have my own fair share of the population. one thing that is critical from a public safety perspective and for general quality of life enhancement is paying attention that three out of four persons will go back and recycled back into the system. if this council has the ability to have an impact on that recidivism rate, then we as an elected body need to continue to move forward and support this council. thank you. supervisor kim: i just have to questions. by the way, i am very supportive of this measure. i think is important our multiple departments and members of our city family work with the reentry population, many of whom are in my district as well, and making sure we give them the best opportunities to succeed. i was wondering why the change,

why we took out the 1 from the staff members. it says the mayor's office shall designate one staff member, but one was x'd out. supervisor mirkarimi: it is an administrative accounting as to why they're doing that. they keep it at one, simply switching it to where it's coming from in the budget. supervisor kim: i was wondering if it has been a challenge to meet quorum in the past? supervisor mirkarimi: not at all. i have to say am extremely impressed by the turnout. over a third of the participants are people who are formally incarcerated. -- formerly incarcerated.

they have the best track record of being on the council as well as the city family and cbos. supervisor kim: i answered on many committees and with a number of us large, i'm certain how challenging it can be to meet quorum. thank you. supervisor mar: i also want to thank this supervisor for working on the council. i know some internal issues came up during the rules committee last year and hopefully this restructuring, adding a member from the board of supervisors helps to give more oversight and attention and prioritizing the work this 21-member body, now 23 members, does. i had a concern when i heard about the legislation because there are seven former incarcerated people on the 21- member committee. it reduces a little bit of their voice but still, those seven,

three appointed by the mayor and four by the board of supervisors is a critical voice. the youth center has been a tremendous voice on that body. the work of the council will be an important step forward for the work on the reentry council. thank you for your work. president chiu: any additional discussion? if we could take it will call on item 35. >> [roll-call] there are 11 ayes. president chiu: this item is

passed on the first reading. the go to item 37. >> ordinance amending the san francisco administrative code by adding section 2.11 to establish a process for the mayor to appear the board of supervisors for question and answer session. >> i would like to have this item the delayed to a later part of the meeting. president chiu: if we could continue this to a letter part of the meeting. without objection. item 38. >> item 38 is a motion appointing leslie katz to the port commission, term ending may 1st, 2014. president chiu: without objection, this motion is approved. item 39. >> motion appointing generally, dave snyder and others to the golden gate bridge highway transportation district with terms ending january 31st, 2013. president chiu: this motion is

approved. item 40. >> motion appointing supervisor david compost to the san francisco local agency formation commission, term ending february 4th, 2015. president chiu: without objection, supervisor compos is excused. a roll call vote. >> [roll-call] there are 10 ayes. president chiu: this motion is approved. item 41.

>> motion appointing supervisor eric mar to the california association of counties board of directors. president chiu: without objection, supervisor mar is excused. supervisor kim: i meant to put my name on earlier when i put my name on the supplement. as tears of -- as chair of rules committee, want to mention to our board members that three of our supervisors do not have any appointments to any of our regional committees or task force. i want are more senior members to keep that in mind. just in terms of looking at the number of committees you are and if maybe if you do not want to continue service in some, it might give opportunity for some less senior members to produce a bit on some of the commissions and regional task forces. thank you.

president chiu: if we could go back to roll call on item 41. >> role -- [roll-call] there are 10 ayes. president chiu: this motion is approved. if the could skip over our special orders and go to the committee report, item 51. >> item 51 was considered on monday, february 28th, 2011 and was for it is a committee report. it is a resolution approving and

authorizing a reciprocal easement agreement for the conveyance of easements over portions of city-owned property at 150 otis street. president chiu: can we take a roll-call vote? >> [roll-call] there are 11 ayes. president chiu: this resolution is adopted. we can now go to roll-call. >> a number of items i am introducing. i am introducing a motion for the board to sit in closed session next tuesday for the purpose of a briefing from our

labor negotiators. last week, the mayor initiated a formal meet and confer process with our employee unions to discuss proposed charter amendments for the november ballot in regard to our public pension system and our public employee health-care costs. i have spoken to the mayor about this and the mayor in his it very deliberately and collaborative manner has agreed to attend our closed session. should we agree to have a closed session. that would be a first for me to have the mayor attend a closed session. he has agreed to come along with the head of the department of human-resources and her team and the city attorney's office to share with the board what the process will entail. what the mayor's objectives are and perhaps lay a little bit of a foundation as to why this

process is beginning. we just recently approved the health and benefit rates for next fiscal year. you saw the tremendous increase in costs. the general fund will be of sorting it as a result. we have had a lot of results -- we have had a lot of talks about the pension and is closed session will be the first in a number over the next four months as this process continues. i look forward to your support in that motion and i look forward to the closed session next week. that concludes my role call. >> thank you. supervisor campos: i have a number of items. the first is a resolution that supports governor brown's decision to eliminate the division of juvenile facilities. as some of you may be aware, recently, the superior court of california found the division of juvenile facilities is

