00:00:12 MORNING. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY
00:00:17 AND WELCOME TO THE JUNE 1ST 2026 RULES COMMITTEE MEETING.
00:00:20 I AM YOUR CHAIR SUPERVISOR SIMON WALTON I'M JOINED BY VICE
00:00:24 CHAIR STEPHEN SHAW. >> SOON TO BE JOINED BY
00:00:28 PRESIDENT RAFAEL MALAMAN AND WE HAVE SUPERVISOR SAUTER WHO IS
00:00:32 HERE WITH US THIS MORNING AS WELL.
00:00:35 OUR CLERK IS VICTOR YOUNG AND I WANT TO THANK JAMIE ESTHER VERY
00:00:40 WITH S.F. GOV TV FOR MAKING SURE THAT THIS MEETING IS
00:00:43 PUBLICIZED AND AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
00:00:44 >> MR. CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
00:00:48 >> YES. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON
00:00:51 EACH ITEM ON THIS AGENDA WHEN YOUR ITEM OF INTEREST COMES UP
00:00:53 AND PUBLIC COMMENT IS CALLED PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ON YOUR
00:00:56 RIGHT. ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT
00:00:57 PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS
00:01:00 EMAIL THEM TO MYSELF THE RULES COMMITTEE CLERK AT VCT OR DOT Y
00:01:04 O UMG AT S.F. CARDBOARD IF WE SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT VIA EMAIL
00:01:11 IT WILL BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE FILE ME ALSO SENIOR
00:01:14 IN COMMENTS BY A U.S. MILITARY OFFICE IN CITY HALL WHEN DR.
00:01:16 CARLTON BE GOOD PLACE ROOM TWO FOR FOUR SAN FRANCISCO
00:01:20 CALIFORNIA AND NINE FOR 1 OR 2 PLEASE MAKE SURE THE SILENT ALL
00:01:24 CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES ITEMS ACTED UPON.
00:01:27 THEY ARE EXPECTED TO WEAR ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA
00:01:31 OF JUNE 9TH UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
00:01:34 THAT COMPLETES MY INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
00:01:37 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:01:39 NUMBER ONE? ITEM NUMBER ONE IS ORANGE
00:01:41 MEANING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO CREATE THE NORTH BEACH
00:01:45 ENTERTAINMENT ZONE ON PANELS BETWEEN COLUMBUS AVENUE
00:01:48 AND VALLEJO STREETS UNION STREET BETWEEN POWELL STREET
00:01:52 AND GRANT AVENUE GRANT STREET BETWEEN POWELL STREET AND GRANT
00:01:56 AVENUE COLUMBUS AVENUE BETWEEN UNION STREET AND WILLIAMS
00:02:00 SAROYAN PLACE WILLIAM SAROYAN PLACE AND JACK KOROKKE ALLEY
00:02:07 STOCKTON STREET BETWEEN FILBERT AND VALLEJO STREET VALLEJO
00:02:08 STREETS BETWEEN STOCKTON STREET AND GRANT AVENUE GRANT AVENUE
00:02:12 BETWEEN COLUMBUS AVENUE AND FILBERT STREET BROADWAY
00:02:16 BETWEEN COLUMBUS AVENUE AND KEARNY BREMEN PLACE BETWEEN
00:02:23 UNION AND GREEN STREET JASPER FACE BETWEEN UNION AND GREEN
00:02:28 STREET FERRY BUILDING ENTERTAINMENT ZONE THIS AREA IS
00:02:32 BOUNDED BY THE EAST SIDE OF THE EMBARCADERO ON THE WEST FERRY
00:02:36 BUILDING AND ON THE SOUTH NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF PARCEL
00:02:40 9900274 ON THE NORTH AND SAN FRANCISCO SHORELINE ON THE EAST
00:02:44 EMBARCADERO PLAZA AND ENTERTAINMENT ZONE.
00:02:47 THE AREA IS BOUNDED BETWEEN THE WEST SIDE OF THE EMBARCADERO
00:02:48 FROM WASHINGTON STREET TO DON CHEE WAY DON CHEE WAY BETWEEN
00:02:52 THE EMBARCADERO AND STUART STREET, STUART STREET BETWEEN
00:02:58 DON CHEE WAY AND THE MARKET STREET MARKET STREET BETWEEN
00:03:02 STUART AND DRUM STREET DRUM STREET BETWEEN MARKET
00:03:03 AND WASHINGTON'S STREET AND WASHINGTON STREET BETWEEN
00:03:07 DAVIS STREET AND THE MARKET GOLDEN PLACE DOWNTOWN
00:03:11 ACTIVATION TUNE AND BUILD IN PLACE BETWEEN BUSH AND PINE
00:03:16 STREET TO AUTHORIZE THE OUTDOOR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL
00:03:19 BEVERAGES DURING THE ENTERTAINMENT ZONE EVENT
00:03:23 STARTING AT 11 A.M. RATHER THAN NOON AND AFFIRMING THE PLANNING
00:03:26 DEPARTMENT'S DETERMINATION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA
00:03:29 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR.
00:03:33 CLERK. SUPERVISOR SOUDER.
00:03:36 THANK YOU, CHAIR WALTON SUPERVISOR CHERYL THANKS FOR
00:03:40 LETTING ME JOIN THIS MORNING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER ONE.
00:03:44 THIS IS A PACKAGE OF NEW ENTERTAINMENT ZONES FOR
00:03:47 DISTRICT THREE. THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT
00:03:48 IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THIS LEGISLATION AND THESE NEW
00:03:52 ENTERTAINMENT ZONES ARE THE RESULT OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH
00:03:56 RESPECTIVE ENTITIES IN EACH NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDING THE
00:03:59 NORTH BEACH BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, THE DOWNTOWN S.F.
00:04:03 PARTNERSHIP, HUDSON PACIFIC PROPERTIES PORT OF SAN
00:04:04 FRANCISCO AND VARIOUS SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL.
00:04:07 >> BEFORE YOU YOU HAVE ONE AMENDMENT WHICH I'M ASKING FOR
00:04:11 YOUR SUPPORT ON WHICH IS A NON SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENT STRIKING
00:04:15 OUT THE EMBARCADERO PLAZA ENTERTAINMENT ZONE FOR THIS
00:04:18 PACKAGE WE HOPE TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR ENGAGEMENT ON THE
00:04:22 PROPOSED BOUNDARIES IN PARTICULAR FOR THAT ONE.
00:04:23 SO THIS WILL BRING IT DOWN TO THREE NEW HOME ENTERTAINMENT
00:04:28 ZONES IN DISTRICT THREE INSTEAD OF FOUR LEAVING NOW THE FERRY
00:04:30 BUILDING BELDON PLACE DOWNTOWN AND NORTH BEACH.
00:04:33 NOW THE LEGISLATION ALSO ADJUST THE HOURS OF ALLOWABLE OUTDOOR
00:04:37 CONSUMPTION DURING AN ENTERTAINMENT HIS OWN EVENT TO
00:04:41 START AT 11 A.M. INSTEAD OF NOON WHICH BRINGS IT BETTER
00:04:44 IN LINE WITH TYPICAL HOURS OF STREET FAIRS AND FESTIVALS
00:04:48 INTENDED IN THESE SPACES. I WANT TO THANK BEN VAN HOUTEN
00:04:51 AND EWG FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS PACKAGE.
00:04:55 I THINK WE'RE ALL SEEING THE PROMISE AND THE IMPACT OF
00:04:59 ENTERTAINMENT ZONES AND I'M EXCITED FOR THESE THREE AND I
00:05:02 HOPE THAT YOUR SUPPORT THEM COLLEAGUES AND MOVE THIS
00:05:06 FORWARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT.
00:05:07 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:05:08 SUPERVISORS SOUDER VICE CHAIR CHERYL.
00:05:10 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR WALTON. >> I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO ACCEPT
00:05:14 THE AMENDMENTS AS AS SUBMITTED BY SUPERVISOR SAUTER STRIKING
00:05:18 EMBARCADERO PLAZA FROM THE ENTERTAINMENT ZONE.
00:05:22 >> THANK YOU. AND WE WILL OF COURSE VOTE ON
00:05:25 THOSE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. CLERK.
00:05:28 >> YES. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO
00:05:33 SPEAK ON THIS MATTERS LINED UP TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
00:05:37 EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED TO MINUTE TO BE A SOFT CHIME WHEN
00:05:38 YOU HAVE 30S LEFT AND A LOT OF TIME WHEN YOUR TIME HAS
00:05:41 EXPIRED. ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
00:05:44 GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:05:51 MY NAME IS CLAUDE AMBO. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF
00:05:56 PUBLIC REALM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DOWNTOWN
00:05:59 S.F. PARTNERSHIP WHICH YOU KNOW COVERS 43 BLOCKS THE FINANCIAL
00:06:03 DISTRICT AND JACKSON SQUARE. I FIRST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT
00:06:07 OUT TO SUPERVISOR SAUTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
00:06:11 SUPPORT IN MOVING BELDEN ALLEY AS WELL AS BEN VAN HOUTEN
00:06:15 AND CASEY WITH D FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE.
00:06:19 IF YOU DON'T KNOW FRONT STREET IT WAS CALIFORNIA'S FIRST
00:06:23 ENTERTAINMENT ZONE AND IT HAPPENS TO BE IN OUR DISTRICT
00:06:24 AND WE WERE THE APPLICANT AND WE KICKED IT OFF WITH A
00:06:27 HIGHLY, HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL OCTOBER FEST EVENT THAT DREW
00:06:32 UPWARDS OF 10,000 PEOPLE. AND WE HAVE THE RECEIPTS TO
00:06:34 BACK THAT UP. WE HAVE THE DATA AND WE SPOKE
00:06:37 WITH THE BARS THERE AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD SEEN
00:06:41 INCREASES OF SALES UPWARDS OF 1,500%.
00:06:44 EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN EVENT IN FRONT STREET THE BUSINESS
00:06:48 YOU DO EXTREMELY WELL FOR THE TIME PERIOD THAT THE EVENT IS
00:06:52 TAKING PLACE. WE HOPE TO SEE THE SAME WITH
00:06:53 BELDEN. I WAS APPROACHED BY PETER
00:06:56 CROWLEY WITH SAM'S GRILL AS WELL AS JOHNNY LOVE OR JOHNNY
00:07:00 MATHENY AS HE'S KNOWN WITH TOY SOLDIER WHO WANTED TO SEE
00:07:04 BELDEN RETURN TO ITS FORMER GLORY BACK IN THE 90S.
00:07:08 SO I WAS THERE WHEN IT WAS TRULY A FOOD DESTINATION
00:07:12 AND THEY WANT TO RETURN AND SEE SOME OF THE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED
00:07:15 WITH FRONT STREET INTO BELDEN ALLEY.
00:07:16 THIS WOULD BE OUR THIRD ENTERTAINMENT ZONE.
00:07:19 THE OTHER ONE THAT WE HAVE IS GOLD STREET AND JACKSON SQUARE
00:07:23 WHICH WE HOPE TO DO SOMETHING WITH AS WELL.
00:07:27 >> SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THIS IS MAKING
00:07:30 A DIFFERENCE. >> THANK YOU.
00:07:37 >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. I'M SCOTT LANCER, THE DEPUTY
00:07:41 DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE FOR THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:07:42 SIMPLY HERE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT ZONE OF
00:07:46 THE FERRY BUILDING COVERING PORT PROPERTY.
00:07:50 AND JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HUDSON PACIFIC FOR GREAT I
00:07:54 THINK COORDINATION AND OUTREACH WITH SECURITY OPERATIONS
00:07:58 PLANNING AND OTHER THINGS RELATED TO THIS.
00:08:02 AND THE PORT'S VERY EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO DRAW INTEREST
00:08:09 AND EVENTS AND ACTIVATION ON THE WATERFRONT WHICH WE'VE SEEN
00:08:10 GREAT MOMENTUM ON. SO WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE.
00:08:12 >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:08:20 MY NAME IS STILL WATCH. I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER
00:08:23 IN NORTH BEACH AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH BEACH
00:08:24 BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT NORTH
00:08:28 BEACH FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT ZONE.
00:08:29 FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, NORTH BEACH HAS BEEN THE
00:08:31 ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT FOR YEARS GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO
00:08:35 1849. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO MAKE IT
00:08:36 FINALLY OFFICIAL. WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH
00:08:40 THE SUPERVISOR CENTRAL STATION ENTERTAINMENT ZONING DEPARTMENT
00:08:43 TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAD A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
00:08:47 MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO DO THIS IN A SAFE AND ORGANIZED MANNER
00:08:50 SO EVERYBODY CAN HAVE A GOOD TIME INCLUDING FAMILIES.
00:08:54 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A NICE SLOW APPROACH BECAUSE WE'RE AS THE
00:08:57 ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT ALREADY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
00:08:59 EXECUTE THIS CORRECTLY AND HAVE A SAFE AND ENTERTAINING
00:09:02 DISTRICT. FROM HERE ON OUT FOR ANY OTHER
00:09:05 QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO THE NORTH BEACH
00:09:06 BUSINESSES ASSOCIATION ANYTIME. >> THANK YOU.
00:09:16 >> GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS. I'M LILLIAN CHESTER AND I AM
00:09:20 THE DIRECTOR OF EVENTS FOR HUDSON PACIFIC PROPERTIES
00:09:22 REPRESENTING THE FERRY BUILDING.
00:09:24 >> AND I'M HERE TO JUST EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR FOR THE
00:09:28 ENTERTAINMENT ZONES. >> WE HAVE HOSTED A CALENDAR OF
00:09:32 OVER 300 EVENTS AND ACTIVATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE FARMER'S MARKET
00:09:35 AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ADDING THE ENTERTAINMENT ZONE
00:09:37 AND TO THE MIX. WE HAVE BEEN CLOSELY
00:09:40 COORDINATING WITH OUR SECURITY TEAM, OUR MERCHANTS AND REALLY
00:09:43 LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING JUST HOW WE CAN SUPPORT OUR
00:09:47 MERCHANTS AT THE FERRY BUILDING AND BRING FREE ACCESSIBLE
00:09:51 EVENTS TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:09:52 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS
00:10:01 OF THE PUBLIC WHO LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS MATTER?
00:10:04 THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.
00:10:05 THANK YOU. >> SCENE OF THE SPEAKERS PUBLIC
00:10:10 COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. SEE NO OTHER COMMENTS FROM
00:10:13 COLLEAGUES MR. CLERK ON THE MOTION TO AMEND YES AND A
00:10:17 MOTION TO AMEND. VICE CHAIR CHERYL CHERYL I
00:10:24 REMEMBER GENTLEMAN BY MAN I MEAN I CHAIR WALTON I WALTON I
00:10:28 THAT MOTION PASSES WITHOUT OBJECTION THANK YOU MOTION
00:10:29 CARRIES. >> SUPERVISOR CHERYL THANK YOU
00:10:32 CHAIR WALTON I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO SEND THE AMENDED ITEM TO THE
00:10:39 FULL BOARD WITH POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AS A COMMITTEE
00:10:40 REPORT. THANK YOU.
00:10:43 AND ON THAT MOTION, MR. CLERK. YES, ON THAT MOTION VICE CHAIR
00:10:46 CHERYL CHERYL I MEMBER MINIMAL. I.
00:10:50 >> AND I MEAN I CHAIR WALTON I ALTERNATE THAT MOTION PASSES
00:10:54 WITHOUT OBJECTION AS A COMMITTEE REPORT.
00:10:55 THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES.
00:10:58 >> MR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER TWO.
00:11:01 >> ITEM NUMBER TWO IS ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE
00:11:05 CODE TO CREATE THE DOWNTOWN HOSPITALITY ZONE IN THE AREA
00:11:08 BOUNDED BY FIFTH STREET AND FROM FULTON STREET TO
00:11:12 MARKET. CIVIL MAGNET STREET FROM MARKET
00:11:16 TO EDDY STREET. EDDY STREET FROM CYRIL MAGNIN
00:11:17 STREET TO MASON MASON STREET FROM EDDY STREET TO ELLIS
00:11:21 STREET ELLIS STREET FROM MASON STREET TO TAYLOR STREET TAYLOR
00:11:24 STREET FROM LAKE STREET TO POST POST STREET FROM TAYLOR STREET
00:11:30 TO MASON STREET MASON STREET FROM POST STREET TO THE.
00:11:34 TO BUSH STREET BRIDGE STREET FROM MASON STREET TO KEARNEY
00:11:36 KEARNEY STREET FROM BUSH STREET TO MARKET MARKET STREET FROM
00:11:42 THIRD STREET TO SECOND STREET SECOND STREET FROM MARKET
00:11:43 STREET TO FOLSOM STREET AND FOLSOM STREET FROM SECOND
00:11:46 STREET TO FIFTH STREET AND AFFIRMING THE PLANNING
00:11:49 DEPARTMENT. DETERMINATION UNDER THE
00:11:50 CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
00:11:53 THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I KNOW WE WERE JOINED BY
00:11:56 BEN VAN HOOTEN FROM ALDERWOOD. GOOD MORNING.
00:12:00 GOOD MORNING. >> CHAIR WALTON MEMBERS
00:12:04 AND SUPERVISOR SIDER BEN VAN HOUTEN FROM THE OFFICE OF
00:12:08 ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
00:12:09 THIS IS A. >> THIS IS THE DUPLICATE FILE
00:12:13 FROM THE ITEM THAT WAS HEARD BY THIS COMMITTEE I THINK ABOUT
00:12:17 THREE WEEKS AGO AT THIS POINT AS I JUST AGAIN TO RESTATE THE
00:12:20 BACK STORY THIS IS LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGISLATION
00:12:24 FOR SENATE BILL 395 WHICH WAS AUTHOR LAST YEAR BY SENATOR
00:12:28 WIENER WHICH ENABLES THE CITY TO DESIGNATE HIS OWN DOWNTOWN
00:12:33 FOR THE ISSUANCE OF UP TO 20 NONTRANSFERABLE RESTAURANT
00:12:36 LIQUOR LICENSES. THE ORIGINAL ITEM PASSED THE
00:12:37 BOARD DESIGNATING HOSPITALITY ZONE AS AS READ BY THE CLERK
00:12:43 FOR THE ISSUANCE OF UP TO 15 LICENSES.
00:12:45 >> THIS WITH THIS DUPLICATE AND WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT I
00:12:48 HAD SHARED WITH THE COMMITTEE PRIOR TO THIS WE REQUESTING TO
00:12:52 REDUCE THAT NUMBER FROM 15 FURTHER DOWN TO 12 LICENSES.
00:12:57 FOR CONSIDERATION THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
00:12:58 SO. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
00:13:02 AND I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE AMENDMENT
00:13:05 AND MOVING THIS FORWARD. >> THANK YOU.
00:13:09 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. SUPERVISOR SOUDER THANK YOU,
00:13:10 CHAIR AND AGAIN MR. MANHATTAN, THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
00:13:14 YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S EXCITEMENT ABOUT THIS.
