. >> okay. so, we have a motion, then, to amend this item to accept both -- to split this contra

not anti-community. people like me that have been activists have been trying to let people know we are not anti-police. how do we build trust when we have things like today? >> well, i think when we have things like today we don't stand in silence. if it's wrong, we talk to each other and say we've got to do it in a better way. as law enforcement leaders, it would have been easy to say today that was right, that i felt comfortable with it, wu with i didn't. i talked to the chief. we had good interaction and back and forth a little bit. we need to do things different. we need to communicate with the community. we need to be up front. we need to be whole. we need to give whole answers and not little snippets of answers. >> what have people said to you as you walked around the scene tonight as they expressed frustration? what have you heard and how do you answer it? >> they're telling me thanks for being truthful with us. can you ensure it continues? and how do you make a change that it's not just you. ther

we need someone in the community who is not afraid of the community. as i call for a special prosecutor to look at this case and so we can look at it fairly. >> thank you so much reverend. we really appreciate that. and thank you to trymaine lee and reverend jesse jackson and everyone else who helped us on this very complicated day. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." we have a programming note. i'm going to be moderating "meet the press" on sunday. joining me will be jay nixon and john lewis. thank you to david gregory for 20 years at nbc. all the many stories that he covered. we'll be paying tribute to him on sunday as well. my colleague and my friend. and chuck todd, of course, will be taking over as the permanent moderator of the longest serving television program in history, "meet the press" on nbc. chuck todd starts on september 7th. >>> remember to follow the show online and on facebook and on twitter at mitchell reports right here. ronan farrow daily joins us next. really tired. (vo) the transfers. well, that's kid numbe

that community was a working class community. bethlehem was there, goodyear tire was that.sinesses left. and for decades it has never been the same. it's been a desert, an economic desert. so frustration is one thing. anger is one thing. how you express it is another. i've got to tell you, i lived in harlem, i remember the blackout in '77. my neighborhood was the hardest hit neighborhood in manhattan. it was a little bit different because that wasn't driven by anger and animosity, but the same thing stands true, when you destroy your own neighborhood, ultimately you hurt yourself. >> when we had the looting, and incidents and 32 arrested, are they taking advantage of this? or are they generally working out their anger? >> a lot of them feel like they're entitled to this. hey, you killed my buddy, mike, i'm entitled to go rob this store. what bothers me a lot with these cases, though, are not the youth in there, but the interlopers who come in from the outside and stoke up the anger. the al sharptons of the world who come in with a wink wink, say one thing, but would love to

>> community, communication on local television, repetitive repeating what the purpose of the curfew. to assemble. inside that the government has a responsibility by the constitution to maintain safe and security environment for everybody in the community. people and property. here comes the rub -- when the government decides we're going to put a curfew in in order to enforce safety and security, people said we're not happy with the outcome, so then you can get into civil disobedience. we're going to not follow the curfews until we get something. in this case the people continue to call for something that resembles, what is the justice plan? i think a part of the strategic communications is the government beyond captain ron johnson -- he's doing a great job -- must figure out what is that promise here so people can move on. people have not heard something that inspired them to move on. this thing is still fresh and i think they're going to have to continue to communicate that this is about safety and security, and it's not punishment. a curfew cannot be looked at as punishment. it has

he's up there representing the black community. >> listen, he's not the representative the black community. a lot of african-americans that actually don't believe in him at all. >> when you have sharpton in there, you lose all credibility. >> he pretends to be and you've got the press covering, that's the problem. >> you don't want that person doing this. >> a lot of folks that are on the ground, part of their anger and frustration is that they don't see sharpton or jackson or even the president of the united states doing enough to help them. so i do think there's a disconnect between the community and leadership -- >> all right. >> let me get -- >> go hoahead, john. >> the protests existed from the sufficient row jets. just to destroy businesses, destroys the community. and that's today's philosophy nationwide. >> quickly, michelle, the reverend, and i lose that term loosely is having a rally as we speak right now here in new york. i'm trying to figure out what is the point of that. quick thought. >> look, it's all about race. that's what this whole thing is about. they're trying to make

