and please respect and protect ross, eliana and -- mirkarimi. have been&1" abused and yu should not let this abusebue continue. >> president chiu: thank you thank you very much. it goes fast.i zif and i need to enforce the two minute rule so that every member to speak. appreciate your respecting that time limit. thank you. katherine howard. to make. i have worked with ross mirkarimi on city issues. i believe he will be annr/hi excellent sheriff. i encourage you to reinstate him. i am appalled by the witchó2mot in the press. it is a disgrace. anyone in this room that had to stand up to this, it wouldse>éxe very, very difficult so i want you to think about that. thirdly, if you supervisors are really serious about ethics, you double standard in the way ross' case has been treated. he should be reinstated. thank you. >> president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> thank you for taking all of this time, and this is a long hearing, i know for all of you. my name is lindsey -- you will notice it's about 40 or 50-1 at least indr8i5m of for ross' re

it seemed a case against him was settled and he was willing to listening to eliana. removed him from office without pay for official misconduct. this was an unprecedented decision madeuuá÷ by an executie official in the history of san francisco politics. one individual. no official misconducl occurred while he was in office as sheriff. by his action, ed lee has suppressed my vote. i decided then to work to reinstate ross mirkarimi, to his elected office as sheriff. i have since become friends with both ross mirkarimi and elian eliana -- excuse me and their son, theo. they're a loving couple. i call on you to do the right thing and vote to reinstate ross mirkarimi. reinstate my vote. >> president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> supervisors, my name is ed cinchly. i live and vote in district 9. am very happy to have an excellent supervisor in district 9. last week, the elected delegates of service employees international union local 1021, which represents 13,000 workers here in san francisco, voted to ask you to vote to reinstate ross mirkarimi as sheriff. this is no

unfortunately it doesn't apply in the case of ross$fg> and eliana.omen that need your help, women that are"x@>] dragged, kicked, beat stabbed, help them. they need yourm$n help. eliana has said over and over she does not need your 15÷ she is fine. she loves her husband. she'3 ñé @ reinstate ross. >> president chiu: next >> that's isabel. that's she wife,h:t. >> president chiu: thank you. next speaker. next speaker. >> i'm the next speaker. i'mk speaking. i do morning radio. i'm=3)6ally not up this late, but it is so special that i'm here. thank you very much. 0i first i need to say that i remember martha strickland who startedç]oi la casa de las morerasnvj not happy with these organization that are basically sold to thedki@ mayor. their job was to help the women, help the families, like isabelcy! said, instead of trying to destroy families. and this has to be said.ñ96qi it is, as they say, the politicians i want to makee[ perfectly clear. the emperor who is trying to ousta/au sheriff mirkarimi, and lied to get into office wants to order the cops to s

take sot --- eliana lopez in: 00;0020;01 --- out: 00;00;27;10 eliana lopez dice; "tarda, la justiciatarda, pero finalmente llega y gracias a todo el apoyo de la comunidad latina especialmente." cesar ---las reacciones de los personajes politicos de san francisco a este caso continuan... blanca ---entre los que hoy se expresaron.... fue el alcalde ed lee. take 2 box ---pilar niÑo nos explica cuales fueron los motivos de los que votaron a favor y en contra... pilar. take pkg take pkg ;01 ;07 0 ;40 1 ;16 1;55 ; asi es, este proceso ha dejado muchas heridas, aun asi las partes se comprometen a seguir adelante ross mirkarimi es nuevamente alguacil de san francisco. aunque siete supervisores votaron anoche para revocarlo del cargo por mala conducta oficial, eran necesarios 9. john avalos fue uno de los cuatro supervisores que lo salvo de perder su puesto defiinitivament e. john avalos/voto en contra de destituirlo se sabe que usted ha sido aliado politico de mirkarimi por muchos anos, fue por su amistad que voto en contra de que lo destituyeran? por mi amistad, no, fue parte de como leo la