00:13:17 THERE'S ALSO SOME CONCERNS FROM EXISTING BUSINESS OWNERS.
00:13:21 AND YOU KNOW, FOR ME I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE
00:13:24 WATCH THIS CLOSELY, SEE HOW THIS ACTUALLY PLAYS OUT.
00:13:28 CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE ROUNDS THAT
00:13:32 THESE ARE ISSUED AND THE TIMELINES WHEN COULD WE EXPECT
00:13:36 TO KNOW HOW THESE ARE PERFORMING?
00:13:37 IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN REPORT BACK ON?
00:13:40 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CERTAINLY WOULD BE
00:13:41 HAPPY TO REPORT BACK ON IT. >> YOU KNOW THE LICENSES ARE
00:13:44 ISSUED UNDER STATE LAW ABC CAN ISSUE UP TO TEN LICENSES THE
00:13:48 FIRST YEAR AND THEN UP TO FIVE IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR OF THIS
00:13:52 PROGRAM. THE LICENSE ISSUANCE WOULD
00:13:56 START WITH A APPLICATION PERIOD IN SEPTEMBER AND.
00:14:00 AND AWARDEES THROUGH THE LICENSING LOTTERY WOULD BE ABLE
00:14:04 TO START MOVING FORWARD LIKELY IN OCTOBER.
00:14:05 >> SO BY BY EARLY NEXT YEAR I MEAN CERTAINLY BEFORE THAT WE
00:14:08 WOULD HAVE SOME INITIAL DATA AROUND HOW MANY APPLICANTS DO
00:14:11 WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE THEY'RE APPLYING FOR AND THEN
00:14:15 OVER THE MONTHS FOLLOWING THAT SO FROM OCTOBER.
00:14:18 INTO EARLY NEXT YEAR WE CAN CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND IDEALLY
00:14:19 WORK WITH FOLKS TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE PERMANENT CHALLENGES.
00:14:23 THAT'S A LONG WAY OF SAYING WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSELY
00:14:26 MONITORING THIS THROUGHOUT IMPLEMENTATION AND WOULD BE
00:14:27 HAPPY TO REPORT BACK IN WHATEVER FORM OR FASHION
00:14:30 MAKES SENSE TO YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:14:34 I KNOW WHAT'S BEFORE THIS BODY TODAY IS CHANGING THE NUMBER
00:14:37 WHICH I'M SUPPORTIVE OF. I KNOW THERE'S ALSO REQUESTS
00:14:38 FOR THE GEOGRAPHY. I THINK THAT'S AT THIS MOMENT I
00:14:42 THINK THAT'S A BIT TOO LIMITING .
00:14:45 SO I'M GLAD THAT'S NOT GOING FORWARD BUT I THINK IT'S A
00:14:46 FUTURE OPTION BASED ON THE PERFORMANCE.
00:14:49 SO THANKS FOR ARTICULATING THAT .
00:14:52 THANK YOU SUPERVISOR ETC.. THANK YOU BEN.
00:14:56 >> SUPERVISOR CHERYL I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR WORKING HARD
00:15:03 ON THIS WITH THE COMMUNITY SUPERVISOR SORTER THANKS FOR
00:15:04 WORKING HARD ON THIS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO ACCEPT THE
00:15:10 AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY IWD TO CHANGE 15 NEW LICENSES TO 12
00:15:16 NEW LICENSES. >> THANK YOU.
00:15:17 SUPERVISOR CHERYL AND WE WILL TAKE UP THAT AMENDMENT AFTER
00:15:21 PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. CLERK YES?
00:15:24 >> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM
00:15:28 SHALL LINE UP TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
00:15:29 EACH SPEAKER WILL ALLOW TWO MINUTES.
00:15:31 ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO LIKE TO COMMENT ON
00:15:33 THIS MATTER? >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
00:15:42 I'M BRIAN SHEEHY, CEO OF FUTURE BARS AND REPRESENTING MY FELLOW
00:15:46 FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPERATORS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
00:15:52 THIS HAS BEEN VERY TROUBLING LEGISLATION AND I DO I REALLY
00:15:56 MUST THANK YOUR RULES COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND SUPERVISOR SATO'S
00:16:00 OFFICE SUPERVISOR SAUTER HIMSELF AND BEN VAN HOUTEN FROM
00:16:04 THE OR EWG FOR LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS AND TAKING ACTION ON
00:16:07 THEM. WE DO APPRECIATE THAT THE
00:16:08 NUMBER OF LICENSES BEING PROPOSED HAS GONE FROM 20 TO
00:16:12 12. HOWEVER WE WOULD ADDITIONALLY
00:16:15 LIKE TO REQUEST THAT ONLY SIX OF THOSE 12 LICENSES BE ISSUED
00:16:19 IN THE FIRST YEAR NOT TEN OUT OF 12 AS SUPERVISOR SAUTER
00:16:22 ALLUDED TO IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO REVIEW AT
00:16:26 THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR HOW THESE SIX NEW LICENSES HAVE
00:16:29 IMPACTED THE COMMUNITY AND PARTICULARLY HOW THEY'VE
00:16:33 IMPACTED EXISTING BUSINESSES. THE MAIN CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE
00:16:37 AS OPERATORS WITH THIS LICENSES THERE ARE STILL 40 FULL LIQUOR
00:16:41 LICENSES PARKED AT THE ABC INDICATING THAT THIS IS AN
00:16:45 OVERSUPPLY OF LICENSES AND AN UNDERSUPPLY OF OPERATORS
00:16:49 IN ADDITION TO THESE 40 LICENSES WE'RE NOW AS A CITY
00:16:53 DROPPING 12 MORE LICENSES POTENTIALLY INTO THE DOWNTOWN
00:16:56 AREA. THE PIE IS ONLY SO BIG AND THE
00:17:00 SLICES ARE VERY, VERY NARROW RIGHT NOW SOME OF OUR LOCATIONS
00:17:03 ARE BARELY HANGING ON AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE SO CONCERNED ABOUT
00:17:07 IT ABOUT THIS WE'RE THE OPERATORS THAT HAVE STUCK IT
00:17:10 OUT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS SINCE THE SINCE THE SHUTDOWN
00:17:13 AND WE HOPE THAT WE'LL BE HERE IN A YEAR TO SEE HOW THE
00:17:14 PROGRAM GOES. >> THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
00:17:20 ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO LIKE
00:17:24 TO COMMENT ON THIS MATTER? THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
00:17:27 SPEAKERS THANK YOU. SEE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.
00:17:31 >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED AND I DO JUST WANT TO THANK MY
00:17:35 COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE AREA AND JUST
00:17:39 WANT EVERYONE TO REMEMBER THAT AS WE TRY TO REVITALIZE
00:17:43 DOWNTOWN AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE WE GET MORE
00:17:47 BUSINESS WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO CONTINUE
00:17:50 TO SUPPORT OUR EXISTING BUSINESSES AND I KNOW EVERYONE
00:17:54 HAS WORKED TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH A SLIGHT COMPROMISE.
00:17:58 >> BUT LIKE SUPERVISOR SOUDER SAID, THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO
00:18:02 BE A WORK IN PROGRESS. WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW HOW
00:18:03 THINGS GO BECAUSE WE WANT THIS TO WORK FOR EVERYONE.
00:18:06 AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO MONITORING AND SEE HOW THIS
00:18:10 GOES OVER OVER THE NEXT YEAR. >> WITH THAT SAID, ON THE
00:18:14 MOTION TO AMEND MR. CLERK YES ON THE MOTION TO AMEND VERY
00:18:20 SURE. CHERYL CHERYL I REMEMBER
00:18:24 MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT I CHAIR WALTON WALTON I THAT MOTION
00:18:27 PASSES WITHOUT OBJECTION. THANK YOU.
00:18:29 MOTION TO AMEND CARRIES. >> SUPERVISOR CHERYL I'D LIKE
00:18:32 TO MAKE A MOTION TO SEND THE AMENDED ITEM TO THE FULL BOARD
00:18:39 WITH POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AND WE INTEND TO DO THIS AS A
00:18:44 COMMITTEE REPORT OR I DON'T SEE IT THERE SO JUST POSITIVE
00:18:46 RECOMMENDATION. YES ON THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND
00:18:48 AS AMENDED. VICE CHAIR CHERYL CHERYL I
00:18:51 REMEMBER AMENDMENT ALL RIGHT AND A MINUTE HERE, WALTON.
00:18:55 WELL TONIGHT THAT MOTION PASSES WITHOUT OBJECTION.
00:18:58 >> THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES.
00:18:59 MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL ITEMS THREE, FOUR AND FIVE
00:19:03 TOGETHER? >> YES.
00:19:09 >> ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A HEARING.
00:19:10 CONSIDER APPOINTING ONE MEMBER TERM ENDING APRIL 30TH, 2030 TO
00:19:13 THE POLICE COMMISSION. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A MOTION
00:19:17 APPROVING REJECTING THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT
00:19:21 OF LAWRENCE LOWE TO THE POLICE COMMISSION FOR A TERM ENDING
00:19:24 APRIL 30TH, 2030. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A MOTION
00:19:27 APPROVING REJECTING THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION FOR THE
00:19:31 REAPPOINTMENT OF MARY SCOTT TO THE POLICE COMMISSIONER FOR A
00:19:34 TERM ENDING APRIL 30TH, 2030. AND JUST TO NOTE REGARDING ITEM
00:19:38 NUMBER THREE DAVID ALBERT ANGEL HAS WITHDRAWN HIS APPLICATION.
00:19:42 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CLERK AND WE WILL GO IN ORDER OF HOW
00:19:48 EACH ITEM APPEARS ON THE AGENDA SO DO WE HAVE KEVIN MICHAEL
00:19:53 BENEDICTO HERE FOR POLICE COMMISSION REAPPOINTMENT.
00:19:57 WANT TO TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF WHY YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO
00:20:01 SERVE AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
00:20:04 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
00:20:05 CHAIR WALTON VICE CHAIR CHERYL AND PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN IT'S AN
00:20:07 HONOR TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REAPPOINTMENT TO THE POLICE
00:20:09 COMMISSION. I'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
00:20:12 ABOUT MY BACKGROUND, SOME OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND PRIORITIES
00:20:15 THAT I THINK WE'VE ACHIEVED IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND WHAT
00:20:17 WHY I WOULD LIKE TO BE REAPPOINTED AND WHAT I THINK WE
00:20:20 COULD WORK ON NEXT. >> PRIOR TO SERVING ON THE
00:20:21 POLICE COMMISSION I SERVED AS PRO BONO COUNSEL TO THE BLUE
00:20:24 RIBBON PANEL OF TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND FAIRNESS
00:20:28 AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVED ON THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF SAN
00:20:31 FRANCISCO'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE TASK FORCE AND IN MY PRO-BONO
00:20:33 CAPACITY ADVISED LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS ACROSS
00:20:36 THE COUNTRY ON POLICY OVERSIGHT AND BEST PRACTICES INCLUDING
00:20:39 ALONGSIDE THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S QUATTRONE CENTER
00:20:43 FOR THE FAIR ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE WHO CONDUCTED A REVIEW
00:20:44 OF THE MADISON, WISCONSIN POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO
00:20:47 THE PROTESTS IN 2020 AFTER THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD IN THESE
00:20:53 CAPACITIES I WORKED WITH SFPD SUBSTANTIALLY EVEN BEFORE BEING
00:20:56 ON THE COMMISSION SERVING ON WORKING GROUPS AND TESTIFYING
00:20:58 AND ATTENDING OVER 50 COMMISSION MEETINGS BEFORE
00:21:02 BEING ON THE COMMISSION WHICH I THINK IS A RECORD SINCE SERVING
00:21:05 ON THE COMMISSION I HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY MY FELLOW
00:21:09 COMMISSIONERS AS COMMISSION VICE PRESIDENT AND I'M NOW THE
00:21:12 SECOND MOST TENURED COMMISSIONER AT A TIME WHEN
00:21:13 MORE THAN HALF OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE NEW.
00:21:15 ADDITIONALLY, IN MY PRIVATE PRACTICE I'M A LITIGATOR
00:21:19 AND FOUNDING PARTNER OF THE LAW FIRM OF BENEDICTO AND SIMUNOVIC
00:21:21 WHICH AMONG OTHER THINGS ADVISES CLIENTS ON ARTIFICIAL
00:21:24 INTELLIGENCE, CYBERSECURITY AND DATA PRIVACY WHICH AS I
00:21:28 SPEEDY HAS WORKED TO MODERNIZE ITS TECHNOLOGY WITH EFFORTS
00:21:31 LIKE DRONES AND OTHER SURVEILLANCE HAS PROVEN VERY
00:21:35 HELPFUL AS THAT PROCESS HAS GOTTEN UNDERWAY, I WANT TO
00:21:38 FOCUS ON A NUMBER OF ACHIEVEMENTS I THINK THE
00:21:42 COMMISSION HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
00:21:45 FIRST AND FOREMOST IS PUBLIC SAFETY LIKE THE MAYOR AND LIKE
00:21:46 THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD.
00:21:50 PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALWAYS FIRST AND FOREMOST A TOP PRIORITY OF
00:21:53 THIS COMMISSION. AS A COMMISSIONER I'VE WORKED
00:21:56 WITH SPD ON A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES FOCUS ON PUBLIC
00:21:59 SAFETY. I MEAN OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT
00:22:00 EVERYTHING THE COMMISSION DOES IS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BUT
00:22:03 SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON REMOVING UNNECESSARY BARRIERS
00:22:07 AND PAPERWORK TO ALLOW OFFICERS TO SPEND MORE TIME DOING THE
00:22:11 COMMUNITY POLICING AND THE HIGH VALUE POLICING THAT OUR
00:22:12 COMMUNITY WANTS. >> FOR EXAMPLE, WE STREAMLINED
00:22:15 THE BODY WORN CAMERA POLICY TO MAINTAIN THE BEST PRACTICE
00:22:19 STANDARDS ON ACCOUNTABILITY BUT REDUCE PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS
00:22:22 ON OUR OFFICERS TO SPEND MORE TIME GETTING BACK ON THE
00:22:24 STREETS AS OPPOSED TO UNNECESSARY DOCUMENTATION SO
00:22:26 THEY CAN FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS ADDITIONALLY, IN THESE LAST
00:22:31 FOUR YEARS THE COMMISSION UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT
00:22:32 CINDY ELIAS AND OUR PRESIDENT DON CLAY HAS BEEN THE MOST
00:22:35 PRODUCTIVE POLICE COMMISSION IN MODERN SAN FRANCISCO
00:22:38 HISTORY. >> S.F. PD IN THESE LAST FOUR
00:22:40 YEARS COMPLETED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COLLABORATIVE
00:22:42 REFORMS AND UPDATE AND MODERNIZED MORE POLICIES
00:22:45 THAT HAVE HAD A REAL RESULTS THAN ANY OTHER TIME IN THE
00:22:48 COMMISSION'S HISTORY. >> I ALSO THINK WE PIONEERED A
00:22:52 MODEL THAT PROVES THAT REFORMS ARE NOT IN CONFLICT WITH PUBLIC
00:22:54 SAFETY AND REFORMS DON'T MEAN LESS POLICING OR POLICING
00:22:59 AND CAN BE DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
00:23:00 COMMUNITY AND THE DEPARTMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, WE PASSED A
00:23:04 LANDMARK POLICY PRIORITIZING CERTAIN PRE-CHECK STOPS IN THE
00:23:07 ATTEMPT TO REDUCE RACIALLY BIASED STOPS AT OUR SPEED.
00:23:11 THIS POLICY INVOLVED UNPRECEDENTED COLLABORATION
00:23:12 WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.
00:23:15 OVER ONE YEAR WE HAD OVER 20 MEETINGS BOTH WITH THE
00:23:18 COMMUNITY AS WELL AS CLOSED DOOR MEETINGS WITH OFFICERS AT
00:23:21 EVERY LEVEL INCLUDING ONES WITHOUT COMMAND STAFF TO GET
00:23:23 HONEST FEEDBACK AND CHANGE THE POLICY MULTIPLE TIMES TO THE
00:23:26 POINT WHERE THE FINAL POLICY WAS SUPPORTED BY BOTH COMMUNITY
00:23:29 ADVOCATES AND CHIEF SCOTT. >> SINCE THAT POLICY HAS BEEN
00:23:33 ADOPTED WE'VE SEEN THE FIRST SET OF DATA AND WE'VE SEEN FOR
00:23:35 THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES A REDUCTION IN RACIAL DISPARITIES
00:23:38 AT THE SAME TIME THAT CRIME HAS GONE DOWN AND TOTAL STOPS HAS
00:23:42 GONE UP. >> WHEN I WAS HERE FOUR YEARS
00:23:46 AGO I PROMISED THE RULES COMMITTEE THEN OF WHICH PRESENT
00:23:47 THERE WAS ALSO ON THAT COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY
00:23:52 ENGAGEMENT WERE TWO OF MY PRIORITIES AS BEING ON THE
00:23:53 COMMISSION AND I BELIEVE AND THOSE WERE CORE TO MY
00:23:56 THEORY OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A COMMISSIONER AND I BELIEVE THAT
00:23:58 AS I'VE DELIVERED ON THOSE I HAVE ATTENDED MORE RIDE ALONGS,
00:24:00 COMMUNITY MEETINGS. I'VE ATTENDED EVERY ACADEMY
00:24:04 GRADUATION EXCEPT ONE WHERE I HAD COVID.
00:24:07 I BELIEVE IT'S CRITICAL THAT COMMISSIONERS UNDERSTAND
00:24:08 AND SHOW RESPECT FOR WHAT OFFICERS DO AND WHAT
00:24:11 COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCE BECAUSE IT MAKES US BETTER COMMISSIONS
00:24:15 AND MAKES THE COMMISSION A MORE RESPONSIVE AND EFFECTIVE BODY.
00:24:18 >> REFORM ONLY WORKS IF OFFICERS AND THE COMMUNITY SEE
00:24:22 THEMSELVES AS PARTNERS IN THE PROCESS AND NOT VICTIMS OF A
00:24:23 TOP DOWN HIERARCHICAL PROCESS. AND I THINK THE COMMISSION HAS
00:24:27 TAKEN GREAT STRIDES TO PARTNER IN THAT REGARD.