well the job one stop, in the western edition, community is not just for the western edition, community, it is for anyone who is a san franciscan, who is looking for an employment opportunity, and i am out there, on the corners, and pushing people, to show up for these opportunities, and we have through the eoc and townsend and his work and getting the people the job opportunities who basically decide, you know what? i am ready and i want to do it and i am going to show up, what do i need to do and we have led them step by step, and not only that, we have city job opportunities funded readily available for them, and if they basically get to a point where they being employed, the point that i am making is, there is a lot of work, that is being done. and it is not just specific to a district, this is a city wide problem, there is a problem, when many of my friends, who i grow up with are dead are in jail, there is a problem in the city, when it is really difficult, when i am talking out, every single day and someone is looking for a job opportunity, or wondering what they can do or where

you look around here we've got sano ans, asian pacific islander community, the chinese community, african-americans, caucasians. we have literally the physical man festation of what makes san francisco biewsm. we have the latino community. this is incredible. we have young people. we have seniors this. is exactly what this is about and what visitation valley is about and i want to thank all of the sponsors and partners who made this possible and all of my friends out there in the back serving and grilling and packaging food and giving from their hearts and that's what this is about. this is a labor of love so remember that as we continue to have a good time tonight. i am malia cohen. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much and we have -- blessed to have our district attorney here, district attorney gas con. >> thank you reverend and mayor and malia. the essence of community is the ability to come together and have good people use the open space, and today not only are we celebrating people coming together and using this park, but also we're celebrating the fact that as a community we refuse to

a bedroom community that actually sits in st. louis county, a collection of more than 90 municipalities. specifically in the part known to locals as north county, the northern part of st. louis county. like so many other urban areas, it is part of greater st. louis cut off from the city center by interstate highways. it's close neighbor, st. louis' international arment, a long typing center of aviation in the u.s. and despite what you might have thought based on tv pictures, ferguson is not an i am pov riched community. most of it is gent fieed with a wine bar, brew pub and fashth he remember market and other signs they want more. north county is proud of the naifsh son, want just cap pain johnson appointed by the governor last week to oversee security but people like maxine waters, michael mcdonald, the colorful comic actor, cedric the entertainer. they all hailed from in area, and being able to say you're from north county and st. louis defines who they are and gives us some background into what this crisis is all about. anothe

in communities. >> mm-hmm. >> it's engaging the community.allowing the community to be involved and changes of policies and procedures. it's actually building that trust. you just don't get it overnight. you just don't get it by a basketball hoop. it is similar in many ways, michaela. but what we did and what we are still doing to this day to build on what we have is sitting at the table and working and hammering the issues out where african-americans still have issues, but we're at the table. so it is very similar to what happened here in cincinnati, ohio. >> but it's doing the work once the cameras go away because at that point, that's going to happen in ferguson, too, right? the crowds, the cameras, the press will all go away. and that's when the real work starts. >> well, what i think is important, this young lady sitting next to me, iris, we call her the queen of the collaborative agreement. for the last 12 years, she's been sitting at the table monthly and actually the table was set by the community. when we brought this together, it wa

the community outreach here and this is a community that is hurting. i wonder if you think the president's words were adequate given the hurt and frustration and the fact the majority of the comments were directed towards black men in the community and not at all towards the police department that some say have had an unfair disproportionate and some ways perhaps unconstitutional response to this crisis. >> i agree the president's remarks were very balanced but i think something very important happened. the president of the united states acknowledged we have an unequal system of criminal justice in this country. that's a big deal, these patterns start early, we're locking up brown and black boys at rates unproportional, it's the president acknowledging that fact. he did speak to law enforcement, we have to get to structural issues -- >> let me interrupt you. that was in the context of systemic failure in the black community and he kept referring to his my brother's keeper nishty tif, it's about strengthening the black community to young black men are n

