Transcripts For SFGTV BOS Rules Committee 102716 20161114

Change. Recently we have moved food, and food is a very, very important part of survival, development and recovery. Partnered with a friend of mine who developed a green, mobile Health Education kitchen, with a small grant, we have a truck, a flame, a flameless stove. We go directly into the sros and we take the residents down from their rooms. And have them entertained, we serve them, we show them an opportunity to change the way that they have been eating without pressure. And move on. And we just keep that cycle up. We dont leave. We give everybody an opportunity to experience a night out on the town. And without ever leaving their own residence. It has been very effective. And since i have been with the task force, i feel that it is absolutely imperative that i work with them. So that they can continue to develop policies for change. And i will make sure that each one of you have one of my cards. This is printed on vegetable ink, totally organic, and you can almost eat that thing. So if anybody has any questions, feel free to reach out and i think eric, we talked about getting you on the truck. And i think that i have a date for you if you want. Yes. Okay . And anybody else. That is it. Thank you. And ladies and gentlemen as you can see supervisor mar has joined us and i am going to turn the Committee Meeting back over to him. Thank you and so we have heard from mr. Williams and mr. Grier, and if there are know other questions, lets open it up for Public Comment, is there anyone that would like to speak . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. I wanted to actually thank palua jones who is here and the director of the food systems in the city and one of the code chairs, and what an Amazing Group of people. And thank you so much to bruce and also for the project open hand, and do we have a mission on mr. Williams for seats . Im trying to think, for the seat four . Yeah, and geoffrey grier. I make the motion. Second. Could we approve them without objection . Thank you. Supervisor mar, if i may, just interject here, we need to make a motion and then to excuse supervisor tang. Okay. So supervisor. I make a motion. Seconded by supervisor farrell. And we can do that without objection, excusing our chair, supervisor char. The first item would be noted as absent. Unless the committee were to resind the vote. A make a motion. Do that without objection . And it has been moved to excuse supervisor tang and seconded and without objection . Thank you. Thank you to the Food Security task force, did we already vote on that . Previous item. Yes. Mr. Chair, one last thing, i believe if i am not mistaken, residency wave requirements are needed for the applicants both williams and grier. Very good. Thank you. There has been a motion that we wave the residents requirement for both of those applicants. Yes. And it has been seconded. Do we need to do that. Shall we resind the vote. Do the motion over with the residency requirements, motion to resind the vote, moved by farrell and we will do that without objection, and now, motion to approve both candidates with a waiver of residency. And it has been moved by supervisor cohen, and seconded by farrell and we can do that without objection, colleagues . Thank you. Great. Thank you mr. Evans call the next item. The hearing to consider, appointing three members, terms ending, march 19, 2019, to the child Care Planning and Advisory Council, there are three seats and three applicants, and seat, 13, is error on the agenda, that is a new term that is appointed by the board of supervisors and the board of education. And we have received the appointment from the board of education. Very good, thank you. And i think that we have two of the applicants if any of the applicants would like to come up, please to speak and since laura is not here. She is. Great. Then we have all three. So the three applicants come forward in no particular order. First of all good morning, supervisor farrell and mar and cohen, it is my pleasure to be here today. And im actually very familiar with all three of you and your work, and eric when you were on the board of education, and mr. Farrell when i was assistant supervisor at the school you were at a meeting there and i remember you there. And malia you are the supervisor of my dekt, and i met you many times and so it is my pleasure to be here today. Good to see you this morning and, why dont you talk to us about your interests. Okay. So my interest is serving on the cpac. My work, my lifes work is actually has been supporting children and families. And working in School Districts, across the country. But, as a resident of bay view and being very closely involved with children and families over the years, i see a high need to really continue to support the children and families that are going and especially in the bay view area. I feel that my work on the cpac, that i will be able to have an impact by contributing my expertise as an educator, and as a parent, and as a community member. This work is very important to me. And i do know that the cpac has made an impact on the work that they are doing to continue to improve the lives of children and families in San Francisco. Im very anxious to be a part of that work. To me it is not work, it is a pleasure. And it is something that i enjoy doing on many different levels. And so part of my reasons, i can go on and on and on, but i would like to give the other people the opportunity to speak as well. And im open to questions if you have any for me. I know that our supervisor from district ten has nominated you. And but i just want to acknowledge your amazing work to follow through with amazing work done before you, but especially turning the school around and making it such an hub of community as well. And your leadership throughout the School District as well. Thank you. If there are no questions, lets have the next applicant come forward. Thank you. . Ethank you very much. He good morning, supervisors, im karin little and i am nominated for district two, seat on the cpac and i am a parent of two young boys, and life in district two, and they actually go to school in district one. And i have worked in education, both for the early care as well as kto 12 education for the last 15 years. And in a number of roles, including working at the School District and recruiting teachers as well as doing, policy development for our children and our Families Initiative and in the city. And even working on the Texting Program of the parents of preschoolers out of stanford and trying to help parents get their kids ready for kindergarten. And so, a number of issues in education and would be excited to serve on cpac and advocate for families. I recognize that i am very privileged parent. And i have had great child care and would like to enlist the help of other privileged family to advocate for folks as well as lift up voices of families in that are not being heard. So thank you. And i just wanted to thank you for the strategic work within the School District but also within parent organizations and otherwise over the years but thank you, and for also being a great part of the pea body parent grouping in district one. And district two, in some ways, but thank you. Thank you. Good morning, supervisors. So im laura and the Deputy Director of the department of youth and their families. I have been attending the cpac meetings for probably over a year now. When our seat became vacant, we felt it was important that we kept a presence at the cpac meetings and as you know the early care or the early child care and education work has been consolidated under the office of early care and education. And however, dcu, after the youth fund is a very large funder of early care and education and so it is important for us to be present at the meeting. And stay current on policy, and workforce and accessibility. And regularly at the cpac meetings. So with your approval, i will look forward to becoming a Voting Member of cpac. Any questions colleagues . No questions. And again, mr. Evans, explained that this is a jointly appointed seat by the board of supervisors and the board of education, and my understanding is interim superintendent lee has strongly supported your leadership or ongoing, leadership on the cpac and i also wanted to thank, michelle for her amazing work from first five to so many efforts in the hsa and throughout the city and helping the city become a National Model on so many levels. For miss moye, i wanted to thank you also for bring not only the park to the community representation, but also as a parent on so many levels from the lincoln, to the challenges of ethnic and by racial children. Any other comments . And lets open it up for Public Comment. Seeing none, Public Comment closed. I would like to make a motion, to approve karin little for two, khalique for seat two, and moye. Second. And could we approve this without objection. Yes. Thank you. Thanks. Item three, a hearing to consider appointing two members to the public utility revenue bond, and there are two seats and four applicants. So, four applicants for two seats. And we have several applicants that are here. If mr. Cronin and leshner and anyone else can come forward . Actually and also, nico barawid is here. Whoever wants to start. My name is tim, and i would just like to thank each of you for the opportunity to appear here today. And support of my application. I am an attorney here in San Francisco. And i focus on clean energy and clean infrastructure, project development and finance. I am also an advocate for both of those things in my work outside of the office as well. And im a graduated law school here in the bay area over at uc berkeley. If i could just touch first on my qualifications to serve on the Public Utilities and bond oversight committee. First in terms of my daytoday work, i am looking at the construction agreements that go into building, Infrastructure Project and providing Due Diligence on those agreement