00:24:30 FINALLY, I WANT TO SPEND A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE
00:24:33 IMPORTANT COMMISSION WORK THAT IS LESS PUBLIC WHICH IS THE
00:24:35 DISCIPLINE AND OFFICER AND IN FAIRNESS DISCIPLINE IS ONE OF
00:24:41 THE MOST IMPORTANT BEHIND THE SCENES ROLES THAT COMMISSIONERS
00:24:42 DO. WE HOLD INCREDIBLE
00:24:44 RESPONSIBILITY THE LIVELIHOODS OF THESE OFFICERS AND THEIR
00:24:46 CAREERS AND ENTERTAINING VERY SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AND IT'S
00:24:49 IMPORTANT THAT WE APPROACH THEM WITH FAIRNESS, IMPARTIALITY
00:24:53 AND A CONSISTENT PROCEDURE. I'VE WORKED WITH WITH THE POWER
00:24:56 DISCIPLINE TEAM, WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WITH THE
00:24:59 COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE ALL THE DISCIPLINE CASES ARE GOING
00:25:01 THROUGH SMOOTHLY. I'M PROUD THAT THE COMMISSION
00:25:04 HAS SUCCESSFULLY CLEARED A SUBSTANTIAL BACKLOG OF CASES
00:25:07 AND HAVE CONDUCTED A NUMBER AND SETTLED AND RESOLVED A
00:25:11 NUMBER OF DISCIPLINE CASES. FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT
00:25:12 MY PRIORITIES IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL THE
00:25:18 SUPERVISORS I'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE DEPARTMENT'S AT A TIME
00:25:20 OF TRANSITION THE DOJ REFORMS ARE CONSIDERED COMPLETED.
00:25:22 WE HAVE A NEW MAYOR. WE HAVE A NEW CHIEF, WE HAVE A
00:25:26 LARGELY NEW COMMISSION AND I THINK THAT THERE IS STILL WORK
00:25:28 TO BE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THE POSITIVE
00:25:30 MOMENTUM WE'VE BUILT AND CONTINUE TO BE THE BEST
00:25:33 DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY THAT WE CAN BE.
00:25:36 ONE EXAMPLE IS CONTINUING TO MODERNIZE OUR POLICIES FOR
00:25:40 EXAMPLE, THE POLICIES ON FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVITIES CONTINUE
00:25:42 TO MAKE SURE OUR POLICIES MAKE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN SAN
00:25:45 FRANCISCO FEEL SAFE. BUT THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE
00:25:48 GIVEN THE HOSTILE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
00:25:50 AND ISSUES AROUND PROTESTS THAT MAKE MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY FEEL
00:25:53 UNSAFE TO KEEP MOMENTUM ON PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES BOTH BIG
00:25:57 ISSUES SUCH AS HOMICIDES AND SMALL ISSUES AS QUALITY OF
00:26:00 LIFE. >> WE JUST GRADUATED THE
00:26:01 LARGEST ACADEMY A CLASS IN OVER A DECADE.
00:26:04 SO CONTINUING THAT MOMENTUM AND LARGER ACADEMY CLASSES
00:26:07 AND ENSURING THAT ALL THE PROGRESS THE DEPARTMENT HAS
00:26:09 MADE CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD. >> I'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A
00:26:13 MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE MANY MEMBERS OF THE
00:26:16 COMMUNITY WHO PROVIDE A WRITTEN COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF MY
00:26:19 REAPPOINTMENT. I FEEL VERY INCREDIBLY
00:26:20 PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THE SUPPORT AND I PARTICULARLY THE BREADTH
00:26:24 OF THE SUPPORT FROM GROUPS FROM THE CHINESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY,
00:26:28 THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY, THE PUBLIC DEFENDER,
00:26:31 FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:26:32 I THINK I IT WAS VERY LIKE I SAID, COLLABORATION
00:26:35 AND COMMUNITY WAS A BIG PRIORITY OF MINE AND TO SEE THE
00:26:39 BREADTH OF SUPPORT FOR MY REAPPOINTMENT WAS A VALIDATION
00:26:42 THAT THE COMMISSION DOES NOT HAVE TO BE IN OPPOSITION TO
00:26:45 IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE ITS GOALS AND IT CAN BE A PARTNER AND IT
00:26:49 CAN BE COLLABORATIVE. >> WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO
00:26:51 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE SUPERVISORS.
00:26:53 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONER AT THIS TIME I
00:26:57 DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES SO WE
00:27:00 WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND BRING UP LAWRENCE LOWE.
00:27:18 >> GOOD MORNING CHAIR WILL AND GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT
00:27:23 MADELINE SUPERVISOR CHERYL JUST LIKE TO TAKE A SECOND TO SEND
00:27:28 MY BEST WISHES TO OUR INJURED POLICE OFFICER.
00:27:32 I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT HE AND HIS FAMILY RECOVER QUICKLY
00:27:36 AS A SAD TRAGEDY ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE
00:27:42 WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. I AM VERY HONORED TO HAVE BEEN
00:27:44 NOMINATED TO THE POLICE COMMISSION BY MAYOR LAURIE
00:27:47 AND I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO REVIEW THAT NOMINATION
00:27:53 . I WANT TO MAKE THREE POINTS
00:27:54 DURING MY REMARKS. THE FIRST IS TO GIVE YOU A
00:27:58 LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AND TO EXPLAIN WHY I AM INTERESTED
00:28:01 IN SERVING ON THE POLICE COMMISSION.
00:28:02 I'M A LONG TERM LONG TIME RESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:28:09 BORN IN BERKELEY MOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO WHEN I WAS IN THE
00:28:13 THIRD GRADE. MY FATHER PURCHASED A HOUSE
00:28:17 IN DIAMOND HEIGHTS FROM THE CITY BECAUSE HE COULD NOT FIND
00:28:21 A HOMEOWNER WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO SELL TO A CHINESE
00:28:22 PERSON IN THE 1960S. I'M A PROUD GRADUATE OF THE SAN
00:28:29 FRANCISCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLARENDON BAPTIST AND LOWELL
00:28:36 AND FOLLOWING THAT I WENT TO UC BERKELEY WHERE AFTER TWO
00:28:40 INTERNS IN WASHINGTON D.C. DECIDED VERY MUCH TO COME BACK
00:28:45 TO SAN FRANCISCO BECAUSE I FOUND THAT TO BE MY COMMUNITY.
00:28:48 I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR SAN FRANCISCO FOR THE VALUES THAT
00:28:52 IT HAS SHAPED MY LIFE AND THE LIFE OF MY FAMILY AND TO SHOW
00:28:59 THAT GRATITUDE I HAVE INVESTED IN A GREAT DEAL OF NONPROFIT
00:29:04 WORK. I HAVE SERVED AS THE OFFICER
00:29:07 AND BOARD MEMBER OVER 15 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT
00:29:11 HAVE SERVED THE COMMUNITIES ALL COMMUNITIES OF SAN FRANCISCO
00:29:15 EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PARKS
00:29:22 AND HERITAGE SITES, ARTS AND MUSEUMS AND TO STEM GUN
00:29:26 VIOLENCE. SECOND POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE
00:29:30 IS SOME OF THE SKILLS THAT I HAVE ACQUIRED OVER MY YEARS AS
00:29:33 A LAWYER, EDUCATOR AND NONPROFIT LEADER THAT I
00:29:37 THINK WILL STAND ME WELL FOR SPUR FOR SERVICE ON ON THE
00:29:41 COMMISSION. THE FIRST IS CONFLICT
00:29:42 RESOLUTION. FOR TEN YEARS ONE OF MY JOBS
00:29:45 DAILY TASKS WAS TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS.
00:29:49 I THINK OF MYSELF AS A AS A LISTENER WHO PROVIDES GREAT
00:29:53 EMPATHY, LISTENS TO ALL SIDES AND MAKES DECISIONS CONSIDERING
00:30:00 ALL THE EQUITIES THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED.
00:30:03 I'M NOT AFRAID TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS.
00:30:05 THEY AREN'T ALWAYS POPULAR BUT I HOPE THEY ARE ULTIMATELY AT
00:30:08 THE END RESPECTED FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING.
00:30:12 SECOND IS POLICY. I'VE OFTEN HAVE FOUND MYSELF
00:30:16 IN THE ROLE OF HAVING TO STATE 2 OR 3 STEPS AHEAD OF GROWING
00:30:19 TRENDS AND PRACTICES AND HAVE TO DEVISE POLICIES THAT
00:30:25 CONTINUE TO FOSTER INNOVATION CREATIVITY.
00:30:29 BUT AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDE CHECKS AND BALANCES TO ENSURE
00:30:31 THAT THE ANY ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES ARE MITIGATED.
00:30:37 AND THIRD THING IS GOVERNANCE. >> I THROUGHOUT MY PRACTICE I
00:30:41 WAS ADVISING BOARDS OF DIRECTORS AND LEADERS OF
00:30:46 ENTITIES AND I AND I BELIEVE THAT AS THE CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
00:30:52 AT MY FIRM I WAS THE GUARDIAN OF THAT GOVERNANCE AND NOT ONLY
00:30:56 DID I HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES OF A
00:30:59 CALIFORNIA PARTNERSHIP BUT ALSO HAD TO UNDERSTAND THOSE
00:31:01 GOVERNANCE PRACTICES IN ALL THE JURISDICTIONS IN WHICH THE FIRM
00:31:04 OPERATED. EUROPE AND AND IN ASIA.
00:31:11 >> THE LAST THING I THIRD POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A TRANSFER
00:31:15 MARKS IS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW I WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH
00:31:18 SERVICE ON THE COMMISSION PARTNERSHIP.
00:31:22 IT'S A COMMISSION IS A CRITICAL CIVIL CIVIC BOARD AND IT IS
00:31:26 IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THAT THERE IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
00:31:31 THE POLICE THE COMMISSION AND THE COMMUNITIES.
00:31:35 I PROPOSE I HOPE TO FOSTER THAT I THINK THAT PARTNERSHIPS ARE
00:31:39 CRITICAL CRITICAL TO PARTNERSHIPS AND THE FOUNDATION
00:31:43 OF THEM IS TRUST AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A COMMON GROUND
00:31:49 IN THE CURRENT LACONIC CURRENT COMMON GROUND STRIVING FOR
00:31:53 PUBLIC SAFETY AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE BASIS ON WHICH
00:31:58 TO TRY TO BUILD TRUST. >> COMMUNITIES ARE TO BE SERVED
00:32:04 AND AND THAT SERVICE NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIVE, TRANSPARENT
00:32:08 AND UNBIASED. THE POLICE DESERVE TO BE
00:32:12 SUPPORTED. THEY NEED TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY
00:32:13 AND THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY DO THEIR POSITION.
00:32:17 BUT WITH THAT SUPPORT COMES OF COURSE ACCOUNTABILITY
00:32:23 AND TRANSPARENCY THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO
00:32:24 HAVE. AGAIN, THAT TRUST I THINK SAN
00:32:28 FRANCISCO CURRENTLY IS ON THE REBOUND.
00:32:31 CLEARLY THE STATISTICS ARE INDICATING CRIME RATES ARE
00:32:35 DECLINING AND DOWN AND I THINK PUBLIC SENTIMENT AROUND PUBLIC
00:32:39 SAFETY IS RESONATING THROUGH ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES.
00:32:46 I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW AND STUDY
00:32:50 WHAT IS DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT AND WHAT IS GOING WELL
00:32:54 AND TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO FOSTER THAT THAT MOMENTUM
00:32:58 AND DEVELOP AND IMPROVE WHERE WE ARE.
00:33:01 SO I AGAIN THANK YOU FOR FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR MY
00:33:06 NOMINATION. >> HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
00:33:07 QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU AGAIN.
00:33:13 >> THANK YOU, MR. LOWE. I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS OR
00:33:17 COMMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES SO WE WILL BRING UP COMMISSIONER
00:33:21 SCOTT FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE. AND I DO WANT TO THANK MR. LOWE
00:33:25 FOR MENTIONING AS WE ARE HERE HAVING A HEARING WE DID HAVE AN
00:33:29 OFFICER WHO WAS SHOT LATE LAST NIGHT EARLY THIS MORNING.
00:33:32 I HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL WITH THE MAYOR VERY,
00:33:36 VERY LATE LAST NIGHT EARLY IN THE MORNING AS SHE WAS GOING
00:33:43 INTO SURGERY. AND SO OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH
00:33:44 HER. WE KNOW THAT OUR OFFICERS PUT
00:33:47 THEIR LIVES IN DANGER JUST TO SAVE THE CITY AND MAKE SURE
00:33:51 PEOPLE ARE SAFE AND WE UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF
00:33:52 THEIR JOB. BUT ALL OF OUR PRAYERS
00:33:55 AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH THIS OFFICER AS HE WAS SHOT IN THE
00:33:59 LINE OF DUTY AND I JUST TOOK THE CALL WITH THE MAYOR.
00:34:00 THAT'S WHY I WALKED OUT. AND SO WE'RE HOPING FOR THE
00:34:03 BEST. WHILE SHE IS IN SURGERY RIGHT
00:34:06 NOW. THANK YOU, MS..
00:34:07 THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SCOTT. OKAY.
00:34:17 >> GOOD MORNING. PRESIDENT DIMON CHAIRMAN SHAMAR
00:34:25 WALTON AND SUPERVISOR CHERYL. >> IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE THIS
00:34:29 MORNING. BEFORE YOU AS I COME TO THIS
00:34:35 HONORABLE GESTURE IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO SERVE ON
00:34:42 THIS COMMISSION. I'VE HAD A OF EXPERIENCE BUT 30
00:34:46 YEARS IN THE MAKING. AS YOU KNOW I COME FROM A
00:34:50 BACKGROUND OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION HERE
00:34:57 IN SAN FRANCISCO. IT'LL BE 30 YEARS THIS YEAR
00:35:01 THAT I LOST MY YOUNGEST SON TO GUN VIOLENCE AND HAVE SERVED AS
00:35:05 THE CALIFORNIA BODY PRESIDENT AND GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
00:35:12 LEGISLATION AND HELPING TO CURVE AND MAKE US TO SAFER SAN
00:35:17 FRANCISCO GEARED TOWARD PUBLIC SAFETY HAS BEEN THE NUMBER ONE
00:35:23 PRIORITY AS MAYOR LAURIE HAS INITIATED AND THAT IS MY GOAL
00:35:27 THAT PUBLIC SAFETY BE NUMBER ONE HERE IN THE CITY.
00:35:33 I COME FROM SERVING ON BOTH SIDES.
00:35:37 >> I DON'T I DON'T TAKE SIDES. I TAKE ACTION.
00:35:42 SO PUBLIC SAFETY IS ABOUT ALL OF US.
00:35:45 >> NONE OF US. AND MY SERVICE ON THE
00:35:47 COMMISSION IS TO BRING AND BRIDGE THE GAP BRIDGES TO
00:35:50 BRIDGE THE GAPS THAT'S NEEDED IN THIS CITY BETWEEN LAW
00:35:54 ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE DEFINITELY IS
00:36:00 ONE AREA THAT WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS IN.
00:36:01 THANKS TO FORMER CHIEF SCOTT WHO OPENED THE DOORS TO US
00:36:07 AND HELPED TO CHANGE SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT WERE PUT
00:36:11 IN PLACE AND NOW IT'S AN HONOR TO WORK WITH CHIEF LEW AS WELL
00:36:15 TO CONTINUE THAT LEGACY SO THAT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN AND SCHOOLS
00:36:22 ,OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS LIKE
00:36:26 YOURSELVES AND EVERYBODY COULD FEEL SAFE IN OUR COMMUNITY
00:36:31 BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT ALL OF US. SO NONE OF US AT THE END OF THE
00:36:35 DAY AND I HAVE TO WEIGH A MEASURE WAY A MEASURE IS THAT
00:36:39 WE MEASURE WHAT'S BEST FOR THE SERVICE AS AS THE POLICE
00:36:43 COMMISSIONER. WE MEASURE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
00:36:47 THAT'S IN PLACE WAY A MEASURE HOW YOU COOPERATE AND RESPOND
00:36:53 TO THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE THE WAY A MEASURE ALL
00:36:58 OF THAT AND THE THING IS IS BUILD THE RELATIONSHIP.
00:37:01 MY GOAL IS TO BUILD CONTINUE TO BUILD THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE
00:37:03 HAVE BUILT IN THIS COMMUNITY BUT BUILD A SENSE OF TRUST.
00:37:06 >> HOPE, DIGNITY AND RESPECT ON ALL SIDES WHILE AT THE SAME
00:37:12 TIME ACCOUNTABILITY HOLDING EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE.
00:37:17 AND THAT MEANS NOT ONLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT ALSO THE
00:37:20 PUBLIC AS WELL. >> ACCOUNTABILITY IS VERY
00:37:24 IMPORTANT TO ME ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE BECAUSE THAT'S
00:37:28 WHERE YOU BRIDGE THE GAP. THAT'S WHAT COMMUNITIES COME
00:37:32 TOGETHER. >> THAT'S WHERE YOU SIT AT THE
00:37:33 TABLE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON TOGETHER TO COME UP
00:37:37 WITH THE BEST SOLUTIONS FOR THIS CITY.
00:37:40 AND MY GOAL IS TO CONTINUE SERVING ON THE POLICE
00:37:44 COMMISSION TO BRIDGE THOSE GAPS, BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS
00:37:48 ,LET FOLKS KNOW YOU HAVE A VOICE.
00:37:49 YOU HAVE A VOICE. WE WE'RE ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS
00:37:52 THE POLICE, THE PUBLIC SERVANTS AND WE ARE PUBLIC SERVICE TO
00:37:56 YOU. BUT AT THE SAME TIME BUILD
00:37:59 AND STRENGTHEN A COMMUNITY AS WELL TO BUILD THAT TRUST
00:38:03 IN THAT THE GAPS THAT ARE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW THAT
00:38:07 SEPARATES US AND KEEPS US APART.
00:38:08 WE'VE DONE GREAT HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH POLICE
00:38:11 ACCOUNTABILITY, WITH THE COMMUNITY, WITH BUILDING
00:38:14 RELATIONSHIPS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE
00:38:18 IN THOSE TOWN HALL MEETINGS TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH
00:38:22 ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SVP UNITED PLAYERS AND OTHERS TO HELP US
00:38:26 CONTINUE THIS WORK. WOOD BRADY UNITED AGAINST GUN
00:38:29 VIOLENCE. MOTHERS IN CHARGE.
00:38:32 ALL OF US YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY I WANT MY
00:38:37 SON TO COME HOME AND I WANT TO TELL SON AND YOUR DAUGHTER TO
00:38:38 GO HOME. AND I ALSO WANT THAT OFFICER TO
00:38:41 GO HOME TO HIS FAMILY. THAT IS WHAT WE'RE AFTER.
00:38:44 WE'RE AFTER RIGHT NOW. RECRUITING.
00:38:48 RECRUITING MORE WOMEN MORE MEN. YOUNG PEOPLE TO SERVE ON THE
00:38:52 POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BECOME THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
00:38:56 DON'T TALK ABOUT IT. BE ABOUT IT.
00:38:59 THAT IS ONE OF MY GOALS AS WELL AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING
00:39:01 RIGHT NOW ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE WHICH IS BEING A POLICE
00:39:03 OFFICER THAT USED TO BE A STIGMA, A HORRIBLE STIGMA
00:39:08 AND AS WE KNOW BECAUSE OF PAST ACTIONS AND THINGS THAT HAVE
00:39:11 OCCURRED RIGHT NOW, WE'RE CHANGING THAT FACE.
