die every year in san francisco and homeless people are at risk for increased health problem due to exposure, high stress, sleep deprivation, unsanitary surroundings and lack of hygiene facilities and without stable housing. i'm appreciative of the work that supervisors farrell and oors doing. i know that the hatred out there is unnecessary. many homeless are dying. my office is working on the office of home coalition and other members of the homeless community to increase safety and awareness for people living on the street. while lam's heinous murder is an extreme example of the dangers facing homeless people, forced to sleep outside i believe the death of the hundreds of people was absolutely preventable. we'll continue to struggle alongside homeless people until everyone in san francisco is housed. today the suspects are at large and yet to be found. the investigation is on going. if you know anyone with information to the case, please call my office. the rest i will submit. >> thank you, supervisor mar. president tang? >>supervisor katy tang: thank you, today i have a package o

. chul sue lee was also part of a small korean community and attended many schools in san francisco. he was wrongfully convicted in 1973 of killing a chinese gang leader and he was very young at the time. i wanted to acknowledge activist yamenta. and i want to mention dr. ruth and kim from social equality and many others who worked on the campaign to free him. there will be a number of memorials coming forward to remember chul sue lee's live and i want to thank american asian studies for being their for him. lastly i respectfully request that we end our meeting in honor of a man, a homeless man named mr. tay lamb. he was a homeless person brutally killed on november 23rdrd. 67-year-old was beaten to death as he slept in an alley on montgomery street on that late night. he was discovered dead in his sleeping bag monday morning. he was fatally attacked by three men because he had over $1,000 in his pocket but known that robbery was not. he was 5-foot 5 inches tall and kept to himself and not a problem to others who frequented the area. all who knew him said he was a very respectful gentle

