incidents that occur when people are careless when they flash their wallet at an a.t.m. in the dark or they're walking down a dark alley away that is not lit late at night. just practice safe habits. i think with the public learning all of these things, especially as we're entering into the holiday season, we can help contribute to the reduction of crime in our cities. so please pass on some of these safety tips. we do have more information on our website and with the police department. it's sfsafe.org. we're a tremendous asset to the community. please pass this on and help others learn about their surroundings and help prevent crime. thank you. >> before we open this up, i would like to give the opportunity to the vice president of the police commission to say a few words. >> thank you, chief. first of all, i would like to thank mayor newsom for having the foresight and the courage to hire a true policing professional by bringing chief gascon to san francisco. he has raised the level of

professionalism and we recognize that as a police commission. thank you for your hard work. i would like to thank the members of the san francisco police department, the men and women who do this job every day. we as police commissioners are the liesson between the community and the police department. i have to tell you, i left a medal of valor, it's where we get together and decide what the medal will be. the chief talks about guns coming off the street, violent guns. we saw where they took away guns immediately on the spot. they had the courage to take the gun away. it was very impressive. we had some young officers in the housing projects who chased somebody down and took him out at gunpoint. he was carrying an ak-47 with 30 rounds in the clip. that makes you proud as being a member of the police commission and a member of this city. the officers are doing the job out there.

those guns came off the street and those people are in custody. i want to thank the officers for their hard work, i want to thank the mayor. i want to thank chief gascon. he has done a great job. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner. we can reopen for any questions that you may have. yes. >> chief, my understanding -- a number of shootings more than that in previous years or car robberies in the tenderloin as well. >> unquestionably, crimes move around and sometimes you put resources in one place and you move it to another area. there are neighborhoods that we have seen some concerning trends and we put a great deal of attention. some of you may recall that actually earlier in the year, we started to have a spike in robberies. year-to-date, robberies are now down again. as a matter of fact, as of the last week, we're down 7% which compared to the same time

year-to-date. at the beginning of the year, we were having, in fact, those of you that really follow the statistics as closely as i do will remember that at the beginning of the year, robberies were inching up. again, there was a great deal of brainstorming that went on, a lot of people working together, working doing a lot of analytical work who the suspects were, who the victims were, where was it occurring and a lot of efforts put together and that was turned around. so while there is no question that there are places that we are having issues and there are certain neighborhoods that we need to continue to pay attention to, the overall trend is a good trend. the reality of the ideal society there will be no crime is very unlikely to occur, especially in an urban environment. we know that there is always going to be areas where there are issues. the question is not whether we have the issues, but what do we do to avoid it or prevent it. one of the reasons why i wanted

san francisco safe to come in and cindy to talk is the best way to reduce crime is by preventing crime in the first place. the best way to prevent crime is not even by arresting a suspect, but quite frankly, it's been taking the opportunity from the crime to occur in the first place. there are a lot of things and most of them are bad that occur when a crime occurs. if you leave an item unattended in a vehicle and a young person, 16, 17-year-old sees that computer there that is very attractive and he or she breaks the window in order to steal that computer, you are doing several things. number one, you're out your computer more than likely. that is going to increase your insurance and increase the level of fear in our community. the other thing that is occurring, too, is we have a young person that eventually will be arrested, if not for that crime, but another crime, and you have a person that is in the system as a criminal and his or her likelihood of being

able to succeed as they grow old, it diminishes significantly once they engage in crime. when we're preventing crimes, not only are we doing ourselves a favor and the community, but we're also helping a lot of young people that very often are tempted to commit a crime, that if we perhaps were more thoughtful of removing the opportunity, that would not occur. one of the things we talk about our communities san francisco safe, very assertively talking to people about how to avoid becoming a victim. there are a whole bunch of things that occur once that crime takes place that impacts even including the lives of those that are actually committing the crime. any other questions? >> [inaudible]

what specific areas of crime -- >> i mean, we're evaluating this on a daily basis. i think that most of you, again, those of you that follow the numbers very closely, you know that we have in the last 18 months or so we have had a tremendous reduction in overtime. this department has gone from general funded over time. i know that it's confusing, but there are different pockets of overtime. there is one where the officers get paid by merchants to work on their off-duty time. you often see that on the report of the controller. that is not tax base overtime. there is the general funded overtime which is what the taxpayers pay. that amount has gone from nearly $23 million just two years ago to right around $5 million this year. when you compute the numbers, that is equivalent to about 115 police officers that are not

here today that were here just two years ago. so if you take that number and you say, ok, we have reduced already about 115 officers by that reduction in overtime and then in addition to that, you put that on the backdrop that we, through the budgetary process, agreed to reduce the size of our force by another 78 officers, you can see the math very quickly gets to the point that we are approaching very rapidly to the point where we're going to have about 200 officers less available to deal with crime problems. 115 that come from the reduction in overtime and 78 that will simply be people that will be leaving that will not be replaced. that is nearly 10% of our workforce. that is why it's so important for the community to understand that the deployment of police officers really needs to be left up to us because we're putting people where they need to be. you cannot, on a static

