we would like it to go through, and speak as a layperson, and that is what i do best, so we are going to read a couple of things. we want community policing. two of our board members sit on the community advisory board for northern and central stations, and we have seen the results of community policing and having other resources help the sfpd. they are awesome, but when we get collect ideas together, we act on them. it is like a family, and i can only equated to when i was raising a family, especially teenagers. they did not police themselves terribly well, but they policed each other. it made my job easier, and they were very willing to perfect each other's shortcomings, and they busted each other all the time. made my job easy. it was win-win. i looked like a model parent. inclusion works. i think giving more power to the people, the entertainment commission is good. sfpd -- they always follow through. let the entertainment commission police their own. let everyone do their jobs. in power them. it works. -- empower them. it works. >> good morning president chiu and esteemed members

. >> i'm a layperson but from my perspective the response has been anemic. they need to have more.les with nothing. >> reporter: at ten locations on the river, enbridge is trying to capture and suck up the oil. at pristine morrow lake they're taking a last stand, trying to channel any oil that makes it this far into ocean booms. >> we hope it will not reach lake morrow. >> it's closer to morrow lake than previously reported. if we do not get containment near morrow lake, then there will be far worse consequences. >> reporter: enbridge estimates 840,000 gallons of oil spilled into the river. other estimates are higher. >> governor, do you trust this company? >> i'll say this, i have great knowledge that companies will do what they can to protect their reputation, their interests, and their shareholders. >> it will be months before total cleanup but we are absolutely going to do that. >> president obama is pledging a fast response to requests for help with the oil spill. here's what the kalamazoo river looks like from above. you can see the dark oil coating the top of the river. the