thanks for coming. >> [ applause ] . >> san francisco is lucky to have two native born san franciscans from our fire department. welcome joanne. [ applause ] >> good morning, everyone. thank you. thanks for coming out. this is a great crowd as we commemorate and celebrate 107. i'm proud to be serving as your fire chief. we have many here that have shown up from the fire department. on behalf of the fire department we are proud of the city and the city's resilience and today is a perfect opportunity to remind everybody the importance and particularly the mayor who truly gets it, the importance of preparedness and helping each other out and knowing everyone's emergency plan and having plans for your family if you are not together and for your pets and we are also grateful to have three of the members of the board of supervisors. i think that maybe a record. thank you. they work hard. president chiu, supervisor wiener and our former fire commissioner london breed. a big shout out to the murphy family. [ applause ] we have the murphy family and the morris family. mike morris is going to be

my colleague president david chiu. >> good morning san franciscans. i can't believe you were here in 1906. i would like to welcome you. we know in 1906 this was ground zero. i want to thank all of you and want to thank our men and women in uniform from our fire department and police department who have sacrificed over the years and been part of our early response system. when the alarm woke me up this morning, i didn't know exactly what was going on and i think that is appropriate because when the earthquake happens there is a great deal of confusion. unlike 1906, we are much better prepared. with that being said, i still have nightmares that at some point in the future we know there is a 2 in 3 probability that the great one is going to hit us in a few years . i have a grandmother that is not prepared, i have many family members who are not prepared. thank you for san francisco who is ready for the big one. mayor lee is going to be here shortly and he's going to sign a piece of legislation that supervisor wiener and i worked on to make sure the three

we have robust expanded health care access for san franciscans. we have nurses and health care workers who are being treated with the same dignity as our brothers and sisters in the trade. those are all wonderful, wonderful accomplishments. if there are any lessons for the battle of cathedral hill going forward, we know that many of the changes with affordable care act will all be good for san francisco. so, then we'll be quite challenging preserving the social safety net. and we have learned that many of the ideas that come from the process of bringing voices up from the grassroots and devising solutions from the grassroots when combined with some of the formidable technical expertise that is in this community, in these hospitals, we can solve these problems and we can move forward. we look forward to the day when all of us can actually have these dialogues about how to build the type of city and the type of health care system that every single san franciscan can enjoy, deserves, and hopefully we won't have to fight for it as hard as we did this

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i'm ray i'm a san franciscan i will and work here. currently i'm part of the information systems for the project team and hopefully very soon implementing what we've designed over the years. driving down south on 101 you notice a little billboard it caught my my and said the babies that are born today one out of 3 will live to be over one hundred years old. this one hospital has been delivering over 78 thousand babies and that trend is going to grow. that get me ini'm one of the baby boomers will i make 1 hundred years old my mom made 97-year-old. like the many generations in san francisco c pmc is a steward of the community as well. you heard some of the presentations and saw the graphics. c pmc has been here for 1 hundred and 50 years we would like to continue that. in order to c pmc to continue to provide the health care during an earthquake and afterwards the seismic hospitals must be built to serve the pedestrian - the california senate bill was put into the law books to protect us all. it would be a shame an embarrassment and po

when the next he earthquake occurs the san franciscans deserve to have save hospitals for help. the time to improve that plan is now. thank you >> good afternoon thank you for lowering any tospectro speak. i'm the policy director and i'm here to speak in support of the agreement before you today. we represent the 11 non-profit community health centers in san francisco. collective we serve l about 10 people v. of the san francisco's population. i know you've heard a lot about the health care reform. we feel we've been working on preventive care and we offer many, many languages we serve many sub populations and with our partners with the health department. we're happy to have a pie to be used to help the clinics to help our april work in expanding assess as more and more get assured more will come to the clinics and we want to make sure we're keeping people out of the hospitals and into the doctors' offices for the best care >> thank you members the planning commission. i'm john and over ten years ago, i was the architect for this project. since that time i've been an independent

franciscans and non-san franciscans can enter and through won't be additional costs to running the operation of the facility. and also one of the other things i want to see happen i don't know if you want me to go over those changes but the lease official name will be the san francisco botanical garden at - and 3 will be retained throughout the entirety of the lease. and the lease will note that the facility was built with the intent to serve the community and it offers calm sitting and that's one of the other recommendations. as much as i want to take credit again dennis i have a whole list of community folks who came together and proposed many of those changes and number 4 they agree to remove the last thing and they will grant easements and antennas commercial signs and commercial advertising and number 5 no vending machines that advertise on the case shall be visible in this garden and for food business there shall be no regularly scheduled food trucks inside the garden. i'm going to make a motion that we add my 6 listed amendments to the lease changes and i have the specific sections an

