private fund raisers have total income of 31 with $7 million. during the same time, the total donations to the library was $ 3.1 million. the point is they had no agreement for the city because they would not submit to an examination of their finances by your finance commissioner, said they operated without city oversight. it takes a lot of abuse and secrecy to make that more respectable than the public interest. the damages to the democracy and good faith of our society the lives of money. -- belies the money. >> ♪ i read about the news

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♪ shiny happy meals were baned ♪ ♪ with a mayor like that, you know you should be glad ♪ ♪ with a mayor like that, you know you should be glad ♪ >> next speaker. >> thank you, walter curator -- walter. i am coming concerning some issues in my community. i came here in 1974, and i used to live in it louisiana.

i never dreamed i would be in san francisco, but i am here today. i am here today concerning police brutality. when the corruption happens, the court makes money, and i want for corruption to stop. we have police officers who give drugs to young children. i want it stopped. i want change. we want change. yet i went to school for legal work, being a legal secretary i never dreamed i would do that, but i did it. the lawyers i went to would not

help me, so i helped myself, and then when i went to san francisco state university, i joined the alumni association, and they give you permission to go into any library you want to go to, and i went into the law library, and i got institute -- interested in the 14th amendment, and that interested me so much, and i watched the court system, how it has violated in so many ways, how they are sending so many young men who have no money, telling them they have three strikes. that is unconstitutional. >> thank you very much. >> the good afternoon, members of the board.

my name is anthony. i have been a resident since 1989. i have been a newscaster since 1994. i have interviewed several of you during my sunday newscast. i have also been elected from the staff, and i am here to speak against the resolution introduced earlier today. i think perhaps with the many matters on your agenda today, perhaps this seemed like a relatively simple matter, and i can tell you if is not. the issues are usually more complex than they might seem. it is most important to keep in mind what is going on is a financial crunch. there is not a crisis like the

one in the 1990's. funding is very tight. income is not what it was several years ago, and the station has sent down the reserves it once had, so there is no margin left for error anymore. reductions in payroll are a necessity. not long ago the seven paid staff took severance packages, and two lay off had to be made to complete balancing the budget. now the staff is represented five communications. they have access to the procedure and i think it is very irresponsible for them to create

a crisis. thank you very much. >> thank you, very much. next speaker. >> for who shall keep the law and offend no one time is guilty of oall, for he who said, do not commit adultery said, do not kill. if you kill, you have become a transgressors, so i would like to speak today about jesse ventura's conspiracy theory on the jfk assassination you can now google. it was on her true tv. there is new theory about it anymore.

he died for his sins. when people die, they want to confess. he confessed that he and other members of the cia and murdered the president. before i get into this, i would like to rectify a mistake i made a few weeks ago when i said the 777 weeks would finish next year when the lord delivered israel. that was a mistake i made. what i do in my schedule both -- if i can put the schedule but here, -- schedule book here, i've put how many days it has been since jubilee, and november 15 was day 5353, and the following week, my mind must

have been wandering. november 22 was a 5360, so i had a false conclusion which led me to february 16 instead of february 9 for the end of the 5499 days. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> i am edmund curia i am coming here to cheer myself on. -- i am edmund. i am coming here to cheer myself on. these are pictures. i want to remind people on the third friday at city hall, come to the campus meeting at 9:30.

please come and join me for the campus task force -- canibus task force. it is called the history of the african american. i am going to open its up so we can get it online. i am going to tell you about the history. i am also here to get out of a point to the president and the republicans that they did a great thing by compromising the in washington. they also talk about california medical marijuana, whether they have cut in half hour profits. they all serve talk about making sure children do not have felony accounts. that is something we can stand

against. we are seeing a lot of children being abducted in stores. we need to take sex seriously in america of. that is why marriage is for all and will stop people from doing down low things to themselves or other children. listen to 89.5. i am charging all black sunday -- black, gay, and gay black man. >> are there any other people who wish to speak? public comments are close. we can move to the adoption of that calendar. >> items 51 through item 57 are for immediate and unanimous adoption. these will be enacted upon by a

