They deserve to be heard just as any other woman who has submitted an application for this committee. Thank you. Thank you so much. Next speaker. Good afternoon supervisors. Im here to speak on behalf of anna. Im a long time resident and employee here at San Francisco and an equity applicant. Im here in support of my colleague, which i mentioned a moment ago as she seeks to become a member of the committee in seat 12 and seat 14. We worked together at norcal cannab cannabis. I am the primary point of contact for our delivery drivers. In addition with norcal allowing me to apply for this position and has helped me create a better opportunity for myself and my family. She is a Strong Female leader with a great deal of experience in the industry and i believe she is experienced in exper tease and love for what she does will make her a valuable member of this committee in either seat 12 or seat 14. Thank you for your time and you have a wonderful day. Thank you so much. Next speaker. Good afternoon supervisors, my name is amber morris. Im here also for anna. I developed the first statewide regulations for cannabis cultivation. Since leaving the state, i took a job with norcal, and the director of Government Affairs and worked with anna ray. Its a dynamic to work on the other side of the table. Learning from someone that implements those regulations and can understand the pain point from the industry side. I think particularly for seats 14 and 12, that her experience with not just knowing the laws and regulations, but also understanding the implementation process is very important. In addition to that, she already spoke clearly about her qualifications, but i like to add that she is very competent and capable in actually moving the agenda of this committee forward. So shes a clear communicator, both verbal and written, and i think you will need many people on the committee that can actually take the goals of the committee and move them forward. Anna ray has the ability to do that. Working for the government for so many years, theres a lot of committees that spin, and you need someone that can help identify whats needed and move it forward. So theres no doubt in my mind that she would do a great job on this committee and i appreciate you filling the seats and taking my comments into consideration. Thank you. Thank you so much. Next speaker. Im here to support ms. Parks for seat number 13. Im an immigrant. I came here when i was 10, went to school here, and every single obstacle you guys talked about, im experiencing right now. Ms. Parks has helped me for some of those things. I think shes competent and aware, generous. Thank you. Anyone other member of the public wishing to speak . Seeing none. Public comment is now closed. [gavel] i just want to thank everyone for coming. As supervisor ronen said, this is a really highly qualified applicant group. I was member of the rules committee before and we appointed many commissioners, advisory boards, and this by far has the most expertise. I means the incredible. This is the first round, i think of this body, meaning that we are just launching it now. We hope that it will advise the board of supervisors and also give us good recommendations, but also help us to perfect what were doing here in San Francisco to have the cannabis business be a robust viable business here with meeting our equity goals too. I want to thank everyone for coming today and your willingness to be part of this movement that were doing here in San Francisco to make us better and actually to lead other cities in how we can do this through a really strict equity lens. Thank you very much. Thank you. Any other comments . Supervisor walton. I dont have any comments per se, but before we well, i guess i do have some comments. One, i want to thank everybody that applied as supervisor fewer stated. This is the first make up of this committee and of course this will be ongoing in helping us shape the future of what we do around equity as we move forward. I appreciate everyone for putting your name in the hat because that shows the dedication and the importance of how the Community Feels about this role. The one thing i do want to say is that and i also appreciate everyones excitement about diversity for this committee. I know i asked that question to everyone, so im asking that for seats 10 and 12, that we dont take action today. The reason for that is so we may have more time to conduct outreach and get a diverse sieve pool of applicants. We are charged with making sure this committee is equitable and diverse and we have the right type of participation there from everywhere. I would like for us not to take action on seats 10 and 12 this week and move it to next week or even the meeting after next week. Okay. Well since Jennifer Garcia wasnt able to join us and was the only applicant for seat 10, that makes sense. Did any of my other colleagues have any comments on supervisor waltons motion . No . Okay. So, i just had a question for you supervisor walton. Is there a particular type of diversity that youre looking for, that you dont see represented today . I didnt see one black candidate and that is very concerning to me. Okay, fair enough. So supervisor walton has made a motion to continue items 10 and 12. We dont need a motion on that, you just dont need to fill those two seats at this time. Got it. So with the remaining