i humbly ask for your support for my nomination, herb cohn." he is a stellar human being, and i hope he will be considered. supervisor mar: i just wanted to thank commissioner kim for his work building a stronger korean- american community, but also for your work on the bridge board. so many different organizations, and you are unable veteran, working within the veterans communities as well, but your experience and qualifications make you perfectly qualified for reappointment, and i look forward to supporting you at a future date. thank you, mr. kim. supervisor campos: thank you. i, too, look forward to supporting commissioner kim and commissioner cohn at a later date. has been especially gratifying to get to know commissioner kim through the golden gate bridge board. if anyone can give you a very thorough explanation of its history and admission, that as commissioner kim. why don't we open up to public comment? any member of the public who would like to speak on this item, please come forward. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm from the mayor

herb cohn i have known for 10 years. he was providing assistance to the merchants of upper market and castro. one of the things that has distinguished his participation is his level of positivity. he is proactive. he is looking for solutions, not to blame our be negative. brought people who had not been participating in the district merchants into it, but stepped up and is now a resident of the council. he is an incredible member of our community. he is doing great work citywide. the thing he will do wonderfully on this panel. i will have to step away. at the earlier hearing, i did support ms. kong's nomination. i also will support mr. elliott's. thank you for allowing me to be here. >> my name is stephen cornell. i have been involved with small business for many years. i have been on many different boards and president of them. i met herb 15 years ago. he served on many boards with me. he is president of many things i used to be present of -- president of. he is a businessman, a cpa, involved in real estate. these are a

why don't we ask herb cohn -- supervisor dufty, i'm sorry. supervisor dufty: thank you. i want to reflect on my long friendship with mr. kim. i would say that i am the beneficiary of the least till we what ties similar to the one he has on today, which are miracle ties, if he shows you they do not have to be tight, but look quite good. in all seriousness, he is a great individual, and there are people from communities that are bridges to the whole city, and he is one because of his consistent presence at city events and a willingness to be helpful. he is a start. colleagues, i want to briefly read into the record a letter for herb cohn, a longtime friend and colleague of mine in the castro neighborhood. he is a cpa, and he has been mined for more than 10 years, but more than that, he has been the past president of the merchants of our market and castro, which is a very vibrant merchants association. he was instrumental in the creation of the community benefit district and served as its first president and as someone who just gives tremendously. he served as a leader and

>> resolution concerning the appointment of harry kim and herb cohn to the san francisco relocation appeals board,

>> resolution concerning the appointment of harry kim and herb cohn to the san francisco relocation appeals board, terms ending january 2, 2012. chairperson kim: i want to thank everyone who came to the discussion with the supervisors. nearly half the applicants come forward? -- may we have of the applicants come forward? -- may we have the applicants come forward? separately, please. mr. kim, good afternoon. >> good afternoon and happy new year. congratulations, new supervisors jane kim and mr. farrell. sean elsbernd is district 7, where i lived a long time. i was here many times. the relocation appeals board -- i was appointed in 1993. i was a director from 1998 -- from 1992. i assisted dianne feinstein when she was mayor. the appoint me with some many civic duties. -- they have appointed me with so many civic duties. it is good to see some dear good friends back there. i see that we have eugene

henry kamm, herb cohn, relocation. leona bridges, resonate and the call that we have got and show that she is a truly exceptional candidate. leslie katz for the port. these are great appointments and i find it difficult to sit and claimed that the mayor is not properly doing his job by letting us vote for interim mayor -- i understand that point. bear in mind, of the four of us, i am the only one who will not be able to participate in the interim mayor vote if it takes place in the new board. i will also be the only one nonparticipating in this particular committee. the decision that are made here. so there is a bit of hypocrisy with the argument big as we could then place that argument back on ourselves and the rules committee not doing the job presented before them. of course, also, we did schedule a hearing. [applause] i think it is something that probably should be said. obviously, i will not be in support of not moving forward. i would like us to move forward because the nominations are good ones. i think they are

. >> item 21 is a motion confirming appointments and harry kim and herb cohn. supervisor chiu: this resolution is adopted. >> item 22 is a resolution confirming the appointment of florence kong to the city hall preservation advisory commission. supervisor chiu: the resolution is adopted. >> item 23, resolution determining that the issuance of a tight 75 on sale general approval of liquor license to the unicorn pan-asian restaurant will serve the public convenience or necessity. supervisor chiu: the resolution is approved. >> item 24 is a resolution determining that the issuance of a tight 51 beer and wine club license to golden gate council of american youth hostels inc. will serve the public convenience. item 25 is a resolution authorizing the the poorman of public health to except and it's been a retroactive way -- the department of public health to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $402,596 from the university of california sanford's is good for debate in a program entitled integrating hiv and geriatric for people living with hiv 50 an