00:39:14 >> WE'RE CHANGING THE FACE OF THAT.
00:39:15 MORE PEOPLE COMING FORWARD NOW. MORE YOUNG WOMEN, YOUNG MEN
00:39:18 COMING FORWARD. I WANTED TO BECOME POLICE
00:39:22 OFFICERS BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND NOW IT'S NOT JUST
00:39:25 ABOUT CARRYING A BADGE OR AND AND HAVING HAVING A BADGE
00:39:29 AND CARRYING A GUN IS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.
00:39:30 IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING YOUR COMMUNITY.
00:39:33 IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVE.
00:39:36 AND SAN FRANCISCO IS A CITY OF DIVERSITY.
00:39:37 WE HAVE DONE A LOT, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CITY.
00:39:41 I LOVE IT IS THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:39:45 IT'S THE CITY THAT HAS DONE MAJOR CHANGES ACROSS THE
00:39:49 COUNTRY. NO ONE HAS DONE WHAT WE HAVE
00:39:52 DONE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO AS WE CONTINUE TO DO.
00:39:55 YOU KNOW, WE WERE THE FIRST TO DO MANY THINGS AND WE WILL
00:39:59 CONTINUE BEING THE FIRST TO DO MANY THINGS MANY GREAT THINGS.
00:40:02 AND SERVING ON THIS COMMISSION IS ONE OF MY GOALS IS TO HELP
00:40:06 CONTINUE THOSE CHANGES FOR PROGRESS, FOR SUCCESS, FOR
00:40:10 SAFETY, FOR RESPECT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SERVICE
00:40:14 AND FOR JUSTICE. >> JUSTICE FOR ALL NOT JUST FOR
00:40:18 SOME BUT JUSTICE FOR ALL ON BOTH SIDES BECAUSE THERE'S
00:40:22 ALWAYS A WE MUST STOP THE KILLING AND START THE HEALING.
00:40:26 AND THIS IS HOW WE DO IT. WE START THE HEALING BY COMING
00:40:30 TO THE TABLE BY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, BY STRENGTHENING
00:40:34 COMMUNITIES, BY EMPOWERING THOSE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE
00:40:38 BETTER SERVANTS, TO HAVE UNDERSTANDING WITH ONE ANOTHER
00:40:44 AND RESPECT. I'VE SERVED IN HELPING TO THE
00:40:48 PROGRAM THAT WAS CALLED STOP AND FRISK.
00:40:52 >> AS YOU REMEMBER, CHAIRMAN WALTER, WHEN YOU HAD ALL THOSE
00:40:56 STOPS IN THE BAYVIEW ON THIS POINT AREA, OUR YOUNG MEN WERE
00:40:59 ANGRY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF BEING STOPPED AND FRISKED ALL
00:41:04 THE TIME. YOU KNOW, STOP THEM BY BEING
00:41:05 BLACK OR STOP THEM MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, LATINO OR A PERSON OF
00:41:08 COLOR. WELL, THAT HAS CHANGED AND IS
00:41:11 GOING TO CONTINUE TO CHANGE. YOU KNOW, WE WON'T HAVE ANY
00:41:14 MORE INSIDIOUS ON THE MUNI CAR OF OUR MUNI AS THE YOUNG MAN
00:41:18 WAS STOPPED. ONE OF MY MOTHER'S SONS WILL
00:41:22 STOP IN AND OVER TRANSFER AND HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED.
00:41:27 >> THOSE THINGS WE HAVE PULLED DOWN WE HAVE DEFINITELY MADE
00:41:30 PROGRESS. >> AND OFFICER INVOLVED SOON AS
00:41:33 WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WE
00:41:35 HAVE MADE PROGRESS ON ACCOUNT ACCOUNTABLE POLICE
00:41:37 ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS IN COMMUNITY
00:41:41 ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE WILL CONTINUE DOING THAT.
00:41:42 >> THAT IS MY GOAL. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
00:41:45 THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
00:41:48 >> AND I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
00:41:50 COLLEAGUES SO WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS THREE,
00:41:53 FOUR AND FIVE. YES MEMBERS THE PUBLIC WILL
00:41:57 SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS SHOULD LINE UP TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
00:42:00 EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES.
00:42:01 THERE'LL BE A SOFT CHIME WHEN YOU HAVE 30S LEFT AND A LOT OF
00:42:04 TIME WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
00:42:08 >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS AND YES MY NAME IS DALE MINAMI.
00:42:12 I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF LARRY LO APPOINTMENT TO THE
00:42:16 POLICE COMMISSION. BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION I'VE
00:42:20 BEEN AN ATTORNEY IN THE BAY AREA FOR OVER 5050 YEARS.
00:42:23 IT SEEMS LIKE JUST 5050 YEARS. >> BUT I WANTED TO SPEAK ON HIS
00:42:30 BEHALF BECAUSE I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR SOME TIME.
00:42:34 AND BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION I HELPED FOUND THE ASIAN LAW
00:42:38 CAUCUS WHICH IS A COMMUNITY INTEREST LAW FIRM.
00:42:39 I ALSO HELPED FOUND THE ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION WHICH
00:42:42 HAS OVER A THOUSAND LAWYERS ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LAWYERS
00:42:45 HERE IN THE BAY AREA. BUT BEFORE I WAS A LAWYER I WAS
00:42:49 A TEACHER. I WAS A LECTURER AT THE
00:42:53 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY.
00:42:56 I TAUGHT ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES AND THAT'S WHERE I MET LARRY
00:42:57 LAW. HE WAS A STUDENT IN MY CLASS
00:43:01 AND AND AN EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF HIS
00:43:07 BRAINS BUT BECAUSE HE HAD A CAPACITY FOR RELATING TO
00:43:11 PEOPLE. HE HAD A GRACIOUSNESS THAT WAS
00:43:14 SUPERNATURAL ALMOST. AND AS A RESULT WE BECAME
00:43:19 FRIENDS. >> WE STAYED IN TOUCH OVER THE
00:43:20 LAST 50 YEARS. I WATCHED HIS TRAJECTORY
00:43:22 AND THE TRAJECTORY IS PRETTY REMARKABLE.
00:43:26 NOT JUST IN PROFESSIONAL WORK BUT IN COMMUNITY WORK.
00:43:30 HE DEDICATED SO MUCH TIME TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS
00:43:34 ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY BUT FAR BEYOND THE ASIAN-AMERICAN
00:43:37 COMMUNITY. >> AND LARRY REMINDS ME OF TWO
00:43:41 OTHER REMARKABLE PEOPLE. >> ONE WAS HIS FATHER, JUSTICE
00:43:44 HARRY LOWELL, WHO WAS A WELL-KNOWN JURIST IN SAN
00:43:48 FRANCISCO WITH INTEGRITY WITH OF WITH INTELLECT AND THE SAME
00:43:56 GRACE. THE OTHER PERSON IS HIS MOTHER
00:43:59 MAYLING WHO IMBUED HIM WITH THOSE SAME QUALITIES.
00:44:04 SO BY WAY OF GENETICS, BY WAY OF ENVIRONMENT, THIS IS A NO
00:44:08 BRAINER. >> THANK YOU.
00:44:15 >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS PRESIDENT MADELINE CHAIR WALTON
00:44:19 AND SUPERVISOR CHERYL. MY NAME IS CLEARLY I'VE BEEN A
00:44:23 RESIDENT OF THE CITY SINCE 1994.
00:44:26 I'M CURRENTLY A PARTNER IN THE LAW FIRM OF GOLDFARB
00:44:29 AND LITTMAN AND I FORMALLY SERVE THE CITY AS A DEPUTY CITY
00:44:32 ATTORNEY FROM 2004 THROUGH 2013.
00:44:33 >> I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF LAURENCE LOWE'S NOMINATION WHOM
00:44:38 I'LL REFER TO AS LARRY. >> I'VE KNOWN LARRY FOR ALMOST
00:44:41 30 YEARS. IN 1998 LARRY CO-FOUNDED THE
00:44:44 SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE OF THE LARGE SEATTLE BASED LAW FIRM
00:44:48 PRESTON GATES AND ELLIS AND I JOINED THE FIRM THAT YEAR.
00:44:52 WE WORKED TOGETHER UNTIL 2004 WHEN I JOINED THE CITY
00:44:55 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. WE'VE KEPT IN TOUCH OVER THE
00:44:58 YEARS AND THESE DAYS IN MY ROLE AS PRESIDENT OF THE ASIAN
00:45:02 AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION AND LAW FOUNDATION, I'M HONORED
00:45:04 TO ADMINISTER A FELLOWSHIP FOR LAW STUDENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE
00:45:07 LOWE FAMILY IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER, THE LATE JUSTICE HARRY
00:45:11 LOWE. >> LARRY WOULD BRING TO THE
00:45:14 POLICE COMMISSION A STEADY HAND ,A LISTENING EAR AND A SENSE
00:45:18 OF FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE. HE WAS A LEADER FROM THE GET GO
00:45:22 AT PRESTON. AFTER FOUNDING THE OFFICE,
00:45:25 LARRY WAS IMMEDIATELY ASKED TO BE ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
00:45:26 OF THE ENTIRE FIRM WHICH HAS SEVERAL HUNDRED LAWYERS
00:45:30 IN SEVERAL CITIES AND THEN SERVED AS THE MANAGING PARTNER
00:45:33 OF OUR OFFICE. >> HIS LEADERSHIP STYLE IS NOT
00:45:36 ONE OF BLUSTERY SOUNDBITES BUT OF CALMNESS AND EMPATHY
00:45:40 AND COMBINED WITH THE ABILITY TO LISTEN TO ALL STAKEHOLDERS,
00:45:44 ASK CRITICAL QUESTIONS AND MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS.
00:45:47 >> THESE QUALITIES ALONG WITH HIS BUSINESS AND GOVERNANCE
00:45:49 EXPERIENCE HAVE SERVED HIM VERY WELL IN HIS POSITIONS OF
00:45:52 SERVICE IN LAW NONPROFIT. >> HIS STRONG SENSE OF JUSTICE
00:45:56 COMPELLED HIM TO TEACH AS WELL AT STANFORD WITH HIS EXPERIENCE
00:46:04 ,ACUMEN AND INTEGRITY. >> LARRY IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF
00:46:05 PERSON WE NEED ON A COMMISSION OF SUCH CRITICAL IMPORTANCE.
00:46:08 THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.
00:46:18 GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.
00:46:21 MY NAME IS ARLENE DRUMMER AND I'M A RETIRED SAN FRANCISCO
00:46:25 POLICE OFFICER. BEEN RETIRED FOR 26 YEARS.
00:46:29 I WORKED FOR 25 YEARS. MY COLLEAGUES ARE SUPPOSED TO
00:46:33 BE IN FRONT OF ME BUT ONE OBVIOUS WAY IN THE BACK.
00:46:36 AND THAT'S CAPTAIN SYLVIA HARPER RETIRED GUARD
00:46:40 AND CAPTAIN YOLANDA WILLIAMS. I'LL JUST HAVE A FEW WORDS TO
00:46:41 SAY BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF TALKING.
00:46:44 AS A MEMBER OF THE OFFICE OF A JUSTICE I MADE A COMMITMENT
00:46:47 SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
00:46:51 BENEDICTO. >> I'M IN SUPPORT OF BENEDICTO.
00:46:55 I MADE A COMMITMENT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO TO ATTEND A
00:46:58 WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEETING OF THE POLICE COMMISSION MEETING.
00:47:01 I SAT QUIETLY EACH WEDNESDAY OBSERVING AND LISTENING TO THE
00:47:05 PROCEEDINGS. I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE
00:47:06 COMMIT WITH COMMISSIONER BENEDICTO AND I AM IN TOTAL
00:47:10 SUPPORT OF HIM BEING REAPPOINTED AND HIS CONTINUING
00:47:13 CONCERN ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
00:47:17 FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS I'VE BEEN IN PHYSICAL
00:47:19 THERAPY. I HAD A TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT
00:47:21 BUT I WILL BE BACK AND WILL BE PUTTING MY INPUT.
00:47:25 I'VE BEEN SITTING QUIETLY BUT I WILL BE PUTTING MY INPUT INPUT
00:47:28 ON SEVERAL ITEMS THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT SO AGAIN I SAY
00:47:33 I'M IN SUPPORT AND I'M A REST OF MY MINISTERS TO COME ON.
00:47:36 >> YEAH. GOOD.
00:47:37 GOOD MORNING. I WENT TO BE IN THE BACK TO YOU
00:47:41 KNOW, FOR FAIRNESS I DID GET UP LAST.
00:47:44 SO THANK YOU, ARLENE. GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT
00:47:47 AND BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
00:47:49 SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OF KEVIN BENITA BENEDICTO.
00:47:52 I'M SORRY AND SYLVIA HARPER ON A RETIRED SAN FRANCISCO POLICE
00:47:57 DEPARTMENT COMMANDER AND CAPTAIN.
00:47:59 I SERVED FOR ALMOST 32 YEARS IN ALL FOUR OF THE BARRELS THE
00:48:03 AIRPORT PATROL INVESTIGATION AND ADMIN.
00:48:07 SO I KNOW POLICE OFFICERS AND HOW THEY PERFORM GOOD
00:48:11 PEOPLE MANY OF THEM AND ALSO THOUGH A PROUD MEMBER OF THE
00:48:15 OFFICERS FOR JUSTICE, WHICH IS A MINORITY PEACE OFFICERS
00:48:18 ASSOCIATION UNION THAT WAS BASICALLY IT WAS ORGANIZED TO
00:48:22 ADDRESS BIAS AND ACCOUNTABLE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BACK
00:48:27 IN THE 70S ON A PRODUCT OF THAT CONSENT DECREE BUT MOSTLY ON
00:48:33 HERE BECAUSE I AM A RESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO MY FAMILY AND I
00:48:38 WERE BORN AND RAISED IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:48:39 CURRENTLY WE LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO SO WE FILL DISTRICT
00:48:45 TEN BY THE WAY AND SO WE FEEL AND SEE THE IMPACT OF THE
00:48:48 POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HOW THEY OPERATE.
00:48:52 >> KEVIN BENEDICTO HE HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT HE HAS EARNED
00:48:56 THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SIT ON THE POLICE COMMISSION
00:48:57 BOARD BECAUSE HE IS THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB.
00:49:01 HE KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE POSITION AS IT PROVIDES POLICE
00:49:04 OVERSIGHT AND REFORMS AND HE GOVERNS THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:49:08 POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE LISTENS TO THE COMMUNITY
00:49:11 AND TO THE POLICE AND HE CONTRIBUTES HE IS INVOLVED
00:49:15 IN THE COMMUNITY. HE HAS THE APPROPRIATE
00:49:16 BACKGROUND AS HE'S AN EXPERIENCED CIVIL RIGHTS
00:49:19 ATTORNEY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVOCATE.
00:49:20 HE HAS SERVED ON THE POLICE COMMISSION PRIOR AND KNOWS HOW
00:49:24 TO COLLABORATE, WORK WITH THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, THE POLICE
00:49:28 AND THE PUBLIC. AND HE IS JUST TO ACCOMPLISH
00:49:32 ALL THE TASKS THAT ARE PUT FORTH AND TO BRING THE
00:49:35 DEPARTMENT INTO THE MODERN TIMES.
00:49:36 HE IS APPROACHABLE AND PERSONABLE.
00:49:39 HE MARCHES. HE'S OUT IN THE PUBLIC WITH THE
00:49:42 PUBLIC. >> WITH THE PUBLIC.
00:49:43 OKAY. >> ARLENE'S TIME.
00:49:47 THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY.
00:49:48 THANK YOU. DO I GET A FEW MOMENTS?
00:49:51 >> OH, IT'S TWO MINUTES. YES.
00:49:52 OH, OKAY. I THINK IT EXTRA MINUTE.
00:49:55 >> OKAY. >> GOOD MORNING.
00:49:58 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS YOLANDA WILLIAMS.
00:50:02 I'M A NATIVE SAN FRANCISCAN, RETIRED CAPTAIN OF THE SAN
00:50:05 FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT. 32 YEARS OF SERVICE.
00:50:06 I'M CURRENTLY THE PRESIDENT EMERITUS OF OFFICERS FOR
00:50:09 JUSTICE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ACP SAN FRANCISCO BRANCH
00:50:13 AND THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE FOR
00:50:17 THE NAACP. I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS OUR
00:50:21 ORGANIZATION STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF KEVIN
00:50:22 BENEDICT. OUT TO THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE
00:50:24 COMMISSION. THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE BENEDICTO
00:50:26 HAS BEEN A STEADFAST ADVOCATE AND A PROPONENT OF REFORM
00:50:29 WITHIN THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
00:50:33 HE IS ACTIVELY ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY ENSURING THAT OUR
00:50:37 CONCERNS AND ISSUES RELATED TO POLICE PRACTICES ARE HEARD
00:50:40 AND ADDRESSED. MOREOVER, HE HAS CONSISTENTLY
00:50:42 ATTENDED COMMUNITY EVENTS WHEN INVITED DEMONSTRATING HIS
00:50:45 COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY, INCLUSION AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
00:50:49 COMMISSIONER BENEDICTO IS ONE OF THE FEW DEDICATED POLICE
00:50:52 COMMISSIONERS WE CAN STRONGLY CONSTANTLY RELY ON AND HE
00:50:56 LISTENS TO OUR VOICES AND HE WORKS DILIGENTLY TO EFFECT
00:51:00 MEANINGFUL CHANGE. SERVING AS A POLICE
00:51:01 COMMISSIONER FOR SUCH A LARGE DIVERSE METROPOLITAN CITY IS
00:51:05 NOT AN EASY TASK. BUT BENEDICTO HAS SHOWN HIS
00:51:08 INTEGRITY, DEDICATION AND STRONG MORAL COMPASS THAT
00:51:12 HAS CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE STABILITY OF THE POLICE
00:51:15 COMMISSION. FOR THESE REASONS I STRONGLY
00:51:17 URGE YOU TO REAPPOINT KEVIN BENEDICTO TO THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:51:20 POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO ENSURE WE CONTINUE TO MOVE
00:51:26 FORWARD WITH THOSE 276 REFORM INITIATIVES.
00:51:30 HE IS THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AND I HOPE HE WILL ALSO BE YOURS.
00:51:33 >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING.
00:51:41 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS CORRINE RUIZ HESTER
00:51:45 AND I'VE BEEN A TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR IN SCHOOLS
00:51:48 K-12 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND INTERNATIONALLY.