and san franciscans are getting back to work. in fact, our unemployment rate has dropped, as you all know, from 9.5% in january of 2011 to an astounding 5.4% just last month. (applause) >> i know, i know it has -- it has not been easy. we've had to work hard with our health services system, our care -- our health care providers, and labor to reduce employee health care costs. and because of our collaboration, we will now save $52 million over the next two years. and we've made tough but necessary choices on everything from escalating pension costs to reforming our unfair job punishing business tax. we've injected a healthy dose of fiscal discipline with two-year budgeting, five-year financial planning, and a 10-year capital plan to get to us this point. but it's been worth it. san francisco's credit ratings have been upgraded by every rating agency in the past year, making our tax dollars go further when we deliver capital projects, and giving our city even more investor confidence. so, now it is not the time to take our eyes off

it has the potential to become the prime destination for san franciscans and visitors alike. it's a wonderful opportunity that we won't have again for another 30 years. if we ignore the trend about future needs, will not be able to maintain a competitive edge and liability. finally a part of the local economy that is overlooked in the street fight are the many workers who are lifeblood of districts two and three and other parts of san francisco who are the lifeblood. they tend to our businesses, are homes and public institutions and our children. many are starting to pay off student debt of their expected in the future to bear the economic burden of their elders. bicycling offers an affordable, sustainable means of commuting. we can find it within ourselves that it is also safe. polk street is also bikeway that will continue to be used regardless of what proposal is implemented. history shows that the most lyrically expedient path is also the wisest, and the most courageous one and it is usually the least costly in the long term. mayor lee, supervisor farrell, supervisor chiu

it trued all san franciscans. the non residents fees are for those living outside of san francisco and it's for the garden of the garden has areas of growth that can't be sustained in most places in the world. for example we have a cloud forest for south america, southeast asia and no where else can do that because we have unique climbate here and with the california native garden and with birds and insects from california. the volunteers provide a great service to the city in education and managing the nursery and many other tasks. these are services that enrich the garden and enrich the lives of californians and san franciscans so i urge you to support the management agreement, and for the continuation of the non resident fees. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is monica martin and i have two statements this afternoon. my own and one who had to leave earlier. i'm a botanical garden volunteer and a member of the board of trustees. in the botanical garden society was for

it has the potential to become ion for san franciscans and visitors alike. it's a wonderful opportunity that we won't have again for another 30 years. if we ignore the trend about future needs, will not be able to maintain a competitive edge and liability. finally a part of the local economy that is overlooked in the street fight are the many workers who are lifeblood of districts two and three and other parts of san francisco who are the lifeblood. they tend to our businesses, are homes and public institutions and our children. many are starting to pay off student debt of their expected in the future to bear the economic burden of their elders. bicycling offers an affordable, susab

we are having an infusion that is pushing the heart and - san franciscans have lost their homes and we must add more subsidies that it is assessable to thetox

i won't go on too long, but i am also a native san franciscan. i couldn't believe it sitting here, seeing so many folks who are native san franciscans. i don't usually see that, but it was pleasant to see folks who are native to san francisco come up and make presentations. i was actually born and raised in the commission distributeding in san francisco, and graduated from mission high school and later got my degree in public administration and serves as executive director for two mayors and had an opportunity to work with many folks, non-profit organizations, organizations, members of the board of supervisors and others and was able to enjoy what my passion is, is to work, especially with low-income communities and non-profit organizations to build affordable housing in san francisco, but also to provide needed services such as child-care and workforce development and so on. during my tenure as executive director, i was able to have the opportunity to be involved in provide something of those programs to the city. also i had some national involv

these conditions have sadly often kept many san franciscans from thinking of broadway as a destination. for the last few years i really want to thank a number of businesses, residents, neighbors and property owners who have been working together on a number of fronts, on public safety to better think about how to market the corridor and to think about how to clean and beautify the corridor and in particular, we have been working on this plan that is part of this resolution. a number of years ago, before i joined the board of supervisors, there was an attempt to pass a similar proposal, but unfortunately by a very, very narrow margin it did not pass and it's my hope that the proposal we have in front of us, providing services and [pw-eufts/]s to residents in the district that go above and beyond the current levels of the city to provide sidewalk beautification, economic development and marketing activities, i very much hope we can move forward on this and i want to close again by thanking members of the community who are here and who are not here, and who have been working hard on these