evenf really intend to call the police on eliana lopez.is1c ñ case. because after that, you know there was this iron first thatwp]o fist that came down and the whole thing was very cruel. we all just watcheda=z and it was not cool at all. you know, life can be messy that's another thing i want to say. life is not perfect. people are not perfect. and9/ç6)by they never will be. whenç92 talk about domestic violence is a crime label and say you're supposed to be a sheriffho >> president chiu: thank you very much. r thank you veryím m much. next speaker 6n. >> hello. my name is chad non-nor and here to recommend ross mirkarimi be reinstated to office as soon asg;hó possible. people of san francisco chose ross to be our sheriff and itmn would be a great injustice to the democratic process to have anythingxj:+uñ i heard people today call ross' actions criminal and serious. he has donee react to a situation concerning two people that he lovesks](z dearly. was it the most appropriate action? i think most people would argue that it was2 but the test

as far the whole attorney-client privilege, i'm not eliana's first attorney. sheryl wallace was, but you have to know the first time sheryl ballas had contact with the police, within a day and a half of the video being taken from -- ivory madison, miss wallace asserted it's an attorney-client privilege and i know some of you are lawyers and in terms of attorney-client stuff i have tons of people tell me stuff that i would not disclose to somebody. it's the belief that i tell somebody something in confidence and if you are going to believe the video, you need to also believe that the only reason eliana made that video was to be used in a custody dispute, not to report anything other than she was afraid that she would lose theo. you also have to remember that at that time she hadn't received her paperwork from ice yet and there were concerns and anybody who is not an american citizen has to worry about ice in this day and age and what is going to happen. that is my three minutes. >> is there a motion to approve the minutes that we have identified? >> so moved. >

i wanted to first thank ross mirkarimi and eliana for the ordeal you've been through. i want to thank friends in the room and others that i don't know. thank you for your heart-felt testimony. i wanted to thank the legal teams for the great presentations. i think you laid out the issues before us, and colleagues, i think the question facing us is at once both straightforward but also highly emotional so i'm extremely emotional right now. we must either adopt or reject the agents commission's recommendation and thanks to president ben hur as well but we must either adopt or reject the religious that by pleading guilty to an act of domestic violence and put on plo baition ross has created official misconduct that requires removal from his office as sheriff. i think there are forces on both sides and it's a very polarized room this evening who would like us to make our decision into ross mirkarimi versus ed lee or between progressives versus moderates. but i think we owe it to ourselves and the people of san francisco to treat it as a choice between right and wrong but th

murkarimi's wife eliana lopez cried as she listened to members of the board announce that they woulde no when she realized murkarimi can keep his job. mayor ed lee needed nine votes to remove the sheriff from office, and tonight it became clear before a final vote count even took place he did not visit. by a vote of 7-4, the board of supervisors does not sustain official misconduct charges, and sheriff ross murkarimi can be reinstated. reporting live in san francisco, jean elle, nbc bay area news. >>> i can't talk. i'm going to start crying. it's unbelievable. >> the other big story tonight, the giants and a's are both still alive. the teams came up with big wins with their backs against the wall. for both of them, it was a do or die situation, and they did it. >> boy did they do it. hen they did, the giants in dramatic fashion. the a's won in front of a packed and vocal house. >> we have leave coverage. cheryl hurd is live outside coliseum. but first kate longworth has highlights from tonight's game. hi, kate. >> reporter: hey, ladies. well, it was win the baseball game tonight or b

take sot --- eliana lopez in: 00;0020;01 --- out: 00;00;27;10 eliana lopez dice; "tarda, la justicia, pero finalmente llega y gracias a todo el apoyo de la comunidad latina especialmente." cesar ---las reacciones de los personajes politicos de san francisco a este caso continuan... blanca ---entre los que hoy se expresaron.... fue el alcalde ed lee. ---pilar niÑo nos explica cuales fueron los motivos de los que votaron a favor y en contra... take pkg 0:01 0:26 1:00 1:40 1:50 ross mirkarimi es nuevamente ---esta tarde recibimos un comunicado de prensa de la organizacion "la casa de las madres" en donde muestran su preocupacion por que una persona convicta de violencia domestica y que minimizo constantemente su crimen, no es apta para hacer cumplir la ley en san francisco y que existe conflicto de interes con su papel de pionero en los programas contra la violencia domestica. topvo blanca ---por su parte, esta tarde, el fiscal de san francisco, george gascon pidio que de ahora en adelante, mirkarimi se abstenga de investigar o supervisar casos de violencia intrafamiliar. ---segun gasco

