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are addicts and falling through the cracks are being incarcerated for a procession of drugs. also, take this opportunity to support my fellow colleagues, marilyn, larry saxxon and -- lange. thank you. >> chair kim: thank you. >> hello, supervisors, those of you that i can see. im jessica layman, also a senior and disability action, formerly -- i was going to say pretty much the same things that james said but without the same humor that he is able to bring to it. but i do want to pass ...

of the democratic club. i want to thank you for creating this important task force. i got to sit here for a while and its just awesome what is happening here in this historic moment. i want to acknowledge were sharing that feeling today and im sure you are too. im proud to speak in support of michael costa who has served on our executive board as our treasurer for many years. from direct experience, michael will be an effective and conscientious task force member who brings his passion...

if you have -- so, you know, i dont know how we want to do this, but we know there are a couple of names that i want to throw out as names that i think, based on what i have seen and based on some of the work that i have experienced firsthand, i think individuals that i think should be added, and maybe you guys can also, you know, list some of the names that you think should be added as well. you know, ive worked with tommi mecca for many years on many different issues, and i do think ...

list kaushik roy of shanti. i would add that name. and also michelle alcedo. >> chair kim: two more names, i think were actually getting close to 15 and i have to count. but id like to add into the consideration scott hits you cana. we dont necessarily appointed this many people at a time. usually we do staggered terms but because this is a creation of a new task force that makes it a little more challenging. >> i think i have 15. >> chair kim: yeah. so we do have 15 applicants before ...

rodriguez. supervisor wiener probably has some. >> supervisor wiener: i can crash the party. there are a few i want to mention. one is bill ambrunn was in a lot of ways wasnt the only moving force behind this but he was the one who cracked the whip on all of us from the very beginning and made sure this happened. so i think he would be a phenomenal addition. daniel redman, who is just done tremendous work. i think its also important on the diversity of the committee to acknowledge this...

i want to also encourage you to put tommi and michelle on the task force because of the experience they bring. thank you so much. >> chair kim: thank you, ms. lange. is there any other public comment on this item? >> yes. i am peter warfield, executive director and cofounder of library users association. i am glad that you have a new task force, and are hearing the candidates. one of the unfortunate things that relates to a previous item that you had, but also here, is that the board o...