single roll call vote. >> that would be item 53 through item 57. would you like to separate the items famines -- separate the items? >> on item 54 through item 57, supervisor mar? >> aye. [calling votes] there are 11 ayes. >> item 53 is endorsing the

presence of swans at the lagoon and urging the department and the police department to develop a plan for preservation of swans in the fine arts would tune -- lagoon. that will be sent to committee. are there any in memoriams? >> this will be on behalf of supervisor mercury me -- mirkarimi and for florence and for the late mario, michael shield, for randy algier, also for gary and dr. barta.

on behalf of the full board for richard goldman. >> if there any other business? we are adorned. oh, my! haa ha ha! ha hha ha! [snortg]

commissioner campos: good morning and welcome to the december 7, 2010 meeting of the san francisco county transportation authority plans and programs committee. happy holidays to everyone. my name is david campos, the chair of the committee. we are joined by commissioner carmen chu and committee member david chu, commissioners and john avalos and bevan dufty are

in route. the clerk of the committee is erica cheng. madam clerk, please call item two. >> approve the minutes of the november 16, 2010 meeting and the november 23, 2010 special meeting. commissioner campos: we have a motion from david chiu. is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, if we can take that without objection. >>citizens advisory committee report. this is an information item. >> good morning. the cac hold a combined december and november meeting which will be held tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. to report on any actions. commissioner campos: great.

i know that commissioner dufty had asked that one item be taken out of order. why don't we call -- before we do that, is there any public comment on the citizen advisory committee report? seeing none, public comment is closed. if you could call item no. 4. >> recommend appointment of one member to the citizens advisory committee. this is an action item. >> good morning, committee members. transportation authority. by way of background, we are an 11-member citizen advisory committee. each member serves two years. committee recommends the authority board appoints members to the committee. we have two vacancies. one vacancy from district 6. at the last meeting, we decided to move that forward to the january meeting to allow the new district 6 supervisor to give input to the appointment.

the other vacancy is a result of the term expiration of glenn davis in district 9. he is here today to speak to his interest in reappointment. commissioner campos: thank you. mr. davis? good morning. >> i am here to seek reappointment to the citizens advisory committee. i would very much like to continue to work providing constructive and critical analysis to the numerous projects involving prop k money. thank you for your consideration and i would humbly ask for you to move the appointment to the full board. commissioner campos: great. thank you, mr. davis. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, i would ask that we reappoint mr. davis. he and my office have been working closely since his last appointment, and i can tell you, he has put in a lot of time and

energy into this position. i have found is in sight to be very useful and i hope that he is reappointed. we have a motion by commissioner david chiu, seconded by vice chair carmen chu. without objection. thank you. >> item 5. recommend appointment of two members to the geary corridor bus rapid transit citizens advisory committee. this is an action item. >> you may recall, this year we had three vacancies on the gcac, an ad that time, only one vacancy was filled by the committee. we did conduct recruitment, but at the time, did not have sufficient members to be appointed to the tenderloin downtown area. the committee asked us to do more recruitment in that area to get more applicants in. we are now bringing that item back to you with six applicants. this item begins on page 19 and

the action item is on page 23. we have several applicants here today, if you would like to hear from them. commissioner campos: i think we probably should hear from them. the list is -- >> it is on page 23 of your packet. commissioner campos: david goggin? is he here? >> i do not, but i see three other members here. >> jonathan goldberg. mr. goldberg, if he could come up, please. >> good morning, how are you? commissioner campos: this is an opportunity to simply talk about

yourself, your interest in serving in this capacity. >> good morning and thank you for considering my application. i have been an individual working for san francisco to do by san francisco. we have strived for this message since our inception 63 years ago. as an individual, my experiences with sf and beautiful bring together representatives from many individuals of the downtown workforce, from finance, law, planning, and urban design. i hope to bring together my own background in horticulture and desire to increase the liability and to beautify the urban streetscape. my background in the non-profit sector, hopefully, enhances my ability to understand what

