gabriel medina. >> thank you, members of the rules committee. my name is gabriel medina and i wanted to speak on behalf of sonia melara for her appointment and support to the police commission. i can attest that sonia has great and longstanding history with latino community in san francisco and that is a voice that we need an additional voice on the police commission, in issues that have been occuring lately. i know commissioner melara is very sensitive not just from her work with the casa de la madres and where i met mer many, many years ago. so i would urge this committee to approve her appointment. i know that as a member of the latino community, i look forward to having this additional voice on our behalf on the commission. in addition, to the work of commissioner dejesus. thank you very much. >> thank you. last -- it could be the last up, i really want to apologize, i didn't notice dr. morassi is the executive director of san francisco department of status of women. >> good afternoon members of the rules committee. i had a prepared statemen