to communicate and communicate. thank you. >> i want to piggyback on her point on kids. kid is a great way to bring families together. it's one of the most excellent way to bring diverse families together because children play with each other. and they go to the same school. the safety network and sunset neighborhood coalition we have worked together toep

anybody in the community. we have people who own homes who live outside of san francisco who come to our community meetings. it's important to include everybody and try to get as broad range of individuals in your at your meetings. i think that's part of the success. how you go about doing that we can go around the room and i'm sure everyone has suggestions and ideas. the key is being inclusive. [inaudible] [laughter] >> the question is how dou break through the wall. how do you break through the wall of associations that have built up around issues that don't reach out to the whole community they serve? >> well, not just issues but it's a culture of personality i believe she was speaking to. 2 of the main things that you can use are look at the by laws of the organization. are there term limits? what are the by laws state? and secondly, the actual meeting itself. assuming there are regular meetings, what kind of structures? parliamentary procedures or roberts rules of order. there are coalition of san francis

the current proposal for a community garden at the site is undergoing community engagement. the neighborhood advisory council convened on january 31, and it was publicly -- it is open to the general public. those meetings are going to be held monthly on the second monday every month from 5:30 to 7:00. in fact, we have a meeting tonight. i would like to just speak a little bit about what is the community garden. and the definition approved by the recreation and park department, a community garden is a site operated by recreation and park department staff as well as volunteers. the site is essentially subdivided into multiple garden plots, and these garden plots are assigned to individuals or groups for non-commercial purposes. some of the gardens also offered instruction, and also for, and expenses. the program managed by the recreation and park department consists of 35 community gardens currently, but it is growing. they are all on city property, and the program is guided through the community garden policy, which was adopted by the recreation and park commission in a 2006.

they were brought back into the community and into the ceremonial community. it was not addressed in just a medical follow-up. it was really bringing people together. and finally, having allowed people to have relations. one of the things that she had to come around, she spoke very briefly earlier. sometimes, the community can make you who you are. on the other hand, it also takes a special individual to step forward and say, a understand the importance of traditional knowledge, traditional people, the principles that are very central to a lot of our spiritual ways. she carries the medicine of the people. she can carry on the traditional [unintelligible] a number of things she continues to bring to the community to teach our loved ones, to teach our to aldrin -- our children. on behalf of my sister, i want to say that on behalf of my community and, i want to thank you and i hope for you. a lot of happiness and joy, and i hope you walk with beauty all around you. we have the community members, a blanket for all of the appreciation. i think livingston is going t

in my own community and do the things in my community that i see that are necessary for all of us who live there, and i would like to thank the omi food network distribution volunteers for all of the hours they have put in serving the seniors who are 80 to 100 years old or disabled. i would also like to thank my friends and family for being supportive of the things that i do, and i would like to thank the whole community for allowing me to serve them. thank you. [applause] supervisor chiu: congratulations. why don't we now move to our next presentation, from our supervisor of district 10. supervisor cohen, are you ready? supervisor cohen: ok, colleagues, i hope you are ready. members of the public, thank you for coming and joining us today for this special commendation that i present to you. i am very proud and very excited to present to you a native son of san francisco. this gentleman goes by the name of desmond bishop. [applause] for those that do not know desmond bishop, he is a linebacker for the green bay packers football team. for those that do not know football, green bay just

-- we have become a community school to our community. we have done things with our community, with our parents. parents are allowed to come up to the school to look for jobs, volunteer with their children. we are a good community. we have good teachers there. we have good stuff. we have good children. we would just like to hear -- to have a voice, and for the school board to know that changes that are occurring, we would like to be more involved. we would like to know more so we can do more to enhance our community. thank you. [applause] >> my name is benjamin klaus. this is my second year teaching out of breath heart elementary school. it was originally suggested there be a call for action about the superintendent zone in the bayview. i was with a student yesterday who asked me to eliminate a card for his cousin, who was murdered a few weeks ago at 19 years old. we had a conversation about what happened. i said, "do not let me see you on one of these." this is far too casual at the conversation. how many limits have i made for these chi