00:51:52 >> I'VE KNOWN LARRY LOW. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
00:51:53 LAWRENCE LOW. LARRY I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR NEARLY
00:51:56 30 YEARS AND CAME TO KNOW HIM AS THE BOARD CHAIR FOR THE
00:51:59 HAMLIN SCHOOL IN SAN FRANCISCO A SCHOOL WITH 150 YEAR HISTORY
00:52:03 IN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND WHERE I SERVED AS HEAD OF
00:52:06 SCHOOL FROM 1997 TO 2007. LARRY WAS MY DIRECT SUPERVISOR
00:52:12 AND SO HE EVALUATED MY WORK AND ENSURED THAT THE SCHOOL WAS
00:52:14 THRIVING OVERALL. FROM THE OUTSET OF MY MEETING
00:52:17 AND WORKING WITH LARRY, IT WAS EVIDENT THAT HIS LEADERSHIP WAS
00:52:22 DEFINED BY HIS COMMITMENT TO THE HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS.
00:52:25 HIS ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE COMPLEX ISSUES.
00:52:29 HIS ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND COMMUNICATE CLEARLY THE
00:52:33 FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES AT HAND IN ANY GIVEN SITUATION.
00:52:36 HE HANDLED EVERY MEETING AND INTERACTION WITH EQUAL
00:52:37 MEASURES OF INTELLIGENCE, BACKBONE, COMMON SENSE
00:52:41 AND COMPASSION AND ALSO GOOD HUMOR.
00:52:45 >> IN LARRY WE HAD A LEADER TO ADMIRE AND TO EMULATE
00:52:49 AND CERTAINLY ONE WE COULD TRUST.
00:52:50 SO IT IS A TRUE HONOR FOR ME TO COME BEFORE YOU
00:52:54 ENTHUSIASTICALLY AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY TO SUPPORT
00:52:57 THE NOMINATION OF LARRY LOWE TO THE POLICE COMMISSION FOR THE
00:53:00 CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. >> YOU'VE YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT
00:53:01 HIS BROAD RANGE OF NONPROFIT CONTRIBUTIONS AND LEADERSHIP
00:53:07 THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. >> IT IS CLEAR THAT HE HAS USED
00:53:12 HIS COMBINED EXPERTISE IN LAW AND BUSINESS TO SUPPORT A
00:53:16 REMARKABLE ARRAY OF CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS.
00:53:18 HIS CARE AND CONCERN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR WOULD BE
00:53:21 GERMANE TO THIS APPOINTMENT. IN SUMMARY I CAN THINK OF NO
00:53:27 ONE WHO WOULD BE BETTER SUITED THAN LARRY LOWE TO BRING A
00:53:28 DISCIPLINED MIND, AN EXPERIENCED HAND AND AN OPEN
00:53:31 HEART TO THE SERIOUS AND IMPORTANT TOPICS THAT COME
00:53:35 BEFORE THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE COMMISSION.
00:53:38 HE HAS MY FULL CONFIDENCE AND GREAT ENTHUSIASM AND I
00:53:39 WOULD URGE HIS NOMINATION BE CONFIRMED.
00:53:43 >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING.
00:53:46 MY NAME IS BUCK GEE AND BY WAY OF BIO I SPENT 35 YEARS
00:53:53 IN SILICON VALLEY IN HIGH TECH. MY LAST JOB BEING GENERAL
00:53:56 MANAGER VICE PRESIDENT AT CISCO SYSTEMS.
00:53:57 >> BUT THE LAST 20 YEARS I SPENT IN NONPROFITS MOSTLY
00:54:01 SERVING THE ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
00:54:03 >> AND I'VE KNOWN LARRY FOR OVER TEN YEARS DOING THAT
00:54:05 PROBABLY THAT THAT THE PROBABLY THE BEST WELL-KNOWN NONPROFIT
00:54:09 ON BOARD ON NOW I'M ON THE FAR BOARDS IT'S CMAC THE CHINATOWN
00:54:13 READ IN ARTS COLLECTIVE THE JUST ACQUIRED THE EMPRESS OF
00:54:17 CHINA LAST MONTH. >> BUT BUT I'VE SEEN LARRY I
00:54:20 CAN SEE LARRY EXHIBIT THE CHARACTERS AS HE TALKED ABOUT
00:54:24 BEING A CALM LEGAL ADVISOR AND BEING DEALING WITH CONFLICT
00:54:30 . FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS BOARD CHAIR
00:54:31 OF ANGEL ISLAND AND HE WAS ON THE BOARD FOR 410 YEARS AGO.
00:54:34 >> AND AND AT THE TIME A TIME OF FINANCIAL CRISIS THE BOARD
00:54:39 SETTLED DOWN AND SAID WE WILL SEE THIS ORGANIZATION AND IT'S
00:54:43 JUST TODAY BECAUSE WE COMMITTED AS AN ORGANIZATION TO SAVE THE
00:54:46 ORGANIZATION. >> I'VE SEEN HIM DEAL WITH
00:54:49 CONFLICT BECAUSE I'M ALSO ON AN ORGANIZATION CALLED COMMITTEE
00:54:53 100 AND THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THERE WAS INTERNAL INTERNAL
00:54:56 CONFLICT. AND LARRY WAS ONE OF THE MORE
00:54:58 ONE OF THE MORE CALM PEOPLE DEALING WITH THAT.
00:55:00 SO SO IN TERMS OF DEALING WITH CONFLICT ON THE COMMISSION, I
00:55:03 CAN ATTEST THAT HE HAS A CHARACTER THAT HE TALKS ABOUT.
00:55:05 >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CITY LEADERS.
00:55:13 >> MY NAME IS JESUS LARA. I'M SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT
00:55:17 DISTRICT ONE. I WANT TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE
00:55:21 THINGS THAT STRUCK ME ABOUT MAYOR LURIE AND IS QUOTE WE'RE
00:55:24 MAKING REAL PROGRESS ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:55:28 AND LARRY LOW'S DECADES OF LEADERSHIP ACROSS LAW BUSINESS
00:55:31 IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR WILL HELP US KEEP THAT MOMENTUM
00:55:35 GOING. I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
00:55:36 WHERE I LIVE NEAR IT'S YOU KNOW, GOLDEN GATE PARK RIGHT
00:55:40 OFF OF OUR PARK PRESIDIO ON 14TH AVENUE AND ANZA THE NUMBER
00:55:44 OF SUITCASES THAT I DON'T HAVE TO STUMBLE ACROSS ANYMORE.
00:55:48 CAR BREAK INS, ALL OF THAT. I CAN DEFINITELY ATTEST TO THAT
00:55:54 43% DROP IN CRIME THAT IS GOING ON IN THE CITY.
00:55:59 I MET LARRY ABOUT 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO THROUGH NON-PROFITS.
00:56:03 I'M MY CO-CHAIR AND I WE WERE CALLED VICE PRESIDENT OF
00:56:07 STUDENT AFFAIRS FOR AN ORGANIZATION CALLED A SON
00:56:10 LEADERSHIP. AND LOOKING AT REDRAFTING THE
00:56:13 CHARTER FOR CHARTER TEMPLATE FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE OUR
00:56:18 AFFILIATE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO READ A
00:56:20 COUPLE OF THINGS FROM THAT. BOTH MY CO-CHAIR GLORIA LEE,
00:56:25 LONGTIME AIDE TO FIONA MOORE'S OFFICE AND I DRAFTED HERE.
00:56:28 HE HAS BEEN A STRONG SUPPORTER FOR AAPI PROFESSIONALS
00:56:32 AND BUSINESS OWNERS ESPECIALLY DURING HIS TENURE AS ASCEND
00:56:35 CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER. HE PERSONALLY MENTORED
00:56:37 AND TRAINED NUMEROUS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, CONNECTED THEM
00:56:41 TO PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES TO HELP THEM EXCEL IN CORPORATE
00:56:44 AMERICA. AND ARE DEDICATED NUMEROUS
00:56:47 HOURS TO RECOGNIZING AND EMPOWERING AAPI LEADERS.
00:56:48 I KNOW THAT LARRY IS THE RIGHT PERSON TO BE ON THIS COMMISSION
00:56:54 JUST GOING BEYOND THAT. COMING TO SAN FRANCISCO IN 1972
00:56:58 SO I KNOW HE'S THE RIGHT PERSON TO BE FAIR, HUMBLE AND ALSO,
00:57:02 YOU KNOW, OBJECTIVE. THANK YOU.
00:57:08 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN WALTON AND PRESIDENT MENDELSOHN
00:57:12 AND SUPERVISOR CHERYL. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS
00:57:16 MORNING. MY NAME IS PAUL SCHNELL.
00:57:17 I'M A RETIRED SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT CAPTAIN WHO
00:57:20 FORMERLY COMMANDED THE BAYVIEW STATION, THE INGLESIDE STATION,
00:57:25 THE TERRYVILLE STATION AND ALSO COMMANDED THE INVESTIGATIONS
00:57:28 BUREAU COMPRISING OF HOMICIDE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, ROBBERY
00:57:32 AND OTHER INVESTIGATIVE UNITS. FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS I HAVE
00:57:36 BEEN THE LEGAL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE SAN
00:57:39 FRANCISCO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION IN THAT CAPACITY
00:57:42 I'VE KNOWN COMMISSIONER KEVIN BENEDICTO.
00:57:47 HE HAS BEEN A STRONG SUPPORTER OF RECENT POLICE REFORMS SOME
00:57:51 OF WHICH THE POEA HAD AN ADVERSARIAL ROLE.
00:57:54 BUT I MUST SAY THAT WE SUPPORTED MOST OF THEM AND WHEN
00:57:58 WE DID DISAGREE THE COMMISSIONER LISTEN TO US.
00:58:02 HE WAS RECEPTIVE TO OUR POINT OF VIEW AND THE FINAL PRODUCT
00:58:06 OUR REFORMS THAT WE CONTINUE TO EMBRACE.
00:58:10 THE COMMISSIONER IS A STALWART ADHERENT OF FAIR
00:58:14 AND PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE. I'VE WORKED WITH HIM ON
00:58:17 MULTIPLE DISCIPLINE CASES AND HE HAS BEEN TOTALLY
00:58:21 PROFESSIONAL IN THAT REGARD. >> HE HAS BEEN INDEFATIGABLE
00:58:26 IN REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS THROUGHOUT SAN
00:58:29 FRANCISCO ABOUT MANY ASPECTS OF POLICING.
00:58:33 HE IS AN ASSET TO THE POLICE COMMISSION AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY
00:58:36 SUPPORT HIS REAPPOINTMENT. MY FORMER COLLEAGUES WHO JUST
00:58:40 SPOKE TO YOU I CERTAINLY JOIN WITH THEIR COMMENTS.
00:58:44 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
00:58:47 I HOPE THAT YOU ALSO SUPPORT COMMISSIONER SCOTT WHO'S
00:58:51 INVALUABLE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE FUTURE
00:58:55 COMMISSIONER LOWE IF CONFIRMED BY THE BOARD.
00:58:56 THANKS AGAIN. GOOD MORNING AGAIN
00:59:02 COMMISSIONERS KEVIN BENEDICTO BUT HERE AS JUST A SAN
00:59:07 FRANCISCO RESIDENT SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF COMMISSIONER
00:59:10 SCOTT AS WELL AS THE APPOINTMENT OF LARRY LOWE TO
00:59:13 THE COMMISSION I STRONGLY SUPPORT BOTH THEIR
00:59:14 APPOINTMENTS. I'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER
00:59:17 SCOTT. IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO
00:59:18 SERVE WITH COMMISSIONER SCOTT FOR THE LAST YEAR.
00:59:21 SHE HAS DECADES OF HISTORY AS AS A TIRELESS AND RELENTLESS
00:59:26 COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO HAVE THAT
00:59:30 EXPERIENCE ON THE COMMISSION SINCE SHE SERVED ON THE
00:59:33 COMMISSION. I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HELP HER
00:59:34 GET ADJUSTED TO SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE DISCIPLINE CASES
00:59:37 AND HAVE HELPED ATTEND SOME OF HER EARLY CASE MANAGEMENT
00:59:41 CONFERENCES AND STATUS CALLS. >> BUT VERY QUICKLY SHE DIDN'T
00:59:44 EVEN NEED THE TRAINING WHEELS SHE TOOK TO IT SO NATURALLY
00:59:45 AND DID A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH ALL OF OUR CASES.
00:59:48 I THINK I SAT IN ON 1 OR 2 OF HER CALLS AND THEN SHE WAS OFF
00:59:52 AND RUNNING. >> ADDITIONALLY, COMMISSIONER
00:59:53 SCOTT AND I SHARE THE SAME COMMITMENT TO BRING THE
00:59:56 COMMISSION TO THE COMMUNITY ALONGSIDE COMMISSIONER SCOTT.
00:59:59 WE THEN COMMISSION EVENTS AT THIRD BAPTIST CHURCH AND OTHER
01:00:02 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE
01:00:03 BRINGING THE COMMISSION TO THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S BEEN AN
01:00:07 HONOR TO GO TO THIRD BAPTIST WITH HER AND TO MARCH ALONGSIDE
01:00:10 HER AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY PARADE AND OTHER EVENTS.
01:00:13 >> I ALSO AM HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE APPOINTMENT
01:00:15 OF LARRY LOWE. HE COMES FROM AN INCREDIBLE
01:00:18 FAMILY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS THEIR FATHER WAS A TRAILBLAZER AND A
01:00:22 TITAN OF LEGAL COMMUNITY. HIS BROTHER ALAN SERVES ON THE
01:00:26 FIRE COMMISSION. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE HAVING ALAN
01:00:29 SPEAK AND INTRODUCE ME AT MY OWN SWEARING IN AT THE
01:00:30 COMMISSION FOUR YEARS AGO. >> HE HAS AN INCREDIBLE TRACK
01:00:34 RECORD AS A LAWYER PRACTICING LAW AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS
01:00:38 AND ADMINISTERING A NONPROFIT TO THE HIGHEST LEVELS AND I
01:00:41 LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO TAP THAT INCREDIBLE EXPERTISE
01:00:45 AS THE COMMISSION CONTINUES TO PROVIDE ITS ROLE.
01:00:48 AND I HOPE THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO SERVE ALONGSIDE COMMISSIONER
01:00:50 SCOTT AND LARRY LOWE AS WELL. >> THANK YOU.
01:00:56 >> GOOD MORNING. >> RULES COMMITTEE SUPERVISOR
01:01:00 CHERYL WALTON THE MANAGEMENT BEFORE I GET TO THE MEAT OF WHY
01:01:04 I'M HERE TODAY, I DO WANT TO OUTLOUD EXPRESS MY THANKS TO
01:01:08 COMMISSIONER BENEDICTO FOR INCLUDING CONNECTOR CONNECTED
01:01:12 S.F. IN HIS PROCESS TO VET OUT THOROUGH FEEDBACK ON THE HIRING
01:01:20 PROCESS WHICH WOULD BE OUR NEXT CHIEF AND CHIEF LOU THANK YOU
01:01:23 COMMISSIONER BENEDICTO HE DOES. HE DOES HE IS VERY ACTIVE
01:01:27 IN THE COMMUNITY BUT WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS FOR THE BETTER
01:01:31 LOOKING BOTH BROTHER AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT.
01:01:35 >> WE'RE HERE TO SERVE. SCUSE ME.
01:01:36 WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT LAWRENCE LOWE.
01:01:38 LARRY LOWE. HE WILL BRING BALANCE
01:01:43 ACCOUNTABILITY, CONSISTENCY, TOUGH DECISION MAKING.
01:01:46 I KNOW THOSE ARE A LOT OF BUZZ WORDS BUT I TRUST HIM TO THE
01:01:50 POLICE COMMISSION. >> HE'S A CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND
01:01:56 AND WITH NOTHING BUT THE BEST OF HIM.
01:01:58 >> AND WE APPRECIATE MAYOR LURIE FOR APPOINTING
01:02:01 LARRY LOWE. >> ALL RIGHT.
01:02:08 GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS CRYSTAL VANN AND I'M
01:02:13 THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER AT CHINESE FOR
01:02:16 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND I WORK CLOSELY WITH THE LANGUAGE
01:02:20 ACCESS NETWORK OF SAN FRANCISCO CITY SUPPORTS THE REAPPOINTMENT
01:02:23 OF FORMER COMMISSIONER KEVIN BENEDICTO SEE WORKS TO PROTECT
01:02:27 THE CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS AND LIMITED
01:02:30 ENGLISH PROFICIENT INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING LANGUAGE ACCESS.
01:02:34 SAN FRANCISCO'S LANGUAGE ACCESS POLICY IS SEEN NATIONALLY AS A
01:02:38 GOLD STANDARD AND WE WANTED TO ENSURE THE CITY'S POLICE
01:02:40 DEPARTMENT FULFILLS THAT CRITERION.
01:02:43 >> CAA AND LAN S.F. WORKED WITH FORMER COMMISSIONER BENEDICTO
01:02:47 TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPROVE S.F. PD'S LANGUAGE ACCESS POLICY
01:02:51 IN A CITY AS LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE AS SAN FRANCISCO WHERE
01:02:55 20% OF THE POPULATION SPEAKS LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH
01:02:59 PROVIDING MEANINGFUL LANGUAGE ACCESS IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE
01:03:03 PUBLIC SAFETY. >> FORMER COMMISSIONER
01:03:06 BENEDICTO UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE ACCESS
01:03:07 AND FOUGHT TO ENSURE THE POLICY REFLECTED THE DEPARTMENT'S
01:03:11 COMMITMENT TO HIGH QUALITY LANGUAGE SERVICES.
01:03:14 HE IMPROVED THE POLICY ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITIES WHILE
01:03:18 OPERATING WITH PROFESSIONALISM TOWARDS HIS COLLEAGUES
01:03:22 AND BEING RESPECTFUL AND COLLABORATIVE WITH S.F. PD
01:03:25 . WITH THESE AFOREMENTIONED
01:03:26 REASONS WE BELIEVE FORMER COMMISSIONER BENEDICTO IS WELL
01:03:29 SUITED FOR ANOTHER TERM ON THE POLICE COMMISSION AND WE
01:03:33 RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR VOTE IN SUPPORT OF FORMER
01:03:37 COMMISSIONER KEVIN BENEDICTUS. APPLICATION TO THE POLICE
01:03:41 COMMISSION. ADDITIONALLY, WE ALSO RECOMMEND
01:03:45 THE COMMITTEE TO CONFIRM COMMISSIONER SCOTT'S
01:03:46 REAPPOINTMENT. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO MEET WITH
01:03:50 COMMISSIONER SCOTT ON LANGUAGE ACCESS AND WE APPRECIATE THE
01:03:53 TIME SHE TOOK TO MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HER PUBLIC
01:03:56 COMMENTS IN FAVOR OF A ROBUST LANGUAGE ACCESS POLICY.
01:03:57 >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING CHAIR WARDEN
01:04:06 PRESENT MEASUREMENTS OF A VICE CHAIR.
01:04:11 MY NAME IS JOSE AND I ALSO SERVE ON THE IMMIGRANT RIGHT
01:04:14 COMMISSION AND OTHER WORK SCA. CHINESE FIVE AND ACTION.