providing an adequate housing and treatment to juveniles. these and adequacies are posing a risk to the safety of staff. and to the juvenile as well. the resolution i am introducing supports the governor's decision to eliminate the division of juvenile facilities by june 30th, 2014, and to realign juvenile justice practices to the county level. this resolution also reaffirms something we have done here in san francisco. back in 2004, we and posed a moratorium against -- we impose a moratorium against sending youth to juvenile facilities and we want to thank the governor for the action he has taken. his proposed budget allocates $70 million to the counties during the first year and $242 million to the counties in the third year to complete the realignment and to insure all juvenile offenders can be adequately served at the county

level. the second resolution i'm introducing is a resolution commending governor brown for the appointment, i very significant appointment for the chief of the california division of labor standards. for those of you who have been following this appointment, you know she has been a fighter for the rights of workers for quite some time and is truly an institution in the field. the fact that nonpayment or underpayment of minimum-wage and overtime is an enormous problem across the nation and here in california. more than 3 million workers are paid below the minimum wage. another 3 million workers are ms. classified as independent contractors and employers take more than $19 billion in unpaid overtime each year from these workers. i know at the local level, my office has been proud to work with supervisor mar on these

issues. she was a daughter of immigrant parents and spent her life and career working alongside immigrant workers to ensure protection of their basic labor rights. she is perhaps best known for holding brand-name guard did manufacturers liable -- brandname garment manufacturers liable for slave labor wages in a month a california. she is a recipient of a macarthur genius award. she's a harvard law grad and has been a litigation director at the asian-pacific american legal center. i also want to thank president david chiu for being the co- sponsor of this resolution treat the other item i will be introducing is an item that will allow the board to establish the work plan for the budget and legislative analyst for the board of supervisors for 2011

and it will allow us an opportunity to help set priorities for the budget analyst office and we look forward to getting input from all colleagues to make sure this item ultimately reflects the priorities of all members of the board. another item i am introducing is something a number of us have been working on for quite some time. i want to thank supervisor mirkarimi for the werke has been doing. i am introducing this item with him and i want to thank the co- sponsors of this item. what this ordinance does is basically amends the san

francisco and administrative code by adding section 2a.89 to say the policy of community policing in the city and county of san francisco, for the first time a provide the definition of community policing and urges the san francisco police commission and the chief of police to look at their internal operations and to review and if necessary amend the department policies and procedures including the department of general orders to reflect this policy as outlined in the administrative code. as someone who served on the police commission and who has been working on these issues for quite some time, it is clear that here in san francisco there is support for community policing. but oftentimes, we talk about community policing without knowing what we're talking about. if you look at the efforts over the years, as many different things to different people. depending what's happening on a

given station, you may see community policing being implemented or perhaps not being implemented. we want to provide some standards and provide some uniformity across the board city-wide to make sure when we talk about community policing we are talking about something that is real and something that is truly impacting the lives of the people of the city and county of san francisco. there are two more items. another item i am introducing today and i want to thank supervisor mirkarimi for his work on this. we are planning to get a quarterly update on the america's cup to make sure the agreement is fully lived up to and implemented and that the interest of the city and county of san francisco are fully represented. the last issue like to touch

base on, and i apologize for taking so much time, we had an issue that came up in my district and you that probably read about it. a coca-cola sign that has been in place on one of our buildings since the 1930's. this is an issue that has been written about extensively in the press and we certainly in my office have received a lot of communications around this matter. when we first heard about this issue, we wanted to take the time to hear from as many people in the neighborhood as possible. there have been different perspectives that have been presented. on one hand, individuals who have pushed for the importance of protecting the sign because of its historic significance and the fact gives a sense of what the neighborhood was like in the 1930's. the 1950's, this was a grocery store. we have also heard from a limited number of people,

parents that have been concerned about a coca-cola sign displayed in front of a school. after close consultation and reaching out to many people in the community, we have decided that on balance, the best approach is to move off forward and protect the sign which ultimately is there not for the purposes of advertising coke or coca-cola but for the purpose of giving us a sense of what the neighborhood was like in the 1930's and 1950's. there is a historic value to this signed. for that reason, we are working closely with the city attorney's office and we will be introducing legislation next week to ensure the protection of this sign. in the process of drafting the legislation, we are taking into consideration different options legislatively that can put in place so that this issue comes

up in other districts, which is bound to happen in san francisco, that there is a mechanism in place so each neighborhood in san francisco can decide for itself whether or not a sign of this type has historic significance. the rest i submit. >> thank you. supervisor avalos: just a couple of hearings for introduction. these will be in the city operations and neighborhood services committee. the first is a hearing to receive an overview of the comptroller's office report on the transit effectiveness progress -- we are looking for that to be on march 28th. the next hearing would be looking at the comptroller's office work with -- they measure how are -- how our departments are performing to their