seats. I support that request supervisor walton. As do i. Seems that supervisor mar does as well. Well take the remaining seats. Supervisor fewer, i just have tremendous respect for the amount of work you have put into this effort. You created the legislation to get us here in the first place. I know you and your staff have spent a tremendous amount of time. We have an impossible choice in front of us today because we are filled with unbelievable, overqualified applicants for every single seat. Im wondering if you have some thoughts for this committee, given your tremendous work on how you would like to see this moved forward. Yes, i would like to mention that when the board and i was newly on the board as with supervisor ronen, we were tasked with developing a program and i have to say that most of us didnt know what we were doing. We have this office of cannabis that actually we havent heard regularly from and we also dont have actually recommendations on how to make it better. We have only heard frustration from many of the applicants, not really coming to us and saying these are the things that we could do, that amendments we could make it easier for applicants and actually to have a more diverse pool of applicants, but also as our equity applicants. I think its been frustrating for all of us. We grappled with geographic equity and our own neighborhoods. Also, we have heard from parents about the regulation and heard from communities about the fact that they are anticannabis. So i think that as legislators, what were looking for here is some oversight on the office of cannabis, not to really regulate them, but actually to give suggestions on what the legislative branch can do to actually advise the office of cannabis on how to address some of these issues from people who actually have real on the ground experience in doing this. We, as legislators, do not. None of us, as far as i know, own a cannabis business. I dont even know which ones have used cannabis. So, i think we are starting from a place with no expertise. I want to say personally, i just through stuff on the wall, and if it stuck, it was in the legislation, not knowing what we were doing. Were looking towards this group, this body to give us some expertise, on the ground expertise. We want to open this up for Small Business owners too, to have this opportunity to say how do we launch. We know that we have had an industry here that many people have profited from and made good money on and we dont know about this expansion of it. In every neighborhood, to have it, you know, legal for recreation use, and my apologies for saying black market. I do know people who have left the permitted process of a retail space and they identify it as the black market. I will say private market. We will say private market now. I do think that is a concern and that growing number is a concern. Because actually, they are able to get great product at a much reduced price, right . Even ones that have gone through testing. If we want this to be a business where we can say to the public, this is a business that not only is, you know, regulated well, but also is safe. It gives equitable opportunity to many people, i think that we are going to be depending on this body to give us that exper tease. I also to say this is a very, very hard decision for im not a Voting Member on this committee, but for this committee to have. I think personally when im looking at is opening this opportunity to get more voices at the table that havent been at the table traditionally and also how can we help launch this from the growers, the cultivators, all the way to the retail. So, what we can do at the state level is to push through legislation. I want to thank everyone for being here. I know that we are looking for diversity within our pool. I think that because this is a business that has been dominated mainly by men and we are focusing on bringing other voices in so were very, you know, we think thats super important. We also think that we are looking at people also who have been in the industry for a long time, but we are also trying to wait for people trying to come into the industry. I dont know if that discussion helps at all, but what i really wanted to say is thank you so much for your willingness to help us with this in San Francisco, because San Francisco, we think we can do it right. I dont think we have been doing it right. I think in San Francisco, we can lead the way for other cities. Thank you very much. So did you not have suggestions for the specific seat . You want to leave it up to the committee . Well, i would actually defer to the Voting Members of this committee, quite frankly. Okay. Supervisor walton, would you like to make a motion. Yes, thank you so much. Please forgive me if i accidentally mispronounced someones name. So, i am pushing that we move forward the names of ali for seat number 8, aaron for seat number 9, doug for seat number 11, nina for seat number 13, burke for seat number 14, teresa for seat number 15, and sarah for seat number 16. Im sorry, what was seat number 15 . Seat number 15, teresa foglio. Okay. May i ask if you would repeat seat 14. Seat 14, burke hanson. Sorry, just give me one minute here. This is a lot of seats at once. Thank you chair ronen and supervisor walton for putting forward your proposed appointments to the various seats. Im in agreement