to my supervisor melia cohen and to this board. and to my community. i consider myself, although i'm not the youth that you've seen come to this microphone today, my beginnings go back to the 60s like jim queen blood and honor to work within these communities. i'm a product of the community because back in the 60s when i was for parent to go from junior high school to high school, some great women are community went to washington dc and said, put some money in our committee so we can help our youth. they did that. the were successful. they came back and bought a lot of us together in our communities from the housing area and throughout the neighborhood come and they us to trips and give us a exposure to success stories that we would never have seen otherwise. those impacted by those success stories of african-american man at the phone company where they took me to who had on a three-piece suit and spoke to king's english perfectly and he knew everything about what was going on in a technical environment with the phone company and i just thought i've go

melia cohen and honorable katie tang for allowing me to speak. mine is daniel douglas. i am a judge. superior court judge in contra costa county and i'm here to urge the rules committee to update their definition of final, tatian per retirement benefits. i to becoming a judge, i serve the community for 14 years as a prosecutor. i'm proud to say the last year i serve the city and county of san francisco. i'm proud to say that because of not only resident gusto resident of san francisco, but this is an amazing city and the city is amazing because of its rich culture and its diverse. i believe that diversity is a valuable asset and what we don't want is to have cookie-cutter judges. we don't want to have judges that all come from private practice, that have all made of scenes amount of money. i don't even want to talk about that, but we want judges that have come from the public sector because amines were not going to get more diversity and were going to get individuals have committed themselves to public service. so, what bringing diversity to the bench means is that you'

melia cohen and honorable katie tang for allowing me to speak. mine is daniel douglas. i am a judge. superior court judge in contra costa county and i'm here to urge the rules committee to update their definition of final, tatian per retirement benefits. i to becoming a judge, i serve the community for 14 years as a prosecutor. i'm proud to say the last year i serve the city and county of san francisco. i'm proud to say that because of not only resident gusto resident of san francisco, but this is an amazing city and the city is amazing because of its rich culture and its diverse. i believe that diversity is a valuable asset and what we don't want is to have cookie-cutter judges. we don't want to have judges that all come from private practice, that have all made of scenes amount of money. i don't even want to talk about that, but we want judges that have come from the public sector because amines were not going to get more diversity and were going to get individuals have committed themselves to public service. so, what bringing diversity to the bench means is that you'

we will be joined shortly by commissioner melia cohen. is he actually going to be here? to excuse her in a moment. the clerk is stephen say most. could you share with us on office >> no announcements. >> okay. today's meeting is broadcast today by jennifer lopez charles, neck from sf of katie. thank you for your service. if we could have a motion to excuse commissioner kim. >> some of >> moved and seconded. moved and seconded. we'll take that without objection >>[gavel] . we'll go to our second items. >> local >>[call of the roll] avalos campos cohen. cohen absent mar speeder a quorum is present. >> that's going to second item >> item to approve the minutes of november 3 approve the minutes of november 3, 2015 meeting. >> any changes to the minutes seeing none, will go under public comments. the comment is now open on our minutes. we will close of the comment >>[gavel] . a motion to-do we need a motion speaker just woke about >> on the moment it's been it's avalos aye campos aye cohen absent mar aye the minutes are approved >> next item. >> item 3 recommended award to a

to my supervisor melia cohen and to this board. and to my community.consider myself, although i'm not the youth that you've seen come to this microphone today, my beginnings go back to the 60s like jim queen blood and honor to work within these communities. i'm a product of the community because back in the 60s when i was for parent to go from junior high school to high school, some great women are community went to washington dc and said, put some money in our committee so we can help our youth. they did that. the were successful. they came back and bought a lot of us together in our communities from the housing area and throughout the neighborhood come and they us to trips and give us a exposure to success stories that we would never have seen otherwise. those impacted by those success stories of african-american man at the phone company where they took me to who had on a three-piece suit and spoke to king's english perfectly and he knew everything about what was going on in a technical environment with the phone company and i just thought i've got t

currently in discussion today is also the subject of another hearing in cosponsoring with supervisor melia cohen. i do i think supervisor avalos and campos for joining in and so finally i want to submit and anymore am. it's with a heavy heart i share the news of the surpassing of the leader of-he was struck by a car last week in san francisco died over the weekend. for those who do not know, natural work of employers of management house cleaners and home attendance, families and allies were grounded in the conviction that dignified and respectful working conditions benefit worker and employer alike. according to lindsay-the bay area organizer for hand-in-hand who knew very well and works closely with her passing domestic bill of rights sure these words with us today. she brought light humor and honesty to hand in hand. she had a contagious laugh and never afraid to exactly what she thought. she was also a powerful advocate an ally to the domestic worker movement giving critical testimony to support the passage of ab- california domestic bill of rights. there's always those for social justice who

