what would happen if there was some kind of toxic event in the city. i would really like to see some kind of hearing with all of the different agencies coming together. first responders, the health department, determining what to do in a real disaster. supervisor chu: thank you so much. i appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> good morning. my name is alexander [unintelligible] i am one of the san francisco bay distributors of free publications in san francisco. part of a company takes graffiti from news racks especially. i have also served on the advisory committee for over 11 years. basically, i am here representing myself and speaking for the publishing community at large with regards to this new

amendment. the only concern that i want to bring with regards to the fines that are going to be imposed on the news rack being seized by non-compliance after a notification is given, it is because of the logistical situation in many areas and locations in the city. there are more racks then would legally fit in one area. many times, when a publisher distributes information out there to correct the violation, after that is done, subsequent publisher distributors come to move the rack that was put in compliance out of compliance. i am proposing that whenever we go out there, we take photographs of the citation been

taking care of so that we are not incurring the $250 fee. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> my name is francisco [unintelligible] the clarification given by the dpw was not clear. i would like to go over those issues. number one, if there are so many racks and we want to be in the 21st century, we need the ability to go on the internet and find out where these racks are. just like what was said earlier. arbitrary things, people using computers and everyone has access to them. the first thing that we, constituents want to know, is

where these racks are. if we have so many, why are they not maintained? right now if you go to powell street and open the iraq, you will find a sleeping bags and other types of things right where the tourists go. do those racks provide a certain surface? if they do not provide a certain surface, who is responsible for that? none of you asked these questions because you presuppose when clear channel is given some contract like that. they do a good job. you might think they do a good job, but those of them at ground zero in observations, of we find that we need to have our news racks like they have in every

city, but maintain them. so, we also need news racks in the other parts of our district. where there are more astute citizens and the old fashioned racks. with those racks we also need the garbage, whenever they call them, guards. dpw has been interchanging after putting good garbage in, taking them away. supervisor chu: thank you. >> our neighborhood should reflect region supervisor chu: -- reflect -- supervisor chu: thank you. are there any other members of the public that wish to speak on item number five? seeing no one, public comment disclosed. could i ask a question of grace? one of the comments made was about the empty news racks and

how they sometimes contributed to blight. i know that the legislation's attempts to deal with those issues, can you speak to that? >> this is something to the credit of the mayor around the reform allocation. the mayor saw that there were a number of bacon boxes. sometimes it is because the publications have been taken. they're very popular. in other cases, they are just empty boxes. they become an area where blight fills the city. allowing people on a first-come, first-served basis to fill those boxes. we think that many of those smaller publishers that may not have distributed, like your neighborhood newspapers, there may not be able pedestal for rack in place.

there may be fewer opportunities for misuse of the boxes. we all looking forward to those informal changes. [unintelligible] thank you. i have a follow-up question for grace. i think that one of the things i am interested in in terms of public comments that we heard about the current location of the news racks, that is something that would be beneficial. i know that legislation includes providing information online about where potential slots could be for people to be able to apply to them. from a constituent services point of view, knowing where they have been placed over time would be helpful. perhaps dpw can provide information on the number installed and the information of the installed. i also know that the news racks, when they are done, is meant to cover a certain area.

there should be no freestanding news racks in those areas. i am not sure where the existing ones are, including the covered stones. we still see from time to time the freestanding ones popping up and there is no way of knowing where they are. >> currently on our web site under the news rack program you will see a list of six pedestals loans. within each cell you can click on it and you will see a map, giving you the boundaries of the particular zone and locations. that is one thing. for the availability to be posted in a way such that anyone who might know where the location is of the unit that is empty, and the exact location. for example, a 10 unit block

might be the bottom left that is available. supervisor chu: perfect. as part of the contract, they indicated that every year after the box started, a provider would provide 100 news racks. what does that mean? one pedestal with four slots? how does that work? >> the units come in sizes. 6, 8, and 10. each year clear channel is obligated to give us 100 new units. supervisor chu: which could be a configuration of six, eight, or 10? >> correct. supervisor chu: thank you. any other questions for the committee? seeing no one, is there a motion. without objection, motion is approved. madam clerk, are there any other items before us? >> no, madam share supervisor chu:.

-- no, madam chair. supervisor chu: thank you, we are adjourned.

