supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker please. good morning. >> those are tough act to follow, but if i could say for myself, when i grow up, i want to be just like mr. king. he is one of those monarchs not only in our community, and not only in san francisco, but just in history in this whole country. i am honored and humbled to just be able to be part of his circle that he has mentor, and now i am executive director ed [inaudible] community center, and i still call him for advising, and he still shoots it to me straight. i know it is a lost art in our community with the old hand school the young hand, so i am appreciative to be part of this history, to be part of his livelihood and be less with his presence, but at the end of the day, i want to say that to be put back on the commission, that is not even hear that question. we are just here for a formality, so i'm here to thank him for my life and my son in our community at large. thank you guys for listening. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker please

supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker please. >> good morning. i came here in 1940. i want to tell you the whole story, when it was segregated from black, chinese, everybody. i have known leroy for 60 years, as the movement of freedom and justice. by went to march with him and martin luther king when they came here, but i want to tell you one thing that is great about him. it does not matter if you are black, chinese, mexican, right here in western addition, we organized, and then he wanted the chinese and japanese. they were too short to be on the police commission, so we organized an got dr. martin luther king to come to san francisco, and that is when it turned. he is a great man, a great fighter, and we have come a long way. we have got a long way to go, but our dream is still alive. i want everybody to look around. [inaudible] this is the dream. they did not believe that 40 years ago. they called us names. i do not want to use the words. every time i fill out an application to be a policeman -- i am emot

supervisor campos: thank you very much. why don't we provide this opportunity to hear from the department if they want to add anything or respond to what has been said. good afternoon. thank you for being here. >> there were a lot of this characterization's -- this characterization -- mis characterizations made today. i would like the site manager or the program manager for both of the shelters to respond because i cannot talk on the everyday, grass roots level, but she is here, she is taking notes, and she can respond to some of the things. i do want to say that's quarterly reports are prepared, and we do take into consideration through community meetings with all our shelter providers the recommendations made from the shelter monitoring committee, and i do have a staff person that sits on the committee. yesterday, this report that you have in front of you was addressed, and i did not get the full report until yesterday evening to respond to some of the things that were there, but this has been -- what has happened through

chairman campos: thank you very much. >> you're welcome. chairman campos: alfredo perez? mr. perez good morning. >> good morning, chairman campos, supervisor mar, and supervisor alioto-pier. i am a member of the board for two years. i made my application for the appointment because i think i'm qualified. i was an assessor in the city and county of san francisco in charge of the business division. and i would say that because i am a certified public accountant here in the state of california. i could preface more my analysis in the statement submitted by the taxpayers. or, of course, whatever decision between the taxpayers and then the assessor's office. i can easily determine what will be my -- the result of my concluded decision. and besides, my colleagues are very tactful and very efficient. to their own decisions. and then, oh we always finalize the computation. i love to live here in san francisco because my family lives here. my four children are here. and, of course, you know, with my age like this but system loves -- still loves to work. i always attend seminars, espec

supervisor campos: thank you. supervisor mar: could i just asked ms. chee -- i agree health care is critical. you are a registered nurse. there are a number of community- based organizations that you have worked with. you are multilingual -- >> i am fluent in cantonese, mandarin, two other dialects, and a little bit of spanish. supervisor mar: thank you. supervisor campos: next, if we could call on solomon jones. >> good morning, supervisors. i am a commissioner of the immigrants' rights commission. i have been a commissioner for several years. i would like to be reinstated. i need your approval for this. i am a community court operator. i am also a member of the momajic collaborative organization. i am in the community center right now for african immigrants. also, we have an african academy at the northern police station at fillmore and turk, where we teach african students about their history, culture, language. we want to expose our culture to the majority of the population because we are the children of the c

supervisor campos: thank you. is there any other member of the public who would like to speak on this item? if so, please come up. that includes anyone now in the overflow room. please come forward. good morning. >> [inaudible] i'm here in an odd way, like many people were here on the 21st of september. a roomful of people speaking on behalf of a project, on behalf of an individual they considered a leader in their community, they trusted, whose resources they utilize, and i'm here to say that despite my appreciation for the work of commissioner king and the role he played in our community, must stand in opposition. i believe if you were to listen to the audio from the september 21 commission meeting, you will hear as well the difference between an icon in the community, a hero to many people, and the role of an individual should play as a commissioner. there is a deep difference between being an important leader in a community and as the commissioner himself said, being an advocate, and being someone who is there

supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon. i am a shelter advocate and a member of the shelter monitoring committee. i have been on the committee for a year now, and i wanted to bring it back to the purpose of the committee. as a member, two things that need to be corrected or taking care of, i really want to see us all working together to identify perhaps resources that we need. it is clear maybe we need more training. maybe we need more tokens. i really want to get away from who is to blame, whose fault it is. the shelter, the client, is hsa providing? but focusing on what the issue is, does the facility need improvement? how will we get those improvements met? how will we get it funded? do we need to talk to clients? talk to more staff? what is the methodology? i did not really know, but i think we need to focus on that we are here to identify some needs that are being unmatched -- unmet. supervisor campos: thank you very much. any member of the public that would like to speak on this

supervisor campos: thank you. kenneth jeng. >> good morning, commissioners. i am an attorney. i first became interested in serving this commission with two cases. a physician was put into a prison facility on the east coast. we were able to obtain a settlement for him, as he was denied medical care and other rights, as an immigrant in the country. the second was in immigrant court. the family is currently in the process of removal proceedings. although it is not my primary job to work in progress service, i believe my service could provide a unique legal perspective to the commission. supervisor campos: thank you. next, teresa chee. >> hello and good morning, commissioners. i stand before you seeking a seat in the commission. dealing with immigrant issues is not an option. it is not a one day a week meeting or a monthly volunteer the opportunity. it is part of my everyday life, ever since i was old enough to cover and english language. currently, i am part of the chinese democratic american club and other associat

