we should not have a competitive contract overview. i work for the city and county of san francisco. i had to deal with contracts every year. i had to deal with the budget analyst. that is nothing new. why shouldn't recology? they have had a non-competitive process for 80 years, and it needs to be reviewed. commissioner campos: thank you very much. next speaker please. >> executive director of the san francisco labor council. we represent over 100 unions in san francisco, including the workers who actually work for recology and make a living wage with good health care benefits and a pension plan. sitting here for the last hour or so, i think i am even more resolved and committed to seeing that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. i am more inclined to feel that way now, even after listening to some of the testimony and some of the questions you have put together. we have had a couple of contracts in san francisco, including a sludge contract. we have had 1 south van ness that has gone out to bid. people are getting laid off, thrown out, fired, and i am concerned as we go through our budget

san francisco in terms of a fee or benefit as it compares to what other jurisdictions get from these vendors. you talk about oakland receiving $29 million. a chunk of that goes to the general fund. how does that compare to what we receive? everyone knows we are facing a substantial budget deficit. we have to figure out ways to make sure that we leverage every asset the city has. i want to make sure the san francisco is getting its fair share. that is where i feel more information could be obtained. commissioner avalos? supervisor avalos: what kind of assets as the current vendor gain by the work they do in the city? is it possible those assets could also be city assets as well? are the only in the hands of recology? is there a way that could be considered part of the public domain as well? it is virtually public-service been provided. rate payers are paying for the service. it is something the city has condemned with the current agreement that has lasted decades. -- it is something the city has condoned with the current agreement that has lasted decades. >> i have no idea of th

well to perform -- conform their system to the way the san francisco is operating. to touch on a couple of points, san francisco's permit system for refuse collection may be unusual, but that does not make it undesirable. san francisco, as you heard, is not alone in choosing its refuse collection through a non- competitive bidding process, and shows that 45% of jurisdictions do not competitively bid their refuse service. also, our current system provides the greatest flexibility in the event of any unforeseen circumstances that were referenced in the report. our current system has a level of flexibility already built into it that allows for ongoing improvements to service not possible under a bit and contract system. as i'm sure you are well aware, once a city accepts a bid, then that particular level of service as well as the particular cost is locked in here with our current system, service adjustments can be made at any time, and we can set rates at any time as well, so we do not need to wait for any contractual changes. a couple points i wanted to raise -- the report also sta

agents were asking in san francisco. they wanted information regarding what mosque i prayed at in san francisco, how many times, my imam, things i would not expect them to know about my life in san francisco. i hope and wish that we are treated at airports in this country as human beings, as american citizens. thank you for your time today. supervisor avalos: thank you. we very much appreciate it. >> i am john crew from the american civil liberties union of california. i will be happy to answer questions. this is an important topic. if we run out of time, i am happy to provide information later. i served as the police practices project director for 15 years. i served on the task force appointed by the police commission to draft san francisco intelligence policies. it is important for you to understand how it came about. it came about because the human rights commission held a similar hearing 20 years ago about similar issues. the board of supervisors endorsed it. the police. attention. they formed a task force that included a self -- myself and top levels of the police reported. we sa

today. the report confirms that san francisco's residential refuse rates are close to bay area averages, that commercial rates are at or below bay area averages, and the san francisco has one of the most comprehensive refuse collection systems in the bay area. no major service voids have occurred, and as you have heard, the system is working actively. just as important, the study does confirm that our average rates are higher than any in the bay area. although we agree with the overall content of the report, we do have concerns with the report's recommendations. while representative use rates are low and average when compared to bay area counties and the program does perform at an exceptionally high level, as you heard, the report recommends that the policies governing our current system be repealed. this unfortunately does not add up. based on the performance and level of service that recology provides to send a cisco, we expect that the recommendation would be just the opposite, which is that other cities and counties could do well to perform -- conform their system to the wa

