supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i wanted to speak on something that has not come up on the agenda yet. i want to urge the board of supervisors to vote against it or take no action on it, only because i think it is going down the slippery slope of city government getting involved in media, and i think that is inappropriate, and if in the that you get some legal counselor says there is no problem with this and that is fine, i would urge you to get the story correct. there has been a lot of rumors flying around, and i think a lot

of them have not been fat checked and verified, and a lot of what i am hearing -- have not been sacked checked -- fact checked. if you are impelled to go on to make sure that everyone who is looking at the controversy, that you at least do due diligence, pardon me, and get your facts correct. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is daniel, and i also would like to speak about the resolution. i am urging the members of the

board, good afternoon, and i am urging you to reject this resolution, which can only contribute to the conflict involving pacifica. the best position you can take is to take no position. by doing this, that is taking no position, you will be sending a vote of confidence, a vote of support, to this democratically run independent media institution. a hard and long fight was fought and won 10 years ago, to free this network of outside government-connected forces. by doing nothing, you will be showing york respect and support for the independence and integrity of this progressive, independent, membership in your

organization, the only such one in this country. -- membership media organization. there are 150 or 160 community radio station is the route the world but they provide with alternative programming. again, i urge you to reject the resolution. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: next speaker, please. thank you. >> my name is -- i am a resident of san francisco since the 1970's, and my husband was born here, and i am also a listener, a supporter, activists. i, too, urged the supervisors to

follow the example of the berkeley council to not pass a resolution concerning this. this conflict has been spun into something is not. it is not an authoritarian takeover by a foreign entity, it is not union busting. it is the democratic national parent body saving the network from imminent financial ruin in the only respected way. lay off. one of your resolution it may be conciliatory to both parties, it is severely tainted to put the elements on pacifica to accept mediation and contains many misconceptions of the events. we thank you so much for your concern about the station, but the situation has more history,

more nuances then you probably imagine, and as true understanding emerges, you may find that you have been on the wrong side of the struggle in the b.c. and as such. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i am here to speak about the same station issue, a radio station that is progress of the covers from santa rosa in the north to as far south as monterey i urge you to vote no. there is a lot of misinformation about what is going on. there is note union busting going on. to lay off two staffers in the

bottom of list in a desperate financial situation, which they are in, it does not constitute union busting. there is not a union in the bay area that is not sometimes laid off staff members. the world's have been followed. something that has not been noted in all of the torrent of emails and all of the commentary, in october, a trade union that works for the city of oakland put forward a resolution on the board that if any sales were to be done, they would be done in strict accordance with the union contract. however, it was voted down, including by one of the individuals who i think is in the room today who was laid off. why in the world would they vote against that?

i think it is because this is a 10-year-long battle. i urge you to vote no and to check up the situation a bit more and follow the example of the berkeley city council, which also declined to support this. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is nick. i am a 30-year resident of san francisco. this is regarding item number 28. this is a letter that i faxed to the clerk of the board of supervisors yesterday. i urge all members of the board to reject and vote no on the privatization of the civic center. supervisor mirkarimi: excuse me. we have a role that you cannot speak to items that are on the agenda. item 28, we have not come to that yet. >> will there be any public

comment on that? supervisor mirkarimi: yes. thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen of the world who are watching here. i have been here about 25 years as a black man. i am very appalled, and i guess this is what it is to call a process. only two weeks for a recess, and now we are back into the same old mess. i would like to know in san francisco, who is really in control here? i have been here many years, and i have never seen a city hall as it is now. i have never seen the situation of the process. i am appalled at gavin newsom.

i shook his hand back in may. right now, if you read in the paper, and only got a minute to show it here. as a result, blacks are leaving most of the cities. you cannot see it right now, but that is ok, but they are leaving, particularly in san francisco. i told gavin newsom that i will follow him. how can you be mayor and the lieutenant governor at the same time? this is unconscionable, and the man is a rich young guy. maybe he should just resign and be a playboy and try the movies. i cannot understand this. ♪ who is in control? i would like to know i asked the mayor but he did not care

he is out the door but he is still here in sacramento but i want to know who is in control right here in san francisco? ♪ supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am peter with the library users association, and you have heard me talk about library issues over time, but today, i would like to speak about something a little bit different, and that is the departure of four of your number, which is noted in items 54, 55, 56, and 57, and to wish -- well, to think the supervisors for their hard work, their service over many years,

whether or not we agree or differed on particular issues. this is a long service, and i want to say thank you and best of luck to supervisors alioto- pier, daly, dufty, and maxwell. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thomas, a tenderloin resident. since this is the last meeting of the old board, there are a few supervisors i would like to think personally. first, supervisor alioto-pier. i want to thank her for her work in trying to get lauras law passed.

