that will be taken care of very soon. i appreciate it. that you take into consideration that we are experiencing hardships. >> thank you. are there any other members of the public who wish to speak on this item? at this time, unless anybody has additional comments, why do we not consider this item officially closed? i would suggest that there are a number of individuals that have this. we could go out to the hallway. for the next few minutes, if you could have some private conversations with these individuals and we will call these items later on when they are resolved.

colleagues, if we could continue item 35 until later on in the meeting and the move on to item 36. >> this was considered by the public safety committee. the public recommended an item to the board in a committee report. this would increase the maximum fine for loitering and carrying a concealed weapon. this is on municipal transportation zones and in boss -- bus zones. >> i like to thank you for your consideration of this legislation. many of you know that muni is a top priority for many of us. safety of our transportation routes has then a top priority. we know that there are many

efforts under way to deal with the issue of improving public safety on mta transit lines. i do want to thank the leadership for their work on those issues. the of -- the proposal before you today is a proposal that will only solve one component or be part of the multi-pronged approach. the legislation would increase the fines and penalties for two types of crimes on vehicles including buses, cars, a transit stations. the increased fines do comply with state laws that do regulate the types of penalties that we can impose. the proposal would create or increase the maximum allowable fines and penalties for two areas. one is the area of aggressive pursuit. that is the repeated following or harassment of another person.

you could loiter walt carrying concealed weapons to the transit station. we do hope that the message that dissent today is one that make sure that people know that public transportation and safety on our public transportation safety routes is of utmost importance to us. i do want to thank our members for providing the feedback for these ideas. thanks to the city attorneys for helping us work on this. and thanks to our co-sponsors of the legislation. david chiu, dufty, and mirkarimi. thank you very much for the consideration. >> supervisor daly. a couple of sections of the -- questions about sections 122 and

123. i am wondering if we have an analysis of the arrests. i am interested in the demographics of those who have been arrested and convicted. >> i do not see a representative of the mta here. do you know if this data is available? >> i thank you for your question. we do not have the representative from the police department to answer your questions. we will try to get that to you before our next vote. >> i am wondering, is there anything being done in order to engage if there are communities that are disproportionately being charged or convicted under

these sections if we have specific efforts around violence and crime prevention in this package? >> i thank you again, supervisor daily -- daly, for your question. this is with the help of many other organizations. they have been working with the mta in partnership to make sure we are doing a couple of things. we are engaging the community in creating and escort program that would help have safeway's of package for many ways of the community. there is work that can curb violence and to make sure we are creating opportunities for youth and those who may be potentially part of this legislation.

i will say that this legislation goes towards the back and. these are the penalties related to two things. one is aggressive pursuit. that is the malicious following of a person. also carrying a concealed weapon. our laws are not able to trump the state laws. we make sure that we just targeted at specific areas. in the legislation, we did have a section where we talked about, i'd be penalties or the crimes were found to be sustained by a court of law for individuals under the age of 18, that the board of supervisors would prefer having community placement or service as an option for the courts to consider as well. >> let me say this. a couple of things.

my guess, based on general statistics, is that there are populations in particular that are probably disproportionately going to be charged or convicted under these sections. my guess is that we are talking about some sort of cross section between the communities of color. specifically, the african- american community and the low income communities of san francisco. we have an issue in the city and the country that we have racial and economic injustice reflected in our justice system. it is a very difficult issue.

i appreciate the safe passage thing. when we're talking about programming in communities that are disadvantaged, that our populations that are more likely to end up in jail or in prison if we're not trying to correct that wrong at the same time, then i am not for it. if we had justice and racial equality across class's, -- classes, i would probably be toughest of law breakers. in the system, where we increase penalties that are going to be applied against communities of color disproportionately and

specifically the african- american community and low income people. i am not down with it. i do not think the evidence is out there that increasing penalties reduces crime or make people safer. i think what it does is that it continues the cycle of injustice that we have that makes us on safe in the first place. i am the only one without a political future. i do not care if someone puts a piece of mail about that i am letting it nice little old ladies get mugged. i think we need a different vision in this country. if is not want to come from san francisco, where is it going to come from? >> it is a rhetorical question.

one that requires no answer. >> any additional discussion? supervisor chu: thank you for your comments. many of your points are well taken. i will say that the legislation sets a maximum, not a minimum. it provides for the courts to be able to determine whether certain acts are very egregious and whether certain penalty should be applied. this is a maximum that we are increasing its to. colleagues, thank you for your consideration. >> supervisor campos. >> i think that supervisor daily races some important issues. -- daly raises some important issues. >> it is critical that we provide additional training to law-enforcement and also the

police department. there are fair inspectors within the mta that interact with the public on a regular basis. if you are going to go down the road of increasing penalties, we have to make sure that there is accountability on the side of law enforcement. they have to make sure they have the cultural sensitivity training to make sure that there is proper enforcement of what ever laws we are enacting. >> any additional discussion? >> item 36. >> no supervisor campos: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor dufty: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor maxwell: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. >> there are 9 ayes and 2 nos.

this was considered at a land use and economic committee meeting on august 2. they forwarded this item to the board, an ordinance to extend a retroactively extended grand from the u.s. department of energy through the association of bay area governments and the county of los angeles. this may reflect the addition of three positions in the department of the environment. >> roll call vote. >> supervisor avalos. supervisor campos. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor daly: aye. supervisor dufty: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: aye.

>> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: i suggest that we go to our 3:30 special commendations. why do we not start with supervisor daly. supervisor daly: thank you very much, mr. president. i would like to take this opportunity to recognize collins. president chiu: supervisor maxwell. supervisor maxwell: thank you. i would like to take this time to recognize somebody that is celebrating her 100th birthday on august 6, 2010. [applause] she was born on august 6, 1910 in richmond, louisiana. she moved to san francisco in

1945. she has lived in the western district before moving to the bayview district. she is the member of the order of eastern star for more than 40 years. she has served as a stay at home mom. everybody calls their mom a king. is the mother of 14 children. a host of other neighborhood children. on behalf of the board, i extend my pur-congratulation and proclaimed august 6, 2010, katy king in honor of your 100th birthday. [applause]

>> ok. good evening, everybody. i say, thank god. i know i am loved. all of you are showing that you care for me to put your time out and have me down here. joining with me a few days

before my birthday. i want you all to remember me in your prayers. do not doubt me. i am not going to turn back. i am fighting to get up to the king's highway. i would talk longer, but my breath it's too short. when you are young, enjoy your life. here i am. i still say to thank you all again. i appreciate it. [applause]

>> happy birthday, mama king. make sure you come back for your 110th birthday. our next commendation is going to be offered from district 6. supervisor daly: we are ready to go now. do you want to come on up? i do not do too many of these.

in thinking about collins leadership as the first chair of the fund advisory committee, i have been able to think about how as we have opened the doors to populations that have historically not been involved in conversations here, we are really the ones, the people of the city and county of san francisco are the ones that gained from all of the activism and all of the work. there is no clearer example of the services to all of the san francisco for her leadership and dedication in chairing this. this is a precedent-setting

fund. there are the low-income and vulnerable communities within south market. he has shared nearly 65 meetings and three town halls. under her leadership, they have developed a strategic plan that guides the fund. $1.8 million. there are community organizations and a couple of city departments. there is work force development, economic development, and community capacity building. many of us know her from her other leadership work. i want to recognize the brett of activism -- breadth of activism that she has brought to city

hall. when i first met her, she was a leader at the plaza hotel on sixth street, which was a significant battle that involve redevelopment. here in city hall, she has been active. this is the sixth street agenda of working to stabilize the conditions. she has been south of the market community working to engage communities within the soft market. this has been involved in the housing clinic. this is an award today. she rather what have been out fighting and taking on the

united states congress to get transgendered equity rather than personal accolades. that is the kind of personal -- person and later she is. the supervisor thanks you for her years of service. we wish you continued success in your leadership to san francisco. that is a lot of meetings and a lot of time spent. those of us to do the day to day of this grind know what that means and know what people give up when they spend so many years and so many of those meetings for the good of the neighborhood. thank you. [applause]

>> good afternoon to my neighbors of the city and county of san francisco. thank you to brother daly. that hurt me to step down from a committee that i have served on the for 4.5 years. it is time for me to go back to school and received my ged. i have not left the service of the city and county of san francisco and my community. i have gone to put myself to serve others. i have a commitment to my brothers. not only to that community, but to the south of the market committee. people living with disabilities and senior citizens as well. i have not stop working for the community. i want to get more tools for you

so i can better serve the community. thank you to all my neighbors of the city and county of san francisco. thank you. [applause] >> i have the last commendation for today. if i could ask them from the same high program to step up to the podium. four members of the public, if you have not heard of the program, and has been a spectacular summer program for middle school age students offering smaller class sizes in improvement in programs for academic performance for arts, culture, sports activities. the demographics of this program are interesting. 99% students of color. 66% speak a language other than english at home.

this program started with just 50 students and 12 teachers on one campus in 1986. the program serves over 1000 students with 250 teachers. this has been a program that has been developing future teachers four years by providing hands- on experiences for many young people that came out of the program. this year, we're celebrating the 25th anniversary of aim high. the best testament to this program was a quote provided to a san francisco chronicle reporter. he said that i like aim high for the summer school. he said that summer school is more like school and this is more fun. for those of you that do not know about the elementary school, it has a tremendous

history rooted in the neighborhoods that i happen to represent. i want to thank the directors of that program. i want to thank all of the folks affiliated with aim high for the work that you have done over the past 25 years. [applause] >> good afternoon. on behalf of aim high, our staff, students and their families, it is our honor to accept this proclamation declaring today aim high day in san francisco. with special mention to his legislative group. he is a graduate from a group that serves middle school students from this district.

this was founded in 1986 with 50 students and a dozen teachers working with kids during the summer. the school kids with educational enrichment. 25 years later, we served 750 students in san francisco and over 1100 students in the greater san francisco bay area. over these 25 years, aim high has been supported by the board of education and the san francisco board of supervisors. this last spring, aim high received a grant to allow us to keep san francisco sites open. without the support from the city, aim high would serve fewer

middle school age children this summer, many with nothing to do. i would like to conclude with a paid staff and volunteers who are here today in attendance. >> if i could ask all of you to stand up and be recognized. thank you for all that you do. [applause] >> under their leadership, they lead a staff of future educators. they make the magic come to life each summer for hundreds of san francisco youths. the majority returned to the program and gave back to the city. thank you, all of you guys. [applause] >> i am the co-director.

i work during the school year. i have been there for 23 or 24 years. many of our students who are not teachers, i have known since they were in kindergarten. of the 23 teachers that we employed the summer, 15 are aim high graduates predict one thing that makes our site special is the number of graduates the comeback of its volunteers. we have 42 students that came back that just wanted to be a part of the program. they were amazing. they did a lot of the work for us. they all hope to be teaching assistants today. i would like to thank these young people that our graduates that are now teachers. they are what keeps me aiming high. thank you. [applause]