were collecting for sickle cell anemia, they would be in jail by now. everybody says it is only the library. that is like saying it is only human history. in fact, that is why i always say the lies cost more. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> or ray hart, director of san francisco open government. i would like the slides to remain on the screen until i take them off. i am going to be talking about different san francisco boards and commissions. i have attended many meetings. there are problems i have seen. i am going to start with the residential rent stabilization and arbitration board. i am doing this because this is a petition for redress of

grievances. i am 32 other residents of a building on leavenworth st., managed by dewolf realty, were subjected to a pass-thru process before the rent stabilization board. 70% of san franciscans are tenants or renters. as a result, if this policy, which is what the stabilization board said it was, is followed, there are a lot more people who are getting this mistreatment. tenants are legally and morally entitled to fair treatment by the rent board. if you look at the mission statement, i have highlighted the appropriate area. to provide fair and even-handed treatment for both tenants and landlords. i also made the statement, not to be inflammatory, that the rent board is correct. as i go through there, i think you are going to see examples

that show that. i did not use this term lightly. i went to several dictionaries, got a lot of information, and found they do qualify as corrupt. here is the petition that was filed. if you look at the middle of the petition, you will see have the numbers are not provided or missing. in other words, here is the petition for an increase of 7%, and half the numbers are gone. what did they do? they passed it. it is their policy. what i call that policy -- president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> thank you for the opportunity to speak. i am a san francisco resident and have been since 1993. i want to speak about the kusf resolution and maybe anticipate

possible reasons people might oppose it. there has been a lot of talk in the city lately about things out of the jurisdiction of the board of supervisors. i would like to point out kusf serves so many communities in this city that this might be slightly different than passing resolutions regarding foreign policy. not that that is not important, but this is a direct effect on the community. i spoke about the effects on local business. i want to reiterate that many clubs and bars do not advertise outside of the 30,000 listeners kusf provided them. i ran out of time, so i wanted to hit our control programs this week. according to census estimates, there is 157,000 residents of san francisco who are chinese by birth or dissent. many of these are elderly and speak only cantonese. kusf provides the only over the

air programming in san francisco in cantonese. that has been lost. that is an important loss to the community, as well as other foreign language programming. the decision by the university of san francisco to turn over the station to kdfc has disenfranchised a population that makes up 20% of the residents of san francisco. i urge you to pass the legislation before you today and help us save community radio in san francisco. thank you. >> my name is deborah davidson. i do meditation, and my master teaches me. he sent me an article today. i see things as they are. they are practicing meditation in prisons right now, people on death row. what i would like to say to ross

mirkarimi's article of last week is that the mentally ill are being used with excessive force by the police, accused of crimes that they are not doing, and that crimes are in fact taking effect. we need to get rid of this police department and retire them, and start over new so we have lower salaries. teach them to be policemen, to protect and serve humanity, and to not like to the citizens. also, then they will be able to get new police cars, which are needed, and the pacers -- tazers. also, the police commission meets between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. at night at different locations.

i would like to see the board of supervisors meet at 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at night so the public would be able to do their comments. thank you. have a good day. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> supervisors, welcome to the movie "contagious." ♪ if there is a movie here for this i don't want it it there's a remedy think about it all the time i wanted the movie i got the sweetest movie hang over i don't want to get over i don't need no movie here i don't need no cure it would ruin the movie it has been a long time, been a

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good luck to you been a long time been a long, long, lonely city time since we've had a budget time recuse me while i kiss the sky ♪ president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> i do not know how to follow that up. i was not expecting to speak today. i thought the resolution for kusf would have happened in the first hour and a half, but since it wasn't, i took this moment to again address the board of supervisors. a lot has been said regarding kusf, all of which would agree on. i support supervisors mar and mirkarimi with their decision to go forth with this. i know this decision is going to

be voted on just after public comment, since we are next in line. i cannot urge you enough to vote in favor of supporting kusf. the one question i have not heard over the last couple weeks is if you have not made the decision to support kusf, why would you not support kusf? why would you not want to support the voice? why would you want to give the boys away -- that voice away to a conglomerate in southern california with a watered-down message that will not pertain to this city at all? when you do vote, i want you to take that into account. as a side note, and this has nothing to do with kusf, i know

