sergeant youngblood, i think that's it. let's go to the next report. >> clerk: continuing on-line item 3, reports to the commission. commission reports will be limited to a brief description of activities and announcements. commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the issues raised for a future commission meeting. kmix president's report, commissioners' reports, and commission announcements and scheduling of items identified for consideration at future commission meetings. action. >> president cohen: all right. i invited commissioner nancy skinner to come and present to us. she is a champion in sacramento when it comes to police reform and has introduced some pieces of legislation that have some impact specifically on sb 1421, so i look forward to having that discussion with her. she will be talking about some of her legislation, her vision for the entire state, and just updating us on where things are as their legislative session is coming to a break. so that is the one thing that i h

sergeant youngblood will have a timer.when the timer goes off, he will notify you. >> thank you, vice president. members of the commission, officer babs, members of the public watching from home, good evening. this case is very straightforward. officer babs is accused of very serious misconduct, namely series of six sexual batteries that occurred in the workplace over the course of four days in may of 2019. officer babs deny the allegations, however there is sufficient cooperation, as well as the credibility of witness one that heavily favours this case. and i think it mandates the commission into coming -- a sustained finding of all the allegations. i will start with the corroboration issue. witness one told other persons about what was happening to her. this was well before she even entertained making a formal complaint. namely, she told p.s.a. one, i will confirm to everyone with a confidential lane. she confirmed -- she referred to p.s.a. one, another coworker in the office early on when this was happening. witness one

i would like sergeant youngblood to call the first item. >> clerk: line item one. general public comment. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. >> clerk: at this time, the public is now welcome to address the commission for up to two minutes that do not appear on tonight's agenda but within the subject under police commission. under police commission rules of order nor commissioners are required to respond to questions by the public, but may provide a brief response. comments and opportunities to speak are available via phone by calling (415) 655-0001. access code 146 6 z6 6333. press pound and then pound again. dial star three to submit a comment. you may submit public comment in either of the following ways. e-mail the commission at sfgov.org. or the u.s. postal service located at 1235 sfranz, california, 9458. if you'd like to make a public comment at this time, please press star three. we have a number of public comments. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi, my name is ben paul, i volunteer with felecia jones. tonight we have a conversation ab

my name is dion youngblood and i am an employee at dignity health hospital and being here at the hospital with our leadership, we have been faced with challenges on a day-to-day basis. i can go over a few of them, discrimination, harassment, favoritism, disparity, and i would like to -- you have a right on some of those on discrimination, we have had an african american young lady who applied for the position. she was advised that she couldn't retrieve the full time position because she had dread locks. and then we also had ppe where director advised us we're not allowed to wear the ppe gear. it got so bad that our nurses did a strike and the doctors were complaining. our director, our president of the hospital went down to one of our units and noticed that our officers did not have any protective gear on. went to our director and stated that we need to wear gear. from that point on, our director told us if we wanted to wear the gear, we will be written up if we don't wear it. first, in the beginning, we will be written up if we did wear it. so officers are challenged everyday here at dig

sergeant youngblood, i think that's it.rts to the commission. commission reports will be limited to a brief description of activities and announcements. commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the issues raised for a future commission meeting. kmix president's report, commissioners' reports, and commission announcements and scheduling of items identified for consideration at future commission meetings. action. >> president cohen: all right. i invited commissioner nancy skinner to come and present to us. she is a champion in sacramento when it comes to police reform and has introduced some pieces of legislation that have some impact specifically on sb 1421, so i look forward to having that discussion with her. she will be talking about some of her legislation, her vision for the entire state, and just updating us on where things are as their legislative session is coming to a break. so that is the one thing that i have to report. i'm going to be frank. i particularly want to hear from

sergeant youngblood, i think that's it. the next report. >> clerk: continuing on-line item 3, reports to the commission. commission reports will be limited to a brief description of activities and announcements. commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the issues raised for a future commission meeting. kmix president's report, commissioners' reports, and commission announcements and scheduling of items identified for consideration at future commission meetings. action. >> president cohen: all right. i invited commissioner nancy skinner to come and present to us. she is a champion in sacramento when it comes to police reform and has introduced some pieces of legislation that have some impact specifically on sb 1421, so i look forward to having that discussion with her. she will be talking about some of her legislation, her vision for the entire state, and just updating us on where things are as their legislative session is coming to a break. so that is the one thing that i have to repor

i would like sergeant youngblood to call the first item. >> clerk: line item one.eral public comment. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. >> clerk: at this time, the public is now welcome to address the commission for up to two minutes that do not appear on tonight's agenda but within the subject under police commission. under police commission rules of order nor commissioners are required to respond to questions by the public, but may provide a brief response. comments and opportunities to speak are available via phone by calling (415) 655-0001. access code 146 6 z6 6333. press pound and then pound again. dial star three to submit a comment. you may submit public comment in either of the following ways. e-mail the commission at sfgov.org. or the u.s. postal service located at 1235 sfranz, california, 9458. if you'd like to make a public comment at this time, please press star three. we have a number of public comments. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi, my name is ben paul, i volunteer with felecia jones. tonight we have a conversation about

i would like to recognize that vice chair cindy elias has been excused, and i look to sergeant youngbloodll call]

my name is dion youngblood and i am an employee at dignity health hospital and being here at the hospital with our leadership, we have been faced with challenges on a day-to-day basis. i can go over a few of them, discrimination, harassment, favoritism, disparity, and i would like to -- you have a right on some of those on discrimination, we have had an african american young lady who applied for the position. she was advised that she couldn't retrieve the full time position because she had dread locks. and then we also had ppe where director advised us we're not allowed to wear the ppe gear. it got so bad that our nurses did a strike and the doctors were complaining. our director, our president of the hospital went down to one of our units and noticed that our officers did not have any protective gear on. went to our director and stated that we need to wear gear. from that point on, our director told us if we wanted to wear the gear, we will be written up if we don't wear it. first, in the beginning, we will be written up if we did wear it. so officers are challenged everyday here at dig

my name is dion youngblood and i am an employee at dignity health hospital and being here at the hospital with our leadership, we have been faced with challenges on a day-to-day basis. i can go over a few of them, discrimination, harassment, favoritism, disparity, and i would like to -- you have a right on some of those on discrimination, we have had an african american young lady who applied for the position. she was advised that she couldn't retrieve the full time position because she had dread locks. and then we also had ppe where director advised us we're not allowed to wear the ppe gear. it got so bad that our nurses did a strike and the doctors were complaining. our director, our president of the hospital went down to one of our units and noticed that our officers did not have any protective gear on. went to our director and stated that we need to wear gear. from that point on, our director told us if we wanted to wear the gear, we will be written up if we don't wear it. first, in the beginning, we will be written up if we did wear it. so officers are challenged everyday here at dig