street design requires to go ahead and increase economic vitality, as well as enrich neighborhood connectivity and increase community development. commissioner campos: you are doing great. i know it is a little daunting to come before the committee. you are doing fine. >> thank you. i do hope that as new residents of san francisco, but ever experience i can bring to the table, i can look forward to the future. i plan to be a long-term san francisco resident and hopefully will use my youthful age as a benefit to go ahead and look to the future of what is possible in our city. commissioner campos: thank you,

mr. goldberg. well done. rick hoffman? i do not see him here. alan lovin. good morning, welcome to the plans and programs committee. >> good morning. i am a senior project manager for california pacific metacenter -- medical center. i am a 20-year resident of san francisco, i have worked both in the public and private sectors, real estate, and land use. i would but the opportunity to serve on this committee. our project is a large project that will affect and will be affected both by the van ness brt and egg geary st. brt. we will make contributions to those projects via our employees use of the transit system and our contributions to the project, as part of our

entitlement process. i think i can bring the honorable experience to this committee, not only because i work for them, but because of my long standing residents, outstanding as a resident of san francisco, as a person who is very much interested in land use issues. thank you. commissioner campos: thank you. albert martin star. i'm sorry -- good morning. >> my name is cia selby. thank you for allowing me to come up here to apply for the gcac position. i am a member of a rapid transit subcommittee which is part of

the riders -- transit riders union. in addition, i am a business owner. i own a business on the market and mason and turk. i have kids who go to rosa parks. so i frequently take the 38 back and forth, at least on that stretch. considering i am also the president of the lower hate merchants association -- haight merchants association, i had thought quite a bit about potentially conflicting forces, such as -- i know the president of the association believes it is important to have foot traffic. if you want to have good merchants, merchants that are thriving, you need good foot traffic.

that is something that needs to be worked on in conjunction with the concept of the bus. one of the things that i might be able to bring to the cac is that understanding, being a business person and someone who is intimately working with merchants who depend on foot traffic, and also, somebody who is passionate about public transport and understands in order to change people's minds about public transport, we have to make it more feasible. one of the major thing people criticize about muni is it is too slow. i understand these competing factors and i hope you will consider me for the cac. thank you. commissioner campos: thank you. albert martin star. good morning. >> good morning. i have resided in san francisco since 1968.

i have seen you need change. most of that time, i have lived in the geary corridor, the tendered lauren -- tenderloin. in the 1970's there was a citizen advisory combat -- panel to the board of supervisors. i was on that and i remember discussing things about muni in general. now we have a committee coming up that is specifically for the 38, which i use all the time. although that is a big, articulated bus, it is still crowded. whatever i can do to advise you -- i have time to look things up because i do not work for a living. i have access to the private

mechanics institute as well, which is also served by the 38. i do not know what the committee members will do -- maybe i will never have to research anything, but i have time to do this. i also helped out on project open hand. what else can i say about myself? i have a college degree, a philosophy major. i am sure that relates to nothing here. commissioner campos: you would be surprised. thank you. are there any other applicants who have not had an opportunity to address the committee? i think that concludes the list of applicants. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, we have a number of highly qualified individuals. i want to thank all of them for their interest in serving the city and county of san francisco in this capacity.

commissioner david chiu? commissioner chu: first of all, i want to thank everyone for coming. you have a lot to offer to the city and body. unfortunately, we only have two spots. i want to thank you for offering your service and i hope that we can find a place for all of you. a number of years ago, i was on the small business commission, and we have a number of debates about the geary brt. i noticed tensions between small business owners and transit riders. i think ms. selby's background in those areas complement's this function well. i think that could be an important bridge to what we want. i also appreciate the fact that she represents a