between data sharing between the police department, mta and dph on targeted pedestrian safety enforcement. we had a hearing that two weeks ago, and it showed that there could be greater coordination between the departments, especially in data sharing. some of the data goes to the state level. how can we do a better job of sharing that data? also, how can we do a better job about strategically planning our traffic enforcement for pedestrian safety? often, it is complaint-driven. so what is the progress being made in moving toward a more strategic way of looking at the data that we have where we know the accidents are common to occur? i have seen the math all across san francisco, and every district has concentrated areas where we know that there are very troubling spots where people get injured in auto accidents all the time. pedestrians get injured in auto accidents. the next item i have as marking the 20th anniversary of the

children's fund. and honoring margaret as the mother of the children's fund. the children's fund is a way to make sure that we have services that are guaranteed for children, youth, and families. it has been in place since 1991. prior to the children's fund being established, there was no set real policy maintaining level funding for low-income children, youth, and families, and in the past 20 years, we have been able to authorize twice the children's fund here it has gone beyond just serving low-income families. it serves families all across and fixes go with child care programs, after school programs, in supplementing services for low-income families but also providing a lot of things middle-income families can benefit from as well. we actually moved towards a program that looked at young people as activists who can make

changes in their communities and do community service work, said the children's fund is a big part of that effort. margaret -- just to let folks know, she and her work in san francisco, and she has done much to lead the effort around protecting services for children, youth, and families, and she will be honored on that day as well. my last item is a request of the city attorney to provide an opinion or to draft legislation if need be. i read the paper today about the lobbying efforts that were made to enact -- to get the stow lake concessions contract approved. i was appalled. i understand how things often work at city hall, and lobbyists have a great deal of influence, and we often rely on them for information, but sometimes we wonder how much things get

grease behind the scenes, and what is the part that city staff plays in interacting with lobbyists? what i was concerned about in the story was that there was a recommendation to a better -- bidder recommending a certain lobbyists be used. i would like to see if the city attorney can look into whether that is something that is appropriate use of resources or a violation of our ethics laws around that and to recommend a course of action we can take around that. it is things like this, stories like that that lead to the public feeling that government is not working for them, that government is something that things are happening behind closed doors, that people lose a lot of faith in government, and we have to do everything we can to make sure we have transparency and accessibility for everyday people to understand what is happening here, and we act on the information that everyone should have available to them in making our decisions here at city hall.

that is the last of my items. >> thank you. seeing no other names on the roster, that concludes roll-call for introduction. supervisor chiu: thank you. what we go now for public comment? >> the next item on the agenda is the opportunity for the public to address members of the board on items within the jurisdiction of the board, excluding items which have been considered by a board committee. speakers using translation assistance will be allowed twice the amount of time to testify. if a member of the public would like a document to be displayed on the overhead projector, please clearly states that and remove the document when the screen should return to live coverage of the meeting. supervisor chiu: first speaker please. >> thank you, supervisors. stop the corporate rape of the public library. it is about time somebody wondered how things -- how much things get grease behind the scenes. the san francisco public library used to be an accredited

research collection. when the privatizing of the library foundation was created, the library relinquished its custodianship of the collection, lost its designation of the federal documents suppository, voluntarily downgraded its library accreditation, was involved in a book donating scandal, and when declining service was shown, they simply stopped keeping the survey. the library foundation became the franzen foundation. american library association statistics show that in san francisco, compared to other cities, it is the highest per capita expenditure for libraries. 226% of the average. yet, books as a percentage of total expenditures ranks 8.6% less than average. register borrowers as a percentage of the total population is 25% below average.

and the collection's size, even in a library 130 years old, is 6.5% below average. when things get privatized, the benefit to the community is the first casualty. the library has always been eager to provide less service for the same amount of money. they will tell you how good their fund raising is, but the public does not get the funds. the current budget crisis, they are going to cut books and ours again, yet, the board of supervisors voted for their own powerlessness because you place private fund-raising first. the corporate privatization for society depends on debasing the expression for the people and destroying the benefits of democracy is what the money is for. the lies cost more than the money. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. first, an inquiry to the president -- will there be a separate opportunity for public comment on item 22?