missions. we will be hearing the government barometer report. the last one that was issued was on december of 2010. we will be hearing that on the march 14th hearing. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor mar: thank you. i also want to acknowledge thanks to my colleagues for offering the resolutions on workers' rights at the state level. the labor commission appointments and also these band with the juvenile justice group. the defining of community policing from a community perspective as well. i am introducing today an ordinance in response to many richmond district seniors and many residents living close to 48 avenue and balboa streets. the ordinance waives the permitting fees for a potentially dangerous unacceptable stairway railing at 48 avenue and balboa. the railing there previously was

uncommitted and knock down accidentally. my office has been working with residents in the neighborhood and several seniors living on the hill are having a hard time navigating the stairs without derailing. the fee waiver will make it easier for the community and residents to replace the railing and make it easier for the residents. working with the department of public works and property owners, making sure these improvements are made as soon as possible so it is more lovable as a neighborhood. i also was with a number of students from san francisco state today. students are preparing for the march 2nd days of action for public education. they are in celebration -- in solidarity with the number of teachers and officials in tucson defending their ethnic studies program from a state policy that seeks to wipe away the teaching of people's ethnic heritage and sharing of our

culture's with each other. it is a very dangerous time in tucson and we are expressing solidarity. i will be joining a number of labor and community groups tomorrow with a day of action for public education. at city college, there is a rally for public education at noon in the main quad area. at san francisco state, at 11:00, students, faculty and staff are meeting at 19th and haul away for a big action. in the evening tomorrow, number of us may be joining jobs with justice, a coalition of 20 plus labor based groups in a town hall on public education. the theme of the forum will be at the mission campus of the community college system at 11:20 -- at 1125 valencia. the scene is from wisconsin to california, build a movement against corporate driven attacks against workers, students and communities. we are building the movement and

i think this forum will bring together people to strategizing how we protect public services and public education for all in our communities. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, madam clerk. i have a few items. i want to add to the list of compliments that have been referenced by -- referenced to governor brown in recognizing his appointment of the interior secretary. that was a brilliant appointment. i know he will do us proud in the brown administration. i am very excited to see he had been selected and i know it is exactly the direction we would want from our perspective here in san francisco. i would like to bring attention to something -- i am not exactly sure how we're going to get the kind of answers we would like, but i hopei wonder if we can joa

special public safety commission and police joint hearing. this is on the police chief selection process. i am keeping my fourier close to the ground, as any of you would. a few investigators have raised concerns. i want to make this a matter of public record. the police commission announced publicly they were going to have a very inclusive, zero been process, and employee groups with the san francisco police department would have an opportunity to speak to the commission. really, that did not happen once it had been attempted, but really it was very s short --

very short notice. a kind of groups i am referring to is the officers for justice, representing african-americans, latinos police officers, pride of lions, primarily lgbt members -- none of those groups have had a meeting with the commission. certainly nothing that would hold much debt. the question is how much credibility does city government have when a commission charged with such an important job as a selection of a police chief state's it wants a public input, and yet they have deselect did -- deselected certain candidates. there are indicators the decision on who the police chief was going to be was already

known, and it was a simply an exercise of betting that the police chief candidate. ed there are issues i would like to see addressed by the commission or the administration or anyone representing both those bodies. how many people did apply for police chief? we do not know. we do not know at the applications were received. of the applications received, what is the breakdown vis a vis race, gender, qualifications. nobody knows. of the candidates remaining, what is the breakdown of those in the same categories i just mentioned? what with the application screened prior to applications -- community meetings being completed?

there was one in the bay view and one in the lgbt community. what was the criteria used during the screen down, and why do we not get to know why they are picking the police chief? the commission has advertised that this is not a secret process. the meeting that was supposed to have been for the employee groups -- all the minorities, the women's community, lgbt -- has never occurred. i am asking for transparency. i am asking for clarification on what this process is amounting to. it was made public through a city e-mail that several

individuals were rejected. these people have been in the state department for many decades. i find it somewhat counter intuitive and logical that we did not benefit from an interview of these people who have invested so much time -- collectively 100 years -- and not to give them the courtesy, i think it is a discourtesy. i hope that we get a little more bottom-line now, onto lighter news. i am submitting a resolution that renames the biodiesel task force to the biocitizen committee. it has grown significantly since

it was created in 2007. ethe task force has become the center for expertise. federal agencies have begun to evaluate the value of fossil fuel alternatives. we look forward to the reincarnation/reiteration of the task force. next, i am introducing a substantive new -- substitute ordnance insuring -- ordnance ensuring there are safe, attractive street from judges. this means several recommendations, as well as the opportunity to reform from other recent changes.