i have no rocket -- ross mirkarimi for years and -- i have nallen ross mirkarimi ifor years -- i haveknown ross mirkarimi for years and i think he will make a very good cheer. this has been a witchhunt. i hope we will put this much energy into other matters that have been referred to this commission, as the civic league sunshine complaint 11-049, the parks and rex department, notice of willful for guerrier -- willful failure and its conductor this was referred to you by the 2011 sunshine task force and has yet to be aired by this commission. i respectfully ask you why that is. i ask you to show everyone you are not today following a political agenda. please, follow up on the complaint i mentioned, 11-049. this will show that you're trying to follow your heart. and please reinstate ross mirkarimi. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is michael o'connor. i am a small business person. i just finished two terms on the small business commission and i'm a resident of district 5. i witnessed the above and beyond call of duty that -- approach that then supervisor mirkarimi to

i voted for ross mirkarimi, and eric -- and mayor ed lee. mostly voted for mirkarimi because of the sheriff he had proven to be, and the man he has proven to be. we sorely need a share to have his perspective on criminal realignment. as far as this misconduct proceeding, greatly concerned that one man can unilaterally remove an elected official from office and thereby totally disarm the democratic process. i believe ms. lopez. i believe ross. when we talk about facts, we look at those involved. both have been very clear that there is no such concern of domestic violence, which i fully oppose. however, i believe both of them. i would like the shares that our city has voted into office to be reinstated so we can do his job. thank you very much. [applause] >> good afternoon. my name is carl. i want to talk for a moment about the principles of levity, which has been associated with rules of levity, and they apply to ambiguities in the record. one of the things that we see in this case is a great deal of ambiguity. what i would like to submit to

it i stand here in support of ross mirkarimi, ms. lopez, and theo, the family that has been most affected by this process. i paid attention. i watched as the questions were asked by europe -- by you all. this is a process that never should have happened. and everything after that fact has been created to justify a bad act. initially, there should not have been harshness between people love each other. as people who have families, you probably understand it gets to that point. but this process, especially the removal of an elected official, it should never have begun. i feel for you because it was begun and you have had to go through the process of wading through the mountains of evidence. i understand that you have the lot to look at here. and that is what i suggest you do. the facts from the people who were there, ross and ms. lopez arte all the people whose testimony matters here. what we are seeing now, and what we saw from the beginning of this case is the highly on to justify, i think, the responsible act of putting this forward

i am supporting ross mirkarimi. very simple, please reinstate ross mirkarimi.or. thank you for your efforts. >> hello. my name is from the perilbrenda. of work and public health and work in a clinic for women are abused. he admitted he did something wrong. he admitted and own up to it and confessed to it, but i have patients that have been thrown out of windows, done all kinds are allowed to work. they did not take a livelihood away from the has been so they cannot the of the things that were done in the case and the level it has gone too are outrageous. for the people that want to fight for those women -- i know women who really need to be fought for. he did not hear about their case. it is not in the press. they suffer in silence. and the same people are here attacking ross. i do not understand it. it should not happen. i hope you guys do the right thing. the wrong thing would be to allow this witch hunt to go on, the political which front -- which front. -- which htch hunt. we all know it. for whatever want him gone. in my opinion, it is the mayor that has b

ross mirkarimi pleaded guilty after bruising his wife's arm. kron 4's reggie kumar tells us ross mirkarimi talked about the public scrutiny they have endured. >> reporter: after 9 months of fighting for his job and marriage suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi has to clear one last hurdle before finding out if he will get his job back. that decision mill be made by -- will be made by the board of supervisors. but during the community meeting on monday at the library ross mirkarimi asked they make their decision after the election. >> the proper process is that they should delay till after the election. they are in a difficult position. one they shouldn't be put in in the first place. the way this has been pushed by mayor ed lee speaks of how political the process has become. >> reporter: ross mirkarimi's wife and their son were also in attendance. they are both living with ross mirkarimi again after a order was lifted. she believes the supervisors will make the right decision and side with her husband. >> this is what i want. we are s

