i want to make an announcement that president julie soo has joined us and if it's okay we go back to item one and if president soo would like to make some opening remarks. >> thank you. i apologize for being late. we are pleased to have this meeting today and we have been instrumental in equal pay for women and what was launched recently with the gender equity principles to balance -- have a work place balance and that includes men and without the support of the entire city and the agencies we couldn't make this work possible. as you know we do work on domestic violence and human trafficking and for the domestic violence victims psychologically it's difficult to leave a united states -- abusive relationships and it's difficult to leave the situation. we are impressed with programs like the womens' initiative which launches entrepreneurial programs for women and in particular immigrant women. what is impressive after the intensive training they do have the ability to open a business within one year and after five years those businesses are sustainable which is very impressive given the

i am julie soo and fourth generation san franciscan and usually st. joseph's hospital and lowell high school. i am a mathematician turned attorney and i have been employed at the state department of insurance for the last 12 years as an enforcement attorney. i also serve on the board of directors of st. francis memorial hospital and the democratic platform committee as the co-chair and i am extremely pleased to be here to work with my esteemed colleagues as well as the police commission. we have a tremendous amount of work to do and we have come so far and we couldn't do it without the community and great leaders are involved with the community so in thatinto the meeting. >> thank you. please call line item two. >> line item two consent agenda and support the reauthorization of violence against women act and the project on domestic violence policy reform. >> right now i would like to call up justice encourage project oversight panel, the past and present people who have made it what it is today. and if i could have commissioner shorter actually announ