exhibition to have a public art components of the work could reach the widest possible audience. more than just a promotion, the posters connect the work of these powerful artists with new audiences, including the vital chicano and latino community. images can be found in bart stations located in san for cisco and oakland. >> it is enormously exciting for me personally and for the institution. the poster with up right after new year's, and i remember very vividly -- i am a regular rider, and i went into the station and saw the first poster i had seen, it was incredibly exciting. it is satisfying to know that through the campaign, we are reaching a broader audience. >> for more information about >> hello. welcome to "meet your district supervisor." we are here with supervisor farrell from district2, which includes the marina, pacific heights, st. cliff, and the neighborhoods surrounding the presidio. supervisor farrell started his first term this january, so he is new to the board. we will get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome, supervisor. thank you for joining us. tell us about your background -- where you grew up, went to school, the kind of jobs you have worked. >> i am a born and raised san franciscan, first and foremost. very proud of that. i am also a born and raised district 2 residents. i grew up close to the palace of fine arts. my parents still live in the same set of flats i grew up in. i went to grammar school at stuart hall in district 2. i went to high school in st. ignatius. i'm a very proud wildcat. i went to college at loyola marymount college in los angeles. i had a scholarship to play baseball down there. ended up going to ireland and getting a master's degree at university college dublin. came back to the states and went to law school at the university of pennsylvania. spent three years in philadelphia. came back, and ever since coming back to the bay area, professionally, i have been a corporate attorney down at palo alto. i left after about three years and became an investment banker here in san francisco at thomas was all partners. working the industry for about five and a half years. in the summer of 2009, joined a venture capital firm. i am happily married. my wife and i lived around laurel village in district 2. we have two small children. our goal is five and our boy is three. how parents and excited to be here on the board. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? and tell us about what motivated your interest in politics. >> choosing to live in san francisco was natural, given that i was born and raised here. when you are a child, you do not understand what you have until you leave home. i have the fortunate opportunity to live in los angeles and abroad in ireland and in philadelphia. there is no place like home in san francisco is your home. very natural and something was looking forward to in trying to find a job to come home to after law school. my job afforded me that opportunity, to come back to the bay area. so i'm lucky, and i will be here the rest of my life. in terms of getting into politics, for me, it was two reasons. first, being from here was part of my motivation. really feeling a sense of routes in san francisco, and also raising our children here. as a young family, we went through the discussion and dialogue that many young families go through in san francisco. "should we move to the suburbs? should we move elsewhere? san francisco is expensive to live. the public-school system has been difficult in the past." i think less about the quality of schools because we have great schools and grieg parental involvement, but more about the assignment process. where would my child go to school? a lot of family leaves, -- a lot of families leave. we stuck around, but it was a turning point decision to say, all right, we are here from -- we're here for good. what can we do to make this place better? getting involved in politics was the fact that the seed was open for election for the first time in a long time. it was previously mayor newsom's seat and supervisor alioto- pier's seat. i did not get into politics because i had a lifelong ambition of being a politician. that is not me. i came from a private sector, and looking at honestly answering the question -- did i have something different to offer that i thought would be valuable to sanford's is go right now? i do think a large part of our problems in the city are financial, economic. with my background, i did think i would be able to add a lot of value, and that is why i decided to get into politics. >> where do you place yourself on the political spectrum? >> i have to say, i'm one that has been trying to get away from the political spectrum dialogue in san francisco. i would just say, generically, i think i am in the middle. i'm a moderate person. nationally, i think we are a little bit left in san francisco, but i think i am a socially liberal person. that is what i tend to practice what i preach. >> what did you learn campaigning for supervisor, and was there anything that surprised you? >> that is a great question. i have never run for office before. i am new to the political world. for me, the learning curve was the best he could be. there were a lot of lessons to be learned in running a race in san francisco. a few that stick in my mind -- money does matter. raising money. that is the simple, somewhat unfortunate fact of life. i think really having a message that resonates with voters, not just saying you want to be a politician, but you have to really explain why you, and i think that was really court to what we did. most importantly, the one thing i drew out of it was the hard work and other determination is the thing that will, i think, allow you to succeed more than anything else. i believe that the candidates who won this past november with the ones who worked the hardest in their races. >> what are the biggest issues facing san francisco? >> i believe the biggest ones are economic problems right now. we face was estimated to be a $400 million deficit this fiscal year. potentially growing next fiscal year. it all comes back to that in many ways. we have a growing pension and retiree health care problem that is huge and looming and getting worse. as important, we have a huge unemployment rate here in san francisco. it is about 9.6% right now, and the fact that we have not done much about that in city hall i think is about to change. that is certainly something i will be focused on, putting people back to work. it is an individual issue, but it is a family issue, and we have a lot of families still struggling, and a think people have lost sight of that. hopefully, we will be getting out of this recession soon, but we need to do a lot in city hall to accelerate getting out of the recession, making sure families are back at work, making sure children are provided for. that is my biggest priority. >> talk about the issues facing your district specifically and how you are going to balance the issues facing the city at large against those in your district. >> we definitely have a few big projects for issues -- or issues we're paying a lot of attention to and we will continue to devote a lot of attention to, both myself and my staff. one of biggest ones is the planned development of the new campus for california and pacific medical center. that has dominated a lot of city-wide dialogue in the past few years. that project is slated to go forward or get through the entitlement process this year in city hall. if you are not familiar, we currently have a california campus and a pacific campus, and the plan is to build a bigger campus and consolidate those services into one larger hospital at the old cathedral hill spa on van ness, and that is going to have a huge impact, both in terms of the neighborhood in district 2, not only the new campus, but what happens to the pacific and california campus. also, is a huge job creator. we're making sure to do it in a way to we have every constituent buy into the project, create a ton of new jobs, and move forward with a health care system that benefits all of us. otherwise, some of the other issues coming up -- francisco reservoir in russian hill is going to be an issue that comes up. we have a huge project on doyle drive that is getting finished in the next couple of years. we need to make sure we wanted to the impacts. it is going to be a big deal. after leaving here, i am going down there with the mayor and the head of our department of transportation to really make sure we understand exactly what is happening at this point in time in the project. that is just a smattering of some of the issues, but they are very important, and a plan to spend a lot of my time -- and these are the neighborhoods i grew up in, so, for me, it is fun to be in these neighborhoods to see what is going on and influence some of the thinking of some of the people making these decisions. i think we do lose a lot of sight. in the past, district supervisor's have lost sight of the fact that we do represent sanford cisco as a whole, and we need to major in city hall that we are acting policies, laws, and legislation that will of the city forward as a whole. there are a lot of issues like that. i mentioned job creation, pensions. a lot of them are economic, but some of them are more than that, making sure we continue to have dialogue with the 49ers. that is something that is not necessarily economic but something that matters to the city as a whole. it is a big part of what i look forward to doing in city hall. >> what are the specific thoughts you have on how the city can deal with budget issues? >> i think of two things. i'm not one the things that we can raise revenue and that is going to solve out of our problems -- i'm not one who thinks that we can raise revenue, and that will solve all our problems. we need to look at what we do as a city and was services we offer. we have 26,000 city employees. our payroll and fringe benefits for city employees accounts for over 60% of our budget. if we are not willing to look at that issue, i do not think we are going to solve -- i know we will not solve our long-term financial issues. that, to me, is the biggest deal. second, it is about job creation. jobs are not just putting people back to work, which i think is the highest priority, but it is all the ancillary benefits we received, whether it be payroll taxes, an increase in property taxes. people who live and work in san francisco also shop at local restaurants, so shop at the local retail stores. it is a huge economic impact in san francisco. in my opinion, it is getting our costs under control but also promoting economic development so we have a financial engine that will continue to promote us year after year. >> what are your ideas on dealing with the issue of homelessness in san francisco? >> i am one that thinks mayor newsom did a great job thinking proactively about what we need to do in san francisco. when he started care not cash -- but enacted so many things past that. project award down, when he ended up making sure there were family members on the receiving end, giving people bus tickets to go back home to where they are from -- project homeward bound. unfortunately, the project does not have a silver bullet ending. we deal with our homeless problem, and a lot of it, we need to make sure that the homeless population -- a lot of them have mental health issues where it is just not solvable to lock them up. we need to help them, and i think we have that in our heart and soul to make sure that we treat the people as much as possible. at the same time, our biggest issue is that we have a continued influx of people in san francisco, so the more people we help, the more people come in, so it is a rotating system right now, and i think we need to continue to address the issue, spend a lot of financial resources on the issue, but again, i think it is something we will have to grapple with. but what is the long term solution here? we continue to attract more and more people in san francisco. again, i do not know what a silver bullet is to that, but i acknowledge it is a huge priority, a huge issue that affects everyone in the city. in our neighborhoods, the homeless people themselves, of course, and also the tourism industry, which we rely on so much, so i think it is a big issue and something we all need to focus on. >> what about the city's housing needs? what you think the board of supervisors should do to really address housing? >> again, a huge issue here in san francisco. we live in a very expensive place. housing is one of the biggest components of that. i'm not one the things we should be interfering with private markets sales and so forth. i think that should be left to its own devices. again, we are in an expensive city. however, what we can do at the board is in sure that we promote and provide for both affordable and middle-class housing in the city. i think it is so important that we maintain our diversity in san francisco and who we are as a people and we really stay true to those values. the large part, insuring something that we want to focus on and i want to focus on, making sure that there are housing opportunities for our first responders to be here in san francisco and living here, police officers, firefighters, sheriffs, teachers -- people that provide such essential services for our community, to make sure they have opportunities in san francisco to buy homes, set up groups as a family and really be integrated into our neighborhoods. to me, that is what we should be doing and, again, something we should be doing. >> let's talk again about transportation in your district. is there adequate service? let's talk about parking and traffic. tell us a little bit about district 2. >> district 2 definitely relies on muni quite a bit, though perhaps not as much as other districts, but it is so important for a number of people, for a community perspective to and from work. the mainline, stockton and the marina. the one california is a major bust the comes through the district, and a few other lines, of course, on the borders of our district. it is a huge deal for us, and we need to make sure we continue to provide a great service. we are transit first here, and people embrace that, but we need to make sure we have a reliable, robust public transportation system, so it is a big deal. we do have a lot of people in the district that drive cars, a lot of people that have families. i'm one of those as well. i take it was once in awhile, but frankly, the way we have arranged in our family is i spend my morning with my children, and time allowing, i take them to school in the morning, so i drive them with my car. i do not believe the way to achieve our goals is to make parking so inconvenient, so expensive, such a bad experience that people, so to speak, capitulate and take public transportation. that is not the way we are going to make it happen. we need to innovate, in my opinion, our public transportation system. we are doing things like the bus rapid transit systems, things like being allowed to pay for your public transportation -- we now have the clipper card. let's talk about putting that on your mobile phone and using that. innovating in ways were people say that public transportation is a great way to go. that is the way to achieve true innovation, not through making it so inconvenient for people to drive. i think it is a fact of life. young families are going to use their vehicles. we need to do a lot in san francisco to encourage young people and young families to stay in san francisco. i think we are missing out on a lot of our diversity when young families leave our city. we need to do all we can to be mindful of the needs of young families in the city. we mentioned housing. schools are a big deal. but also being able to be flexible with transportation and children. >> what is happening with crime in your district? give me your thoughts on how you think the police are doing with respect to crime in your district? >> i think we are very fortunate in district two. we have a number of great police captains that oversee the stations that touched district two. richmond and northern are the two major police stations that touched the district. we do have a lot of crime in district 2. both crimes against individuals but also against merchants along our merchant corridors. chestnut. union in particular has been hit. fillmore and sacramento. it is a big deal. we also have the break-ins. we need to be very mindful that people keep their iphones and laptops out of sight. but it is a big deal. one of the things i talk a lot about on the campaign, making sure that we do fund our public safety departments. we have to make some tough decisions this year, but to me, one of the biggest priorities is making sure that we have our police and firefighters and sheriffs' offices and their budgets fully funded so that we can ensure that public safety does not lag during these budget times. again, in district 2, i do not think it is talked about as much. we are fortunate that we do not have a lot of homicides. we do not have a lot of those types of serious crimes. but the crimes that to happen to matter to the people in district two. so as a local supervisor, it is incumbent upon me, and i take it very seriously to pay attention and make sure we engage with the police and fire department said they are aware of exactly what is happening, but again, i have to tell you that i think we are very lucky with the police infrastructure we have an firefighter infrastructure we have and the officers and firefighters we have on the ground. we are very lucky. >> you mentioned that you are a former athlete. talk to me about the role of sports in the city's economic future, from the 49ers to the america's cup. talk to me about sports in san francisco. >> i was fortunate growing up. i was one that had season tickets to season49ers -- season tickets to the 49ers from what i was 8 years old. one part is economic, which i'll get to in the second, but the other part that is missing is what it does for the city of san francisco to bring us together as a community, as a city. what happened when the 49ers won those super bowls year after year? that was a huge deal for our city and our community in san francisco. what happened with the world series this year when the giants won for the first time in over 50 years? incredible. everybody was celebrating. and that is a huge deal for our community in san francisco, but i think, economically, not only jobs in terms of construction of stadiums and what have you. economically, you know, for those people who do not believe or do not really fully appreciate what type of economic drivers the sporting events and teams are, go down to soma during a giants game. come to the marina when the blue angels fly in town. what it does to the local streets and bridges. come to district 3 and district two and districts 6 and 10 when the america's cup comes to town and see what type of influx of economic activity these events drive to us. i think that is something that is not talk about enough. both the community aspect, the intangible fact of who we are as san francisco, coming together around sports teams, that is an incredible opportunity, but then, the economic drivers in our neighborhoods is very real, and i think something that we are lucky right now, certainly in district 2. we have the blue angels every year, but the america's cup will become a large economic boom, and we need to pay attention to how much that benefits us as a city. >> it looks like we are just about out of time, and it sounds like there is a lot happening in city hall today, so we are going to wrap this up. >> there is. >> always. are there any other issues or things you would like to share briefly with respect to your new position as supervisor, or thoughts you have about san francisco before we wrap up our conversation? >> i touched on it earlier. for me, personally, especially coming from my background outside of city government, i knew my role on all the economic activity in san francisco, focusing on jobs, but also, a lot of quality of life issues. young families, what is like to live here as a san francisco, and what we can do in city hall to make life better for san francisco residents. to me, that is a huge deal. i think we have lost focus on that in city hall over the past few years. it is something i want to focus on. to me, it is a huge priority, why i did this. i will be very true what i talk about on the campaign trail. representing a. 2, but also the city -- representing a district 2, but also the city and county of san francisco. it is such an honor and unique experience, and of just having a great time and look forward to making a big difference in city hall. >> great. we have been talking to supervisor farrell from district 2. thank you for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your district supervisor." four episodes when we come back with another of our city supervisors. thank you very much. >> you bet. >> welcome to "culture wire." i'm here with james lee, and exhibiting artist, and we will have a chat today about the body of work you are presenting. after you left the military, what prompted you to go back to a place where the u.s. is engaged in military action? >> it is interesting. the population of afghanistan is around 29 million, and there's probably no more than 80,000 u.s. soldiers serving in afghanistan right now, but if you look at the stories that come out, you think the numbers are completely reversed. all the stories are about americans, and you see almost no images of stories about the afghan people themselves, so if you look at the dominant representational paradigm uc today, it is all about foreign soldiers. my idea was to try incurred counted to that a popularized narrative and focus on images and stories that really reflect that lived experience of conflict through the eyes of the afghan people. >> you are exhibiting with three other photographers. it is true all three of them have really focused in the areas where a lot of u.s. and allied forces are seeing action, are actually involved in combat, so your story is different than theirs. what does it mean to show your body of work along side of the stories that probably are more familiar? what kind of juxtaposition does that create for you as an artist? >> i think the strength of bringing the two different stories together is i think there is a real danger in focusing only on surface similarities between conflicts. when people look at a body of work and say that they see in this conflict photography, and it reminds them of somalia or iraq, i think that is dangerous because i think there are very unique elements to each conflict, and if you do not focus on the distinctions, you start to create a broader, watered-down topic, which is armed conflict, so i think it is important that when we focus on conflict, we make sure we do not just generalize, but we allow specific places and voices and people to be heard and we do not make these generaliz