we asked our community, is all this good?iel says, the use of metadata only helps communities and people. but the concern here is privacy. >> yeah, we're going otalk about it. the city of chicago may soon be able to sense what's happening in some of its busies areas. 50 sensors to downtown light poles to aggregate data ranging from noise to other conditions. track things like pedestrian movements. researchers say the information will improve city planning and while it will be available to the public via an open-data website some are concerned about the scope of the collection. and broader implications when with it comes to privacy. joins e-joining us is charlie, a scientists working on the chicago sensor project. john, currently president of the engineering firm positive energy practice, which promotes environmentally responsible design. and here in washington, d.c. justin brook little, center of democracy and technology. charlie, about 50 sensors going up by the end of the year. i mentioned a couple of things. what data are

the communities and leaders that joined us bearing barry from the foundation and laurie across from the children's center and daniel. and while it's great to see buildings like this one being reborn into an office building but we want to marry that the improvement extends to the street level a group of biz bayshore's are joining together through a mid market business association we're working alongside companies such as beverage marks and bee work and a few on the to help advance the economy and the community in this neighborhood. and tiffany will accompany and share details later. i want to thank everybody that worked on this project to make this project and so many people to thank. i'm emphasis one person that led our part of the remodeling aims standing right there (clapping) so much of what you see inside of office was made possible by his hard work and direction and he did all that having the ceo hanging over his shoulders a congratulations. i think the mid-market neighborhood is shaun showing you it works one person helping to drive that change was, of course, mayor ed lee who

that's what thee people who live in my community, in this community, they're not stupid. they're not stupid. they know that a theft does not equal death. >> what is going on with the officer gus son police department. iin the days, the weeks, the months, the years before this incident, with what has been going on in that relationship, and has anyone tried to bridge that disconnect? >> well, let me just tell you this incident has caused everyone to reflect on what they have done in the past and what they're doing currently. i will tell you that the ferguson police department needs to do a better job at addressing diversity within the police department. this police department should be reflective of what people look like in this community. secondly, the ferguson police department needs to do a better job at having diversity training and insuring that every single officer on the street has the opportunity to really have genuine relationships built on trust. no intimidation, no harassment, but what people in this community are looking for are genuine relationships. that habit

in our community.the kind of aarrests that have been taking place in new york and all over the country as a result of walking while black, riding while black, marijuana, other drug arelates, is not the result of community policing. it must be real community policing. we need to be involved in that thing, in that process. e also must begin to replace policies and practices with those policies and practices that again will work for our community. i want to add my voigs to recommendations. we must end the war on drugs. we must end mass incarceration in our communities. we must have more jobs for our people, calling for race in the justice system. beer buster in the backyard and think that will solve problems with race and policing and call for a study of our criminal justice system. ron, we haven't had one in over 30 years. it's time to have a thorough evaluation and nall sis of the criminal justice system in our country because it's not working for us. thank you. >> thank you, ron hampton. sister? >> i s

i was part of that community and we did open it up and i think the testament of the community leader who is testified today proves that and we're not done yet. we want to finish the job we started. we look forward working with the recreation and park department in doing that. thank you very much. >> thank you. [applause] >> okay. is there anyone else that would like to make public comment? did you want to sir? no. okay. >> [inaudible] >> on this issue. okay. public comment is closed. commissioners we now need a vote on whether to hold closed session to confer with real property negotiator and council -- >> is there a motion. >> a motion to go to closed session. >> second. >> all in favor? any opposed? we move to closed session. >> before a motion is taken. dana. >> okay. >> i would like to entertain a motion whether to disclose items that were discussed during closed session. >> motion not to disclose. >> seconds. >> all in favor? any opposed? motion carries. next i would like to entertain a motion on whether to -- well, on whether to approve the lease extension and allow the general