fashion, deploy police officers on a foot beat just because it's nice to have them there. if there is crime in that area, it calls for it. we do not have the luxury of doing so today and it's less likely that we'll have the luxury to do so in the next years. any other questions? ok, thank you very much. really appreciate your time. thank you. >> proposition aa would amend the city's business and tax regulations code to add $10 to

the existing annual registration fee for vehicles registered in san francisco to fund transportation projects. this increase would apply to vehicle registrations and renules beginning may 2, 2011. -- renewals beginning may 2, 2011. 50% of the fee would be used for street repairs and reconstruction with priority given to streets with bicycle and public transit routes under the plan. 25% of the fee would be used for pedestrian safety including crosswalk improvements, sidewalk repair or upgrade and pedestrian countdown signals and lighting. 25% would be used for transit reliability improvements including transit stop improvements, consolidation and relocation, transit signal upgrades, travel information improvements and parking management projects. the san francisco county transportation authority would add $10 to the annual registration fee to fund transportation projects.

a no vote would not allow adding $10 to the annual restrictions fee. please visit the league of women voters website at ffvotes.org to get all of your voting information. early voting is available weekdays at city hall from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. if you don't vote early, make sure to votete >> in 2006, san francisco voters passed a declaration of policy that the mayor should appear at least monthly at a board of supervisors meeting. 56% of the voters favored the measure. 44% rejected it. in 2007, the voters defeated the proposition to change the charter to make the mayor's appearance mandatory with 51% of the voters against the measure and 49% in favor.

proposition c asks voters to reverse their 2005 decision. proposition c is a charter amended that would require the mayor to appear in person at one regularly scheduled meeting of the board of supervisors each month to engage in formal policy discussions with the board. proposition c would also require the board of supervisors in consultation with the mayor to adopt ordinances providing rules and guidelines about the mayor's appearances before the board. a yes vote would require the mayor to appear at board of supervisors meetings once a month. a no vote would not make this change. please visit the league of women voters website at sfvotes.org to get all of your voting information. early voting is available weekdays at city hall from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

>> there are seven members of the health service board which oversees the city's health service system. the health service system offers medical and dental benefits to officers, employees, and retirees of the city, the school district, and the community college district. currently four of the seven members of the health service board are elected by beneficiaries of the health service system. the remaining members are appointed. all aboard members serve a five-year term and elections of the four elected members occur once a year in four years out of five so that the terms of these members are staggered. these elections are conducted by mail. proposition f would amend the city charter to reduce the number of health service board elections to two elections every five years instead of four elections every five years. a yes vote would make this change. a no vote would not.

please visit the league of women voters website at sfvotes.org to get all of your voting information. early voting is available weekdays at city hall from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. if you don't vote early, make sure to votete >> state political parties often have local chapters that are run by county central committees. these committees may engage in political activity such as registering voters or endorsing candidates and ballot measures. currently an elected city official may also serve on a political party county central committee. proposition h would amend the city's campaign and governmental conduct code to prohibit elected city officials from serving on a political

party county central committee. proposition h defines this term to mean any county central committee of a political party recognized by the california elections code that performs political activities for the benefit of the party and on behalf of the party candidates. persons violating this provision would be subject to criminal, civil, and administrative penalties including possible suspension and removal from elective office. a yes vote would prohibit elected city officials from serving on san francisco political party county central committees. a no vote would not make this change. please visit the league of women voters website at sfvotes.org to get all of your voting information. early voting is available weekdays at city hall from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. if you don't vote early, make sure to vo

>> currently the discharges a 14% tax on the rental of hotel rooms and related charges and the money goes to the general fund. in addition, a fee of 1% to 1.5% for improving the convention center and promoting san francisco is assessed. the hotel tax applies to the amount a guest pays to occupy a room and related charges and the hotel operator must collect the tax when it collects the payment. proposition j. would increase the hotel tax rate from 14% to 16%. this increase would be in effect from january 1, 2011 until january 1, 2014. money collected from the increase would go to the general fund and the city could use it for any public purpose.

a yes vote would increase the hotel tax rate from 14% to 16% for the next three years. a no vote would not make this change. please visit the league of women voters website at sfvotes.org to get all of your voting information. early voting is available weekdays at city hall from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. if you don't vote early, make sure to vote on >> currently the city charges a 14% tax on the rental of hotel rooms and related charges and the money goes to the general fund. in addition, a fee of 1% to 1.5% for improving the conception center and promoting san francisco is assessed. the hotel tax applies to the amount the guest pays to occupy

a room and related charges and the hotel operator must collect the tax when it collects the payment. proposition k would keep the hotel tax rate at 14%. proposition k would combine different definitions of operate in the tax code to one definition. a yes vote would keep the hotel tax rate at 14%. if the voters adopt both proposition k and proposition j, the hotel tax rate would be generated by the proposition reaching the most votes. please assist the league of women voters at sfvotes.org to get all of the related information. if you don't vote early, make sure to vote on