and drafting the power Purchase Agreement and working on the financing of those projects and i, i had a chance to attend a meeting and i got to see the handson approach that they take to project development. And construction, and their oversight role and i think that my experience in reviewing the construction project and insuring that the construction milestones are met and then looking to insure the financing of those projects would translate, directly to this work. And i would be eager to support in that way. And i also think that part of our role is of course, it is general oversight. And the responsibilities, but also insuring that San Franciscos Movement Towards infrastructure that is sustain able, is also ak quitable for all of San Francisco and some of my professional work has been aimed at the same goal specifically in the area of solar energy, and i have worked with local nonprofits to help to come up with ways to insure that Community Members of all income levels can gain access to solar energy and to help Community Nonprofit and religious stulgss have access to roof top solar energy. And in terms of goals for serving on rboc and i think that the base line is to provide the oversight and the guidance of the bond issuance. And spending that is, at the core of the committees work and i think that my professional experience will lend itself to that. But in order, or in terms of more unique goals, that i specifically would seek to contribute to, i think that my experience in Financing Renewable Energy projects, and i would like to steer that over time to making sh you are that the sfpuc is also using the Financial Capabilities to support clean power, sf. And i have had a chance to work on the financing of Renewable Energy projects associated with several other ccas in california and i would like to make that an emphasis in my service. So thank you again for your time. What were the other ccas that you worked with . You know, i dont know if i can disclose that in this setting. Because it was part of a transaction that has not been announced. Okay, understood. But thank you. And i would speak about it in more generalities. So thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, mr. Leshner . Good morning, my name is robert and it is a pleasure to present before the board of supervisors and simply put i plan to be the resident bond geek on the revenue bond oversight committee, my career in finance started while i was at discover bank, managing their Interest Rate policies, and the planning during the crisis of 2007, to 2009, and i managed 60 billion dollars of issuance and at that house scaning in their portfolio at that time. And i worked vigorously with consultants and regulators and including the federal reserve, and the treasury and the occ and the Credit Rating agencies during that time. I was the founder of the management business that advises 8 million of client investments. We have that firm made investments in the Revenue Bonds and i was the member of the committee that steered tho s decisions and did the planning and the modelling for our investments. And i was able to help our clients and individuals generate a return. And im a chartered financial analyst, and im a member of the San Francisco Charter Financial analyst society. And my skill set in that process, which is a multi year process of training was centered around the Financial Analysis and planning. And you know, simply put, i have always been a bond geek. And so the opportunity to the oversight of the bonds that we issue is appealing to me. I became interested in this issue two years ago, it was at the time that i had a small business, where it was located at 18th and fulsom and it was actually the victim of flooding during the rains of 2 years ago. And i had never really spent the time thinking about what the infrastructure meant, until i was able to experience it first hand. And you know, start to appreciate the hard work that goes into our infrastructure. My goal is simple, it is to increase the amount of transparency, and i have always been a believer that more information leads to better policy and better decisions and increases the invest or confidence, and my goal is to have more hearings, and more information that is produced by the committee. With the ultimate aim of increasing the Investor Confidence in the issuance and decreasing the spreads that our bonds have been, and the future for the planned issuance, and idealy, we can save the city, money with good, financial oversight. Great, thank you. And i dont think that i have heard bond geek used before. It is a technical term. And it is appropriate for the bond oversight committee. Are there any other applicants mr. Zachary, or nico that are here . So seeing none, lets close this part and open Public Comment. Is there anyone that would like to speak on behalf of any of the applicants or for any reason . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. So kol leez, we have seats, one and two. And there are two people that have spoken and two that are no the here. And im wondering if you have any thoughts on mr. Cronin leshner or the two that are not here. I am happy to make a point to appoint, tim cronin to seat one and move to the Committee Report to the full board. And then im open to discussion for the other seats. Okay. Sure. Does the committee know why the other members are not present . The other applicants . So i know that my staff reached out to both and we are not sure and. Are they still interested . You know. Mr. Chair, i did receive correspondence from both applicants. Barwid is not able to make it at the last minute and he had something come up. And i am not sure what that is, mr. Townsend is in sacramento right now for a meeting. Okay. So, ill move support, i think that Robert Leshner explained his strong finance background. Being a chartered financial analyst. Not only being a bond geek, but his experience with supporting Small Businesses and his work in the Tech Industry with a number of entities as well. And i think that he expressed strong interest in having attended the meetings from over two years ago, as well. And showing to me, serious interest in having strong bond oversight. And so, i would like to make the motion that we support mr mr. Leshner for seat number two. A motion on it. Right, and i understand. And supervisor, farrell, do you have any thoughts on townsend . Look, this guy, and i found it amazing. And so, i would be happy to support that guy. But i think that to the people that came and are very interested and obviously knowledgeable about what is going on here. I will second that motion, that is open. Okay. So, there is a motion and a second on moving forward, tim cronin for seat one, and leshner for seat two and as a Committee Report for consideration on november first at the board of supervisors meeting. It has been moved and seconded. Could we do that without objection . Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Item four, hearing to consider, appointing four members, and there are four seats and nine applicants. Thank you. And so, nine applicants for four seats. And a number of people that are here, and if anyone that would like to speak who is an applicant would like to come forward to tell us why you are interested in and qualified for the Reentry Council . And remember our re appoiappoin as well, and if you could acknowledge your past work if you are a current sitting member of the council as well. Good afternoon, i want to thank you for the ability to serve on the council and the ability to give back to a great city that i know that we are going to end up the catalyst for reentry. And i have dedicated my life. Your name . Joseph calderon. I have dedicated my life to reentry, and i work for the transition network, which is a National Network that helps to empower and educate men and women coming out of the federal system and the state system and the county system. And teaching them how to navigate, medically and socially, and meeting where they are at and seeing what their needs are, and addressing their social health and understanding that many of these men and women comes from community where it is an issue and i speak on that at different i just came back from the 2016, reentry solution, where i was able to meet the head of the cdr, scott and just advocate for these peoples needs. I know that the unique healthcare needs and their social needs. And i will continue to advocate for those needs. While serving on the Reentry Council, i have built, great relationships with federal probation, and state patrol, with the state patrol, and one of the founders of the peer reentry navigator network. Which is a, and which was set up for men and women that are coming home after serving life terms to teach them how to network and if they dont know how to network, teach them and if they do, teach them how to network on this side of the fence and to teach them how to build social cap tom and understanding on how to come back and to be healthy and successful and have a place where they can speak and if they are going through any type of issues to help. And i have assisted the pact meetings which disappeared, while ab 109 was processed and in the meetings i also helped organize, but i am also out of being a community, based organization and i am a resource for these men and women. And i also, in regards visit the state prison and i am a strong believer that the successful reentry does not start at the gate and so i have visited the valley state prison and i can continue to serve those both as a motivational speaker, and also as a resource. I remember the men and women, and me myself having a life sentence and doing 20 years, and i continue to go back because i want to inspire hope and inspire change as a San Francisco Reentry Council member. I have developed great relationships with the San Francisco adult probation. I have worked first hand with the adult probation and the Reentry Council, with building justice in San Francisco that aaddresses