i, however, and not john newlin. i have more hair than john newlin. but i am vice chair of the commission. permit compliance is up. the violence is down. a variety of entertainment is what makes our city great. we will touch on the upcoming party legislation -- party bus legislation and a safe place for our youth to go. after our panel discussion will have some regard groups so we can share ideas and brainstorm. we have a very luminary panel here. right now, i would like to introduce our cheap -- chief of police. [applause] >> good afternoon. i also am not john newlin, and i have less hair than him. [laughter] is a pleasure to be here for the second year. there are fewer people here. that might be because it has been a good year. as audrey suggests i believe that is because of partnership is up. we want to be a police department that you are comfortable calling before anything happens with out fear of having us say, no, we are going to shut it down. we want to work with you to make it happen, but it means as safely as possible. certainly, alcohol alwa

. >> and commissioner i believe, newlin is excused this evening. >> and commissioner perez is also excusedo, we are going to make adjustments to the agen

. >> and commissioner i believe, newlin is excused this evening. >> and commissioner perez is also excused. >> thank you. >> and so, we are going to make adjustments to the agenda. we are going to move permits up to the first order of business commissioners. followed by public comment. and we are going to continue the executive director's report. and read in the police department comments and questions. >> okay. so moving right along to hearing possible option regarding application for permit for the commission, 4 a. pablo patino, doing business as taqueria guadalajara. 4798 mission street for an extended hours permit. you are up. >> taqueria guadalajara is a privately opened restaurant, and they have a abc license and this application will allow them to operate after two and before six and they recommend approving this with eleven proposed conditions which are attached at the front of your packet. >> and the applicant here? >> hello? >> all right. >> turn the mic on. >> technical difficulties. >> hello? >> i apologize. >> hi my name is pablo patino. and i am here applying for an extended

. >> eddie newlin is in prison for manufacturing methamphetamine. >> when i look back at where i came i was the lower life of society. even though i didn't think i harmed nobody or done nothing wrong, running around sticking needles in my arms, leaving labs laying in the woods, not having no real cares about nobody but myself. if i go back out there and get on drugs, there's no way i'll make it. i know that. there's no ifs, ands or buts. but if i use this program to my advantage and i get some good foundation and i meet some decent people, sooner or later, something will catch a hold. i believe that, anyhow. >> we can give them the tools here to deal with their addiction, but when they get out they're still going to have to have a strong support system when they get out, or they'll relapse. they do need to have a family support system or some kind of support system to hold them accountable when they get out. >> with ten months left on his sentence left, josey turner will miss one of the biggest milestones in his life and have a really good reason to stay clean. >> my wife's due in two

so if that i will just introduced a moderator of the session that we are very lucky to have eliza newlin carney from ceq mccaul. islamic thank you. i want to thank you for having this event and all of you for coming today. we have a very distinguished panel that we are to talk about the experience of the voters on election day. pitcher me bird is a veteran of barack obama's reelection campaign and was national director of obama for america and the recent election. he was national deputy director of organizing for america, the group set up to build a grass-roots support for the policy initiatives. he's one of the architects of the presidency and a digital driven team organizing model. eric marshall is in the protection movement and he's been in the trenches of the voter access in the state and national level. he's the manager of the legalization at the lawyer's committee for civil rights under law. and he is also the coup leader of the election protection, the nation's largest voter support collection. scott tranter is in the conservative david and technology consulting firm and he too ha

. >> and commissioner i believe, newlin is excused this evening. >> and commissioner perez is also excused. >> thank you. >> and so, we are going to make adjustments to the agenda. we are going to move permits up to the first order of business commissioners. followed by public comment. and we are going to continue the executive director's report. and read in the police department comments and questions.