i'm here supporting ross mirk mirkarimi.look at you 11 and don't see you having carpenter type experience because mary lee is asking you to build the gallows for ross mirkarimi. the bottom line is you're looking to terminate the duly elected sheriff of the city and county of san francisco. having been a former policeman i've dealt with a lot of domestic violence and a temporary emergency restraining order where a wife stuck her husband wit in the face. this stay order was seven months for grabbing somebody by the arm which he's admitted to. and then i ask you, as a board, how important are you 11 human beings, your staff, the people that work with you. we had, during the ethics commission, we had a bomb scare, where only the mayor was let out of the building, or only the mayor was told he had to leave, it only affected him. we didn't count, was sitting there as citizens, we didn't count. you board of supervisors, they weren't removed from the building. why only was the mayor removed from the building. it's suspicious. i'm tr

bi share due to reinstate ross mirkarimi.iq'ough to the front that i can hear she was a complete, total stranger and pretender it was not even known to share of mercury me. -- sherifriff mirkarimi. ross has committed no crime of moral purpose to it. four of you are attorneys, and i believe you recognize ross was tried on a technicality of the law and potential domestic violence scenario. more than 4000 cases, as you heard some of these cases are turned over to the district attorney. of these, a few hundred a year are prosecuted by the district attorney. the reason the one similar one where we can find in any kind of instance it was reported, there is no recanting here by ilion thilliani. a. you would find out what props were used before calling the police. i left with each of you a copy of the handout. you have made an issue of ross not coming out on did report or five talking to the public. -- january 4 or 5 talking to the publics. >> i am a former united states attorney at the justice department and graduate of college of l

i'm here to support ross mirkarimi because we need him right there. at his post. i hope you do something about that. as a latino immigrant, i feel highly this respected by all of these people, all of these different organizations here in san francisco supporting families. [tone] this is not a case of domestic violence. we need all of this to be done in a right and just way. thank you for your attention and consideration today. [applause] >> criss evening. my name is michelle. i'm here to stand for not only ross mirkarimi, but for the family and any of you that may go into a situation like this. i think he has done incredible work. i really appeal for you to consider his career, his thoughts, and a benefit for the community that he would bring, and that he has brought all through his career. thank you. >> hon. commissioners come eileen hansen, a former ethics commissioners. i want to thank you for your service. i know the kind of time and energy it takes. i am understand there are tremendous pressures on you. thank you for your professionalism and your fairness. i

and if you are concerned about perceptions of inpropriety, i get comments saying give sheriff ross mirkarimi my regards. he got a raw deal. i went to a lower haight merchants association fair on monday and every merchant commented on how much they love ross mirkarimi and his family and everyone of them said they believe he is getting a raw deal. there is a widespread perception of inproprietary in this case. i believe it should be delayed until after the election. this has been a political campaign and there has been a lot of misconduct to go around. i believe that the domestic violence advocates themselves are engaging in illegal conduct when they come and testify here. they are 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization and to give them tax exempt status they should not be advocating for or against any candidate for public office and they have had the gall to come here and say ross mirkarimi should not be sheriff and i believe is misconduct on their part. i think you should therefore seriously consider delaying deliver your report to the board of supervisors until after the election. thank you. >>

i would just like to see a little bit more fairness on the culture of the wife and i wish ross mirkarimi all the best. i hope he gets his job back, the benefits and the back pay and the family coming together. i met the little boy sunday. beautiful. it's a beautiful family. it's not as bad as you think it is and kind of lighten up a little bit. let's have this go after the vote, the election. thank you. >> hi. my name is paula canney and i'm not speaking as anything other than me. and i am actually speaking to say i realize how much time each of you has put into this and how difficult it must be. so let me talk a little bet. i have been a criminal defense lawyer for 32 years. that is a long time to do anything. and i was a deputy district attorney in ventura county in this pilot project of domestic violence prosecution, the first one in the state in 1981. i'm not for domestic violence. even though i am a criminal defense lawyer, i am for love. i am for passion. i am for forgiveness. i am for the best society that we can possibly have. so i'm saying to you, that i know each of you had thi

