welcome, malia cohen, and finally, we have police chief bill scott. chief scott has also been a partner for pushing for these police reforms here in san francisco, and we all know that change is not easy, but he's been committed to working with our communities and working for change because we want better not only for our police department, we want better for our community. so thank you all so much for joining us here today. i'm really excited to get us started on this panel, and i want to really start with you, van. the fact is -- i mean, the fact is you're still here, doing this work, and now, you have more people who are doing this work. and when you were doing this work, you were criticized, you were discriminated, you were threatened. at that time, there were a lot of beatings -- because i remember seeing them my he have personally. there was no police accountability then. tell me, what does it mean to see it right now? >> first of all, it's a crazy experience. to see you the mayor, it's just that, it's a whole word. to be looking at you, malia,

welcome, malia cohen, and finally, we have police chief bill scott.chief scott has also been a partner for pushing for these police reforms here in san francisco, and we all know that change is not easy, but he's been committed to working with our communities and working for change because we want better not only for our police department, we want better for our community. so thank you all so much for joining us here today. i'm really excited to get us started on this panel, and i want to really start with you, van. the fact is -- i mean, the fact is you're still here, doing this work, and now, you have more people who are doing this work. and when you were doing this work, you were criticized, you were discriminated, you were threatened. at that time, there were a lot of beatings -- because i remember seeing them my he have personally. there was no police accountability then. tell me, what does it mean to see it right now? >> first of all, it's a crazy experience. to see you the mayor, it's just that, it's a whole word. to be looking at you, malia, a

former board of supervisors malia cohen, who is already doing this work with the state and the legislature, and our very own assessor, carmen chu, we are asking for this motion that would allow for the tolling of the two-year deadline in our office for the assessment appeals board. even if the governor grants this tolling, it is our intent to begin hearing these cases as soon as is possible so that we can have these cases scheduled and have the hearings scheduled in an orderly fashion. so thank you, mr. president, for being our sponsor, and we're asking for your support to the members. >> president yee: okay. roll call -- supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: no, i think the clerk just sum vismad that perfectly well. and who has replaced mr. moran, which, colleagues, a function of our board that we delegated to an appeal board? who is replaced miss doran? >> clerk: his name is mr. allister gibson. he came from the ranks and is willing and happy to talk to any member of the board to get a sense of where we're at in these appeals so that we can get them all scheduled. i believe there are

former board of supervisors malia cohen, who is already doing this work with the state and the legislature, and our very own assessor, carmen chu, we are asking for this motion that would allow for the tolling of the two-year deadline in our office for the assessment appeals board. even if the governor grants this tolling, it is our intent to begin hearing these cases as soon as is possible so that we can have these cases scheduled and have the hearings scheduled in an orderly fashion. so thank you, mr. president, for being our sponsor, and we're asking for your support to the members. >> president yee: okay. roll call -- supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: no, i think the clerk just sum vismad that perfectly well. and who has replaced mr. moran, which, colleagues, a function of our board that we delegated to an appeal board? who is replaced miss doran? >> clerk: his name is mr. allister gibson. he came from the ranks and is willing and happy to talk to any member of the board to get a sense of where we're at in these appeals so that we can get them all scheduled. i believe there are

>> that was malia cohen, who expanded the charter, and it expanded beyond just the complaints coming in, so we have automatic authority over some of the police practices, and to john's point, there's also an independent authority related to policy development, implementation, as well as to the audit authority. >> vice president taylor: malia cohen, i've heard of her. >> commissioner hamasaki: you know, she seems to know quite a bit about policing and police practices. >> i would expect that this is a conversation that we can take up shortly with good input, suggestions, and directions related specifically to this topic. >> commissioner hamasaki: great. okay. well, thank you for clarifying that topic, chief, and thank you, director henderson. >> and commissioner hamasaki, there is a direction in number 1 that we can conduct audits in this policy, but then, there's language that you can't do policy audits or violations without cause. >> commissioner hamasaki: thank you. >> vice president taylor: yeah. i'm going to reread the charter to have that charter power and how that intersects wi