at the time. i wanted to acknowledge activist yamenta. and i want to mention dr. ruth and kim from social equality and many others who worked on the campaign to free him. there will be a number of memorials coming forward to remember chul sue lee's live and i want to thank american asian studies for being their for him. lastly i respectfully request that we end our meeting in honor of a man, a homeless man named mr. tay lamb. he was a homeless person brutally killed on november 23rdrd. 67-year-old was beaten to death as he slept in an alley on montgomery street on that late night. he was discovered dead in his sleeping bag monday morning. he was fatally attacked by three men because he had over $1,000 in his pocket but known that robbery was not. he was 5-foot 5 inches tall and kept to himself and not a problem to others who frequented the area. all who knew him said he was a very respectful gentleman. however we do know why 67-year-old lamb was attacked. he was an easy target because he was sleeping outside in an isolated area. he was an easy target because he was disabled. he was an easy target because he's considered as a class of being worthless and unfortunately mr. lam is not alone. about 100 homeless people die every year in san francisco and homeless people are at risk for increased health problem due to exposure, high stress, sleep deprivation, unsanitary surroundings and lack of hygiene facilities and without stable housing. i'm appreciative of the work that supervisors farrell and oors doing. i know that the hatred out there is unnecessary. many homeless are dying. my office is working on the office of home coalition and other members of the homeless community to increase safety and awareness for people living on the street. while lam's heinous murder is an extreme example of the dangers facing homeless people, forced to sleep outside i believe the death of the hundreds of people was absolutely preventable. we'll continue to struggle alongside homeless people until everyone in san francisco is housed. today the suspects are at large and yet to be found. the investigation is on going. if you know anyone with information to the case, please call my office. the rest i will submit. >> thank you, supervisor mar. president tang? >>supervisor katy tang: thank you, today i have a package of legislation i'm introducing to some of the recent changes made at the state level. a couple weeks ago you may remember that introduce an interim goal to deal with some changes and codify our local public health code and some changes adopted at the state level. today i'm introducing a package of legislation and planning codes that would actually are the results of several conversations, many many conversations with the departments and community members about how we should address our massage regulations. it passed 31 and shifted the legislation to known as the california massage council. while it was great and it created some statewide consistency in regulation unfortunately there were loopholes created on the local level which has -- impacted cities like san francisco. if an establishment is 100 certified they can bypass any of our local planning codes. because of that we have introduced legislation to close that loophole and that allows us to institute new regulations that have been allowed understate law. the first piece of legislation today will require that all massage establishments regardless of the type of certified therapist to go through this process in the city. i mentioned previously if you had a massage establishment and all massage therapist were certified were able to buy pass that. in addition it will inhibit any establishment closed for violation for law for 1 year and the medical definition of medical service use. the second piece of legislation brings up to health code at the state level. it removes exemption and alliance the hours of instruction required for permit. conforms with the state, the attire rerequirements. such as requiring that a health outreach worker accompanying inspection is available. we felt it was important if there are outreach workers that can speak some of the prevalent languages for some of the employees at these establishments that they are there to serve the potential victims and also requiring massage practitioners to hold only one permit through the city and not to have this dual permitting system. we would also deny an establishment a permit to anyone with an ownership who is convicted or charged with human trafficking and lastly any prevention of any health code for grounds of a denial for permit. i will hope to continue to work with our committee on this and community members to ensuring that we have safe operations of massage establishments in our neighborhoods. so lastly on a related note, today i'm introducing a resolution with the company sponsor ship with supervisors farrell, with national human trafficking prevention month and january 11th national human trafficking awareness day. so while i'm very proud that san francisco has taken up a leadership role in trying to address human trafficking and many of which we expect to be going on in these massage establishments, there is a lot of work to be done. the u.s. department of health estimates that 22,000 people are trafficking into united states each year for modern day slavery. in fact san francisco and the bay area has been identified by the fbi as three of the highest trafficking areas in the entire nation. as, you know, these issues are happening right in our own backyard. although we are highlighting the month of january as public awareness for human trafficking, this is something in an i know that i will certainly along with others will continue to work on for the time to come. with that i will submit the rest. >> that concludes the roll call for general business. >> now we are ready for public comment. at which time the members of the public may address the council on subject matters due to policies with mayor on the board without reference to community calendar. please know that public comment is not allowed to items already discussed. please direct your remarks to the board as a whole and not to a specific councilmember or audience. if you would like a document to be displayed on the overhead projector please state it as such and remove the document. >> public speaker: my name is amy fur white. i'm an nimbe. we have to say yes in our back yards to find solutions for all sf neighbors and neighborhoods. i have been wanting to come speak to you about the theatre in district five because the property owner has said no to revitalize this offer to produce a performance venue. but more in that some other time. i also want to applaud supervisor mar's efforts to identify revenue resources for affordable housing of the taxation of levee units and contribute to our housing and displacement crisis, but most of all i'm here to support supervisor avalos resolution in affecting democracy in san francisco. i put dr. king up there. i participated in the march on saturday and was struck by two things, first by the shear number of police officers and the money it must have cost to work in the march. i was moved because the march was truly generational and cultural and in love. i went to the third baptist church on sunday the 14th and came away with three proposed action items. no. 1, the cigarette boycott, which were related to tobacco products and no. 2, the community world leader and community in policing efforts and work with sf high schools in our danger in community colleges and to develop peace from within our neighborhoods. thank you. >> public speaker: good evening, madam president and members of the board of supervisors. frank martin dell campo. i rise this evening in the capacity as a member of the executive committee of the san francisco labor council. for the purpose of informing the board of action adequate and strong action appropriate he so taken by the executive committee of san francisco council on december 1st of this year of the meeting that i attended. during this meeting we accepted a challenging leadership by a very troubled time by taking the difficult the 43 students and their families. i voted in favor as did the overwhelming majority of participants. my reasons were the following: one, this issue affects all of our families. any family in mexico and latin america has family here. so we exist in many different nations. it's appropriately a matter that should be taken up by the board of supervisors. two, the issues facing all of our communities of financialization, the militarization and decriminalization of oppressed people is widespread. four, that we all know that these guns that were taken to mexico, many of these guns came from the united states and ended up shooting a dea agent. lastly, i asked this board to take the same similar strong and appropriate action to defend the 43 in this city who also suffered the hands of lawless police. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> public speaker: thank you madam president. good evening members of the board. my name is martin howard, the president of the san francisco police officers association. last week councilmember avalos introduced to this board disparaging remarks and language to the san francisco police department on the number of shootings that have occurred in this city. there was also language in this resolution comparing the incidents in ferguson, missouri and new york to incidents that occurred in our city. supervisor avalos was attempting to paint members of the sf p.d. with a broadbrush as being trigger-happy. nothing could be further from the truth. as a 25-year veteran of this fine department and speaking from this personal experience i can tell you the use of lethal force is the worse experience that any officer in san francisco or anywhere in this country has to go through. it is a nightmare and often haunts the officer for the rest of their lives. i can also tell you that there is no more diverse culturally enlightened, better trained and better educated urban law enforcement agency than the sfpd. the sf poa is a sponsor that provides dreams for toys for youth for public housing and this army member of the outreach wilderness program but why it the language in this resolution is divisive and confrontational. we should be understanding harmony along with structured debate --s on the issues in this country. >> thank you, next speaker, please? >> public speaker: good evening, my name is sarah osaba. i'm a new resident. i relocated here after being 11 years in vermont doing social and racial justice work. my daughter was born in oakland. we came here because she was invited to train in san francisco ballet across the street. i have been texting her because she's finished and waiting for me. i tried to bribe her to coming here. i'm 49 years old. i have worked over 30 years helping non-profit businesses and city halls do business in a more culturally and relevant manner in a way that doesn't disadvantage or create greater disparities. i cannot believe what i have seen in san francisco and how it's changed since i have been gone. we are, my daughter and i are the new faces of homeless in san francisco. i came with money saved up to pay first and last month but after 3 months of subletting and looking. the san francisco city painted a message here that you are not welcomed here. people of low and moderate incomes are not welcoming here and people tell me this place used to be a little bit ghetto but there are no more black people here. people felt okay to say that because they note the color of my skin. when low and moderate income people, a place to live. this is red lining. the whole city has been red lined. and black families and latino families are pushed into other areas. i don't want to live in san francisco. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> public speaker: good evening, president tang and supervisors. supervisors you are the sunshine of my life for i will always be around. you are the apple of my city eye. forever you will stay in my heart. i feel like this is the beginning and i wish you look in the coming years. tell me how much leadership how much so much leadership be inside of you. you are the sunshine of our lives. i saw a picture of you those are the happiest days of our lives. now i'm back on the city chain gang. good luck president katie tang. i saw a picture of you. those were the happiest days of our lives. now we are back on the chain gang. we are back on the city's chain gang. good luck president katie tang. now i know that supervisor is a stevie wonder fan, kim. there is a button for you. >> thank you very much, next speaker, please. >> public speaker: good evening, my name is juana, i want to thank supervisor avalos for working for leadership for all. the epidemic of police violence is an issue that is sparking racism across our country and city. as a city we have an opportunity and obligation to talk about how this impacts sf residents. while we extend our condolences to mike brown and eric garner, we take the national issue. let's be clear, this is not an antipolice resolution. this is an antipolice brutality resolution. we can't be about ferguson if we are not about san francisco. it's back wards and hypocritical to take a stand on support on a national issue on cases that are far from here on cases yet to be resolved. if we deny the opportunity by the race of those killed, then we deny the realities of our communities which continues to increase mistrust. there are many parallels with sf and ferguson. ferguson fought for weeks to indict the officer who killed mike brown. one thing you can do here locally is demand the release of those names at the very least to show support and show you care about accountability. to deny those names is to increase mistrust in law enforcement. we call on police conscience to call to police. these acts of violence are unacceptable. we are here and i also would like to hear, i have heard there are concerns including the language on the fact that every 24 hours a person is killed. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> public speaker: good evening, my name is jaron brown and i'm here with -- i want to thank supervisor avalos and many of you who are supporting equality for all resolution. there are times when san francisco is french when we take a radical stand. oh, my god! san francisco took a stand around minimum wage and nuclear arm. this is no the that moment. we have seen thousands and sent people to ferguson, we have seen the st. louis rams. today newscast walked out with their hands up. kobe bryant, darren williams, we have seen k-8 students walk out of their schools to say black lives matter and this has to stop. it's a moment when the whole country is saying this actually isn't about cleveland, it's not about new york, it's not about ferguson. it's a fundamental issue and it has to change. who is outside when you are going to impact a young african american person, a latino person. that's the moment that we are all joining in together and that's the importance of this resolution and the importance is to say of course it's happening in san francisco and when the chief of police in richmond stood with people, he like here was attacked by the police union in richmond and his response was when did it become political activist to realize it was a black matter. this should not be about us versus them. it should be about finding ways to build bridges between many of our residents and the police. we hope it will pass unanimously, thank you. >> public speaker: hello, i wanted to thank all the board of supervisors. i have lived in san francisco since 1997. my job was outsourced by a financial firm here in 2008. i have not been able to get another full time job since then with benefit in my field. so i'm being kind of forced out of san francisco. i just can't make it in san francisco and it's not enough help getting a job. i want to raise your awareness about how difficult it is and what a competitive job market is, more competitive in manhattan. you are competing with everybody here, the tech people and i'm talking about twitter and all of these tech companies, the last people that they are looking at is people like me. when you are driving into the city on the 101 or over the bay bridge, the first thing you see are billboards of men crawling around in their boxer shorts. the hardware programmer and ruby on rails programmer. the last people they are looking at is people like me who are older women in tech. i wanted to thank you all and congratulate all of you for your success and everything you try doing; you've tried to accomplish. we are also in the middle of a depression. even though we have these tech companies, it's brutal. i want to thank you all for everyone you have done and raise your awareness that this is not enough. i needed more help. there should be more incentives for local companies to hire san francisco residents older workers like myself and it not there and we are being forced out. i have a job lined up but it's outside the area. this is the last time you will see me. i have e-mailed you in the past. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> public speaker: good evening, john from san francisco. just a reminder the power of christmas is back. and what a power it is. it has been around for hundreds of years and i don't mean the power of money. it is the birthday and celebration of a personal friend to each of us that we can enjoy alone or with others. the only way to do that is to experience him through your imagination. you can imagine him to be a make believe friend or your real friend. whatever works for you. the friend that will always be there through eternity. you can talk to him anytime, anywhere and you don't need the internet to do so. all he asks of you is to let him love you. there are some out there that want to take him from you. don't let them. merry christmas to all of you. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> public speaker: michael line. i'm talking as an individual. please vote in favor of the resolution affirming the board of supervisors commitment to equal justice and the rise to protest and urging reforms in the national policing and judicial process. this resolution speaks to the demand for equal justice under law and therefore i'm asking you to support it passage. i particularly appreciate the inclusion of the whereas dealing with alex nieto, whereas alex nieto was killed by sf p.d. officers on march 21, 2014, where he was shot nearly ten times and none of the names of the officers involved in his killing have been released seriously undermined the trust between members and the community and the police. i would like to suggest an amendment adding a resolve that san francisco convene an independent public inquiry into the nieto killing with full investigative powers. calling for an independent investigation into police killings of unarmed people is a key demand of many of the recognized legal and civil rights groups including the american with civil liberties union and those incorporated into this resolution. an independent investigation into the nieto killing would be a concrete action of san francisco to take to implement the spirit of this resolution. >> public speaker: i wanted to speak actually in support of two items, item 52 and 53 and they are related. as far as item 52, i'm sure all the people behind me will have the things to say maybe better than i. i believe we need to stand with our youth today. if we pass this resolution, we will pass this resolution we will become part of a historical time because at this time there is going to be no turning back and we into -- need to join with the people standing up for these rights and standing up against police brutality and yes ferguson was the spark but we have had too many deaths here in san francisco, alex nieto and so when the police officers association takes offense with this resolution, i find that offensive myself. so please pass this and i work with a lot of youth and i know it's very very important to them that we and i with many different elders stand with them. we can stand up besides them for their futures. and i would also like to item 53 which has

