debates or discussion with speaker during public comment. public comment is limited to three minutes. good evening. how are you? commissioners, good evening. once again, my name is emil lauren for the record. i ve been a resident of the city and county of san francisco for 41 years. i would like to thank ms. kingsley for the kind letter she sent in response to the letter he sent to in commission to help it get greater attendance. i think that letter is pretty valid in terms of adding, coordinating and bringing more people to these meetings. so i thank you very highly for that letter. the first one i ve ever gotten from the commission. secondly, the move to move on quickly a couple of days ago i picked up a passenger in my taxi and he kept look at me and then he thanked me and said that i should be sitting in a chief s spot in the commission. he said you re creating the most popular television show in san francisco. be asking questions when no one else does. and he said
i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. taking roll call of the commissioners. commission president toms mazzucco thomas mazzucco. dr. joe marshall. en route. commissioner dejesus. excused. commissioner angela chan. present. commissioner carol kingsley. present. commissioner james slaughter. here. commission president, you have a quorum. also on the dais, joyce hicks of the office of citizen complaints and the chief of police. president mazzucco: thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the wednesday may 4, 2011 san francisco police commission hearing. and tonight we have a brief agenda. and i know that the chief has to make an appearance after this downstairs at the boys and girls club celebration. he serves on the board so we ll try to get through this as soon as impossible so we can get the chief down where he needs to be, wi
dr. joe marshall. en route. commissioner dejesus. excused. commissioner angela chan. present. commissioner carol kingsley. present. commissioner james slaughter. here. commission president, you have a quorum. also on the dais, joyce hicks of the office of citizen complaints and the chief of police. president mazzucco: thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the wednesday may 4, 2011 san francisco police commission hearing. and tonight we have a brief agenda. and i know that the chief has to make an appearance after this downstairs at the boys and girls club celebration. he serves on the board so we ll try to get through this as soon as impossible so we can get the chief down where he needs to be, with the kids. let s call without further adieux let s call actually, let s do something out of order. you don t want to do that, do you? go ahead. president mazzucco: ok. before we head into public comment we have a certificate tonight. and we would like what s t
please stand for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. taking roll call of the commissioners. commission president toms mazzucco thomas mazzucco. dr. joe marshall. en route. commissioner dejesus. excused. commissioner angela chan. present. commissioner carol kingsley. present. commissioner james slaughter. here. commission president, you have a quorum. also on the dais, joyce hicks of the office of citizen complaints and the chief of police. president mazzucco: thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the wednesday may 4, 2011 san francisco police commission hearing. and tonight we have a brief agenda. and i know that the chief has to make an appearance after this downstairs at the boys and girls club celebration. he serves on the board so we ll try to get through this as soon as impossible so we ca
asian american heritage celebration. i feel honored and fortunate to be able to participate in the government. i will continue to work better with our community. i m proud to have a city hall that has groups that are so proud of the heritage. i would like to thank you supervisor avalos 4 heading out the local hire legislation and gave me the opportunity to help support the legislation. thank you, supervisor avalos, and thank you to all supervisors. [applause] thank you, supervisor avalos. that includes today s awards ceremony. i would like to thank all of you for being here today. many of us wished that you live in our individual districts that we could also on a you. but this ceremony represents is that it reflects the incredible bread and depth and diversity of our community leadership from the asian-pacific community. thank you so much for all that you do. for all of you in this room, i would like to thank you for the leadership that you exhibit every day. we all look fo