currently in discussion today is also the subject of another hearing in cosponsoring with supervisor melia cohen. i do i think supervisor avalos and campos for joining in and so finally i want to submit and anymore am. it's with a heavy heart i share the news of the surpassing of the leader of-he was struck by a car last week in san francisco died over the weekend. for those who do not know, natural work of employers of management house cleaners and home attendance, families and allies were grounded in the conviction that dignified and respectful working conditions benefit worker and employer alike. according to lindsay-the bay area organizer for hand-in-hand who knew very well and works closely with her passing domestic bill of rights sure these words with us today. she brought light humor and honesty to hand in hand. she had a contagious laugh and never afraid to exactly what she thought. she was also a powerful advocate an ally to the domestic worker movement giving critical testimony to support the passage of ab- california domestic bill of rights. there's always those for social justice who

currently in discussion today is also the subject of another hearing in cosponsoring with supervisor melia cohen. i do i think supervisor avalos and campos for joining in and so finally i want to submit and anymore am. it's with a heavy heart i share the news of the surpassing of the leader of-he was struck by a car last week in san francisco died over the weekend. for those who do not know, natural work of employers of management house cleaners and home attendance, families and allies were grounded in the conviction that dignified and respectful working conditions benefit worker and employer alike. according to lindsay-the bay area organizer for hand-in-hand who knew very well and works closely with her passing domestic bill of rights sure these words with us today. she brought light humor and honesty to hand in hand. she had a contagious laugh and never afraid to exactly what she thought. she was also a powerful advocate an ally to the domestic worker movement giving critical testimony to support the passage of ab- california domestic bill of rights. there's always those for social justice who

currently in discussion today is also the subject of another hearing in cosponsoring with supervisor melia cohen i do i think supervisor avalos and campos for joining in and so finally i want to submit and anymore am. it's with a heavy heart i share the news of the surpassing of the leader of-he was struck by a car last week in san francisco died over the weekend. for those who do not know, natural work of employers of management house cleaners and home attendance, families and allies were grounded in the conviction that dignified and respectful working conditions benefit worker and employer alike. according to lindsay-the bay area organizer for hand-in-hand who knew very well and works closely with her passing domestic bill of rights sure these words with us today. she brought light humor and honesty to hand in hand. she had a contagious laugh and never afraid to exactly what she thought. she was also a powerful advocate an ally to the domestic worker movement giving critical testimony to support the passage of ab- california domestic bill of rights. there's always those for social justice who

currently in discussion today is also the subject of another hearing in cosponsoring with supervisor melia cohen i do i think supervisor avalos and campos for joining in and so finally i want to submit and anymore am. it's with a heavy heart i share the news of the surpassing of the leader of-he was struck by a car last week in san francisco died over the weekend. for those who do not know, natural work of employers of management house cleaners and home attendance, families and allies were grounded in the conviction that dignified and respectful working conditions benefit worker and employer alike. according to lindsay-the bay area organizer for hand-in-hand who knew very well and works closely with her passing domestic bill of rights sure these words with us today. she brought light humor and honesty to hand in hand. she had a contagious laugh and never afraid to exactly what she thought. she was also a powerful advocate an ally to the domestic worker movement giving critical testimony to support the passage of ab- california domestic bill of rights. there's always those for social justice who

currently in discussion today is also the subject of another hearing in cosponsoring with supervisor melia cohen i do i think supervisor avalos and campos for joining in and so finally i want to submit and anymore am. it's with a heavy heart i share the news of the surpassing of the leader of-he was struck by a car last week in san francisco died over the weekend. for those who do not know, natural work of employers of management house cleaners and home attendance, families and allies were grounded in the conviction that dignified and respectful working conditions benefit worker and employer alike. according to lindsay-the bay area organizer for hand-in-hand who knew very well and works closely with her passing domestic bill of rights sure these words with us today. she brought light humor and honesty to hand in hand. she had a contagious laugh and never afraid to exactly what she thought. she was also a powerful advocate an ally to the domestic worker movement giving critical testimony to support the passage of ab- california domestic bill of rights. there's always those for social justice who