>> good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of april 19th, 2011. could you please call the roll. >> supervisor ave los. >> present. >> supervisor cohen. >> present. >> cohen present. >> present. >> supervisor farrell. >> present. >> supervisor kim. >> present. >> supervisor mar. >> present. >> supervisor wiener. >> present. >> all members are present. >> ladies and gentlemen could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. colleagues we have copies of the march 15th board meeting minutes as well as the minutes for the special board meeting also on the 15th. >> all right. >> could we have a motion to approve those minutes? motion by supervisor martinez. seconded by supervisor campos. are there any communications? >> no communications mr. president. >> items 1 through 11 comprise the consent agenda. they will be acted upon by a single roll call vote. >> colleagues, any separate items? >> president chiu? >> aye. >> supervisor chu. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> supervisor kim. >> aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >> supervisor mirkarimi. >> aye. >> su

neighborhood. i also have a background in politics on both sides of the day here in san francisco and oakland. i have done fund-raising for different candidates. i have work experience with the federal reserve bank of san francisco. i am most proud of the work i have done for myself. i started a business called power forward, a social media and public policy consulting firm. >> why did you choose to return and live in san francisco? what motivated you to run? >> what motivated me was my love of san francisco. i see the changes that are happening. i see people picking cans out of the garbage. i see that there is no neighborhood grocery store. i see that small businesses are coming and going. they have not been able to sustain themselves. from my work experience in working for the city come in the mayor's office and in the nonprofit, i had a good sense of what the challenges were. as i looked on the horizon, i see more challenges coming. i thought i had a set of experiences and a passion and desire to serve. it started at 1 point when i was 8 years old. i took a tour here with my third