donald rahm spell has a book out. the been having lots of interviews. one question of the interviews have asked him, which may be the board of supervisors can come together and ask him -- on september 10, 2001, he was on the record saying, "we simply have lost $2.30 trillion." that money still has not been found. if a lot more money for the city, let's find that. >> hello and thank you again, president and board of supervisors. i have already spoken twice on kusf. i am nick fell from the band and galaxy chamber. i was on lincoln conspiracy radio. i co-host a show the second and fourth wednesday of every month on channel 76. i want to say thank you to ross

mirkarimi and eric mar. we really hope that you support this resolution. we have a gut feeling that you are. i just want to call your attention to yesterday. a world-renowned "rolling stone" author, ben fong torres, put out a really good article in the pink section. in the two of the progress he backed our position. "the new york times" is going to be picking up a blurb on the story. every week as i go out into the city and to the public publicity things with the band and the tv show, more and more people of different demographics are coming up to me and asking, "why is this happening?" i hear more and more publicity every week, from bigger sources outside of our bay area.

i think we could send a message in san francisco by standing up to this corporate, homogenized takeover. there are only 19 days left with the fcc before they make the decision, i have been told. this was a unique service to the community. i think even people at the fcc would agree with this. i know the women here last week -- there should be more variety in radio. thank you very much. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> the stars from heaven shall fall. their powers shall be eventually it shaken. then, there will see the son of man in the clouds, power and great glory. yes, the stars of heaven shall

fall. the towers of heaven shall be shaken. the will see the son of god in the clouds. we are in the 777th week from the jubilee. maybe abraham lincoln's birthday. is it time? i am of the studied opinion that the 1335 days in the book of daniel -- there were 108 days for the conclusion of these days, which i interpret as 28 7 0-year cycles from christ, probably 5108 days, which ended

on either the last day of the sabbatical cycle or the first day of the sabbatical cycle. jerusalem is 10 hours ahead of us. god is obviously shouting that the return of jesus christ will be in this cycle that will end in the spring. but what you're will he return? i speculate it will be in the first year. 'i am not bragging, but i have mentioned it before, a month before 9/11. even the rooms filled was in on it, bush and cheney were in on it, it was the sixth trumpet. i said it would have been 30 days before, based on this chronology. in 30 seconds, i cannot do it. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> it is nice to talk to you again. i am from the effort to save

kusf. this is an exciting day to be in here. you get the opportunity to stand up for public access and protect a scarce public resources. i think that as the story goes national, there are is around the country looking at san francisco to be a new model of how to deal with what has been a national crisis, which is community and college radio stations being sold to interests that do not serve their communities. what the university of southern california wants to do in this deal is that they want to use it as a fund-raising tool. that does not serve the interests of our city. yesterday, the faculty association also adopted a resolution opposing this sale. i think the broad range of support that we have been getting goes to show that this is beyond just the radio and beyond just kusf. it is about the values we want

in this city and the future of the city. i think today the board of supervisors has the opportunity to make that clear to the country. i am excited to hear all of you vote yes. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. my name is douglas yep. i have lived here for 59 years. on sfgate this past saturday, the article had a headline, "child porn prosecution soaring." it has been one of five projects the last four years, dealing with pornography in san francisco. the three westside supervisors were very hesitant to help in any way, regarding allegations of child porn san francisco

general hospital. allegedly, they were supposed to represent the families. i find that a little hard to believe. according to my memory, i did not get much help from the board president either. to summarize, i feel this is a legitimate problem. obviously, my discussions with the fbi have proven fruitful, since even they finally found the time to do something, even though they have to fight terrorism all over the world. i think the board of supervisors should make a clear statement whether they are going to support porn or prosecute porn, and specifically allegations of child porn. san francisco is supposed to be trying to protect immigrants, especially immigrant women. it is common knowledge that san francisco is one of the highlight cities of the female slave trade. can we get the board of supervisors to make a statement

on the record where they stand regarding pornography and things related to that? or is it because some of you have been told not to say anything? thank you for sitting there and being attentive right now. >> thank you for allowing me to take your time. i wanted to say i totally support kusf. as a san franciscan, i lived here all my life. my parents did. freedom of speech is extremely important, as we can see in egypt. kusf is about the only free radio left besides part radio.

