now the represent hitters -- representative from the mayor's office, paul henderson. to >> paul henderson. >> this is one of my favorite events to come to, only because it reminds me at my very core why we all do the work that we do. i think it is one of those things where you see reality tv. i see a lot of news for you could have the story or get a perspective of the story of what is going on in the streets every day. rarely do we hear the story from the men and women on the streets protecting us every day, and there is always a story about the job people are doing that is so impressive. tonight is a culmination of the stories we get to hear about the dollar and integrity and of bravery and courage from the men and women that served us every single day. i try to remember the stories that i hear at this event throughout the rest of the year when i'm watching the news, when i am reading the newspaper, when i am at meetings listening to what people are saying about public safety. this really does serve as an inspiration to me personally and to the city of san francisco,

now the represent hitters -- representative from the mayor's office, paul henderson.son. >> this is one of my favorite events to come to, only because it reminds me at my very core why we all do the work that we do. i think it is one of those things where you see reality tv. i see a lot of news for you could have the story or get a perspective of the story of what is going on in the streets every day. rarely do we hear the story from the men and women on the streets protecting us every day, and there is always a story about the job people are doing th

paul henderson. >> thank you, supervisor. i am paul henderson, director of public safety for the mayor's office. i want to start off by thanking you for having us here to present the information, and also to a knowledge the comments from supervisor olague as well. what you touched upon is really important here today. that is, the discussion about how all of the information is incorrect -- interconnected. keep in mind that none of these agencies and individuals you are hearing from our operating in silos. they are not just talking about specific neighborhoods. they're talking about public safety from a citywide approach, which is kind of what my role is here in the mayor's office, to take the city wide approach to a lot of these issues. while also specifically addressing some of the issues that were raided the -- raised in the ingleside neighborhood where shootings have gone up. there has been an uptick recently with shooting and with homicide as well. other agencies will talk about that. but i do want to keep a perspective th

the declaration of paul henderson will be excluded from evidence. the next declaration is the declaration of when the stills. -- wendy stills. ms. kaiser, would you like to address that? >> i would like to offer to the commission, to the extent foundational objections are being offered, we can address those by having the witness testified and find out what the objection is. that is often the case in court, that it can be handled like that. that is a strategy for resolution on foundation issues. in terms of the declaration of the chief probation officer, she has testimony of direct relevance. she can offer testimony about sheriff mirkarimi and his probation, which is part of our showing of misconduct. the term is escaping me. i was going to "the actual words. in any event, she can provide evidence of that. she also provides evidence of the relationship between that misconduct and the duties of the sheriff, not just any share of, but sheriff mirkarimi, who will be reporting to her as a probationer if he remains in office, and also sitting at the table

hayworth is with me and strategist paul henderson is here, you can find his take on politics and arenad., is it fair game to question his record at bain? >> oh, sure, it's fair game. it'sle also fair game to take a look at the sorry economic record of barack obama. 8.2% unemployment. record problems. >> paul, fair game? >> it's absolutely fair. you live by bain, you die by bain. as he keeps putting it out there and ride the coattails of his success, you have to take the good with the bad and expose yourself to the liability and the job loss and revenue generator from bain. i don't think it will end soon. >> the key part, job loss, americans losing their jobs, you're going to discover that mr. obama needs to lose the job he mas now to get back to work. >> okay, whatever. >> what is this? >> i'm just playing with you. >> all right. >> and i'm grateful you're here because we want to have all sides represented. there is a question this week about condi rice being potentially vice presidential nominee. i'd say it was probably thrown out yesterday as a distraction from the bain disaster that

henry alvarez from the housing authority, from district 10, supervisor: staff, paul henderson from the mayor's office, and kim mitchell and drew jacobs for their continuing to support -- continuing support to help the police department address these issues with the community. >> our first speaker. >> good evening. i am the executive director of the community leadership academy emergency response project. my office is located in the heart of the sunnyvale development, but the work is extended to the city. i want to thank the commission, and mr. henry alvarez of the housing authority, for focusing on the emerging issue of violence. i want to respond quickly to commissioners kingsley and lotus regarding this issue of mental health. this issue broadly impacts the community, not only the victims, but people who are tangentially involved. i want to urge you to bring synergy in terms of the response. our kids are overexposed. the repetitiveness of that exposure is enormous. in our city, we have one of the leading national experts on trauma, dr. alicia lieberman, and the trauma center. i would

many of the people that attended last night, including chief sur, paul henderson, mary harris, and many others were there. i wanted to thank sharon for working with the closely regarding the issues in visitation valley. actually, for years, we all know that there has been disturn thet sector. we have the highest homicide rates on our youth, mainly because of gun violence. why does it take a terrible tragedy, like the aurora shootings to make people understand all this going on? we need to work vigorously to ban assault weapons, the sale of firearms and ammunition via the internet, and easy accessibility of guns in the city. will san francisco take the lead to address these serious issues? my request when everyone mentions this is, if not now, when? we talk about it, we cry about it, we pray about it, but we have not been able to really do anything about gun-control. obviously, prevention and intervention is the best measure. i feel a lot of sympathy for mary scott's healing circle. i have been there to lobby and help them also in the past. i think this ongoing issue with gun-control is

first, at the police commission president, thomas mazzucco, commissioner kingsley, paul henderson from the mayor's office as representing because the mayor was unable to come tonight. also, we have commissioner loftus. also, the command at steep. d staff. deputy chief james that lake, lyn tomioka, leanora militello, and next to lyn commander biel, corrier from field comman. i would like to introduce chief grigory p. suhr. >> good evening, and hopefully lyn still wants to be your boss tomorrow. i know it is quiet and there are a lot of kids in the room. that is terrific. the medal of valor ceremony is the best event that we get to attend. it is when there is a crisis, emergency, extreme danger and takes everything you have to go forward, and everyone else that would want to run away, the people you will hear about tonight not only went forward, but they stood their ground, they saved lives, they promoted public safety, and i have been attending the medal of valor ceremonies as a captain since 1996, and i can honestly tell you the stories you will hear tonight in the roster we are born t