ms. gilman has been driving us all crazy, so no lack of contact. in all seriousness, ms. gilman who hails from the third supervisorial district has steeped herself in port policy and i have to say i have watched her in her role in the building inspection commission and when she indicated to me she was talking to the mayor's office about potentially becoming a port commissioner, i said do you know the public trust doctrine of the state of california and she was honest and said she didn't know it yet, but weeks later, she was able to recite the intricacies and nuances of that complicated piece of public policy backwards and forwards, which i doubt any other member and i mean no disrespect to mr. adams, can do. for those of us watching our emails and letters, the breadth of support that ms. gilman has received has, i think, spoken volumes. so i am honored to make a motion approving her nomination by the mayor. >> president breed: supervisor peskin, you are making a motion to amend to approve. >> supervisor peskin: correct. >> president breed: supervisor peskin has made a moti

ms. gilman -- thank you to the public for coming out to support her. i certainly think highly of her as a person and certainly i think she would make a good commissioner on any commission in san francisco. so the issues i'm having is not with the nominee here in regards to her qualifications. i've been in rules committee, this is probably my fourth year being on the rules committee. and i'm pretty consistent about when there is an issue, seems this is a political move and people, when there's an incumbent that wants to continue her role in -- and get reappointed and there's other people that want to take their places, i pretty much side with the person that is incumbent showing they have been in the role. i wouldn't want to block her progress to the full board if that's the wish of the other members of the committee. >> supervisor safai: okay. so, is that a motion then to send it out without recommendation? >> supervisor yee: i'm just saying. >> supervisor safai: supervisor stefani or sheehy, did you want to say anything else? >> supervisor katz had a

ms. gilman, we will call you back up after we go to public comment. >> thank you. i just want to drop -- >> supervisor safai: that's fine, you could hand them to the clerk. any members of the public wish to comment on this item, please line up. please come forward. one minute. >> david elliott lewis with central city escrow collaborative in tenderloin congress. for ten years i've lived in the tenderloin and i've known gail and i've been usually impressed with her. she has helped house formerly homeless people. and a lot of those formerly homeless people had been queer. so to say that the alternative choice as a pro-queer choice and she is not is not accurate. she has done a lot for l.g.b.t. people in providing housing for them. i've been impressed with her integrity, leadership ability, organizational skills. i've worked with her on some projects over the years. i think the port is an important property. it's been under-utilized and we lost a lot of business to oakland, union jobs that should have been here. i think she could do a lot to help us. i hope you will co