fundamental question, which is how we avoid this situation in the future, and i think what council told you it is that there is almost a due diligence aspect to during this preliminary polling, so that the agency does not waste money to put something on the ballot that does not have a chance. in this case, that is not the case. we would not want to have that ability eliminated in the future, but i have thought about the issue, and i think what would be practical -- and practicality is the issue because some of these things happen in short order. i think it would be inappropriate for something like this, to develop a policy that would require a review of the actual survey instrument by the plans and programs committee, finance committee, depending on what the measure was. we have a structure with five

members of the board on the committee that would give almost a majority right there. that would give us a level of comfort that clearly you do not have now, based on the process we followed. we could codify that in some board resolution that we could pass next month when you come back from recess, so when you have that precedent established for the future and staff has guided us on how to proceed. it is entirely doable. there will be a time impact, anything that needs to be done through committee will require weeks to process the information through. it may be worth its weight, if it buys us a better sense of assurance that everyone feels fully informed. i should reiterate that we are instructed to keep everyone informed, bring the full extent

of the work program to the board at the very beginning. i understand this material is tentative and can lead to misunderstandings. i would be happy to work with you to try to craft some sort of policy and moved to a committee structure. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. a couple more speakers. supervisor chiu: obviously, i share your concerns about this poll being funded by taxpayer dollars. i would expect a formal policy to deal with this in the future. from my perspective, i cannot support this today. i say that in the context that supervisor dufty mentioned. the vlf was something that i was at the lead sponsor on last year, with supervisor dufty. i think this is the wrong time to do this, unfortunately. we have been extremely crowded

ballot. we have been a significant need for revenues. there are already several measures that are on the ballot. the mayor's hotel measure, later, counsel, hotel measure, annan i think that if we're going to place anything else on the ballot, we have to put on measures that result in real revenues for general fund needs, not a measure that will provide kenny's on the dollar for congestion and pollution mitigation programs and projects. as important as i think these things are, at the end of the day, i think we have to take a real setback, look at what we want to accomplish in november, and be focused and the discipline, and that is why i will not be supporting this today. supervisor daly: thank you. supervisor campos: i'm just

going to make a quick remark. in terms of the policy, i do think that we need to have a policy. i'm still not sure that, notwithstanding the legality of it, that it makes sense for us to use public money for this purpose, so i hope we have an opportunity to have that discussion. it is clear that there are legal ramifications for doing it. i just am not clear that that is the correct approach. as one of -- i do think that we need to have a discussion about that. supervisor daly: if there is no further discussion, we will move into public comment. any member of the public would like to weigh in, please come forward. seeing none, public comment is closed. if there is no further deliberations -- commissioner dufty.

commissioner dufty: i make a motion to move this and place it on the ballot. supervisor daly: roll call, please. >> alioto-pier aye. avalos nay. campos aye. chiu nay. chu aye. daly aye. dufty aye. elsbernd aye. mar nay. maxwell aye. mirkarimi aye. there are 8 ayes. the item passes. supervisor daly: the item passes. thank you. i know we will continue this discussion on a few different levels. >> item 15, introduction of new items. this is an information item. supervisor daly: colleagues, any introductory items you would like to present? any public comment on this?

seeing none, public comment is closed. >> item 16, public comment. supervisor daly: last opportunity on public comments. seeing none, public comment is closed. >> item 17, adjournment. supervisor daly: meeting is adjourned. thank you, colleagues.