i would like to briefly introduce ross mirkarimi, who is a supervisor here in the city, and he has been a champion of many criminal justice issues, including prisoner reentry. i also want to thank and acknowledge debra atherton. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: it is nice to see everybody. jeff is generous. i was not expecting to be up here. i know you have had a productive day. i think that the public defender's summit is something not to be missed and a template for the rest of california and probably the nation to follow. i am proud of our public defender. i am proud of our criminal justice partners because over the last four years, we have seen a great amount of innovation. jeff and i started the city's first reentry council, and it might be bewildering to you, but before we started it, believe it or not, those stakeholders in the criminal-justice system really very irregularly rarely would come together and talk about ways that we might mitigate, reduce our recidivism rate. great progress has been made, but san francisco still needs to step up its game. i was delighted to hear the

ing [laughter] or without further ado, supervisor ross mirkarimi. >> i'll make my statements we -- very the public safety committee meeting. there's a lot be to talk about. i want to say another happy congratulations on black history month here in san francisco. this has been i think a very auspicious haft few months of course in seeing the ascendancy of our district attorney, kamela harris, rise to attorney general in the state of california. certainly of course ases to the incredible impact of advancing the issues much import to all of us, joining the board, supervisor malia cop henn. and we continue to see great challenges, nationally and internationally and president obama and his quarterback effort to continue to retain as best he can as republicans allow him to, our continued enthusiasm for his ongoing leadership. but in san francisco, reference has been made to this earlier, why we do celebrate many of the advancements of people who rise to positions of power and stature is certainly well noticed, i think we also have to use this opportunity, black history month, to retrench on a

[applause] >> [speaking foreign language] i am ross mirkarimi. thank you dearly for bringing me up.e been in office since 2005, but long before i was elected, this is a commemoration, a recognition that i am very proud to be a part of for many years, because i am iranian-american, the first iranian-american elected to office in san francisco. said there is a great affinity between our communities and one that i have not lost sight of since taking office when we were the first city hall in the united states and opening our doors for the persian new years. many in our community have celebrated together. this is not an occasion i would miss. very proud to be here. [speaks for the language] >> thank you, mayor lee and supervisor mirkarimi. next i would like to introduce the ceo of art.com which has sponsored a moderate iraqi art exhibit. he will give a few words about this amazing collection. >> thank you. thank you, nearly peter i am and and a grid myself, a french- american. i became american in the beautiful city of san francisco three years ago, so i can relate a lot to what you sai

you have people like bevan dufty, david chiu, even john avalon's common john campos, and ross mirkarimi, all had indicated an interest. so you have people on the board who want to run for mayor. do they go for the caretaker mayor, or do they put those interests aside and best themselves with a politician that has a good chance of being elected? with that dilemma in front of them, we saw what happened. they could not put their egos aside. they generally would with the caretaker mayor. that person would pose no threat of running against them. >> when the board met next week on november 23, the clerk of the board proposed a process for nomination for mayor, which the board debated, amended, and eventually passed. >> a board member read the nominated may not produce pig in the discussion or vote on the competitor nominees. if the nominee of a board member nominee has been withdrawn, the board member may no longer have a conflict and could return to the room and to dissipate. >> basically, a process that i am proposing is one in which, one, would maximize per dissipation. members of the boar

i am and ross mirkarimi, chair. madam clerk, good morning. would you please read roll-call? >> supervisor avalos, supervisor campos, supervisor chiu, supervisor chu, supervisor cohen, supervisor elsbernd -- absent. supervisor farrell, supervisor kim -- absent. supervisor mar -- absent. supervisor wiener. we have a quorum. supervisor mirkarimi: good. thank you to sfgtv for their ongoing excellent. >> item number two, minutes of the center 27, 2011 meeting. this is an action item. >> ok. commissioner campeau's bid a very good. sickened by commissioner farrell. is there any comments or questions. seeing none, public comment is closed. we take this -- number one on the roll call. commissioner avalos, commissioner caen bose, commissioner david chiu, commissioner carmen chu, commissioner calling. commissioner elsbernd absent. commissioner farrell. commissioner kim. commissioner moore. commissioner moore, absent. commissioner mirkarimi. commissioner wiener. the item passes. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. >> item number 3 commenters report. these are information items. supervisor

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independent third-party analysis of the gap and the necessity, and also to allow our colleague, ross mirkarimi, to vote on this issue as well. president chiu: that motion is seconded by supervisor avalos. can we do that without objection? this is continued to november 1. is that right? >> at 4:00 p.m. president chiu: thank you, ladies and gentlemen. at this time, why don't we go to our adoption without committee reference calendar? >> these items will be acted upon by a single roll call vote unless a member requests discussion of a matter. president chiu: 24. i will also sever item 26. roll-call vote on the balance? >> items 21, 22, and 23? supervisor mar: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. >> there are 10 ayes. president chiu: those resolutions are adopted. >> item 24 urges the city to give preference to certified organic food vendors, and to urge the federal government to label and test genetically engineered foods,

my name is ross mirkarimi, i'm the supervisor of the fifth district of the board of supervisors of san francisco. i am running for sheriff because i want to improve public safety throughout san francisco. when i was elected supervisor in 2004, i inherited the district with many neighborhoods that notoriously had the second-highest violent crime rate throughout all of san francisco. i set out to make sure we take back our streets from crime. i did so with the kind of innovative programs that had not been used because of a community that had been woefully underserved but making sure we were able to marry the power of redemption on one end to being smart on crime in the other. long story short, we have been able to reduce violent crime to the point where i now had the largest reduction in the murder rate and violent crime rates throughout all of the city in our district. as evidenced by the visit darrow, the fillmore west addition and surrounding neighborhoods. during this time, cultivated a relationship with sheriff mike hennessey, the longest serving sheriff in san francisco history. he

