a benefit corporation is a corporation under the california corporate code. next, here are, as of january 3, i will have the associate who is a community development person going over the people here in california that have become benefit corporations and give examples of businesses. >> i am head of community development out of san francisco here for b-labs. the slide here is showing the overall depiction of the companies in california that became benefit corporations. the law took effect on january 3 of this year. on the official day of opening, 12 companies became benefit corporations. to give something back, green retirement plans, and there was a lot of press around this thanks to being part of this. they have been a leader in this sort of business for a long time. and moving forward with retirement, they wanted to set up a structure where he knew his company would last another 50 years. there is the least for the benefit corporations from san francisco on the first day, a number of others from the bay area as well that makes a lot of sense, given the com

they aplpiplied it only to california. we are very gratified by how thoughtful and well-reasoned to the ninth circuit's opinion was , and we continue to a look forward to making the arguments. >> [inaudible] >> i can say we are disappointed of zero. the most important thing is to make sure that we have the ability to marriage same-sex couples in california. that is what san francisco has been focused on from when we started this fire eight years ago. it is another brick in the wall, another step in the process. if you look at how far we have come in eight years, six states, the district of columbia issuing marriage licenses, i am not disappointed with the ruling at all. in fact, i am very gratified with where we are at today and we continue to make progress and move forward. >> [inaudible] >> i don't pretend to be in the minds of justices, but as we know, and the high court oftentimes like to take cases when they are ready for them and take an incremental approach. as we see things develop, we have seen progress, and i hav

strong signal to the state of california that they should follow san francisco's lead, it is in some ways, the tempo of the world, and i think we all know what that means. a s q to be among the company of cheyenne's that we have been enjoying today, so please protect safe access for medical cannabis. >> in the afternoon, her supervisors. happy valentine's day. i am a disabled senior citizen and also a great grandmother. i have been in medical marijuana activist for over 20 years. and a patient for about 10 years. i am here to urge you to stand up for safe access in your city. it is really important for the people that depend on this urban live. what the dea is using is playgrounds and children to attack these dispensaries. it is absolutely totally ridiculous. the principal said that in three years, he has had no problem, but they would not listen to him. they closed the market street co-op which has been in operation for god knows how long because they build a playground on octavia boulevard. those children would have to be able to walk through walls to get to the market street suspe

i am with the university of california san francisco, one of the larger employers in san francisco. one of my roles is to coordinate the community outreach internship program, which is a little program we have had for about a dozen years. we reconvened the program about two years ago. we were struggling with finding funding to help pay the stipends for community residents applying to the program. we were very fortunate and tremendously thankful that the jobs now program started around that time. that first year in 2010, i think we were able to tap into about $280,000 funding was allowed as to pay for 20 interns that year. this past year, we had 19 graduates of the program. 17 of those graduates who completed in september 2011 are still working at ucsf. we have been very fortunate. i am also proud to say that through the support of the jobs now program, we have been able to leverage the funding. we have gotten quite a bit tough foundation funding, a private funding, that will allow us to rot two cycles for the program for 2012. it has been tremendous for us at the university. incredi

they aplpiplied it only to california. we are very gratified by how thoughtful and well-reasoned to the ninth circuit's opinion was , and we continue to a look forward to making the arguments. >> [inaudible] >> i can say we are disappointed of zero. the most important thing is to make sure that we have the ability to marriage same-sex couples in california. that is

exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th century accomplished one goal, it was diametrically opposed to this idea. >> many feared it would be corrupted by politics. >> women in the 19th century had to convince male voters that having the vote would not change anything. that woman would still be devoted to the home, the family, that they would remain pure and innocent, that having the vote would not corrupt them. >> support gradually grew in state and local campaigns. >> leaders like ellen clark sgt come repeatedly stopping these meetings -- , repeatedly st

this is a substantial investment in the future of california. ultimately, the mayor feels that this needs to get built now or in the future. not so much because of detractors in the city, but because this is something that needs to get done and is much more -- going to be much more expensive in the future. if we can work together to make high-speed rail a reality -- we have already begun thinking creatively about how public and private partnerships could help us to bring this system to fruition. we have seen other types of partnerships like this operate with tremendous success. the mayor believes that this is a strategy that the city should consider as well. specifically, the mayor would like to extend his appreciation to you, supervisor, for all the work that has been done so far. of course, thank you for everything that is about to happen, as this board takes action in this process moves forward. the best credit he suggested so far is this concept of a fast start program with the caltrans electrification program, eventually finishing at the tr