>> that was malia cohen, who expanded the charter, and it expanded beyond just the complaints coming in, so we have automatic authority over some of the police practices, and to john's point, there's also an independent authority related to policy development, implementation, as well as to the audit authority. >> vice president taylor: malia cohen, i've heard of her. >> commissioner hamasaki: you know, she seems to know quite a bit about policing and police practices. >> i would expect that this is a conversation that we can take up shortly with good input, suggestions, and directions related specifically to this topic. >> commissioner hamasaki: great. okay. well, thank you for clarifying that topic, chief, and thank you, director henderson. >> and commissioner hamasaki, there is a direction in number 1 that we can conduct audits in this policy, but then, there's language that you can't do policy audits or violations without cause. >> commissioner hamasaki: thank you. >> vice president taylor: yeah. i'm going to reread the charter to have that charter power and how that intersects wi

anchor, mayor breed, and malia cohen. san francisco has surfaced as a leading agency in making the progress necessary to reform policing. next slide, please. >> an example of that is the independent organization, subthree-zero, and they've put together an initiative, eight can't wait. they've set forth a list of eight ways police departments can begin to improve their metrics immediately. only tucson and san francisco met all eight metrics that were reviewed. mayor breed set forth our own metrics to improve policing in addition to the eight can't wait. those elements, straight from her press release are demilitarizing the police, decreasing funding, and racial equity, end police bias, and end use of police as a response to noncriminal activity. we think that improvement is really important, and having an infrastructure to make sure that things keep moving forward and improving, and so sfpd has continued to push forward even beyond the usdoy -- usdoj recommendations. finally, this slide is just meant to recap our timeline

former board of supervisors malia cohen, who is already doing this work with the state and the legislature and our very own assessor, carmen chu, we are asking for this motion that would allow for the tolling of the two-year deadline in our office for the assessment appeals board. even if the governor grants this tolling, it is our intent to begin hearing these cases as soon as is possible so that we can have these cases scheduled and have the hearings scheduled in an orderly fashion. so thank you, mr. president, for being our sponsor, and we're asking for your support to the members. >> president yee: okay. roll call -- supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: no, i think the clerk just sum vismad that perfectly well. and who has replaced mr. moran, which, colleagues, a function of our board that we delegated to an appeal board? who is replaced miss doran? >> clerk: his name is mr. allister gibson. he came from the ranks and is willing and happy to talk to any member of the board to get a sense of where we're at in these appeals so that we can get them all scheduled. i believe there are o

anchor, mayor breed, and malia cohen. san francisco has surfaced as a leading agency in making the progress necessary to reform policing. next slide, please. >> an example of that is the independent organization, subthree-zero, and they've put together an initiative, eight can't wait. they've set forth a list of eight ways police departments can begin to improve their metrics immediately. only tucson and san francisco met all eight metrics that were reviewed. mayor breed set forth our own metrics to improve policing in addition to the eight can't wait. those elements, straight from her press release are demilitarizing the police, decreasing funding, and racial equity, end police bias, and end use of police as a response to noncriminal activity. we think that improvement is really important, and having an infrastructure to make sure that things keep moving forward and improving, and so sfpd has continued to push forward even beyond the usdoy -- usdoj recommendations. finally, this slide is just meant to recap our timeline

anchor, mayor breed, and malia cohen. san francisco has surfaced as a leading agency in making the progress necessary to reform policing. next slide, please. >> an example of that is the independent organization, subthree-zero, and they've put together an initiative, eight can't wait. they've set forth a list of eight ways police departments can begin to improve their metrics immediately. only tucson and san francisco met all eight metrics that were reviewed. mayor breed set forth our own metrics to improve policing in addition to the eight can't wait. those elements, straight from her press release are demilitarizing the police, decreasing funding, and racial equity, end police bias, and end use of police as a response to noncriminal activity. we think that improvement is really important, and having an infrastructure to make sure that things keep moving forward and improving, and so sfpd has continued to push forward even beyond the usdoy -- usdoj recommendations. finally, this slide is just meant to recap our timeline