be fighting for what is best for the community. i'm really exciting it's important as we talked about the due process for all to make sure we have advocates that are able to understand the immigration and being the advocate inside the courtroom is critically important so thank you (clapping) >> i'll make my comments brief i'm deep, deep honored and thank you supervisor campos for his leadership for immigration reporters and the board as supervisor kim said those issues get controversial and challenging but the board has comfortable supported immigration and i'm proud to live in the city. and also super they've for the board of supervisors for the island on the network none of my work would be possible without our support and being part of a network across rational and ethnic communities that fight for the rights now in delores street we've got 3 attorneys so the work will continue so i thank you all so much (clapping) >> thank you francisco. and i have the honor of presenting the next two proclamation this month we have the 50th ev

to become one larger community with one large police force that can be representative of the community, one large fire department that can be representative of the community, instead of all these tiny different municipalities having their own forces. >> woodruff: brian fletcher, how much has that lack of representation, you think, contributed to the tensions there in ferguson? >> i personally don't feel that contributed at all. i will tell you my vision of why there is a difficulty of having very few african-americans on most of the st. louis suburbs. one is there's a lack of african-american men and women going through the police academy. we constantly tried, when i was mayor for six years, to hire african-americans. when we did s they were recruited from other surrounding municipalities because they had the same exact issue of seeking more african-american police officers, and they were allowed to pay more money than we have budget for. it's not for lack of trying. there is not enough candidates available within the african-american community to hire them. i would like a list provide

our whole set up is focused on communal table. you can sit across from someone and start a conversation. we're excited about that. >> i never worked in catering or food service before. it's been really fun learning about where things are coming from, where things are served from. >> it is getting really popular. she's a wonderful teacher and i think it is a perfect match for us. it is not about home cooking. it's really about how to facilitate your ease in the kitchen so you can just cook. >> i have always loved eating food. for me, i love that it brings me into contact with so many wonderful people. ultimately all of my work that i do intersects at the place where food and community is. classes or cooking dinner for someone or writing about food. it always come down to empowering people and giving them a wonderful experience. empower their want to be around people and all the values and reasons the commitment, community and places, we're offering a whole spectrum of offerings and other really wide range of places to show that goo

now a community rises up. an "america tonight" special - flashpoint ferguson. >> good evening i'm julie chen reporting at this hour from missouri, for this special report, flashpoint andrej meszaros -- missouri. this whole area has become a flash point about race, the use of police force, and the ability of a community to rise up and speak for itself. it began with the death last weekend of an unarmed 18-year-old man michael brown, and anger that emerged in the community because a police officers used his gun. we are continuing our coverage here, and have gone to the command center of the current event of the locality law enforcement, the county police and state highway patrol. they have gathered and been at work for hours, organising themselves, being prepared for at any time any possibility of renewed confron stations to break out -- confrontations to break out. that has not been the case. there has been protests but no clashes have been reported so far. there was a march from st louis gateway often, the gat

the lost to the community and the benefit and the quality of life that the w a t ct brings to the community san francisco is heading in terms of eliminating resources for low income people i see that as being a big blow to the community. so i check in with those guys every few months and take classes at san francisco state university and so the reason he was moved to come in here you know, i had heard this was happening and he just think it would be a massive loss to the community i'd hyatt hate to see that happening >> thank you let me make an announcement we have 3 more cards we will extend the general public comment and i've been advised some of the staff have been detailed on item 7 i'd like to move that to the end of the agenda. >> i'll call out the last 3 cards (calling names) i don't know if i'm saying that right. there you go >> well. okay. what i'm trying to do is extend so i'll tell you what we'll cut it off and continue under general public comment at the end. so i have to ask you to go ahead and take a seat we're going to only have those 3 people that turned in cards we'll go ah

he grew up in this community. he knows this community. he can far better solve this problem from i can from jeff city. i'm going to turn the podium over to him. he will announce this plan for the curfew and how to bring peace back to this community. >> why does it take a long investigation for a killer cop? >> please tone it down. >> good afternoon. i have been tasked to provide security for the people of this community, allow them to right to speak, allow them the right to express their feelings. as far as the investigation that's not my task or the task of the highway patrol. the gophvernor has enacted a curfew to allow us safety for the citizens of ferguson but also maintain the right of the people. it will start today. it will run from 12 midnight is when the curfew will start till 5:00 in the morning. we will enforce that curfew in an effort to provide safety and security to the area. before i go on any further there's some things that when i was out yesterday in a crowd that i was asked about. i've been promising that i will talk, i