supervisor campos: 90 very much. before we begin, if i may make a brief announcement, and related to this topic, today at 10:21 a.m., and i forgot to say this at the beginning of the meeting, but there will be an earthquake drill that the city is actually participating in, so an alarm, a siren will go off. for those of you sitting in this room, you do not need to evacuate or leave the room, but we want to make sure you know that is happening. the city is participating in the third annual great california shake out, and it is a reminder for all californians to make sure they are ready in the event of an earthquake or any major incident, so, hopefully, you will think about that as that is happening. with that in mind, i want to thank you. another announcement -- i know that there are a number of people who are standing. room 250 is open for overflow. because of fire issues, we have to clear the aisles as much as possible. if you would like to have a seat, please go to room 250. with that, item five, we have the reappoi

supervisor campos: presenet supervisor campos: present. supervisor dufty: present. supervisor elsbernd: present. supervisor maxwell: present. supervisor mirkarimi: present. president chiu: supervisor alioto-pier is not here because of a death in the family, and understand. supervisor dufty has requested a motion to excuse her. without objection. could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? colleagues, we have meeting minutes from september 14 and september 21, 2010 board meetings. there is a motion to approve by supervisor mar. without objection, those will be approved. do you have any communications? >> i have no communications. president chiu: are we expecting the mayor today? >> e-mail will not be attending today. -- the mayor will not be attending today. items one through 15 comprise the consent agenda. there will be approved by a single vote unless a supervisor requests to sever any of the items. president chiu: seeing none, take a roll-call vote. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor mar: ayre. supervisor maxwell: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. superv

supervisor campos: out of how many? >> one site out of 13 -- no, that is wrong. 9 shelters and resource centers for single adults. when i spoke with you, committee staff had been going to all the sites during training about standards of care, changes in our methodology. in those interactions, we know for a fact that other sites have utilized the shelter training manual. unfortunately, that information was not captured in the data we received. that is why we are asking for more information from hsa. supervisor campos: i have a number of questions, but i will turn it over to supervisor mar. supervisor mar: under supervisor ammiano's leadership, shelter had become one of the major reform issues. several months ago, the board had a fall of shelter reform process that was supposed to create greater access for reservations, create better training for disability training, and also, move to safer and cleaner sites. after the passage of that, had that change anything? >> the training component is offered by the city and county o

supervisor campos: roll call on that. >> alioto-pier no. mar aye. campos aye. supervisor campos: thank you all for your time. we will now move to item one. >> item 1, hearing to consider appointing one member, a term ending march 31, 2012, to the commission on the aging advisory council. there is one seat and one applicant. supervisor campos: thank you very much. is ken prag here? ok. why don't we move to items two and three? we will come back to item one. >> i did two, motion approving the reappointment of gwyneth borden to the planning commission, a term ending july 1, 2014. item three, motion rejecting the reappointment of gwyneth borden to the planning commission, a term ending july 1, 2014. supervisor campos: we have a motion here to reappoint commissioner bordon. please come up. this allows you an opportunity to make an opening statement as to why you are thinking about seeking reappointment and what your goals and objectives would be if you were reappointed, and it allows also members of the rules committee to ask questions. >> thank you for this opportu

supervisor campos: thank you. is there any member of the public who would like to speak to has not spoken? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, any comments? supervisor mar. supervisor mar: i would like to move the reappointment of commissioner lee roy king -- leroy king. supervisor campos: let me make a very brief comment about some of the remarks that were made, especially the last one. as i indicated the first time i said anything about my view of this reappointment, i do not know that i would agree on everything and every vote the commissioner or for that matter any commissioner has taken on a number of commissions. the reality is that there are some times when we have differences of opinion. but we have a responsibility to look at the reappointment as a whole. i think that testimony illustrates in my view, as a whole, there's simply no basis i can think of at this point to oppose this reappointment, and i will be happy to cast my vote in support of commissioner king today. supervisor alioto-pier

supervisor campos. supervisor campos: i do not know if i can say anything. ashley, supervisor avalos. supervisor avalos: i have something for supervisor campos. i wanted to get a diet coke for him, but i heard supervisor elsbernd was getting one for him. for me, the sound of a diet coke can opening is the sound of supervisor campos. instead, because you do such a great job looking at our city contracts, i wanted to give you a special guarantee that every contract that will come before the board of supervisors will be the best deal possible. high-value, low-cost, the most bang for our buck. no special waivers nor back room deals, multiple bidders, able to pass litmus tests, smell test, and lie-detector tests. [laughter] node jilted suitors, nor buried bodies. the finest selection process procedures, innovative programs, stand up projects come the best equipment, most efficient procedures, the most principled investors. it has also got a backing by harvey rose. the harvey rose pledge. if for any reason and the contract comes without any defense preparation for

supervisor campos: thank you. if we could now hear from the nominees, if we could begin with harry kim. if any of them is here, please come forward. >> my name is steven lee. i'm here to ask you to please confirm me, my reappointment for the relocation of appeals for. this board was formed in 1967 and of his total fund in the city's administrative code, chapter 24b. -- and now is codified in the city's administrative code. we are here to give the grievance, and i think i am very qualified because i have been on the board for the past two years. i have an m.b.a. degree. my bs degree is in civil engineering. i work for the department of transportation california and also work for the federal government. i am very active in civic activity, and sit on the board of appeals for the water department. i am with citizens to work with the police department on central station. i am very much involved with community activity. i was the primary person for the association for the whole united states, and i have been living in s