racial and ethic disparties in the criminal Justice System and i have to plan and promote the meetings with the staff in the bay view, mission, tender loin, and the visitation valley and the western edition. And also personally facilitated the Mission Meetings, and the Mission Meeting under that, and one of my, i think that one of my proudest moments was recently at the last meeting. Towards the end, we were going to discuss the different issues that men and women coming home were having. And knowing their healthcare needs and their social needs,vy seen that a lot of our men and women coming back from the state and federal system were not receiving Mental Health through San Francisco department of Public Health and unknowingly, to the leaders of that denied based on, you can get the services from the feds. You can get the services from the state and so i made an issue of it for a future event, but lucky for me, someone from the Craig Murdock was in the audience and in a week or two he reached out to me and i was able to set up a meeting and take care of that problem. And acknowledging that in advocating for them, we have brought them, if a man or a woman does not trust the system they are coming out of, or is interesting because of obama care, has insurance, i have made sure that i made sure that their rights would be respected. And on that note, it is noted that anyone from any of those systems can reach out to the department of Public Health for Mental Health services and they also set up a meeting for doctors who are the executive director for the Transitions Clinic Network and myself to meet with all of the heads of everyone in the Mental Health system both to advocate one to get the Mental Health service and two for them to understand what services we provide if they need to send somebody to us. If reelected i would like, and i would like to continue to being he bold in defining the bearriers. And i want to continue to see what type of funding we may have around housing and developing more jobs. And when i say jobs, i say jobs that will help this reentry population, reenter and be able to pay rent in San Francisco. Which is a difficult deed, for families that have two people working. I want to look at these communities that have been affected by the mass incarcerati incarceration, and i look state wide and to the city, what communities are based and what can we do with the Reentry Council with helping to give ideas and our concepts back to the board of supervisors around creating equity in those communities and the headquarters is in the bay view, and it was not placed there by accident. And the bay view has been heavily affected by the mass incarceration and i want to continue to keep my seat and work with the city leaders to address these issues. And if there is any questions, i would be more than happy to answer. I dont have a question, but more of a compliment. I dont know you as joseph calderon. Yeah. Jt. And i just wanted to just pay you the highest compliment. I think that you are not only an advocate in person and on the street when you are interacting with people, but also on social media. You are always up lifting and positive and sometimes the journey through life can be really discouraging, particularly in the past that you have forged. And it is also inspiring for you to come back and share your story. And really share in a meaningful way to have you are touching peoples lives, and inspiring them to also make a positive change to their families, and to the community. And to the entire world. And that is not easy work. And it is not glamorous work. And often times it can be even thankless, and so i want to say thank you and i am happy to support you and i continue to support you until you decide you want to move on and do something else. But it is just absolutely a breath of fresh air. To see your continued commitment and interest in serving on the Reentry Council, but also serving the larger to the reentry population. Yes, and thank you. Thank you. And supervisor, cohen and i also, i didnt say anything, about what i think that reentry, ultimately is, because i define it as intervention and prevention as well. I have fallen in love with Public Health and i think that with the proper investment we will save money but more importantly save lives. I do work with multiple Community Based organizations united players, and buy back, and my first three years, i spent with mo magic and the magic zone with davis and the western edition, and i am now in the bay view and i will continue to work in the communities that have been affected by the mass incarceration and i hope that you guys decide to give me my seat back. Thank you very much. Thank you. I know that we have a number of other speakers, but i just wanted to acknowledge the nearly 20 years on the inside and the empathy, for people. But from what the letters of support show, youre really focused not only on empowerment of individuals, but also systems change on the constitutional and systemic level of the Prison Industrial Complex and people describe you as a fierce advocate and i think that you have shown that in your presentation, but thank you. Next speaker . Good morning, im Ernest Kirk Wood and i am grateful and excited at the possible of being able to continue my work with the council and the stake holders. When i became a member of the council i was newly out from my second prison term, which one like the first term of nine years was a life sentence, my history puts me in a unique position of understanding the needs of former lifers as well as the needs of short termers, when i came out to walnut house, i learned that reentry is an ongoing process, not just a single event of being free to walk out of the jail house gates. One of the important aspects is giving back to the community. And was glad to be a role model and a leader, because i have a passion for the work that i do, which is why i returned to college and became a cohort in the community and Worker Program and received my certification last year. It is very important that in i impress on you the need of reentry to start in the sa cell and not in the streets, and i go into the jail twice a week, promoting this concept to the men and women in custody. At my first meeting with the council, a gave a presentation that resulted in the Reentry Council, creating a Resource Team that went into solid and they had to do a seminar, and providing resource information, and sadly there was no follow up, and as a result, things never went any further than in the initial meeting. This shows that there needs to be commitment from the council and during the last nieft years that i spent in pris object, i realized need for a concrete, plan and not only for myself, but for the inmate population, and the freedom requires, preparation and i found to balance the reactivity group, and aka, fray when i started to with the presumption and in order to make this and the commitments and the determination and the plan and the first term as the appointee, will be spent, actively looking and networking and being educated to the process i committed myself to. My second term was to Practical Application of the things learned in my first term, i feel the council needs to be serious about providing the structure for reentry that is viable, accessible and sustain able. And after years of being inactive, the reentry, excuse me, the reentry subcommittees were react vated after the appointment and it has been pleasure to serve as the chairman of the support and the subcommittee from that point to present, i participated in many events, related to the council during my tenure, i was the speaker in the graduation of january of this year, i spoke on change and my journey from prisoner to role model. Miep presentation was well veefd and published in the entirety in the february, edition of the San Francisco Sheriffs Department, newsletter. I was given the opportunity to be an active participant in the Community Meetings, regarding the information released by the burns report, on ethic and Racial Disparities in the criminal Justice System in San Francisco San Francisco. And i can continue to be active in the follow up review process. Through the council, i connected with the arch diocese of San Francisco and together we plan and brought the foolish in the three fares, which provided the resources to men and women. Maf gating the reentry maze and finding a home are the two major challenges faced by former prisoners. And there has to be Affordable Housing and i would like to see the Reentry Council make it a top priority and come forthwith the i am mri menable policy that afirms, housing. And another thing that i would like to see the council accomplish is the expansion of the hard copy resource manual to the interactive online website. And while it is true that the hard copies are a crucial component in the prisoner exit plans, families and friends of people exiting the jail or the prison as well as the individuals themselves, sh you had have access to a website that can guide them and show them the best way to access reentry resources in San Francisco. Also, i look to ward to the continued work with tennessee on the offering of a more nutritious menu, and the jail, in order to bring about a reduction in obesity and related illnesses among the population in custody. In partnership, with julio and the arch diocese, we are planning a dinner for the families of prisoners. But potentially to be held in january as part of the dedication to the service and the arch diocese will donate, 10 noushgs noushgs to the events and we would like to see the Council Support this by providing matching funds. It is an honor, a privilege and truly a blessing to serve my community. And my city, as a Council Member and to make use of my experience in a positive and productive manner. Are there any questions . No, that is a thorough presentation. Yeah, and from all of the letters of support to the college and to the public defender and the Legal Services for the prisoners