i am the chair of the san francisco youth commission, leah lacroix. i am studying paul -- political science. this is my third year on the commission and i am a mayoral appointee. for some background, we have been existing for 15 years. we were greeted by a charter amendment approved in the mid- 1990's by the voters. one of our duties is to identify the and that needs of youth in the city and to advise the board and the mayor on these issues as well as other city departments and agencies. the best way to advise these bodies in our city government is to hear from the young people. i feel that this meeting today and this hearing is the best way that we can do that and to have young people here and to hear from you. i want to thank you for coming out here today. my colleague said it best. for all the reasons we're here. i want to thank everyone again for being here. i want to thank the police commission as well. >> i am lily marshall-fricker. >> thank you. we have had introductions. it is time to hear from the police commission. i will start with commissi

commissioner lacroix, present. commissioner shackleford, present. commissioner yang, present. we have a quorum. >> welcome to the first ever joint meeting of the police commission and youth commission. i want to give you a brief outline. i see supervisor campos has come in. we will start with introductions from members of the commission and ask you to tell about what we do in our day jobs and what we do for the commission. the same for the youth commission. and some introductions by supervisor campos, the master behind the ceremony. he has done some great work doing -- putting this together. we will talk about that and have a presentation from paul henderson from the mayor's office. we will move to line item four, public comment. we want to hear what the kids have to say. this is your night to tell the police department or you're interested in and we will move into expert testimony from groups that give their career some life to the youth in the city and we will hear from the police department and the occ. that is the format. before move forward, let's start with introductions