to take anything away from the individuals that have been forwarded. one last thing i would say is that i do believe that given that we will be having a new district 6 supervisor, not to take anything away from the current district 6 supervisor, it might be a consideration to make sure that that individual has some at least input on who is selected. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. supervisor campos spoke to some of the salient points, but just one question i want to ask through you to the mayor's office -- what is the timeline for appointing somebody from a resident of treasure island to this body? >> an application was sent out and a press release was sent out

calling for applicants for the resident spot in mid-october. the deadline for this applications is november 15, and shortly thereafter, we will be doing a review of those applications and then making the appointment. supervisor mirkarimi: according to the context that supervisor daly provided, it sounds like you have an able represented already -- commissioner stephens -- and able representative already, commissioner stephens. >> he certainly has been applied -- encouraged to apply for that position. supervisor mirkarimi: as it goes to the question of process, the formula is set up for the legislative branch and has very little recourse in this process. rules committee could not really

do much except to pass this on. they cannot really reject, and continuing would have only solidified the current roster that is before them, so rules committee proved to be not effective because of just the way the procedure has rendered it so, and for us, it would require a supermajority to render a response if we wanted to see something different. that is unfortunate in that the executive branch had an opportunity to work out with the legislative branch, but in particular, the district 6 supervisor and others, to make sure there was a healthy balance on this committee. that did not happen, so i think we are rolling the dice to make sure there will be effective representation, but it feels like and what i'm hearing is that that is not being committed to, and that is a real problem, i think. and it is no reflection on the candidates and those who are

before us again that have served ably, but the process in itself undermines, i think, any kind of inducement to the residents of treasure island, which i think sends exactly the wrong message -- undermines any kind of endearment to the residents of treasure island. supervisor alioto-pier: a lot of the conversation obviously surrounded the fact that mr. stephens is a resident and the need to have a residential appointment on tida. the commitment that was made on committee and has been made publicly outside of committee and in the newspapers is that right now, currently, mr. shoemaker's position will be filled by a resident. what we did discuss in committee is the fact that it had -- that the post had been advertised.

we were seeking applications -- actively seeking applications from residents. had been going on two weeks before we actually met in committee. i believe one person had filed an application. the process will be open for another two weeks, but the spot is designated for a resident, and i feel very confident that a resident will be placed in that position. it does not seem to me that the thing for us to do right now is to hold up appointments of members of tida who have been sitting on tida and doing a very good job. there is nothing, in my opinion, that should prevent us from moving forward on the appointments we currently have, particularly because we are the ones who will be approving the resident, and i think we can all feel very secure in knowing that ultimately a resident will be appointed to that one particular position. so i would hope that we would

move the mayor's appointments through. these are mayoral appointments that sit at the pleasure of the mayor. there is nothing to stop the new mayor from making appointments if he or she sees fit, so i think we should move forward with what we have in front of us today. supervisor daly: i would be hesitant to encourage the next mayor of san francisco to a undue seated commissioners -- to undo seated commissioners because we are unable to take care of business at the board of supervisors. that seems backward to me. if you want to check whether or not there was good faith, we have a chair of the tida board, who is a treasure island resident, is very active in

island affairs, very active obviously on the board of directors, very well liked and respected by residents -- i mean, if you spend any time over at treasure island or with treasure island residents, these are typically people who already feel like second-class san franciscans because they are out on the island and do not have many of the same things we take for granted here. we have seen it when we discussed bus service. we saw at the school district when we discussed deliberations on the closure of the school. already, we have several thousand san franciscans out there. we have folks who are formerly homeless in terms of many of the programs that are on the island, and it is separated physically from the rest of san francisco. then, we went and got to get an

island resident, which is by no means -- i'm friendly with mr. stephens, but in no way is the in my political camp or a close ally of mine, but he is a san franciscan who has been active and has done good work. if you look at his seat, larry mazolla, jr. has been appointed to succeed him, and that appointment was made without any assurance to island residents that there would be an effort for proper representation, and it was not until they started e- mail in me that the mayor's office started changing their tune. and for a resident of the island to have to apply, and that seat that he has to apply for, currently occupied by mr. shoemaker, who is the expert on affordable housing issues, and affordable housing is one of the

big issues on treasure island -- this is backward. if you want to make a party-line vote, fine. go ahead and make a party line vote, but it is backward, the way this is happening. is that would to say that the next mayor of san francisco should come along and and do this if they do not like it -- it is backward to say that the next mayor of san francisco should come along and undo this if they do not like it. supervisor campos: i just really want to underscore that for me, the concern is not -- this is not about the individual candidates. it is really about the process for me, and i think it is unfortunate because you have people who have done a lot of good work. again, i think that process has been, in my view, lacking in terms of addressing the concerns of the residents of treasure

island. thank you. supervisor chiu: colleagues, any additional discussion? i suggest we proceed with a roll call vote on each of these items. if we could start with a roll call vote on item 29. >> item 29, campos no. chiu aye. chu aye. daly no. dufty aye. elsbernd aye. mar aye. maxwell aye. mirkarimi no. alioto-pier aye. avalos no. there are seven ayes and four nos. supervisor chiu: this motion is approved. item 30. >> on item 30, campos no. chiu aye. chu aye. daly no. dufty aye.