we believe it could be a model within california. we think it has the potential of making better use of the funding than the other options might. the comparison of a fast start to the center column, the blended operation as proposed within the aboard the -- the authority plan, you can see that the bottom line of the art project can be delivered for something under $5 billion. you know that there is a significant price difference for the connection and the underground tunnel. the number being carried by the authority within their budget is a three track system. the $1.5 billion is a target number that we believe is possible to achieve by reducing it from three tracks the two tracts, with ultimate alignments for the projects. it must be borne out in further strikes. looking at a writer ship comparison, the 2012 high speed rail authority business plan forecast writer ship in the central valley at only half of a million boardings per year. high-speed rail boardings on the peninsula were at a little over three per year. cal train is estim

to join the tenth amendment california lawsuit seeking to stop medical marijuana crackdowns. next, to introduce and pass an ordinance in directing the office to join the state's petition to reschedule marijuana. san francisco can join the multi-state effort and said they should follow san francisco's model. please help support the model program in the country. >> my name is michael cohen, i am here today to ask you to take action and defend safe access. i have several specific actions that i would like you to do. the first one is to direct the city attorney and all city agencies to refuse any request for informational about our medical canada's program -- canada's program that is not available but public request unless under the direction of a subpoena. and requires city agencies that receive requests from the federal government to convey that information to the board of supervisors to the task force. in the second one i am asking you to do is introduced and passed an ordinance in directing and our city attorney jose office to reschedule the petition to marijuana. will be the

. >> the eyes of the nation were on california in 1911, when we all voted. it was the sixth and largest state in the nation to approve this. one decade later, we have full voting rights in the united states. helping newly enfranchised women, a new political movement was founded. >> starting in the 1920's, it was a movement created by the suffragettes moving forward to getting the right to vote. all of the suffragettes were interested in educating the new voters. >> non-partisan, not endorsing candidates >> -- endorsing candidates, getting the right to vote and one they have their voice heard. >> the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage is taking place throughout the state. bancroft library is having an exhibit that highlights the women's suffrage movement, chronicling what happened in california, bringing women the right to vote. >> how long does this mean going on? >> the week of the 20th. people do not realize that women were allowed to vote as early as the 1920's. in the library collection we have a manuscript from the end of december, possibly longer. >

and then the status update on proceedings at the california public utilities commission. supervisor campos: mr. michael campbell, good afternoon. >> thank you. i am the director of cleanpowersf, often referred to as community choice aggregation to work in the sfpuc as part of power enterprise. i will be brief. taking the theme of this meeting here today. as you all know, we're very excited that the board of supervisors is set to take up the big parts of the contract approval. we hope to make cca a reality with the contract with shell for the power supply. and a contract appropriation for funds as necessary for collateral and to manage unforeseen events, starting off at launch. i know that is being set to be heard, most likely in february. we are excited to have that move forward. where that leads us is needing to have all the pieces in place so that one week -- when we do get the approval launched, we have got what we need. one of those is having a service agreement with pg any extended. we already have one in place with pg&e. we are set to head that included before the e

they literally have to become a california benefit corp., which means they have to change their status if they are not incorporated, that is an important distinction. commissioner: for me, that is like a lower amount. president of brian: can we put it like this, that the minimum benefit should be 2%, and the maximum benefit should be no more than 6%, because that takes into account the distortion concern, and i would ask, and also to -- what is the word i'm looking for, the comptroller's office, to try to discount the extra fees for doing business in san francisco, to the legislation, would that get us through here? director? just to get this over? director: there is a high-level complication in terms of having the controllers office dealing with setting some calculations, and i think in terms of oca and hrc, we have gone to the straight percentage. now, if the comptroller saba's is to help provide some information to make those determinations, but i would think, and catherine, you can speak to this, but i am hesitant to say that the controller, that would be a whole new piece of legis

i live in valero, california, and i like long walks on the beach. when i started freshman year at leadership, i didn't always like it because it was like a stereotypical high school -- no huge football team, no jocks, nerds, all that stuff. there's no huge campus and in my opinion, there's not enough girls but that's not that important so i transferred after freshman year, actually. and i transferred to lincoln high school where i was there from the beginning of sophomore year to the -- just to the end of the first semester and after the first semester during winter break, i got a call, because i live in valirro, california, i signed under a permit that says i can go to school in san francisco and only one day before winter break, i got a call saying i can't go to lincoln anymore so i was really upset and for the most part, i was genuinely upset because i feel like if a student makes an effort to wake up every morning, do the homework and pass classes, they should be allowed to go to whatever school they want to so i had one day to choose where i wa