>> currently the city imposes a tax on the sale of real estate in san francisco. the tax rate ranges from 0.5% to 1.5%. depending on the value of the real estate. the 1.5% applies to sales of $5 million or more. the tax applies to real estate leases with a term of 35 years or more. proposition n would increase the tax rate for the sale of real estate valued at more than $5 million for real estate sales from $5 million to $10 million. it would increase to 10%. for more than 10 million, it would increase to 2.5 prt. it would relate to real estate leases with 35 years or more. a no vote would not make this change. please visit the league of women voters website at

sfvotes.org to get all of your voting information. early voting is available weekdays at city hall from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. if you don't vote early, make sure to vote on

chairperson maxwell: welcome to land use. i am joined by david chiu, and eric mar will be joining us. i want to thank the clerk and the folks at channel 26 for bringing us live. >> please turn off any cellular phones or pagers. any documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. the mets will appear on october 2. chairperson maxwell: will you read items one, too, and three together? >> item 1, ordinance accepting

public infrastructure improvements along fourth street, channel street, and third street, including sidewalks. item two, public infrastructure improvements for mission bay south blocks 10 through 10 and a. item 3, at mission bay south storm water. pump # 6. >> all of these a been approved by the department of city planning, which has determined that the improvements put in place are in conformity with the city's general plan. the director of public works has issued a completion for each agency and has determined that the construction was done in accordance with mission bay south. all three items met those

criteria, but let us be more specific about the locations. first, you have some improvements that are called third street accelerated infrastructure improvements. these involve the construction and ultimately the acceptance of the public right of way from curb to curb along third street, port st., and portions of the channel. -- third street, fourth street, and portions of the channel. chairperson maxwell: did that have to do with the bridge? >> nothing to do with the bridge. and you for the question. here is another shot. it is accelerated in order to conform with the third street light rail project. that is fourth channel and

third. the second one are improvements that are associated with blocks 10 and 10a, also mission bay south, in conformity with the general plan. you will see them highlighted in the darkened area. here along terry francois boulevard and adjoining streets. i will show you an image of those. so it is the area curb to curb, including sidewalks, roadways, st. my. -- roadway, streetway. the third of the items is the acceptance of storm water pump station 6, which is in the cost -- which is in the general vicinity of the area i just

talked about. i will show you an image of the pump station and infrastructure. that is one image of the pump station. last time i was here, you approve acceptance of park p18, a little green area here. you are not accepting the infrastructure associated with the building -- now accepting the infrastructure associated with the building, the storm water pump, and the building below it. chairperson maxwell: that is part of the storm water conservation, that little green part? >> i am not sure whether that is part of the system. >> it is. >> thank you for the clarification. that was dawn miller, one of our consultants. the building was reviewed by the arts commission and will be maintained by the redevelopment

agency, but operated by the public utilities commission. do you have any questions? chairperson maxwell: colleagues? supervisor mar: i am looking at the water pump station. it looks like it is above and under bayfront park. that is the location? >> it is in the vicinity. it is adjacent to bayfront park. supervisor mar: thank you. chairperson maxwell: i think that is it, thank you. why don't we open this up to public comment? simenon, public comment is close. without objection, we will move items one, too, and three. >> item 4, amending the planning

and administrative code amending inclusionary housing program. chairperson maxwell: we heard this item last week and had some amendments and it had to sit for a while. i i think we might have more. >> we did make amendments which i described last week, which are set for a week. since then, we have met with chairperson maxwell to discuss one of the components would like to have removed. i have copies for you. i will let chandra egan go through the details. it has to do with for 15.8, and what to do with units that cannot resell. -- with 415.8, and what to do with units that can resell. -- cannot resell. chairperson maxwell: we had a number of things in the tool

chest. talking to them, they had concerns about it and thought it may need a little more work. >> i am from the mayor's office of housing. we did review a number of tools that we have proposed for assisting below market rate homeowners when they are having a difficult time reselling their unit. we agree with supervisor maxwell that a number of our suggestions are helpful and help to maintain the long-term affordability of our units, including increasing the household size of the house multiplying and potentially waving the asset -- waiving the asset test. this allows the next qualifying household to go above the next established income maximum for that unit. we have removed that. we have made an amendment to sections 415.8, removing both

no. 2, which states that a unit that is unable to sell may be sold to a higher-income household, and we also removed a number three. that was a provision dealing with units that are naturally affordable, because it was promised primarily on our allowance to increase the income level for the next house will. in addition to that change, i would like to mention one other substantial change. it is in the findings. page 36 of the ordinance in the findings. we just clarified the rent burden, the current housing cost burden of rental and ownership households in san francisco. those numbers were incorrect. they now read that rental households -- of those, 34% are cost burden, housing cost burdens, and 38% of ownership

households in san francisco. chairperson maxwell: what does that mean? >> it means in the case of rentals that they are paying more than 30% of their income on housing and in the case of ownership are paying more than 35% of their income on housing. chairperson maxwell: any further questions or comments on this item? why don't we open this up to public comment. >> good afternoon. i am a single working mother and educator. there are mothers like me all over san francisco. we work hard at our jobs to. we feed, clothe, and nurture our children so they will become self-sufficient citizens. we serve our children schools and participate in san francisco communities. we do all of this on one income.