"it has been an honor to work with jamie brewster. he understands the employees of re-entering the workforce for the first time. he is a passionate advocate for students and has built a credible and reliable partnership. he would bring an important voice to the reentry council and i recommend his appointment without reservation. think for consideration." when i met jamie, i was at walden house, on parole, single mother, with no direction. i don't have a college degree. and if it was not for meeting jamie at that time, i might not have been able to get that confidence that i needed to know to be successful and to know there was a place for me in society, to want to stay clean. to want to live a successful life is great. if you cannot relate to someone who is in your shoes when you are going through the process, it is difficult. he gave me the confidence and things have been going well. i have been employed for a year and half. i have my son. >> supervisor campos: thank you for being here. -- supervisor kim: thank you for being here. >>

"it has been an honor to work with jamie brewster. he understands the employees of re-entering the workforce for the first time. he is a passionate advocate for students and has built a credible and reliable partnership. he would bring an important voice to the reentry council and i recommend his appointment without reservation. think for consideration." when i met jamie, i was at walden house, on

supervisor kim: next, we have kevin joseph, then jamie brewster. is kevin joseph here? if not, jamie brewster. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you for this opportunity. my name is jamie brewster, and i am a program manager at the reconstruction solar training program, where have been employed just over six years. i was also recently appointed to the work force advisory committee by former supervisor daly. in 1995, a graduate from state prison. i did at 3 terms and to violations before getting my life together and back on track. in 2001, i was discharged from parole and never looked back. by help people enter society and be successful in life. if given the application is serve, i will do everything in my power to help those in need. but i just want to say that i dedicate my life to assisting those who have been down the path i have been down. it is extremely important to me. i died individuals down the right road, and that is why i am here. -- it is extremely important that i died individuals down the right road and that is why i'm here. supervisor kim: thank you.

i have gerald miller for c one, -- seat one and jamie brewster for seat four. >> we have to do our residency waiver. we have gotten a lot of sentences consider qualified. i believe mr. burster works in oakland -- lives in oakland. we have some san franciscans and -- i am impressed. i would concur. we have -- try to support san franciscans on this council with good reason. i would concur that that would be given the amount of the applicants that would be a difficult choice to make. i would have been pushing for you very hard. supervisor kim: i believe we do not need to deliver. -- do a waiver. jamie is active and you are amazing. i really appreciate your leadership and your inspirational -- you are an inspirational speaker. you have affected so many people's lives. you have an impact on this work. the one thing i do like about mr. muniz is he is not necessarily connected with our departments that have seats on the table. or any of the nonprofits i know that we work regularly with on the reentry council. so i would be supporters of both. we have -- we have come to a consensus. do we have a mot