we are still fighting in california today, six states issue marriage licenses to same- sex couples. we owe a debt of gratitude to all that began in this building eight years ago. together, we started an argument for a quality. and we put a human face on marriage discrimination. i speak for everyone in my office when i say how honored we are to continue to work alongside the american foundation for equal rights. the outstanding legal team and the couple's the represent. -also very proud of the deputies in my office that worked so hard on this appeal. the deputy city attorney's. i also want to thank all the city officials whose support has been instrumental from the beginning. i know the terms city family is sometimes criticized, but i can't think of a better, more fitting expression of what it means to have the strong support of mayor lee and the board of supervisors with a cause that matters so deeply to california and the nation. we will take your questions shortly, but the mayor and members of the board have some additional obligations. i want to give them the opportunity to say a

items six, this was originally a sublease of the california culinary academy done in 2008 to open the community justice center, so this address is slightly different, but it is essentially the same building. it is in 9000 square feet above what i was just talking about and expires in march 2013 with no renewal options. the current rent is $21.50 per square foot, or $9,100 per month, so if you recall that list of comparable ones, it is below from what we could find. the rate would remain the same through july 31, 2021. there are no insulators -- in fleet -- inflators. this would allow the director property to affect an expansion option to the 575 polk lease that i spoke of earlier to include the upper floor space upon the expiration of the sublease. my apologies for this being one of the most complex lease- assemblies once brought to you, but this is the easiest way to do this. there is the facility at the building for the next nine years at an extremely attractive fixed base rental price. so they should be considered as a package. to negotiate the agreement before you, we were forced

with the dream of california's openness, she found the state had a ways to go to live up to the future the lot of black folks believe them when they came here. she found a community in social clubs of the fillmore and fondly remembers her for anticipation with her friends. her husband was in the navy on the uss missouri. she met him when he came to port at the san francisco shipyard where she got her first job of working as a clerk. when she did her application, her penmanship was so beautiful, they said you have to write for us. her job was riding a lot of letters. she and her husband sold housing to low-income people. she said that it was a view that could take you straight to hell or have an end if you were a lover, it was a view to see. her lifelong passion has been supporting the use and making things better for the next generation. she fought for school integration, battling prevailing attitudes she claimed was heartbreakingly rough, but she never lost sight of her passion and her goals. she is the mother of two daughters. one of the greatest gift she has passed on to her childre

next speaker. >> my name is bill hammet, i am a registered engineer in the state of california. i am a recognized expert in the spill -- in this field. my firm of 20 works for carriers, cities, landlords, our role is simple. what are the facts? we look at the proposal and determine what the exposure conditions are projected to be and after the fact, we measure what that is. as a matter of record, finding that this facility will comply with federal standards, the department of public health's approval -- exhibit a relies for the assertion that it would not comply contains not calculations. it is a reference to somebody else that said it went 150 feet. it does not. they would give you exactly the same answer. it will prove that the facility does comply with the safety standards. it does comply. i wanted to clarify that in this matter. president chiu: any other speakers? supervisor mar: i missed my chance to ask mr. waxberg a question. could i? i really appreciate your efforts to reach out to the neighborhood and i know you have had communications with rabbi lipner. i am wondering

last session there was focus on legislation to facilitate farmers field, the nfl project in southern california. what they came up with was a host of a modest improvements in the timing and guarantees of how to process ceqa documents. assembly member fuehr but that might be a way to approach reform for transit. i attended a meeting at his request this week, and he wants to take a little bit different approach. he wants to look at actual administrative processing elements that could be speeded up or eliminated without waiving or doing any damage at all to the underlying premise of ceqa. he is looking at the administrative elements, and we will also take a close look at some of the judicial release elements. commissioner wiener: i think there are major process issues, but also the broader issue of public transportation projects in pedestrian projects -- and pedestrian projects are inherently beneficial to the environment. i think there is a unique perspective that we're trying to improve the environment, and it is ironic when this makes it more expensive and longer to do. >> i will be mindful to