would like to see the citizens of san francisco benefit. i'm not hearing that. recology does not have any barging facilities in place. they do not even have any landfills. it is not really cost-effective for them if they do not have a place to barge. as i said, there is no doubt they are a good company that does good work, worker-owned and all that. but we deserve to get the best possible deal for the ratepayers moving forward. thank you. commissioner campos: thank you. next speaker please. >> good morning, commissioners. i do not mean to repeat what was said about the positions there. i also as a resident of excelsior district said that i am also in the same position, opposing a recommendation. i am concerned about if the question is really about the open competitive bid, looking at how much the fee is because so many questions are related to that. that is really beside the point. most of the union members and working people and all the residents are really concerned about the quality of the service they are providing. and if money and nichols and dimes is concerned, ahead of the par

he is the first asian-american mayor in san francisco history and i would like to congratulate asian-american deal of -- du 0o that we have -- i would like to congratulate the asian-american duo that we have. ed lee was confirmed by the board of supervisors. in that role, he has spearheaded government efficiency measures and reforms that reduce the size and cost of government. he has supported the infrastructure for green city government. the first began working for the city and county of san francisco in 1989 as the investigator for the city's first whistle-blower ordinance. after that, he served in several positions including the executor of the director of human rights, the director of city purchasing, and director of the department of public works. prior to being appointed to the city administrator in 2005. at this time, we will show a short video clips and then we will introduce the mayor. >> it is my pleasure to introduce the mayor of san francisco, ed lee. [applause] >> good morning. thank-you for that introduction. i would like to welcome i very good friend to san franc

process and having our archives to look too. >> and that is how san francisco government worked out the kinks, twists and turns, bombs in the road, to select its new interim mayor, ed lee. san francisco's first asian- american mayor. >> this has been an unprecedented and historic transition of power here in san francisco. i am so happy the board of supervisors came together to select an outstanding choice along many outstanding candidates to lead us over the next several years. >> over the past several months when this issue has come up, it had been agonizing. the board has been put into a difficult situation. there are a lot of differences of opinion on how to run the city, how to mass make a decision, who should be in place, 11 people to agree on that is a challenging thing. i think we have done the best we can do in the process, considering the difference of opinions. >> the people of san francisco can now choose their mayor, the direction they want to go. that is why this decision was so appropriate. >> the other big shock is that the moderates seem to have won this round. peopl

efficient as possible. we need to rethink how people traveled here in san francisco. assuming not only after 2013 that the america's cup, that we continue to win for many years to come, we have to figure out how to deal with this capacity and not just if, but when san francisco comes out of the recession that we are in, we have to figure out how to continue to move not just 800,000 people a day, but many more than that. so i'd just want to welcome and thank everyone for this kick off of a conversation, a dialogue that will lead to the implementation of plans that will lead us to be one of the greatest cities in the world here in san francisco. thank you for being with us today. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor. the next person i'm going to introduce sits on two relevant authorities, but i know a third reason he has been so active -- he is a member of the california coastal commission and chair of the san francisco county transportation authority, but he also grew up in newport road -- newport, rhode island, and was passionate about what the america's cup in to the community for

champion san francisco giants. [applause] we would like to take a moment to introduce several giants and special guests and san francisco dignitaries that have joined us today. first, please welcome the governor of the great state of california, the honorable arnold schwarzenegger. the chief of protocol, charlotte schulz. we are honored and delighted to have with us today mrs. gina mosconi and mrs. kathleen alioto. giants managing general partner and ceo bill neukom and his wife sally. the giants' president and chief operating officer larry fehr and his wife pam. giant's senior vice president and general manager brian sabian and his wife amanda. the wife of our skipper, mrs. kim bocce. former giants managing general partner, peter mcgowan. clubhouse manager mike murphy is here with his wife carol. also with us today, the giants' training and medical staff, the clubhouse staff, the front office staff of giants executives, and the players' families are here as well. i would like to introduce the of the giant broadcast team. tito puentes. dave flemming. mike cruco and dwayne kriker. hall of

key data on causes of what we already know in san francisco. i think this will highlight some of the reasons we see high rates of collisions and fatalities in the central city areas. and also explain why we see higher rates in other areas, for example, district 1. then i will talk a little bit about the programmatic work we are doing, closing with a few comments on some of the obstacles, cultural and policy obstacle that we need to attend to to implement these largely known effective solutions in this country. meghan weir and anna will be joining me to talk about the programmatic peace. it is important to say that this is not just a san francisco issue. we have a fairly horrendous performance of our transportation system in the country with regard to safety. 33,000 deaths last year, 2.2 million injuries, 200,000 hospitalizations, including 400 pedestrian deaths. $230 million a year in cost. our role in san francisco as the health department's is several. one is the promotion of knowledge, attitudes, behavior is for drivers and pedestrians and bicyclists. the collection and integr

san francisco is progressive, it has problems with some progress. any city needs 21st century infrastructure. we're 30th in the world in broadband access and that's the united states. san francisco is considerably lower down the ladder in terms of city standards. the type of small start-up companies in san francisco, the garage companies, the social media companies taking root here in the city require broadband access to be viable and successful. large employers also require broadband access in the economy where companies ask employees to work at home two or three days a week to meet environmental obligations and it's important for them to have broadband access at home. san francisco is not a theme park. it needs to keep up with the times if we continue to be a viable place to work. i conclude by asking you to lock around this chamber. it is full of modern infrastructure and technology. it might offend the aesthettic sensibilities of some but i don't think anyone would argue that it doesn't provide a net benefit to those who work here and to the citizens of san francisco. than

>> mayor for the city and county of san francisco. >> tonight, san francisco has a new interim mayor. >> a few minutes ago, city administrator now interim mayor ed lee, emerged happy but humble. >> in 2011, a temporary or interim mayor was selected by the board of supervisors, what is an interim mayor? why do we need one? is it the mayor's supposed to be elected by san francisco voters? how did this happen? let's rewind the story a little and look at the people and complicated process that led to this historic transition. the last time san francisco had an interim mayor was 30 years ago, when, in 1978, george mosconi, was assassinated by supervisor dan white. >> both to grow rather mosconi and harvey milk have been shot and killed. >> they needed a new mayor at the time. the board got together and appointed dianne feinstein. >> we did not have much to go on and looked at 1978. there were no hints as to who put it on the board, if any discussion occurred about a process. >> what triggered san francisco's search over 30 years later was gavin newsom's election to the office of lie

issue of hospital market consolidation in san francisco between northern california -- in northern california between 1990 and 2010. thank you for being here today. >> [inaudible] supervisor campos: [laughter] yes. >> [inaudible] oh, thank you. hello again. in the co-director of the center for policy analysis. i have a doctorate and master's degree in public health. i believe the reason -- the reason i'm here today as i have worked on health care reform at the national level in the u.s. senate and the 1990's and more recently on this effort. also here in san francisco in the 1980's between the master's and ph.d. in the senate, i helped organize a group in san francisco called the community health coalition, which advocated for the department of public health's budget. i share with some of the people in this room is a memory of some of the hospitals and capacity that i'm going to talk to you about. i'm really just going to remind us what hospital capacity use to look like and what it looks like now, largely to make the point that as we started discussing, the issues of cost and qual

event that san francisco was created for. charlotte is saying yes because we know how to handle these kinds of events, and it will take earlier planning. this plan will be posted for at least two months for public comment, for interchange, for all of you transit fanatics, all of the members of the community who want to know how we are going to handle this. please, we are inviting you today to engage with us on this plan, to give us your best ideas. how are we going to utilize our bicycle population to transport people. how are we going to utilize our municipal railway's and the best lines we have, how do we improve them? how we make sure pedestrians, both ones that what get to where they are going in different modes, but i also want to make sure that we take care of our disabled community as well. i just had a meeting with disabled advocates, and they want to be so much a part of america's cup. how do we have a chance a plan that invites everyone who wants to be here to feel warm, feel well, feel that they can get to all the places they want to view this great race? there is momentum

