hostile audiences with employers and employee groups, insurance brokers, the chamber, the golden gate restaurant association. i cannot count the number of emails that i remember reading that came with appreciating her work from the fiercest critics of the law. appreciating how clearly she explained what was complex that they could not possibly comply. i appreciate the time that she took one on one with each individual. she answered thousands of emails. she still lead the enactment of the legislation and frequently asked questions in solving the stakeholders in the process and creating rules and regulations

that relied upon the success in beating back the challenge that we were on the way to the u.s. supreme court. she began enforcing the law. she laid the groundwork for the work that we do now and will do for many years to come to make this law meaningful for workers in san francisco. not only do i want to speak to her capabilities but also to her leadership, the role she played in our office. we all know that it is not all that unusual for someone, especially someone doing the job of many people, to come in with a positive avenue -- added to

every day, but that is what joanie did. she was the one organized the pot lucks and sometimes would not share their recipes. joanie was taken much too early. life is so fleeting. her spirit will live for a long time, her family, her spirit, the community. and the citizens of san francisco are mitch.-- much better off because of the work that she did. president chiu: chithank you.

thank you, donna. the city and county of san francisco have lost a great servant, and the interim community and other communities feel that they have lost a great advocate. so i would respectfully ask that we adjourn the meeting today, and i have asked the clerk to send a letter on behalf of the board to joanie's partner in new york and to the two little girls. i have another item, but i do not know if my other colleagues want to add anything to what has been said. supervisor mar? supervisor mar: thank you,

supervisor campos and chiu. i met joanie when she was a fairly new lawyer, and she had finished nyu a few years earlier, but i think she really understood how community organizing plays a role. community activists can really do not all. this is connected with the activist lawyers, and i always appreciated that about her. what she has worked on and helped to lead, workers, immigrants, and for health care just as, as well, but i think one of the points that supervisor campos made is that her babies need support right now, and her partner, who i also knew through her work in the community, they really need

people's support, so the website that supervisor campos gave out is so critical right now, and as donna said, joanie's life of struggle will be carried on by her two babies. president chiu: before we go to the next event, if we can take this in memoriam? [gavel] and there will be those who wish to remember her who can come together. supervisor campos? supervisor campos: i also want to think the numbers of people and the audience came to show their support for joanie, who are many. the next item that i am introducing is a piece of

legislation that we have been working on for quite some time, and i would like to begin by thanking my colleagues who have sponsored the legislation, supervisors mar, maxwell, avalos, president chiu, and daly. on march 23 of this year, president obama signed into law the patient protection and affordable care act. initiating what is essentially the most significant change to help-care delivery in this country for more 40 years. it is within the context of this monumental change that had been proposed by president obama that we signed into law that i am proud now to introduce legislation that from our perspective will improve the ability of the city and county of san francisco to plan for

the equitable access and distribution of health-care services in san francisco. the legislation that i introducing will require that the department of public health, in consultation with the planning department, create the health-care services master plan, but which would frequently, periodically analyze all of the health-care services available to the people in the city and county of san francisco, look at the distribution of those services throughout the city, look at trends in terms of the delivery of health care services, as well as looking at the need and the gaps in access to services throughout the city. the plan will also include recommendations as to how the city can promote health care access efficiently and equitably. in addition, the legislation would require the planning department review future land use applications by medical

institutions for the purpose of determining consistency with the health care services master plan goals and priorities, thereby allowing the planning department to take into account the health care access need for all san franciscans when deciding whether to grant land use entitlements. this, in my view, is work that builds on the work that has been done by many of my colleagues, and i see supervisor maxwell has been led away on this very important issue, and people believe this is building upon some of that pretty impressive work. the fact is, when land use decisions affecting the entire community, we need to look at the implications of those decisions. those decisions should not be evaluated simply by looking at them as building projects.

we need to have sufficient tools to look comprehensively at how different projects have health care implications, and we at the board of supervisors will be hearing about a pretty complicated project, where there will be an environmental impact report that will come before the board, and the project will be asked to consider without any of the merits of the project, affects by the emergency rooms, and yet come to my knowledge, we do not have sufficient data to know how many emergency rooms we actually need. the city will be asked to consider note closing the only note certain type of unit, and yet we do not have enough of a tub of an idea to know what will

happen to the agents here in san francisco meeting those services in the future. the city will also be considered to can -- to consider a plan that reduces the institutions' inpatient services by a pretty significant percent, but we also have sufficient data to know the impact of that reduction. we believe that all of those issues have to be considered when looking at specific projects. and we need more information about the needs of all san franciscans. we need to do a better job of assessing and equitable way the distribution of health care services in the city. this legislation would provide that legislation. it would create process for taking those needs into consideration. again, i want to think the co-

sponsors of this legislation, my colleagues on the board of supervisors. i also want to think a number of individuals for their input in putting together this legislation, for their suggestions and their critical thoughts throughout this process, and those includes the neighborhood center, the chinese progressive association, the coalition for planning, san francisco, the hospital council, the clinic consortium. i also want to note think the input of dr. mitch katz, the director of public health, and also want to thank other members, including other commissioners and i want to thank others, including one from the planning department.

this is legislation like any legislation. this is a work in progress. i look forward to meeting with all of you and members of the public that care about this issue in a discussion about what this should ultimately look like. again, i welcome the input, and a look forward to the dialogue that will be taking place in the next few weeks. lastly, i want to think hillary and my staff for their tremendous work that they have been doing on this piece of legislation. all of the hours that have been spent thinking and working on this the rest i submit. clerk calvillo: thank you, supervisor campos. supervisor dufty? supervisor dufty: i have two in

memoriams, and one is john, a firefighter, and i reached out to him. he was always right on any situation and help to calm things and make the public safe. he was highly respected by his colleagues and members of the public. he had suffered ill health in recent years, and the only retired on july 1 at the young age of 50 and then suffered a massive heart attack in july, so for his sister and other family members, we offer our thoughts, and i am submitting and in memorial \ -- memoriam for a 30- year member of the fire department.