my children have done their community service there. when my eldest son got arrested at an anti-war demonstration, he was able to do his community service there. same with my daughter goes to high school. i use it myself. if you take the human element out of our community, it will lose something very important. the big issue -- i understand the concerns of the people who are opposed to it. the larger issue of homeless in the park is a completely separate issue be repaired -- completely separate issue. before 1997 or 1998, it was not an issue in our local area, but what happened was there were two successive mayors in san francisco who ordered a sweep of the downtown area and all of the homeless people who were down the road into the park. in 1987, i was there on that particular issue, and i walked around the area. the issue of the recycling center where it is, if you take it away, it is going to kill something very strong in our community, and that is about all i have to say. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, sir. other people

just because that disconnects them their community as far as the criminal community. the da hands the letters to the judges and the judges read the letters and realize it's a real impact in the community. that way you don't see the person back on the street within 5 or 6 days. if they are doing the same thing or in the area these guys can arrest them right away without probable cause or anything like that. i will turn it to ethyl and she will talk about the d's and the stay orders. >> thank you, valley. as the officers mentioned it's not always like it is on tv. when you see somebody doing something on the street they will not be in jail for the rest of their life. a couple of things have to happen. one thing that has to happen is they have to be arrested. in order for the district attorney to prosecute anyone they have to be arrested. just because you know and i know and they know that something's been done doesn't mean they are going to jail or prison. the only way the officers can arrest somebody if they have probable cause. sometimes the probable cause is you call

talk to our communities and figure out a way there can be more effective community policing in our communities and less police brutality, less police abuse. thank you. [applause] >> good evening, commissioners, chief. i want to thank you again for voting to adopt the memphis program two weeks ago. that was a historic moment. i would echo what some other speakers have asked you, which is where will the money for the pacers come from -- the tasers come from? sacrifices' within budgets usually come from direct services to help people, not technology or weapons that could be used to control people. of all of the studies you will presented this evening, one of the things i think was lacking was at studies that were done showing the disproportionate use of tasers on people with psychiatric disabilities. that is known to advocacy organizations that work with disabled people. however, i did not hear it coming up in any of your studies. i would encourage you to take a look at those issues if you are not prepared to vote no. in one state, correct me if i'm wrong, i believe it was vermont, the state itse

[applause] i am humbled by his service to our community and to his achievements. today, i am so proud to award desmond visit the black history month certificate of honor. [applause] i would also like to acknowledge that our great mayor has also acknowledged this as desmond bishop day in san francisco. [applause] before we close out this joyous event, i would like to speak to the members that have come here from the friends and families from near and far, just to acknowledge that we must continue to support each other, and i wish you, desmond, only the best and future success. thank you. [applause] >> first of all, i just want to say god is good. secondly, i just want to thank my family and friends and everyone for coming out and supporting me. i think this is bigger than me as a person. i'm just glad i am in this position where i could potentially inspire someone to do great things. i'm just blessed that i got this opportunity, and i just want to say thank you. [applause] >> my name is shelly tatum, and i have been reading in the "chronicle" and beyond about diffe

what other communities are focused on? >> i know there is an african- american community forum. supervisor cohen: who is in charge of that one? >> i believe it is captain john sanford. don't quote me on it. we also have a faith-based forum. we have our gay, transgendered, lesbian forum. that is chaired by an assistant chief. there are several other forums that maybe have not kicked off yet, but they are in the process of coming together, identifying people that want to be in the forums. it is all new. supervisor cohen: if i remember, i could say, i am interested in working on api issues, and i could join your forum? >> yes. you come to a meeting. the forum, right now, is still taking applications. we started with a team members. we're down to nine active. another nine are very sporadic. next month, we will be taking a code-share. we will get this whole thing off the ground. there is a youth forum. it is all new. it started under chief gascon. it will continue under the next chief. supervisor cohen: ok. i want to talk a little about aggravated assault, if i may. thank you. superv

to communicate and communicate. thank you. >> i want to piggyback on her point on kids. kid is a great way to bring families together.