>> i have been a cable car grip for 21 years. i am a third generation. my grand farther and my dad worked over in green division for 27. i guess you could say it's blood. >> come on in. have a seat. hold on. i like it because i am standing up. i am outside without a roof over my head and i see all kinds of people. >> you catch up to people you know from the past. you know. went to school with.

people that you work with at other jobs. military or something. kind of weird. it's a small word, you be. like i said, what do people do when they come to san francisco? they ride a cable car. >> california line starts in the financial district. people are coming down knobbhill. the cable car picks people up. takes them to work. >> there still is no other device to conquer these hills better than a cable car. nobody wanted to live up here because you had to climb up here. with the invention of the cable car, these hills became

accessible. he watched horses be dragged to death. cable cars were invent in san francisco to solve the problem with it's unique, vertically challenged terrain. we are still using cars a century old >> the old cable car is the most unique thing, it's still going. it was a good design by then and is still now. if we don't do something now. it's going to be worse later. >> the cable cars are built the same as they were in the late 1800's. we use a modern machinery. we haven't changed a thing. it's just how we get there. >> it's a time consuming job. we go for the quality rather

than the production. we take pride in our work and it shows in the end product. >> the california line is mostly locals. the commuters in the morning, i see a lot of the same people. we don't have as tourists. we are coming up to street to chinatown. since 1957, we are the only city in the world that runs cable cars.

these cars right here are part of national parks system. in the early 1960's, they became the first roles monument. the way city spread changed with the invention of the cable car. >> people know in san francisco, first thing they think about is, let's go

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san francisco will supervisor's which is home to the world champion san francisco giants. -- welcome to the meeting of the san francisco , a board of supervisors. >> mr. president, all members are present. >> please and gentlemen, can you please join me in the pledge of allegiance?

>> we have copies of the september 28th meeting, do they have a motion to approve? moved and seconded. are there any communications? >> i have no communications. >> i want to recognize i understand there are some students from the -- school for juvenile offenders. i want to thank you for being here today. >> items 1-18 comprise the consent agenda. they will be acted upon by single will call vote. >> would anyone like to sever any of these items? >> 610.

-- 16. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> those past. item 16. >> item 16 it is appointing timothy benetti for the seat. >> will call vote.

-- roll call vote. >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> i 19 is an amending the health code to set international standards for lead strum food sold a company to buy toys or other youth focused items. >> --slashruntim for restaurantd

accompanied by touristandtoys. >> this has been an educational process for me. young people, corporate accountability activists. we have had conversations with michelle's obama's staff for the "let's move," campaign. we have been taking inspiration and strength from generations of our leaders, and food activists, neighborhood leaders,

people who are demanding equitable food environments. also the generation of wisdom that comes out of our communities has been inspiring. it is inspiring to work with food justice activists. if we pass this today and move this forward in san francisco, there are many other issues of addressing a more equitable food environment. this is something that is catching on in the environment. there are other cities that are making efforts. we are part of a movement that is moving forward, an agenda of food justice and interesting and equitable food in the garments. -- and addressing inequitable

food environments. activists like in the southeast of food access coalition and food guardians remind us that this is a survival issue. i want to repeat a couple of pieces of statistics. obesity in our nation is growing at a staggering rate. one in five people in the united states of america. about half of the population is overweight. for children in san francisco, african-american children, latino children, two or three times higher. it costs $900 million a year in

health-care costs and lost productivity in our country and in the $42 billion that we spent. i also want to recognize some organizations that have discussed this and have educated some of us. i would like to think supervisor avalos, supervisor campos, and president chui for cosponsoring this. also hard-working staff at the department of public health. the corporate accountability group. the food guardians from the

southeast food access working group, the california center for health advocacy, the american heart association, the richmond district neighborhood center, a the ethnic help network, and the president of the american public health association, one of the largest in the country. also ucsf researchers who have been working on this. also a group of pediatricians to have been amazing. they are truly community doctors. the doctors women collectives.

also the san francisco unified school district is a model of improving our improvements where -- held -- improving our health. the change would not have been without the parents and leaders in our school district. i would like to thank the santa clara county supervisor for courage in taking this on. we would not have done this without this brought coalition and an emerging movement of food and justice. i would like to grab up by saying that this is a modest ordinance that is really getting the restaurant industry to meet basic nutritional standards for our children and families. -- i would like to wrap up.

there is a serious crisis of childhood obesity which is an epidemic in our nation but this emerging movement within our communities here and within the nation are the first step forward. we intend to look at other issues of holding restaurants and corporations and government accountable. in our committee, we went through a number of amendments to make this better. the minor amendments are to clarify language. the first one is on page 6 which is simply added to clarify that this is not regulate speech or advertising. this is not ban the practice of tying toys to kids mill. --