we worked closely with victor hwang through the past several years. his background in both public defender and district attorney bring a unique position. he he has proven to be very helpful in working with us in hate crime and other types of areas. one of the hopes that we have is in the shortage of the police officers that we have, to look at more creative solutions in the bridge period which includes working with groups such as ourselves and potrero special police to supplement the police department until the voice can be brought up to speed. we hope victor can bring some creative [speaker not understood] to the shortage we've experienced. >> thank you. >>> i don't know if you called my name, francisco [speaker not understood]. >> no, i haven't. thank you. i did call audrey daniel just in case she didn't hear. she left? okay. >>> good afternoon, commissioners. [speaker not understood] on behalf of [speaker not understood] doing work with 200 tran ition youth over 15 years and i really believe we strongly encourage the reappointment of angela chan. h

i'm here to speak in support of victor hwang. i've known victor for 16 years now and victor is the most dedicated community advocate that i have met in my career. i would not be here serving the community if it hadn't been victor's mentor ship for me. and rather than speak for myself, i'm going to read a quote, a line from a letter that my boss reverend fong submittedierver today also in support of victor and this refers to the win ho lee case. to me this epitomizes why i'm here to support victor. victor gave us courage to advocate when we were cynical that we could achieve justice. and when things looked down, victor always encouraged us to look up and to look forward. and that is what epitomizes my support for victor. victor brings the community along and we've always gained courage from that. >> thank you. >>> good afternoon. my name is chris parks. i'm a member of the national alliance for mental illness and i have called upon and i am to the police department for providing help to families and those who struggle with mental h

for me today, i would like to see victor hwang be appointed to this commission. and i want to speak also to the fact that several people as well as some of the supervisors have mentioned that the mayor has an appointee -- [speaker not understood] he can appoint. we cannot make that decision here today as to who he is going to select for that vacancy. so, i think it's very unfair. if we were in his position, we would be offended if we were trying to tell him what to do. if someone were trying to tell us what to do. i don't think we should say, well, let's give one position up and try to make that decision here today. i mean, we do have an application process and terms for certain amounts of time for a reason. so, with that, i mean, i would like to move victor hwang out to the full board if possible or both names if that is the case here that we have two supervisors supporting one. >> so, there's two suggestions. >> if i may. i'll leave it up to chair. i just want to say that i came in here, especially after hearing all the testimony with the perspective sort of wh

seeing none, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> the second candidate is victor hwang. come on up. >> good afternoon, members of the rules committee, and members of the public. i do have a slightly modified packet if i can provide that. as to the members of the rules committee, i've met with each of you individually already and hopefully answered all of your questions. so, today what i really wanted to do, i also had a chance to speak with supervisor eric mar who i've known for i think about 15 years. so, today what i wanted to do is really address my remarks partially to the community of advocates who have come out here today and to those who are watching on our video in room 250 and introduce myself to those of you who are new to advocacy and reintroduce myself to friends like joe hadachi who may have forgotten what drives me to serve on the police commission today. i stand before you as a long-time san francisco an, a resident of district 7, a father of three children in the public school system here ~, as a civil rights lawyer for more than 21 years, to ask for your

while i have great respect for victor hwang who i count among my friends, i believe that we need to reward individuals who are as hard working, as conscientious, and a personable a angela chan has been. you know, you spend a lot of time on these appointments and i'm sure you've read about people who don't show up to meetings, people who are not doing what they promised to do. angela chan is not one of those people. she has worked hard and she has taken on difficult and unpopular issues. one of the issues that she took up was how officers should deal with mentally ill individuals. we had a slew of incidents from the early '90s where particularly in minority communities where language access was a problem, where people were killed unnecessarily by police officers. at the same time, officer were not receiving the level of training that they needed and that was evident [speaker not understood]. these are tragedies because these are situations that could have been prevented. for years and years the police commission wrangled over how to address mental health and policing. on one hand you had pu

let me say this, that i have a great deal of respect for victor hwang and i think that he would make an excellent commissioner. the challenge that i have in terms of this candidacy, though, is that we have a sitting member of a commission that is applying right now. and when angela chan approached me awhile back to tell me that she was interested in being reappointed, i did what i do. any time there is a reappointment before me, if the person has done the job that is expected of that individual, i will support the reappointment. and i will be doing the same thing if it was victor being reappointed. the question is ha this individual done the work that they're -- that you expect them to do as a member of the police commission. and i believe that angela chan has done that. i believe that she has done that in terms of, first, the most probably important thing which doesn't always happen with commissioners, which is making sure that you show up and that you do the work. and i think that she has consistently worked harder than anyone that i have seen on the police commission, including th