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

i want to strongly support gail gilman today. i think she will be an outstanding member and there's no doubt in my mind that she won't give 200% to this commission. >> president breed: thank you. seeing no other names on the roster, colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? without objection the motion as amended is approved unanimously. all right, let's go back to items 24 and 25. it's my understanding the two commissioners in question are here and are happy to potentially answer questions from members of the board. i would like for members of the board to know if they are not moved forward today, they will not be able to sit at another meeting for the m.t.a. until we go through our process, which could be potentially problematic and i would like members of the board to, if you want to ask questions, or if you still want to continue, either one of these particular appointments, i think we are open to discussion at this time on these two items for either or. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam pres

the mayor's office has recommended and the board of supervisors also confirmed the new payment of gail gilman, term ending 2022, and victor makras, term ending 2020. miss gilman has over 20 years of housing experience. she joined the community housing partnership chairman in 2010. [inaudible] >> -- an equity framework. miss gilman is involved in regional and national public policy efforts, including serving as the california's homeless coordinator and finance council, which is a governor appointment, and she was most recently a dbi commissioner. mr. makras has 30 years of civic experience. his first commission was the board of permit appeals. he was a puc commissioner twice, police commissioner, and was very recently serving on the retirement board, which is a $23 billion fund. mr. makras also has 30 years of experience in real estate. he served as the president of 4,000 member association of realtors. since 1990, he has led makras real estate which specializes in all types of real estate properties. welcome, mr. makras. we're very excited to work with our reappointed and new commissioners. w

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