medicines. they basically get thrown into our landfill or waste water system, into our water systems. the adverse effects of well chronicled. before i go further, i would like to motion the acceptance of some amendments that i had submitted. i can read for you what those amendments are. they are pretty basic. the highlights are the amendment of the whole, dated october 26, 2010, requires drug wholesalers to provide certain information to the city but does not provide duties on them as producers. the next amendment excludes cosmetics from the definition of covered products, and delays the chapter to control substances in nonprescription drugs until january 1, 2012. those would be my amendments. president chiu: that is seconded

by supervisor campos. without objection, those amendments shall be adopted. supervisor mirkarimi: next, i would like to motion for a continuance of this measure until november 23. the pharmaceutical industry must meet with us. the department of the environment must also be part of that meeting. downtown is welcome to participate. i want to hear what their proposal is. it is time that they came out of the shadows. if they want to spend the kinds of dollars they are spending in san francisco, hoping it does not register with our ethics department in terms of their lobbying efforts, because we are in that transition of political season between early november and the end of the year, now is the time they have this opportunity. we will give them a four week rest, and then will be able to decide how real their interest is in helping us find a shared solution. motion to continue to november

23. president chiu: that is seconded by supervisor maxwell. supervisor dufty: thank you, and i appreciate the author's motion to continue. i simply want to point out that i am not going to pay for the entire pharmaceutical industry. i recognize their industry is big. there has been a corporation in san francisco for 100 years. they have an interest in this legislation. they are a major employer in the city. they are very involved in distribution of pharmaceuticals. i think it is important for them to be talked to. i do not think it is a bad thing. i appreciate your having a continuance. genentech came in. the federal government has within the past month passed legislation covering some of this area. it is reasonable to talk with them. i appreciate your passion for this legislation.

i simply want to say i do not think it is unreasonable to have them come speak to us and want to speak to you as well. i appreciate and support the continuance. supervisor mirkarimi: keep in mind that while we open the opportunity for, i think, us to advance the dialogue, at no time did anyone of these companies, whether they are locally based, homegrown, and once we could be proud of -- have instigated any particular measure that speaks to this, that speaks to the kind of policy we are trying to enact. whatever the motivation is that wants them to participate in this hopeful collaborative effort, we have also looked at the track record of what these companies have done to exercise their ability to blunt back other efforts across the country. so we will come with an open mind, but the track record speaks for itself in the moneys they have certainly applied toward the defense of their

profit motive. supervisor dufty: i am back up. i would like to point out that this legislation -- i have pointed out there are instruments that exist. walgreen's has a program where people can return. they sell envelops. i was not aware that pharcology also has a program. it is important to let people know there are means by which the can do it. stakeholders are everybody. part of the legislative process is reaching out to stakeholders, and i appreciate the initiative that is being taken. president chiu: can we take this motion without objection? this item will be continued to the 23rd. >> item 34 is an ordinance amending the health code, amending an uptick in enforcement and compliance procedures for nuisance. supervisor avalos: thank you. i am going to carry on a trend

at this meeting and ask for a continuance to november 16. there is something i have left undone and would like to do before we vote on this measure. president chiu: supervisor avalos has asked to continue to the 16. seconded by supervisor maxwell. unless there is objection, this item will be continued to november 16. if we can now go to roll call for introductions. >> supervisor elsbernd, supervisor campos, supervisor avalos. supervisor avalos: i am working on a resolution that will make this week superstition awareness week, because the giants are playing and all of us have our own method of assuring the will win, whether with our ties, our socks, or whatever aubrey huff

is doing with his beard. >> fear the beard. >supervisor mar: i am submitting and accept and expand for an important gift by chase freedom for the purchase and planting of about 40 trees in golden gate park. this follows the terrible vandalism of the trees in the music concourse area. chase freedom has come forward with a $34,000 check. they did that during the outside concert. it was a wonderful ceremony. we are accepting this money to plant trees in the concourse area. i also want to acknowledge my rally tell. my whole family is into this. i hope black and orange becomes the trend in the city as we win the world series as well. president chiu: i have a couple

of in a more ian's for today. -- in memoriums. the first is for a woman who was born in sicily and immigrated here, and left a lot of family here in san francisco. she will be missed by our local community. i also have a second in memoriam for a businessmen and civic leader in san francisco who had served on the board of the asian art museum, the fort mason commission, was the founder of pro bono san francisco, and was someone many of us knew as being an active city and community leader in san francisco. the rest of my items i will submit. >> thank you, mr. president. supervisor msupervisor mirkarimi: -- supervisor

mirkarimi, supervisor campos you wanted to be re-referred. my understanding is that concludes will call for introductions. supervisor dufty: i submitted a number of hearings and resolutions. i am also introducing a revised, updated version of mobile food facilities legislation to create a food legislation. i am submitting an in memoriam for muffy myer. she was born in san francisco to parents who came here from portland, oregon. she has been a lifelong resident of san francisco and is survived by her siblings and their families, her beloved