01:04:18 >> TODAY I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF C A C A URGE TO COMMITTEE TO
01:04:22 REAPPOINT FORMER COMMISSIONER CALVIN BENEDICTO TO THE POLICE
01:04:26 COMMISSION. >> OUR PEOPLE LIMITED ENGLISH
01:04:30 PROFICIENCY ALREADY FACE MULTIPLE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING
01:04:34 PUBLIC SERVICES AND THESE CHALLENGES HAVE ONLY
01:04:35 EXASPERATED BY DEFERRED OR ADMISSIONS AND LAWFUL ACTION TO
01:04:42 DISMANTLE LANGUAGE RIGHTS AND TERRORIZE IMMIGRANT
01:04:43 COMMUNITIES IN OUR CITY. A STRONG LANGUAGE ACCESS POLICY
01:04:46 SEND A CLEAR MEASURE TO SOME IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY YOU CAN
01:04:50 SAFELY REPORT CRIMES AND ASK FOR HELP WITHOUT FEAR OR
01:04:54 CONFUSION. >> AS COMMISSIONER RICE
01:04:57 PRESIDENT COMMISSIONER BENEDICT DRAWS SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY
01:05:01 LANGUAGE ACCESS RECOMMENDATION WERE CRITICAL IN SECURING A
01:05:02 MEANINGFUL AND HOW FOUR AMENDMENT TO SPEEDY'S LANGUAGE
01:05:06 ACCESS POLICY. >> HIS TIMELY SUPPORT MEANS TO
01:05:10 CREASE OUR AP POPULATION WHICH REPRESENT 20% OF OUR CITY'S
01:05:15 POPULATION. WE HAVE TO RIGHTS PROTECTOR
01:05:18 AND HAVE TRUST THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN MEET THEIR
01:05:21 UNIQUE LANGUAGE AND SAFETY NEEDS DURING THIS TIME ON THE
01:05:26 POLICE COMMISSION. COMMISSIONER CANDIDATES
01:05:27 HIGHLIGHT COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE ELEVATED KEY CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE
01:05:33 AND MEANINGFULLY ENHANCED THE COMMISSION'S POLICY MAKING
01:05:34 PROCESS. WE RESPECTFULLY URGE YOUR
01:05:38 SUPPORTING IN HERS. WE APPOINTMENT TO THE POLICE
01:05:41 COMMISSION. ADDITIONALLY WE WOULD ALSO LIKE
01:05:44 DEFENSE COMMISSIONER SCOTT FOR HER SUPPORT OF LANGUAGE ACCESS
01:05:48 AND LIFTING UP THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING MEANINGFUL
01:05:49 TRANSLATION INTERPRETATION FOR SMALL LANGUAGE GROUPS IN OUR
01:05:53 CITY. WE RECOMMEND THE COMMITTEE TO
01:05:56 CONFIRM HER WE APPOINTMENT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
01:06:00 WITH HER AND OR THE COMMISSIONER ON THE BOARD TO
01:06:01 IMPLEMENT A SUCCESSFUL LANGUAGE ACCESS POLICY AT CPD.
01:06:05 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU.
01:06:08 AND BEFORE NEXT SPEAKER I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE IF
01:06:12 YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN IN PUBLIC COMMENT YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED
01:06:16 TO SPEAK AGAIN. EVERYBODY HAS ONE TIME TO COME
01:06:19 UP AND SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:06:20 >> SO MY APOLOGIES. >> BUT PUBLIC COMMENT IS ALWAYS
01:06:27 TWO MINUTES FOR EVERYBODY AND WE DID SAY PUBLIC COMMENT
01:06:29 FOR ITEMS THREE, FOUR AND FIVE TOGETHER.
01:06:31 MY APOLOGIES BUT I CANNOT ALLOW SOMEONE ELSE TO COME UP
01:06:34 AND SPEAK TWICE. >> THANK YOU.
01:06:38 GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JOHN KWO.
01:06:42 I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF IN FAVOR OF LORI LOWE'S
01:06:43 APPOINTMENT TO THE POLICE COMMISSION.
01:06:46 I AM BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION. I AM THE RETIRED GENERAL
01:06:50 COUNSEL OF SEVERAL FORTUNE 1000 COMPANIES AND NOW I SERVE ON
01:06:54 BOARDS BOTH COMPANY BOARDS AS WELL AS NONPROFIT BOARDS
01:06:58 INCLUDING THE BOARD OF THE INSTITUTE ON AGING IN SAN
01:07:01 FRANCISCO. I'VE KNOWN LORI NOW FOR
01:07:04 APPROXIMATELY TEN YEARS BUT I KNOW LARRY MOST FAMILIAR
01:07:08 FAMILIARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF TWO THINGS.
01:07:12 ONE IS CO TEACHING THE ASIAN AMERICAN LAW COURSE AT STANFORD
01:07:16 LAW SCHOOL AND THE SECOND IS WORKING WITH LARRY AT ASCEND,
01:07:19 WHICH IS THE LARGEST AAPI PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION
01:07:23 IN NORTH AMERICA AND IN PARTICULAR ON A TEN BY 25
01:07:29 INITIATIVE FOR BOARD DIVERSITY. BOTH OF THESE EXEMPLIFY LARRY'S
01:07:33 CORE VALUES OF BEING A MENTOR AND GIVING BACK SO THAT OTHERS
01:07:37 CAN FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS. I SAW LARRY'S PASSION IN HIS
01:07:42 WORK WITH THE STANFORD STUDENTS FROM SHARING HIS FAMILY'S
01:07:46 PERSONAL STORIES AT ANGEL ISLAND TO BRING THE HISTORY TO
01:07:49 LIFE TO HIS MENTORSHIP AND COACHING OF THE STUDENTS
01:07:56 IN THE SOFT SKILLS THAT THEY DON'T TEACH IN LAW SCHOOL.
01:07:59 SIMILARLY, LARRY'S UNFLAGGING ENERGY HELPED LAUNCH THE TEN BY
01:08:04 25 INITIATIVE WHICH HAS BEEN SO MEANINGFUL IN TERMS OF BOARD
01:08:08 DIVERSITY AND CREATING A PIPELINE OF DIVERSE BOARD
01:08:11 CANDIDATES. SO IT IS THROUGH THIS
01:08:12 INSTRUCTION INTERACTIONS THAT I KNOW LARRY TO BE A VERY
01:08:16 THOUGHTFUL PERSON WHO DOES NOT JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS BUT WILL
01:08:20 WEIGH FACTS IN TOTALITY AND UNDERSTAND IMPLICATIONS.
01:08:24 HE'S ALSO COLLABORATIVE AND TRUSTED COLLEAGUE WHO SEEKS
01:08:27 TO FIND CONSENSUS AND COMMON GROUND.
01:08:30 AT THE SAME TIME HIS DEEP INTEGRITY HE IS NOT AFRAID TO
01:08:34 SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER AND TO OFFER CONTROL AND VIEWS.
01:08:37 SO I THINK THAT HE WOULD BE A TERRIFIC ASSET TO THE
01:08:39 COMMISSION. THANK YOU.
01:08:40 >> THANK. >> COMMISSIONER SCOTT IS HERE
01:08:48 TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THEN VICE PRESIDENT BENEDICTO.
01:08:55 >> I WANT TO SAY THAT HE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL FOR SOMEONE LIKE
01:09:03 ME COMING INTO THE COMMISSION. >> THIS NEW HE HAS TAUGHT ME SO
01:09:07 MUCH AND I LOVE WHAT HE DOES IN THE COMMUNITY.
01:09:12 I LOVE WHAT HE DOES WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
01:09:15 I LOVE EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS DEMONSTRATED AS A COMMISSIONER
01:09:18 AND I'M JUST HERE TO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF THAT YOU HOPEFULLY
01:09:22 REAPPOINT HIM BECAUSE WE NEED SOMEONE LIKE HIM TO CONTINUE TO
01:09:26 SERVE AS OUR CITY HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:09:28 HE HAS HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY AND HAS DEFINITELY HELPED OUR
01:09:31 ENTIRE POLICE COMMISSION BUT DEFINITELY SOMEONE THAT CARES
01:09:37 ABOUT WHAT HE DOES CARES ABOUT THE CITY, CARES ABOUT BOTH
01:09:42 SIDES OF THE ISSUES AND INNOVATIVE WHEN IT COMES TO
01:09:46 POLICIES CREATE A NEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT'S GOING TO
01:09:50 BENEFIT ALL OF US AND KEEPING OUR CITY AS THE MAYOR SAID,
01:09:53 PUBLIC SAFETY BEING NUMBER ONE. SO AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY
01:09:58 WELCOME TO OUR NEW COMMISSIONER SO WE'LL SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF.
01:10:02 OBVIOUSLY I HAVEN'T MET HIM IN PERSON BUT HIS RECORD SPEAKS
01:10:05 FOR ITSELF. >> SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE
01:10:09 ANOTHER GREAT S.F. PD POLICE COMMISSION.
01:10:12 >> THANK YOU. >> >> HI.
01:10:19 I LIKE TO USE THE OVERHEAD AS I SPEAK.
01:10:23 I AM HERE FOR KEVIN BACON DETTO MARY SCOTT AND OUR NEW PERSON
01:10:31 THAT'S GOING TO BE A REAPPOINTED.
01:10:34 >> I'M HERE. I COME TO THE POLICE COMMISSION
01:10:38 . I'D LIKE TO USE THE OVERHEAD.
01:10:39 CONCERNING MY SON AND OTHER MOTHERS.
01:10:43 EVERY EVERY WEDNESDAY I'VE BEEN AT MY SON'S BEEN MURDER FOR
01:10:47 LIKE HE'S BEEN GONE FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW.
01:10:50 AUGUST 14TH WILL BE THE ANNIVERSARY AND IT'S COMING UP.
01:10:54 I AM THERE BECAUSE I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT HELPED BROUGHT
01:11:02 BRING THE NEW LAW FOR AT THE POLICE COMMISSION FOUR WAYS TO
01:11:06 PAY TIPSTERS NOW. I HAVE A $250,000 REWARD FOR
01:11:09 FOR MY SON. >> HERE IS OTHER HOMICIDE
01:11:13 VICTIMS THAT HAVE BEEN MURDERED AND CASES AREN'T SOLVED AND AS
01:11:20 WELL IS MARY SCOTT SON RIGHT HERE?
01:11:23 SO I WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW THE REAPPOINTMENT OF OF THEM
01:11:27 ALL BECAUSE THEY HAVE HELPED ME I HAVE A SHERRY RELATIONSHIP
01:11:31 WITH MATTY SCOTT BECAUSE WE BOTH LOST OUR SON KEVIN
01:11:32 BENEDICTO HAVE BEEN THERE. HE'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT US
01:11:39 MOTHERS. I THANK THEM FOR HELPING ME
01:11:40 GETTING MY SON'S NAME ON. ON THE CORNER OF GROVE
01:11:47 AND BAKER I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE SO I APPRECIATE THEM BEING
01:11:51 THERE EVERY YEAR FOR THE FOR THE RE VISUAL LOOK AT ALL THE
01:11:55 UNSOLVED HOMICIDES. >> THIS IS WHAT THE
01:11:59 PERPETRATORS LEFT US WITH. THAT'S WHY I SAY THE POLICE
01:12:02 COMMISSION KIND OF BENEDICTO AND ALL OF THEM HELP ME.
01:12:06 THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO SEE AND THIS IS WHAT MOTHERS HAVE
01:12:09 TO GO THROUGH EVERY TIME AND WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE THEM TO BE
01:12:13 THERE. >> THEY LISTEN.
01:12:14 THEY'RE NOT JUST ON OUR PHONES LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES.
01:12:17 THEY LISTEN TO US. KEVIN BENEDICTO, MATTIE SCOTT
01:12:20 AND ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE ON THERE PLEASE REELECT.
01:12:24 >> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF
01:12:32 THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS
01:12:39 AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS PLEASE LINE UP TO THE
01:12:43 RIGHT OF THE PODIUM ARE LEFT. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.
01:12:47 I JUST ARRIVED AT CITY HALL WELL I CALL IT SILLY HALL SO
01:12:54 ALL THE APPOINTMENTS I APPROVE OF IT AND I WILL BE APPEARING
01:12:58 AT THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS THIS WEDNESDAY NEXT WEDNESDAY
01:13:02 TO ACT SOME FAVORS FOR THE FILLMORE COTO INVESTORS FIRST
01:13:07 ANNUAL WHITE HORSE AWARDS THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON
01:13:11 THE 19TH. I'M SO PROUD OF THAT HISTORICAL
01:13:14 SITUATION SO BUT I'M HERE SUPPORTING WHATEVER COMMISSION
01:13:18 IS THAT ARE HERE. I'M SORRY I HAVE JUST GOT HERE
01:13:20 SO MY NAME IS ACE. I'M ON THE CASE.
01:13:23 I'M THE FILLMORE QUARTER AMBASSADOR.
01:13:25 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:13:29 SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSE AND I AM
01:13:33 GOING TO CALL ON FIRST OUR GUEST SUPERVISOR CONNIE CHAN.
01:13:41 >> THANK YOU CHAIR WALTON AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
01:13:45 ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AT THIS MOMENT AND I JUST WANTED TO
01:13:49 REALLY VOICE MY SUPPORT FIRST FOR OUR VICE PRESIDENT
01:13:56 COMMISSION VICE PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONER KEVIN
01:13:58 BENEDICTO FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HE
01:14:02 HAS DONE. I THINK HE HAS REALLY
01:14:04 APPROACHED A WORK WITH A BALANCED APPROACH UNDERSTANDING
01:14:09 THAT THERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY CAN THEY'RE
01:14:13 NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT
01:14:17 CAN BE DONE THAT SAME TIME AND THAT'S REALLY THE
01:14:21 RESPONSIBILITY. WHAT WE WANT TO SEE CARRY OUT
01:14:25 FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS PARTICULARLY FOR OUR POLICE
01:14:28 DEPARTMENT AND SECOND NIGHT OF JAN WANTED TO ALSO VOICE MY
01:14:32 SUPPORT FOR COMMISSIONER MATTIE SCOTT THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN
01:14:38 FOR THE WORK UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU KNOW WHEN IT COME TO THIS
01:14:42 WORK IT'S HEARTBREAKING FOR HER AND ON A PERSONAL LEVEL BECAUSE
01:14:46 OF HER PERSONAL STORIES AND EXPERIENCE.
01:14:49 BUT ALL THE MORE REASON WHY WE NEED SOMEONE LIKE HER ON OUR
01:14:51 POLICE COMMISSION AND BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND VICTIMS OF CRIME
01:14:57 AND HOW WHAT IT MEANS TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT IN HER
01:15:01 PERSPECTIVE IS TREMENDOUSLY CRITICAL.
01:15:04 LAST BUT NOT LEAST I DO WANT TO ALSO VOICE MY SUPPORT AND I
01:15:08 WANT TO THANK MAYOR LURIE FOR APPOINTING LARRY LOWE A VERY
01:15:13 GREAT ATTORNEY THAT I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT
01:15:17 AND CRITICAL TO SEE SOMEONE LIKE HIM TO BE ON THE
01:15:20 COMMISSION AT THIS MOMENT. AND I ALSO DO WANT TO THANK
01:15:24 COMMISSIONER LARRY FOR HIS OUTGOING FOR HIS, YOU KNOW,
01:15:28 WORK THAT HE HAS DONE. I ACTUALLY FIRST APPOINT HIM AS
01:15:32 A MEMBER OF THE RULES COMMITTEE FOR.
01:15:36 SO I JUST ALSO WANT TO I KNOW HE'S NOT HERE TODAY BUT I JUST
01:15:39 WANT TO BE ON THE RECORD TO THANK COMMISSIONER LARRY FOR
01:15:42 HIS WORK. >> BUT ABSOLUTELY THE OTHER
01:15:43 LARRY IS MR. LARRY LOWE. >> ABSOLUTELY IS MORE THAN
01:15:51 QUALIFIED TO BE OUR COMMISSIONER AT THIS MOMENT
01:15:55 AND TO BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT THAT WORK AND CARRY ON THAT
01:15:59 WORK. SO I JUST WANT TO COME IN TO
01:16:00 THE COMMITTEE AND ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AT THIS MOMENT.
01:16:03 THANK YOU CHAIR ALLOW ME TO VOICE MY SUPPORT AT THE
01:16:07 COMMITTEE LEVEL AND I CERTAINLY WILL BE VOTING SHOULD YOU
01:16:08 RECOMMEND THEM ALL THREE OF THEM TODAY I WE CERTAINLY WOULD
01:16:11 BE VOTING IN SUPPORT FOR ALL OF THEM.
01:16:14 >> OUR FULL BOARD THANK YOU SO MUCH SUPERVISOR CHAIR PRESIDENT
01:16:16 MERRIMAN THANK YOU CHAIR WALTON I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THREE
01:16:23 OF THESE FOLKS FOR BEING WILLING TO SERVE IN A BIT OF A
01:16:27 PRESSURE COOKER OF A COMMISSION .
01:16:30 EACH OF THEM IS AN EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUAL
01:16:35 AND I'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER BENEDICTO WHO TOOK
01:16:39 SOME TIME TO TALK WITH ME THIS WEEKEND AND THANK YOU FOR THAT
01:16:43 AND SOMEONE WHO CAN HAVE THE POWER FOR OFFICERS FOR JUSTICE
01:16:51 AND CONNECTED TO S.F. ALL SAYING NICE THINGS ABOUT HIM IS
01:16:55 CLEARLY DOING OUTREACH IN ALL SORTS OF PLACES AND OPEN TO
01:16:59 DIALOG AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
01:17:03 I SUSPECT THAT I DON'T AGREE WITH EVERY SINGLE DECISION THAT
01:17:06 YOU'VE MADE ON THE POLICE COMMISSION BUT I ALSO DON'T
01:17:07 NEED THAT FROM COMMISSIONERS. I NEED PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO
01:17:10 REFLECT THE COMMUNITY, THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES OF SAN
01:17:14 FRANCISCO AND BE THOUGHTFUL AND FROM EVERYTHING THAT I CAN
01:17:15 HEAR THAT IS WHAT KEVIN BENEDICTO HAS DONE AND HE DOES
01:17:18 HAVE A TON OF SUPPORT FROM LOTS OF DIFFERENT PLACES.
01:17:22 SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO UP MADI SCOTT IT'S NOT OFTEN
01:17:29 THAT I GET TO VOTE FOR AN ICON HERE AT THE BOARD OF
01:17:30 SUPERVISORS BUT IT'S A IT IS AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
01:17:34 THANK YOU FOR YOUR DECADES OF ADVOCACY FOR TURNING PERSONAL
01:17:40 TRAGEDY INTO A WORK FOR THE BROADER COMMUNITY AND FOR A
01:17:44 BETTER SAN FRANCISCO AND A BETTER WORLD AND OF COURSE
01:17:45 TOTALLY HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU TODAY.
