opinion and will all be affected by something --i@u herding of cats. supervisor chiu:azn to follow-un a question that our chair had asked of the previous applicant, could]-ñ you talk about the specific qualifications of around land use,s=ñ transportatn planning? >> there is one in there that i can claim a5#x bonafide expertise i, athletic opportunities and programs for about the last eight years. 'xñanother project i have always been involved in and i work with ÷ called project sports. it is a triathlon, other sports and exerciseke fitness events. half marathon, cycling events, and-z÷ things of that nature. in fact, supervisor alioto-pier,

i call your office all the time. we justc,v did a major event on marina green about three oreñ r weeks ago. it is also community-based because itnsv requires shutting down traffic, rerouting of us, getting extra sfpd o:vpeople involved. even though it is a good/2ñ cau, neighbors are not always happy with it. that is what i can actually claim?6÷ i have gotten paid professionally to do. some of these other things, i have done a lot59ijt land use campaigns, particularly, striking aá

to the community communication of suchk÷ñ things, i am pretty l versed in those. supervisor alioto-pier:ihu whats the name of the sports organization? >>é"l project sports. i did community outreach and communications andr i did a lot of day-of:m event management. athletes, which was a benefit ñ lost limbs, andas a benefit the organization helps them by the really expensivei prosthetics. sp, and we put on two cycling races. supervisor alioto-gc÷pier: ok,

great. thank you. supervisor mar:t=d i just wanteo also just asked -- you mentioned a few thingsgo that might be connected with land use and urban planning and] but again, trying to find how your expertise fits withiní the advisory board. i fail to see that would bar of fritos consulting:fl there has been some work with walmart. --t that. that7%uju goes. i contacted with them for about sixkgú months, and people of the work i was doing was not in land use. only9

list[hñ is the air line pilots association. can you talk about what that word is? >> that was the bulk of the work there, that we were working with '-the labor union that represens the pilots that fly for u.s. ç$pairways. get them organized. they had just gone through a pretty disruptive mergerj e with america west, so you had two so there were some conflicts we were trying to bridge communication for. supervisor alioto- you, mr. chamberlain. >> thank you very much.2 any public comment on any ofy te three candidates we just heard from? all right, seeing none,g%j publc comment is closed. colleagues, i will tell you what i'm thinking, andféç perhaps you can jump in and give me your thoughts as well. i would like toñj move the

nomination of mr. james heid. i felt he was veryvñ qualifiedr this particular position and had a lot to offer. then,s chamberlain had to say, particularly about d recreationl and athletic opportunities and programs on treasure island. personally, iqlç have spent a lt of time on treasure island. we have a boat over there and weekends over there, and i think that taking into account,zñ the recreational and sporting opportunities that are out there as well as+u÷ the nexus into the other facilities out there is a good fit, so i would like to also support mr. chamberlain. i would like to thank mr.:wq ve. i thought comments were great as well, but looking at what we need at treasure island, i think we+wz need a lie

bit more diversity in thought, and that is just where i'm but i am certay willing and open to hear my colleagues'óh fox on the matte. supervisorojs chiu: i think we e three very good candidates, and i think any'óq you would be able to serve this body well. i agreey)x with our share of ard shareheid -- with ourçáx chair around mr. heid. io4q actually like mr. vedro's  background. his architectural and planning as his small business background and the fact that he has been a resident on treasure island will helpów she the perspectives on the citizens those are the two individuals that i would support, but obviously,

loo the board as well. >>mqx i am in agreement with my am planning agreement with my colleague, president chiu8g. clearly, mr. heid has thenvf knowledge and experience and a very clear, sustainable vision foryat the island and a balance with the economic interest as well, and i guess for mr vedro and mr.njtspr', i do see value in both their applications. i feel that mr. vedro'sr1n residency on the island and some experience( work and urban planning make him more qualified than mr. chamberlain,j4x though i do appreciate mr. chamberlain's application and hope thateo he continues to volunteer for different positions as well, but it seems like seemsvedro t

seems like mr. vedro ,çxis more suited to this advisory role, so we appoint james heid and scott vedro to seatsgjj 2 and 11. igzsupervisor alioto-pier: mr. d igzstñto seat 2 and mr. vedro tt 11? shall we takex objection? all right. thank you, mr. chamberlain, and heid and mr. vedro. k to item 6? >>x!÷ item 6, hearing to considr appointing two members, terms january 15, 2012, and

january 15, 2013,6!ñ to the san francisco health authority. there are two seats and two applicants.]ít>> good morning. my name is maria luz torre, and member advisory committee for two years, and we are probably state of california. my co-chair7kñ is tracy faulkneñ and i was recently appointed to the health care reform task force to representqat the member advisory committee. we just had our first meeting last week. :ófi was appointedw advocate, and i thinkq@n i am bg reappointed to the sea. sat in the

