i also want to thank commissioner melara for her statement. i felt it was very well-done, shows your passion to do this work and certainly what i have heard in your statements is the connection between your past experiences and how it could be a very useful and helpful to the police commission. so commissioner tang. >> thank you, supervisor yee. again, i want to thank you everyone who came out. i think i have seen many very well-respected communities members here who are in support of miss medical examiner yawn melara and thank you very much for coming out. i am very supportive of this nomination and we heard the depth and breadth that they bring she brings. really public safety is hot just about law enforcement it's about so many other things. it's about as we mentioned about health, the health community, it's about issues that touch upon law enforcement such as domestic violence or human trafficking. you know, she brings also to the table her social worker background. also, i don't think she mentioned this, but she did run a city department.

i have known sonia melara for close to a quarter a century. i have had interaction with her as an executive officer of the san francisco latino democratic club, director executive for the lahuntos and commission on the status of women and she was a great advisor to the san francisco latino steering committee. everywhere sonia has gone, she has always made a difference. we at the latino steering committee believe she will make that difference here. the questions that i heard her answer here and answer well and impressed again that it's sonia melara. because as i hear the questions i believe those are questions that would probably be better served for someone who had been on the san francisco police station commission for at least a year. so i come to ask your support for an latina who has done an amazing job everywhere she has gone. so i ask your support for the appointment to the san francisco police station for sonia melara. thank you. >> supervisors, sonia melara -- i don't know if you remember that the first parking commission was formed, i

so i look forward to working with commissioner melara on that. and you know, i think on the issue of tasers, it's one of those things, where i think the main thing is that you speak to different people and that you have an understanding of the concerns. so with that i'm happy to support the motion by supervisor tang. i do think that the police commission is one of those positions that because it cuts across so much different areas that community involvement is really key. there is a reason why this is one of the few commissions that actually meets every week, because you want it to be connected to the community. thank you and i look forward to working with you. >> there is a motion on the floor, with no objection, then the motion passes, congratulations. [ gavel ] [ applause ] >> madame clerk, can you please call item no. 3. >> item no. 3 is the motion confirming the mayor's appointof gwyneth borden to the municipal transportation agency board of directors for the unexpired [kpo-rgs/] of 4-year term ending march 1,2018. >> miss borden, please com

thank you very much, miss melara for being here and for your interest in serving the city. just wanted to in public talk to you a little bit about a couple of the points that i raised during our conversation. if i can get your thoughts. one of them is the five-year plan to end violence, if you will, peace plan in the mission that was put together by the community after a long almost multi-year process. wondering what your thoughts are, and one of the concerns that has been raised is that most of that plan has not really been funded in this budget. so i'm wondering if you have any thoughts around that? >> absolutely i have actually had the opportunity to read the plan. i read it in its entirety and i find it's a very comprehensive and well-thought out process. i understand that through the mayor's office and the health department, they help facilitate the process. and i think that those are all doable things. the question would be bringing all of these ideas together and see how we can implement them through the city and through a public-private partnership? one of the thing

. >> item no. 2 is a motion confirming the mayor's nomation of and appointing sonia melara to the police commission for the unexpired portion of a fourare term ending april 30 2016.2018. >> thank you, sonia. >> honorable members of the rules committee, my name is sonia melara and i'm here to request your vote for the nomination to the police commission. i know you may have read my resume and may have portions of my background, but let me highlight those areas that exemplify who i am, what i believe and what i bring to this decision. i am an immigrant and arrived in san francisco 40 plus years ago, i know live in supervisor yee's district 7, but for many years lived in district 9. throughout my stay in this great city i have dedicated myself to working with various community organizations and worked op issues that affect marginalized communities. right out of high school i started as an english as second language tutor in the mission district and also counseled immigrants who needed jobs. it was my personalized experience with work in the immigrant community that made me seek a master's d

we're speaking on christine johnson, but also to uplift sonia melara and gwyneth borden. christine has been an asset not just to the southeast neighborhood, but she is more than just an african-american woman and representative, she is a representative of the entire san francisco. she is a representative of a generation that struggles to be in between folks that are currently holding power and folks that are looking to assume some more responsibility. she has risen to the occasion. i personally asked her to meet and confer with labor and the mayor's office as my representative and kept me attuned to what was going on. what was most impressive, she was able to use her financial prowness to help bring enlightenment on a labor issue, a labor dispute which ultimately resulted in a peaceful resolution. so i'm happy to add my name in support of miss christine johnson and hope that you move her forward. thank you. >> supervisor tang. >> thank you. and thank you, supervisor cohen for your comments especially as a representative of the district that i know miss johnson has been wo

. >> item 67 is a motion confirming the mayor's nomination of, and appointing, sonia melara to the police commission, for the unexpired portion of a four-year term ending april 30, 2018. >> same house same call, this motion is approved. [gavel] >> next item. >> item 68 is a motion approving the mayor's nomination of rodney fong to the planning commission, for a term ending june 30, 2018. >> same house same call, this motion is approved. [gavel] >> next item. >> item 69 is a charter amendment (fourth draft) to amend the charter of the city and county of san francisco to: 1) extend the children's fund for 25 years and increase the set-aside from three cents to four cents over a four-year period; 2) extend the public education enrichment fund for 26 years; 3) create an our children, our families council and require preparation of a children and families plan; 4) create a city rainy day reserve and a school rainy day reserve out of the existing rainy day reserve; and 5) make various technical and administrative changes to the funds, at an election to be held on november 4, 2014. >> supervisor