the proposed closed session? supervisor chiu: you can comment at this time. >> will there be separate public comment for it? supervisor chiu: now was the time to comment on it. >> i am concerned that the requirement is not being met here. the brown act and the sunshine ordinance in section 5495 6.49 have very specific language about what constitutes facts and circumstances allowing a closed session for litigation. i do not believe that there has been actual threatened litigation on the project, and i am concerned that the board goes in a closed session on this item, it creates a bad precedent for going into closed session on any land use matter where there is a contest it eir or could tested entitlement, all of which can and often do result in litigation. i did not believe the standard has been met, and i would ask you to inquire further and

articulate further if the basis for the closed session. there were some other items i wanted to reference. i wanted to call to the board's attention -- supervisor chiu: if i could just interrupt for a second, i was just corrected. there will be an opportunity for members of the public that wish to comment about whether we should go into closed session. we will take that as soon as we finish this public comment period, so if you want to save your comment, that is perfectly appropriate. >> i think i got it. supervisor chiu: that being the case, and happen to reset your time so you can mention the rest of your items as well. >> i wanted to call the board's attention to an action taken last week by the sunshine ordinance task force. it decided to change their rules of order to provide that a majority of the members present could carry a substantive item, and to that end, believe that they are not subject to charter section 4.104 sub b. i believe that is an action that

is out of bounds, and i believe the board should hold a hearing on that one reappointing members to the task force. it is one thing to make a decision, but we are all actors in this building subject to the charter, and for them to find that they are not, really is an odd action, and one that i think warrants your further review. just a couple of other quick items, as part of roll call for introductions, members used to report occasionally on actions at other regional bodies. i would encourage you to do that more regularly. i would be interested in hearing what is happening at mtc, caltrain joint powers board, not just in the context of a transportation authority meeting as relates to transportation, but as relates to larger issues that involve land use and what not. i would encourage you to do that where circumstances warrant. finally, since supervisor

avalos mentioned the issue with stwow lake, i believe the article for that story was first broken in the north side neighborhood newspaper, and i wanted to call attention to our neighborhood newspapers, which often do believe the level but interesting worked, and some of the more interesting stories you see on a regular basis are from some of the neighborhood papers, so i wanted to call them out for recognition. thank you for your time. supervisor chiu: i will just mention to my colleagues now with today's votes, i believe every member of our board does serve on an outside commission and, as has been the practice in the past, if any member of the board wishes to give an update on any of the commissions that you sit on, that is perfectly permissible during roll call. i just wanted to mention that in case folks want to give such reports. next speaker please.

>> mr. president, our supervisors, i'm here today to show you the design i may for the next future teachers. osama bin laden been killed by usa. i agree with you and you must agree with me that the gentleman who stays in the white house needs one thing -- he needs our support. i came here four eight years ago and supported him -- four years ago and supported him before he became president. i ask each one of you, especially the idiots, rich man, his name is donald trump, to vote for this man, the man who makes the dream come true. as the egyptian, i would like to open your eyes for something else.

60 years ago, when i am young baby, you still have two criminal ladies in my country. they killed our children and took all that they have. it is very hard to get them -- very hard -- because the same theosama b -- same way osama bin laden hides himself, between them and between the police is only one wall. open your eyes and look what we have here. that is picture when he died. they shot him in the left eye. here is the picture. here is the other picture. another, another picture. and do not tell me that he is muslim.

our religion. in muslim -- i am muslim, and their religion does not support killing of innocent people. thank you, and support barack obama. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i have graphics. is this on? how do you turn it on? >> sfgtv, please. >> last week, i called him on the phone when he was in the middle 90's, and i said, "bring on football down" and i will add a graphic for you, and he died last week. joe the jet. but here is my 49er football. so i brought it down.

he said -- well, i'm sorry he died. and ♪ don't be afraid to go up the 49er ladder headed up to have and you can be you can be with football, closer to heaven don't be afraid to go you are going to go up the ladder to the roof and you can be closer to heaven you can be closer than ever to have an ♪ thanks. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> mr. president, ladies and

gentlemen of this chamber, week after week, mothers, before you pleading for justice for her son that was killed. today, we have not received that justice. yet, every time she looks around her dining room table, there is a vacancy because the one she loved, the one she bore into this world is no longer there to call her mother. i am here to tell you today it

hurts, and my question is -- how long will you go on before giving her what she needs in order to obtain justice? mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, a small percentage of your practice criminal law before becoming a supervisor. therefore, you got the know how high and ordered to give her the assistance. so today, i plead with you to give her the assistance. let her have some peaceful night in her house.

[bell rings] supervisor chiu: next speaker. >> the overhead? supervisor chiu: sfgovtv, please? >> ok, well, i have another picture, but you guys have seen this picture before. it is kind of blurry because it is laminated, but i am here to talk about my son, was murdered august 14, 2006, to a semiautomatic gun. 30 rounds of bullets left that gun into my son.

today, yet, there is no justice served, and mother's day is coming up sunday. and it is going to be hard for us. how can we honor mother's day when we do not have our children here to honor us? what do we do? i'm still asking for help. i'm still out at every meeting, every conference, every school, every jail here at city hall. i do not know how long i'm going to have to do this, but i am still looking for justice and still asking for help from everyone in here. i know you guys see me all the time, and it seems redundant that i keep repeating this, but if the shoe was on the other foot, you would be doing what i'm doing. so i am still just asking for help.