state of california healthy families advisory panel. a$ymy children, when i was a fu- time mom, were they are a member of san francisco health plan, and thy are healthy families. dot personally, i get health through my employer, but the cost is so high that it qualifies me and my children to qhbbe members of the san francio health plan. many of community and the parents i work but the the mey committee and san francisco health plan itself is not only á0dical. san francisco-funded healthxñ plan and health insurance, and healthy families, of which my

supervisor alioto-pier: ok, thankcm you, ms. torre. supervisor mar:ñ#g i will say tt i am familiar with maria's i thank you for stepping up and agreeing to serve. you have servedw our community very well in the past, and many of us look forward to seeing you continue the service future. supervisor chiu: i wanted to add to that. iiyv think there's no better pat organizer in our city, and i also noticed thatpe÷ it is sucha great health authoriú.ñ with tracy faulkner as well and her butler. what a great committee you work with, and thanks2>ç on the authority. supervisor alioto-pier: all right. dis there any public comment on items six?

seeing none,xq public comment s closed. shall we move forward the requirements of both mr. low to seathj 7 and ms. torre to seat(? so moved. congratulations. please read item 9. >>u item 9, ordinance administrating -- amending the administrative codeníñ to provie for the establishment andmainted publicly accessible online database of information ade by appointing authorities to city and county of san francisco advisory bodies. joined today by the sponsor of supervisor chiu. supervisor chiu: this egislation is simple, to address the fact that we have many task forces and boards on whichp in fact, we have dozens of

these. in many ofj%e our colleagues hae heard that it is often difficult to get information about exactly which of73q those positions are vacant and available at certain times toát ensure that these advisory bodies really and that is san francisco, so my legislation does a number of things. it in)xñ shares for the first te that there is a centralized online database that the public z%÷can search for information regardingb and vacancies that come up. the legislation also requires authorities, whether it be the have authority to appoint individuals, that abilities transmit that information on who is in these seats andlp÷ whether vacancies e come up on a quarterly basis, and to update the information=]n a timely basis so again, the

public is aware of what opportunitiesp' exist. this is really to ensure that we are in full compliance with not just thehst letter but the spirt of the fact which is a state law that requires elected officials to post0çv information in a way that is transparent to the public. i want toq as a number of representatives from theí1ñ community, but in particular, the women's community who last year had identified thisxeu as a need wih regards to the lack of and making sure we move this forward. i know we[bm have a number of fs here to say a few words and to give theirjíñ perspective. let me first ask -- i know there is supposed to be a representative from department of status of women. comments, suggestions that you might have. >> good morning, supervisor. yñjmy name is -- 7iand i am a r

gender policy analyst with the department of women.the departms legislation because it increases transparency and accountability. voices of the diverse population of sann3y francisco. othe database is particularly important to our department's work. a3qwe are mandated by the city 84 to commissions and boards and4 see how manyqc÷ women, minoriti, people with disabilities are being appointed and serving]bñ n these bodies. it has been surprisingly difficult to get this information, evenç,z as a city department with stabbing to do so. i am assuming it musthoñ be almt impossible for the general

public to get a lot of this information. +=tso a centralized database wod be a great asset. the first issuet2ñ for us has bn even putting together a list of from the clerk of the border, mayor's office, the board of education, andl&ñ that has taken awhile to get that information. the commission and board's website to see how manyí are available, what the commissioner does. o:uespecially for the smaller bodies, that information is not available and the web sites have so i called the commission secretary toakñ confirm what y'e commission does, how many seats there are, how many are available, who it has been a cumbersome process. even with:%wz work of we do every two years, it is hard to know if we are cá/c all entities.

so is central database would streamline our analysis. y8we get requests from women all the time who are interested in applying for these positions. the department has actually that kind of appointment. i think this would be a great we have compiled the research that we have had to do, what boards and commissions are out there, what they do, how they apply, who the appointing bodies are. so the creation of an on-line database is crucial to ensure transparency and accountability and diversity in board and commission appointments. supervisor mar: i should also add in addition to the women's community, i have been asked about this issue by individuals in neighborhoods to feel like they have not been adequately represented, by young people who have asked about having more of

a voice, as well as a variety of different ethnic communities around the city. i want to thank you for your work on this. with that, i would ask the clerk of the board, who has done a great job managing that information on the website, for your comments. i know you had some thoughts about this. >> thank you, president to. -- ken this list is known as the matter local plug list act of 1975. more formally, local. this list. as you called it, and that the act. this list contains terms that

will expire in the year. the name of the incumbent appointee, the date of the appointment, the date it expires, and the necessary qualifications for the position. additionally, the government code section requires any time in the air with an unscheduled vacancy occurs, that the office of the clerk of the board would send out a vacancy notice. this is a requirement that we take seriously. it is a lot of work. we do diligent work on that, however, this local appointments list puts up in two ways. in october, we contacted each advisory body complete with all of to obtain the necessary information. some bodies are not capable of responding. some just to not respond. which then leads us to publish an outdated list every december. the second issue is that during the year we are not always informed about the vacancies when they arise, which also