what paths san francisco could potentially follow to inc. plement its own voting system and studying the process currently ongoing in los angeles county. today before the committee colleagues is a resolution that expresses san francisco's commitment to implementing and working with other jurisdictions and organizations to implement an open source voting system. the resolution requests that lafco studied how san francisco could implement its own voting system and we spoke with their staff and they are willing and able to do this if requested by the lafco board and supervisor mar has informed us he is interested adding his name as a cosponsor and carrying that request at lafco which he's a member. these are steps to have a more free and accurate voting system to strengthen the public trust and colleagues if there are no comments we have a few presenters. first i want to invite up alex bash, one of my constituents and followed by tim mayor and brent turner. >> supervisors i am alec bash and appreciate the opportunity to be before you this afternoon. from hanging chads and the year 2000

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and hydra that's a real stepping stone in san francisco to the board of education so i think progressive ways said we want to look at something different we believe in representation and people who think like we think need to be in the position to make the decisions for us i believe that shift has happened over and over again and allies who come to the board with us have further that work and gun to their community saying this is the responding we we want to do it in partnership i'm glad you're here to continue the work i did won't have happened without my cat lyric my daughter in san francisco it is just incredibly hard to be a young person of color in this city and in public education to get the same rigor and respect that the students get and by watching her struggle no matter how much assess and knowledge i had the the system the system is still hard and thank goodness we have minds here and folks that come out and show their support to do that work and i'm so grateful to her and all she's sacrificed in her public upbringing i think is as tiff place to be my mom and just

sacramento. it is about what's happening here in san francisco and the last time i checked, that's your jurisdiction. because every time i hear testimony at the board of education it is about how our teachers can't live here, how our paraprofessionals can't live here, how the cost of living is too high, they can't find housing here and they have to leave. we lose 50 percent of our teachers within the first 5 years. every time we lose a teacher it's 10 to 20 thousand dollars. we now have 19,000 vacancies in our school district and it is largely because they can't afford the cost of living here. we wish every single school-aged child in san francisco would use our wonderful san francisco public schools but when you can't hire enough teachers to be able to have a qualified teacher in every classroom, then that's a problem. so i do think that the city takes some responsibility in this. our families can't live here. our teachers can't live here. our paraprofessionals can't live here and every time a eusf member comes to the board of education and says i can't live here, i have to move, i wan