secondly, i want to think super -- thank supervisor elsbernd, who was the first to take on a special interest in san francisco, addressing the issue of muni, so i want to say thank you. >> supervisors, my name is francisco, and today is an important day. on a national level, you know that nancy pelosi is no longer the speaker of the house. and you supervisors who are supposed to be representatives, some signal has been sent to you, and if you do not get it directly, you should try to get it by osmosis. before today, some of the constituents, you have heard one

constituents say that she has come here pleading that justice be done for her son, but if you supervisors are representative of the city and county of san francisco, and you have to we have to uphold safety issues, and you cannot help the constituents, then you had better reflect. some of you are going away. maybe for the better. so as you leave, remember that if you did not do too much about the 500 or so shootings or killings in our district, and if you did not save money when you could have saved money, or if you did not do right by all people of san francisco, the

816,000 constituents who live in this city, that reflect on that, but i am here to tell you that from time to time, we come here so that you can get the pulse of the community, because we do work at ground zero. we do write about the issues, and we do come here to check on you, said today, hopefully, you will deliberate, have the ability to discern, use your intelligence, and do what is right for this great city of san francisco. thank you very much. president chiu: thank you, next speaker. >> good afternoon, members of

the board of supervisors. good afternoon. i am with the open government coalition. i am here once again to talk about a couple of things. one is is that i hope that most people are aware of the unanimous opinion by the court of appeals, the santa cruz board of supervisors, basically were the fourth one from the room and did not allow him to make a comment because he made a gesture, and basically that has been remanded back to the court with the direction that they be here it, because they were denied -- he was denied due process, and it also raises questions whether the actions of members of the board are free from challenge in a sense that they are immune, and it did say that if a board member, it has to be considered whether a board member that interferes with public comment is really completely free to do that, now, i have been here before, and i have talked to you before in this chamber about the fact that

many people in this chamber seemed to feel that if you want to interrupt somebody with him you do not disagree, that is ok, and everybody else sort of sits there and lets it happen. the brown act specifically says that the purpose of public comment and the reason you cannot deny it is that it is done to make change. the first amendment says we have the right to petition the government for redress. we also have the right to free speech, and so, basically, people have the right to get up here and tell you something, and the simple fact that they are saying something that you do not like or saying something about a specific person does not make it an attack, and trying to do that is inappropriate. the city, unfortunately, has a reputation around the united states as being the liberal paradise of united states. it is not. it is a place where freedom of speech is denied on a daily basis, and access to public records is denied.

president chiu: next speaker. >> my name is kathy. i am a librarian. i hope that we are speaking to the question. is that we are doing here? no. well, i want to say something about it while i am here then. president chiu: actually, the time we will do that will be when we go to the public comment, which will not be for some time. this is the second 3:00 session. >> this is the special order? president chiu: yes. >> it says at 3:00 p.m., there would be a public hearing to discuss this particular thing. president chiu: we are actually

holding public comment on whether or not we should do that. we are holding public comment on item 46 right now. >> as opposed to -- on here, it is a certain number. president chiu: this is on a different item. next speaker. >> good afternoon, everybody. my name is ernestine, and i want to take this time to thank all of the supervisors for their service, and good luck to you on your future endeavors. i urge you, all of you, to put forth the name of an inch from a year today without delay. people are set up about all of the political maneuvering,

political pandering. we need a major that has financial anarchy political guts to do the right thing, and that is what we are looking for. please, come up with somebody with those qualifications. if we need somebody to run themselves financially. that is number one. if i ran my house the way this is wrong, i would be broke, and i would not be able to spend time coming here to tell you what to do. the first thing i learned when i was a young girl was that there was a big in my neighborhood that had a sign up, and it was called a potential savings bank. and it said, "save your money. watch it grow." and that is exactly what i did, and that is how i came to success in my life. i did not squander my money. i did not go crazy with credit cards. if i never paid a penalty interest. this is what the city should be concentrating on. -- i never paid a penny in

