california's senior legislator -- legislature representatives from the city, but we find other things we need to do, too. currently, and chair of the legislative committee, and i have tried to avoid being chair of anything since i retired, not wanting to conflict with anything else, but nobody would do this, and people kept saying, "well, why don't you?" there are so many legal issues affecting seniors this year that i feel it would be important to stay on. we are faced with reductions again in social security, and in ssi. there are 45,000 people in san francisco who are on sso, -- ssi, and it is about half people who are elderly and have people with disabilities. with the possibility of service is being reduced, and the state

has already said they are going to eliminate adult day care, we feel we have an extra amount to do. i had been in sacramento twice this month, which i do not like to do. but one was on the domestic workers rights bill, and many seniors need domestic workers to stay in their own homes. so that is important to them. and on the other economic security index that would give a more reasonable basis for the income needs of senior citizens. san francisco has already approved this, but it has been a problem to get the state to approve a so that we have some indicator beyond the poverty index, which is pretty outdated, especially if you live in san francisco. so i want to continue to work on those and a number of other things in the years coming up,

and i always enjoy being on this advisory council because i can go around and visit agencies. now that i have become a senior, i go to senior meals program, and that is where i discovered how awful the muni fare increase was going to be for seniors. everyone i went to said, "no, no, i do not do it again." so we helped organize the opposition that got the second fare increase for seniors ended. so you will have to keep watching all the time. supervisor kim: thank you so much. and you have already touched on some of these already, but what do you view as some of the pressing issues for the senior community in san francisco this year? >> i think the income and cuts that are going to force people back into isolation -- that is especially worrisome.

you may say that you did not see any effect, and they do not die right away. but you may notice that people do not come out as much, and they did not do as much. we have a lot of elderly who live alone in san francisco. not everybody is with a family. only about 40% of the seniors in the city are with a family. so i think we need to kind of have a way to deal with them to cushion some of that. supervisor kim: thank you. any questions from my colleagues? seeing none, thank you so much. we will now open up for public comment on this item. there is no public comment. public comment is now closed. thank you again so much for your continued service. and advocacy for our senior community here in san francisco. i know you serve on multiple committees and commissions and have dedicated your career to

advocating for community, so i look forward to supporting you again for the commission on aging advisory council. thank you. so there is a motion to move forward this recommendation -- a move forward this item with positive recommendation to the full board without opposition. thank you. can you please call item 6? >> item 6, hearing to consider appointing three members, terms ending october 21, 2014, to the local homeless coordinating board. there are three seats and three applicants. supervisor kim: thank you. i believe all three applicants are here today. could you please come up in the order you are listed on the agenda? first, we have windy phillips -- wendy phillips. same format. you could talk about your interest and experience. >> thank you. i work at a community-based organization in the mission, and

i have been a member of the local homeless coordinating board for the last three and a half years. i am very interested in continuing my service on the board. i have been involved in homeless services, supportive housing services, as well as advocacy for folks who are homeless and low-income in san francisco, for many years. about 10 years. started as a volunteer with the coalition on homelessness. i also was an intern with the local homeless coordinating board when i was in graduate school and then have done everything from doing tenant organizing in sro hotels to direct services, and i am very interested in continuing to be involved in the policy aspect of things. i feel that my last three years have helped me understand the federal picture and how the local interact with it and how important it is for us to continue to advocate for services for the most needy folks in our city, so i appreciate your time and consideration.

supervisor kim: could we next have kim armbruster? >> good afternoon. thank you for the opportunity to speak to you. i am very eager to fill vacant seat 3 on the homeless coordinating board. i have been a member of staff at the like and foundation for six years. my work is two fold. i am manager of the walk-in resource center, and that program encompasses shelter reservations and case management and reginald assistance. my program, the main scope is from homelessness on the streets into permanent housing. and like what-in center does the most shelter reservations and we are the only access point for shelter reservations in the tenderloin. we also do the most rental assistance for both avoid eviction and for getting people rehoused and then also the full

span of case management. my second scope is in service systems integration. i think that both of these areas, i would like to bring that background service on the board. one thing i noticed as in a large agency, individual programs tend to slip into sort of a silo mentality, and i noticed that that tends to happen from agency to agency, and they're at least needs to be better coordination in communication. i would hope that i could be an advocate for a better relationship between the people being served, the agency, and the government agencies involved in this. thank you. supervisor kim: [inaudible] of our applicant? i know you are a new applicant, so thank you for your interest in serving. next, we have erick brown.