the city actually have an opportunity, should they feel ross mirkarimi is inappropriate in his seat to recall. thank you very much for your consideration. my apologies on behalf of part of san francisco to mr. mirkarimi and his family. thank you for your consideration. >> my name is george evesheeman. qséi have been working on police practice issues since the 1980's and political campaigns all my life, including since 1995 our work on the campaign with moss -- ross mirkarimi. and i heard someone earlier say that he should be treated like everybody else, and i have heard that statement all through this time, and please, i agree. he should be treated like everybody else, and he is not being treated like everyone else. i have never seen a misdemeanor case treated like this. i have never seen anything like this. i know police officers are not generally treated this way when they are accused of misconduct and that sort of thing. i am getting phone calls from out of state and my home county. people say what are they doing to this guy? is this political? well, you know how i would answer that

i would just like to see a little bit more fairness on the culture of the wife and i wish ross mirkarimi all the best. i hope he gets his job back, the benefits and the back pay and the family coming together. i met the little boy sunday. beautiful. it's a beautiful family. it's not as bad as you think it is and kind of lighten up a little bit. let's have this go after the vote, the election. thank you. >> hi. my name is paula canney and i'm not speaking as anything other than me.

ross mirkarimi, there was no official misconduct occurred, none. okay. we have to reinstate him. okay. i've known ross since like 2005, january, the pro-choice march out in the embarcadero. i have a huge picture of him and miguel bustos. i remember him. he was a member of this board for a long time. he's part of us. the people voted for him for sheriff. and to try to overturn that in any way is undemocratic. okay. and it was also -- the the decision by the mayor, i mean did we want him to become that powerful and set a precedent? no. we do not. we have to reinstate ross, okay. we have to do the right thing, you all, not the political thing. we will still vote for you, okay. we will let you become supervisors next time around. please vote for ross. i voted for you too, mr. avalos. >> president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afteternoon, president chiu and supervisors. ♪ swanee, how we love you, how we love you, my dear old city mirkarimi. ♪ i give a good to see you again when you get back to your sheriff and that will be when. ♪ swanee, swanee, ross mirkarimi, tha

. >>> the clock is ticking on the political future of suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi. they have completed their official report on allegation of misconduct to the board of supervisors. they are making a decision on whether or not sheriff ross mirkarimi gets to keep his job. the board will review thousands of pages of material in this controversial case. >> it is difficult to go through anything of that volume but the material is certainly interesting. >> the board is expected to take up the case in a special meeting on october 9th. the vote of all nine is needed to remove sheriff ross mirkarimi from office. >>> we have some breaking news we want to tell you about out of san jose where there is reports of a residential building on fire. there are some people trapped on the roof. firefighters are on the scene and they are searching for anybody there. we do have a crew on the way and we will have a live update coming up at 5:00. >>> now a story you will only see on 2. the bakery which has been closed down, they say the bakery is entering a new phase under your black musli

coming up at 5:45 how much time they have to make a decision about sheriff ross mirkarimi's job. >>> time now 5:34, the space shuttle endeavor, there it's taking off from the kennedy center, it is riding piggy back and it will make a stop in texas and head-on to los angeles. it is going into retirement at the science center and before it reaches its last destination it is due to fly over us in the bay area friday morning. >>> france has been ad street protest that are banning the magazine. it is called charlie head dough. he is defending the publisher's free speech rights and that organization was firebombed last year after printing other cartoons. >>> children are returning to the classrooms after teachers are ending their strike after more than a week of walking the picket line. they do not have a contract but members are expected to vote on attentive deal within the next -- a tentative deal with within the next couple of weeks. >>> failure of proposition 30 could trigger $250 million in cuts to the state university system and if the measure does pass, the tuition increase this fal

i'm here on behalf of ross mirkarimi and his wife and little boy. i am understand human rights. like the lady that talk about injustice. [unintelligible] the commission is not ready to take on our sheriff. [unintelligible] i want to also congratulate -- [tone] the attorney for ms. lopez, and also the attorney for sheriff. keep fighting. do not give up. we are always behind you. thank you. >> hello. my name is james. i've volunteered down at united players. not long ago mr. mirkarimi spoke. he is a compassionate man he has his heart in it the people in the city in our communities. not a lot of people do these days. i hope you keep that in mind. >> i am glad to see ross back with his wife and his family. i am the executive director of a youth program called united players. personally, i don't know what happened. but don't nobody know what happened except him and his wife and god. i do not that we should put judgment on anybody. it's as in the bible that if i tell you about the splintered in your eye, what about the log in your eye? i'm not here to speak about the issues. i'm here

