really impact lgbt individuals. i think coming to the training, i bring a lot of passion for the subject, but it's easy for the passion to sometimes turn off other people who may not share my views on the subject. so it's helping to create more effective advocates. well, when you are dealing with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender population, you have to be aware of the unique culture that people come from and also the discrimination and stigma they have suffered, all which can contribute to substance abuse, as well as to relapses in treatment. and those pile on other stigmas and discrimination that people face and you have to understand the whole gamut of identities that people bring. and this is a very good place that training helps you do that and then helps to translate that into a treatment approach. i also find that depending on the nature of the room, when you can walk around the room, it's a great way to make that connection with someone. yes, i hear and get right up to them and at the same time- i thin

we have no place to refer lgbt people that is really, but -- really competent to deal with lgbt issues. david campos was able to -- i do not even know. thank goodness he did what he did. we're going to be spending money on tasers? let's put the community as a priority rather than tasers. thank you. [applause] >> good evening. my name is richard terry kotch. i am on the executive board of the national lawyers guild. we signed on to community opposition to tasers in san francisco. i urge you to vote no. tasers can and do turn non-legal force situations into deadly force situations, especially for mentally ill people, who often react differently to many things, including physical events, such as being tasered. some mentally ill may not be stopped by a taser, increasing the risk of an officer using a gun. also, the cost of tasers to purchase, the training for officers, and the lawsuits, i would think would make this a productive budget item. according to the bart police officer, he shot and killed oscar granted when he drew his sidearm, believing it was a taser. officers should choose to u

from the lgbt perspective, this is going to be tough, and i submit to the city that they consider the following list of ideas which i have cryptically penned for this testimony. i have noticed that time has gone over, and i know how that feels, so i would just read one or two of them and make my testimony available in writing. the one that i would like to read which may add to what the professor had to say is, i think the city and county needs to form an urgent advisory committee and instruct a point person to work with our congressional representatives and senators to include promotion. that's send citizens to washington d.c. -- washington, d.c. they really do want to hear from us. i have another list of ideas that i would like to present to you. i will not take your time now. so my respectful and more urgent request, if you could get to make and use them to get a phone call as soon as possible to rep gutierrez's office and senator schumer's office to tell them how important it is to have comprehensive reform here and that it must include our gay and bi-national couples. we need to e

the lgbt community with the prison issue, it is particularly challenging for transgendered individuals. it is a whole different cultural experience. for the most part in prison, individuals are assigned by their biological sex, so you very often have a transgendered woman in a male prison, going through that. there are some specific transgendered health, but i cannot speak to any services that exist at the state prison level for transgendered individuals beyond that. our county jail does have some chance gender specific programming, and it is something i think we should be very proud of because of these safety concerns and concerns for recognizing people's humanity that does not exist elsewhere. supervisor mirkarimi: -- supervisor cohen: what is the population number of transgendered individuals? >> i do not know what that is. i could do some research and report back to you. supervisor mirkarimi: before i bring up the public defender and chief and others who want to speak to this, why is the trend in recidivism going up in the city? >> did i say that the trend is going up? supervisor m

it is critical that lgbt couples are included in the house and senate versions of comprehensive immigration reform. is a quality-based legislation is critical for the tens of thousands of gay or lesbian couples living in exile, illegally, in fear, in detention, or perhaps separated from loved ones. california makes up a large percentage of bi-national couples, and with special notes -- social networking, it has probably tripled. the largest percentage is from the bay area. i would be remiss -- i believe it would be remiss of san francisco for this iconic city to fail in its local by not placing this as a critical element regarding any advocacy modifying legislation. the city of santos, has its work cut out for it. it must stand for all its residents. well certainly is committed to strong support immigration reform, it is apparent there will impose the inclusion of -- rather than excluding no one. from the lgbt perspective, this is going to be tough, and i submit to the city that they consider the following list of ideas which i have cryptically penned for this testimony. i have noticed that

but we had lgbt people. president chiu: thank you very much. any other speakers for general public, and for today? seeing none, general public, is closed. we can now return back to item 32, concerning the proposed charter amendment. i understand madame clerk has already read it. supervisor kim: apologies to my colleagues for not attributing the amendments in writing. i am proposing three amendments to the charter amendment for the june ballot. the first amendment is the board of education shall set the compensation for its members not to exceed 1/2 the the annual salary of a first-year teacher in san francisco. we are striking, "beginning july 1, the chief a new officer shall adjust the annual salary amount to reflect cpi, providing that cost-of-living adjustments to not exceed 5%." the third amendment is striking all of subsection d, which outlines how the city would fund the board of education salary in the future. the school district would like to include this in their own budget. president chiu: supervisor kim has made a motion to amend, se