>>> good morning to you. here is a live look from our roof cam here in downtown san francisco. we have some fog. drizzle for the morning commute. even light rain showing up on live doppler7 h.d. i'll show you where it is. >> good morning, i'm sue hall in for frances. heavy fog is the story. we have slick roads and we have all the details coming up for the monday commute. >> i'm amy hollyfield. live in san bruno. people are watching carefully to find out whether pg&e violated the law. the story straight ahead. >>> it is the 105th anniversary today of the san francisco earthquake and fire. we'll take you live to lotta's fountain for a remembrance. it is 5:00 a.m. on monday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm eric thomas. depending on where you are, you could be driving through mist and drizzle or full-fledged showers later on this morning. let's find out from mike which one you have now. >> good question. here are the showers around petaluma, novato. shower activity and like around pinole, hercules and san francisco. zoom out and you can see that's pretty much as widespread and h

the san francisco unified school district. this is all of 40 years. from my association with her at the third baptist church of san francisco, i have seen her in many roles. she is an outstanding educator, her administrator, and a woman of integrity. what an honor is -- we encourage you to vote on her behalf. i have been active member for 40 years. and tonight, i come in support of the naming of the education -- i represent more than 600 women of the third baptist women's ministry. for many years, i have sat in the proverbial crow's-nest, and observed the many glass ceilings that have been crashed in by this pattern. she is a brilliant, intelligent and audacious servant with education as her highest priority. tonight, i asked you to take the bold step of naming the early education center. create a living legacy, create a living history. yet to be sure that our children will be remembering this night has won the where is following will think of the textbook that they will read as the woman that was a dreamer, a legend, who walked with canes and queens, and never lost the touch. she b

>> my name is brian webbster. i'm a resident of san francisco and chief of staff at instituto -- the workers resource center on 16th and cat. i'd like to read from a letter we emailed to the board of supervisors. dear board of supervisors, our 30-year-old community-based institution is well known in san francisco as a resource center that defends the rights of the working poor. we provide free service and enforce california labor laws and operate financial education empowerment program focused on reaching the poorest and hardest working people in san francisco. we have an expanding working media program that provides internet access and web videos to tell stories related to issues in serving the needs of the working poor. we would urge you to deny the appeal of the planning department's ruling that at&t does not need an environmental review to place utility boxes in public spaces, on sidewalks and next to buildings to upgrade the broadband network in san francisco. the planning department said in its ruling, "although the project is not without opposition controversy, oppositi

city of san francisco and the residents an incredible art collection. it really encourage people to come and visit the new facility, also to see the arts. >> for more information, visit sfartscommisis >> good morning i'm laurence cornfield chief building inspector and like to welcome you to our brown bag lunch we do the third thursday of every month at the department of building inspection. we invite you to participate so call for information and join us. our next talk is on decks and balcones. today we will talk about commercial restaurants in san francisco. we have a lot of people in the audience who are restaurant exe experts and architects and industry people. i should talk about commercial restaurants and how to get permit issues resolved and problems resolved during lunchtime. is probably not a thing that's going to attract a lot of people in the commercial restaurant business because they work at lunch and they are not here. hopefully we can broadcast this and may be if there is an interest we will do it at a future date. another thing, perhaps we should do this at a restaura

identified identifies san francisco as one of the most unsafe cities in the united states. i hope that it will not be heard in vain. please, with all deliberate speed, reduce this information as provided by the agencies that report to you today. the cost, about taking preventive action, will be dealt with in a swift manner. please, with all deliberate speed, i repeat, take appropriate action to make san francisco a safe place to live. $13.5 million was spent caring for the people that were injured. a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of their lives. it would cost much more than that to make district's 61 of the safest in san francisco. thank you very much. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker please. i just saw two other speaker card. hello, my name is beth barrinson i work for lighthouse for the blind. my vision is 22/100, so what someone sees at 20 feet, i see at 100 feet. i live in district two, so i will use that as an example. i walk out of my apartment right at my door is a car on the sidewalk. i continue down the street, there is someone on the bike on the sidewalk,

garden. when i first arrived in san francisco, knowing few individuals and being low on funds, i would walk around the botanical gardens wondering what to do with my future. that will be something i would not be able to do now for free. later when i decided to make quarter culture my profession, i spent two years working as an intern in the garden, expanding both my knowledge and skills. as one of my fondest experiences, and i'm proud to say i have been a member of the botanical garden society and volunteer ever since. that is until this year because i do not believe i can go on in good faith to continue to support the society, nor the garden, with my time and money while any fee is in effect. i would like to address the arguments often made by the other side. one, that the fee is ok as long as it only applies to out-of- towners'. i believe a trait of all great people is how they treat their guests, and increasingly, we treat our guests in san francisco as little more than cash machines. two, that the fee is all right because of the botanical gardens charge a fee. i believe it is contr

each container brought through the port. instead of sending stuff out of san francisco, all of a sudden you can be bringing them into san francisco, through our ports, and into the landfill. there's a lot to look out for barges. please take a long, serious look at it. that has not been done. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is john smith. i am outside counsel for waste management. i have probably negotiated or developed 50 or more franchise agreements. i urge the commission to continue its steady -- study. the fee is paid under the contracts are multiple and different. what may be 10.9% is duplicated elsewhere in other fees that other jurisdictions pay in addition to the franchise fee. livermore has an impact fee, plus an in ministry fee that is ongoing. some of these are collected at the transfer stations. it is also to the benefit of the contract entities. others are collected at the landfill or are paid back or to the benefit of the contract in agency. i urge additional study be done if you want to do it apples to apples comparison. the on

are studying graduate school in new york, and to welcome him here to san francisco. obviously, we have a lot in common because we are both makers of big cities with very complicated populations and a lot of things happening, but wanted to take the opportunity to welcome mayor bloomberg here to san francisco. immediately, we talked about a passion we both have, and that is golf, so i wanted to present him with a ++in exchange, he mie something for me relative to golf, but, mayor bloomberg, welcome to san francisco. running a very big, complicated city like new york, and at present to you, mayor bloomberg. >> thank you, mr. mayor, and thank you for the hospitality that the people of san francisco not only showed us this time, but every time i have been here, i have been coming here a long time, and i was honored when i got off the rapid transit. i do not know if she is called the first lady of san francisco, but as far as i'm concerned, charlotte shultz is the first lady of san francisco, but that could be because i do not know other women here. but i have been a big fan of the fami

would like to see in the next mayor of san francisco. >> were but board members retired and the item continued until after the thanksgiving holiday. >> to continue with my shakespeare aim, it is cold and i am sick of heart. i would like to continue this discussion to the next time we meet. >> chris daly was tried to push this early on, let's get someone in their early on. there was pressure to get someone from the left tube lined up the vote. was it going to be a tom ammiano, david campos, an arin peskin, a former supervisor? >> but then mayor newsom said that he may delay his wearing him that as a lieutenant governors for a week. then the border supervisors, the modern new board with let the mayor. >> the question is when i do that. i have no charter obligations to do that. my term does not expire for another year-plus. so i have to resign first before a new mayor can take that oath of office. i have a role to play, even though the board of supervisors is the official who. >> mayor newsom, infuriatingly, frankly, kept his cards close to the best until the last moment. people di