with all of your proposed appointments except seat 14. My preference is on jesse for seat number 14, given his extensive experience and expertise with cannabis law and regulation statewide and locally. His direct experience facilitating hiring Disadvantage Community members by cannabis businesses and his very long commitment to ensuring equity and social justice, principles and practices, ensuring that these are essential in regulating the cannabis industry and i think mr. Stout, we received broad support from his appointment from a range of stakeholders in San Francisco. Thank you. I too in agreement with seat, 8, 9, 13, 11, 15, and 16. I also was having a hard time deciding for seat 14 between jesse stout and anna grabstein. Who are both extremely qualified and have done so much in this industry. So what i will do then, given that there is support from two members of this committee for jesse stout, if you dont mind, if i would amend your motion, is that okay . Or would you like to vote separately on each seat . Or take 14 separately . I would agree with supervisor mar. We have some great candidates and if two members of the committee wants to support mr. Stout, who i think is very qualified as well, i can amend the motion to include jesse stout for seat number 14. Great. Mr. Clerk, is there clarity for the motion. Can you repeat it to be sure. I have ali for seat number 8, aaron flynn for seat number 9, seat number 11, i have doug block, for seat number 13, i have nina parks, seat number 14, i have jesse stout, seat number 15 i have teresa foglio and seat number 16, i have sarah. Just to note, several of the seats have a waiver requirement. Fantastic and can we take that motion without objection . Without objection, that motion passes. I just want to note that the waiver requirement for teresa, nina, anna excuse me, my apologies. And doug block is waved. Thank you. In my excitement, i forgot to mention that in june, i move to oakland because i could no longer afford my rent in San Francisco, so i too need a waiver. Thank you. Thank you. Can we note that for the record . My apologies. Could you note your name please . Sarah. Thank you. Mr. Clerk, thank you so much to everyone. You know, again this is the first of many opportunities to serve on this body and you are just an amazing community. Thank you very, very much. Mr. Clerk, are there any other items on the agenda . That completes the agenda for today. And with that, the meeting is adjourned. [gavel] [ ]. Morning everyone. The meeting will come to order. Come to the thursday, october 3 meeting of the government audit and Oversight Committee. I am supervisor gordon mar. It i am joined by supervisor brown, and supervisor peskin. I would like to think matthew and korman at sfgovtv for staffing the meeting. Please ensure you have silence your cell phones and other electronic devices. Copies of any document you have to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the october 22, 2019 board of supervisors agenda. Thank you, mr. Clark. Please call items 12 and three together. Agenda items 13. Three ordinances for item one, 190832. Memorandum of understanding Fire Fighters including Firefighters Union union local 798, units one and two, to update the Union Security serve update provisions and Laborers International union local 261 to open date the overtime compensation and Health Insurance provisions. Thank you. I would like to invite carol to present on this item. Good morning, chairman mar, and supervisors. Before the amendments to existing labor agreements. I will start with a firefighters agreements. The first environment involves the security provisions. At the time we negotiated this labor agreement. Not yet fully developed, it is on administrative processes for Union Security, and union dues deduction. We have since resolved that issue. We have worked it out with all of the unions. As promised we are circling back to the firefighters to update their language on Union Security. That is what that person is about. We agreed to that premium in 2018 negotiations, but we had many errors in citation of the firehouses and where those individuals would be house. We have corrected that administrator lee, and now we are asking you to allow us to update that in the labor agreement. With respect to the laborers union, once bargaining had concluded, both parties were somewhat dissatisfied with two separate portions of the labor agreement. After discussion we agreed to modify both of those sections. The controller has deemed them both to because neutral. One involves the employees contribution to family medical, involves overtime calculations. Thank you. Colleagues you have any questions. Thank you. Are there any members of the public that would like to speak on this item . Seeing none. Public comment is closed. Colleagues, can we recommend these items to the full board without objection . Great. Thank you. Mr. Clerk to please call item number four. Agenda item number four is the hearing on the 20182019 civil grand jury report entitled joint Terrorism Task force balancing Public Safety with civil rights thank you. I would like to welcome harvey of the civil grand jury who will make brief remarks and introduce the Committee Chair, Janet Andrews. Ms. Harvey is not here. Are there representatives from the civil grand jury to present on this item . Okay. Well, i do want to thank