has been designated as the highest predatory loan community in the united states. and with this, the san francisco chamber has filed before the federal reserve board, several times, because we had that. but the big deal is, we have to have, we have to do something, to change this. and the board of supervisors have tackled many, many problems. and many problems. but over the years. the board has not tackled this out migration and this discrimination, against the african americans and i am so pleased to be standing here today and because we have a beginning. but just as the governor of illinois said, you cannot have capitolism without capitol. and i am saying, that we need, we need one half of one percent of this hotel tax as an enormous amount, with over 50 million increase this is one half and, one and a half percent is a mere three or four million, that is not much to put in to invest in the black community. particularly when you consider that the exploitation of the black community is million and millions over time. and so we are asking for not a hand out, but a

wanting to have people have a buy in our community by being residents of the community and serving in our police department. we've been looking at ways and working with the county and others hopefully increase the number of african-american applicants not just our police department but across the county and many police departments so we can have a better pipeline. we looked at being a small community we can't force residency. we're looking at ways to give larger incentives to have people live and work here and be part of the community. be invested in the community. >> originally you denied there was a history of racial tensions in your city. now ten days later are your eyes opened to some of the things that happened, which one of the things you mentioned the lack of diversity in the police department. three of the city's officers are african-american. racial profiling in ferguson. 5,000 plus police stops, 600 were white, 4600 were black. some believe those numbers are part of why we've seen the explosive situation not from the outers that you and captain johnson noted, but from the ve

if you are going to help our community, our community, in bay view, and point, we have a problem out there in with the lanar out there playing on the house money with 30 million dollars that they did not have to pull out of their pocket, for right now, and because we gave it to the four million on another project. we would like to have that same opportunity. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please? >> good afternoon, john, templeton and i want to thank the supervisor for the support of the freedom trail and will generate another half million visitors and have an impact of $200 million and we have already begun our marketing to the tourism professionals, occur and we have a fleet of 12 vehicles that we are using for the tours of the african american freedom trail. and we are looking to bring a number of youth together to help us finish and file applications, and we have a conference on september the 13th and ladies and gentlemen, tony jackson, who is the house ranking block in the marine corps before he came the director of the parks and he is going to be our ski note spea

we have to get into the communities. we have to work with churches, we have to work with chamber of commerces and with our partners on the ground. we are also creating a volunteer force. we're going to have about 3,000 folks who are going to be on the ground helping us to advance conservative principles and ideas. we're already well on our way to enlisting folk who is are already helping us. we have staff all over texas. that's what it's all about. it's engagement. and i think at the same time, it's an opportunity to also engage our young and get them involveded in the political process at a certain age where they can begin to see the process from the inside. for far too long, the latino community was on the outside looking in. back in the '60s and '70s, we had to march and protest because that's all we had. so it was uncomfortable to do that but that's the only solution we had. now we're on the other side. this is a new generation that is more sophisticated that is now in the state legislatures, in high elected offices.

midnight time it shows you get a good since of how the buildings are spaced-out and get into the community at large. one of the ms. interesting elements we have assessable small business in the form of a park at the corner of eight and ring gold that's why the community is in support of the in kind to mob improvements because that a integral to our project and the parish we're building on the two footages of the park. one will have a cafe and the other a restaurant and provide heating so in the colder most of the year people can come in and hack out and enjoy their time. i included one picture of wrinkle as it exists today to get a sense of the over lying lines and a priority from the community standpoint and frankly from ours to move forward. i'll leave with the schematic that was drawn up by the magnifying in 2011. as part of their community outreach process and their some basic elements in the scheme that will be inherited or executed on our part increase a lot of community meetings left to be had to get more and more components the arts commentating contestant, etc. if you have any que