individuals. i feel that this project is wonderful for the environment, it's wonderful for san francisco, and i just strongly encourage you guys to support it. thank you very much. >> good evening, commissioners. i am currently owning a business and a resident at treasure island. the address is 2 avenue of the palms. and i'm there on a daily basis. i see a fair amount of people, tourists and other people. most of the customers are tourists. they come to the store. and when they come, they ask me what's on this island, can you pass through the gate? i told them yes. it's residential. and they ask if there's restaurants, is there shops, is there things that we can buy on the island? and i have to tell them no. basically you get the feelings and you feel how they -- the look on their face, that they're kind of disappointed. as far as san francisco, why is nothing here? they ask a lot of questions that i'm not able to answer, except tell them that there's some new development coming soon. that's all i can tell them. they are really excited. i think the island will be a good place for tourists and

honoring your 2010 world series champions, san francisco giants. [applause] well, for 52 long years, this city has been waiting for this day, for this parade, and for the right to call themselves world champions. [applause] this team has given us so much over the years, and we can all recall memories of our beloved giants that we will never forget. through all those memories and the heartache and the joy they have brought, there was one memory, one feeling that has eluded us for 52 very long years, and that memory, that feeling is eludes us no more. [applause] let me hear you make some noise because today, you are world champions. we are going to be saying that a lot today. do you think you could get used to it? since it was so long awaited, and it is so sweet to here, it is once again my pleasure to utter those magical words in succession that this city has been dreaming about hearing since the giants moved west, ladies and gentlemen, it is time to celebrate your 2010 world champion san francisco giants. [applause] we would like to take a moment to introduce several giants and spec

captioning by vitac, underwritten by fireman's fund >>> i'm going to find a way to get our budget balanced. we have to protect our schools, our public safety, our public universities, our environment. >> what's next after budget talks in sacramento break down when governor brown and republicans reach a final impasse. san francisco considers offering social media company twitter a controversial tax incentive to relocate to the city's midmarket area. many are without medical coverage on this one-year anniversary of the affordable care act. >> we will not accept any contracts until those -- drop the demands. >> and with cesar chavez day celebrations, how far have california's farm workers come? that's all coming up next. ♪ >> belva: good evening. i'm belva davis. welcome to this week in northern california. joining me tonight on our news panel are david bacon, associate editor, new america media. victoria colliver, health care reporter for the "san francisco chronicle." rachel gordon, city hall reporter also with the chronicle. and carla marinucci, senior political writer with the "san francisco chronicle." so carla you heard it. the governor said i'm going to find a way. to get a budget. what is he going to do? >> you heard his youtube message which came out on monday. this situation is just ugly, ugly, ugly. no other way around it. we were here just last week in this very chair. it looked like the republicans and brown were talking and things were going to get done. on monday, he came out with the youtube message. suspended all the talks with the republicans and said i just don't know what they want anymore. they don't seem to know what they want anymore. in fact, the republicans have put out a list of what they wanted. 53 items. seven pages including things like county fair management and it went on and on from there. brown has called it all off. he now says he's going to do a state tour and actually talk to voters himself. he put out a pension plan of his own and says he's going to get it out there and pass this legislation with or without republican support. but the bottom line is, the budget, what happens now. what is plan b? is it no election, which is possible? maybe they'll try and do this all up in sacramento without going to the voters. is it a september election? a november election? right now, it is a mess. there's just no other way to characterize it. >> speaking of elections, the california federation of teachers released poll results today done by research that says 79% of all california voters and 3 out of 5 republicans would vote yes on an initiative that raised the taxes 1% on the top 1% of the income earners in the state of california, which would only actually take their tax rate back to the mid-90s. >> it's interesting you raise that point, david, because the republicans have continually thrown up andrew cuomo in new york saying there's a democratic governor who has delivered a budget without taxes and done it early. how did he do it? well, new york has exactly what you are saying. a surcharge for those who make over $250,000, which has helped close the budget, which has huge support from the taxpayers of new york. that's only one of the ways cuomo has been able to do it and brown hasn't. the two-thirds majority needed to pass new taxes in california is something they don't have in new york. it's a huge difference here. >> the hurdle it seems is not to get the taxes passed at this point. it's just to get them on the ballot. what do the republicans say when they are asked, why don't you just let the people decide. if pea the people don't want the taxes then we won't have the taxes. how do they answer that? >> even a lot of moderate, conservative republicans have said, look. what's the loss? just put it in front of the people. the fact is that the republicans say the voters weighed in on this in 2009. they were very strongly against new taxes, and it's -- the job of the legislators to rule. the big problem is they don't want labor to weigh in. there will be a lot of money thrown at this from both sides. both sides are worried about that. >> sounds like they are saying they know better than the voters, though. >> they are really in a bind in taking this position. a lot of even republicans up there say what is the law? just go for it. if the voters vote it down thairks covered. >> maybe the republicans can read poll numbers, though, too. maybe they are afraid that even republicans at this point are going to vote for tax increases. >> the latest poll showed it isn't going to be a lock for jerry brown to get this stuff passed, even if it goes before the voters. you are talking about a huge war with all kinds of ads. we do know from that last vote in 2009, people don't like to have to weigh in on this. they'd rather it be settled up there in sacramento, which is why there's talk now of maybe they're just going to do it that way. maybe they're going to try to get some republicans on board and pass this stuff up in sacramen sacramento, not goy to the voters. jerry brown has said from the beginning of his campaign, i will not pass new taxes unless the voters approved them and that is his problem. >> jerry brown problem or a republican problem? >> this is both of their problems up there, victoria. i mean, a lot of people fault brown for making that kind of campaign promise, for not being able to deliver. the democrats made a lot of risks up there voting against redevelopment and some other things. they put themselves on the line. the republicans sat out a lot of those votes on cutting social services. so the democrats aren't happy with brown either in some ways, but this is a very heavy lift for jerry brown. >> is there a way -- out of those 52 items on the list, to discern what is really important to republicans? i mean, at some point, won't they have to, you know, pick out a few things that are possible? >> absolutely. i mean, we do know they want a spending cap. they want pension reform, regulatory reform which includes rolling back environmental regulations. this is some stuff that democrats don't want to give in on but brown himself has said pension reform being an example, we know we've got to do something here. he's come out with this 12-point plan. and at this point, he looks ahead of the game. he's now saying i'm going to go to the people on this. i'm going -- he's got messages out to the public. and the republicans really have no game plan. >> belva: why can't republicans do the same thing? >> they are. i mean, they are. but the fact is, jerry brown is a guy who has done this for 40 years and knows how to get a message out as you've seen with the youtube. he's done this a couple of times now and if he goes out there and campaigns around the state, as he says he's going to do starting next week, his message goes to the voterers a lot more than -- the republican leadership up there doesn't have a consistent message. >> like we saw in the midwest where people are going to take over the capitol and there's a showdown that way. is it going to get that bad because we don't have a budget? social services are being cut. schools have bigger classroom sizes. people don't want to pay taxes. >> both sides have something to worry about if that happens. the public opinion on public employees unions, that has changed a lot on this pension issue. people are angry about that. spending issues. on the other hand, how far do they want to cut? do they want to see the school year cut three weeks? you know, fire stations close. that's something brown is banking on that californians will not accept. >> we're going into election mode where we're -- and we should be -- >> welcome to the perpetual campaign in california. >> belva: one of the interests of the republican party is to look out for business interests. in san francisco, people here looking out for business interest. a propose tool give one of the big, giant tech companies a break here. to keep jobs or bring jobs in. >> democrat only board of supervisors, democratic mayor. they are looking to a corporation, twitter, saying we really don't want you to pack up and move down to the peninsula which they are threatening to do. what can we do to keep you in san francisco? right now that company has about 350 employees. it's planning to go to 2,500, 3,000 employees over the next several years. so san francisco officials, led by mayor ed lee, board of supervisors president david shue and jane kim said, here's a deal. we've got to revitalize this area. midmarkets on market street between about 10th and 5th street. it's sort of the skid row of san francisco now. if you move here if you are a company that moves here and you grow jobs we're going to put a cap on payroll taxes for any of the new employees that are hired. it's win-win. a company can get some kind of a tax break. the city might get some new life into these neighborhoods. they have since expanded it to go to the tenderloin a little bit, just north of there. a lot of things going on there. other companies said great. that's a good deal. but what if i don't want to move to the midmarket area. what else might you have for me? this whole thing started to come out about tax options. i'm sorry, about stock options for companies. that's really the big bugaboo. companies like twitter, zenga, yelp, that are potentially going to go public soon. that's where they could get a big hit on paying payroll taxes. san francisco is the only city in california that levf levies payroll tax on stock options. you get one for $10, sell it for $1,000, you'll get taxed on that higher rate right now. for a company like twitter that's potentially tens of millions of dollars. while there's a midmarket plan being contemplated, a number of other supervisors are coming in and saying maybe we have to reform the whole business tax and give a break completely citywide. >> at this point, when you have a company like twitter, internationally known, doesn't that company have san francisco over a barrel in this case? you don't want to lose a company like that. >> they absolutely do. and people are looking at twitter is the new technology boom in san francisco. that's where they are looking to have the jobs. we have the bread and butter of the hospitality industry but they are going biotech, green technology, high technology software companies. that's where we're going to start getting the money in san francisco. so they are fearful if you do go to the peninsula which we've seen that other companies will follow. what can you do to -- >> are there any examples out there? any examples of other cities who have done this in california? >> no, because san francisco has a unique payroll tax. there some are other -- there are some other jurisdictions that have a payroll tax for businesses. most have a combination of it. if you're going why would you tax job creation here? there are a lot of opponents, though, and that's led by former supervisor daley, service employees union 1021, the largest city employees union. they are going, is this really the time? they are calling if corporate welfare. we're asking city employees to give up some of their pension benefits, when we've got deep budget problems in san francisco. a $380 million deficit that has to be closed soon. services are going to be cut, employees laid off. why would we give this up at all? it's a chicken and egg -- >> historically speaking, leaving aside the unique nature of the payroll tax here or the stock option tax, san francisco, like most municipalities, has a long history of giving breaks. of one kind or another for financial services corporations, for health care corporations to locate in san francisco or to stay in san francisco. companies take the tax breaks and then eventually they leave anyway. so what guarantee is there that if twitter got the tax break that they would stay more than a year or two or three? san francisco is going to be stuck with sacrificing with the money. and it's a lot of money. but who is to say that we're going to really -- >> or you could go the other way. right now they're not going to get a break on the taxes they are paying right now, about $3.5 million, $4 million for the payroll tax. san francisco risks twitter going down to the peninsula and losing that out altogether. now there say finite time limit on this that they can collect this tax break for no more than six years in the period. the question is, though, has this ever worked before? we've seen there's been a biotax credit for companies going to the mission bay area. that's works. we started trying that in san francisco with the film industry to give them some kind of a tax break because we're losing a lot of business to vancouver and other cities that have the film industry. people aren't quite sure what to do with it. this is economics. it's

