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of the way that it affects so many daily lives, and we do not see what is in store in the near future that we can rely on. i very much appreciate any of the inroads that have been made between mayor newsom and president buschiu, but these and not institutionalized to where i think i can rely on them. these particular inroads could not be undone. i trust what we would be able to achieve at the ballot. i think the voters of san francisco should be allowed. muni, there is an appetite for change, and i think we should help deliver that. item number 56.
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let's hope that we are able through both of the efforts, offline and online note, to achieve reform that we can all be proud of. think you again. president chiu: supervisor campos? supervisor campos: i think this has improved upon what was in the charter amendment, but i think as a whole, it does not include a set aside. i think that is, from a public policy standpoint, a better approach. finally, with respect to some of the comments that have been made about the budget, i appreciate all of the work that has been done, and i appreciate the work done by supervisor avalos and
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others, and i will simply say -- in terms of how the mayor's office approaches this process in this budget, from my perspective, the fact that at the end of the day, a larger add-back list was finalized and approved demonstrates the fact that there was more money there, and i think that the fact that the mayor's office was able to find that additional money is proof of that, and i think that with something like that, it is needed. i appreciate the work that was done, and i also, again, want to thank president chiu for his efforts to address some immediate changes. i do not believe, respectfully,
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that they rise to the level to warrant a no vote on the amendment. thank you. president chiu: thank you, colleagues. anymore comment? with that, why do we not take a roll-call vote proved madam clerk -- roll call vote? madam clerk: [reading roll] there is one aye and 10 noes. president chiu: this item will not be submitted. next item. madam clerk: [reading roll]
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there are five ayes, and six noes. president chiu: this item will not be submitted. why do we not go to the next one? supervisor maxwell: thank you. an update from planning staff, a representative from the academy arts university as to their efforts for the master plan. the environmental review. assurances that it will complete the required studies, but we have not seen progress.
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instead, we know that it continues to operate in violation and even does continue to acquire property throughout the city. it may be time.to discuss this. this would address for-profit educational institutions. thank you. madam clerk: thank you, supervisor maxwell. supervisor alioto-pier? supervisor alioto-pier: with the reship change of ownership, this might be different. -- with the recent change of ownership, this might be different.
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potential buyers started asking about the possibility of building a state of the art arena in san francisco. the chairman of manville and entertainment and his partner were successful in there have been to become the co-owners of the golden state warriors. there was a long passion for the nba and especially for the warriors. developing science and technology companies, as chairman of the entertainment, they have produced movies including "rudy," "rainman," "batman," to name a few, and he has also owned minor league teams. they will bring a new level of enthusiasm to the warriors franchise. this dates back to 1946, when it was first established as the philadelphia warriors.
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they won the championship in the inaugural season of the basketball championship of america, what would become the national basketball association. in 1962, the team was relocated to san francisco and became known as the san francisco warriors until 1971, when the name was changed to the current golden state warriors. the team has played all of their home games in the oracle a korea from 1966 with the exception of a one-year hiatus -- oracle arena. they have won two others, tying for sixth in the nba and the number of championships. in 2004, they started their campaign which was infectious, spreading hope to their fans and gating thousands more as each game continue to inspire hope
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for the so-called underdogs. -- gaining thousands more. here in the city and county of san francisco. i am introducing a resolution today along with supervisors dufty and elsbernd to let people know that we welcome the opportunity to work with the franchise and explore the opportunity to build an arena to house a much beloved bay area basketball team and bring them back home to san francisco. along with supervisors mirkarimi and maxwell. and we do want them to defect. my second is that in more korea -- in memorium today. she died after a long battle of
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congestive heart disease. that will conclude my remarks. madam clerk: thank you, supervisor alioto-pier. supervisor chu? supervisor chu: i have one item. improving the seismic safety standards for some of our most vulnerable. right now, we have a current program that is available for and reinforced buildings that, and this helps the arlington residents, which is currently an affordable housing project with in the tenderloin that would deal with our existing programs. this pertains to chapters 14-b
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in chapter 21 of the administrative code. this encourages participation of small business. and i am happy to be cosponsoring this. finally, i want to request that we adjourn today's meeting in honor of a judge. mary pastoring last week at the age of 102. she was born -- mary passed away last week. she passed the bar in 1932. she was the first woman attorney hired by the california railroad commission. she served at the cpuc and was the first woman ever to hold that position. as chief counsel, she argued many cases before the california supreme court, winning tens of
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millions of dollars in rebates. in 1972, ronald reagan appointed her to the bench, and after five years serving there, she was the founder of the san francisco crime lab fund, which brought one of the first san francisco for in the print commuters -- computers. she was a member of the san francisco bart an advocate for women's rights all of her life. she is survived by her daughters, her grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. thank you. madam clerk: thank you, supervisor chu. supervisor daly? supervisor dufty? supervisor dufty: i have an in
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memorian, someone who collapsed and passed away at while jogging. he grew up in los angeles and completed his undergraduate work at the university arkansas in the medical education at the university of arkansas medical school. he came back to california it, and he found his spiritual and professional home. he joined the emergency room staff part-time in 1987, and soon, he joined full time in the emergency room and then begin the medical director of the emergency room until his passing. he was known as someone that was loved by patients. he was always someone to help a patient with a challenge that they faced, and he is someone
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that i knew well. he was an avid runner and a member of the san francisco runners for a very long time. they were together as a couple, and kevin is also a great individual and a great friend, and so i submit this on behalf of brain for a community who loved him and will mess -- miss him. madam clerk: thank you, supervisor dufty. supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: to reduce our carbon footprint and our paper usage. i know a great efforts have been made by our founding was madam clerk and others in city hall, but yet, there is a reliance on