the civil grand jury for all of your work this year. At our last government audit and Oversight Committee meeting we had hearings on three other important reports that you issued. The report today on the joint Terrorism Task force and San Franciscos involvement in it. I think its also very important. I get so much for your work on that and highlighting that issue. I did want to note that there were responses to the civil grand jury recommendation in this report issued by the mayor and Police Department. Consolidate a. There was also a response from the chair of the Police Commission. Those have already been a part of the Public Record for the civil grand jury report. You know, i guess actually in order to have a fuller public understanding of the important issues around the joint Terrorism Task force. I did want to invite a special expert member of the public to speak on this, um. So, um, that is mike who is a fellow at the Brennan Center for justice. Um, mr. Jerman is going to make a five minute presentation. May be able give you a little bit more um adequate in deduction. Regularly called upon and share his expertise with congress on f. B. I. Related subjects. Um, he is a former f. B. I. Special agent who, during his 16 year career, specialized in domestic terrorism and covert operations. On two occasions he used constitutionally sound techniques to infiltrate two different groups of violent White Supremacists to prevent terrorist attacks. He recently published a book entitled disrupt, discredit and divide. How the new f. B. I. Damages democracy. Congresswoman and chairperson of the Congressional Black Caucus says his a critical insight into the initiative taken up by the f. B. I. In the aftermath of 9 11 is a none. We appreciate this opportunity to supplement the civil grand jurys report findings, and recommendations. To expand and enhance our discussion. Thank you very much. I do want to thank the members of the civil grand jury, respectively the subject is not capture the scope of what i request. Detailing how post 9 11 alterations to the f. B. I. s guidelines, and changes to electronic surveillance laws meant to that f. B. I. Intelligence collection programs and investigations now lack the reasonable criminal predicates that were designed to help the americans from unwarranted government scrutiny. It would be extremely difficult for San FranciscoPolice Officers operating under these current guidelines and having routine access to the databases containing information collected without suspicion of wrongdoing to meaningful comply with local ordinance and general order 8. 10. [reading notes] targeting communities of color, american muslims, immigrants, environmentalists, activists, and black activists protesting police violence. I can provide that written testimony for the record in the brief time i have i can focus on particular concerns with the grand jury report. First, the grand jurys allegation to nonparticipation in the jttf versus San Francisco, cuts communications with sf ed. The f. B. I. And sf ed have multiple information and nothing bars cooperation in the most important cases. Those where there is a reasonable basis to suspect somebody is breaking the law. More importantly, jttf participation is no cure to communication breakdowns. The Boston Police department was a trade participant when the f. B. I. Received warnings that it was a terrace that. Information in that case was not properly shared among jttf members before the Boston Marathon bombing. The orlando Police Department was a jttf member before twice investigated, committed mass murder and in the local nightclub. The department of defense investigators a review of the 2,009 fort hood shooting determined that the data explosion within the f. B. I. Hindered proper identification and sharing a information. Participation in jttf does not reduce the risk of communicator breakdown. San franciscans are safer when Law Enforcement resources is not evidence and not bias. Certainly innocent victims of abusive jttf activities would not be safer if San FranciscoPolice Officers assisted the f. B. I. In and intelligence collection practices. Second, the grand jury of formal complaints against Task Force Officers ignores the nearcomplete secrecy in which they operate. Jttf agents play subjects and preliminary investigations without reasonable suspicion on terrorist watch list, without revealing the impact of people. Likewise, being referenced in jttf investigations secretly influencing whether a person under investigation receives or loses immigration benefits. Sfpd officers dont themselves carry out these Immigration Enforcement actions. Its meaningless if the information they collect in unreasonable investigations is involved in such decisions. Finally, i am troubled by the grand jurys finding in the general order, a. 10 is ambiguous and confusing. The reasonable suspicion standard is one Police Officers are trained to use and multiple contacts. From kelly stops to criminal intelligence sharing under federal regulations. The suggestion that sfpd officers assigned to the jttf find ambiguity as to the meaning of a criminal investigation because it suggests they have adopted and often repeated f. B. I. Physician the tactics used in intelligence investigations do not need to comply with legal requirements of criminal investigations. It would be meaningless protection if sfpd officers can systematically collect information about the person and activities of its City Residents in intelligence databases without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, simply by claiming they were not conducting a criminal mastication. Counterterrorism policies and practices are most impacted when they respect the Constitutional Values in a rule of law, and are subject to stringent oversight and public accountability. As an undercover agent i found this a reasonable standard made my investigations more effective. Focusing my efforts and resources were evidence directed. Thank you very much. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Colleagues, do you have any questions . Thank you. Thank you. I understand the civil grand jury representatives are here. I did want to invite up harvey who is the foreperson for the civil grand jury. They will introduce Janet Andrews, the Committee Chair and issue im sorry the Committee Chair for this report. Good morning. I am am raja harvey, the foreperson of the 20182019 civil grand jury. Thank you chair mar for calling this hearing, and supervisors brown and omar mateen for being part of the committee. I also want to acknowledge and thank the members of the civil grand jury who are here today. Could you please stand . Thank you. In addition, i would like to think city leadership, Law Enforcement, legal professionals and Community Advocates who provided a variety of perspectives on San Franciscos involvement with the joint terrorism given the sensitivity and the seriousness of this topic, we appreciate their input. The jury firmly believes in accountable and problem solving San Francisco government trade which brings us to our topic today. Public safety is on the minds of many san franciscans. Because the evidence of this and the news stories are on property crimes, and concerns around the quality of life a city that attracts millions of visitors from across the globe. San franciscans come at the end of the day, want to feel safe while ensuring our government protects the rights of our communities. It is in the jurys view that we explore a clearer flow of communication between our federal, and local Law Enforcement partners to uphold our San Francisco values. I want to introduce Janet Andrews house the Committee Chair for this report who will provide additional remarks. Thank you. Thank you. Good morning. Thank you, supervise supervisor mar, supervisor brown, and supervisor peskin for allowing me to talk today. My name is Janet Andrews, i was chairperson for the Public Safety committee. Do to the hard work of the jury, i feel we wrote an excellent report, and i would like to thank you for allowing me the time to present our grand jury report entitled joint Terrorism Task force, balancing Public Safety and civil rights. Initially we spent an extraordinary amount of time researching several topics to report. The jttf seem to come up repeatedly in our interviews, and had a sense of importance that cannot be ignored. So our committee, with the approval of the jury decided to concentrate our efforts to find out why San Francisco, a major metropolitan city is no longer a participant in the jttf. The jury was of the opinion that the ordinary san franciscan residents was unaware of the cities nonparticipation. To be candid, i prepared an entire speech outlining the facts, the findings, the recommendations of our report. Butts, reiterating the details of the report that you have read, and you have in front of you seemed redundant. I decided at the last minute it would be better to speak from a broader perspective on what i hope we all agree on regarding this important subject. The grand jury has a unique opportunity to interview important individuals in San Francisco government to gain insight from the perspective about the topic at hand. When we started our investigation we quickly identified the key agencies involved in making the decision to join, or to not join the joint Terrorism Task force. Which included the Mayors Office, the chief of police, the sfpd, the f. B. I. , Police Commission, and Civil Liberties organizations. We were pleasantly surprised with the level of cooperation we had with all of the after mentioned agencies in getting a high level representative to speak with us and answer our questions. Several of our witnesses did not work for city agency and comply with our interview requests voluntarily. Although there were differing perspectives, and opinions on the subject of our investigati investigation, they did have something in common. They all wanted a safe San Francisco. So the question arises why has there been no publicly known progress made on this issue since february 1, 2017 . Why cant representatives sit down at the table and work out the issues if in fact they all agree on a common goal, a safe San Francisco. Why cant San Francisco continue to be a leader that others will look up to for guidance, or how to communicate and work through the tough issues . Or, are we just afraid of the political fallout . As we stated, in our report, the San Francisco civil grand jury is not recommending that the San FranciscoPolice Department join or not join the jttf. What we are asking is that the mayor, the chief of police, the representatives from the f. B. I. , the Police Commission, and the Civil Liberties sit down with each other and start