but the other children from the other communities that came into this community and had this uproar how are you going to enthusiastically help their educational levels? >> obviously some of the schools have already started, normandy opens on monday. i think we've all got a lot of things to do to make sure those children have the ability to begin school. how do we do these long range issues, we've got to be doing allot on those. that's not a simple question. but i will tell you that making sure that we provide the quality and access to education, for all our kids, public schools are the backbone of our state, the challenges that have arisen -- >> (inaudible) quality of education in the city of st. louis. our city schools are closing governor. you're the chief, you're the admiral, you're the head. why are our schools being boarded up and closed? >> we'll get back to -- we'll continue our discussion because these are major issues. let me just quickly say that we see challenges in st. louis city schools. i do think as you look at -- i don't mean to get micro, about this, but some of the inv

checking community leaders in the community so things didn't get out of control. obviously that video making people feel like it proves the point about the relationship of the police with the community here. but that officer, i should point out, is not from this town. >> stephanie elam, thank you. the protesters are going by. we have some really bad weather tonight. so just in case, a forewarning, if we get knocked off the air, you'll know why. there's a thunderstorm rolling through ferguson, missouri, right now. you've heard a lot of people talking about what the police are doing wrong here in ferguson. but that's not the entire story. the man in charge of keeping peace here and i rode through the streets of ferguson with him. i want you to hear what he has to say. >> this is what we see all the time. you just look around. this is what this community is saying, if we were to have this, i'm sure communities around the country, just policemen coming out and speaking with us. >> i just want to holler at you. >> okay. well, i'm glad you did. all right. it feels good

with the community and the communications with the general public from the leadership perspective from the city and the state government. i've only seen the governor out once. to my knowledge, in watching all the coverage. they should be holding daily press conferences. they should be talking to the community. they should be talking to the press, and they should be talking to the general public in an attempt to let them know what's going on. let them know the new rules. let them know how they can better--what's happening. there's been none of that, and i find that--i think that's extremely problematic . >> former commissioner bernard carrick, thank you. >> thanks. >> let's go back to joie chen. >> thank you very much from the watch studio. here at the command center we're getting reports from the county police and highway patrol. they disclosed new numbers on an arrest that has taken place, a signal of what police are doing to keep things under control. between yet morning and this morning, from the 18th of august to the 19th of august there were 52 arrests. this number has fluctuated,

>> communication? s >> five communications. >> commissioners? >> is there any public comment on communications? seeing none, public comment is close $. next item. >> item 6, other commission business? >> commissioners? >> seeing no other business commission, i will go ahead and call for public comment, if there is none i will close it. madam secretary, next item. >> 7, a staff presentation and discussion on sewer system improvement program, communications 2013 annual report. >> hello. ellis assistant general manager for the external affairs and we are really excited to have the opportunity today to discuss the puc's efforts around the out reach and engagement tied to the sewer system improvement program and specifically spend a little bit on a deeper into where we are headed into the future, karen is the project program manager for the sewer program and that in her quarterly updates, she talks quickly around what has been happening around the community out reach and engagement tied to the program, based on your interest and commitment around kin

i have community ties here. i'm from this community. i know you. i feel your pain.uge difference in the way people reacted. >> mo, in a way, it strikes me as a surprise it took so long to do this. it seems like policing 101. get into the community, talk to folks. it doesn't surprise you, or does it? >> no. it doesn't surprise me at all, michaela, because this is a problem rampant throughout our country. people that are just not experienced or respectful or compassionate enough to go into the community. the difference that state patrol, highway ronny johnson made is that he has compassion for this community. he also decided to allow them to communicate they're feelings to them and he listened and got in the crowd. a lot 67 people say, well, oh, because he's black and he got in there and they respected him automatically. no. it was because he came from the beginning with respect for the community, respect for the situation, and that is something that we had not seen in ferguson over the last five days. that's what made the difference. >> yeah, but -- >> don, i want --