elsbernd aye. mar aye. maxwell aye. mirkarimi no. alioto-pier aye. avalos no. there are seven ayes and four no. supervisor chiu: this motion is approved. next item. >> on item 31, campos no. chiu aye. chu aye. daly no. dufty aye. elsbernd aye. mar aye. maxwell aye. mirkarimi no. alioto-pier aye. avalos no. there are seven ayes and four no. supervisor chiu: this motion is approved.

finally, item 32. >> item 32, campos no. chiu aye chu aye aye. -- chiu aye. chu aye. daly no. dufty aye. elsbernd aye. mar aye. maxwell aye. mirkarimi no. alioto-pier aye. avalos no. there are seven aye and four nos. supervisor chiu: we have received a letter from the appointee withdrawing his name for consideration, so i understand this motion is tabled as a matter of law. i could confirm that with the deputy city attorney. >> that is correct. supervisor chiu: this motion is

tabled. if we could now move to roll call for introductions. >> first on a roll call for introductions is supervisor campos. supervisor avalos. supervisor avalos: thank you. colleagues, i am very concerned about the transition to the successor mayor or interim mayor for the city and county of san francisco. we know that gavin newsom is the lieutenant governor-elect. there will be a vacancy in the mayor's office in early january, and we need to make sure we have a steady transition, especially with our budget deficit that is looming ahead of us. the earlier we get started on writing -- righting this ship,

to help with that process, which i believe needs to be a collaborative process with the board of supervisors, something we have not seen as strongly as we're going to need in the next year or two, come up with a solution for our budget deficit, it is important that we get an early start on appointing either an interim mayor or if we cannot do that, we know in january, we will have an acting mayor, but the interim mayor discussion is something that is really pertinent for us to engage in. i am submitting two motions today. one is to sit the committee as a whole, to hear nominations for the interim mayor. the other is to accept that and consider those nominations before us today. those are coming out of my deep concern as budget chair and

being part of the work of balancing this budget with room to hundred that we need to have a really important and collaborative process moving forward -- balancing this budget with room to hundred -- balancing this budget with room 200 that we need to have a really important and collaborative process moving forward. i want to call today, november 9, 2010, clinic bioday day in san francisco. supervisor dufty will be cosponsoring the resolution as well as supervisor campos. thank you. >> i wanted to alert that two richmond bars, tenants were

cited in case -- timmy was cited. apparently, timmy hangs in the richmond district. i wanted to discuss the ground transportation industry at the san francisco airport. today, in introducing an ordinance addressing fog, but not the kind we are used to in the city. that is fats, oils, and grease, and it is a serious problem for the stores -- the sewers. the current law has not been successful in preventing fats, oils, and greece -- grease from entering sewers. financing is available to cover

the immediate costs for many of the businesses that are impacted. for those restaurants especially that will be required to install a grease-removal device, and the public utilities commission will also introduce service charges, said that as another benefit -- reduced service charges, so that is another benefit. our office has been working with the puc and making significant efforts to involve key stakeholders during the drafting of this proposed ordinance, and this results in the golden gate legislation and the small business committee endorsing the legislation. >> thank you. i look forward to hearing other favorite haunts of giants players in your district. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. assembly bill 1717 will go in

effect january 1. it will allow local government to develop procedures to let -- to develop procedures to let voters receive their information by e-mail instead of snail mail, which will result in reduction of printing costs as well as saving paper. the carmen is working on calculating and mailing the info pamphlets. the one potential complication is a charter section that we are actually asking the city attorney to iron out, but i'm submitting this legislative requests publicly that we pursue the option of allowing san francisco voters to opt in for an e-mail rather than a hard copy of the voter information pamphlet. next, i'm submitting the in memoriam of the tragic murder on

november 1 in the marina district nightclub gravity during the celebration of the giants world series victory. he was on the gang injunction list, but he and his family contend that he was not part of a gang and that his past issues were not a gang-related. he graduated from ida b. wells high school. he was a standout graduate. he played football for the seahawks for several years. he also played basketball for galileo high school's all city team in 2006. the championship game, he hit the game-winning shot. he was nicknamed pooh bear as a child. in the last year, he took care of his sick mother and played basketball at an elementary

school. his mother lost two sons -- he and his younger brother in the last two years. andre was found dead in a car in front of the university of san francisco. our heart goes out to the family. next, an in memoriam for patrick q. cunny. he was just 20 years old. when a person so young leaves us, it creates a void that was only recently filled with hopes and dreams happen is. obviously a shock to many when someone this young passes. that space is now filled with great sorrow. patrick dreamed of eventually becoming a high school english teacher and serve the community he loved. our deepest condolences go out to patrick's family and friends. he will be greatly missed and sorely greed. a funeral mass will be