with children, what an amazing teacher you are, but thank you, thank you to your service and willingness to continue. My pleasure. Thank you. And next speaker . Miss coleman. Good morning, supervisors. Im Angela Coleman and i am new on the council and i just would love to con, i was just here and i dont know if i want to bore you with my story again, since i was just here, hoping that you guys kind of remember. I can talk about what i have been doing while i am on the council. Yes, please. First i want to thank you for my appointment, earlier this year, and it has been an honor and a privilege to serve as a board appointee on the Reentry Council for this city and council of San Francisco. I have been attending the subcommittee support and opportunities meetings. To learn how to better serve the incarcerated and formally incarcerated populations. And this has been a great opportunity for me to learn more about the criminal Justice System. And with a sharing help. We have had the meeting with the sheriff, where we have voiced our concerns with to be in the county jail and we need the women Reentry Service and i do go in every monday to the Sisters Program and i support the women there with reentry support. But we dont have the reentry in others, we do have Reentry Service with the men. We have the bro bz with the people having someone to go and being released in business hours, i remember that when i was in custody, the night does not, it does not feel good. And most were up to no good and you get peld into that behavior. And we have had meetings with the department of p Public Health and we had discussions about the Mental Health issues inside and outside of jail. And what resources are available to who. We discussed the referral for the proposal that they were going to submit and they would like for the Board Members to be a part of that. I have been involved in facilitating the justice in the tender loin and in the western edition. Im learning how the criminal Justice System works and doesnt work for the incarcerated population barriers that the people face, the injustices, the disparities that plague our communities. And im learning some way that we can be instrumental in resolve. This position is not always comfortable. But it gives me a path to heal, learn and grow. And in addition to my application, from february, i am a facilitator of the emotional emancipation circle for the people of african, ancestry to learn to heal and over time the light of white superiority, and the black insubpoena purchase orty, and the process was ated by the community, healing net i dont recollect and the association of the black psychologies with the collar ration for the California Institute for Behavior Health solutions. If i can remain or voted in for to continue, i would like for the next two years for the Reentry Council to focus on way that we can support the formally incarcerated population, with the more Employment Opportunities and the other services with housing on the forefront. And put it in criminalizing homelessness with all of the citations that the Law Enforcement issues. And i think that we need a daytime shelters for people that are homeless, and that are employed. And people that do seek employment. And in five years, my dream is to open and run a residential reentry facility, and i have support as we speak on that, on my endeavor. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And just because super farrell was not here when you presented earlier this year. But thank you for your dozens of years of Service Within the glide, church family. And the letters of support from reverend williams, to others in your file, is very impressive. And your service as a sitting member of the council. And i did want to say that i hope that your dream of building an exit and reentry facility is accomplished. And i wanted to thank you also for the representing of not only the fillmore, and the bay view, but also day, as you mentioned in the application and to work in the tender loin, that you talked about for many, many years, with glide, but thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker . And miss coleman application is for seat number two, with a focus on exiting the system seat number one, that mr. Caleron is seeking to be reappointed to is really a San Francisco and california and u. S. Inner section. And also, selfidentifying as a survivor of violence. And i think that as we move forward, mr. Kirk wood seeking reappointment to either one or seat number four, which is seat number four, actually was held by kimberli courtny and a former inmate for the u. S. Bureau of facility and must also have served multiple terms of incars rage. And so the next speaker . My mame is kimberli courtny, and i am reapplying for seat number four, as a formally incarcerated person in both the county and state. I qualify for this seat because i have done reentry myself. And you know, went through and found the resources that are in he is for me to change my life. And during that time, i had the opportunity to start doing the work. And working with clients that were formally incarcerated. I actually started at a Resource Center in the bay view, where i was able to work with the victims of violent crime. And then i look back over my path and it is just ten years that i have been blessed. And i currently hold the position in the custody with the Charter School that i have been doing for over i think eight years now. And im a reentry coordinator and so i work at ground zero for the clients that are needing Reentry Services. Anybody in the charters that want the reentry help would come through me. And you know, we figure out the plan that works best for them. I go out and find the resources, i help them actually get the resources, and attack the resources themselves. And you know, and hopefully get them into treatment. And get them the support that they need on the outside. I feel privileged to be able to do this work. I am very happy about it. I feel like i lived my whole life for a job that makes me feel the way that this one does. Good days for me would be taking someone to city college and res centeri registering for school, and following them through three counties and still successfully getting them into treatment. I ask to be reappointed to this seat. And this is a huge part of my job. And i love the work that i do. So, thats it for me. Thank you. And thank you, for helping to build keys as a National Model of Restorative Justice, and real education that is so meaningful for peoples lives but thank you. Youre welcome. So i see that mr. Kirk wood had been on seat number three. Which requires a person appointee to be released from custody, within two years of his or her appointment and my understanding is that because two years have or longer than two years, that he cannot continue on seat number three. So that is my understanding from reading through the requirements of this various seats. Is that right, mr. Evans . So we have several, incumbents including mr. Kirk wood, but he had been in seat number three, but he has to vacate it for the required reasons and he can seeking appointment for seat number one, when there calderon or seat number, for which miss courtny is sitting in. That is correct, mr. Chair. Next speaker. Hello, supervisors farrell, mar and cohen. My name is james lowden and i am applying for seat number three, on the Reentry Council. I am fairly new to San Francisco. I have been here since october of 2014. And i patrolled after serving a life sentence, 26 and a half years in the california, prison system and i was able to navigate my wal through and i patrolled to the go, reentry program, in the tender loin and i start there had from ground zero. And i got involved with the leadership academy, through the Adult Probation Department and springing my skill sets as a facilitator for anger management and recovery dynamics and i was able to work with them to developing the workshops for people coming out of prisons, or jails, or institutions. Workshops such as resume, building and the public speaking skills. And things that are going to them to reenter into the society, and i am a student at San Francisco, State University and i recently graduated from the city college. With the Associates Degree in social and behavior science. So i was able to accomplish that within one year. And now, i work with i mentor, and i personally, believe that im all for reentry. And i want to bring my skills and my experience and my knowledge to the council. To be of service of San Francisco, to help successful reentry from the people coming out of prisons. But i personally believe that the reentry starts with the youth and so i mentor the youth that i have met through the city college in the 20yearolds and to be there for them and to kind of just have someone that they can trust and talk to. Because, i believe that reentry starts before eliminate reentry, so that the people dont have to go through the system. And i would like to open up the request ez for you. If you have any questions for me. I dont have any questions. Thank you, mr. Lowden. Thank you. Next speaker. Mr. Farrell, mr. Mar, mrs. Cohen. My name is marvin mutch. I was released from California Department of corrections and rehab in february. After serving 41 years in prison. On a seven to life sentence. And i entered the department of corrections in 1975. I joined the Prisoners Union. Was active in the Prisoners Union for the first three years when in 1977 we took that platform and created the Advisory Council, which is in all 33 prisons. And at its height, and amended the advice i council, and collected the grievances of the prisoners in california, and we penned legislation, and recommendations for legislation and conditions that help to change the conditions, and of course, food and healthcare. During the course of time in prison, i spent a lot of time in the library. In the legal stacks and i became a paralegal. And most of my time was spent helping other prisoners petition for and