passage of the uniting american families act or inclusion of ufa and lgbt families in immigration reformwill not only benefit me about the thousands of people who are also in the same situation as i am. amending immigration policy of this country to include permanent partners will serve, in the long run, to keep families like ours together. it is a great privilege to be here with you today. i humbly ask for your support, and thank you. [applause] >> good evening, everybody. i have to do it. now i cannot see you. i want to thank the commission, organizers, and tell the panelists how great we are for your insight and advocacy. my name is melanie nathan. i am a personal advocate and conflict resolution specialist. i serve as vice president on the board of fair housing in marine and was recently reappointed to the marin human rights council. i practiced law in south africa before moving to the u.s. in march of this year i was faced with a choice. i could stay in the united states with might call-year-old daughter in a shared custody arrangement or i would have to leave her behind to go into

she and 26 other 20 and 30 somethings came to the first lgbt speed dating night.onna drummond set up the event where everybody is asked to bring a favorite book to talk about and break the ice. >> people who read are a certain sector in society. they have that automatically in common. >> most of the people never speed dated before. anthony ma see ya's says it works for him. >> i love to read and i love the public library. i really am looking more at socializing and meeting people, literal people. >> her laugh and smile tells me she enjoys new experiences. >> i love reading, and why not have fun meeting new people in that environment? >> before the speed dating began, people had time to mingle and chat. they seemed to be sizing each other up, choosing the most promising dates. one of the most difficult aspects of the speed dating is figuring out what questions to ask to see if you have something in common with the individual across from you in four minutes. >> i was going to ask what do you like to read? how often do you read? >> everyone is identified by number, n

when you add the stigma and shame that are often felt by the lgbt people living in this culture, it becomes even more complicated. i want them to know that they are valuable, i want them to know that they deserve the same respect. dr. clark, we were talking about, john was talking about complicating factors in terms of health challenges that may present at the time of intake for some special population individuals. can you address, continue to address that? well, one of the things that we at samhsa are stressing is that every person who has a mental health issue or substance use issue needs to also get a good physical health assessment. one of the things we know about the misuse of alcohol or drugs is that it does have an effect on the organic integrity of the body. so you may get liver disease, you may get gastritis, you may get heart disease, you're at greater risks for various infections like hepatitis c or hiv. and we want to make sure that anybody who is on the course of recovery has as much information as possible. there was one quote i read recently and a guy says, "i spent all this

who is more lgbt friendly, women or men? >> can you measure something like that? >> you might be able to. >> i mean let's look at parties. clearly the democrats which have you know, the majority of the women's vote most of the time are much more lgbt friendly than the republicans --. >> but you can talk about generational differences the bases you have younger votes that are more friendly to the issues as wellment you cannot say this is gender neutral or specific. it's unfair to the men that do support gay marriage who don't happen tore gay. >>. >> and what about the obama administration almost coupled this announcement with one that came just slightly before about not renewing the conscience clause laws. in other words, the president bush who was clearly much more traditional, some would say, stuck in the 50s, others would say --. >> some would say on the side of civilization. >> however you want to put it you can is say it here. but that was to allow pharmacists and such who did not want to provide birth control to -- they weren't going to do it. >> this is why

related to the chief of police selection process, from the following organizations, including the lgbt community center, and the southeast facility. president mazzucco: any comment from commissioners? the irish cultural center is $900? ok. commissioner kingsley: location, location, location. president mazzucco: all in favor? line item number three, please. secretary: 9 item number three is general public comment? president -- line item number three is general public comment. president mazzucco: seeing none -- >> i have waited for years to a public comment, but -- secretary: a review of recent activities. chief: i will make it real short. we are still down with a property crime and part-one crime. we still have a slight uptick in homicides as of this reporting. , 11 versus five, but as we talked about, korea -- reporting period, 11 burriss 5. -- 11 versus five, but as we talked about that, we have had one recent homicide a couple of weeks ago that we have some leads on and that we are working on. that is my report as far as the crimes. president mazzucco: questions for the chief? call i