>> good afternoon, supervisors. i have worked for catholic charities for well over 11 years, trying to direct services to a formerly homeless families. i started at treasure island. when i first joined there, there were federal programs, which in all likelihood saw the worst of the worst. that was estimated by homelessness, substance abuse, mental health issues, alcoholism, and domestic violence, and from that grew the 66 families. we grew to 104 families. we are now 210 families who are provide direct services to along with my staff of 15. we do employment. we do reentry. we do family reunification. we do whatever is necessary to bring families back together to keep them off the streets and

keep them house. there are difficulties in these changing economic times, it is difficult to keep families together, difficult to keep families house, difficult to provide services. my work on the local board has been to try to oversee and a tribute to some changing values happening over the last 11 years. having been in this agency and provide services the same way for 11 years, i have seen it touched every year for the past 11 years. my experience brings a way of trying to rock and roll and trying to continue to support services that are out there, to make them better, enhance, and try to link, refer, and partner with other city departments to make sure that these services continue as long as is humanly possible. supervisor kim: thank you. quick question because you are the last speaker. i was curious because i am new

to the board. i was wondering when your next report to the board of supervisors would be coming to the full board. >> that is a good question. here we are in may, and my term expired in october. from what i understand from our chair, sometimes, it can be difficult to get on your schedule. not all the time, but sometimes. i am not speaking for everyone. we have more meetings that happen in smaller groups with some supervisors. recently in the last 10 days or so, we met with the mayor around some of these cuts and budget modifications. i expect that very shortly we will be able to get on your calendar and report back. i know our chair is very anxious to report back to what our findings are, what our thoughts might be, and how we can actually contribute and make it better. supervisor kim: thank you.

are there any other questions for our applicants? thank you. at this time, we will open up for public comment. please come up. two minutes. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm speaking in opposition to all three applicants. i will tell you why. as you know, the local homeless coordinating board every year get $20 million. the problem with the local homeless coordinating board is that it consists of hiring all stakeholders, all people who run cbo's. executive directors of catholic charities. the local homeless coordinating board composition should reflect the community and not just the viewpoint of the cbo's.

therefore, i am opposing all three applicants today. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. is there any other public comment on this item? >> good afternoon. oscar grande. i m here to applaud and support the 3 up with its. i think the level of perseverance, of stamina and determination to be able to do the work that they do, not anyone could do it. certainly not i. and especially i want to speak to wendy phillips, who i have worked with for over a decade now. i just see her commitment. i have experienced firsthand really shedding light to homeless issues, the issues that i am not familiar with. i know her as a constant

alliance-builder, connecting the different stakeholders and community members, to really understand what are some of the root causes impacting homelessness and what are some strategies we could take to end this epidemic. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. is there any other public comment on this item? >> yes, that is part of the problem. these systems are overrun by service providers. i think you have several other problems as well. i am submitting copies of this document. i think right now, what we have is just more of a tsunami of the local homeless coordinating board violating the san francisco sunshine ordered its.

it is pretty close to them trying to lock out the homeless from attending these meetings. i am also having other problems like the attendance of the local homeless coordinating board. some of the members -- is definitely teetering around less than 50%, so that is like one of maybe four or five of the local homeless coordinating board's violation of the san francisco sunshine ordinance. we have another problem where the 10-year council on ending homelessness is supposed to me. they have not met in probably over a year or two. so i am telling you that the local homeless coordinating board is negating some of their duties. i think the other problem i am having is back the local

