. >> it is the motion approving or the rejecting of the major's appointment of debbie mesloh, term ending november 189, 2018 to the commission on the status of women. >> if we could have ms. mesloh come forward.er >> good morning, vicewoman tang and supervisor cohen, i wanted to talk to you about my qualification, i'm happy to be plaids orn this committee for the status of women commission, [inaudible], a little bit about my background and what i would like to do on the commission, i moved to san francisco in 1997, i don't have the privilege of being a native but it is my chosen home as an adult, i took a vacation here, i don't know why anybody would want to live anywhere else and i still feel like that to this day. i worked on one of my passions which is women in leadership, i'm from the women's political committee, iem former board meeting of the chapter of noral, others saturday in andreas kitchen and we created an idea of a merge and i know there's several graduate ts of that problem. i had the honor to elect our first female d.a. in san francisco and our first female ag when we first

san franciscan, as a proud nem -- feminist, as a prom, as a proud activist, in celebration of debbie mesloh, her appointment to this commission is so important, i've known debbie for close to ten years and i know first hand and i've seen directly her incredible activism, her bringing dignity, responsiveness, programs to communities, to women and all communities who need it the most. you've heard her qualifications already, she's a woman for all seasons, she has stood with us when we created the first charter high school for men and women, she stood with us with we started our restorative justice program for incarcerated men and social justice, we have everything to gain as san franciscans, as women in the overall community so i stand here with great happiness and celebration for this appointment as we have everything to gain. thank you. >> good morning, chairman avalos, supervisor tang and supervisor cohen, i'm here in strong support of debbie mesloh, i've known her for 14 years and i've worked both at the d.a.'s office here and at the ag's office statewide, two piece, she's been a critical

potential and is capable of delivering a much more ek wit nl world, their work is important and debbie mesloh will be a huge asset, so i hope that you would support her. thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> good morning, avalos, vice chair tang, supervisor cohen, i stand before you in strong support as debbie mesloh on the commission of the status of women, she brings a deep knowledge about the city having served in the district attorney's office but also at the state level, having worked for the attorney general and then also having worked at the federal level. that's the kind of experience that we could benefit from on the commission and oftentimes, we work in silos, the private sector here and the public sector over here and i think debbie has a lot to contribute in terms of increasing our reach into the private sector. we realized several years ago that three out of four women work in the private sector, not the public sector and that we needed to do some work helping our sisters in the private sector, so i'm looking for strong leadership from debbie mesloh on our commission. thank yo

it's a motion to approved mayor's appointment of debbie mesloh. >> can we talk this item? objection, the motion to proof passes as amended. next item please. >> item 28 is a motion to appoint antonia diaz for a one year term. >> same house same call -- sorry, supervisor mar. >> thank you colleagues, i wanted to acknowledge the incredible work of antonio dias over the years. leading within the southwest network for environmental and economic justice. in i also worked with. antonio is a tremendous leader for our city. not only in building grassroots organizations but really giving people of color, immigrant community, grassroot perspectives to the issues. climate change and climate justice in our communities. this energy efficiency task force is part of work from antonio and others. i think the coordinating committees goal are to catalog all our energy efficiency and identifying revenue streams to fund additional work. today many of us in the broad clean power except coalition were invited celebrating earth day but also the potential of clean power moving forward in a very s