i've had the great privilege to represent eliana lopez for the last six months.ty in the first pif+l%e project domestic violence prosecution unit in the state of california. i have spent 32 years being of service to the criminals{Ñ justice system and to many clients, both as a prosecutor and as a defensej in this instance though, this isn't about domestic violence per se. it's about whether or not ross mirkarimi -- i'm so stressed. this is not my forum, you know. the other digress, i can't believe i'm older than every one of you. it really means i've gotten old or you're all so young. in any event. and i didn't pick you. you're not a4!Ñio jury. i'm coming to speak to you, to speak to this fact thatoexpÑ integrity without knowledge is weak and mindless. and knowledge without integrity is dangerous. and potentiallyç&n[z dreadful. you've been given knowledge tonight. i suggest that you consider the words of commissioner hur. i think his)(=g presentation is excellent. i think it is the most neutral presentation that you're going to be given about what the charter pro

debora villalon. >> eliana lopez was at his side throughout today's proceedings. she has long defended her husband and called the attempts to remove him from office, dirty politics. >> the real violence, i think the real assault that is happening here is from the mayor to the democracy. >> reporter: lopez says she and her husband have been overwhelmed and comforted from the support they've received from the people of san francisco. and she hopes the supervisors hear the message from those supporters. >>> let's break down the situation, we think that these seven supervisors right here will likely vote against ross mirkarimi. that leaves cristina olagi, john avalos, campos and mar as the swing votes. all of them are progressives like mirkarimi and all of them are up for reelection. if they vote against ross mirkarimi, that could potentially cost them votes from their progressive base. but if these four votes for mirkarimi, domestic violence advocates would be furious and they have been very vocal in their demand that mirkarimi lose his job. something else to think a

debora villalon. >> eliana lopez was at his side throughout today's proceedings. she has long defended her husband and called the attempts to remove him from office, dirty politics. >> the real violence, i think the real assault that is happening here is from the mayor to the democracy. >> reporter: lopez says she and her husband have been overwhelmed and comforted from the support they've received from the people of san francisco. and she hopes the supervisors hear the message from those supporters. >>> let's break down the situation, we think that these seven supervisors right here will likely vote against ross mirkarimi. that leaves cristina olagi, john avalos, campos and mar as the swing votes. all of them are progressives like mirkarimi and all of them are up for reelection. if they vote against ross mirkarimi, that could potentially cost them votes from their progressive base. but if these four votes for mirkarimi, domestic violence advocates would be furious and they have been very vocal in their demand that mirkarimi lose his job. something else to think a

the last time sheriff ross mirkarimi and his wife eliana lopez was here at city hall was when they decided to oust sheriff ross mirkarimi and that recommendation was presented to the board. mayor ed lee suspended him without pay after he pled guilty. it stemmed from an incident with his wife who suffered a bruised arm as a result. it is one of city's more liberal supervisors and some say they want him out. they say it is simply a conflict of the interest. the mayor said that public officials need to be held to a higher standard. now the mayor, may have his own problems to deal with. they say ed lee purge engineered him is -- purge jordan perjuried himself and they say he is seeking his removal. they say it is all a politically charged witch hunt and meanwhile they will take nine of the -- it would take nine of the 11 board of supervisors to remove sheriff ross mirkarimi from office. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> president barack obama is waking up and we will show you a picture south of market where the president spent the night. traffic around the hotel is restricted rig

