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lee, fire chief janine nicholson, we welcome her david lazar.san francisco airports, front seth -- francesca garcia, and on her way is the sharp director kelly densmore who is the new director of the office of sexual harassment and assault response and prevention. so tonight's theme is building pathways to safety. we recognize that domestic violence is an issue that impacts every gender, race, sexual orientation, immigration status, and we need to meet our diverse community members where they are. we are so proud of our partner agencies that work so hard every day to expand women's safety. if you are from one of our partner agencies, make some noise. [cheers and applause] please stay until the end of the event. as the sunsets, city hall will be let -- let purple for domestic violence awareness month. this is the only time of the month that it will glow purple. it is truly magnificent. a wonderful selfie shot. so i want to welcome -- we are welcoming our president, the commission on the status of women, the strongest women's commission in the cou

deputy chief david lazar on our board. again, he was a cadet. we've got commander poreia on our board. we have assistant chief moser who was on our board. let me see, did barts -- no, we're missing one of our kids. they got tied up on bart. i'd also like to call up a couple of our cadets. come on up here. we've got aaron hemenes here. this program produced a chief of police. we've had -- we do a summer cadet academy where the kids get to go through a police academy. many of the kids who have gone through this program are now serving as active san francisco police officers. so the program has produced a lot of police officers, but beyond that we call it a leadership program because it's produced a lot of kids who've gone on to college and do things in san francisco and serve their communities in other ways. who am i forgetting? captain falby is here also. he's another member of our board. any questions? i'm happy to entertain any questions about the p.a.l. i know i gave you a lot of information there. that's a thumbnail sketch of what the p.a.l.

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gun violence restraining order law and a very happy to be doing that with the help of deputy chief lazar. gun violence restraining order laws give families and law enforcement the power to temporarily remove an individual 's access to firearms before they commit acts of violence. is also known as red flag laws. gun violence restraining orders save lives. i look forward to passing this legislation at the board of supervisors and continuing to work for commonsense legislation to protect those affected by domestic violence. it is really so inspiring to be here surrounded by our city's leaders and advocates who are all working, we are all on the same page, to end domestic violence in san francisco and i look forward to continuing that work with you all. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much, supervisor stefani. a couple other folks to recognize. representing the sheriff's office, we have deputy kathy johnson. give a wave. [applause] i will invite back to the podium president zawart to introduce our very special guest tonight. >> i am back and i am really honored again to be back to intr