julius turman. mr. turman is highly educated, eminently qualified, graciously equipped for service to our city at this time. his competence and his willingness to serve give me continuing cause to rejoice as a san franciscan. we have the type of city where randy brightest and the best -- wherein the brightest and the best rise to serve the common good. please, give your recommendation to mr. turman and grant our beloved city up police commissioner who will labor with all of his strength to let righteousness will down like water and justice like a never- ending stream. supervisor kim: thank you, reverend. >> thank you. i am here to support julius turman's candidacy. i of known him for over 10 years, the first five of which, we were in a committed, caring relationship as domestic partners. we parted company in a legal and intimate sense in 2005. he has remained a constant in my life ever since. i can only offer my own observations as a human being. i am a better man because of him, because of knowing him.

julius turman to the police commission with positive recommendation. i would like to take roll call again. this is not -- i continue to support mr. turman and i know he will be an excellent police commission. for now i will be supporting mr. waggoner for that seat. so roll call, please, on that item. >> on the motion supervisor elsbernd? >> aye. >> supervisor farrell? >> aye. >> supervisor kim? >> no. >> two ayes, one no. supervisor kim: motion moves forward. thank you to your time and thank you to all of the applicants again. madam clerk, can you please call item number snow shower >> item number four, hearing to consider appointing four members terms ending april 30, 2013, to the commission of animal control and welfare. there are four seats and seven applicants. supervisor kim: thank you. i believe all of the applicants are here today except for miss brooks and i would like to hear them in the order listed on the agenda. if you are here for the previous item, if you don't mind moving outside to continue your conversations. thank you. so we have phil

turman if he should advance. supervisor kim: the police commission is one of our most important bodies in terms of community and of reach. it interfaces with our city on very important issues. we did have four candidates, very strong candidates -- julius turman, david wagner, philip hogan, and vanessa jackson. ms. jackson has worked in neighborhoods. the discussion has revolved mainly around wagner and turner. i supported david wagner coming out of the rules committee. both have a strong experience not only with police commissions here, but in their home states, and have the expertise about public safety issues. if you watched our three our hearing on the police commission, you would get to hear some of their thoughts around how we can improve public safety in our communities. there is also strong experience working with our communities of color and lgbt. both of them oppose warrantless searches, something that has been happening a lot in my district. both heavily support sanctuary city. supervisor campos's amend

i'm here in support of julius turman. i've also served with him on the allis board and worship with him at united methodist church. he is a brilliant attorney. balanced, rational, and stare. -- and fair. his role is that of a labor and employment attorney, which i believe makes him uniquely qualified to sit on the police commission into a evaluate behavior's and craft and dropped policy and procedure to bring the hot seemingly disparate positions together -- two seemingly disparate positions together. and think that is part of what the police commission does. i think it would be incredibly valuable to have a man of his experience serving in that role. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. we actually are recall -- and i have -- [reading names] >> thank you, supervisors. i am a little bit of my game. i just found out about the deaf and possible deaf of a colleague -- death and possible death of a colleague of mine. i know how important it is to be a public safety, -- to be a public servant, involved with public safety. the

i'm here in support of julius turman. i've also served with him on the allis board and worship with him at united methodist church. he is a brilliant attorney. balanced, rational, and stare. -- and fair. his role is that of a labor and employment attorney, which i believe makes him uniquely qualified to sit on the police commission into a evaluate behavior's and craft and dropped policy and procedure to bring the hot seemingly disparate positions together -- two seemingly disparate positions together. and think that is part of

turman's name. this is not necessarily a slight, but i believe moving the department to a greater extent toward accountability is a good direction for the police commission and it is for that reason i propose mr. david wagner's name to go forward. [applause] supervisor wiener: thank you. i am supporting julius turman's of women to the commission. julius is an incredibly well- respected leader in our community and will be a great representative for our community on the police commission. whether we are talking about the lgbt community, the african and -- the african-american community, he has shown independent leadership and we have seen that over and over again. one example i talked about in the rules committee was when there were some incidents related to the bad lands in that castro and allegations of racism and there was a boycott. it was a very intense situation and mr. turman was a true leader to hold badlands' accountable and come to a resolution with the community. he has been recognized many

ok, please bring of julius turman. thank you for being here. >> thank you. i am proud to stand here today as a candidate for the police commission. i am a graduate of rutgers law school and the university of michigan. i am currently a partner in a law firm where i am a labor and employment attorney and i work for fortune 500 to mom-and-pop shops, helping them to create jobs, implement rules, policies, and programs to strengthen and better their workplace with more diversity. i am also a former federal prosecutor where i have supervised and worked with police officers in over 150 investigations. i also sat on the u.s. attorneys for the districts of new jersey in house committee to review cases against police officers for police misconduct. i grew up in detroit, michigan, where there was an active and vibrant police force. as an african-american and an lgbt person understood the importance of having a sons of self and being expressed to a was even in the face of a strong police presence. during that time, i worked on several citizens committees to interface wi

. >> commissioner turman? >> just a few questions. it's a marvelous curriculum. and looking at it -- i was reading it earlier today and i heard it expressed during your comments here but i don't particularly -- i don't necessarily see it here but is there time devoted to the actual identification and recognition of a situation where there is a mental health issue involved? it sort of -- this isn't criticism at all because again, great curriculum but it sort of reads as if this is the situation, this what we're going to do once there is a situation. but what what i'm concerned about is that both the individual, the subject as well as the officers are in a situation and we want to make sure that everyone has the tools to recognize this is a problem. which, you know, appears not necessarily threatening in anything situation and then suddenly it becomes a problem. that was my first question. >> yeah, definitely this is still a little bare bones. some of this stuff, especially the afternoon around the escalation, a little place holders for specific scenarios. so i can