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a preponderant of paper, where i think there should be an opt in or opt out policy about information and getting those forms as opposed to having all of these documents with duplication to all of love and of us. so i'm going to ask the city attorney to help us draft -- duplication to all of us. this is to shrink the amount of paper that comes to us. he knows? mets unpleased find a way to economize and be smart for the environment, and then also, we should fix the a little rule that came up earlier that a los -- that allows the board of
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supervisors to be managed in a way that does not necessarily reflect the intent of what the law, i think, ports, and the rest i will submit. thank you. madam clerk: f.a.q, supervisor mirkarimi. president chiu -- thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. president chiu? president chiu: there are dozens of bodies for which we as the board of supervisors make appointments, and only a small number of others make appointments to. at this time, there are an unknown number of vacancies on these bodies because there is no
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place where all vacancies are compiled for the public. for example comte at the clerk's office, we posed -- for example, at the clerk's office, we post items online. there are vacancies at the planning commission, and mta, the port commission, the police commission, and many important commissions and bodies in our city. it could be very difficult to determine which seats are available. years ago, they called for increased diversity. there was a study every few years. i was recently approached with an idea that i think will make voters who want to make this more a reality, and the
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legislation would call on the city administrator to establishing centralized online database of information regarding our appointments, and it would require providing on a quarterly basis information to the city administrator, who will then update the information on the website. from my perspective, this legislation is not intended to interfere. it is intended to create a simple tracking tool to make it easier for interested individuals to find opportunities to participate. this is about transparency. it is about openness, and it is about good government, and the rest of my items i will submit. madam clerk: thank you, supervisor chiu. supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: it is jerry
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garcia date coming up at the park. if you're driving, it is a fabulous event. great music. there is someone who actually played with jerry garcia back in the day. great music. a fun time will be had by all. i want to thank tom murphy who has put this event on for the past eight years. this was considered to be -- this year will be no less. the public can come out and enjoy the day. madam clerk: thank you, supervisor avalos.
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supervisor chu, you want to be re-heard? supervisor chuy: i went to amend my in memoriam. president chiu: so move. next item. madam clerk: if a member would like a document to be displayed on the overhead, please do so, and please remove it. president chiu: each person will have two minutes unless you
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speak in a foreign language. >> i would like to give a thank you to bevan dufty. dufty, thank you for that. we have never seen a real giant. [speaking foreign language] san francisco [speaking foreign language] igavin newsom.
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you see them born with a gold spoon in their own mouths. where we come from and where we survive now. i am here, and i would like you to know -- [unintelligible] [speaking foreign language] isan francisco
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ladies and gentlemen, let me talk to you about the english language. to see how much money we can bring to this city. this is going to be another city. [bell] thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> do not accept money from
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foundations. private money is given by those that are peddling influence and vanity to those who cannot get it any other way. it always depends on lies in secrecy. it is important to realize how minuscule that private money is. i could tell you that the public budget is over $83 million. the contribution of the so- called public-private contribution is less than 1%. an enormous effort has been made to make sure it is publicly supported so that it will reflect the first amendment, freedom of information, and democracy. this is betrayed for a fraction of a penny, let alone
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accountability. not using the slightest bit of honesty. the public is entitled only to be good slaves and expressed gratitude. the point of my presentation is what happens to institution when maintaining class barriers .becomes more important than the truth itself? what they have done to the library can be done to what you care about. it makes sense to do this to the library first because the library involves the public right to know. without that right, democracy has no power, and if the people do not have the power, and we are all just slaves to those who control what we know, that is why i always say the allies cost more than the money. president -- belies -- th lies
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cost more than the money. [bell] president chiu: winning is everything, and ♪ when your bridge is weary when feeling small when it is in your eyes it burns, and it is dry i wish you luck that you will fix the talks and the bridge and friends just cannot be frowned -- found
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like a bridge over troubled toxic water i would like to make it better soon when it is really sad when you cannot believeb -- reathbreathe i want it better soon and i won it now on the bayview fix it up because like a bridge over troubled water fixing upf -- ix it up when you're bridge is sinking, and it needs to be fixed
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and it is all around you please pick it up -- fix it up ♪ [bell] president chiu: thank you. next speaker, please. >> talking 4120 seconds, and i hope you listen to me. there was a profit in israel by the name of elijah, and he was told by god to when i did character -- who did -- and he was told by god to anoint a character. over syria. when the problem elijah came to him and started crying, and he was asked, "why are you weeping ?" he said he was weeping
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because he knew what they would do to the city israel. you will kill people and take the children. and i thought, why did they not kill this man? because god had told them to anoint him to be king. god is all powerful. there was dick cheney this morning on youtube. we learned about david rockefeller's business, where he said he was basically pro of being charged with destroying the united states of america. god is sovereign, and he is using these people to destroy
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the united states because we have forsaken god. we have. we have forsaken god. this city is a sanctuary city. i ran for city council. [bell] president chiu: amen. any other public speakers? seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk, can you read the next items? madam clerk: these items will be acted upon by a single roll call vote, unless someone has discussion, at which time it will be acted on separately. president chiu: if we can take a president chiu: if we can take a roll-call vote on the balance of