trying to change the culture inside the department of corrections. And advocating for programs, and improvements in the rehab taive process. And it became a big battle in the 90s and there was a lot of c casualties as far as the support goes, the people left and the support went outside of the prison system. And so we had a bleak time and however i am here now today. And mainly because, as soon as i got out of prison, i came here and i spoke it. And the Reentry Council, at two weeks out of prison i was here. And so i have been volunteering with the policies subcommittee, and awaiting the chance to get on this committee. And one of my goals is to see the establishment of the Sentencing Commission in california, that will look at the laws, and was going on in the sentencing and the patrol process, and the board process in particular. My expertise lies in through which seat were you seeking appointment to . Actually, it looks like number three. I was not sure what was open, so i put one through four, but im looking at, because i have only been out seven months. So i am recently patrolled from a california prison. Okay. And i believe that qualifies me there. So, i would like to see some examination Going Forward of the patrol lives as well. I was supposed to go back to the county, when i went to geo and i was done with the program and i got myself a position in San Francisco. And it happens to be a San Francisco address. And right down the street from mr. Calderon. And so i could stay here, and i would like to see the San Francisco patrol process cloned, across the state and there are very, and this is probably the most aggressive patrol system in the state of california. And there is a lot of programs that i think would flourish in other counties. And so as part of the Reentry Council, i think that we could go a long ways as having spokesperson who could talk about the propolicies in San Francisco and advocate them to other counties. And aside from that, i would like to see the Reentry Council get involve with the reentry houses themselves and to help the men and women who are coming out of the prison system tailoring some of these programs for the lifers, perspective and coming to these reentry houses and in San Francisco, or any place, in california, and that has been boilerplated for a short term drug offenders and people who have been in prison a short time. And you have the men and women coming out who have done decades in prison and have done thousands of groups and been through all of the programs and in fact they created the programs and facilitated them and they come back out as a very crucial time in their life. And they need to have a pathway to smooth transition, in to normalcy, and instead, and a lot of cases they are being held up and being required to go to groups, which they have already done. And black out periods, and other things that happened, and some of the houses that i think that are getting in the way of peoples reentry. And we have a large content gen of lifer coming out, these men are well trained, well educated have certificates and have degrees, and with the realignment, coming full face, to the county, the 91,000 technical that were going through the department of corrections every year are now going through the county yalz and those men and women are required to have programs when they come out to support them from the county jails, and most of the counties in california, have not experienced the need to have these type of programs in place, like the state did. And with my experience at the antirecidivism coalition, and the network and the alliance for change and the Life Support Alliance and some of the other organizations that i have been working with, and i think that we need to get some of the people coming out with the experience and offer them to the county. And to help to set up the programs. And i think that it would be very, and it would be synergetic and there would be a winwin on all sides. If there is any questions . Im open for that. I had a quick question of the structure of so my understanding is that the mack, or the mens Advisory Council has chapters within each of the california 33 prisons and you were elected as the chairman and there are decades to go with the mack. And did mack emerge out of the Prisoners Union . Well, it fills a void, and the Prisoners Union was effective for the first three years that i was in prison, and then, like i said, support waned and the bay area, and went in another direction and it was a volatile time and you had the street movements and you had the pathers and a lot of things going on and so the prisoners at that time, took a backseat because of the infighting over the prison union dues and other things that were happening. It fell apart and so we took that platform and we created this Advocacy Group inside and we petition the courts to be aallowed us to have elections and every i couldnter at every institution, the prisoners elect representatives and those representatives choose an executive council to chair the meetings and meet with the warden and negotiate the need and to community indicate the needs of the facility to the prisoners and i think that the communication was important. But the most important part was the inclusion of all of the stake holders because of the Restorative Justice model which i have always been a fan of. And you have to have everybody involved in the original harm included in the healing. And if you dont, if that one piece is missing, then you will have you, and you dont have a circle any more. And those men that are inside of the department of corrections, and one of the things missing in the Restorative Justice model is those men once they are behind the walls are not in the process any more. And so, as a Reentry Council, i think that we can bring the men who have offended the community, and together, with the community, and you have the very important programs and there are people that i heard a comment just the other day, two guards in front of the federal building, and one said, you know, before those guys got here, you should have seen this place. And he says, who . The patrol ee, he says that is not a patrol ee, but those are the lifer, those guys are being recognized by the community, and more programs like that where we can bring the Community Together with the people who ad mitd he hadly have offended the community. And harmed them, sometimes greatly. But there is a time whether we have to come back and those who have been harmed and those who did the harm, they need each other to heal and i think that it is important. I see. Thank you. Just return from the 50th an versecy of the black Panther Party inspired by the serve the People Programs and also understanding to the other places that they occur inside prisons, but also, sure. The importance of the Reentry Council and insuring that the people get the help as they exit too. But, that is an amazing democratic structure of a prisoners Rights Organization on the inside. But, thank you so much no your leadership. Right, thank you too. And somebody said something about hope earlier. And the fact that i came out here today is because when i walked out of the gate i promised people inside that i was not going to forget them. And frankly, there are people in there i love. I love some of those people. And i am going to do wlafr i can, i am 60 years old, i left i was 18 years old, and i am 60 years old now, so i dont know if i have 18 years left on this side, but whatever i have left i am going to dedicate to krim gnat justi natural justice and g to get reforms. Thank you. Next speaker . Good afternoon i supervisor mar and farrell, and so happy to be here and let me start off to say that i am really just impressed with the level of leaders that have come up to the mic and it is a testament to our city and what what with he have done, my name is jose bernal. Like many first generation immigrant families, my family settled in the tender loin, that is where i grew up and although, half of my childhood was spent, going from couch to couch and floor to floor, i always tell the people that i grew up are privileged and when i say that, because my month thoer is the most living and i am if here she never gave up on me. Even when i wore the orange jump suit, she is the reason that i am here. A big reason i am a survivor of violence, i went to the galel high school and i remember one day in my junior year, i went out to the store it was an open campus, and to make a long or what happened was i was wearing the wrong color at the wrong time i was brown, and i was targeted. And i Left High School in a stretcher in an ambulance. You know, that is an experience that unfortunately some of our San Francisco youth experience. And what and so, any ways, but to move forward, you know, growing up i did the best i could, to stay out of the trouble and i did the best that i could you know, to steer clear of all of the obstacles that i have had. And it was my goal and my passion early on to actually get into Law Enforcement. And actually hoped to one day be a police officer. I worked previously for the Sheriffs Department as a cadet. I made it to the napa valley, criminal Justice Training center where i received the Police Academy training. And one of the things that i learned in life was that we are human. And humans make mistakes. And we are all vulnerable. And we are all fallible and it was very hard for me at the moment when i made my mistake. And i had to experience a lot of things while incarcerated. I spent most of my time in isolation. You know, just giving up on life and not knowing why should i continue on . But something happened to me in there. Something really deep happened to me. And i realized what it means to be human. And i realized that if i were to get a Second Chance at life, and if i were to be out in my community, i would have a deep, deep, moral obligation to my community and in particularly, to my neighborhood and my city. So, when i came out, one of the first things i did