suggest an amendment adding a resolve that san francisco convene an independent public inquiry into the nieto killing with full investigative powers. calling for an independent investigation into police killings of unarmed people is a key demand of many of the recognized legal and civil rights groups including the american with civil liberties union and those incorporated into this resolution. an independent investigation into the nieto killing would be a concrete action of san francisco to take to implement the spirit of this resolution. >> public speaker: i wanted to speak actually in support of two items, item 52 and 53 and they are related. as far as item 52, i'm sure all the people behind me will have the things to say maybe better than i. i believe we need to stand with our youth today. if we pass this resolution, we will pass this resolution we will become part of a historical time because at this time there is going to be no turning back and we into -- need to join with the people standing up for these rights and standing up against police brutality and yes ferguson was the

to try to move san francisco toward open source voting system. colleagues as you know our election system is truly the backbone of our democracy. free and fair elections and make sure that we as elect the officials with earned the trust instilled in us from the public and the public can have confidence the elections were conducted in open and transparent and accurate way. we have a very, very strong department of elections in san francisco, and i think we should all be proud of the work that the department has done running an election system is not easy, but i think it's important for us to always look for new ways to make things even better and to analyze all of our options. today before us is a resolution in support of san francisco working along with communities and organizations from around the state to make sure election system even more transparent, more secure, and more publicly accountable. currently our voting system -- our voting technology in san francisco which is consistent with voting technologies around the country are somewhat of a black box, a system created by a p

would be a concrete action of san francisco to take to implement the spirit of this resolution. >> public speaker: i wanted to speak actually in support of two items, item 52 and 53 and they are related. as far as item 52, i'm sure all the people behind me will have the things to say maybe better than i. i believe we need to stand with our youth today. if we pass this resolution, we will pass this resolution we will become part of a historical time because at this time there is going to be no turning back and we into -- need to join with the people standing up for these rights and standing up against police brutality and yes ferguson was the spark but we have had too many deaths here in san francisco, alex nieto and so when the police officers association takes offense with this resolution, i find that offensive myself. so please pass this and i work with a lot of youth and i know it's very very important to them that we and i with many different elders stand with them. we can stand up besides them for their futures. and i would also like to item 53 which has to do with making

ferguson was the spark but we have had too many deaths here in san francisco, alex nieto and so when the police officers association takes offense with this resolution, i find that offensive myself. so please pass this and i work with a lot of youth and i know it's very very important to them that we and i with many different elders stand with them. we can stand up besides them for their futures. and i would also like to item 53 which has to do with making now i put on the hat of the conveneers of san francisco as we submitted this resolution. i am in favor of passing this resolution of making december 10th as a declaration of international human rights and we certainly need those in our country today and more so. thank you. >> public speaker: good evening, my name is rina. we appreciate your stance with solidarity. you cannot forget your area growing up in a black community ingleside i have witnessed sfpd abuse their power i watched the police slam my mother on the floor as the officers digged his knee in her back and i have watched them harass my sister. the sfpd and police across the

county of san francisco. many women and people of color staffed the community based organizations that are non profits in our city. there's a wealth gap that's leaving them behind. this is about parity and pay equity for these workers. we did this resolution a few months ago because in fiscal year 2008, 9, 11 and 12, non profits received founding from san francisco despite having to absorb the huge costs of healthcare rent. this flat funding amounted to the reduction for non profit really negatively impacting allocation for this purpose was contingent on revenue and savings above the projected estimates for 2013, 2014 to be found in sources such as the city's local tax, property tax and real estate transfer tax. according to our recently cap our comprehensive annual financial report for the city for fiscal year 2013, '14, the city's general funds is now in a much healthier financial position that continues to post significant improvements. >> i'm going to adjourn in a memoriam. our city and chinese american community has lost a warm kind and outstanding when laura lie passed away on de

it needs to be, planning to open the new san francisco general hospital next year and continuing to focus on all of those network metrics that are going to be drivers for our financial performance over the coming years. much more to come. we have planned to have hearings on our proposals for the budget at this commission in february. the budget submissions by departments goes to the mayor's office on february 23rd and we'll be continuing reporting those as the budget is introduced and heard by the board in july. i'm happy to answer any questions. >> commissioners? commissioner singer? >> as to the financial performance and planning and thought is terrific. i don't have any questions. i'm looking forward to our next diving into the real details. thank you. >> i think you are right, i know you are right. there hasn't been in recent memory where we've been asked to return something but as you said this is the time that we need to also invest. so i think that is going to be a very important part of the budget to present and what it is we are going to invest in as part of the future and

family, san francisco first five and the san francisco unified school district, so i really want to give a lot of thanks for all the people that were a part of this important discussion including supervisors avalos and kim, and for some of you we already know it was supervisor avalos who pushed for developing this office before i got on board,. i was outside at the time trying to push so i want to give him a -- acknowledge his effort in regards to where we are today. our office also acknowledged beth rubinstin from supervisor avalos' office and sunny a grelo from kim's office and my own aid jenn who worked tirelessly to put this together and acknowledge barbara, the director of the office of early care and education. erica mabum coordinator of cpac or the child care planning and advisory council and ken eghtd and other members of the council. i also want to acknowledge the members of the childrens funding community coalition and also the director of first five laura plumack and carla bryant from the early care and education director and jim brooks also from the san francisco unified

youth reduction force, whether they were working from city college san francisco, state or the high schools that you came from, supported by youth leadership and institute or the vietnamese youth development center but you are a great example of creating policy from the bottom up and educating all of us to make the communities healthy and better and so i am just standing up to give you tremendous props as we introduce this legislation today. >> thank you, chair. [ applause ] >> so this policy, i think, is an example of the tireless focus, leadership, research and commitment to the city's public health by the young people and the tobacco free coalition as well. without their efforts we would not be here today. this initiative and this act will set san francisco as the city with a strongest comprehensive effort to limit tobacco licenses in our communities and there is about 1,000 right now, according to the research, and this is a reasonable way to limit them over time so that we protect the health of our community and in san francisco, low income areas, especially communities of colo