supervisor mirkarimi: and ross mirkarimi and david chiu are here. we are putting our head to go in putting together this agreement. we have to prove there is going to be an increased economic activity as a result of this event, and there will be. there is going to be over $1 billion of economic activity. 8,800 new jobs, 700 of them for construction alone. that is the kind of economic activity that is going to be here. it is not just a great boating activity. all of the labor people here know it is going to be a great economic boost. the port knows that, the city knows that. our office of economic development knows that. that is why we are all here together. we want to make sure we do everything right. by the end of the year, people like ed risk and john and the planning commission will have the finley draft done. we are moving forward to make sure all of this gets put in place. i want to let you know that i am grateful. lieutenant grateful, willie brown, speaker perez, and i am very grateful, governor, for you signing this, because we do need that e

chris cunnie, ross mirkarimi, and paul miyamoto. to submit questions for the candidates, but for a volunteer, and will be handing out index cards around the room. we will collect all questions by 6:45 p.m.. i wish to remind you of our goals. no literature, -- remind you of our rules. candidates and their supporters are expected to be respectful of other candidates in the audience, helping to maintain quiet during the forum. candidates are asked to make no personal attacks on other individuals. no videotaping or flash photography is allowed because san francisco government television is taking this forum for broadcast. i will now introduce our moderator for tonight's forum. velvet davis is an award winning journalist who has covered bay area news for four decades. her recently published memoir recounts her nearly half century in media. she was the first african- american woman hired to work on television in the western united states. she is one of 500 journalists to be nationally profiled at the newseum. she is currently the host of

i am ross mirkarimi, the chair. to my left is david campos. supervisor cohen will be joining us shortly. thank you to sfgtv for their ongoing excellence. don and mark are covering this. please read the first item. >> item number one, ordinance amending the administrative code by adding section 2a.83 to community policing policy. supervisor mirkarimi: on the community policing initiative, supervisor campos, we very much appreciate, and i very much appreciate the collaboration we have had on this. supervisor campos: thank you very much, supervisor mirkarimi, mr. chair. i want to begin by thanking chief suhr for being here. i know it has been a busy day for him. i appreciate him taking the time to be here to discuss a very important issue. i also want to take the opportunity to thank my staff, specifically hillary for all the work that has gone into this, but most importantly to thank so many members of the community who have really been the catalyst for this effort. let me provide some context of what we introduced this legislation. i serve on t

i want to thank ross mirkarimi for letting us tell a little bit of our story. it was quite incredible. i spoke with the vice president of the lower haight merchant association who watch them run into the building and turned to enter, who is also on our board, and he is a blogger. he said we had to do something. seconds later, it went up. seconds later, the nation's started coming in. -- donations started coming in. we are accepting this on behalf -- this is part of the lower haight board.

i just wanted to publicly acknowledge supervisor ross mirkarimi taking leadership on this and helping this body develop a solid definition of what exactly community policing is and i want to thank you, supervisor campos as well. president chiu: any further discussion? >> [roll-call] there are 10 ayes, one no. president chiu: this item is passed. >> item 23, ordnance manini san francisco health code by adding article 35 to greeter registration scheme coffey said requirements for biological agent detectors. [roll-call] there are 11 ayes. president chiu: this item passes. item number 24. >> -- president chiu: same house, same call. why don't we go to our 3:00 p.m. special order. >> items 25 and 26 are pursuant to a motion to sit as a committee as a whole for a public hearing of persons interested in a proposed resolution establishing a property based community district to be known as the fillmore community benefit district by removing an expanding the previously expanded filmore jazz cbd, ordering a levee and collection of assessments against property located in the film more community b

ross mirkarimi is looking to shave $10,000 off a company's tax burden if it hires a convict full time as san francisco expects an influx of offender on probation because of changes in state policy. other states such as illinois, iowa and maryland have similar programs. >>> other bay area headlines, animal rescuers are on the hunt for an injured red-tailed hawk in golden gate park. it appears someone shot the bird with a nail gun. wild rescue, a nonprofit group, set up traps along the park to rescue the bird. a $5,000 reward is offered for information leading to an arrest. >>> in pleasant hill yet another late night convenience store has been robbed. police say four armed masked men stole cash from the 7- eleven on golf club road sunday. authorities are investigating if this case is connected to similar robberies in the east bay over the past month. >>> after five years in captivity an israeli soldier returned to his homeland today. 25-year-old gilad shalit was released by hamas this morning. now, in exchange, israel freed 447 palestinian prisoners today, more than 500 500 more -- 500

i want to thank ross mirkarimi for letting us tell a little bit of our story. it was quite incredible. i spoke with the vice president of the lower haight merchant association who watch them run into the building and turned to enter, who is also on our board, and he is a blogger. he said we had to do something. seconds later, it went up. seconds later, the nation's started coming in. -- donations started coming in. we are accepting this on behalf -- this is part of the lower haight board. there are many more who were not able to make it today, but i want to say we are accepting this on behalf of our neighborhood because we have a very special neighborhood, for anyone who has lived in the lower haight. we had 310 people packed -- we were a little worried the fire department was going to come because we had 310 people packed into this room for the fund raiser that we did. if not for the generosity of the merchants and the neighbors and the friends, the folks who love the lower haight, we could not have raised -- we have raised close to $20,000 now. i would love f