our community is not to be feared. our community is to be relied on. it is a rich community in culture and talent and heritage. we are the defendants of people who build great cities like casa blogging, baghdad, cairo, jerusalem, damascus -- casa blanca. we are the people of the world who have given the world great profits and religions. -- great prophets and religions. thank you. [applause] >> every year that i have been in city hall, i have tried to take an intern from the community and try to teach them the ways of politics to make sure we have leadership that keeps coming, so eventually, we have candidates for office. like when a friend on the school board. is she here? -- like winifred on the school board. a couple of years back, i was wise enough to bring on an intern that has made all the difference for our community, especially with arab heritage month. he worked so hard for last year's event and has made this year a success. we were really concerned about timing, and we were not sure he would get to it, and shadi came to me and said that we ha

, but also the religious community, the faith community. and the african-american community, i suspect, that's critical- that plays a major role. so you want to reach out to the pastors, you want to reach out to the reverends. but not just in the african-american community, because your religious leaders in any other community, whether it's buddhist or sikh or jewish or muslim, you really want the religious leaders to understand that nobody escapes alcohol and drugs. the majority of your congregation may be alcohol and drug free, but there are people in your congregation who are not, and it's an issue, just as we're talking about. so using community coalitions, outreach in the faith community regardless of your religious orientation makes it clear that alcohol and drugs are a problem and that recovery from them can occur and that prevention is an important message. because we find silence- when we look at our household survey data, when people stop viewing a particular drug as a potential threat to the community, that drug becomes a threat

so it is anest strangement. >> the community has come a long way, community in general, in supporting people with illnesses. we have cases of one name or another, in every congregation or church for that matter but when it comes to mental illness the stigma is so great, if you do reveal the situation in your home or family or in yourself, people don't know how to respond including our clergy. frequently it becomes a situation of isolation, suppression. >> why is the stigma, there? what is that all about for us in the jewish community? >> i have thought about that a lot. i don't think that i fully understand it but you know, i have a few thoughts that i have had and shared with other people are that, you know, jewish people have great pride in their brain function and intelligence and functionality, and i think that it may be a point of shame for some body to admit that they or a family member has anything wrong with their brain. and also because we were talking about this in our group yesterday that our survival as a people has depended upon our whits. you know. did that play a role?

the community felt that would desegregate the community. that hasn'ted happened yet. >> we with are having our last question. >> i didn't ask you that question. when you are going to make sure all schools are equal? the afternoon, whatever is equal. everybody is equal. >> well, ma'am, i would invite you on monday. there's a board meeting to discuss the strategic plan and you will see in that plan, it specifically addressing what you mentioned. that's open to the public. monday evening. >> okay. our last. >> the question i had was getting back to transportation, is, what are the barriers realistically to having a public bus system for the students in the school district? i think i know some of the answers based on what the superintendent said, but having that kind of service could make a big difference is truancy and students having to get on muni doesn't benefit them. i am not here to indict muni, it's not the best ride to school every day. >> in terms of a public school bus system. i think the taxpayers, they invest a great deal into muni.

because i strongly support community gardens. i know there is again many acres within the golden gate park area, including the mcclaren large, that hopefully you could look at more carefully. and you could look at the representatives to talk about the process that went through, but i really think it needs to be a more transparent process, as many people have run up, before a land use decisions are made. lastly, i just wanted to sum up by saying a couple of the speakers also acknowledged the importance of hanc as an community growing place, and i guess it was again wayne talking about his family and children and learning cantonese and spanish and for talking with many of the richmond district recyclers that always come back to the recycling center, it is a multi-cultural place that really is valuable for the city, so i look forward to working with you to insure that we do not ebit the haight ashbury recycling center -- we do not evict the haight ashbury recycling center. thank you to everyone for being here, and i really appreciat

students will move to schools outside to have community. whether the district provides buses to bring students home from afterschool programs at those school site where is they attend, it may require some transportation and that is part of the overall part of the picture because of the cuts to transportation as well. expanding access is a priority and something we have continually heard from families about and we look forward with our continued work with the district and staff to ensure the success of these efforts. and then from time to time, parents and staff from other school districts approach the pack to set up a parent advisory group in their community. last spring, we were invited to meet with folks from the city of berkeley, district staff and city staff and members of community organizations as they began collaborative effort to establish family advisory council berkeley schools. we have been invited later this month to meet with members to support a strong structure to engage their families and we're really excited to be a part of