was i joined the council, subcommittee. And i am really passionate about that and when i came out, one of the biggest obstacles that i had and this was pretty fair chance ordinance was the employment. You know, i had to check the box and i had to explain to the people that i had a criminal record and that is why i had no the worked for the past, almost three years. You know, and you know, i have to shout out because i know that you were involved for the fair chance ordinance and it made the significant improvement and change in the criminal Justice System. And after i whats released and i was out in the community, i made it a goal to work with in my neighborhood. I was fortunate enough to be given an opportunity with the nonprofit hospitality house. I started off as a peer advocate there. And you know, really, enjoyed working with you know, the homeless population, and those that were experiencing poverty, and who had the similar experiences like myself. And i met a lot of people who were just in the community and while they were there. And i worked in the Case Management and i was a fierce advocate for housing, you know, employment, and civikr, engagement as well, currently i am the Program Manager at the hospitality house Shelter Program and i do take a lot of pride there and joy in being there and serving my community. One of the reasons that i want to serve on the Reentry Council is because i want to really address four issues that i think are very important when it comes to Reentry Services. And the first one and this is very important to me is that i think that it really is the Reentry Council who should lead and be tasked with insuring that it is not private tied and i think that it is unacceptable that a publicly traded forprofit company that earns an average ref thank yvenue of 1. 6 billion Reentry Services i think that it is unacceptable for my city and for my neighborhood. Reentry services need to maintain with the state and city. And they need to maintain with the Nonprofit Service providers. Another, big, big, thing that i like to task on is housing as someone who works in a homeless shelter. And i understand that a lot of people became homeless and experienced extreme poverty after they were incars rate and after they lost their job and after they lost their house and after they have been branded, as a felon. And you know, it is really difficult for them to reintegrate and to attain that house had gone. And the third thing, that i think is very important, is and i want to continue that conversation is civic engagement. And at least for me, one of the things that has helped me, coming out is being engaged and involved. And i was just and i just firned my patrol this year parole this year and i have not valued voting as much as i have you know, this year. So im very, you know, thankful for that. And i want to continue to educate those recently back in march, i closed out and i gave the closing speech at the justice in the tender loin, which was hosted by the Reentry Council. And in my speech, i certainly did promote not just the Community Policing in the tender loin, but also the importance of being civilically involved, and in voting for those of us who can vote, and even those of us who cant, to be involved in other ways. Thank you. Thank you, for the amazing story. As well as in your service on the w subcommittee. And yeah, thank you, from your moms story and how she was so central, and then your different look at Law Enforcement. And i wish that we had more folks that saw it the way that you do. And it is great to have joe wilson here in the hospitality too, and so thank you. Are there any other applicants that are here . This is very, very hard. And each of the seats has specific requirements. And we have a number of incumbents that are sitting. And i know that we have a memo from the City Attorney on the different requirements. We have to open up for Public Comment in a moment. But, let me just say, really challenging for the two of us, that are here. Lets open this up for Public Comment and i have a couple of cards and call them first, if anyone else would like to speak, you know, it helps us if you can fill out one of these blue cards that are up here at the front. Steve good, from the Charter School. And then, it you so much for being here mr. Good. And also, Mark Gardener from five keys as well. Hi, thank you. Im steve good the director of five keys. And i dont envy this decision that you have to make, there are terrific candidates. And i personally know joseph and earnest and they are outstanding individuals, and i have worked with them both, and earnest was the speaker of the ceremony and my staff has worked with joseph for many times, but i am really here to speak on behalf of kim courtny. I hired here seven years ago to be the reentry coordinator to help to facilitate those in the housing and the Substance Abuse treatment programs and to provide other Services Upon reentry. There are many times when i reported to the board of directors, which includes the sheriff of San Francisco and the sheriffs attorney, about reentry, placements and now i would often report about kims reentry placements for those who were not incarcerated to the complunt and the house and programs and i would also report about the other combined reentry folks that worked in San Francisco county jails, and it was a very common thing for kim, individually, to place more individuals in to residential treatment, than to housing, and than everybody else combined, and sometimes, honestly, i would report to the sheriff that those numbers were double. There are many times that i said to kim, one of the former students is in trouble and i have seen them in the tender loin, where kim is literally gone out into the community and started to look for that individual to get them back on track. And there are a number of times that i called up kim and said so and so is getting out of jail, tomorrow, they have no place to go. Can you please assist them. And every single time, kim has not failed to let us down, and found a place for that person, she has amazing integrity and i hope that she can be reappointed. . Ethank you. Next speaker. I am going to call a few more. Listly lavetus and al manalo and joe wilson, and karen shane, stephanie gon sal ez and abigale hendric and jackie, and phoebie and it does not have to be in that record. Nick gardener and i would like to concur that the speakers that have came up and spoke about their doo he sier and their passion and their intent of being on this council leaves me very confident that the representation is certainly there. And as far as the movement of the council is concerned, i feel very good about it. And again my neighboring is nick card ner and i am here to speak on behalf of kim courtny. And in my reason for doing that is that i have worked in this business for 28 years. And gardeners name is on the landscape of reentry in many different capacities. As a matter of fact abefore the Reentry Council was started here in San Francisco, george came to me and asked some ideas of how to set this concept up, when i worked for the city of oakland. And to be the measure why of reentry, on the initiative and so, i have been doing this andvy worked with thousands of people in that capacity. Of reentry work as colleagues, and above the different peer educators and both going to prison and the state based on the local basis, and i found that the difference in a person being effective in this business, and your passion, for the work with the population that you serve. And if you have that ability, then you will succeed in this business. And i found that kim courtny, distributes or demonstrates that capacity to have the passion for working for this population. And as steve good, alluded to, from the point of taking on a person as an or as a potential client to insuring that that person reach their connection on the outside, which is very, critical period. And 24 hours, post release, and then from that point insuring that that person continues. And that is what she brings to the table as well as what they brings to the Reentry Council, because she lets us now by the employees, just how we need to proceed more on a Global Policy level. Thank you, so much. All right. Thank you. So i believe that it is three minutes per person or it is two minutes, and at 90 seconds there is a soft buzzer and a hard buzzer at two minutes. My xhept today to acknowledge the embarrassment to say that i hope that the city with find counsel can find more ways to give offenders an opportunity for meaningful and engagement within the process. Reentry is a life long process, and your experience is very different whether you are recently reentered, whether you reenter long ago, but sometimes comes up later in life. And it is also very different if you serve, five years in prison, at one time, compared to five separate one year sentences in and out of the county jail, and so, the point for women and men and they are under served and the population, with the criminal Justice System and i think that it is very important that we have women with the diverse experiences on the council, and i will probably be turning out soon, it means that there will be one less women on the council, and in recognition of these diversity, for the women and actually the city and council developed a blueprint, and it is aavailable on the adult probation website and it speaks about the womans pathways into the system. The prevailing issue, of trauma and posttraumatic stress, disorder which makes it more difficult to fully disengage from the criminal Justice System and reenter into a meaningful productive life, and so, i just really want to hope that you guys will take those factors into consideration when you are making i dont you are appointments, thank you. Thank you. Next speaker . Hello, i am stephanie, and i am the domestic violence, out reach coordinator at the glide foundation, i am here to represent Angela Coleman who is the Michelle Obama of the tender loin, we