it is a shame that with the history of the city being for freedom of speech -- there were lots of protests to stop the vietnam war because of freedom of speech. it is a really sad day that what this city stands for, for people to be more eclectic and speak their mind, is being taken away. as a first nation person, my people have been allowed to speak. we do not have those kind of platforms. very seldom are first nation people honored or listened to. all our treaties have been broken. kusf allows my friends to speak up on their station. this is tolerance, which this city should be proud to have.

please save kusf radio. remember the commons, the air, the water, and the earth. everyone should know what commons are. these are shared things for the common good of all. the air is not alone. the water is not owned. the earth is not owned. we will start demanding more and more. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, members of the board. my name is alan jones. on december 15, 2010, i sent an e-mail to everyone on the board of supervisors expressing my views. on january 4, i reiterated that

i believe oliver deserved a san francisco thank you for his heroism. to my surprise, and find out that though i was ignored at the time, rush limbaugh made a statement and caught the attention of supervisor eric mar. the resolution is being considered to condemn rush limbaugh. i would urge this board to vote no on that resolution out of respect for oliver. he has been waiting 35 years for a thank you from san francisco, yet san francisco has the nerve

to demand an apology from rush limbaugh. first things should be first. >> good afternoon. my name is dale seymour. i am a tenderloin historian and director of walking tours. we are proud to say we are going to premier and open up our tours with a reception thursday at 2:00 p.m. we already have a representative from supervisor kim's office. i am hoping some of you guys will come. we have food for you. if you come, i will tell you where ali boxed. i will tell you what building

would see ss officers patrol during the war. i will tell you where the name tenderloin came from. i will give you all those answers if you come. we are planning to do this. i have been endorsed by mayor brown. i would appreciate your how -- your help. i know we are looking for a police chief. what we need are homicide detectives. if you know anything about the streets, the only -- these are the professional guys from the hood. we need homicide detectives. the numbers are going up fast this year. it is scary out there. talk to the police commission and get some homicide detectives, which we do not have. thanks for your time. the mystery about kusf - we only have kusf and kpoo.

those are honest radio stations. why are we even tripping backs that are the only honest reduce tensions in the city. -- why are we even tripping? they are the only honest and radio stations in the city. >> i am not here to sing. i just want to get your attention in black history month. i have been around city hall for over 20 years. i have seen a lot of administrators. i have seen supervisors come and go. one thing i can say for sure that has not been addressed from the proper perspective is the african american population is going down. i have been doing my duty in my community here at city hall. i talk about the african

american presence along with three development. it is no mystery. all you have to do is check your history. the same thing i am going to talk to you about -- my crew is called the community news service. we agree to be covering city hall like a blanket, particularly where it comes to the african american community. we are getting ready to have our first press conference with the mayor. let us give him his paupers. we go way back. i am getting engaged in social media. this is good to have a twist to it. we will cover city hall like a blanket. i am on my way to talk to sacramento about the redevelopment agency. there is no mystery about the

history of redevelopment in the film more area. anybody that does not talk about the history and what they are going to do to the future -- you are bound for a situation that will cause communities to suffer. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> thank you. my name is fahim. i am a taxicab driver. i am here to speak about some of the issues i am observing in the city that are causing a lot of anxiety. one of those issues is the issue we are having with the homelessness problem is here on our streets. due to the nature of my job, i get to see a lot of the city in various times of hours.

having the opportunity to have one of the ex-mayors of the city in my cab continuously, i asked what could be done about this issue. what he answered to me is why i am here today. one thing i respect about the mayor is his open-door policy. but again his answer was that there was absolutely nothing i could have done about it, or my advisers. nor could the other mayors do anything about it. i have known this city and it's wonderful citizens. it is a very beautiful city. i love being part of the city. but this issue, as we understand it -- the international folks,

the foreigners that come into the city of four conventions, they do not. we go left and right on different streets instead of taking sixth street. we have to take other streets, ending up for them to pay more in the major -- the meter. president chiu: thank you very much. are there any other members of the public who wish to speak in general public comment? seeing none, general public, it is closed. please move to our adoption without committee reference. >> items 25 through 35 are for immediate and unanimous adoption without committee reference. there will be adopted by a single vote unless a member of requests, separation of an item. supervisor mirkarimi: 24.

supervisor weiner: 25. >> shall we take a roll-call vote on items 26 through 35? supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor campos: -- supervisr cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. item 24 is a resolution opposing the sale of kusf's fcc license. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. i want to reiterate that public access is an endangered species in the united states.