number two, was the power of the administer this alleged act of +4(#%Ñ three, do you believe409 eliana do you believe the city oy/srp&s who have continually said they known better for her family than her, herself. also as a fieldru: representati, a union representative, i've had the responsibility and duty in the.r)r past, admittedly in a different jurisdiction of representing law enforcement employees. some casesd:ñ i even had to represent employees who had been convicted of criminal!úf chargef domestic violence. i have never ever seen a case result innéje it's suspension is the standard, from my3óqna experience. and might i say all of those suspensions that i've experienced and wit&(jq" never came close to the length of the unpaid suspension that the lastly supervisors of d3, 5,tóq, for -- and ross -- understand but after the four days and on the election -- the eve of election day he understand why we did that. he told us outside whee -- he understand why we doing that, why are we fighting prop c, a handful of us. and, you know ross, you made a mistake. you should have not pled gu

was an example of how to effectively engage and put a stop to something that was not acceptable, eliananse. she's obviously -- tonight. thank you. >> president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good evening, supervisors. my name is francesca rosa. before i speak a little about why i'm here i wanted to remind you of some of the organizations that the grassroots organizations and groups that have come out in support of sheriff mirkarimi. we have the san francisco labor council, seiu -- committee very recently national lawyers guild latino democratic club, bernal heights democratic club, harvey milk club, bar newspaper, sunset beaconé"s: rivment review. they've helped you a great deal -- some of you a great deal over the years. i'm a delegate to the san francisco labor7:1[a council, also a member of 10-1, and myself and our members2 ls have precinct walked and phone banked for many of you in this roomt over and over for years and years, even some of us who are not in your particular and i think a lot of us would like to call in our chips/ tonight. we are the 99% of san francisco. we're the

i think that maybe this has been said before, but i think that eliana was subjected to a setup.d. so please vote your conscience, and as a former survivor of domestic violence who was always on the side of the woman, i can say that i think this is -- it's clear that this has been used in the most manipulative of ways. so thank you very much for letting me say this. >> president chiu: thank you. are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in public comment in if there are any other members of the public, please line up on the right-hand side. >> hi. i just have a really short thing to say to you. supervisors, if you love san francisco, ross and his family have been through a whole, whole lot. and ross is here, still wanting to be sheriff. so, you know, if you care about san francisco, i would grab him now before he changes his mind. >> president chiu: next speaker please. >> good evening, supervisors. i served 30 years ago on your board, and i have been very distressed -- pardon me, john -- i'm very distressed of the fact that we have gone through such a really d

all sides of the issue, as well.a also, i want to thank and express my empathy with:0h&z ross and eliana in a city where we take domestic93 violence very seriously. we have law enforcement agencies that over the past severalgze decades have changed dramatically in how we respond to domestic violence. a lotdyí3h of that has come through great sacrifice and great activism. i think it was/6÷ back in 2000 that a young wom lost her life and <$ that's a stage for how the city responded in the future.o]>rm we take domestic violence more seriously because of people have loste%11m their lives and the city's come together around that. this; íc vote is certainly about how seriously we take domestic violence but it's alsoaah about democracy and due process. it's about keeping the publicw

his wife eliana lopez showed her neighbor a bruised arm which you can see in this video after her husband grabbed her during an argument. mirkarimi was sentenced to three years' probation, fined and ordered to undergo counseling. he was also placed on unpaid leave by mayor ed lee. since then, mirkarimi has been fighting for his job. his attorney says that the marital incident has nothing to do with his role has sheriff and he was also voted in. mayor lee wants him out taking steps to permanently remove him saying that mirkarimi's guilty plea makes him unfit to hold office. >> we are making already changes and great changes that were in the queue for reform. that should be allowed to continue based on voter will and not let what's an undemocratic process interfere so there's a consolidation of power. >> these are charges that have been sustained by the ethics commission and the ones at the forefront of making sure we hold high the standards of the office of the sheriff in confirming that and i look forward to the board doing the same. >> reporter: here's what will happen today. the san fra