are already, losing the real obama, we dont want to lose this one. I have worked with her for almost five years. I have seen me being formally incarcerated myself, i didnt have her to go to and so i reoffended plenty of times, being a woman of various places you will reophonefend, it is alt the connection and hope and faith, which angela brings, and i have watched her personally help the people fill out job applications and the people cant spell and they cannot read. And when they do come out of prison just because they look hard, they are really scared. Scared because it is a whole another ball game, they have been in jail since the 80s, and we are in the 2016, and angela has the wand, you have some people that have the wand to do makeup, and some that do the hair, well angela has the compassion you think of reentry, and you think of recovery, and you think of angela and a lot of these people getting out of jail are being forced to live at 111 taylor, right around the corner from where they got arrested at. So, when you give to 111 taylor, you have glide up the street. And then you have angela, not only does she help the men but she helps the women and we need another women. You men are cool and all. But we need women to help women. That are coming out of being incarcerated and she is the best for the job. Thank you. Thank you, so much. Next speaker . Hi, my name is phoebe and i am a proud member of all of us or none. And the director of the state and the pa s and the womans after care and Supportive Services at city college and a program that i founded 12 years ago. And i am also the interim director of drug and alcohol studies at the city college. And i already gave you my letter for earnest, who i am supporting but i am actually speaking right now to support Angela Coleman, and i think that it is important with the genocide going on against the black people in San Francisco right now that we recognize the importance of having a black woman or black women on the Reentry Council, it is not rocket science, look at who is going. And i am not going to take up more time. But i just really, really feel that the Reentry Council needs to take into fact that our black population is three percent and 85 percent of the jail population and i know this because i am on the reenvisioning the jail committee. And i think speaking to the genocide we need to address not only you know, obviously, i am talking about racism, but you know there is a patriarch cal system in effect. So i support angela and earnest kirk wood. Next speaker in and there are two more cards here too. Nicky from glide, and kena from hospitality house. My name is carn shane and i have the wonderful privilege of staffing the Reentry Council of San Francisco and i am not here to encourage, and i just know that you have a very, very hard job in front of you. Every Single Person who has applied for this position has shown up to speak is totally and completely qualified, and i dont envy you. I just wanted to point out a couple of things while you are figuring out of this out. One in terms of Angela Coleman that she did just start on the council and played a fabulous role within it as two anyone here. But my memory, and actually you were here when the election actually happened. But, she was told at that time, that this would be at least a two year position, and i think that it would be unfair at this point to remove her from that position. I just want to remind you have that and the other thing is that the situation that we have with earnest kirk wood, who has termed out of his position. Which is an unfortunate problem with that particular seat on the Reentry Council. That there is really a max number amount of time that someone can sit on that seat. Which is not true about the other seats. And finally in terms of diversity, that you know, you only have 4 seats to play with here. And i know that that creates a problem. James lowden is native american and i noticed that you did not mention that in his statement, he had to leave but i did want to point that out. In that seat, just in case, that would influence you one way or the other. If you have any questions, given how difficult your situation is going to be, i am here and happy to answer them. Miss shane, on the gender diversity, i see there are a number of them on from karen to sue so jane kim. To a number of others. But of the appoint ees what is the number of the appointed body and how many are women . So there are seven appointed of the board in they are all appointed people, and one is a major appoint ee who is not presently seated a person who has aged, young person, who has not been seated. And so taking that person out, who has and there there has been a position that angela actually took and was a transgender woman who had to leave. And so, gender wise, i bloo everybody that it is pretty even, there are six sitting people and there are, 1, 2, at least three women. Miss lavitis and courtny. And colemman. Three of the seven. Tloo are only six seated and so it is hard to know what the 7th would be. Thank you. . Enext speaker . Good afternoon, my name is nicky, and i am a client advocate at glide walk in center. And i am here to support Angela Coleman, and i would like to start by saying that she is a remarkable woman who presents herself with a modest regard. Because she is walked a long road. She has lead her road to recovery, led her to glide in the foundation where she has worked as a case manager and her story of how she turned her pain into power, by going to the recovery and sharing her experience with tfolks with poetry, and to allow to become the beacon of light, she was in the light that she was once familiar with. Her time and work with incarcerated and formally incarcerated folks and their families allowed her to become a member of the Reentry Council. And as the recognition is that she is diligent in the efforts to advocate and show the support to the clients and the others who have been referred to her. I foo elthat miss colemans presence is vital for the people that the council serves. And it makes room for someone who is not, and who is not only has the personally experienced the criminal Justice System but has continued to be but has been seen to a voice for those who might feel silence or overwhelmed by the hurtles that one must face when incarcerated or becoming, or reentry, for the society. I am always in awe of miss coal man, because she forever exsudes her motherly vibe, and her compassion and empathy for those that she works with and for that i am beyond grateful to have met her. She is a wonderful woman and just on a personal, i continue to ask how to be like her every day. So thank you very much. Thank you. Next weaker. Joe wilson, i am proud to support jose bernal nomination, and under as a coworker and a professional coleague and i think that the experience that we have shared in today just witnessing so much reflection on these journeys and stories. Really is a proud moment, i think for the city. And this Reentry Council being a vehicle to harness those assets for the city. To develop and cultivate more assets in the community. And i think jose has clearly demonstrated himself to be an asset for our organization. And the community at large, and really, in his capacity as our Emergency Shelter Program Manager, and they are really focusing on not only on the physical wellbeing of the shelter residents but the emotional and the Spiritual Health as well. And engaging them in the Community Activities and the civic engagement. And the activities which has been very both fortunate and positive, and so much for the organization and the individuals. And i do want to under score his comment about privatization of our Reentry Services. We are using tax payer dollars to subsidize a Forprofit Corporation in the middle of the tender loin, geo care which their Business Model is blocking up black and brown people. We should not be doing that. And it is no place in our Restorative Justice model. And i am certainly proud of jose for pointing that out and i urge you as the legislative body, to take action on that as part of cultivating and nurturing and honoring our own Restorative Justice model here in San Francisco. I dont envy you for your choice that you have to mak today. But it is encouraging that we have this opportunity to nurture and to develop so many emerging leaders in our own community and figuring out some additional places for those individuals to further connect with and build Community Assets not only within the tender loin, but all of our communities across San Francisco. Thank you. Thank you. And next speaker. Mr. Manila. We have amazing applicant and nigh name is allen and i am the Development Director of the hospitality house and i am also the cochair of the Stabilization Fund and the guy who had to follow joe wilson. And i am here on behavior speaking in support of jose, and i could talk about how amazing this man is. And i could talk about how he came to hospitality house, and in 2014. And in 18 months, he is now the shelter manager, just a testament to huz leadership. And what i really want to talk about though is a fact, a fact that jose is an incredible salsa dancer. And i say that as a metaphor to the character of this man, first of all to be an incredible salsa danker, you need to understanding of rhythm, which jose has, he has organized the residents of the Shelter Program and he understand the rhythm of our community to be an incredible salsa dancer, you need grace and attention to detail and be able to maneuver the twists and turns that city hall, generally puts in front of you and jose has done that and he spoke as an advocate for Affordable Housing. And he has done many things to help the people of our community. Also as a you need energy to be an incredible salsa dancer and something that jose shows the leaps and bounds with his leadership and finally you are looking at me and saying, well shths allen, technique does not make a great dancer, that is a quote from Martha Graham