i understand the partnership with the community. i understand the cit program, fatalities, and this is really going to be a bombshell, but would not be perfect if everyone was trades like this? where there is somebody upset, and they can slow down and talk them down? when you have somebody in the street that is angry, you can do that? to standardize trading for an officer that has any contact with anybody in the field at any given time, so we really need to talk about, and we need to back this up and mandate this 40-hour training for anybody. yes, the cit program. yes, the mental-health program, but the reality is, when you have somebody involved in a family dispute, where we have had some tactical situations where we really needed to slow down, and the cit process would have been applicable to everyone, has that ever come up? >> some have experimented.

in the broadmoore community. we have a special guest today that will talk to you about the real meaning of empowerment. you can imagine for all our challenges doesn't matter the neighborhood we are in cam pair or challenges to the challenges you see up challenges on thoseim mags. we don't have trials like what happened with katrina. so many of you that have been sparks of hope and imagination, people that are engaged we have someone that will talk about how she has sparked the imagination and engagement of a city that was ready to abandon, not just her but the entire broadmoore community. in fact, the mayor who is a friend, this is not a critique, put together after the challenges in katrina, put together a diverse group of what we say the best and the brightest. came up with a bad idea. we don't always get it right. they said broadmoore had been wiped out. they said, it ain't worth bringing back. we are going to make it open space. and the speaker i will introduce in a moment she like many of you said, wait that

, for the community. portsmouth square is where the great as the san francisco against. the first american flag was posted in portsmouth square. the first city hall was near as portsmouth's square. the first cable car squint through the area. on -- went through the area. ironically, when they moved out of the area, the chinese started to move in. the chinese want to redevelop it. in the 50's, as was talked about, that community got together and said that we will help this community come together and provide our own funding. over that time, the portsmouth square grosz has been is support not only to chinatown but for local businesses, community groups, and a great supporter of the city with revenues going to the city over decades. i'm struck by the fact of the people of asian heritage on this panel. the pride is not just that patients are receiving the kind of representation that we have sought for so long, this is the fact that the asian community is able to contribute to the city just as this lease is co

community members will feel more fear. we need to use the money to strengthen our communities. thank you. >> i am a resident of san francisco and their practice medicine in san francisco -- and i practice medicine in san francisco. the issue tonight is whether the adoption will result in fewer deaths and severe injuries. growing medical evidence suggests that it is not much of that. i have looked into some of the details and spent some time with that. severe injuries to officers increase when they were introduced. his data does not support that conclusion. and also the death of subjects increased twofold. that is because the relatively small size of the study, it did not have that much significance. both cannot be ruled out. the findings are also similar to a 2008 study where the officer sites they did not rule out an increase in death. there is some data in the study, one of which is that the death rate in the intervention department was lower by a factor of four. there was a suggestion that the departments that were there were not matched. in the study, they presented it that

in our community. really, do the interests of ncom and the university of southern california to reflect our cities interested? that is the question that is really before you. i believe supervisor mirkarimi has captured everything we are fighting for here in this resolution. i once again strongly urge you all to adopt this resolution and help us fight to keep community radio in our community. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, or should i say good evening. i want to thank the board for the opportunity to speak. my name is alec thompson. i am the representative from local 21. three of our bargaining units are at the san francisco redevelopment agency. i want to speak in support of the resolution urging the governor to oppose the dissolution of redevelopment agencies. local 21 members at the agency include architects, engineers, project managers, compliance that makes these projects possible. this includes the transfer a terminal and visitation belly. -- this includes the transbay terminal and visita