interest. i have to compliment daly. we need are people to live in the city. nothing has been done about that by this mayor. what have we accomplished? if we have an earthquake here, we are all dead. think about it. we need to have affordable housing. that is what i told brown. i told everybody. this is very important. thank you. president chiu: are there any other members of the public who want to speak? this includes item 46, about a successor mayor in the event of a vacancy at. ok, seeing none, public comment

is closed. colleagues, we do have a number of 3:30 special accommodations, and i understand that family members are here for that. i know we have two special accommodations, and supervisor alioto-pier, you have a first commendation? >> i do. thank you, president chiu. alisyn davis? oh, great. come on up. hi. go straight up to the microphone, sweetie. thank you for coming today. this is so exciting for me, i have to tell you. colleagues, today, i would like to honor allison davis. she is a sixth generation san

franciscan and a young woman with an amazing talent. she was recently cast on the television show after responding to an open casting call. the show is the assigned to behind-the-scenes look at the forty-niners. she has converted special evens, including family day at candlestick park. she has come up with their own spontaneous questions. as i mentioned, she is a sixth generation san franciscan. with a bright future ahead. we are honored to have you here representing san francisco and the 49ers on television. we wish you all the luck in the future and in all of your future endeavors, and i just have to say, colleagues, her mom is a

friend of mine, and she sent me a clip of an interview with the 49ers, and there she is, this beautiful little blonde. i mean, these huge guys, absolutely no fear, loving every minute, and i have to say, i just looked at you. i called your mom, and i said, "we have to get her down here." she is an example for my kids and all of the others. she just responded to an open casting call, and i think a lot of kids out there think, "oh, i would not get picked, " but you have to try. it is such a testament to your spirit and tenacity, so from the san francisco board of supervisors, we would like to commend you for all of the work you do for the forty-niners and for the city and county of san francisco. thank you very much.

[applause] i do not know if you want to say something. i do not know if we can play the video. usually, we set up in advance. >> i have it right here. >> can we set that up? >> i just wanted to say thank you very much, and it has been such a great opportunity, and everyone has been so supportive, so thank you. >> -- supervisor alioto-pier: i just want to know, what made you do it? >> i have been going to these games since i was about six weeks old. my dad has taught me well, and i just love football and the 49ers in san francisco, so it was perfect.

supervisor alioto-pier: good to go? is there audio? >> pimm visit the website for how you can -- supervisor alioto-pier: rick, is there audio? clerk calvillo: we will call sfgtv and see if there is a

problem. >> it is called family day. it is an event for anyone. they can come to this. is a sort of carnival, i guess you can say, and is one of the events where you can meet some of the players and players from the past, and, yes, you can get autographs and participate in activities. it was a very fun event to attend. supervisor alioto-pier: how long have you been doing this? >> since june. supervisor alioto-pier: and how much longer are you going to be doing this? >> the season actually ended a few weeks ago, so there is a question about whether or not to do another season. thank you very much.

for coming down. >> thank you. [applause]

president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we have a number of resolutions today to honor our of for your colleagues for whom it is their last day. collectively, our colleagues have 35 years of experience, hundreds of pieces of legislation, and, i think, until the impact on san franciscans to rope the city. what i would like to do is read from portions of various resolutions we have for supervisors alioto-pier, bevan dufty, sophie maxwell. continuing a tradition of service begun by her grandfather, joseph alioto,

supervisor alioto-pier has created thousands of jobs and has participated in the first rebate program of the state. she successfully blocked the construction of new fossil fuel power plants in the southeast part of the city. she was the first supervisor to give birth while serving in office and worked to make our city more family friendly by passing a charter amendment to treat maternity leave equally and by creating a job share program at the board of supervisors. whereas she has spoken for civil rights, for people disabilities, and for all san franciscans, whereas she has worked with neighborhood groups in her district and around san francisco to preserve the unique character that makes our city special. where is she has balanced the demands of her job while maintaining an active family life with her three children and her husband, and whereas she has treated her colleagues, the treated her colleagues, the public, and city