i recently he t ross and it was eliana's first year he had over 400 people was alone, venezuela, basicallyn a nutshell. anybody else wanted to add english not very good. that's okay. your two minutes and our rules in the board chambers, if someone could translate or one translate what you've stated%&o. great. and we will do that?r. excuse me please. one person speaking in the chamber at a time. ma'am. would you like to speak? >>o,o q yes. i want to say something. i believe in the family. i believe in rossm and what did happen it wasn't by domestic7@.já it was a misunderstand. and please respect ourjzbñ vot. this happen did not destroy him. please think about it and reinstate him. we r366y our sheriff back. thank you very much. >> [speaking spanish] >> president chiu: excuse me,ox sir. are there other members of your family that wish to speak? >> [speaking spanish]h]ñ7p and e support mirkarimi. >> president chiu: thank you. >> hello. here. i was born >> the city of san francisco sfgtv meeting of the transbay joint powers authority occurring october 11, 2012 will begin shortly. >> the city

one voice the mayor does not want you to consider is that of eliana lopez.alk toám r and prefer that you ignore her too. the allegation that she recanted is flatly contradicted by$-k her own statements. mayor lee never bothered to speak with her. in the second instance, ms. lopez has never denied that sheriff mirkarimi grabbed her arm. the advocates have been months they too have never listened to ms. lopez. defending her have been attacking her. victim. she's not an immigrant who violence. wants nothing more than justice. she wants justice for her family and she wants justice for the people ofiélx san francisco. after five months of hearings, you're left with a recommendation that, on its face, acknowledges it is al big with us. the agents commission, the majority says there's room for disagreement. but most importantly, the commission did not recommend that ross mirkarimi be removed from office. they explicitly discussed making such a recommendation to you and they rejected it. ultimately you have to decide if the mayor and the four commissioners are corre

the truth is woman who be afraiñ to report domestic violence because -- what happened toc eliana's familyot their business4anká like -- please bring --wu'z mirkarimi. thank you so much. >> president chiu: thank you. >> could i have the overhead the overhead. >> supervisor chiu: if you speak into the microphone. >> ms. riserdfú6Ñ said that the language of the charter speaks for itself.ó<1=k the mayor's open brief on page 13 -- >> president chiu: speak into the microphone. here. misconduct is defined as a definition when this is actually charter amendment. that it's a definition when it's a charter amendment. the actual -- look"w at the difference between the actual charterdd9áp amendment. here you see official misconduct in large letters. it's omitted fromfof21 the mays brief but it's here for all to see, official misconduct. why38éx is that important. because that defines everything underneath that law. the reasonçjj;$at they could evn make the poor case that they did confines of official misconduct that is indicated in thedvá' rel brief right here, official now, an important question.

to a misdemeanor charge related to false imprisonment in a domestic violence charge with his wife eliana. the supervisors vote 4-1 that uphold the charge of official misconduct. the chair of that presented his dissenting view saying he presented personal misconduct, not official misconduct. but the city says he can't be sheriff while on probation and attending domestic violence programs he oversees. before the hearing, they had a rally for murkarimi and his wife. murkarimi says he is ready to get back to work. >> i'm glad we're at this chapter. and i can only hope and we can only hope for a just outcome. and, you know, this amazing crowd, i think reflects the bright spots that haven't been well told in the media and that is how many people throughout all quarters of san francisco believe what has occurred was wrong and that they call for my reinstatement. >> 52 weeks of mandatory domestic violence counseling, again, in the company of the very people whose imprisonment recently supervised if they have recently been released from jail. >> reporter: this hearing is expected to last several

obviously, from the comments eliana is very satisfied that he has made amends, and she has made it veryforward. so since we are all human, we all do make a mistakes. i'll repeat the quote that was given earlier, let he who is first without sin be first to cast the first stone. thank you. >> president chiu: thanks. next speaker. >> i'm here in response to all that is going on, and it's very saddening that they did this to ross. i saw ross at the earthquake memorial for all the victims and everything. and i felt that though there was something going on with ross that night, because he was very disturbed. now, he didn't have time to talk to me, because he had to go chase his son down, because she couldn't catch him. now, ross leads by example, not with an iron hand. and we should recognize that. when she said that it was going to ruin ross' career, you know who it really ruined? it ruined her. and i hope it doesn't because she's a really good girl, and ross is really lucky to have her. now, as far as predicting the future, i predicted an earthquake, and a tsunami, and the demise of all the