homeless coordinating board -- i fear that windy phillips and maybe one other member is going to try to obstruct the voice of the homeless and the other people that have problems with these shelter systems and other service providers. i have no faith in these members to do their basic job function, let alone try to have any type of vision to make the shelter systems -- the system better. supervisor kim: thank you. is there any other public comment on this item? >> good afternoon. i know you like to hear from the applicants themselves, but i did want to note that both eric and windy are in compliance -- erick

and wendy are in compliance with attendance of meetings. i also want to mention, since i am the person who keeps all of the sign in sheets, that kim consistently and constantly has attended our meetings as a member of the public and participate in a lot of our public comment and the discussions that the local homeless coordinating board holds at their local meetings. as a staff person, i look forward to working with all three people is their appointments will forward. supervisor kim: thank you. actually, while you're here, could you address what the prior public speaker talked about in terms of access to meetings? >> yes, all of our meetings are held in public buildings. our monthly meeting is held at 170 otis st., and i assume that the speaker is referring to one sunshine organs violation that was dealt with. supervisor kim: what do you

mean? >> we were found -- i think against us, that one meeting was held at 77 otis st., which is the front entrance for the in- home support services, and there is a guard at the door, and mr. pitts was not let in the door right away. he was, though, in attendance at the meeting, and i have documentation to prove that, but the meeting interest is the violation. supervisor kim: since then, you have done what to repair the situation? >> we no longer hold meetings there. that is a new development. we have not had a meeting there probably in a month and a half. supervisor kim: i appreciate that. thank you. and you can thank mr. pitts for his advocacy on that. supervisor kim: thank you. is there any further public comment at this time? seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you again to all the applicants. homelessness again is another important issue, and i am very familiar with the organizations you represent and the amount of work you do for our community,

and is very challenging and very tough work, so thank you for your willingness to serve on the board. there is a motion to move the three applicants for with positive recommendation to the full board. seeing no objection, so moved. thank you. madam clerk, can you please call item 7? >> i did seven, hearing to consider appointing two members, terms ending december 31, 2011, to the western soma citizens planning task force. there are two seats and two applicants. supervisor kim: thank you. i believe neither applicant was able to make it to this meeting. one is a new appointment and what is a reappointment. at this time, i will open up for public comment if there are any.

>> thank you again, supervisors. as chair of the western soma citizens task force, i should point out that neither of these is a reappointment. i know jim tatarazuk very well for the last year or so. he is very interested and engaged in wanting to be on the task force. there are a stream of e-mails back and forth indicating that he barely read the plan and has his own opinions, and that is a good thing. mr. ferara i am not familiar with. he would be representing the area considered soma west on the other side of south van ness. we do not want any members that give us quorum problems, but on the other hand, the more citizen involvement, the better.

so it is a tough call. if you do choose to forward these names for approval to the full board, i look forward to having more custodians of the plan on board, and an eager to see what their contributions would be. thank you. supervisor kim: bank appeared actually, since you are here, i need to ask a couple questions. to the vacant seat 22, that that seat was michael ferara's and that he was reappointed. but that is not the case? >> no, he would be replacing valente. that seat has been vacant for several years. i do not recall the name, but as i said, mr. tatarazuk and i have been in constant communication about the transportation see. that is one of his passions. supervisor kim: i no quorum has been an issue for the task

force. is it of members appointed, or of the entire body? >> members appointed. if you give us another member, you have created a quorum problem. supervisor kim: out of the two you have spoken to, were you able to gauge on this commitment answer -- ability to serve at all? >> i am totally convinced of his commitment to the process. i know he has a full-time day job working for one of the railroads, so i can understand how he might not be able to attend this. i have not heard from him in the last week or so. supervisor kim: thank you. i know our office did try to contact both applicants, and we were not able to reach them, but i know mr. tatarazuk had some

difficult working hours that start early and go to the middle of the afternoon. >> that seat has been vacant for several years. make a motion to approve both and forward with recommendation. supervisor kim: ok, so, we will move for both applicants with positive recommendation to the full board and just continue to keep us updated on our new task force members. all right, we will move them forward without objection. madam clerk, can you please call item eight. >> item 8, ordinance amending the campaign and governmental conduct code to allow a former appointed mayor to obtain a full-time city employment within one year after leaving office. supervisor kim: we have a representative from president chiu's office to speak about