county of san francisco, that is about $15 million more that would come into san francisco. i'm not saying that is what the amount should be, but if we are getting only 10.6% and some other jurisdiction is getting 15%, we have to ask what is the right amount for san francisco? that is the exercise we're going to. >> the difference, if it is 10%, that difference is 5, and i would argue we think the calculation is more like 13, and maybe the difference is two, and maybe revenues are not to 75, because that includes things that are not covered. the number may be is more like 210. again, the issue for us is not whether we are going to pay the city money or not. we want you to get what you believe is right. we will work with you. we just need to make it all right. commissioner campos: thank you. colleagues, comments or questions? why don't we open it up to public comment? i know we have a number of people to speak. i want to take the time to thank commissioner mirkarimi for being here. he has a meeting. he will be leaving when commissioner avalos is back. you each have tilt wheel of minu

of the san francisco police department as it works with federal agencies like the fbi. these are new developments that neither the police commission of san francisco nor nor this branch of government has any details on. -- norhrc nor this branch of government has any details on. we must look to the due process of civil-rights. that's what this resolution underscores, and that's why i hope we are able to pass this unanimously here today. without further ado, i would like to ask director sparks to come forward and present more detail the information i have outlined for you. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. it's a pleasure to be before you. as you may note are as you may recall, after 9/11, the human- rights commission of san francisco was the first group to hold hearings on the discrimination against amemsa people and publish a report on discrimination occurring in san francisco against people of muslim or middle eastern background and people who were perceived to be of that background. that extended to the latino community and others and so this report and this investiga

objection. item four please. >> item four, ordinance waiting san francisco public works code section 724.1, which imposes temporary street space occupancy fees on saturday may 7 and saturday may 21, 2011, for certain streets in san francisco, as part of small business week sidewalk sales. supervisor avalos: bank appear this is an item that one of the members of the board of supervisors sponsors every year so we can have the conditions to have different stands around the city during small business week. i am offering this legislation this year. it came from the office of small business administration office, headed by regina. >> good morning. annually, the small business commission comes before you to request the sidewalk fee waiver for small business week shop your neighborhood day. this is taking place on may 21. before you, you have a list of streets in the legislation that we are requesting the block fee waiver. i have submitted to you a list of the merchant corridors that are participating, and we have a total of 23,000, 100 -- $23,182 in sidewalk sale at the waivers. just to not

. >> item 3, ordinance amendment portions of the san francisco public works code, administrative code, and health could to consolidate and streamline department of public works enforcement, abatement, and cost collection processes for public nuisances, including amendments to administrative code chapter 80, public works code sections, and health code article 6, revealing public works code sections 1 74.2 through 1 74.13, 728 through 734, and seven 35.1 through 735.4, remembering public works code section 707.1 as 706.9, and making environmental and other required findings. supervisor avalos: bank you, madam clerk. >> good morning, committee members. in a legislative aide in a supervisor mirkarimi's office -- i am a legislative aide. he entered this is this legislation at the request of the department of public works. briefly, i will describe what it does. immense fortunes of the public works vote, the administrative code, and the health code to streamline the enforcement of public nuisances and lights. it centralizes the of forssmann of nuisance and light through a consolidated citati

that we are being recorded by san francisco government tv. the camera in front is only aimed at the podium. it is not taking shots of the audience, only the podium for people who want to ask questions. so do not worry, you are not on tv if you do not want to be. >> thank you for your patience. i am a representative with leader pelosi, and i'm thrilled to have you today to learn more of our best practices for accessing credit. it is a priority for our office. we are very well aware of how small businesses are running up against the wall right now in terms of trying to get the credit and loans they are looking for, so i will try hard to bring the brightest minds in this room so you can effectively fix their range and learn more about what you can do better to fix your business plan and what it is they are looking for. first of all, i will introduce everyone. mark quinn is the san francisco district director of the u.s. small business administration. the small business administration covers not only san francisco proper but the bay area. the severed his third district is responsible fo