are xooirz and we're hoping to bring newer concepts out in san francisco and what your passengers want. >> well, i look forward to the future (laughter) air are we look fo >> good morning, today is november 25, 2014, welcome to the san francisco transportation authority. my name is john avalos, the chair of the authority, and today, this meeting is being clerked by our clerk, steve, if i can get the last name. steve, stamos, thank you and, cell women to your first leading, clerking the transportation authority, the meeting is brought to us by the staff, and hegan and thank you for your service, steve, would you please, call the roll. >> roll call? >> avalos? >> present. >> breed. >> here. >> campos? >> absent. >> chiu. >> here. >> cohen? >> absent. >> farrell. >> absent. >> kim. >> here. mar. >> absent. tang? >> present. >> commissioner weiner. >> present. >> commissioner yee. >> present. >> we have a quorum. >> very good, and let's call the next item please? >> item two, approve the minutes of the october, 21, 2014, meeting it is an action item. questions on the minutes? >> motio

>> good morning, everyone, welcome to the san francisco budget and finance committee meeting for wednesday, december third, 2014, my name is farrell and i am jound by avalos and will be joined by mar. and i want to thank the sfgtv for covering this meeting as well as the cler. items acted upon today will be on the december 9th. >> if we could call up item $9 for 11. together? hearing on the implementation of greenfinancesf for residential properties that qualify for property assessed clean energy financing in the city and county of san francisco. resolution authorizing the city and county of san francisco to join the californiafirst program; authorizing the california statewide communities development authority to accept applications from property owners, conduct contractual assessment proceedings, and levy contractual assessments within the territory of the city and county; and authorizing related actions as defined in the resolution. resolution consenting to the inclusion of properties within the city's jurisdiction in the california home energy renovation opportunity program t

my own way retain families in san francisco so my appointment to this commission has been an exciting opportunity and i request your support in confirming my reappointment. thank you very much for this opportunity to speak to you and i am happy to answer any questions you may have. >> we don't have any questions of you. why would we? >> thank you commissioner. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> any public comment -- oh not yet -- any public comments on this item? seeing none public is now closed. [gavel] supervisor tang. >> sure. i just want to thank you. i think all of us have enjoyed working with her and not just in this capacity and she's up for reappointment but for the work in the community. as you said there is a lot of work to be done and a lot happening now so we hope to keep your knowledge achieved as you achieved through the past service and let you continue so i am happy to make a motion to reappoint marily mondejar to the commission on community investment and infrastructure seat two and send with positive recommendation to the full board. >> thank you. i too will be supportin

moderate-to-heavy rain in the north bay and that will shift interest san francisco and zone in about 7:00 to 8:00 and in san rafael, you can see the moderate rain falling and our heaviest rain on the widespread scale through noon and we will have showers and storms from 4:00 to 7:00 and the temperatures will drop 10 degrees by the afternoon hour. we will find out how the commute is. >> traffic is running smoothly and the golden gate bridge shows we had construction crews headed in the northbound direction. they were alternating where the cones are being placed on the bridge and we have three lanes traveling in the southbound direction. only one lane northbound. if you are leashing san francisco headed to marin, give yourself extra time. you will be squeezing by to head into the north bay. only one lane gets you be. a center lane is a buffer. we have gusty lanes across the bridges. you want to keep things safe if the high profile vehicles swerve or get blown over. as we look over the altamont pass, we have not touched on this because it is looking clear and you are at top sped as you push

sewage systems. according to the san francisco chronicle the city is moving forward on a sewage plan that will prevent future sewage spills but construction has been stalled because of the approval process required by the board of supervisors. critics say the trouble is caused by the recent storms storms. >>> it has taken ten years but san francisco, daly city, and san bruno have agreed on a water sharing program. the $113 million deal will diversify the water deal for the region. san francisco public utility will sell water to san bruno. that will let water build up in the under ground aquifer. >> water customers are not expected to see a change in the taste of their water or the size of their water build. >>> happening today state senator jerry hill will introduce a bill that is aimed at certain athletic playing fields. right now some synthetic turf is made with ground up recycled tires. but there are fears it can cause cancer. this proposed bill would require a new study examing possible health risks. schools and local governments would be banned from installing new synthetic turf

good morning today is december 16, 2014, welcome to the san francisco transportation authority i'm supervisor avalos the chair and today's ta meeting is brought by sfgovtv charles and jessie larson mr. clerk, call the roll and supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos absent supervisor cohen supervisor farrell supervisor kim absent supervisor mar absent supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee absent we have quorum >> very good okay. we can go on to our before the next item own item number 17 which is the closed session i'm going to entertain a motion to continue that to the january meeting so we can actually go to the tandem memorial issue a that's not pressing but if we continue we'll be able to get over to attend the service so okay. mr. clerk call the next item you already did so colleagues - 17 and 18 thank you it will be items 17 and 18 continued to the january meeting so colleagues, we have before us the meeting and we'll gone to the public comment any member of the public seeing none, public comment is closed a roll call vote. >> on item 2 supervisor aval

to protect the key land in the san francisco bay area through purchase or easements with willing pertains currently san francisco has 4 pc a as you can see on the map the sutter tower and oats taking place site and bay area radio property san francisco's current pc a were nominated without communication from the you city of san francisco it's been notified weight need to take action if we wish to consider new pc a in the future therefore the land use commission is looking to study the topic further nullification from the board will be needed prior to december 10th this will allow the city to appropriate new areas to work collaborating with the appropriate city properties for the new pc a those factors will be used to determine whether or not to renominate the selection of all new ones it's permanently vetted new documents such general plan updates and the agreement and the draft urban forestry plan the benefits of the proprietor conservation revolve around funding their ministered by the excessive one bay area grant the funds can be used to improve the areas for trails and the ha

