taja gabrielle dejesus. on february 1st, this year, we lost taja a valued resident of san francisco who was lost to hate and violence. she moved to san francisco to be part of the transgender community. she felt a sense of solidarity and support that she had not previously experienced growing up and that's why she came to san francisco. i think we read about her life and experience in the paper. she was active in her church, devout in her faith and was a tremendous resource to the community at large. taja volunteered at a food pantry and community center and regularly attended meetings for causes she supported and she was committed to raising awareness to issues affecting the transgender community especially issues that involved health and disparity in that community. taja was known for being a charismatic and out spoken person for life challenges. taja loved music and fashion. she had a first job and was a fan of madonna and prince. she was strong, independent and selfless. she worked hard and never hesitat

dejesus. i did not know her personally but i heard remarkable stories about her. supervisor wiener thank you also for joining us in memoriam. >> thank you, supervisor wiener? >>supervisor scott weiner: thank you very much. madam clerk. this is really jarring to keep hearing. it seems like everyday, every week we hear of a new transgender woman who has been murdered since new years. it's nothing new, sadly. for those of us who have gone every year to a transgender day of remembrance and every year we hear the stories and hear the fear, but also in & this is very important, hear the strength of this community. the transgender community is an unbelievably resilient community and has to be. because when you think about it, if you think about the challenges that transgender community faces for most people makes you not want to get out of bed in the morning, but this community not only gets out of bed but goes out and fights and is going to win. we have made many strides in the lgbt community when you think about it but the transgender community is at risk of being left

. >> the rally was sparked by the fatal stabbing of 36-year- old, taja dejesus, near her apartment. activists say she was one of six transpeople killed in america so far this year. and that the violence must stop. >> we love our brothers and sisters. >> a progressive city is not always safe. particularly for transwomen of color. >> i'm asking the city and county of san francisco to start a transspecific commission so our voices and perspectives are included in our local laws. >> transwomen said they experience housing and employment dediscrimination and are still too often a target for violence. >> recently, they have been low priority to our murders. >> we are san francisco. we're a place for everybody. >> police chief told us dejesus' death does not appear to be a hate crime and the case should be closed soon. >> the main thing i want to reassure everybody is this wasn't random. we don't have any evidence the victim was targeted. because the victim was transgender. >> a police source tells ktvu the suspect in dejesus' murder killed himself shortly thereafter. a fund has been set u

. >> commissioner dejesus. >> i wanted to say i've gotten a lot of calls and e-mails from the community it's xeefts i know that community advisors board they're taking it on the road and getting community input but i like the comment you analyzed it you you know your community you made some really good comments about what needs to be incorporated or included based on our experience in the community that was good to hear and it was pro-active and i'm glad we were here this is a it process i'm glad your community is the first and your input is valuable and i want to talk for that and smipt we're back to the drawing board and those comments will be tooukts i want to thank you very much and supervisor kim for being here the whole time i think we all share the same concerns you share thank you. >> commissioner melara and wanted to thank everyone as someone familiar with the great project that's going on i'm not that a lot of resident are aware there's smlgz called the tenderloin health improvement plan that is addressing many of the issues i want to say there is a lot of hope and a lot of wo

joe we've been joined by commissioner dejesus and commissioner marshall will you please introduce yourselves dr. joe. >> good evening, everyone dr. joe marshall been on the commission forever we run a program called the boy's club and the 30 soldier and the man that was close to me for many, many years so love being here and i'm commissioner dejesus that been on the commission for 6 and a half years maybe more i'm happy to be here my can i job is an attorney i am happy to hear about the plan that was not put in stone your comments are important and we'll be making a decision shortly so at this point inspector call the next line item. >> item 2 public comment all matters listed under the consent agenda are considered by the board speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and the department ocii personnel neither the police or ocii personnel or commissioners are required to respond to the public but may provide a brief response the police and commission and others staff shall not have to respond we have a large group we'll limit the comments to 2 minutes first come, fir

. >> commissioner dejesus. >> commissioner dejesus and i'm looking forward to hearing from you first, i understand the department has has a plan that plans is not in cement only looking forward to hearing our comments thank you. >> thank you commissioner hwang thank you my name is victor hanging i work agreeing as a civil rights attorney for a roach that is the biggest outreach for domestic violence victims for human trafficking and immigrants i see many familiar faces. >> commissioner melara. >> hi sonya merryl the executive director for the station of services at st. francis memorial hospital and also a part-time faculty in san francisco stat university. >> great i'm suzy loftus raising my 3 daughters with a lot of help friday from my mom and i work with the office of the city of attorney general and i have an office in san francisco the one point we're having multiple community meetings first one in the tenderloin and but we're going to continue to hear from folks 0 we're taking information and continue to have the next meeting at do northern station and southern station the last m