having a meaningful dialogue that will move this issue forward. We were encouraged by the positive responses we received from the Mayors Office, the chief of police, and the we depend on our Public Servants to do the right things for the citizens of San Francisco. We deserve a safe San Francisco, and the jury is confident that if the stakeholders start meaningful conversations with each other they will be able to achieve that goal. Thank you for your time. Thank you so much. Colleagues, do you have any questions . Thank you. Thank you. We can go to Public Comment right now. Oh yeah, i did want to acknowledge that um present at our hearing, we have a representative from the Police Department that is deputy chief who is sfpds of field bureau. He is available to respond to questions that might come up. Why dont we go to Public Comment. There has been some Public Comment cards submitted. Speakers will have two minutes to speak. Please state your first and last name. [ name indescernible ] fifth. [reading notes] if you can please step up. Actually if your name was called on the side of the room, and then step up to speak. Thank you. Should i start . Okay. My name is [ name indescernible , im with the asian law caucus, and nonprofit in seven cisco. For almost two decades now, the f. B. I. And the jttf have targeted our communities for engaging in innocent First Amendment protected activity such as a simple act of attending a mosque the abuse against our communities will document and continues to this day. The civil grand jurys report on sfpds with the jttf is riddled with errors is particularly concerning to our community. I would like to focus on two specific issues. The report finds there was no noncompliance when sfpd was part of the jttf. However, in 2014, an sfpd officer assigned to the jttf violated local policies when he question a Muslim Community member about his First Amendment protected activities without any suspicion of wrongdoing. In 2016, the department of Police Accountability concluded that this was due to inadequate training in the department. This whole episode is missing from the grand jury report. The second issue with the report is that many of the reports findings and recommendations aimed at revising sfpd order a. 10. We thank the commission of her recognizing both of these issues on his response for not agreeing with the related recommendations. Belle foz seven cisco remains out of the jt tf we continue to see examples on targeting Community Members and interact them, and in many instances refusing to honor their right to legal representation. We urge the city, the police chief and the mayor to ensure that past violations, training and compliance issues, before any consideration is given to rejoining the jttf. We also urge that officials do not make thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning. My name is [ name indescernible ] i am an attorney at the aclu of northern california. Thirty years ago the city and county of San Francisco on this board led the nation in protecting the rights of immigrants when they adopted a sanctuary ordinance. In 2013 the sport adopted the due process for all ordinance. Together these policies ensure that city resources including the San FranciscoPolice Department resources are used to benefit all San Francisco and regardless of immigration status. The citys policy not to assist in the Immigration Law and not to ask individuals about a decision that the San FranciscoPolice Department rejoined the f. B. I. Joint Terrorism Task force undermines the cities and sang policies. The civil grand jury reports minimizes the citys sanctuary obligations and incorrectly minimizes the risk to immigrants. If sfpd rejoins jttf, sfpd officers will be cross designated as jttf agents. Sfpd officers will be required to collect information, during their assessment and investigative activity pursuant to the f. B. I. s baseline collection plan sfpd officers will be required to conduct u. S. Persons status checks. In other words, checks of immigration status and federal databases of all people who are subject of an assessment. This information is recorded in the f. B. I. Case files and federal databases that are accessible to u. S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement. This standard jttf activity is performed for the f. B. I. By sfpd officers violates the city sfpds Department Order 5. 15. It does not matter that the immigration status information is sought from federal databases or from individuals. It does not matter if the sfpd officer makes use of the information during the jttf assessment investigation. Travertines policy prohibits the inquiry from being made at all. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning. I am john crew. A retired attorney from the aclu speaking for myself. I was a Police Practice specialist for the organization for 20 years and have worked extensively on these issues. I want to thank the supervisors, and their aides for the diligence in holding this hearing and performing this oversight function. Its above and beyond, especially since you dont have a recommendation youre acting upon. I think bringing light to this issue is very apartment. I also want to thank Police Commissioner president bob hirsch for the detailed way in the careful way he has studied up on this topic that is reflected in his responses. Anyone who wants to fully understand the issue should read president hirschs responses. Let me quickly say, i appreciate the grand jury looking into this topic. When i met with them, i warrant that this is a complex topic filled with misinformation. They wanted to promote a discussion. I appreciate that. The discussion needs to it has been grossly oversimplified. You have letters, correspondence and quite a bit of material. But, this issue from the standpoint, ill tell you what we agree on, we we agree with that. The f. B. I. Is good. They do some good things, they also did some bad things, as you heard therefore, being in the f. B. I. Jttf is a good thing and it is inherently bad that San Francisco, that is not true. San francisco is more safe having made the decision to leave the jttf, there is greater confidence in the Police Department because of that. [laughter] i also think that the assumption that somehow there is less a communication, because they are not in the jttf this a fundamentally false. Commissioner hirsch says that his fall. The Police Department gave an award to an officer for intervening in a situation successfully resolving a violent situation. Why . Because the f. B. I. Picked up the phone and told sfpd about it. It is alarmist and inaccurate to suggest things are dangerous. This is a complex topic and we cannot pretend his history did not take place. The idea that San Francisco does not know this, there were years of hearings and history, and press coverage thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. Im the Government Relations coronation. Every year, every month we received cases from Community Members of f. B. I. Harassment. The f. B. I. Coming to their doors, their places of work, you know, knocking on their doors, harassing them and asking them questions. You know, we see this time and time again especially with the Muslim Community. To have the sfpd consider rejoining the jttf is incredibly problematic. We would not want that to happen because there is already enough mistrust with Community Members and the police. To add that added level of considering that as a Police Officer could be also a jttf officer, following federal guidelines which are definitely weaker compared to city, county and state guidelines. Federal officers are allowed to religiously profile. We do not want that. This goes against San Francisco values. As the previous speaker said, the jttf can share information with ice and other federal agents which goes against our centroid policies. We do not want this to happen. We need to, you know, take a strong look as john crew had mentioned. This is a very complex issue. We really need to think hard and long about this. With the implications on the problem that there has already been so many violations as is in terms of with the Police Department and their interactions with the f. B. I. We need to make sure that we protect San Francisco residents. We make sure that we have transparency, accountability and make sure that we protect the civil rights. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning, supervisors. I work for local 87. I have Benjamin Netanyahu active member of the San Francisco community for the last ten years. I am here on behalf of local 87 where i am an organizer and a foreman for the association and in the Muslim Community. As a member of the american Muslim Community i have seen and heard the surveillance on racial profiling of my community for the past two decades. In 2012 i went to my community with local 87 as part of the 79 coalition for the state of San Francisco. We work hard to protect our communities from f. B. I. Harassments and finally passed the safe San Francisco civil rights ordinance. We are concerned about the way the f. B. I. Was using the San FranciscoPolice Department to target muslims and minority communities. [reading notes] our communities and families felt safer, our Union Workers were more protected. To this day, the f. B. I. Continues to compile our communities because of our religion and nation of origin. San francisco leads the nation and we want to continue leading. We help our Community Members can continue trusting our local Police Department. At the end i ask that sfpd to not rejoin the jttf. Thank you so much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for giving us time to speak. My name is [ name indescernible , i am the president of the American Organization in the bay area. First i want to think commissioner bob hirsch for his commitment to all of our community and for paying attention to all of our civil rights concerns. This issue is really important to me, my family, and the Community Members. Our community is suffering from the muslim ban and unjust laws. In San Francisco, we have local laws and policies that protect us from injustice that the federal government carries out against us. We need to make sure that sfpd officers continue to follow laws so that the Muslim Community has protection from the f. B. I. We need to know that San FranciscoPolice Officers will stay out of the jttf and value the communities which they are swearing to protect. I hope the Mayors Office and board of supervisors and Police Commission will continue to keep San Francisco safe. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning. My name is [ name indescernible , i am part of the yemeni American Organization but i prefer to be San Francisco resident. I want to thank commissioner hirsch for their commitment to our community. I also want to thank the police chief and mayor for the response. This issue is really important to me, and to my family, and my community. We need our officers to continue following a stronger local law so that the Muslim Community has some protection from the f. B. I. We need to know that San FranciscoPolice Officers will not profile the Muslim Community like the f. B. I. Does. San Francisco Police department staying out firmed jttf is one way to protect us. Our local Police Department should be accountable to the community, not to the f. B. I. I hope the Mayors Office, board of supervisors and the Police Commission will continue to keep San Francisco safe from the f. B. I. , and San Francisco. Finally, i am so surprised on in 2019 and people still see my religion and my background. I am a San Francisco resident and i am proud to be. I need everybody to be safe, like me. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning, supervisors. I am an attorney and an immigrant rights commissioner in the city and county of San Francisco. I am also a San Francisco resident of district two. I question the timing of this effort to have our San FranciscoPolice Department rejoin the jttf. At a time when President Trump has torn our enemies of hard against the racist, bigoted muslim ban. At at a time when our chili children are bullied for the sound of the names, the religion and the clothing that they wear. I had a time when our Corner Stores on homes are targets of a time when the f. B. I. Illegally surveilled our mosques we have waited eight years and continue to wait for the courts to bring justice. Imagine if this was your church or your synagogue. At a time when federal bullies riddled the body, and two years later we did not know why this happened after a fender bender. I question the timing of this effort. We are still seething, and our wounds are still fresh. I will say this. Chief scott and the travertine under his leadership have stood in solidarity with our community. Thank you to them, sincerely. We look forward to being a part of this discussion before a decision is made. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Thank you so much for having us here today. I would also like to thank the Police Commissioner, the police chief and the mayor for the responses to the i am a Community Advocate for the asian law caucus and i live and work in San Francisco. Im a proud muslim and a proud resident of the same state they a add in a city which leads the nations. As members of the arab, eastern and south muslim communities in San Francisco. We appreciate the way San Francisco has tried to uplift our voices and protect the civil rights of our community. From becoming a sanctuary city, since 1989 to banning take over facial recognition technology. We are known for being a city. As you all know, since 9 11, the f. B. I. Has systematically targeted and harass members of the community and carried out problematic sting operations. [reading notes] we know there are countless others i continued to be targeted and accused of crimes they did not commit only because of the religion and national origin. Under the Current Administration we have seen explicit language and policies come that are racist. It is no secret of the federal government uses Law Enforcement to subrogate immigrant families, keep us incarcerated and violate our civil rights. We urge the city, to engage with civil rights organizations and community memos on this issue and address our concerns before even considering joining the transit jttf pray thank you so much. Anyone else i would like to speak on this matter . Good morning, supervisors. I want to thank you guys are having this hearing in the manner which you are, and allowing the stakeholders i am the president of sei you local 87. I represent about 5,000 janitors that working on the private sector cleaning the beautiful skyline. We love our city of savitz cisco. I represent a very large immigrant population of every nationality you can think of. I represent families that are constantly being the targets whether it is taking their kids to school, whether its on the job, and my responsibility as a Union President is not just stopping at the contract we negotiate but it goes further than that by being able to help our members at the School District that they are sending the kids in, being advocates for them and allowing our members to be able to learn how to become advocates for themselves and their families. I want to start by saying i am most chilling conflicted on come on behalf of our members i want to be able to planted out there. We are not asking you to adopt the recommendations on jttf. Our city and our local governments should be working to be able to shield marginalized communities and are finding more opportunities to communities. It was really refreshing to hear the gentle may give his report, to talk about that even in cities that have adopted these types of programs they were not able to prevent tragedies from happening. This is only an example. However i want to be able to give you a perspective that the grand jury is very disconnected from the reality and conditions that immigrants live in on a daily basis. There are a shootings against mexicans, immigrants, women, muslims throughout the country