and i know that you are looking at me. And she also said that what makes an incredible dancer is passion and, that is something that there is no doubt that josechlt, has and i do urge you to please, please, consider jose. Thank you. My name is abigali and i work as hospitality house and speaking as a peer and coworker and i am here to talk on the character of josechlt. I would worked in social sergs r services and it is with complete sincerity that i say that he is one of the most thoughtful and he is one of the most intentional and one of the most integrity leaders that i have worked with. He is one of the most integralleaders i have ever worked with, when i have had the challenges with staff and participants, and i have gone to him, he is one of the best listeners that i have talked to and he has that nonjudge mental approach from his mom, i just learned. But i have checked myself, when i had to make the decision what his would jose say or do in terms of integrity and fairness and he is a role model for all of the hospitality house and he is a support and an honor to work with as a peer. He would be an asset to the council and i highly recommend jose. Thank you. Next speaker . Hello, council, my name is kena hatcher and i am a Program Manager with hospitality house. And i am here to speak on behalf of jose. When i first met jose was in the interview. Who he is and what i wanted to do in life and that passion is exactly, why he is here today. And he works with hospitality house. And i have to echo what what she said he is a strong man of integrity, and i had the pleasure of supervising him and watching him like kwiek litning and he is an amazing guy. And he has turned it around he would do justice on this seat. Thank you. Next speaker . Supervisors, jackie, and the executive director at hospitality house. I just really want to echo what a lot of the others have said about the real wealth of talent and passion and skill you have. In terms of filling these seats. And i just really impressed with everyone who has spoken and of course, i am here to lend my voice, as part of a team jose. He has shown his leadership time and time again and that is indicated by the speed with which he has taken on more and more hospitality house. He is now in the shelter and he has brought a lot of creativity to do more programming in the shelter. He has brought Restorative Justice practices to the shelter. And he has been a consistent house at hospitality house and in community. I do know if given this opportunity, jose would be an asset to the council as he has been to the house in the tender loin, and you do have a difficult decision to make. And i wish you luck in that. And i hope that you seriously consider, jose thank you so much. Thank you. Next speaker. Anyone else . Thank you. Public comment is closed. Bad day to fill in on the rules committee by the way. Supervisor tang owes me for this one. A question for you, could we have who was the people that spoke . And what she is eligible for . Could we go over that . Sure. We have joseph for the seat number one. Right. Who is also, currently seated. And coleman in seat, two and kirk wood, changing seats from one and four. We have changing from one and four. He was in seat number three, and he is now seeking a seat, one or four. I dont want to jump in before you have had a chance to make your comments. For your commitment and everyone has their opinions and thoughts. And we usually limit the presentations to a while but the fact that the people are able to talk so long about the things that they want to do is a testament and to the people that came and spoke in Public Comment as well. This is brutal. I think i am going to first take a stab at the seat that i think that are the most clear and i will say for seat number two, as miss shane said, living up to the commitment that angela made when they appointed earlier this year, to allow her to fill out that term, and so eeat number t i would move angela, and the Michelle Obama of the tender loin, who carries the wand of social justice and empowerment. For seat number four, reappointing kimberly, courtny for the amazing work with the five keys Charter School and as the people described the hoi she turns peoples lives around with amazing passion. So those are the ones that i think are uncome bants that have done incredible work. And i think for seat number one, it is between, jose and the seated income pant, joseph. And for seat number three, it is between, mr. Loden and mutch, for seat three, i would move by mr. Hutchs tremendous 40 year history, on the inside, and coming out with amazing organizing abilities i would move mr. Lowden for seat three, as miss shane mentioned factors that he did not mention in the presents. And moving angela and mr. Lowden and missny for seats, 2, 3, 4. And then, for seat number one, go ahead. It is between mr. Calderon and mr. Bernal. You are on a roll i think that you should keep going, here. I guess then i will say that i think that mr. Calderon has had Tremendous Service and the expertise that he brings has been incredible. But i think as a survivor of violence, from the high school example, but also growing up in the tl that jose talked about and the various issues brought up by the people who spoke on his behalf, but i think that it is that tremendous potential not to rise as an salsa dancer, necessarily, but to really turn organizations around to be that amazing force on the inside that helps everyone in whatever he does. And the family story that you told on it is not just individuals but it is our families. That keeps us strong. So i would move, jose bernal. I am happy to support that, and i think that mr mr. Calderon, i think you know, you have have done amazing work and i would be happy to support him in any other capacity that we can do here and so, you know i look forward to that discussion Going Forward. But happy to support that motion. So motion is for seat number one, jose bernal. Seat number two, Angela Coleman, and three, lowden and reappointing kimberly courtny, and do we need to do that as a so it is moved and seconded. Could we do that without objection . Thank you, supervisor farrell. And thank you, everyone. And mr. Evans next item . Item five is an ordinance, amending the administrative code to codify the balboa park station area, and establish the size and membership and set the terms and limits for the members and extend the sunset date for february 28, 2020. And we have beth from spurpt avaloss office. Just found this ring did anybody lose a ring . Hi. Supervisors. I am beth rubenstien and i represent super avalos on this ordinance. And the balboa park station area pac was formed about four years ago after the balboa park plan was done and it was the idea being that we needed the Community Advisory community to accept pardon the recommendations from the plan and it has been an important pac in our district and area to bring together the agency to work and look at this very complicated multi modal intersection of this park station, with muni and we have got the very busy intersection of san jose, and gene va and it actually goes to the city college, and the balboa park and so they have actually had the representative on the reservoir tax and supervisor yee put forward. And it has been an important body. So we are reauthorizing it and it had two years sunset that was authorized for two years and it needs to be reauthorized again, and actually here is the proposal of the small amendments one is to actually have a maximum number of meetings during the year, and a maximum of six which sounds unusual, but the reason is that we are having, and we actually launched last night the first of Many Community meetings that will be happening in the district. For the next year or so. There is like up to, three or four meetings around the intersection, and there is going to be several meetings that are going to be around the design of the upper yard and the Affordable Housing site and we are worried about the members and the see agency staff and so we feel like it is best to do the maximum of six and so like every other month to kind of schedule and because actually we believe that there probably will be about a meeting a month, given all of the other Community Meetings and so that is one, one fall amendment and then the other, is to make the sunset a two year sunset instead of a three year sunset. And so something naul, and we are hoping that you will send this as a Committee Report to the board of supervisors because supervisor avalos would like to participate in the seating of the next group of cast members. Any questions . We also have mta here if you have any questions for them. We appreciate their staffing on this. It is kind of an unusual situation, but it has been really important to have been partners with mta and i think that they do want to say a few words. Good afternoon, supervisor sarah jones, planning director at mta and my staff this cac, and i just want to say we are looking forward to continuing this partnership and it has been terrific working with District Eleven on this and so thank you. I would just say how important i would say the cac is given, i think that it is one of the, or the most heavily used at least, muni station and bart station but also the dangers around gene va and san jose and just the intersections and so having the Community Members involved is so critical. I believe, but very Important Committee and thank you for the amendments. Lets open this up for Public Comment, is there anyone that would like to speak . I see no one else in the audience, so Public Comment is closed. Is there a motion . The motion to send forward. I second that. And as amended . Yes, as amended. And so, movele amendments, and then move it as amended and then as a Committee Report, for the november, first 2016, board of supervisors meeting. Make the motion. And i will second that. And we will do that without objection. We are done. Mr. Evanthat all. No more items. Meeting adjourned. Thank you, everyone