and i really love community gardens. in fact, i'm involved with one, but i do not feel that this is a good trade off. we should not be swapping one green program for another. we can have both. there are other places to put community gardens, either in golden gate park or other scraps of land throughout the city. we have places to do that, and i hate to hanc see the to would be displaced. additionally, i'm concerned about the money that rec and park has of the moment and the budgetary issues we are all faced with. we think the money that has been suggested, money to be spent on a new recycling center, could be better used maintaining, supporting, and improving the existing community gardens we have throughout the city. many are not ada accessible. many need repairs, and many need the tender loving care that a few dollars could help them in that process. i also feel that the conflicts arising from the neighbors in the recycling center could be addressed and resolved without evicting the recycling center. there has to be a

community and whether everyone is investing in that community and there is a feeling that in some communities that some people participate and some people don't and i would say that's true of a certain ex-pat community as far as it's concerned it could be true of certain immigrant communities and i mean in the sense of europeans living in different cities and different countries the second part is that part of this debate is not actually about immigration or about muslim immigration it's about a fear of change and a speed of change that's occurring in europe globalization our economic shifts the fact that so much is changing around us and we seem to have so little control over those changing factors and immigration is to a certain extent visible part of that and muslim immigration probably the most visible part of that or the most identifiable part of that and that feeds into people's sense of fear and change and the third parties is well what do you do about it and one thing that strikes me is that we do we do talk about european values and i sit here in brussels and i know how much. those w

but there also building a community because this will have an impact in the community, and they are also building lives. i think they see that in what they do. not only their own lives, but as was described, a continuum of care that is important. it is not only housing, which is significant. it is housing which respects the dignity of every person. if you look at the renderings of what is to come, in its historic significance, it says to people twho come here, you will be treated with respect. when you look at the care that will be given to people that come here, it recognizes the diversity of our community. again, that will be more effective. we have two other special guests here. michael and ashante. they are learning in another way by not being in the classroom, shall we say? [applause] i want them to know a little bit of the history. you have heard it said, 1910? 1910 was when this building was created. at that time, the ymca was synonymous with this location. now there is a need to address the needs of chronically homeless people. now we have in this transition of purpose but always

i worked as a community organizer in the commission, for predominantly the central american community. i want to point out for most it is often said that law enforcement is in place to protect and serve us. obviously, we pay the salaries of cops. a retired taxes are taken out of our paychecks, -- any time taxes are taken out of our paychecks, that goes to protect and serve us. i think you guys would be stupid to vote for this. why do i say that? it is obvious in this room that most of us in the community oppose tasers. if we are the ones who pay the salaries of the cops, how would you vote on something that goes against the interest of the people? [applause] obviously, expert testimony has not supported that the taser is the way to go. until we see statistics and expert testimony, i do not see how we can allow our police department, on top of guns, to carry this device. we saw what happened with johannes. i am from massachusetts. there, he would have been put away for 20 years at least. but for the best interest of the public. we say no. [applause] >> hello, commissioners. my name is

the universal programs have so special community impact -- a substantial community impact. it costs an average of $12.5000 to detain and remove someone from the country. we did not do a comprehensive accounting on this and there is a lot of case to case. if you're talking about 60,000 detainers placed on people, we're talking about tens of millions if not hundreds of millions of dollars spent every year in detaining and removing these people the targeted programs of lower-cost. -- the targeted programs have lower costs. the jails have the additional accountability problem that the arresting officers do not work for the same department and then not overseen and supervised by ice. the secure communities program, which involves when people's fingerprints are taken in the jail the databases set up a match against records to see if the person has committed a prior immigration offense. that secure community program is almost at 1000 jurisdictions and will be nationwide. because it is a universal screening program potentially they face some of the same difficulties that we see on

you have to give back to community.athan, my nephew, i wanted to say how proud i am of you and how honored i am that you asked me to speak on your behalf. you are a good man. you walk that path. be strong. on behalf of the community, i just want to say thank you for all you have contributed to our communities. my nephew nathan. [applause] nathan is a true modern warrior who has really overcome incredible challenges, so please join us in honoring him right now. [applause] >> kqed, thank you. i'm kind of surprised at this all. i just keep trying to do what i do and help people. that is what i was taught. you earn your keep and stay busy. keep moving, but smiles on people's faces, make them happy? -- make them happy. happy that we are alive and caring for each other. we watch over each other. and their families. they are supposed to be doing that. being not selfish but open hearted and giving and caring for one another. loving mother earth every day sign up to sun down, but i just have a little piece of something i wrote d

