mr. roope mirkarimi -- mr. mirkarimi responsible for his actions, others will get away with this. please, think about your recommendation to the board of supervisors. victims' lives could be held in the balance. i urge you to support the mayor's decision. >> my name is barbara and i'm part of the domestic violence community. san francisco is known for taking a stand against causes that which we find important. we cannot allow in this city a person who has clearly abused his power and used his strength against women to work as a representative of government. his conviction clearly creates a conflict of interest. as a city, we cannot allow a person who has pled guilty to domestic violence to represent law enforcement and expect the public to trust him. but what message are we sending to other cities? if he remains sheriff, ross mirkarimi will set a precedent in his department about the seriousness of domestic violence and what type of behavior will be tolerated. i urge the use of -- you to support the mayor's position. thank you. >> i am an advocate for domestic violence victims. in

mr. ross mirkarimi. they also want to know why an investigation has not been launched into the bomb threat that put us all into danger. we also want to know why there has been such a tremendous amount of money spent on this when the money could be spent for such better things. i am a taxpayer. i am very upset about the money that has been spent so far on what i consider -- in 2011, we voted. they voted for mr. ross mirkarimi. their voices should be respected. we also asked the the board of supervisors do the right thing when the ethics committee comes before them with their recommendations. they did the right thing and vote their conscience, reinstate mr. ross mirkarimi. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> good evening. i need to know if everyone is listening. i saw some people walking around. this is really important. i am a community organizer. i am working as a volunteer in the peninsula. i support share for ross mirkarimi. why u.s. support him? i am a survivor of domestic violence. i saw a lot

mr. mirkarimi spoke. he is a compassionate man he has his heart in it the people in the city in our communities. not a lot of people do these days. i hope you keep that in mind. >> i am glad to see ross back with his wife and his family. i am the executive director of a youth program called united players. personally, i don't know what happened. but don't nobody know what happened except him and his wife and god. i do not that we should put judgment on anybody. it's as in the bible that if i tell you about the splintered in your eye, what about the log in your eye? i'm not here to speak about the issues. i'm here to tell you what i know about him personally. about him personally. i have been here 17 years now

mr. mirkarimi and his family.hank you for your consideration. >> my name is george evesheeman. qséi have been working on police practice issues since the 1980's and political campaigns all my life, including since 1995 our work on the campaign with moss -- ross mirkarimi. and i heard someone earlier say that he should be treated like everybody else, and i have heard that statement all through this time, and please, i agree. he should be treated like everybody else, and he is not being treated like everyone else. i have never seen a misdemeanor case treated like this. i have never seen anything like this. i know police officers are not generally treated this way when they are accused of misconduct and that sort of thing. i am getting phone calls from out of state and my home county. people say what are they doing to this guy? is this political? well, you know how i would answer that probably. even gavin newsom, no political friend, was quoted as saying they're piling it on him. he said i should note, because it has

. -- i have known sheriff mirkarimi for about 12 years now. mr. keith and his office never proved sheriff mirkarimi used his power to dissuade witnesses. they have accused witnesses of perjury, of lying under oath. i do not drink she would do that if she is an honorable woman. i'm old enough to remember george christopher, the mayor, george kelly -- john shelley. k]khe boxed before the mayor dug his tenure. the integrity of the mayor has been brought into scrutiny. there was an alleged bomb threats phoned in. the mayor was hustled out of the room. don't your lives matter? why weren't you hustled out of the room? by weren't the citizens house about of the room? why was it just the mayor? [tone] if it was a legitimate bomb threat, why weren't you guys removed from the room? lastly, i know the chief has been hit over the head with a glass bottle a couple of occasions. mayor]#ñÑ newsom said it was a family issue, that the family should discuss it. he would let it go at that. i think mayor ed lee has overstepped his boundaries. [tone] thank you for your

mr. mirkarimi's actions undermine domestic violence programs in san francisco. it is one of the programs that people can get information on the anti-domestic ren is platform the share of overseas one of the country's most innovative and tied-domestic violence programs, and to have a convicted abusers in charge of these programs undermines credibility. as a citizen -- as a born resident, i would ask that the commission please set the standard for the public, and also for myself and my friends and family. we have experienced these unfortunate situations. thank you. >> good morning, and thank you for this time. i will be reading from a petition that has been sent to you will receive another copy with signatures. i and two other friends will be reading from the same petition. we voters from the city of san francisco, and those who seek fairness and justice for this is -- its citizens are sending this letter on behalf of all san francisco's resident and families. our concerns are the following. we believe all elected officials should have the right to hold office and

mr. mirkarimi was in office at the time, perhaps you that some ambiguity about that. if you look at whether there was misconduct, perhaps there was some ambiguity about that as well. and did you try to find a nexus, i think he will find a glaring ambiguity. principles of levity should apply to these ambiguities in the record. >> thank you. thank you for the comments of the public. i think that -- oh, there are still people. >> i'm sorry, commissioner. there are more people out there. >> how many more are out there? roughly 30 more? i think we should continue. let's continue. please. >> goodlp afternoon. my name is kathy black. i and the executive director of la casa de los madres. domestic violence is a serious problem. domestic violence -- i am concerned about the message it will send it to survivors and batterers if one of our city's top public safety officials is allowed to remain in office after admitting to a domestic violence crime. this is bigger than one case. this is about survivor safety and better accountability. it's about sharing our city that san francis

mirkarimi on this matter. i want to read something for you here. i think that mr. ross mirkarimi having already pled guilty of the lesser crime of domestic violence. and he met the payments and sanctions. to think that he should be pleading for his position as an elected official, in my opinion, that constitutes double jeopardy. no one should be tried -- tried twice for the same crime. if it is a crime. as a reminder, just a few requirements for moving an official, which i learned from the books. gross negligence, [unintelligible] and gross incompetence. i think we should not try the family here. [tone] we should promote family unity. if the wife stands for the has been -- for the husband, then no one should jeopardize that interest for the sake of justice and truth. thank you. [applause] >> my name is michael. i live in district 5. i am a 35-year resident of san francisco. i would like to ask the people on the ethics commission weather during their lives they have never done anything that they regret. something that happened out of anger, possibly, or something tha