company. we've always need additional mechanisms to make sure the utilities are doing what we need to make sure we can lift up the standard of safety for our citizens. supervisor mirkarimi: pg&e has not been amended since 1940. supervisor chiu: colleagues, any final comments? i want to thank all of the city department representatives, a pg&e, for being a part of this important conversation. this is obviously something that we are concerned about, something that we will want to ensure the city is moving in the right direction on. we have a number of public speaker cards. i want to invite up douglas yep

and cindy. each speaker will have two minutes. >> my name is douglas yep. i think holding today's hearing on items three and four are very enlightening. i have one suggestion in regards to this hearing. from my experience in the last five years at city hall, i feel that the audit and oversight committee has done little productive work. i really think these two items should have been assigned to that committee. in my opinion, the chairman is more concerned about happy meals, and items 3 and 4 are a heck of a lot more demanding. i think the audit and oversight committee should be doing a heck of a lot more for the citizens

of san francisco in regards to safety and dangerous conditions. i think that that suggestion should be seriously considered by the full board. i think this committee for having items 3 and 4 today. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker? >> thank you, supervisors. we have been representing california consumers for over 35 years. i have been a pg&e customers for 27 years. i just want to commend the board of supervisors for taking this issue on. our lives are literally in pg&e's hands, and that is a scary thought. we do not believe pg&e can police itself, the matter how many nonprofits it forms to look into these issues. they cannot police themselves.

we do not believe the public utilities commission is adequately policing pg&e. we do not believe the ntsb is adequately policing pg&e. one of the biggest concerns about the san bruno explosion is the fact that after a smaller explosion resulted in a fatality in rancho cordova, it is unclear if anything was done with the ntsb recommendations at that time. where is the follow-through? it is not coming from pg&e and is not coming from the public utilities commission, so it is incumbent on the board supervisors to step up and take this issue on. we want to stress safety should be a priority here. we agree it is not necessarily an issue of aging pipelines pier while shut off valves are an important thing, we only need them after we have got a problem, not before.

maintenance and safety should come first. this investigation possibly should include checking pg&e's phone lines as well. we have heard from numerous customers that there were calls about a gas leak. it is incomprehensible as they fled their burning houses they got together to lie about having phone calls. we wonder what happened to the wac -- record of those phone calls. we also look forward to the board of supervisors helping us to follow up on the issue of deferred maintenance. we know that we are spending a fortune on our pg&e bills. as supervisor mirkarimi has pointed out, we do not know what they do with the money. we know they claim they need money for safety and reliability and then spend it elsewhere. i want to applaud the border supervisors for taking this issue on and we would like to help you in any way that we can. supervisor chiu: are there any members of the public that would like to comment on this item?

seeing none, public comment is closed. any final comments? supervisor chu? supervisor chu: thank you to the department for all of your work. to the extent there is relevant information and safety issues that the district supervisor should know about, let me know about those suggestions. supervisor chiu: supervisor mirkarimi? seeing none, public comment is closed. unless we have anything else, i will motion this for a call to the chair. i will look to our department leaders to help update us based helping to update us based on the work they have been doing off line, which we commend you for, but online to answer questions that we could not get to the bottom of that this hearing. supervisor chiu: unless there is objection, we will continue these items at the call of the chair. madam clerk, is there any more

business before this committee? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor chiu: at this time, the committee is adjourned. thank you for being here.

president chiu: welcome to the november 23, 2010, meeting of the board of supervisors. madam role, would you call the roll? madam clerk: [reading roll]

all members are present. president chiu: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you join me in the pledge of allegiance? colleagues, we have received meeting minutes from the october 19 meeting. can i have in motion to approve these? we have a motion from supervisor dufty, seconded by supervisor mirkarimi. without objection, that is approved. madam clerk, are there any? could you read items one through seven. madam clerk: these items will be done by a single roll call vote. president chiu: colleagues, would you like to sever any items? supervisor elsbernd? item 3.

madam clerk, could you read items one through seven with the exception of item number three? madam clerk: [reading roll] there are 11 ayes. president chiu: those items are passed. item 8. madam clerk: this was a lawsuit that was i have on december 10, 2007. president chiu: roll call.

madam clerk: [reading roll] there are 10 ayes, one no. president chiu: this item is finally passed. item eight. madam clerk: this is an ordinance amending article 8 of the san francisco code by adding sections 471.1 at the route 479.9, to set nutritional standards for restaurant food. president chiu: supervisor mar?

