we honored himhis last meeting of the commission, as julius turman day. we honored him on the police miss as an attorney. tonight we're going to adjourn. the best we can do to honor his memory is liberty justice for all, and continue to do our best as police commissioners. we also have tannounce, on a good news front, we have two new commissioners. so i want to welcome commissioner cindy elias, john hamasaki, have been sworn in by the city attorney's office, have been handed binders. they'll get some cases assigned to them tonight. but what weo when we have new commissioners, haveth introduce themselves and have bout t ckgrnd.f the public a so with t i' goio introduce cindy elias. >> hello. i am cindy elias. i am currently a labor attorney for the state of california. my goal is to enforce the labor laws in the state of california and make sure people are paid their pawages. prior to that i was a plic defender for a little over 11 years. to that i held several different positions. the last position i held in the public defender's office was the leadorney

so just want to honor both of them today and in particular former commissioner julius turman. want to say a special thank you to my colleagues, supervisor malia cohen for sitting in with us today. she has did edicated a certain amount of time and energy in her career to delve into these policy matters. it's not often i've been chair of this committee 1.5 years, and we've never had a hearing this long. i really appreciate all the applicants that came out today. i want to state, from my opinion what i believe is the guiding principles of what will inform our decision today, and i've mentioned some of them today already, but i think that from the board of supervisors point of view, from what i have heard from colleagues, what i've heard from the questioning today, and what i've heard from other members of the community and those that have come up to us, the position and many of you asked, what are we looking for in a commissioner? and i did not want to bias the conversations that we had. i wanted to ask questions about your background and experience, but also wanted you to come,

commissioner mazzucco: and commissioners, as i stated earlier, i move to adjourn in nor of our forme julius turman, who passed earlier in may, may 13, 2018, at 52 ars of age. julius started his career in law in private practice. he was an assistant united states attorney in the district of new jersey hask f rms s an employment r in san francisco. as we learned as his memorial he was a men for many people in the lgbtq community, african mentored mylawyers, and many law firms. he served on many commissions, and he was on this commission. he was an incredible human, an so i move to end teeting in his honor, and i hope send this to his fami b in michigan, and do ivea a seco >>second. ommi ioner mazzucco: ll in favor? >> commissioner hirsch: and i dthk ng that. >> commissioner mazzucco: we're adjourned. - working for the city and county of san francisco will immerse you in a vibrant and dynamic city tha's on the forefront of economic growth, the arts, and social change. our city has always been on the edge rogress andov after all, wre at the meeting of land ansea. - our city is famous for its iconic sc

to start today to take a brief moment of silence in respect of our former police commissioner julius turmanho was a great champion of public safety and a true friend to the city. so if you would please first join me in a moment of silence. >> [moment of silence] >> thank you. our thoughts and condolences are with his friends and family during this time. he's absolutely missed here in the city of san francisco. so i want to first do a round of thank yous. there's a number of individuals and organizations who helped lead us to where we are today. first of all i want to thank our police chief bill scott. i want to thank our police commission, we have police commission president tip pi here. thank you. members of the board of supervisor, jeff seehey and katheri katherine stefani here today. our city departments, our controllers office for tirelessly working to find the right amount of staffing that we need right here in our police department. you know, since taking public office i repeatedly stressed that i believe we have some of the best men and women in our police department here inside of s

to start today to take a brief moment of silence in respect of our former police commissioner julius turmanho was a great champion

to start today to take a brief moment of silence in respect of our former police commissioner julius turman who was a great champion of public safety and a true friend to the city. so if you would please first

to apply to the police commission by former president of the san francisco police commission, julius turman. he emphasized to me that it was not only important to implement the remaining d.o.j. r recommendation but we also evaluate their effectiveness. as a commissioner i would like to enact the policies, requiring annual reports regarding the d.o.j. recommendations so we know the process that we have seen -- progress that we have seen with some of these recommendations and also i would like to see the reports published so that we know where challenges lie as to why certain recommendations are not getting implemented. secondly, i would like to do a better job collecting data and analyzing data and partnering with local academic partners. such as stanford, for example, to address issues like bias. san francisco is the technology capital of the country if not the world and i would like to see us work more effectively with the tech companies to collect data and make it more accessible to the public. in addition i would like to see that we are under general order on a regular basis and they are