franciscans. while we can argue about whether current tic owners are truly in dire states with the widespread ability of fractional loans which several of my tic friends have taken advantage of, and historically low rate of foreclosure here in san francisco, i understand tic ownership is in place for 2000 units and that eventually these units will undergo condo conversion the next ten years. in fact, in the 2013 lottery, 2,269 units registered for this lottery. so, we worked closely with all parties to craft a compromise solution which would both expedite conversion for existing tic owners while protecting current tenants from future cannibalization or speculation of their units by instituting a 10 year moratorium [speaker not understood] this quote-unquote replace many of rent control housing stock would allow a condo conversion number. i believe that this legislation does address the need of current tic owners who came out to speak in numbers at land use committee meetings while addressing the s

the commission, in fact, was created for san franciscans that are losing -- that were losing faith in their government. my committee's grand jury report raised important issues surrounding the ethics commission that were not being addressed elsewhere. issues such as refusal to televise those commission meetings which we strongly recommended, and today are being televised. the failure to enforce violations of the sunshine ordinance, and they still are not doing -- meeting that mandated mission. the failure to investigate complaints of whistle blower retaliation, there are a number of other issues that today's ethics commission is not taking care of. steps must be taken to develop a schedule for setting fines in order to assure the public that favoritism is not being shown to any one individual. i am aware that supervisor dado and dennis herrera have proposed lobbying reform and i strongly support that because that is something we clearly need. ~ chiu our ethics commission must create a bridge with the sunshine ordinance task force. it also needs to take care of lobbying concerns. there

san franciscans during campaigns read everything they are sent in the mail. love to meet candidates. a gauge with them in conversations. i also learned how important it is to build bridges between communities, particularly communities of diversity we have. i was just incredibly honored to have been elected in november 2008. my district really encompasses the ethnic and economic diversity that exists throughout the city. as a result, i think my district is really emblematic of the entire city. you can find every political perspective that you could possibly want in district 3. so oftentimes, the interest of my district and the city really are quite a line, so i do not have to think about this difference is probably quite as often as some of my colleagues may have to. i in particular want to thank the mayor for his decision to protect our nutrition programs. this is something that i think we all believe is incredibly important at a time when we have seen massive federal and state cuts, for us to hold the line locally and stand up in the city of st. francis for

franciscans. to mitigate this issue that we have taughtctiontion about is an amendment to allow tic owners to areas of ownership for purposes of qualifying for the lottery. to be clear, this laze zero impact on the fear which a lot of tenants rights advocates have articulated, namely replacing rent control units with owner occupied units. these units are already owned by individuals or families. they are not rental units today and they won't be in the future. no one is displacing tenants. this only affects what certain units qualify for the lottery and that is all, and what order they qualify in. quite frankly, i do not understand these objections. this is an easy compromise to achieve. second, and i'm sure will be debated, there are amendments floating around on this issue in particular, around this poison pill amendment that has been inserted into the legislation. i cannot think of any other piece of legislation that i have voted on since being at the board of supervisors that has had a similar

we know that city-wide san franciscans prefer evening howard to a morning hour by 52% in many branches where evening are cut preference is greater. ~ hours eureka valley prefers evening hours, but is losing 2 hours. the noe valley prefers evenings by 231% but is losing four hours. the board of supervisors voted for your own [speaker not understood] destroying democracy is what they get for their money, the lies cost more than the money. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> [speaker not understood] san francisco open government. the item on the overhead i would like to remain on the screen until i remove it from the overhead projector. what has it been, a month, two at most since members of this board of supervisors raised a cry about district attorney having $26,000 of office furniture. all sorts of issues and an hour long discussion especially about accepting the gift retroactively. then surprise, surprise, last week you approved retroactively $750,000 from the friends of the san francisco public library to the library. that's more than 28 times the amount accepted by the distri

we must work together to create a budget that helps all san franciscans to be part of the recovery and make san francisco whole and thriving and functioning so please invest by supporting the district 6 budget. thank you very much for listen listening. >> okay. thank you very much. any other members of the public -- if there are members of the public please line up on the far wall and we will get to you. all right. >> hello supervisors. address those on the budget committee today. what incredibly moving stories we have heard over the day. there is so much need in the city and probably now more than ever we have seen one of the highest levels of displacement in san francisco history and surpassing the 2001 bub and he will any of the budgetary elements go toward off setting and supplying and creating because where i see the lack is where we have some services and approach towards the disadvantaged in san francisco. we have very little assistance for work force housing. anything that is affordable those making 25 to $60,000 a year and those in the yards are making 15 to 30 if they're luck