this ordinance. >> good afternoon. here to speak on behalf of this ordinance, which i believe many of you are familiar with. it was introduced earlier this year, and it is an amendment to the campaign and governmental conduct code to allow former appointed mayors to obtain city employment. currently, there is a post- employment restriction of one year after a major finishes service, and this ordinance was crafted soon after mayor lee was appointed by the board of supervisors in order to allow him the opportunity to return to his role as city administrator after he finished his service this year to the city as mayor. the ordinance has gone through the ethics commission, as required, and received unanimous support. i did want to draw your attention to one modification of the ordinance that was made by the commission that is before this committee today. that was a modification designed to make sure that --

the original purpose of the legislation, i should say, according to a memo to the ethics commission from ethics staff, was to prevent elected officials from using their influence to create a golden parachutes as they leave office. there was some discussion about adding supervisors. that was not adopted, but the commission did consider two different paths. one was to only allow former mayor to return to the specific job that he or she held before serving as mayor, and they did not adopt that. what they did adopt was a provision that would set the salary for one year at the same salary that the position had before, so that was adopted. the committee made modifications to the ordinance, it would need to go back to ethics, so we would respectfully request your support of the ordinance. thank you all the co-sponsors. supervisor kim: thank you. any questions or comments about this or that?

seeing none, i will at this time open up for public comment. and i oppose this legislation at the ethics commission, so be -- to be consistent, i will oppose it at this committee, and i am aware that all three of you are sponsors of the legislation, so i do not anticipate any of you changing your mind on this. but this ordinance, this charter was initiated by the voters. to me, this should go back to the voters and see if the voters approve of the special legislation for mayor lee. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i came here today expecting to see a lot more people dealing

with this item. some of my friends in different parts of the country were telling me it was such a special interest item that they did not believe it was actually proposed in san francisco. i do notice that under the sponsors, there are three supervisors not listed. those three supervisors normally support almost everything, so just by the fact that they are not listed as sponsors is noteworthy, and that is why i mention it. i would like to wonder how joe lynn, deceased, would feel about this item. i was surprised mayer brown was here for item one and as of right now is not here for item 8. so with that item to consider why he was here for one but not

8. i would also like to know why there, hopefully, are so few commager's on this item. i would expect a lot more advocates of open government to be here to say whatever they wish to say. also, i would like to know if we are going to pass items like this for each particular person as we think deserve it, then i would like to propose something a little different for this committee to consider. can we please have a proposal so we can see the actual photos of bin lade? -- bin laden? i understand the president has chosen not to show them. i think it is important that we see them. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you.

any comments? i just want to say that i think this ordinance came forward out of an exceptional circumstance that we do not see often in the city of sanford cisco, which is when we have a mayor that is elected to another seat, and we are scrambling to find leadership and an interim mayor that has worked for the city of san francisco. i think some of the amendments made were very good, and i think it is important to note that the interim mayor does decide to run, that he will no longer be eligible for this ordinance, will not be able to return to his employment. i think the amendments made around a salary were good recommendations as well. are there any further comments from my colleagues? motion to move forward with positive recommendation to the full board without objection. madam clerk, can you please call item 9? >> item nine, ordinance amending the business and tax regulation code to establish a citizens

advisory committee for the central market street and tenderloin area. supervisor kim: thank you. colleagues, before we proceed, i would just like to submit to you some amendments to the whole i would like to integrate. some changes we have been working on with the mayor's office as well, and i just realized these copies -- do you mind bringing the copies forward? does everyone have copies? ok, great. the mayor actually had some proposals for amendments, so we worked with his office and have incorporated them in the copies that are in front of you today. as you know, this was a lengthy process for us. the discussion around the market tax exclusion for companies that create new jobs in our city. some of the concerns, of course, is to ensure that we brought in companies that were able to partner with our neighborhood groups and community advocates and residents to ensure that we were able to create