celebrated on saturday november 15 at 1:00 p.m. in sonoma. -- he will be greatly missed and sorely grieved. >> thank you. supervisor elsbernd. supervisor dufty. supervisor dufty: thank you. i would like to join supervisor mirkarimi for the in memoriam and request it be applied to the entire board. i would like to knowledge that chris is a unique individual within the community and someone who has had a strong involvement with both the law enforcement and recovering community, and as someone who has really bridge the divide up individuals who come into the justice system and someone who was able to be the president of the p.o.a., but be

someone who is always conciliatory and someone working with all factions of our city, so chris is someone who i am sure is an incredible father to have. i want to acknowledge that patrick is survived by his mother as well, christine, and his older brothers, jerome and michael. i really appreciate that in memoriam being for the entire board. i have submitted an in memoriam as well for our former chief of police, alex fagan, and requested that before the entire board as well. i have had the opportunity to work with alex over many years, and alex is an incredible police officer.

as "the chronicle" captain today, so many referred to him as a cop's, -- a cop's cop. he rescued 30 gay men in a bath house fire in 1976. just three years later, he swam too hundred yards to rescue someone who was suicidal at that moment. he was an officer who worked in narcotics in some of the most difficult eras in san francisco where gun violence was something that officers faced daily in their work, and he was incredibly courageous. i also experienced alex as somebody who was a cop's cop, but yet and still, he could see the future of our city, so when he became the assistant chief of police, i approached him about the fact that there were many individuals in the transgenic

community that fell disparate treatment -- the trans gender community that felt disparate treatment from the police force -- many individuals in the transgendered community. at that time, teresa sparks was a community member who worked with him on that, and put her on a path of civic involvement where she ultimately became president of the police commission. i think many of the colleagues of alex's that i have talked to really mourn his passing because over the past three years, alex was in the best health of his life. he had given up alcohol and clearly was loving, following his domestic partner around in her work as a u.s. attorney and working with the irs, and most recently, living for the past six months in london. the people felt that he had come into his own. certainly when i saw alex, he

seemed like an incredibly happy individual who was at peace, recognizing that some of his career had been splashed over the pages of the newspaper and that there are certainly things that all of us would do differently in life, but i certainly know that alex loved the police department greatly. it was his life. it was a dedication that he had, the respect he had from the men and women in the department and the passion he had to make the san francisco police department the best that it could possibly be, and i think that over many years, the people that continue to serve -- just today, there was a promotional exercise for the department where many people were elevated to become inspectors, to become sergeants, lieutenants, captains, and alex fagan certainly has had his mark on this department, and i think for the next generation, we will continue to see leadership by men and women in this department who watched and respected alex greatly and take to heart the courage with which he did his

job and the zoo birds and passion with which he approached trying to bridge all the different neighborhoods in this city -- the exuberance and passion with which he approached trying to bridge all the different neighborhoods in the city. i would also submit an in memoriam for joyce taylor. she was a native of oklahoma, and she came to san francisco and worked in external affairs of at&t wish to work on legislative and government activities -- where she worked on legislative and government activities for at&t. i think of her most passionately as it relates to the san francisco ballet, but she served the chamber of commerce, the bay area council, the bay area economic forum, the san francisco school alliance foundation, silicon valley

leadership group, united way of the bay area, women's forum, and the north western regional board of operation hope and on the executive campaign of the advisory board of the united negro college fund. joyce completed her tenure with at&t in 2007 and afterwards was an executive to the oakland chamber of commerce where she collaborated with artists and community leaders on the champions of humanity monument to extend a commitment from oakland to humanitarian values and actions. joyce was someone who was noted because she was an african- american woman at a very high level of corporate leadership in san francisco, and i think she really did great work, and she conducted herself with grace and elegance. i want with knowledge that she is survived by family members war in -- warren and allen taylor, and unfortunately, in

her later years, she met the love of her life, lindsay allen. lastly, an in memoriam for michael woolford. in his last year of nursing school was the year that harvey milk was assassinated. just as he was coming out and realizing he was, he realized that he needed to be in san francisco. he easily settled in with a nursing job at ucsf that he loved and living in dubose triangle and meeting a partner who was with him for seven years who passed away in 1989. michael made a career change from the hospital to the stage, and he was part of this institution for almost three years, and then returned to the security of nursing.

michael, in the 1980's, responded to the overwhelming crisis of the age epidemic in many ways, designating himself as an athlete raising funds. ultimately being mr. february, on the 2008 calendar that helps people in need. he was an active volunteer throughout his life and up until the ending of his life and was involved in many different cultural and community organizations. for the past three years, michael volunteered as a clinician and counselor at the comprehensive the men's health care center in castro, so he will be missed from his large

and loving family members. his parents survive him. his brothers and several nieces and nephews, and i have other items to submit. >> thank you. supervisor alioto-pier. supervisor alioto-pier: thank you, madam clerk. i, too, would like to wish te -- the cunny family my best, and they are in my prayers. i would also like to say the same to the fagans. when i first got here, then- chief fagan was quite a force to be reckoned with. i remember him coming into the office, and he would just walk in with three or four guys dressed in blue. they knew their stuff. it was amazing. he was incredible. it was a great