leads to inconsistent information on our website regarding our vacancies. should this ordinance passed, heat advisory body would be required to post on their website and the city's website their vacancy information. there would still be required to provide the clerk with their vacancy information, so we can accurately prepare the list at the end of the year and put out a vacancy notice during the year. i think this ordinance provides an opportunity for more timely and accurate information to the public and perhaps for more local appointments list from our office. public policy is good. ideally, this ordinance would help remind the departments, boards, commissions, about the responsibility to lead an attack -- identify who is responsible for posting these updates, whether it is their website, the city website, and who will be our contact. to achieve this protocols have

to be established that the advisory body has to keep the permission up-to-date and coordinate with our office. also, president shoot, we had a -- chu, we had a conversation about centralizing the information. we are stepping in the right direction, but i encourage additional dialogue to occur around this implementation so we can achieve our objectives. thank you for the opportunity to comment. i am available for questions. supervisor mar: thank you for the work that you have done in ensuring homework complies with state law, and the work that i hope our city will do locally to make sure we have participation on our advisory bodies that reflects san francisco. i certainly hear your comments about the need for better coordination between the

department of technology and various appointing authorities. one thing that i would do after the meeting is contact dt and see if we can set up a meeting with the city administrator, with your office, and others, to make sure that as we are building a platform, it is efficient, and allows us at the board, other organizations, to be able to deal with it in that way. i know we have a number of representatives from the community here. i buy to call up a representative from the san francisco women's political committee. good morning. >> good morning, supervisors. i am the policy chair of the women's political committee. i want to thank you for hearing this this morning. again, we fully support this legislation. will fill a lot of the gaps that we have just talked about,

including treating transparency and accountability for all of the boards and commissions, task forces and committees. not only for the women's community, but also for minorities, people of all ages, people who do not happen to be an insider of san francisco politics and may not necessarily know which is opening and when. we think that this will fulfill that. >> my name is kimberly. i am here in support of this legislation of the executive director of the california vote organization. week recruit and train

democratic women to run for elective office. one of the biggest challenges of what we do is finding women who are well versed in the ins and outs of government, the various ways they can get involved. simply put, often times, women just do not know where to start. emerge california believe the passage of this ordinance would be especially important for two reasons. one, it would establish and maintain a comprehensive and centralized list of all of san francisco's boards and commissions, a summary of the purview of these bodies, current lists of sitting members, and the number and type of vacancy. in this way, the appointment process is transparent and open to the general public. it would also make it easier for interested parties to get information on boards and commissions, vacancies, for which they may want to apply.

secondly, today's political landscape is unfortunately filled with chaos and corruption in cities such as bell, california, and there is a general dislike of politicians. establishing a centralized and publicly accessible online database of appointments and advisory bodies would be a step in the right direction toward rebuilding people's faith and trust in government and our elected officials. it would also bode well toward further in gendering san francisco's reputation for being welcoming of all, and progressively forward thinking. isn't that what the city is all about? supervisors, i urge you all to pass this ordinance, not just because it will help my organization in fulfilling its mission of getting more democratic women elected into office and appointed to boards and commissions, but more importantly, it will help san francisco to further cultivate a

well engaged, knowledgeable, and active citizenry, that is more balanced and more diverse in terms of age, race, and gender. i ask all of you, what city does not want that? supervisor chiu: thank you. the final person on my list is a representative from the jewish community relations council. >> good morning. thank you for inviting me up this morning. the jewish community relations council represents over 60 synagogues and organizations. one of the things we do is encourage the jewish community to participate in our civic community. it is good for our community and for the city as a whole.

i am here to support the ordinance for two reasons. the first is the ordinance will open up opportunities for people who may not have otherwise known how to access city hall and interact with the city in a meaningful way. we know their people in our community who would like to be on the advisory bodies but to not know how to get there. often, we have heard it is confusing, and that people give up before really going through the system. in that way, we are losing people who are both qualified and excited to participate in our process. the second reason is that it creates a larger diversity in our city bodies by creating mechanisms for transparency. we strongly believe diverse voices and experiences are needed in city hall to ensure a

strong and more representative democracy. thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you. with that, if we could go into public comment. supervisor alioto-pier thank you. before we go on to public comment, a question. i do not know if this would be for the city attorney. there has been a lot of discussion about the maddy act. the clerk has to compile a lot of information under the law. if we are asking the city administrator to do so, how do we eliminate duplication? supervisor chiu: that was actually the exact conversation we had, up from a technology standpoint, we are not duplicating issues. what i want to do over the next week is have a meeting with the city administrator's office and with the department technology

to make sure that we are not duplicating efforts, and that we are doing this in a streamlined way. i understand we have a representative of the city administrator's office here. is there anything that you would like to add? >> i am glad we are moving forward on the tech stuff, but i am curious about the kind of conversation that have taken place between the two offices. but let me preface these questions by saying, as someone who has sat on the rules committee for the last six years, it is something that we desperately need. i am fully cooked supportive of this legislation. i am just curious about how it will work in these two offices come together. >> linda young, representing the city administrator. the clerk of the board and i have not talked. we were thinking