of his children, wrote one is a member of the sheriff's department, and one is a member of the fire department, and another note is a son-in-law who is also a public safety officer. we want to express our sentiment for their loss. i am also declaring august 18 as hiv planning council day in san francisco with supervisor campos recognizing those who serve on the h.o.v. planning council and organizing the expenditure of the act in making a very important decisions related to hiv and aids health services. and then, lastly, i introducing

three pieces of legislation that deal with local food vendors with current laws and regulations that need to be modernized. the current laws are two laborious. their cost prohibitive, and the rules are preventing entrepreneurs from opening. mobile food vendors, pushcarts, stands, ice cream sellers, mobile food vendors, and private property, so in the coming weeks, i look forward to working with people on these three pieces of legislation, and certainly, to continue this process, i would be seeking input from the community to make sure that their input and their concerns of those who want to see vibrancy in their food choices be part of our products. clerk calvillo: : thank you, supervisor dufty.

supervisor chu. supervisor chu: thank you. my colleagues have made mention of other people that i would like to recognize, so i asked that i be added to them. clerk calvillo: supervisor maxwell? supervisor maxwell: a resolution naming august 6 a certain day. >> thank you, supervisor maxwell. -- clerk calvillo: thank you, supervisor maxwell. supervisor alioto-pier? supervisor alioto-pier: the rec an park -- and park will get

money to help save the palace of fine arts. they have raised more than $19 million privately funded to restore the rotunda, colonnades, and lagoon, creating a beautiful park for san francisco residents to enjoy. as the economy softens and it became more difficult to raise funds, they persevered. this five and zero thousand is one of the final parts of ensuring the revival of one of the great landmarks. i have a resolution for the imperative agenda today, demanding the american bar association, which is holding its annual meeting here in san francisco, and also wanted to note to the appointments, the first of one person to rec and parks. he is an active member of the friends of the parked and a founder of an independent music company. the second is the reappointment of one to the san francisco youth commission.

we all fight over lillie. this will be her third year on the commission. that concludes my roll call. clerk calvillo: thank you, supervisor alioto-pier. mr. president, that concludes this roll call. president chiu: thank you. why do we not go to public comment? clerk calvillo: this is a time for the public to talk to the board members about items not on the agenda. if you would like to have things displayed on the overhead objector, please remove the document when the screen is return to live coverage of the meeting. president chiu: all speakers sholokhov up to two tenths to speak unless someone is translating -- shall have up to

two minutes to speak. >> [speaking foreign language]

good afternoon, my name is -- i am here today to ask you and to ask everyone of you one question that everyone of us with like to ask you. why are we not asking the mayor gavin newsom to be here with us? is he afraid to be coming?

if you are mayor, you must understand that you are responsible. to be honest with us, you must be honest with us. [unintelligible] .to give him -- [unintelligible] i am one of the people he refused to go back to my country. why?

because [unintelligible] [bell] you are all around the mayor. president chiu: thank you. thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. ridiculing people. that they can get to be supervisors without understanding that. if all you care about is money, the public library is doing very well. the budget is up this year. benefits are upper staff costs

are up. the first on the note is up. the library fund will be set down. .the library is taking $1.60 million. they are reducing the budget by a full 15%. did they ever say of those expenditures that it would be protected? that this was not in the budget? clearly, it was the board of supervisors voted to put it back in the budget, and the library always wanted guaranteed funding. because they need the money for

their public-private partnerships. the board of supervisors has endorsed this. you are getting your wish. i always say that the.-- more than the money. [bell] president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> hello, my name is -- and i write down a short story and i do not know what would require

people to be a politician. i could never see myself doing that. seeing that campos is involved in immigration reform and other things, this will help us up, and i was brought to america by my mother. we have all worked hard and try to do our best to be good citizens in arizona. i came here about five years ago. i found out that in california

you have the opportunity to make it here. this is a great thing because this is different in the way people are seeing the immigrants. a woman who crosses the border to work as a maid, she worked for several years and could not get enough money. [bell] president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker.

president -- >> president chiu, supervisors, i am the president of 8 coalition. -- a coalition. and latin phrase is literally translated to who will guard the guards themselves? each and every time i have heard an individual speaker being interrupted or shouted down or disagree with in ways that were totally inappropriate. the reason i do that is because i really do believe in the constitution of the united states, and it is a constitution that each and everyone of you to an oath to support and defend when you took a position on this board, and each and every time that we see a member of the public get up during public comment and see them shouted down or left out, seeing microphones turned off or in the

extreme, -- i watch you violate not only the law and the constitution but your own on oath of office. and it does not just happen here. it happens at other boards and commissions around here. the perfect society is described as socrates that relies on labor and tradesmen. they protect the city. the question was put to socrates, who will guard the guardians, or who will protect us from the protectors? the answer byplay to buy this is that they will guard themselves against themselves. we must tell the guard in the noble lie, and that will assure them that they are better, and it is therefore their responsibilities to guard and protect those lesser than

themselves. we will instill this taste for power and privilege. [bell] president chiu: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors, president chiu. ♪ you might have been blown round by the wind you might have been thrown down in a civic center wind but i hope you aim high and i hope that you, you made it through i hope that you really try and you will reach the sky and you will reach the sky and you are really going to fly