serve the convenience of the people of the city and county of san francisco. supervisor avalos: welcome. >> what is before you is an application for a brew pub license. it will be located at 620 treat. it will allow for the distilling of beer. it will also have a food requirement. minors will be allowed on the premises. it will operate like a restaurant. they will be making beer on the site. we're recommending approval with the following conditions. the sale of beverages in the enclosed dining room shall be between 10:00 a.m. until midnight. the second condition is regarding the patio area. alcohol beverage will be served until 10:00 p.m. monday through thursday. we have the patio closing sooner. the gross sales of alcohol beverages will not exceed the sales of food in the same time. the sales of food and the alcoholic beverages will be in the licensed business. records will be kept on a monthly basis and be made available to the apartment upon demand. meals must be served whenever the privilege of the license is being exercised. this will be a restaurant. 75% of the premises will be de

event happened. today, warren browner is the ceo of the largest hospital here in san francisco. he is part of better health. he has lived in san francisco since 1975, so he is still pretty young, right? he has two children who were born and raised here. he is trained in internal medicine. you can find him in his gym clothes moths that is around 1:00, buying produce at the farmers' markets in early rally, which is exactly where i am at the same time, just not-jim close, so welcome, dr. browner. [applause] >> thanks so much for that introduction, which was a little bit too revealing, perhaps. anyway, welcome, everybody. i am delighted that we have the chance to sponsor this event. again, we have been here almost from the inception, and i think we're going to have about 100 of our folks here. in fact, do the wave if you are from cpmc. great. thanks, everybody, for coming. this is a really important thing that everybody in the city has a chance to do. it is kind of a yucky day, so i'm sure that people waiting outside are in a hurry to get in here and get the services we are providing t

, pursue action. the students in san francisco have a priority of those who don't live in the state. there is a process for those that resound -- that reside outside of the city which allows students to be assigned into school in san francisco. however, they don't participate in the same process. the new policy offers tiebreakers that are based on where a child lives. the residency has the potential to undermine the fairness of the student assignment process. bill we have supported the residency policy. we have never had the capacity to do that up until this new policy was established. additionally, san francisco voters have allocated additional funds to help our students in san francisco. they have approved bond initiatives that want to ensure that we provide excellent programs for all of our students in san francisco. this is an issue of fairness and providing maximum opportunities for our students to go to a school of choice so that residency fraud takes an opportunity away from them. the policy directs the superintendent to establish a process for this. we have strengthened the

francisco open your golden gates a stranger with outside your door san francisco other places only make me love you best tell me you are the heart of all the golden west san francisco, welcome me home again i'm coming home to go roaming no more san francisco open your golden gates beautiful strangers wait outside your door san francisco, here is you're wondering when, say i will wonder no more going other places makes me love you best tell me you are the heart of all the golden west the golden west san francisco welcome home again i'm coming home to go roaming no more ♪ [applause] >> thank you, misa and beach blanket babylon. please welcome the mayor of our great community and city, the honorable edwin m. lee. [applause] mayor lee: good afternoon, everybody. i wanted to spend a few moments in joining mayor willie brown and mayor frank jordan with our chief of police, our city attorney, dennis herrera, so many friends here, and members of our board of supervisors, to just register my appreciation for the san francisco general hospital foundation and the great work you are doing in

i will come back up and give a little bit of the san francisco perspective. even just yesterday, meeting with the department has, we have talked about our perspective on the idea to give input into the regional process. without further ado, let me introduce the deputy for planning, and he will also be perhaps trying to buy -- also be perhaps joined by a colleague from transportation. supervisor campos: great. >> thank you. good morning. thank you for having us here. i know you know quite a bit about this. i'm going to jump through the background material quickly. there we go. for members of the public, sf 375 was passed into law a few years back. it is set up to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to automobiles and trucks it has a couple of key requirements. one that we reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to automobiles and light trucks by 15% in 2035. that is why we are adding roughly -- that is while we are adding roughly 2 million people to the county. and we need to house all of the population at all income levels. we're doing a number of things that have not been d

. suddenly they will not answer the question. the san francisco police department has refused to release their current memorandum of understanding dole answered definitively if they are an following local or fbi rules. the assessments being collected by the fbi, the reason it came out was because the judicial committee asked for the information from the fbi. when this resolution asks for more transparency, this is a starting point. this committee can endorse the good work of the human rights comparecommission. i asked them to look into this. i believe there is great risk but there may be a secret arrangement between the police department and the fbi to do and in iran -- an end run around the police department rules and the right to privacy laws. the fbi released something on the current memorandum of understanding. they released it as a public record. this shows that local officers are now falling fbi policies. they are outside the control of local supervision. why is it not being released in san francisco? is san francisco operating under the standard agreement was more if so, w

san francisco and the people of new york understand we have an obligation to help those who are not as lucky as the rest of us. i wish we did not have a problem, but as long as the problem is there, i think the people of san francisco and the people of new york city understand their obligation, and we are going to do everything we can. >> [inaudible] >> i just know -- i took the bar in. it was a fast ride, and walked two blocks with the mayor. it is like new york, i'm sure there are places people go. what we do on the last monday of january -- we send out 500 volunteers dressed as vagrants, and we assign them to different places around the city where you might find homeless, and we send out 2000 volunteers who go all night and tried to count, and we assume we get the same percentage of the actual population as the decoys, and it has been coming down about 13% each year. i have not got the numbers for this year yet. we should be getting them in the next few weeks, but it is a great challenge, and we have about 2500 people living on the streets of new york city, and almost all of them

for business and good for how we build a 21st century economy here in san francisco. i would like to ask that we adopt the amendments and our blood to make a motion. >> second. >> can be taken without objection? >> can we support this and i would appreciate your support. thank you. >> as soon as those yellow pages arrives on my front door, the first thing i'd do is pick them up and put them in my blue been. i appreciate from where this comes. of the last 72 hours, we have all been lobbying on the issue on this potentially costing some jobs. the number that has thrown out is 84 jobs. the last thing we want to do is to take that risk. what i would like to suggest because this is not take effect for a year, i don't see much harm and a little further analysis by referring this back to committee to ask our comptroller's office to take a look at this just to ensure that there will not be that job loss. i know this does not rise to the level of a typical review but i think that if we asked our comptroller to take a look, they might be willing to do that. this is a desire not to rush if the

fisher family, kpmg, pb, the business times, the san francisco forty-niners, recology, the san francisco international airport. once again, a big round of applause to all our supporters. now, i would like to thank the person who makes all this possible, the executive director from spur. [applause] >> it is great to see all of you here, and that is really sweet of you to calm down for a minute on the talking. when the winners get up, seriously, everybody, try not to talk. it is intimidating to get in front of a crowd of people, and this room is so gorgeous, but you know, it is the acoustics. scott wiener, i'm talking to you. [laughter] he is so tall, i can pick him out in a crowd. for those of you who do not know, spur is a member-supported non-profit organization. any of you who are not yet members, i hope you will join. we helped start mfac in the late 1970's. we took over management a few years ago, and this is a core part of our work to promote good government. we could not do it without all of you make this possible. any of you who are not members, please join, and you can help us provide the supp