01:17:49 >> AND THEN I, I THOUGHT THE COMMENT ABOUT WHICH OF THE LOWE
01:17:53 BROTHERS WAS MORE ATTRACTIVE WAS WAS UNNECESSARY.
01:17:56 >> THESE ARE TWO EXTRA ORDINARILY ATTRACTIVE MEN WHO
01:18:00 HAIL FROM DIAMOND HEIGHTS IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
01:18:04 SHOUT OUT TO ME LING AND TO HER TO HER LATE HUSBAND IT IS I I
01:18:11 SOMEHOW I HAVE MANAGED TO GET A SPEAKING OF ICONS SOME OF YOU
01:18:15 KNOW SORT OF THE TRUE CHINESE-AMERICAN ICONIC FIGURES
01:18:22 OF COURSE THE DISTRICT THREE SUPERVISOR GETS TO CLAIM
01:18:26 CHINATOWN BUT I'VE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD ONES IN MY DISTRICT
01:18:29 AND AND THE DESCENDANTS OF SOME REALLY GOOD ONES WHO GREW UP
01:18:33 IN MY DISTRICT AND SO OF COURSE THANK YOU, LARRY LO FOR YOUR
01:18:37 WILLINGNESS TO SERVE ON THIS BODY AND JOINING ALAN ON SOME
01:18:41 OF OUR VERY IMPORTANT COMMISSIONS THAT HELP GUIDE OUR
01:18:44 CITY. SO YEAH, I'M VERY PLEASED TO
01:18:48 VOTE FOR ALL THESE FOLKS. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MADAM
01:18:52 AND I WON'T BELABOR THE POINTS MADE BY COLLEAGUES BUT I WILL
01:18:53 SAY I DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE HERE BEING WILLING TO SERVE.
01:18:59 WE ARE DEFINITELY ALWAYS AT A PIVOTAL TIME WHEN WE HAVE FOLKS
01:19:03 THAT ARE REPRESENTING US ON THE POLICE COMMISSION BECAUSE
01:19:08 THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WHETHER IT BE
01:19:11 JUSTICE AND KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE, WHETHER IT BE POLICE
01:19:15 REFORM OR WHETHER IT BE JUST TRYING TO GET MORE FOLKS TO
01:19:18 WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND BECOME IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
01:19:22 IT'S A BIG TASK, A HEAVY LIFT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING
01:19:24 WILLING TO SERVE I THINK FOR HERE.
01:19:27 WHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING WITH THAT SAID FOR
01:19:34 ITEM NUMBER THREE I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD THE
01:19:40 APPOINTMENT THE REAPPOINTMENT OF KEVIN MICHAEL BENEDETTO FOR
01:19:44 POLICE COMMISSION WITH THE POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO THE
01:19:48 FULL BOARD AS A COMMITTEE REPORT.
01:19:49 YES. RECOMMENDATION OF KEVIN
01:19:52 BENEDETTO SEE TO RECOMMEND IT AS A COMMITTEE REPORT ON THAT
01:19:56 MOTION. VICE CHAIR CHERYL I KNOW I
01:20:02 REMEMBER, MADAM. ALL RIGHT, MADAM AND I CHAIR
01:20:04 WALTON. I WELL, TONIGHT THAT MOTION
01:20:06 PASSES WITHOUT OBJECTION MOTION CARRIES.
01:20:11 >> CONGRATULATIONS, VICE CHAIR CHERYL THANK YOU, CHAIR WALTON,
01:20:14 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO KEEP APPROVING AND STRIKE
01:20:21 REJECTING FROM ITEM NUMBER FOUR SENDING LAWRENCE LOWE TO THE
01:20:25 FULL BOARD WITH POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AS A COMMITTEE
01:20:28 REPORT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK
01:20:29 YOU TO ALL THREE OF THE FOLKS HERE.
01:20:32 >> MR. CLERK ON THE MOTION. YES.
01:20:36 AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR THE MOTION TO STRIKE REJECTING THROUGHOUT
01:20:39 THE LEGISLATION AND RECOMMEND THE MATTER AS AMENDED AS A
01:20:43 COMMITTEE REPORT ON THAT MOTION.
01:20:46 VICE CHAIR CHERYL CHERYL I MEMBER AMENDMENT HI I'M AND I
01:20:51 CHAIR WALTON I WHILE DENY THAT MOTION PASSES WITHOUT OBJECTION
01:20:54 THANK YOU MOTION CARRIES CONGRATULATIONS.
01:20:57 >> PRESENT AMENDMENT FOR ITEM FIVE AND IT IS MY GREAT HONOR
01:21:02 TO MOVE THAT WE STRIKE REJECTING FROM THE LEGISLATION
01:21:09 AND FORWARD THE APPOINTMENT OF SON OF DISTRICT EIGHT LARRY
01:21:12 LOWE TO THE FULL BOARD WITH POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AS A
01:21:17 COMMITTEE REPORT WE ARE DEALT WITH.
01:21:18 >> WE ARE DEALT WITH THERE. OH THIS IS FOR MEN.
01:21:20 OH OH GOSH YOU GOT THAT THEN I THEN I WILL THEN I AM HAPPY TO
01:21:27 MOVE THE ICONIC STRIKE 445 STRIKE REJECTING AND MOVE THE
01:21:37 APPOINTMENT OF MATTIE SCOTT TO THE FULL BOARD WITH POSITIVE
01:21:41 RECOMMENDATION AS A COMMITTEE REPORT.
01:21:44 >> THANK YOU ON THE MOTION. YES AND ITEM NUMBER FIVE I MOVE
01:21:49 TO APPOINT MATTIE SCOTT BY AMENDING THE LEGISLATION TO
01:21:56 DELETE REJECTING THROUGHOUT THE LEGISLATION AND TO RECOMMEND IT
01:21:59 AS AMENDED AS A COMMITTEE REPORT.
01:22:00 VICE CHAIR CHERYL CHERYL I REMEMBER AMENDMENT.
01:22:04 MADAM CHAIR WALTON I DENY THAT MOTION PASSES WITHOUT
01:22:08 OBJECTION. THANK YOU.
01:22:08 MOTION CARRIES AND AGAIN THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS
01:22:12 MORNING. MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM
01:22:18 NUMBER SIX. >> ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A MOTION
01:22:21 AMENDING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RULES OF ORDER BY
01:22:26 AMENDING RULE 1.3.3 IN PERSON AND REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT TO
01:22:30 CONFORM TO THE RULE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT CHANGES ADDING A NEW
01:22:34 RULE RULE 1.3.4 REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT DESCRIPTION A POLICY TO
01:22:41 ADOPT A POLICY FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO HANDLE
01:22:44 DISRUPTIONS TO REMOTE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ADDING RULE 1.3.5
01:22:48 DISORDERLY CONDUCT BY PUBLIC COMMENTERS TO CODIFY THE
01:22:53 PROCEDURE AROUND DISORDERLY CONDUCT BY PUBLIC COMMENTERS
01:22:56 AND AMEND RULE 3.8 PUBLIC COMMENT AT COMMITTEE MEETINGS
01:23:01 TO PROHIBIT COMMITTEES FROM LIMITING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF
01:23:04 TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AN ITEM.
01:23:05 THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THIS MORNING WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO
01:23:09 HAVE OUR ESTEEMED CLERK HERE WITH US AND YOU ARE ON
01:23:13 DISCOVERY YOU THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
01:23:16 >> GOOD MORNING. MEMBERS OF THE RULES COMMITTEE
01:23:19 . MR. CHAIR ANGELA CALVILLO I'M
01:23:20 HERE TODAY WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE DEPUTY LISA SAMARA AND WE ARE
01:23:24 HERE TO BRING YOU SOME EXPANSION OF ACCESS TO THE
01:23:32 MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SPECIFICALLY
01:23:36 THE FULL BOARD MEETINGS AND THIS IS PURSUANT TO A NEW
01:23:40 CALIFORNIA SENATE BILL SB 707 WHICH REQUIRES THAT BEGINNING
01:23:48 JULY 1ST, 2026 THE BOARD WILL BEGIN OFFERING REMOTE PUBLIC
01:23:51 COMMENT AT ITS FULL BOARD MEETINGS.
01:23:52 IN ADDITION TO IN-PERSON COMMENTERS, SB 707 WAS APPROVED
01:23:59 BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON
01:24:03 OCTOBER 3RD, 2025 FOR THE AUTHORITY OF SPECIFICALLY SLIDE
01:24:13 SLIDE THREE WE ARE AMENDING AN EXISTING BOARD RULE 1.3.3 TO
01:24:18 NOW ALLOW IN ADDITION TO IN-PERSON COMMENT REMOTE
01:24:22 PARTICIPATION AND I WANT TO JUST STRESS THAT A PUBLIC
01:24:27 COMMENT REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL NOT OCCUR IN COMMITTEE
01:24:30 JUST AT THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITH THE INCLUSION
01:24:37 OF REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE FULL BOARD.
01:24:38 THERE IS ALSO A REQUIREMENT FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE A
01:24:41 DISRUPTION POLICY WHETHER IT IS THE SYSTEM THAT FAILS OR WITH
01:24:46 THE REMOTE SPEAKER THAT IS DISRUPTIVE TO THE PROCEEDINGS
01:24:53 AND WE WILL BE AMENDING 1.3.4. >> THIS WILL ALLOW FOR IF THERE
01:25:04 IS A TECHNICAL DISRUPTION THEN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WOULD
01:25:11 HAVE TO RECESS THE MEETING. >> NUMBER ONE WE WOULD WORK
01:25:12 WITH OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO
01:25:16 RESTORE THE REMOTE COMMENT SYSTEM.
01:25:19 BUT PURSUANT TO SB 7071 OUR WOULD HAVE TO GO BY AND IF
01:25:23 SERVICES COULD NOT THEN BE RESTORED THE BOARD COULD
01:25:27 RECONVENE THE MEETING SIMPLY BY A VERBAL MOTION WITH THE
01:25:33 MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS PRESENT.
01:25:34 I MAY JUST STATING THAT A GOOD FAITH ATTEMPT WAS MADE AND THAT
01:25:38 CONTINUING THE MEETING WOULD OUTWEIGH THE PUBLIC INTEREST
01:25:42 IN THE REMOTE PUBLIC ACCESS ON SLIDE SIX THIS ALSO INDICATES
01:25:50 THAT 707 EXPANDS THE EXISTING AUTHORITY OF A PRESIDING
01:25:54 OFFICER TO REMOVE A REMOTE PUBLIC SPEAKER IF THEY WERE TO
01:25:58 DISRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS. CURRENTLY THE CALIFORNIA
01:26:02 GOVERNMENT CODE ALREADY ALLOWS THE REMOVAL OF AN INDIVIDUAL
01:26:06 FOR DISRUPTING A MEETING. BUT THE NEW RULE THAT WE HAVE
01:26:11 SUGGESTED LANGUAGE IN 1.3.5 WHICH WOULD CODIFY THE BOARD'S
01:26:20 AUTHORITY TO REMOVE A DISORDERLY PUBLIC COMMENT OR
01:26:21 IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR EXISTING RULE 1.7 TO ALLOW A
01:26:29 DISRUPTIVE INDIVIDUAL TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CURRENTLY 11.7
01:26:32 ALLOWS FOR AN IN-PERSON COMMENT OR TO BE REMOVED FOR DISRUPTING
01:26:37 THE PROCEEDINGS. THIS NEW LANGUAGE WOULD WITH A
01:26:41 WARNING TO THE SPEAKER THEN IF THEY CONTINUE TO DISRUPT THE
01:26:48 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLERK, THE PRESIDING OFFICER OR ANY OTHER
01:26:51 MEMBER OF THE BOARD COULD RECOMMEND THAT WE MOVE ON TO
01:26:53 THE NEXT SPEAKER. ADDITIONALLY, SB 7O7 ALLOWS A
01:26:59 MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE FULL LEGISLATIVE BODY ON
01:27:02 CERTAIN ITEMS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED BY A
01:27:07 COMMITTEE IF THE LEGISLATIVE BODY HAS NOT ADOPTED A LAW THAT
01:27:11 PROHIBITS THE COMMITTEE FROM PLACING A LIMIT ON THE TOTAL
01:27:15 AMOUNT OF TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AN ITEM AND WE ARE
01:27:22 REVISING BOARD RULE 3.8 SINCE THERE IS NO CURRENT RULE THAT
01:27:28 WOULD ALLOW A COMMITTEE TO LIMIT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF TIME
01:27:32 ALLOTTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> NOR DOES DUE COMMITTEES AT
01:27:36 THIS TIME PRACTICE THIS LIMITATION THE REVISED RULE WE
01:27:39 HAVE SUGGESTED LANGUAGE THERE WOULD ESTABLISH THE PROHIBITION
01:27:44 TO LIMIT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF TIME CODIFYING THE PROHIBITION
01:27:48 WILL CONTINUE THE PRACTICE THAT THE WORK HAPPENS IN COMMITTEE
01:27:52 AND THE FULL BOARD MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE TO EXCLUDE THE
01:27:56 PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN HEARD
01:28:00 IN COMMITTEE. >> SO THE SB 707 IS BRINGING
01:28:06 SOME MUCH NEEDED CHANGES TO ALLOW REMOTE PUBLIC COMMON
01:28:10 COMMENTERS TO COME TO THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
01:28:14 AND COMMENT. WE PROVIDED SOME IN THE MOTION
01:28:18 CONTAINED IN NUMBER SIX. WE'VE PROVIDED SOME LANGUAGE
01:28:22 THAT WE THINK WOULD CODIFY HOW TO REMOVE A DISRUPTIVE
01:28:26 COMMENTER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SO
01:28:30 THAT THAT COULD BE DONE PROPERLY.
01:28:34 I KNOW MR. PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT WE CONTINUE
01:28:38 THAT PRACTICE TO MAINTAIN A PROPER PROCEDURE FOR AND HOW
01:28:43 WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE SPEAKERS WHEN THEY ARE DISRUPTIVE
01:28:46 IN ADDITION TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THE SYSTEM SHOULD THE
01:28:50 SYSTEM GO DOWN AND HOW MUCH TIME WOULD HAVE TO GO BY
01:28:53 PURSUANT TO SB 707 BEFORE WE COULD RESTART THE MEETING?
01:28:58 I'M I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND I WANT TO THANK
01:29:01 ALYSSA SAMARA FOR HER ASSISTANCE IN PUTTING THIS THIS
01:29:05 PLAN TOGETHER. >> THANK YOU BOTH MADAM CLERK.
01:29:09 >> SUPERVISOR CHERYL I THINK YOU SURE WELL, MADAM CLERK,
01:29:14 FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
01:29:16 THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
01:29:17 I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. >> DO WE HAVE TO ADOPT THIS
01:29:26 POLICY BY JULY 1ST OR DOES THE POLICY HAVE TO BE IN PLACE BY
01:29:28 JULY 1ST? >> THIS POLICY HAS TO BE
01:29:31 ADOPTED BY JULY 1ST. WE ARE ALSO STARTING THE
01:29:34 PROCEDURE BEGINNING JULY FIRST AND WE NEED TO START THE
01:29:38 PROCEDURE BY JULY 1ST. THAT'S CORRECT.
01:29:39 OKAY, GREAT. >> TOWARDS THE END AND THIS IS
01:29:42 ME JUST KIND OF STRUGGLING TO JUST READ AND I WANT TO MAKE
01:29:46 SURE I UNDERSTAND IN TERMS OF ALLOWING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
01:29:50 TO ADDRESS THE FULL LEGISLATIVE BODY ON CERTAIN ITEMS
01:29:53 PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED BY A COMMITTEE.
01:29:54 ARE WE SUGGESTING HERE THAT WE ARE GOING TO ADOPT A RULE THAT
01:29:57 SAYS IF PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE THEN NOT ELIGIBLE
01:30:01 FOR. >> THAT'S CORRECT.
01:30:05 THAT'S ALSO THE CURRENT PRACTICE.
01:30:06 RIGHT. AND THAT'S GREAT.
01:30:06 AND THEN IS THERE ALSO A TIME LIMIT FOR TOTAL PUBLIC COMMENT
01:30:09 THAT WE CAN PLACE ON IT IN COMMITTEE OR THAT'S OR NO NO
01:30:13 THAT THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT PROHIBITED.
01:30:16 BACK IN THE OLD DAYS IT USED TO BE WHEN I WAS A LEGISLATIVE
01:30:20 AIDE IT IS NOT CURRENTLY PROHIBITED NOW IS THAT
01:30:21 SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED HERE LOCALLY THAT IS
01:30:25 WE IT'S IT'S CONTAINED IN THE MOTION BEFORE YOU WITH
01:30:29 SUGGESTED LANGUAGE SO SORRY CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY WHAT IS
01:30:36 CONTAINED IN THE MOTION WITH IS JUST LANGUAGE?
01:30:40 >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE SO CERTAINLY SO CURRENTLY
01:30:42 IN COMMITTEE THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MEMBERS OF
01:30:45 THE PUBLIC TO COME CURRENTLY AND WITH SB 707 IN PERSON
01:30:50 AND SOON REMOTELY THE COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE TO HEAR ALL OF THAT
01:30:55 PUBLIC COMMENT AND NOT ADOPT ANY RULES THAT MINIMIZE HOW
01:31:02 LONG THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING WOULD CONTINUE
01:31:05 THAT CURRENTLY THAT'S HOW IT CURRENTLY IS BUT WE ARE NOW
01:31:10 CODIFYING THAT THERE WOULD BE NO OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO
01:31:14 MINIMIZE THAT TIME FRAME IN THIS LANGUAGE THAT WOULD
01:31:18 ALLOW FOR THE BOARD TO NOT HEAR ITEMS THAT WERE CURRENTLY
01:31:25 IN COMMITTEE AGAIN AT THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.
01:31:30 GOT IT. SO IT WOULD IT JUST CODIFY THE
01:31:33 CURRENT PRACTICE SO THEORETICALLY WE WOULD HAVE A
01:31:34 CHOICE LIMITED PUBLIC COMMENT A COMMITTEE BUT THEN IT WOULD BE
01:31:38 ELIGIBLE TO COME BACK. THAT'S RIGHT AT THE FOR
01:31:40 UNLIMITED A COMMITTEE IN THE NOT ELIGIBLE THAT'S RIGHT
01:31:42 AND WE'RE CHOOSING UNLIMITED A COMMITTEE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR
01:31:45 THAT'S RIGHT GREAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:31:49 >> YOU'RE WELCOME. PRESIDENT MILLIMAN THANK YOU.
01:31:55 >> CHAIR WALTON, I WANT TO THANK THE CLERK.