by candle stick park so you can see that san francisco 49 square miles where a lot of rain falls this is a record storm we have over 8 hundred calls and 4 hundreds catch basins cleaned the majority on tuesday and wednesday the second and third that's when we received most of the rain outline all of our pump stations and treatment plant were at capacity and for 48 hours straight the system is not large enough to handle those storms you've seen those pictures in the news that one is the lake we had a we knew is was marked for clean up up it collapsed the street and i'm sure you're aware of in san francisco the streets are concrete enforced and the quart main the services are back in service and we're actually for the repair of this particular one? the largest sink hole during this time and, yes we've been down this street, however, for stormwater historically we've not had trouble the lines are clear and everything is fine you, however, we didn't get this cail so we couldn't track it they called 9-1-1 instead of 311 so cleaver the leaves and drains it effected all the homes you see

traversing san francisco and daily city as well as multiple different ways that we are trying to address the safety and reliable issues and there is a need for a rapid transit route for the transand muni buses and also a need for bus routes and connectivity and we continue to work with the city and the city of brisbain and we want to address the issues and the concerns of the little hollywood, and the visitation valley area who are looking to see if we might be able to explore the different ways to work with the neighbors to the south and the rocology site to find the optimum bruding through the area. >> on the brt, the bus, ra pit transit project, we want to congratulate the board for approving legislation, for that project, and last week, the legislation dedicated the bus only lanes on van ness avenue and consolidated several bus stops and it adds to the term and reconfigures the parking to support the project and we always appreciate the great staff works that leads to a smooth out come and a smooth approval process and i want to recognize the sfmta out reach team, led by cand

interruption because of wind-blown debris. and ferry service from south san francisco was canceled. >> does this bother you this choppy weather? >> the wind. wind was bad. i came home. we heard a giant "boom," and she said, it is the tree. it was a giant crash. >> the crash was with this tree that ripped out power lines. traffic was blocked. the muni line was re-directed. >> drivers on the the bay area bridges i don't have alerts for high wind advisory including the altamont pass and bay bridge. >> railroad tracks are not even safe. a caltrain hit a small tree that fell on the track. no one was hurt boat transgenders were blocked causing delays until a crew removed it. >> board riders can expect more delays if the wind is a problem. fallen branches on the tracks near daly city hair, pleasant hill and castro valley caused delays. service is back to normal. so far. >> look at this picture, san francisco montgomery station shows riders crammed on the platform shoulder to shoulder waiting for the delayed trains to arrive. >>> this large redwood crashed on to a home in north napa yester

thank all the board of supervisors. i have lived in san francisco since 1997. my job was outsourced by a financial firm here in 2008. i have not been able to get another full time job since then with benefit in my field. so i'm being kind of forced out of san francisco. i just can't make it in san francisco and it's not enough help getting a job. i want to raise your awareness about how difficult it is and what a competitive job market is, more competitive in manhattan. you are competing with everybody here, the tech people and i'm talking about twitter and all of these tech companies, the last people that they are looking at is people like me. when you are driving into the city on the 101 or over the bay bridge, the first thing you see are billboards of men crawling around in their boxer shorts. the hardware programmer and ruby on rails programmer. the last people they are looking at is people like me who are older women in tech. i wanted to thank you all and congratulate all of you for your success and everything you try doing; you've tried to accomplish. we are also in the middle

of the community deserve to build a life in san francisco this legislation will make san francisco a great place to work for tens of thousands people keeping the workers working we need to race the welcoming in san francisco with the prop j package and the economic that is leading to more the have and have nots in the wealth gap and like the minimum wage paid sick leave and health care ordinances in our city the city should continue on a path that's healthy for all of us i urge strong support as we magnified and supervisor kim supervisors and president chiu not seeing this as one piece of legislation but all cities to follow suit in the state and federal level to have the fairness for many low income people in the city with that, i'd like to thanks president chiu for his incredible work on this piece of legislation supervisor breed is next on the roster. >> last week, i offered an amendment for janitors and many of the contractors employ people that have varies employment and have a hard time finding jobs i was concerned this could have a chilling effect on the hiring but many of my

in the community. and this is also a policy of the national and as usual, san francisco continues to lead the field. and we hope that this can continue, demonstrating the power of young people, and the collaboration of community stage organizations and the health organizations and the health experts and the community residents and of course, the store merchant and thank you for sending a message for big tobacco and we will no longer be target and thank you to all of the youth in the room and the generations of the youth people that made this happen, thank you. >> thank you. >> how are you doing? >> supervisor mar, campos, and thank you for having me and, my name is mahia and i work with the transitional youth in san francisco, and i am here to speak in full support of you passing this policy. and on behalf of tay sf and the city wide board, but more importantly i am here to speak as a san francisco resident, and i was born here in san francisco, in the mission district, and i grew up in east oakland and where i lived now. and to be honest with you i am one of those young people wh

we are not about san francisco. it's back wards and hypocritical to take a stand on support on a national issue on cases that are far from here on cases yet to be resolved. if we deny the opportunity by the race of those killed, then we deny the realities of our communities which continues to increase mistrust. there are many parallels with sf and ferguson. ferguson fought for weeks to indict the officer who killed mike brown. one thing you can do here locally is demand the release of those names at the very least to show support and show you care about accountability. to deny those names is to increase mistrust in law enforcement. we call on police conscience to call to police. these acts of violence are unacceptable. we are here and i also would like to hear, i have heard there are concerns including the language on the fact that every 24 hours a person is killed. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> public speaker: good evening, my name is jaron brown and i'm here with -- i want to thank supervisor avalos and many of you who are supporting equality for all resolution. there

are $6,000 plus homeless individuals if san francisco 34 hundred living on the street 18 in street programs and jail have no 0 home to be real estate department 20 to 10 years ago when mayor newsom had an effort this followed up open the adaptation by the voters when commissioner antonini and myself are here to support to bring about fundamental change in homelessness in 2005 we had 15 hundred shelter beds now 1145 part of that for the recommendation was a commitment to build 3 thousand new units of housing we realize that shelters plays an important role it is about individuals not getting $400 a month but $579 a month it is difficult in the housing market we're not moving people as quicken it is taking 6 to 9 months in the can't cash program to move into permanent housing i want to assure you the mayor i understand to do big intentions starting next year that has an impact on the streets to reentering cash and the shelter remain an important component and my colleague will talk about the people lynn up in the in the first place to get a shelter bed and to fight for people that ha