in 1985, he joined the american civil liberties union foundation of northern california. he worked on a wide range of issues including free speech, employs privacy rights, police misconduct, and discrimination. in august of 2009, he was nominated by president obama's to the u.s. district court. on may 10, 2011, he was confirmed by the u.s. senate as a district judge. he told me a few minutes ago he gets the last word after his college roommate. please join me in welcoming our dragon judge, judge chen. [applause] >> thank you, steve. it is an honor to be here. it is a double honor to follow the mayor. i have never had the mayor as my opening act. [laughter] i really am pleased to be here. mayor lee is right. we go way back. we have known each other for 37 years. the mayor is only about 48. [laughter] we do have a lot in common. maybe that is why i was chosen to come after the mayor. they say two heads are better than one. we're both in dragons. we're both water dragons. this is the year of the water dragon, every 12 years. you can kind of gas how old the mayor is. [laughte

in the state of california, and one-third of the california prison population are illegal aliens, committing basically felonies. two, a light to bring up that the police department does not act on itself. there are other crimes related communities. i would like to see the police department expands the special police -- the police officer is about that are doing the work, but that is being done by regular police officers right now. it would relieve some of the pain, where according to the civil grand jury, we will be phased into bankruptcy bose -- based but -- on those pensions of the policemen and firemen. if you look at the 10 most wanted men, you will not find any caucasians on it, or you will find one or two. they are mostly others. how are you going to catch these people. those are the facts. so to be sensitive about situations like this, i am not sensitive to the criminal. i am sensitive to the victim, regardless of the race that he or she is, and the police department has to look at that in that light. last, i have filed occ complaints, -- let alone hundreds. it will never functioned p

he's the head of the training center for laborers in northern california. these are the folks that got together, and those who have never graduated. we graduated 23 gentleman and one lady. the program started out doing the basic things that we do. these gentlemen in women that came through this program actually did some actual work. i wanted to make sure that the commission was able to see the actual work. there is a gentleman here that was a graduate of part two. this is going into the tunnel. [applause] if you look at these pictures, ey are real. we wanted to give you a view of how heavy this whole program is. seriously, we were in a tunnel. in the side of the mountain. ron, who is your friend here? >> [inaudible] >> right, ryan is the professional that takes you into town. that box there? that is dynamite. those are your actual laborers from the program that learn how to set to dynamite in the side of the a mountain in a blow holes through the actual mountain. for the there is actual on the beat -- there is actual on-the- job training that these folks ha

in the state of california, and one-third of the california prison population are illegal aliens, committing basically felonies.

i worked at new college california school of law. we inherited a building under a surplus building federal grant act. it had been owned and operated by the city and county of san francisco. they pretty much trash it. i was the superintendent. we spent a year bringing it up to code without any money. we later ended up selling the air rights to the building next door so that we could have funding to continue to develop the building. i believe it is a historic building. we bought a hotel on fillmore, also a historic building. reconstructing that to house 200 law school students at below market rent for the oldest -- i guess the only public interest law school in the country. we further have the lower market bid -- i support proposition j. i have traveled all over the world with a guy named ed roberts. the previous january 23, a chinese new year, was a state holiday and national holiday in his honor, although no one in the san francisco city and county bureaucracy was aware of that. he was paralyzed from the neck down for 45 years and ba

every five years, california law requires that we update the tidf. so you will know and hear soon in the next month or so, a draft of that updated ordinance being introduced. do not mistake that for this. that is sort of housekeeping that the city needs to do. i will note that that fee -- those fee rates on the tidf when it's introduced this spring will be adjusted to account for inflation. there are slight increases in the tidf that will come into effect in the spring. that tidf ordinance against again, once t.s.f. is passed will no longer exist. this is an interim update. i think that's the most important thing to know. i mentioned an expenditure plan that this fee is going to fund. we expect over the 20-year life of the fee to generate about $630 million. that would be matched with $820 million of other sources that we have identified from local, state, and federal funds to fund a $1.4 billion system wide improvements package. a lot of the improvements that we are funding were studied in the transit effectiveness project, many of you may know that

in part of the california college of arts at the end of february. supervisor cohen: there are good things that come out of them. i know that i just downloaded -- i am a taxicab user, and part of last year, i lamented the whole process of actually getting a cab. i have learned that it does not matter where you are. the west part, the east part of town, it is generally difficult to get a cab. >> the taxi drivers also want the customers to be reliable. if they know that the customer will be there when they get there, you will find increased reliability. that is what this kind of platform offers. the customer does not go with another taxi driver and the taxi driver does not go with another customer. supervisor cohen: 1 more thing that i have experienced, almost literally being thrown out of a cab, because i tried to use my debit card by had cash, ended down very ugly, very quickly. >> use -- and it went down very ugly, very quickly. >> use 311. supervisor mar: without objection, continue to the call of the chair. is there any other business before us? >