we are calling the meeting to order. please turn off any cell phones or pagers. would you please stand for the pledge of allegiance. taking of roll call commissioners. present. commission vice president dr. joe marshall. in route. commissioner dejesus. present. commissioner james hammer. in route. commissioner angela chan. excused. commissioner kingsley. present. commissioner slaughter. present. we have the assistant chief thromace sawyer. thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen welcome to the wednesday, april 20th, 2011 commission meeting. we have an issue that we are going to move to the head of the line, item five. we have a large crowd to discuss the patrol specials and the recommendation of the pssg report. we will call that as the first item this evening. line item 1, the consent calendar. the police commission report of disciplinary action from the first quarter, 2011. any questions? hearing none, do i have any public comment regarding
after tonight s meeting. that would be fine for me. that is all i have at this point. i wanted a clarification talking about the gun holster, how many patrol specialists carry guns and are all required to go to the range? and how do they have the guns. they are supposed to qualify twice per year in april and october. are they post certified? do they have a license to carry the guns? the assistants have guard cards but the beat owners are exempt from possessing a guard card. ok. thank you. if i may say in october i did attend their qualification. and at the time the range master expressed concerns in regards to the retention level and that is how the memo was generated. and therefore how the policy was implemented to increase the safety of the holsters. how much training does it take to get a guard card? it is basically an application. i believe that you also need to complete the 832, the basic course. i don t know exactly how many hours of increase. hour membe
next speaker, please. my name is theresa cooper. i am an access love member. i volunteer. i was really concerned with captain denise schmidt s letter. my experience at the police commission meeting is that the captain of the police was shocked by it and had never received the letter. it was baulked at as not having factual information. i have been a legal secretary, and i paid attention to that. i am surprised that is used as something official. the letter and the commission hearing brought up some fears around the asian community and other ethnic communities. i am concerned. i am a longtime resident of the city. it creates a division between communities. we all have needs that need to be met and strategies for survival. let us support each other in having all of our needs met, and be safe. next speaker, please. hello, members of the board of appeals. i attended the planning commission hearing and spoke there. what i told them there is the same thing a lot of people h
in sheer terror of us having to follow a family band. they re performing saturday morning at 11:00 for 40 minutes. we have enough stuff to play the whole time. we are ready. it has been a delight to have you on culture wire. i want to thank you personally for this great musical festival you have given us. is a lot of fun. remembered the hardly strictly bluegrass festival will be in san francisco. visit the website to get information on all of the performances. welcome to the february 9, 2011 meeting of the board of appeals. joining president goh of the other commissioners. to my left, the deputy city attorney. she will provide the board with legal and vice this evening. at the controls is the board s legal assistant. i am the executive director. in the front row, we have representatives from city departments who will speak for the board this event. on the far side is lawrence laurence kornfield. sitting next to him is scott sanchez, representing the planned apar
on san francisco government television, channel 78. dvd s of this meeting are available for purchase directly from sfgtv. at this point, we will conduct our swearing in. if you intend to testify, please stand, raise your right hand and say i do. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you. commissioners, we have to be well housekeeping matters. the first is a jurisdiction request at 2350 broadway. that matter has been withdrawn and will not be heard this evening. the other has to do with appeal six and six a. of hundred one divisadero 1201 divisadero street. my understanding is that the document that was to be viewed during the closed session, and the copy of the identification card, is not available. my suggestion is that we might continue this matter in order to hear it at a time when that identification card can be viewed by the board. we would need a motion to do th