good to see you again when you get back to your sheriff and that will be when. ♪ swanee, swanee, ross mirkarimi's when we want you back again, and the folks up north will see you again, when you get back to the store and be sheriff once again. ♪ sheriff swanee mirkarimi, how we love you, my dear old ross mirkarimi. the folks up north will see you again, when you get back your sheriff's den. ♪ all of it, why not take all of it. ♪ all of it, why not -- what about district 6. ♪ i can't live my life without a good budget. sthoat take it all. we'll never use it. ♪ and going to break away the blues it. ♪ you're going to make it fine. ♪ leave me with a district that shines and wins. ♪ that's what we need from you, supervisor jane kim. ♪ you took the part that once was a city heart. ♪ so why not make the district 6, make it the best of all of it >> president chiu: next speaker please. >> honorable board of supervisors -- greetings. my name is -- herrera from the -- and the mission coalition in san francisco here to speak on behalf of commissioner mirk mirkarimi, nine month of dishonesty -- the only bra

culminating in the decision that suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi committed official misconduct relatinga domestic violence incident with his wife. now, the case, thousands of pages of paper work is in the hands of the supervisors. >> this has you know based on fairness to both sides. and that would have been if it was important. >> the pe

. >>> suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi is now in the hands of the board of supervisors. coming up, we will they will you how much time the supervisors have to make a decision about sheriff ross mirkarimi's job. >>> police in paris france are guarding the offices of an organization who published something that makes fun of must slim extremists -- muslim extremists. now the magazine's offices were firebombed last time when they published shark cat to yours -- published other things making fun of the prophet mohammed. >>> they have voted to end the strike after a week of walking the picket line. they do not have a contract but they are expected to vote on attentive -- a tentative deal in the next couple of months. >>> they are raising tuition by 5% but only if governor jerry brown's proposition does not pass. they could lead with a $250 million shortfall and if the measure does pass, they would receive an additional $125 million which would allow schools to resince a -- rescind a previous tuition hike set to come this fall. >>> they celebrated last month from the oakland a'

what has happened -- it is an abuse, what happened to ross mirkarimi is an abuse of power, when suspended without pay, denying him the opportunity to the due process. >> senior, gracias. next speaker. >> okay, is that it? >> thank you so much. >> thank y next speaker. >> yes, sir, we need the overhead. yes, i'm a resident of san francisco, i'm from philmore, california, the registration drive to commemorate the children who died october 15, 1963 in salvage rachel motive of the ku klux klan niggers, but i'm here today, that's my soul responding and it's responding to radio station kpoo, when you talk about diversity, i'm not diversity in all directions at the same time, that's kpoo, and they deserve consideration for -- from this board, i notice a lot of people don't care about public comment. i hope that 99% take notice of that, not of supervisors. at any rate, on the july 31 agenda, item number 58, 120708, that was a grant amendment not to exceed 9 million 354 thousand 700 for a profit-making entity, kpoo is non-profit, the diversity of music, people, opinions, you can't match it anywher

all this on the conduct of suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi in connection with that domestic violence case. the report going to the board of supervisors will decide whether he will keep his job. and there is supposed to be a very simple meeting where the ethics commissioners would ratify the decision made is that ross mirkarimi committed official misconduct and just moments ago, they will send the document on to the board of supervisors which has a final say. when will they do that? that is the question of. now, they're asking to delay sending their findings to the board until after the november election. he believes the case has become a campaign issue for supervisors running for reelection and that he will not be able to get a fair smaik. -- shake. >> there is a case that is exceptional never day. and this is not possible to move politics from the case. however, we believe that it's possible to reduce level of political pressure. >> there are tactic that's are being administered by representatives and i understand that. i think that there are really dragging this event out quite a l

