mr. rao's leadership at the h.r.c. has engaged him in multiple access points on the criminal justice pipeline. he has developed productive relationships with our city's law enforcement agencies, including the sfdp, the sheriff's department, b.a.r.t. police, and district attorney's office. the impact of the policies crafted by mr. rao are enhanced by the care that he gives to relationship building. at the human rights commission we interface in things that arouse passion and historic trauma. our positions in these have been grounded in mr. rao's diplomacy and quorum. he treats every person he meets with respect, and it is for these reasons, i urge you to consider him for the police commission. thank you. >> honorable supervisors, i'm here to support several people that you have here who i think are high quality folks for the police commission. first of all, maisha everhart. we have shared visions regarding an apparent need for greater accountability and transparency and to ensure that justice is impartial especially whe

mr. rao, i know you already spent 6 minutes, 7 minutes of your time. you'll have an opportunity to spend the next three or four minutes answering specifically some of these questions. mr. chair, thank you for giving me an opportunity to be here and participate. >> supervisor safai: absolutely. >> if you don't mind i'm going to ask you a pointed question. i want to hear about what your ideas are or what your position is on the artery restraint policy? >> i'm not too familiar with that policy particularly but it's my understanding that the coratic restraint was out lawed at sfpd and i think that's a good thing because i think that belongs blood flow to the brain and i think at a time when we are trying to heal our community and particularly look closely at force options and build trust with communities that feel that they have been disproportionally impacted by force, to take what appears to be and what others have agreed on as a particularly cruel method out of the tool kit seems sensible to me. >> all right. thank you very much. can you talk to me abou

saying all that does not mean -- and i want to be clear, miss everhart, miss irvin, mr. rao, miss jones, miss murrillo, nana, all the other people, the experiences that you bring that the table does not mean that you have any of those things. i think as supervisor yee said, if we had 12 positions, i think each and every one of you would perform on this commission in your own way and in a positive manner, but we are tasked with the hard decision of choosing two that would be ready to -- to be ready day one. and each one of us that's on this commission -- excuse me, that's on this committee that's a supervisor one way or another have put in time and years of work and fine. it means stay engaged and stay active and stay informed and have an opportunity. and again, this is not over. this recommendation will be sent to the board of supervisors if we are in agreement today, and the board of supervisors will ultimately make that decision. but that's my opinion. supervisor stefani? >> yeah. i just want to reiterate, of course, that there's so many qualified candidates, and there's s

any other members of the body have anymore questions right now for mr. rao? okay. please have a seat. we will call you back up if we have further questions. >> thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you. please call the next person. madame clerk, please call the next name. >> next applicant is julie soo. >> supervisor safai: miss soo, please come forward. you have five minutes to address the body maximum and then we will ask you questions. >> thank you, supervisors. i come before you today because i have the experience and the capacity to serve in this very important commission. since 2009 i've served on the commission on the status of women, i've served on the saint francis memorial hospital board and i also serve on state and national boards where i fight hate crimes, look at racial profiling. i've worked -- i've been a professional for the last 18 years at the department of insurance as an attorney. the last 16 which i've been an enforcement attorney levelling disciplinary actions against agents, insurance agents and brokers. it really takes the community and tha