caliber business examining this further. thank you. >> hello, i'm a san francisco resident and member of fossil free san francisco as well . i think the previous comments, i have heard an explicit call that she not be reappointed and they were basically giving their reasons why they don't think she is adequately representing her fiduciary duty on the board because of these huge concerns in market risk in these areas. i want to underline that fossil free san francisco and 350.org manage to bring members of bloomberg, ronald reagan to the retirement board to speak about market risk an all members spoke up to that meeting except for one, the one we are here talking about. i comments are to urge that you reject this appointment, and if you are not prepared to do this today, to hear this again in january, get your questions answered and reject it at that time. i'd like to point out just from hearing what i heard at this hearing, the ethics commission usually charges about a $5,000 penalty per violation so if you can make more than $5,000 per violation there's no reason not to do it. the re

stay in that mode for the entire time of the storm we anticipate 3 to 5 inches in san francisco and we also villaraigosa standing by in the areas we've done the clean up and preparation and will continue with the upcoming storm. >> is i've - did e p y clear the catch basins. >> it happens more than that we know they dp y is responsible for the crews their cleaning up out the catch basin and our country's underneath. >> the biggest challenge when you have heavy winds you get a lot of leaves i have to be constantly out there with 23 catch basins thoughts the city we've been tracking the low lying areas where their prone for flooding we deploy sandbags that's why we're asking for people who have seen local flooding happening in you can't get to a catch basin call 311 so that's our easy to deploy crews to clean the catch basins. >> is tv the only way you gave that message. >> radio. >> radio too. >> radio, tv i think we used social media every vehicle to disseminate the catch. >> i think the service announcements are important i saw 3 people out here and i might add i take care of any whol

the work that you do mr. fried as staff is incredible to see and to see san francisco really utilize lafco in the way it can be as an agency. thanks. >> and i would tend to agree with making sure that we have the proper prioritization of our projects as well. although i do see value in the projects being asked of us or of your staff. there was something i wanted to add. oh the contract with election system is i believe with secoy a i think it's important that you go forward and tell you about the urgency and the contract lasts until a certain date so we can't act on changes until that contract is over unless we null that contract so that is important to look at so we have a sense how we might want to proceed because we could actually -- it's possible to vote to kill the contract and move forward with a new system but given that might be challenging i think it's important to know when that actual contract is finalized. >> i agree with you completely. when i was watching the hearings sounds like there are one and two year extensions that get done. the report won't create the system. he

which the retirement board failed for a recent loss of $61.3 million on the san francisco pension fund on one of it's transaction involving a hedge fund. in the last board meetings that i have attended and the one meeting with jay hillish acting in retirement funds and hedge funds, not once was the $61.3 million loss was discussed. i ask why. in response to aciu's concerns and suggestions which was 140 pages again there's no mention of the san francisco pension fund losing $1.3 million. thereby substantiating the concerns regarding hedge fund investments. these verify to me the grand jury report of 2012 report regarding the lack of transparency on the part of the sf retirement board staff and it's board in it's manner of doing business is correct and as to the board whether it's fully made aware of what's going on with the transparency information given on a regular basis. these types of information with investment lose of millions of dollars on the hedge funds also goes to the charter which stipulates that the board will discharge it's duty with skill, care and due diligence. you have

). . >> good afternoon, everyone. everyone welcome to city hall the hall of the san francisco giants. >> yeah. (clapping.) well, today, we have an important piece of legislation to be signed let me begin at the outset this is a movement going on in the city called the sharing economy something that not only have we been watching with the roll of technology and the abilities to connect people you up to an time information and resources and the ability to connect with more and more people but taking place in our city and cities across the country is a movement called the shared economy that is based on a simple understanding that in order to be successful if america you don't have to own everything as i gripe as a child of 6 kids in the city of seattle i had to share i learned quickly i couldn't own sometimes even my own pair of socks that we had to share in order to survive and succeed we had to build a family economy around understanding he each other's needs and trying to help that out and, of course, share a lot of information well technology has brought about a huge revolution in the abili

added to the san francisco mystique for tourists visiting the golden gate bridge. strong gusts had drivers holding on to the steering wheels with both hands. bicyclists had a much tougher time. the gusts nearly knocked some of them down. >> steering was very difficult. the crosswinds are a bit hard. have to get off and walk. >> like a sledge hammer. we had to get off and walk the bikes. it was fun. >> it wasn't any better on the bay bridge. a high wind warning went up alerting drivers of gusts reaching 40 miles an hour on the bay bridge. the wind forced happy hallow park zoo in san jose to close early. discovery kingdom was open but had to close most of its roller coasters because the wind made them unsafe to operate. >> today's winds forced planes to approach san francisco from a different angle than usual. incoming flights flew over mill bray and u.s. highway 101 instead of over san francisco bay. some pilots even landed at an angle to compensate for today's winds. >> it's always creepy if you are on a plane that has to do that. >>> visitors along san francisco's waterfront got m

forecast as a possibility. as we take you into parts of south san francisco, we are also seeing some rain around brisbane, south airport boulevard, out towards the east bay. oakland, san ramon, hayward getting pounded. down towards the south bay, not as bad. we have live to moderate rain around san jose, willow glen area. as we look to the north, we definitely have light rain falling right now. some concerns going along with it. you can see the thunderstorms just off the coastline. there is a special marine warning until 5:15 for some areas and 5:30 for others, potential for the high wind, waves and lightning strikes around the waters there. flood advisory as an urban and small stream flood advisory until 8:30 p.m. for the north bay and the monterey bay until 9:15 p.m. this storm brings with it risks and the biggest risk with it will be the potential for some more urban flooding, mud and rock slides and moderate possibility of downed trees. i will be back with a time line of your morning commute. ama? >> thank you, sandhya. >>> look at this. snow was falling for hours in the sierra.