nephew alan ryan, her brother in law, and her nephew, alex novelli. she leaves behind a world of friends and families who grieve the loss of a friend. her life will always be defined by the fierce loyalty to the one she loved. she had a profound wisdom and provided advice to every level of government. a tireless desire to help those in need. she had a profound capacity for friendship most profoundly by her love for her nephew. her contributions are numerous. don cecil worked with her for a number of years. she had a great devotion to her community and was very involved with the zen hospice project. she was a past member of the concordia club, a member of

congregation emanu-el, and a political consultant. a memorial service is taking place and many will miss her. i also submit an in memoriam for neil shaton, who passed away on november 12 after a massive heart attack. i am sure many of you who served in city government had the privilege of visiting the submarine at the waterfront and having a pancake breakfast he organized. he was a u.s. naval academy graduate who served as an officer on submarines during the cold war. he was a trustee and former president of the san francisco maritime national park association, which operates the world war ii submarine docked at pier 45. he obtained an appointment to annapolis from senator kilgore

and graduated in 1950 and served on submarines, particularly the razorback. he moved to san francisco after his navy career and manufactured heavy equipment. he sold the business in 1992. at the time of his passing, he was an executive of mckinley elevator corporation. he participated in the life of his adopted city and served on the board of the asian art museum, the national maritime association, and others. he served as chairman of the san francisco maritime national historical park advisory commission. he propounded pro bono san francisco, a group interested in political issues in the city. he had a great love of maritime education for school children, particularly the "age of sail" programs. he is survived by his widow, and

jejean. he will be greatly missed as someone who worked very hard to maintain san francisco's maritime history. >> supervisor campos? supervisor campos: thank you for re-referring me. i do have an in memoriam, and i think many colleagues will say a word as well about the passing of a very special individual not only to the mission community but to all of san francisco. that is the very sudden and unfortunate passing of maricio vela. a lot has been said and a lot will be said, and i want to share a few words. i also want to acknowledge that we have in the audience a number

of people who are coming from the bernal heights neighborhood center. i would ask them to please stand. there are many people, thank you, in the mission and throughout the city who are thinking of maricio today. he was born in 1959, on december 15. he passed away last week. let me just read a few words about maricio, although i know many of you will add to that. he was a father who deeply loved his family. he cherished his friends and supporters. his passing on october 22, 2010 was something that has impacted many people.

he is survived by his sons, carlos and edward. he also leavesbehind siblings and many nieces and nephews. he was born in san francisco to maria vela and the late carlos vela. he graduated from uc-berkeley. he has had a distinguished career. among other things, he ran the youth and senior programs at the neighborhood center, and went on to serve as executive director of the bernal heights neighborhood center until 2004. he sat on a number of boards and commissions, most recently working as a member of the board for all non- -- for fullman advocates and jamestown community center. he was the leader on ongoing

neighborhood issues. there were many issues maricio worked on over the years. many heard from him on saving the bernal preschool. the latest issue was saving the murals. it was a campaign that has been ongoing for a number of years, and i think through that effort maricio vela demonstrated the kind of person he was. he was passionate. he stood up for what he believed. he was also someone who was willing to extend a hand and reached out to people who do not agree with him. it was because of those efforts that ultimately the issue of what to do with the mural and the library was resolved through mediation, a process and a solution that would not have happened unless maricio vela had actually reached out to people who disagreed with him.

in so doing, i did he taught many of us a lot of lessons. some have described him as one of the great ones in community building here in san francisco, a gifted organizer, and that he was. i was reminded that one of the many talents that maricio had was that when he came to you and advocated for an issue he was not just telling you that. he was actually behind that with a lot of work he had already done to make sure that his advocacy was effective. he was always someone that you could count on to follow through on whatever he was working on, something that made him extremely effective and extremely successful. many people in the mission will miss him. some would say that he was old school. his favorites were tower of

power, santana, and attending the voices of latin rock event. he attended barbeques and was an advocate giants and forty- niners van. speaking of the giants, he was telling anyone who was here how he thought the giants would make it to the world series this year. he was right. so he will be remembered as someone who made tremendous contributions to his community. for those of you who are interested, a vigil service will be held on wednesday, october 27, up from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m., with rosary services at 7:00 p.m., at a place on valencia's street. i would like to read something that was written by former supervisor myaki, who wrote this

a couple of days ago. "he was one of those guys to could not help but like. if you were a san franciscan, he typified the kind of activist who would routinely be a pain in your butt, but do it in such a way you ended up going out afterwards with him and having a drink. to say his passion burn hot is understanding what it was like to be in his presence. in the gang killing, and the family that was victimized, in just as he took to heart and wanted to make sure -- any injustice he took to heart and wanted to make sure you did as well. there were times you wanted him to back off and turn it down and notch, but that was not maricio.