i am also collaborating with other organizations that lost their children, too. we all need to come in together. i should not be standing by myself. i just still pray and ask for your help. as i support you, i would want you to support me also, in every endeavor concerning all of our children. dead or alive. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, members of the board. my name is maggie scott, and i am one of these co-founders of the human circle for the sole support group. our whole message right now is the violence situation in our communities. mother's day is this sunday. we will be holding a mother's

day rally, as we do every year. this is our ninth year. on the steps of city hall. since we have held those rallies, we have had only a couple of members of the board that have attended those rallies. one being supervisor ross mirkarimi and one being former supervisor bevan dufty. this sunday from 9:00 to 12:30, we will be having their rally. we have invited mothers from oakland, berkeley, he would, san jose. mothers and fathers are coming from all round the bay area to stand with us because they, too, are suffering the same consequences in their communities, and we need you all's support. mother's day is a very difficult day, and we do it on mother's day because that is the only time we get attention. that is the only time people have been busy and pay attention to what is going on. and we would not wish this on anybody. this is not just for mothers who have lost children. this is for parents who are

advocating that we have safer streets. as supervisor mirkarimi spoke today about the justice in our community. the criminals. we do a lot of work. we have been to san quentin. we go to san bruno county jail. we are hitting the pavement hard to reach our young people to put down these weapons, and we are not doing it by ourselves, but as we said, we're doing it with oakland, san jose, all over. for the mothers in philadelphia, so i ask that all of you -- [bell rings] supervisor chiu: thank you very much. >> good afternoon, board of

supervisors. i'm here to get your help in peacemaking in san francisco. we are organizing -- our mission is to get students from different neighborhoods in san francisco to do community service in each other's neighborhoods. imagine 100 neighborhoods, 100 kids from these neighborhoods go into each other's neighborhoods to do community service, which i did not think is possible in this lifetime, but we would like to start small. two neighborhoods, three neighborhoods, five neighborhood spirit with the help of maddie and paulette from the healing circle, the pace could be speeded up a little bit. kids are organizing a carnival to raise awareness about violence and community resources. we will have jumpers,

bookmobile, tables -- not as profit tabling. we just need your support. the healing circle and community youth center are our co- sponsors. we are also working at mission high school and focused on the environment. planting trees in the excelsior, recycling bins 3 homelessness impact in environment downtown, so i wish you could support us, and i have been doing this for three years without pay, and i feel a little bit tired. but i believe in peace, and i hope you can help me. thank you very much. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker please. >> president chiu, members of

the council, mark dyce has been appointed best color and to talk shows. he really gets under their skin. he is called the coup, net case, and other names, and is quickly hung up on because he speaks the truth. you can hear his calls if you google that. but you know who really gets under your skin? is the lord jesus christ. go to luke 13. there is a story, how these guys come up to jesus and mentioned that there were some jews offering sacrifices, as they ought to, under the law of moses, for their sins, and pilate murdered them and mixed

their blood with theirs. and they told jesus that and ask that the worse than anyone else. and that these men, even though they were jews, were lost, and the wrath of god was going to fall on them, even though they were religious, and he gave them an illustration. said there were 18 people on whom the tower fell and killed them. unless you repent, you will all likewise parish. talk about getting under your skin. he said that. jesus said that. he was talking obviously about the wrath of god when christ returns, okay? not that a building was going to fall on anybody else or a government official from the roman authorities was going to kill anybody, but god almighty, i'm telling you, jesus is coming back soon. my bible said he made him to be sent --

[bell rings] supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> i would just like to applaud the efforts of the supervisors and nearly -- and mayor lee for bringing high-tech into soma and the market street area. i hope more of that continues. thank you. supervisor chiu: let me ask if there are any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment? seeing none, general public comment is closed. madam clerk, could we go to item 22? that item 22 is the motion that the board of supervisors convene in closed session on may 3, 2011, with the city attorney for the purpose of conferring with or receiving advice from the city attorney regarding threatened litigation, potentially arising out of the proposed parkmerced development

project. supervisor chiu: calis, could we have a motion to go in a closed session? -- colleagues. are there any members of the public that wish to speak on whether we should go into closed session? please step up. >> i will not reiterate my earlier points. i would though note that the reference section 54956.9b only relates to threatened litigation against the city, and the description in the long title discusses the city either being a defendant or plaintiff, so i'm not sure that that tracks. again, i would ask you to consider whether the facts and circumstances test has been met and to further and take away the test for the closed session. i believe that there are issues at play, but they should be discussed in open session. thank you very much. supervisor chiu: any other members of the public wish to speak on whether we should go into closed session? colleagues, can we go into

closed session without objection? okay, without objection, that shall be the case. ladies and gentlemen, if i could ask all members of the public if you could please step out into the hallway. we do have a 3:30 set a special commendation for which we are expecting a lot of folks. it's our intent that we go into closed session for 30, 35 minutes and reconvene relatively close to 3:30. if we need to go back in a closed session, we will do that.