people can communicate with each other in real time and act upon that communication to speak in large numbers about their personal freedom. some of these roads lead back to san francisco. i was proud also when the president had his conversation on youtube, san francisco bay area young people were part of the questioning. we recognize communication is different than real time. it makes a difference. the communication of it to the rest of the world is important. we see not only is the egyptian government shutting down communications internally, but they have shut down some of the television coverage of what is going on there. >> [inaudible] >> i think the united states response is appropriately calibrated by the secretary of state in her comments about rejecting violence on any side, but especially by the use of force by the government, which has a heavyweight in all of that, and all sso , all of the communications, and to have something involved. it is interesting because the government was saying it was the muslim brotherhood. they might be a part of it. it is a spontaneous -- the new

community policing? i would think as it comes back to us, there are some lines of accountability. to date, we have not seen anything on paper. that is what we ask for. that is not necessarily fair to you. you are on the force for the first time -- you are here before us for the first time now. it would be

it is not as if the community was not involved. it was very involved, and we are very happy to see this extended. my colleague just referred to the community plan for a firm market, which was a long process that involved community agreements and all kinds of things for upper market, but the zoning controls in that plan -- it was relying on the zoning controls of the market octavia plan, but that was not covered. it just makes good sense. it is rational, and we fully support the way it has turned out, and we hope you will, too. >> i counted on three minutes, so i may go a little longer. i hope that is okay with you. our office has been working on a residential project on the northwest corner of castro and market street since 2004. the proposed extension would have a negative effect on our project. we have a co-conforming commission and request that it be grandfathered as we have the application in prior to december 31, 2005. i would like to give you a brief history of our budget. the multi-family building with commercial based on th

have as we think about community benefits. in the resolutions, we refer to stakeholders and stakeholder engagement. we do not specifically call out community-based organizations. that has caused some concern with community-based partners. in response to that, i just want to take the opportunity to say as we think about stakeholders' we include community-based organizations as stakeholders. we did not specifically call out community-based organizations because we also understand there are individuals, residents, and ratepayers attached to organizations, whether they are community organizations or nonprofits. we are talking about the broad family of stakeholders who have skin in the game and are going to be impacted. we want to find all the different ways we can reach out to those constituents. folks who are watching in the audience today -- that includes community-based organizations. whether they are churches or local partners on the ground, we are going to incorporate their feedback in this resolution and identify ways of beg

, the vietnamese community, the cambodian community, thai community, burmese community. i want to thank you all for making up the diaspora of our diverse community. and i want to thank those of you who are not asian on the outside but our asian on the inside. [applause] thank you for being part of the richness of who we are common here in san francisco. and i want to thank all of you who are the community leaders of this wonderful city that was founded as col down. we know we have had struggles over the decades and have accomplished many things. but i want to take a moment to say a quick thanks to those of you who are working to make sure that our asian american brothers and sisters, and grandparents who are still living in sro's, i want to thank you for the work you are doing for them. the work we are doing for asian- american brothers and sisters who still today may not have health insurance or child care. for young people who may not have access to the youth services they need. or to our grandparents who may not have access to the prescription drugs or senior services

how can we build a community that really contributes to the well-being of the community, to the help of the community, and having people that really connect with each other? i think that is what it is. it has been a wonderful experience for me and many others. thank you. >> thank you. nec's speaker. -- next speaker. >> good morning. i am vera hale. i was happy to see the report and i was happy that they used the age of 64 aging. that is the same age that the older americans act uses. also, that is a age at which people ought to start thinking about when they retire, if they have not already, if they have not gotten sick or lost their job. it is nice to see that standardized. it is 20% of our population. one thing missing in the report, they need to identify the tenderloin as a neighborhood with a high concentration of seniors. it seems to have slid into pulp gulch when they read the report. on the chip's program, we still have a more active program. i think that one certainly needs to be restored. if they got permission, they did it in residential hotels or as a rose -- as sorrows --