supervisor mar: thank you, colleagues, for supporting this, creating healthier choices for our we applaud the mayor's work to combat child obesity through increasing assets of healthy food. however, we need to do much, much more. this is what we could spend on outreach and education. this is where fast food references are abundant. no amount of physical activity can undo the harm of unhealthy eating. from the institutes of medicine to the world health organization, we know that reducing the consumption of junk food by kids, like my daughter, could save billions of dollars

for overstressed public health system. this includes community health advocates and individuals. i want to thank our stellar department staff for their hard work for many, many years to address the equities in the food and varmint in san francisco and to make sure that access to healthy food is a human right in our city. this is also the product of another key coalition of activists that have been helping to create healthy nutrition in our area. also, there is our city attorney and others, but especially to one for the hard work the last

person imagines is from my staff. she had to be part community adviser, part want. , and we would not be here. this is to create healthier choices and more equitable environment. thank you. president chiu: supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: i have not expressed my support except for when it has come before us for a vote. by the coverage that it has been getting in the mainstream and

alternative media and the debate which is put an idea, where it is not a place for invincible government to offer or proffer this ideal or not. and i want to congratulate supervisor mar. i do not think holding our breath will get any amount of coverage, so good for local government. no matter, feeling awkward or clumsy, we cannot wait for others." to answer these questions, so i want to thank you for restarting a conversation. president chiu: any further

discussion? roll call vote. madam clerk: [reading roll] there are 8 ayes and 3 nos. president chiu: this is finally passed. madam clerk, could you please read item number nine? >> -- madam clerk: this is a resolution under chapter 71 of the san francisco administrative code, approving a historical

property contract between nakamura flp, the owner of the lilienthal-orville pratt house, and the city and county of san francisco. president chiu: roll-call vote. madam clerk: [reading roll] president chiu: this is adopted. next item. madam clerk: item number 10, an ordinance amending the san francisco planning code by adding sections. item number 11, we define a mobile caterers and pushcart peddlers, creating a penalty

provisions, new hearing procedures, and adding annual fees and plan check fees. president chiu: colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? without objection, this item is finally passed. item number 12. madam clerk: an ordinance amending the san francisco planning code. president shoot boat -- president chiu: any discussion? roll call vote. madam clerk: [reading roll] there are eight ayes and 3 no's.

president chiu: this item is finally passed. item number 13. madam clerk: an ordinance amending the san francisco ministry of code dealing with landscape and landscape rehabilitation. president chiu: will call vote. madam clerk: [reading roll] president chiu: this item is

finally passed. item number 14. madam clerk: to require any person who produces a drug offered for sale in san francisco to participate in an approved drugs george's program -- drug stewardship program. president chiu: supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: i would like to update the findings. this is that they are responsible for the public outrage. on page 8, line 19, through line

two, this directs the ampara -- department of the environment to guide them in submitting plans. this is what they will use to measure the success of their plans. president chiu: colleagues, can we take this without amendment? these are adopted. supervisor mirkarimi: after the consideration before us, and i

wanted to see if we would be able to strike some pilot accord with the pharmaceutical industry. in these negotiations are still ongoing. we will either have something alternative to this legislation, or we will vote on this legislation, so i would like to

ask to continue this. president chiu: supervisor mirkarimi has moved that this be continued. without objection, this passes until the seventh of next month. item 15. madam clerk: item number 15, an ordinance amending the health code to update nuisance definitions. president chiu: a roll call vote on this item. madam clerk: [reading roll]

there are 11 ayes. president chiu: this item is finally passed. item 16. madam clerk: items 16, in resolution fixing the prevailing wage rates. president chiu: colleagues? this item is adopted. item 17. madam clerk: resolution approving the issuance of water revenue bonds. president chiu: same house same call? this item is adopted. madam clerk: this is an ordinance amending the san francisco building coat -- cotd. president chiu: this item is

passed. items 19 and 20. madam clerk: an ordinance amending the urban design a transportation elements of the san francisco general plan, and item 20, an ordinance adopting the better streets plan. president chiu: colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? these items are passed on the same reading. item number 21. madam clerk: an oregon supreme the san francisco municipal transportation agencies relocation impact study and last resort housing plan for the central subway project. president chiu: this item is passed on the same reading. item number 22. madam clerk: an ordinance adding article 15.7 to the san francisco police code.

>> president chiu? thank you, mr. chair. colleagues, this is something for the first time that would create regulation. i think everyone is acutely aware that not only have we had a number of instances of violence lely, but under the entertainment commission, we have had about 80% of the incidences that have occurred have resulted in permits being revoked or suspended. colleagues, what i would like to ask today is that we have had a very robust conversation at the public safety committee. this is legislation that was supported by the entertainment commission and others, as well as by the san francisco police department.

this is just a place on record what the amendments are. there are four specific amendments that involved the san francisco police department on one hand working with industry representatives and the entertainment commission. the first amendment would add language to exclude from the language of bona fide fund- raising events those that have commercial or marketing for a third party, and a second amendment would add language to exclude or amend coverage for events covered by the city, such as the black and white ball. and there is the power to remove a promoter from the online

registry. this is if they submitted false or incomplete information. if the promoter did that, he would not be able to register for one year. and this would not require anything else beyond that, unless and until a particular party promoter resulted in some type of public safety issue or something else, in which case additional requirements, such as insurance and other security items would begin. i want to thank supervisor maxwell force support, and at this time, i would like to make a motion to amend. >> colleagues, we have a motion

from president chiu? can we take this? president chiu: this is a motion to refer. >> so we have a motion by president chiu, seconded by supervisor note -- supervisor avalos. president chiu: items 27 and 28. madam clerk: these were forwarded as reports, and item 27 is about appointing rodney fong to the planning commission,

and item 28 is a motion rejecting the mayor's appointment of rodney fong. president chiu: colleagues, i recognize that these to the idea items came out of committee without recommendation. we can take a roll-call vote. madam clerk: [reading roll] there are 11 ayes.