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supporter also remember 36-year-old taja dejesus, she was found stabbed to death on the steps of her apartment in the bayview district. her death is one of many acts of violence directed to the lgbt community. they want it stopped. >>> in just a few hours, former radioshack employees accused of stealing racy photos from a customer's cell phone will enter a plea in court. jose miranda faces several charges including petty theft. back in november, a woman says she took her phone to the radioshack store to get a broken screen fixed. when she got the phone back, she realized 17 of her photos were texted to an unknown number. >>> now to a follow up on a deadly fire in san francisco. donations continue to pour in for the 38 people left homeless by this fire at 22nd and mission streets. those people likely won't see all the money. a gofundme page has raised $160,000, but fee also take thousands away from that total. >>> police need your help catching a man bothering a child. officers in daley city released a sketch of the suspect. six separate times over the past few months a 10-year-old bo

. >>> gina dejesus and the beach are synonymous during carnivale, when people flock to copacabana with hundreds of thousands. locals know to bring the best it's the operative ward to protect themselves from a tsunami. in the one that comes from the okay it's a humanly that comes from the slums. >> three months ago on the beach this was the scene. beach goers trying to escape. that as the police introduced sun protection. special unit's forces fighting gans is now stationed at the beaches. to this is not a measure. it's a precaution. due to the large number of people that come here some take advantage to commit crimes. police op motorbikes and foot carrying pistols and stun gums weave around the umbrellas. on the pavement they sues state of the art technology. these are images from cameras. suspects are arrested on the spot a welcome development, say the locals. without a doubt i came close to the police truck, making the whole family feel safer. >> in the last month and a half things improved it was dangerous. authorities promise to keep operations going as long as there's a mass prese

my biggest fear was of it happening to her. >> reporter: dejesus's worst fear was realized when taja was stabbed and killed by a man who killed himself a short time later. taja told her family, she would come to san jose to visit them that super bowl sunday. >> i'm still waiting for her to come home. >> reporter: in san francisco, the place taja calls home, supporters are making banners and signs for a protest and rally at city hall in memory of taja and other women killed in california so far this year. >> i'm tired of being afraid for my life. people are transphobic. in this country, that's outrageous. >> whatever your kids are going through, just love them. just love them. because overall, it can be a very cruel place. but your kids need to know that you have their back. that you love them no matter what. >> reporter: the protests and rally is scheduled to start here at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon. some plan to go into the board of supervisors meeting to speak. others plan to block the market as part of the day of action. >> amber lee in san francisco tonight. thank you. >>> oakland p

. >> okay commissioner dejesus. >> i did sit on this last one. i do want to point out to the public we don't have a vote we do do get asked questions. if it's in policy was there a review of the policy or training issue, should we change is this the best practice but only the commissioner that's there gets to hear what's going on and i'm glad you are going to do a review. it's important to know if we've learned from that or something that needs to be revisited or other things and i'm glad if we're doing a review there's a way to get all of the commissioners on board to understand some of the questions asked and answers that were received. >> thank you and sergeant it would be helpful too we sometimes ask the same questions to the extent there will be a review board convening maybe next time include for us a timeline just a one pager because i think it's really important for everyone to understand that process we share it with community members at town hall meetings so that would be really helpful. >> okay thank thank you. >> thank you. any furthe

commissioner dejesus. >> last night i was at northern station they had a panel there and how policy can change police culture and what they were looking for was procedural transparency and accountability and what what can be done to improve the situation and how can the public be involved and i did participate and some some of the things they came out with they were aware of the camera and people are very interested in the policy being developed around that camera and they ask that that the stakeholders and especially certain communities would be allowed to participate in terms of developing that policy and in particular the bayview and mission areas and i think that's actually a good recommendation and something they can look to in the future they also talked about community policing about revisiting our -- i think we had a 42 or 72 point community policing plan put into place so maybe revisiting that when we did that audit and are we still complying with it? should we update it? are there any policies we can include to update it? especially now that president obama is talking about pu

the most recent victim, a 36-year-old taja dejesus. she had moved to san francisco from san jose ten years ago, seeking a safe haven for a transgender woman of color. her life was cut short february 1st on the steps of her apartment in the bayview district. stabbed to death. her suspected killer was found hanged nearby. the death has torn apart the victim's mother who is refocusing her pain into spreading her daughter's story. >> everybody's life matters. tran's life mattered as well. if this can save one person. >> people spend hours at san francisco's lgbt center last night to prepare for the demonstration. taja is the fourth known transgender woman of color to be murdered in california in the last four months and the fifth in the u.s. since the new year alone. the demonstration set for 1:30 this afternoon at city hall, including the release of a report with information like how trans women of color are seven times more likely to feel unsafe in their lives, also there will be plans about a new jail here in san francisco. we'll talk a