i did won't have happened without my cat lyric my daughter in san francisco it is just incredibly hard to be a young person of color in this city and in public education to get the same rigor and respect that the students get and by watching her struggle no matter how much assess and knowledge i had the the system the system is still hard and thank goodness we have minds here and folks that come out and show their support to do that work and i'm so grateful to her and all she's sacrificed in her public upbringing i think is as tiff place to be my mom and just the maefrnz or teachers that have guided me and really my moral incumbrance jerry any jeffries who has been here the longest i want to thank him and all of you but the soak person is sandy and we didn't know each other before i got on the board but we worked on doing the same kind of thinking of advocacy to voices that have not been heard to the policy component and i'm grateful i'm grateful that you didn't know me and somebody told you about me we spoke and low and behold we've done wonderful things together we'll continue t

among the highest high school dropout rates in san francisco with an alarming and steady increase since 2009 to 3.8 percent as of 2012, which is more than half the san francisco average of 7 percent. that same study also shows that san francisco has one of the highest asian american poverty rates in the nation practically equal to that of los angeles and new york cities. west bay philipinos proposed college prep program will help address those two key findings in that study and as a fairly recent immigrant myself i am very aware of the challenges new philipinos face. we are unable to immediately adapt to demands of life in our new country. that can be addressed by providing culturally sensitive pathways to college. within the context of philipino culture youth will receive college degrees and are able to maximize their earnings potential within the work force, can help lift their own immediate family out of poverty as well as start their even few fuer families on the right foot, thereby breaking the cycle of poverty that's prevalent in our community and well in the city. as you are alre

. the concern for drivers all of that standing water. this video is out of san francisco and the situation here happened on cesar chavez street. this is where a whole bun. of standing water built up there right at the freeway offramp. three cars got stuck. we talked with one of the drivers who had to crawl out of his car in all of that standing water. >> heavy rain, lightning, a lot going on i was trying to avoid getting off the freeway. a sharp turn right there. you can't really see it. before you know it, i was under water. >> reporter: and your car, you just said to me, the car was floating? >> it was floating. it wasn't on the ground. you could feel the water taking control of it. it was coasting. >> reporter: scary situation for him and the other drivers who got stuck there this morning. but thankfully, everyone there is okay. certainly a good lesson to keep an eye eye fought out for -- an eye out for the standing water. we're live heading west on interstate 80. not going anywhere fast. we'll have to wait to see how bad the morning commute turns out to be. a lot of drivers h

, was seven months pregnant at the time of the shooting. >>> lives matter! >> in san francisco's union square, demonstrators read the names of black men who died at the hands of police. the peaceful protest was held at the union square christmas tree. it's all part of a movement that's gaining momentum after a grand jury declined to indict a white police officer who shot 18-year-old michael brown in ferguson, missouri. organizers in san francisco say their aim was to make today's event, quote, family-friendly and safe. >>> an outpouring of sympathy around the nation for the two new york city police officers shot and killed in their cruiser last week. a former mayor has made a substantial donation to the families of the two men. david lee miller reports. >> reporter: nypd officers carrying the casket of rafael ramos into christ tabernacle church in queens. mourners lining up for hours at his wake today. 25,000 law enforcement members are expected to attend his funeral tomorrow. jetblue offering free flights for relatives and police to travel to new york for saturday's services. >> it's

. 36 in san francisco. and that's the source of the wind s low wrapping up. and it will lift northward and the wind will relax. but once it lifts northward, it takes the front and doesn't progress it east or south. and the cold air will reat a time in later tonight into tomorrow. and north bay 4 to 10. and some areas that exceed 10 on the russian river. and some of the county hills, 5 to 8. and once it gets to the mountain, maybe late afternoon and early evening before it arrives but it will pour up there as well. 2 to 4 for most locations. rain and wind, can't get around that. might have both. heavy rain at times and torrential rain rates. and high temperatures probably being set right now with the 60- degree temperatures. and looking at the union square camera. and it's bouncing. big time. rain and win, cold air moves in. there you go, thank you in the control room for that. >> oh my. >> yes, i know. that's not that high up. 36 miles per hour near the triangle. colder showers, thunder showers, no doubt about it. and late tonight into friday, a break saturday, sunday. a system, anothe

against police brutality. at 9:00 there will an demonstration. in san francisco a march will be held along the waterfront at embarcadero bart station on market street. that too, is underway at 9:00 this morning. the demonstrations are two of many that have been held in recent weeks protesting the kill insurance of unarmed machine by police. >>> the rush is on to find the black box to determine what really happened to airasia 8501. >> today is the start of identifying the victims recovers from the java sea. we have the latest from new york. >>> good morning to you matt researchers and divers are making progress. so far they are have retrieved the evacuation slide and a door but the priority right now is bringing victims home recovering seven bodies so far. >> devastation and gravy for family and friends. some fainting. others sobbing after their worst fears are confirmed over the discovery of this debris field scattered over the after sea and the official announcement. the chief of search-and-rescue declaring that the area is where the happy crashed and the dough business came from th

in the 40s to lower 50s. san francisco, 56. santa rosa in the upper 40s. the rainband pushing across the north bare. you will notice by late in the afternoon already focused in the south bay. we'll clear things out. when we clear things out on the increase in the afternoon hours and evening hours. here is a look at the forecast for this morning. areas of fog with partly cloudy skies. and then to the afternoon hours, clouds and showers and gusty winds with temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s. we'll take a closer look at your forecast highs in a little bit. we're tracking rain showers in the bay area. but also take a look at this. some snow out in san francisco. of course, the fake stuff. we're looking out toward lefty o'doul's. as you can see, kind of setting up a nice backdrop for your christmas eve out there. neat to look at the images in san francisco with the fest -- all of the festivities there this morning. as far as sal, sal, the real stuff, the fog, we're watching out for that. >> good morning. we're looking at the fog effect on airplanes coming into the bay area. we'll