01:32:03 CLERK CALVILLO AND AND AND ELISE, THE THANK YOU FOR
01:32:07 YOUR WORK ON THIS. I'M NOT THRILLED ABOUT THIS
01:32:10 LEGISLATION FROM THE STATE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY
01:32:15 SUBJECT THEMSELVES TO SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS FOR REMOTE PUBLIC
01:32:18 COMMENT AND I DO THINK THAT WE SAW SOME PRETTY NASTY
01:32:25 EXPRESSIONS OF IT IN THE COVID AND POST-COVID ERA WHERE PEOPLE
01:32:29 WHO DON'T HAVE TO SHOW THEIR FACES YOU KNOW, CALL IN AND SAY
01:32:36 ALL SORTS OF THINGS WITHOUT ANY REPERCUSSION LESSONS.
01:32:40 WE ALSO YOU KNOW, ANOTHER CONCERN I HAVE ABOUT REMOTE
01:32:45 PUBLIC COMMENT IS IT SORT OF YOU KNOW, OPENS THE DOOR TO
01:32:49 COMMENT FROM PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE NO PARTICULAR CONNECTION
01:32:56 TO SAN FRANCISCO EXCEPT AN INTEREST IN THE ISSUE AND THEIR
01:32:57 ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, DIAL IN FROM WHEREVER IN THE WORLD
01:33:01 THEY MAY LIVE TO TO TRY AND ENGAGE IN, YOU KNOW, OUR
01:33:07 POLITICAL PROCESS. I THINK THE STATE LEGISLATURE
01:33:12 HAS MADE THIS DECISION FOR US. I THINK YOU HAVE THOUGHTFULLY
01:33:14 TRIED TO PUT AS MANY GUARDRAILS UP AROUND THIS AS YOU CAN
01:33:20 AND IT'S IT IS MORE GUARDRAILS THAN WE HAD DURING PANDEMIC
01:33:23 WHEN WE WERE GETTING UNLIMITED PUBLIC COMMENT REMOTE PUBLIC
01:33:27 COMMENT IN COMMITTEE AND THEN ALSO DEALING WITH IT AT AT FULL
01:33:32 BOARD AND SO I THINK YOU KNOW THE EITHER OR CHOICE THAT
01:33:38 YOU'RE PRESENTING IS IS THROUGH THE CHAIR TO MR. PRESIDENT.
01:33:42 YEAH. THE GUARDRAILS SPECIFICALLY
01:33:43 HERE IS ONE REQUIREMENT TO CURB COMMENTS TO BRING THEM AROUND
01:33:49 OTHERWISE WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER YEAH.
01:33:55 >> THANKS FOR YOUR WORK. YOU'RE WELCOME.
01:33:59 THANK YOU. SO COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
01:34:02 THIS ONE FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY WHAT HAPPENS IF WE REJECT THIS
01:34:05 POLICY? DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY BRAD ROSSI
01:34:12 THE STATE LAW REQUIRES THE BOARD TO ADOPT THE DISRUPTION
01:34:16 POLICY. THE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE
01:34:17 REMOTE SYSTEM BECOMES INEFFECTIVE OR WHATEVER.
01:34:21 SO THE BOARD HAS TO HAVE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT ON JULY 1ST.
01:34:26 UNDER STATE LAW AND THE BOARD HAS TO ADOPT THE POLICY THAT
01:34:29 PART PORTION OF THIS POLICY BY JULY 1ST.
01:34:33 >> LET ME ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T
01:34:34 DO ANY OF THAT? THEN THERE WOULD BE RISK OF
01:34:39 LIABILITY FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH STATE LAW.
01:34:41 >> DO WE KNOW WHAT THOSE RISK ARE?
01:34:44 >> I THIS IS A QUESTION THAT I WOULD NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
01:34:49 CONFIDENTIALLY RATHER THAN IN A PUBLIC MEETING.
01:34:50 >> I, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT THOSE RISK ARE AND HAVE THAT
01:34:53 CONVERSATION. GOING BACK TO PRESIDENT
01:34:56 BENJAMIN'S POINT, OUR STATE LEGISLATURE DOES NOT FOLLOW
01:34:59 THESE SAME RULES AND SO I DON'T EVEN I MEAN OBVIOUSLY ACCORDING
01:35:07 TO THE ADVICE I'M GETTING FROM YOU, THEY CAN LEGALLY SUBJECT
01:35:11 US TO SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO ADHERE TO WHICH I JUST
01:35:14 DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
01:35:18 BUT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE FOR US
01:35:20 CONDUCTING THE SAME MEETINGS THE WAY THAT THEY DO AND THEN
01:35:26 AS I READ THIS LOOKING AT SLIDE THREE AND IT SAYS WILL PROVIDE
01:35:34 REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL AS IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT BUT
01:35:37 IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY FOR EVERYONE OR FOR WHO.
01:35:41 >> AND SO WE HAVE A CURRENT POLICY IN PLACE RIGHT NOW TO
01:35:45 MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND FOR
01:35:49 CERTAIN REASONS WOULDN'T OUR CURRENT RULES REALLY ADHERE TO
01:35:53 WHAT THIS POLICY IS ASKING ALREADY?
01:35:56 >> BECAUSE IT DOESN'T UNLESS IT SAYS SPECIFICALLY FOR EVERYBODY
01:35:58 THAT DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY BRAD ROSSI THE STATE LAW DOESN'T
01:36:04 LIMIT THE ABILITY THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE BOARD
01:36:07 PROVIDE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT ONLY TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE A
01:36:11 DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION. IT APPLIES TO WHOEVER WANTS TO
01:36:15 CALL IN AND GIVE HER MOBILE. >> SO IT SAYS THAT THAT'S
01:36:18 RIGHT. >> THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M READING.
01:36:19 OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST THING FOR ME
01:36:22 IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT I MEAN WE WE WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH
01:36:29 THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY THAT SOMETIMES WE DON'T LIKE
01:36:30 SOMETIMES ARE INAPPROPRIATE, SOMETIMES ARE DISRESPECTFUL.
01:36:34 I CONSIDER MOST OF THAT PART OF THE JOB SO THAT'S NOT MY
01:36:38 BIGGEST CONCERN. >> BUT THIS IS NOT A
01:36:42 THEORETICAL STATEMENT FOR ME. THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT HAPPENED
01:36:45 IN PRACTICE. WE HAVE SAT IN THIS CHAMBER
01:36:46 PAST TWO IN THE MORNING HERE IN PUBLIC COMMENT REMOTELY FROM
01:36:52 PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND CORRECT ME IF I'M
01:36:56 WRONG THEY CAN EVEN DONATE TO US OR THEY CAN'T EVEN
01:37:00 PARTICIPATE IN OUR POLITICAL PROCESS BUT THEY CAN CALL
01:37:04 IN FROM GERMANY. THEY CAN CALL IN FROM FRANCE TO
01:37:08 MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S
01:37:12 LEGAL AND HOW THAT CAN ACTUALLY HAPPEN AND HOW YOU CAN SUBJECT
01:37:16 THIS LOCAL BODY TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO INTEREST IN WHAT TAKES
01:37:22 PLACE IN OUR CITY TO BE ABLE TO CALL IN AND MAKE A PUBLIC
01:37:26 COMMENT. AND IF IT WERE UP TO ME I WOULD
01:37:28 REJECT IT PERSONALLY AND FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE
01:37:31 CONSEQUENCES LIKE WHAT WAS THE STATE GOING TO DO?
01:37:35 THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO WHAT CAN THEY DO TO US FOR
01:37:38 NOT FOLLOWING THAT? >> I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT
01:37:39 THAT CONSEQUENCE IS BECAUSE IT'S UNJUST.
01:37:42 IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE TO ADHERE TO AND I DON'T
01:37:46 BELIEVE ANYBODY ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN SAN
01:37:49 FRANCISCO SHOULD HAVE TO BE SUBJECT TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
01:37:51 PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. I THINK I CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE
01:37:57 BIT OF FLAVOR OF WHAT THE RISK WOULD BE BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST
01:38:01 THE STATE THAT HAS AN ISSUE WITH THIS.
01:38:02 IT WOULD BE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WAS DENIED ACCESS TO
01:38:05 PROVIDE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT COULD FILE A LAWSUIT UNDER THE
01:38:08 BROWN ACT AGAINST THE CITY WHICH WE'D HAVE TO DEFEND IF
01:38:13 THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO PAY ATTORNEY'S
01:38:17 FEES IN THAT CASE. SO THAT'S LIKELY WHAT THE
01:38:20 SITUATION WOULD BE IF THIS WEREN'T.
01:38:21 >> YEAH AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHY I WANT CLARITY ON WHAT IT
01:38:25 SAYS BECAUSE DENYING IS ONE THING BUT NOT MAKING IT JUST
01:38:28 READILY AVAILABLE FOR THE WORLD IS ANOTHER AND THOSE ARE TWO
01:38:32 DIFFERENT THINGS FOR ME BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE THINGS YOU
01:38:35 CAN PUT IN PLACE TO NOT DENY PEOPLE BUT AT THE SAME TIME
01:38:38 ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE FROM ANYWHERE JUST
01:38:42 CALLING IN MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT SUPERVISOR CHERYL
01:38:48 IN SHORT LIKE YES LIKE COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH EVERYTHING YOU
01:38:53 JUST SAID AND I THINK THE POINT THAT YOU BROUGHT UP ABOUT WE DO
01:38:59 PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO
01:39:03 NEED IT AND I THINK THAT'S ONE THING I'D LIKE CERTAINTY AROUND
01:39:07 . ALSO IF PEOPLE REQUEST
01:39:08 ACCOMMODATION WE GIVE THEM ACCOMMODATION AND IT JUST MAKE
01:39:11 SURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T NILLY LIKE OH I WANT TO SCREW AROUND
01:39:15 HERE AND JUST BE A. >> I THINK IF PEOPLE AND AND I
01:39:19 MEAN I'M I THINK MY QUESTION WOULD BE IF WE PROVIDE THE
01:39:23 ABILITY FOR REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT LIKE LOOK IT'S LIKE
01:39:27 VOTE BY MAIL RIGHT LIKE IF WE'RE PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH THE
01:39:30 ACCOMMODATION THEY JUST GOT A THERE'S GOT TO SAY HEY YOU NEED
01:39:34 AN ACCOMMODATION. THANKS.
01:39:35 IS THAT POSSIBLE? DOES IT HAVE TO BE A DISABILITY
01:39:37 ? DOES IT LIKE WHAT IS THE YOU
01:39:38 KNOW WHAT IS THAT LEVEL OF ACCOMMODATION OR IS IT JUST A
01:39:40 FREE FOR ALL BECAUSE I THINK YOU SAID IT BETTER THAN I COULD
01:39:43 SO I WON'T DOUBLE DOWN BUT THAT WOULD BE SOME OF MY QUESTION
01:39:46 WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T JUST SITTING
01:39:49 HERE LISTENING TO JUNK UNTIL 2 A.M. AND UNFORTUNATELY UNDER
01:39:54 THE STATE LAW REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT IS THE BOARD IS
01:39:58 REQUIRED NOW TO PROVIDE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:40:02 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY BASIS
01:40:06 IN DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALLOWED
01:40:10 TO PROVIDE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT JUST LIKE THEY WOULD IF
01:40:13 THEY WERE TO COME HERE IN PERSON SO THE SAME RULES
01:40:15 WILL APPLY TO THEM. THEY'D HAVE TO SPEAK ON TOPIC
01:40:18 ON SOME YOU KNOW WITHIN THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION AND IF
01:40:21 IT'S IF IT'S GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND AS THE CLERK
01:40:24 ALREADY MENTIONED THERE IS THE RULE ABOUT DISRUPTIVE REMOTE
01:40:28 PUBLIC COMMENT IF IT MEETS THAT THRESHOLD THEN THE PERSON COULD
01:40:32 BE REMOVED OR FROM THE MEETING FROM THE REMOTE MEETING OR YOU
01:40:35 KNOW, YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
01:40:40 >> BUT IT SOUNDS SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S NOTHING TO PREEMPT
01:40:43 THIS. WE'RE PUTTING RULES IN PLACE
01:40:44 LIKE TECHNICALLY SUPPOSED TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD SO CAN
01:40:48 WE PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE TO PUT IN SPEAKER CARD
01:40:52 LIKE THERE'S NOTHING THAT PREEMPTS US FROM FROM DOING
01:40:55 THAT THAT YOU HAVE SAID IN THIS MEETING IT THE I THINK THAT THE
01:41:01 SPEAKER CARD QUESTION IS A IS A PRACTICE OF THE BOARD BUT
01:41:05 THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE STATE LAW REQUIRES OF A SPEAKER
01:41:09 OR THE SEARCH ON THE ORDINANCE .
01:41:12 THE SPEAKER AGREED WITH REQUIRED AND WAS NOT REQUIRED
01:41:13 WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT IS WHAT IS NOT IN THE LAW THAT ALLOWS
01:41:17 US AS A LOCAL BODY TO SET OUR OWN RULES AND I WOULD LOVE TO
01:41:21 KNOW WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE UNLESS IS
01:41:24 PREEMPTED IN THE LEGISLATION WHICH I'M NOT SURE THAT IT IS,
01:41:32 IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY THAT TO CALL IN YOU HAVE
01:41:33 TO DO A, B, C AND D BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR ADVICE ON THAT AS WE
01:41:39 MOVE RIGHT? >> I MEAN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
01:41:42 WE CAN LOOK INTO. WE'VE ALREADY VETTED THIS RULE.
01:41:43 THIS IS WHAT'S REQUIRED AND SO THAT'S THE ADVICE.
01:41:47 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK THROUGH THE CHAIR AND THE
01:41:50 SUPERVISOR CHERYL AND ON THIS TOPIC WE WERE TOYING WITH THE
01:41:54 IDEA OF IF WE HAD THE PROPER TECHNOLOGY COULD WE GET
01:42:01 INDIVIDUALS TO SIGN UP IN ADVANCE IF THEY WANTED
01:42:05 REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT ACCESS THAT THEY WOULD GIVE US SOME
01:42:09 IDENTIFYING FEATURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU COME
01:42:13 IN PERSON YOU DO NOT NEED TO PROVIDE YOUR NAME OR ANY
01:42:17 IDENTIFYING FEATURE BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE CERTAINLY SOMETHING
01:42:21 TO EXPLORE THE REMOTE SYSTEM IS DIFFERENT.
01:42:25 WE NOTICE THAT A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS AS YOU STATED MR.
01:42:29 CHAIR ESSENTIALLY THEY LIKE THE ANONYMITY OF THE FEATURE
01:42:33 AND BUT IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SIGN UP
01:42:37 FOR IT WITH SOME TYPE OF IDENTIFYING FEATURE A PHONE
01:42:41 NUMBER, A NAME, SOMETHING LIKE THAT SIGNING UP THE FRIDAY
01:42:45 BEFORE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WE WOULD APPRECIATE IF THE CITY
01:42:49 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE COULD CHECK INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
01:42:56 I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THAT SHOULD BE
01:42:59 IN ORDER. WE I MEAN WE HAVE TO VOTE ON
01:43:00 THIS AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO STATE LAW BUT I WOULD
01:43:03 LOVE TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO AS A BODY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
01:43:10 IS MOST PRODUCTIVE FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS FOR THE FOLKS
01:43:15 WHO HAVE TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW THE RULES.
01:43:18 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
01:43:21 >> SO I BELIEVE THIS IS A TIME WHERE WE WOULD TAKE SOME KIND
01:43:23 OF ACTION ON THIS. >> I'M NOT MAKING A MOTION TO
01:43:28 DO ANYTHING PUBLICLY. OH, I'M SORRY.
01:43:32 LET ME LET ME COVER WELL, WE COULD TURN RECOMMEND ACTION BUT
01:43:35 LET'S TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
01:43:39 >> YES. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH
01:43:40 TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH
01:43:44 TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEMS ALLOWING THEM TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
01:43:47 ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO
01:43:48 COMMENT ON THIS MATTER? THERE ARE NO MEMBERS OF THE
01:43:52 PUBLIC IN THE ROOM. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:43:55 >> SINCE NO SPEAKERS PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED.
01:43:58 >> PRESENT AMENDMENT I MEAN I KNOW WE ALL HATE THIS BUT I DO
01:44:00 THINK WE NEED TO GET IT OUT OF COMMITTEE SO I'M WILLING TO
01:44:04 MAKE THE MOTION TO MOVE THIS MOTION TO THE FULL BOARD IF
01:44:07 FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO DO IT WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION I'M
01:44:10 HAPPY TO DO IT THAT WAY OR I'M HAPPY TO DO IT WITH POSITIVE
01:44:12 RECOMMENDATIONS. YOU GUYS CAN NOD WHATEVER I
01:44:14 THINK WHATEVER YOUR PLEASURE IS I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT
01:44:19 EITHER WAY. >> OKAY.
01:44:19 SO I THINK WHATEVER YOUR PLEASURE IS.
01:44:22 >> ALL RIGHT THEN I WILL MOVE THAT BEFORE THIS TO THE FULL
01:44:26 BOARD WITH POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AND JUST REAL
01:44:29 QUICK AND YOU'VE MADE THE MOTION BUT I DO WANT TO ASK
01:44:33 AND I SEE SUPPORT FOR THE TIMELINE FOR THIS.
01:44:37 >> WE HAVE TO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE VOTED ON, APPROVED AND GO
01:44:40 INTO LAW BEFORE JULY 1ST, CORRECT?
01:44:43 >> YES, THAT'S RIGHT. BUT A MOTION IS EFFECTIVE ON
01:44:47 THE DAY OF THE IF IT'S APPROVED BY THE FULL BOARD, IT WOULD BE
01:44:50 EFFECTIVE ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING AT THE END OF THE
01:44:53 MEETING. SO THERE'S NO LIKE A PERIOD OF
01:44:54 WAITING TIME BEFORE IT BECOMES SO WE CAN LOOK AT CONTINUE THIS
01:44:59 AND WAIT FOR SOME MORE ANSWERS. >> OKAY.
01:45:02 >> THAT'S I WAS GOING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION.
01:45:03 OKAY. I'LL RETRACT MY MOTION.
01:45:05 THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. PRESIDENT.
01:45:06 AND I MOVE THAT WE CONTINUE THIS TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR
01:45:10 JUST MR. KIRK ON THAT MOTION. >> YES.
01:45:16 AND A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE MATTER TO THE CALL.
01:45:17 THE CHAIR. VICE CHAIR CHERYL CHERYL I
01:45:21 MEMBER AMENDMENT I MADAM AND I CHAIR WALTON WALTON I THAT
01:45:25 MOTION PASSES WITHOUT OBJECTION THANK YOU.
01:45:28 >> MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU MADAM CLERK AND OF
01:45:31 COURSE ALICIA AND CITY ATTORNEY RUSTY.
01:45:35 DO WE HAVE ANY MORE ITEMS BEFORE US?
01:45:40 THAT COMPLETES THE AGENDA FOR TODAY.
01:45:41 THANK YOU. >> WE ARE ADJOURNED