he passed away just before his beloved giants clinched the pennant just before they went to the world series. he was surrounded by family and friends. he died too young at the age of 50, going on 30. that was maricio vela." now i will turn it over to my colleagues. supervisor avalos: thank you, president chiu and supervisor campos. this is a great loss for san francisco. i cannot think of anyone in my part of the city who has had such a great impact on our neighborhoods. i have known maricio since 1986, when i was an advocate for children and youth. i got to know him over the years. he has had such an incredible

way of bringing people around him on to his causes. i guess that is what a true organizer is that supervisor miyake talks about. when i first was organizing about 11 years ago, there was a small youth center called the greater mission consortium that occupied a small office space on the corner of ocean avenue and mission. it was maricio's dream to see that that small office would turn into a teen center. it would mean more space and greater staffing. it was through his organizing with people in the neighborhood over the years that was able to get a new center that was moved down the street. it is such a vibrant place now. just yesterday, the center, which is now called the

excelsior community center, opened its doors again to serve teens and seniors. if you look at the work maricio vela has done, it is supporting seniors, young people, and family. it is a place to occupy, a place to visit in the day. that was part of his dream. he also was part of the effort to build senior housing on rolf street in my district as well, and guaranteeing about 35 senior residents would have a place to live that did not have that. we do not have any senior housing like that in my part of town. so it was a very unique experience to have that come about, and it was really because of his efforts as an organizer to make that happen. you think of maricio and he has incredible part, incredible vitality. to think of him gone despite of

that is very hard to reconcile, very hard to understand. we're going to miss you tremendously, maricio, and your work will live on. i know we are going to have a mural on bernal that will have an all moths to -- have an homage to maricio. we will miss you and your work will live on. supervisor dufty: i worked with maricio for 18 years, beginning as a board aid. i would understand -- i would underscore what colleagues have said. he was as upbeat as possible. no matter the circumstances, he had a smile. he was always asking about how you were doing in the course of conducting community business. i want to reflect he had a pivotal role in making the bernal gateway happen, which is

a very important project at mission and thomas. i always enjoyed -- mission and chavez. i enjoyed the work he did around the bernal community congress, allowing people to come to gather on decisions around the community. one of the things maricio did not accomplish was getting elected for the school board, even though he ran for it several times and i was glad to support him. i know eric was out on the campaign trail with him on a couple of cycles. you would always wonder why he wanted to do this, why he wanted the headache of 50 meetings and going after this again. he was so positive that you could not say no. he was very proud of the fact that his parents lived in my district, district 8. he talked about his parents all the time, and about his sons.

i do not think for generations to come anybody will think about bernal heights and not think about maricio. supervisor mirkarimi: i am still trying to get over the fact that maricio has left us. it was shocking. i was one of the many people who had supported him in several of his attempts at running for school board, and worked very closely with him when i was also a legislative aide to a supervisor. when we went to the district attorney's office, maricio well represented not only the bernal heights community, but many disadvantaged communities and the interests of youth, who leads the leadership and heart that -- who need the leadership and heart that he represented.

it is an amazing lost to us that he has passed. it is heartbreaking. supervisor mar: i wanted to add to what my colleagues have said. the real, and deeply felt, sincere condolence to his sister's and brothers, and to his sons, carlos and edward. i began working with maricio several years ago. -- 20 years ago. he was a good parent leader who worked closely with leaders to address the issue of torture schools, edison charter school in particular -- of charter schools, edison charter school in particular. he was valuable and effective. we have a better school system because of his leadership as a parent and community leader. i think he loved to, music as

well -- i think he loved chicano music as well. it was in power and to walk down the street was someone who has been so embedded into the fabric of san francisco. i will miss him. supervisor campos: thank you. i am wondering if i can ask, with your allowance -- if i can ask the executive director of bernal heights neighborhood center to have a few words. i would ask the staff of the neighborhood center. president chiu: i believe we can do that, with unanimity. >> thank you, supervisor campos. it is obviously a hard time. as you noted, it was very

sudden. maricio took ill recently and wanted to keep the view of a strong man, and did not want to see -- did not want us to see him as he was the last few weeks. his strength, as you guys have noticed, is what keeps us going today. supervisor avalos was with us at the excelsior community center yesterday. to see his vision, moving from a small office to a storefront in a previously burned out building -- maricio said we would make it a place where, right on mission street, we will have a place for youth. i will not go through too much more of what you guys have said, but just to highlight that as an example of his tenacity. we were criticized for many years, as the supervisor knows, for having a storefront space for our youth on mission street.

it is highly visible. it is right on the hub of the excelsior. maricio's dream was to replicate the services we have had in bernal heights where there was not that hub of services. he wanted a multi-service hub in the excelsior, starting with our youth. everything with maricio started with our youth. some of the most typical to serve youth in our city, coming from all different neighborhoods, would come to a storefront on the excelsior. a lot of people were a little upset. some people who are probably watching that on -- probably watching this on tv right now have called me to complain about our youth over the years on mission street. but they have seen that we have smoothed out the rough spots. we have made it work. our youth come to that center because it was on mission street. that was the vision, that it would be there at the intersection of our buses and

that it would be accessible by our kids, going back and forth from school to home. what his vision was what is to follow our youth at the age from elementary school in bernal heights to the middle schools and high schools in the excelsior, where there were placed when the greater mission consortium was put into place. that also speaks to why he kept running for school board. he ran for school board not necessarily because he was going to win but because he wanted to make a point about accountability. he thought a lot of our education system, and about what was happening to our youth in the system. all of us who are here, who work for the neighborhood center, and our board of directors, so many in our community have such respect for maricio. we carry on the vision he brought to the community. i was