. >>> new information in the case of suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. the city's ethic's commission denied his request to delay sending the findings to the board of supervisors. ross mirkarimi wanted the case continued till after the november election, claiming some are under political pressure to fire him. the board has 30 days to vote on ross mirkarimi's future. >>> the labor department reported a jump in first time applications. they increased by 15,000 last week, 382,000. the four week average rose to 375,000. >>> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke said the fed will take steps to stimulate the economy. ben bernanke said they will buy mortgage backed securities every month. on wall street stocks sored after bill belichick's comments. the dow is up 206 to 13,539. the nasdaq is up 42 at 3,155. the s&p is up 23 at 1,459. >>> a cement on bullying -- a sumpt on bullying, how -- a summit on bullying, how it is helping student. >> today is the warmest day of the week, which city will be the warmest tomorrow and in the low 90s. 4#çÑÑevñmóñ [ laughter ] [

we ask that the ethics commission recommend that ross mirkarimi be reinstated as sheriff.we do not believe he has committed official misconduct and we ask the commission to fully investigate the mayor's perjury charges. thank you. >> thank you. just a couple of things. my name is [inaudible] i have been here in this case for the past several months. [inaudible] [inaudible] i am sorry with my spanish. t([inaudible] >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am sorry i cannot stand and see all of you, but ross, i have known him for at least 20 years i worked with him. i worked in the d.a.'s office for a very long time. he is a very respectful man, and very friendly and nice to everyone, but the thing i want to tell you, he was the supervisor for district 5. i live in district 5. i want to tell you everything that happened in district 5, whether it was a car wreck, a fire, shooting, a fight, arguments, he was there. i do not care what time of night it was. i do not care where it was. he was there. he came in his pajamas. you could see the pajamas under his jacket to come and see abo

of supervisors deciding when to hear the official misconduct charges against suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi. the board is considering a special meeting to hear the charges on october 9th. mirkarimi was suspended after a domestic violence incident leaving his wife with a bruised arm. he will be removed from officers if nine of 11 supervisors vote against him. >>> mayor ed lee filed the charges against mirkarimi but the board hearing could put him in that hot seat. the "san francisco examiner" reporting some current and former officials claim the mayor per injured himself to the testified back in june. they subpoenaed four officials including the former board president. he said a member of lee's staff approached him and asked if mirkarimi would be willing to step down as sheriff and then take another job. mirkarimi did agree if he was named undersheriff. peskin says lee refused. >>> self-driving cars could soon find their way to bay area streets. >> governor jerry brown all set to sign a new law which creates new rules for autonomous vehicles. >> bob redell is live in mountain view with more

i didn't -- full disclosure i didn't vote for ross mirkarimi, nor do i know him or any member of histo speak for the first time because i feel a witch hunt against he and his family disgraceful far beneath the usually expected shenanigans that normally operate within subtext of most political cultures. i expected better from mayor ed lee and district attorney george cas cone. san franciscans should be outraged that the politicians want too remove mr. mirkarimi from office. they -- common to many domestic disputes and leveraged to an accidental bruise according to the d.a.'s victim, whose staples defy the da's claim. this is to political ends, a political manipulation and personal railroading the likes of rarely occur in any municipality. i hope the body in its wisdom finds that ross mirkarimi should continue as sheriff of san francisco in the post he was duly elected to perform and two, that mayor ed lee and da masconi be reprimanded for overstepping their boundaries and using respective offices to frustrate the will of san francisco voters to remove him from office, ruin his future

i did hear a supporter of ross mirkarimi tell me at the end of this process, we will find a man much better than he began. i can only hope that that is the case. i think that that is possibly the only thing that we and his family can do is hope that he will find from this experience that his conduct was not becoming to whether he is sheriff designate or sheriff. i cannot imagine that someone incarcerated in the jail for domestic violence would want to sit and listen to him talk to them about what they should avoid doing. i don't know that that is possible and i really beg you to consider what it is that you have to decide and what you have to refer on to the board of supervisors and the outcome of your actions. thank you. >> good afternoon, my name is tracy brown and i came before you to share the club resolution of keeping ross mirkarimi for sheriff. this case really comes down to two women and their truths. my friend eliana lopez and lynette peralta haynesworth. these are two women with small children, two women whose lives have been torn apart about these events. this is a san fra