i'm here today to speak in support of gail gilman's appointment to the san francisco port commission. i've known gail for several years. she is a leader in affordable housing and workforce strategies. she has extensive experience both in residential real estate development, social enterprise economic development, homeless, social services, community organizing, public policy, while that experience is really critical for somebody being appointed to this commission, you also need passion. and what i know about gail she is committed to san francisco. she has dedicated her life and career to providing opportunities for underserved communities. she is a trusted colleague. she is someone with integrity who will honor the public trust. >> supervisor safai: thank you, sir. next speaker. >> for the record my name is michael cohen. some of you may know that my company strata investment group has been partnered with c.h.p. and gail on our kind of transformative project, 1629 market street. and as a result, i have worked extensively with gail for more than three years. i have found her to be very

it's likely you all know well who gail gilman is. you also know well how her tenacity has improved the lives of so many in our city. you have seen her lead a successful non-profit for years and participate tirelessly in committees and task forces to address the city's homelessness. you have seen her step up as a leader and collaborator on multiple propositions to secure funding for the city's housing crisis. gail puts others first. she puts the residents of san francisco first. in doing so she exemplifies the integrity needed to be a commissioner and more specifically to be a port commissioner so i urge you to support her nomination. >> supervisor safai: thank you. next speaker? >> good afternoon, charlie with [inaudible] engineers local 3. we represent over 35,000 surveyors, inspectors, dredgemen. i want to read a few excerpts from letter of support i emailed to you all. i'm writing in support of gail's appointment to the port commission. her firsthand knowledge of the waterfront and experience with construction and development make

speaking on behalf of gail gilman, she has always respected labor, trusted labor and that has been reciprocated by many, many people i have dealt with on the labor side. she will bring to the port commission the skills she has had for many years in helping people find common ground and work through complexities of what has to be done and of course the port could always use that. i strongly recommend you support her, thank you. >> supervisor safai: great, thank you. next speaker? >> good afternoon, my name is peter garza with carpenter's local 22. carpenters and i have worked with gail on numerous projects and issues through the years. because of her years of experience in development, residential housing, position as c.e.o. of community housing partnership, gail has become our go-to person for not only myself but the carpenter's operations. on how we could begin to think out so id the box. whatever the task gail is committed to seeing through to the end. when it comes to challenges, gail has the ability to understand the most complex of challenges and once she understands them, she then has the

. >> clerk somera: item 10, appointment of gail gilman. >> commissioner safai: i need to make a motion to move it. can i do that? >> commissioner stefani: after public comment. >> commissioner safai: seeing none public comment is closed. then -- >> commissioner yee: i'll move that motion. >> commissioner safai: without objection we'll continue this to the call of the chair. number 11. >> clerk somera: that's a motion to approve or reject the mayor's nomination of v. fei tsen. >> commissioner safai: thank you. please address the body. >> supervisors, thank you so much. i have been the president of the treasure island development authority for the last three years. i want to say what a privilege and a pleasure it is to be able to sit on that board. we have the awesome responsibility of shaping a totally new neighborhood for the city of san francisco. that is an incredible responsibility that we have. just a bit of my qualifications. i have served on different commission ins the city, a major urban design and urban public spaces. i served under agnus on the redevelopment agency and was in