it rights to flood a million streams of emotion. bring on the appointment like an ocean. supervisor kim this is an intg appointment because it deals with bond oversight. in my opinion, i feel the example shows you need to have independence between certain parts of the bureaucracy that oversight s the whole system. since this is an oversight the point, that becomes even more important given that the water system is undergoing a lot of changes and might be going for more changes of certain people pass the initiative. i feel some of the qualifications for the position as a person that is independent and without political influences. i get hesitant when i see people go from one side of the aisle and crossed to the other side of the aisle and say it is a different position and i will not be unduly influenced. it s like me seeing politicians becoming lobbyists and that they say we are independent. this needs a person that is truly independent and if there is any suspicion of too
legal resources center, where i continue to volunteer as the general counsel. although my academic, literature seems to be centered in the truth is, everybody who has ever taken a class for me knows that i am is centered in the community. i firmly believe that any change that is going to take place, either nationally or locally, has to begin within the community. that brings me to where i am interested in serving on this commission. honestly, there are two major things. given the political environment in the u.s. today that has shifted to an attempt on the part of local and state officials to legislate in the immigration field negatively, it is very important for cities like san francisco to maintain very, very strong sanctuary policies, and also to maintain very strong programs that welcome immigrantsit is for thom interested in serving and i welcome any questions. supervisor kim: i do want to acknowledge how closely you worked for the board of supervisors i was working
forward recommendation. thank you. recommendation to the full board. i want to thank both of our applicants who are here today. again, mr. nulte, i would love to support you for something that is more of a general residence seat on this cac. there ll be other seeds over the next couple of years. i want to thank and recognize lj cirillo who previously served on this seat and has been active on the issues in our neighborhood. i am is rg see that she cannot continue to serve. but i am glad we have these applicants. thank you to both of you. we had a motion. we can do that without opposition. thank you. madam clerk, please call item number two. motion appointing supervisor christina olague, a term ending february 4, 2014, to the san francisco local agency formation commission. supervisor kim: thank you. any questions or discussion? seeing none, i will open up for public comment. any public comment on item number two? good afternoon. douglas yepp. i would like to speak in fa
the sanctuary city which supervisor campos lead. many of my students have taken your class and i appreciate the scholarship and the work you do on behalf of the san francisco community and immigrant community broadly. supervisor campos: thank you for your interest. i think san francisco is lucky you are interested in serving in this capacity. those of us who have been working around immigration issues and immigrants rights are familiar with your work and it is impressive and i am delighted you are interested in it serving and thank you very much for that interest and everything you do. thank you very much. supervisor kim: are there any other questions? we will now open it up to public comment on this item. i see some of our commissioners are here as well. good afternoon, supervisors. i m the vice chair of the immigrant rights commission and i am here to show my support for the professor. everybody knows him. , he s an excellent advocate and has been all the time fighting