someone who was willing to go into a jail cell to protect the welfare of those who are accused of being lgbt. i asked that we adjourn this meeting in memory of mr. kato. his life was taken from him on january 28th. this was after it is cheaper rant and anti-gay diatribe with his picture on it. we are diminished by his lost and asked that we adjourn his memory. thank you. >> i would like to recognize the passing of local jazz great. on he was born in miklin, pennsylvania. he was the youngest son in a musical family. many of his family embers were professional musicians. during world war ii, he served in the navy at the -- aerostation in hawaii. he attended san francisco state where he earned a music to be -- a music program. his talent was readily called upon by ellises gerald, tony bennett, and many others. he also earned a master's degree in education from san francisco state and enjoyed a parallel career with the school district. he dedicated himself to music and supporting -- he will be missed by his wife and his brother rick wayne, his children. next, i am submitting an ordinance that re

lesbian, lgbt, all people are critical. and we all deserve the freedom to marry. all people are- created equal-- >>catherine: throughout proposition 8 was overturned in a federal court. and that decision is being appealed. in national news arizona congressman gabrielle giffords is showing great signs. and she is responsive to questions. she can walk. and even hold onto a cart. she was shot on january 8th. she began intensive rehabilitation late last month. >>catherine: the school shooting with one person in the hospital and another under arrest. the tennessee state university. two men arguing. one pulled out a gun. the victim is expected to be okay. the university was on the brief lockdown until the suspect was a arrested. for a police chase. >> north seattle. the critical over the driver of that nissan. he took off. he smashed a fence post. a home. and that fence post was in terminal on not having the car hit the home. the guadeloupe overpass is looking good, we will be back after this. >>catherine: rob is black. and it normally unemployment? rob is-back this. >>

someone who was willing to go into a jail cell to protect the welfare of those who are accused of being lgbt. i asked that we adjourn this meeting in memory of mr. kato. his life was taken from him on january 28th. this was after it is cheaper rant and anti-gay diatribe with his picture on it. we are diminished by his lost and asked that we adjourn his memory. thank you. >> i would like to recognize the passing of local jazz great. on he was born in miklin, pennsylvania. he was the youngest son in a musical family. many of his family embers were professional musicians. during world war ii, he served in the navy at the

we work on the issues of lgbt rights and concerns. also the promotion of our community members to be part of our city. over the years, over the nearly 40 years, we have worked within our community to bring about those who could serve in the public world. leslie katz is someone that we have been very proud of having been in a former supervisor and serving in all of the activities that she does. on my behalf, i would like to encourage you to consider her and moved her confirmation forward. thank you. -- move her confirmation forward. >> good afternoon. i am a tenant of the port, and member of the central waterfront advisory group. we are down to three port commissioners right now out of fines. slie on the port. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am the acting chair of the ricon point citizens advisory committee. i am also a member of the jewish community relations counsel. i am speaking as an individual and not in my capacity with those organizations. i have worked on the port- related matters through the south beach redevelopment project

sot-rebecca rolfe, sf lgbt center "we're very excited to have this kind of support for the community ..." no cambia en nada para las parejas gay que se casaron en el breve periodo en que fue legal el matrimonio en nuestro estado .... ----- ni tampoco cambia nada para quienes esperan que la propuesta 8... -que los votantes pasaron - ...desaparezca. -lo que el gobierno dice con su postura es que el presidente no cree que que a nivel federal se puede defender la constitucionalidad de este matrimonio. --a nivel estatal... el gobernador jerry brown ha dicho que el no defendera la propuesta 8 en la corte. cu - calls tease ----entonces : quiero preguntarle ... como se siente con esta decision del gobierno de obama ... sobre las bodas gay? ---llamenos gratis al 1- 866-229-4848 ....o escribanos a "noticiero 48@telemundo .com" ... para opinar. ----- deje tambien su mensaje en facebook ...somos: telemundo san jose.... ms blanca ---mas noticias .... en san francisco, hay quienes tambin estn celebrando,... take vo ---pero por la aprobacin de una ley que obliga a contratar mano de obra local para

related to the chief of police selection process, from the following organizations, including the lgbt community center, and the southeast facility. president mazzucco: any comment from commissioners? the irish cultural center is $900? ok. commissioner kingsley: location, location, location. president mazzucco: all in favor? line item number three, please. secretary: 9 item number three is general public comment? president -- line item number three is general public comment. president mazzucco: seeing none -- >> i have waited for years to a public comment, but -- secretary: a review of recent activities. chief:

passage of the uniting american families act or inclusion of ufa and lgbt families in immigration reformwill not only benefit me about the thousands of people who are also in the same situation as i am. amending immigration policy of this country to include permanent partners will serve, in the long run, to keep families like ours together. it is a great privilege to be here with you today. i humbly ask for your support, and thank you. [applause]

city-wide where there is a forum -- the asian-pacific islander forum, the african american forum, the lgbt forum. in the chair. we met last night. these forms are coming together and talking globally -- forums are coming together and talking globally about community concerns. from those forums comes the additional committee engagement -- community engagement. supervisor mirkarimi: i know there are many slices to the pie, but for example -- there has been discussion in this building about people leaving their cars. is that community policing? >> that is one example. we use this as a tool throughout the city. i believe there are 68 identified areas throughout the city the department staffs. what we look for from our captains is what the problems are on a daily/weekly, monthly basis. and to say this problem can be removed by staffing a beat or removing a beat, we are actualizing that. part of this is review. part of it is captains and having a police advisory board, which every capt. has, which is composed by members of their district. they say, this is a problem that is maybe not on your rad

caucus, the board for the california equality institute, defending work to secure legal protections for lgbt people. this is important to me as the first day speaker. he and i go back so long, he probably remembers when i dated women. [laughter] i think this is long enough in where you can do the joke, mayor. becoming san francisco's highest-ranking chinese american official in 2005, still has really played a key role in the community. i know that he is as happy as anybody to be surpassed in that position, now having major league. we all celebrate your ascension. -- mayor lee. [no audio] [applause] [no audio][applause] the mayor talked about his great work. he has been groundbreaking in his environmental work. really, making sure that we bring environmentally sound energy production into the mainstream, not only here in the city and county of san francisco, but making that success the foundation for which the rest of us judge ourselves. as public officials from across the state are called to solve unprecedented problems, it is encouraging to know that phil will continue his work on behalf of

i was also pleased to see another overture, when the chief attended a meeting of the lgbt democratic club to discuss our views on pacers. -- on tasers. thank you for doing that. community engagement is the heart of effective public safety and needs to be a consideration in every step of every issue. there are two things you need to do to listen to the community. nearly every person in this room who is now wearing a blue collar does not want -- who is not wanting a blue collaearing a b s not want tasers. the same goes for those that were in the community overflow rooms. do what the aclu suggested. medical experts, representation from the school board, and representatives from the community must work with you on protocol and tactical options for less than lethal force situations. this group must look at all options, not just tasers. consensus is possible. but consensus building will seriously take time. correct me if i'm wrong, but you said last night you did not want the department to issue recommendations until after cit was implemented. is that right? if that is so, i agree. you nee

parts of our neighborhood community -- chinese new year or carnivale, whether we're talking about the lgbt community and the key role that nightlife has played, particularly for young people, so i'm asking that the controller perform the assessment and report back and once we have the report completed, that the present at a hearing before the land use and economic development committee so we can hear what those results are. my second introduction relates to -- it is a resolution relating to the metropolitan and transportation commission. i know my colleagues are very familiar with what the mtc is, but for members of the public who do not know, it is a regional bay area nine-county commission that plays a significant role in distributing transformation -- transportation dollars throughout the bay area. it is a significant project. when we look at san francisco, and has played a key role in funding a lot of different projects, whether we are talking about doyle drive for the central subway or a number of different projects. there are currently 19 members. we have two of them. last month, the

we represent the 250 lgbt officers in the san francisco police department. this is an issue that i don't think i have ever seen my members so passionate about. they want another tool for the tool box. my organization over the last couple of years has lost a couple of our members who were involved in shootings. because of the stress of that encounter, they have left our police department. i don't want to see that happen to another officer. i want to see us have another tool to use other than our firearm when dealing with these difficult situations. we come upon violent suspects regularly. we need another force option other than the use of our firearm. i encourage this commission to give it careful thought and allow our officers to have the use of a ced device. thank you very much. >> good evening, president, commissioners. i am the current president for the san francisco latino police officers association. i want to echo what the lieutenant was saying. this is a device that i think would help benefit both the police officer and the public in maintaining and p