the interesting thing about this is that if i turn my head away from it, if i don't look at it, it is can't. if i close my blinds, it is gone. right next to it, those machines on the roof can create noise and the noise can trouble and they can be under the legal limit of 45 decibels and they can still make noise and it can make noise through my double pane glass windows for a building built only 22 years ago and it can be legal. i am saying, doesn't that

deteriorate the neighborhood? what gives that owner of that property the right to send noise? >> thank you very much. >> my name is as washington. i'm a lifelong resident in the western addition. our community has been in crisis. here we are. you have agencies right now

which is taken over the lead. there board of directors has resigned so therefore there is no board of directors. they got to our supervisor for making sure the doors will not be closed. i am here to say that if in fact the committee this matter and input -- does not have an input, you will be held responsible. i'm here to say one thing and one thing only to the city and county -- i have come here and i've knocked on the walls for 20 years. right now, i cannot get over them. right now, you can put it on my face. -- i cannot get a rhythm. i want them to hear my voice and read my lips and look at my face.

right now, what i want to make it crystal clear to the city and county, i will request that a public hearing be held about the community center. i'm also asking for a grand jury investigation of the entire -- if that does not work, and i'm going to the justice department to come here and investigate what goes on here at city hall. i cannot go to the city attorney, he is running for mayor. i am asking that. thank you very much. >> could afternoon, supervisors. i and stand this is the proper occasion to speak about item 30 which is the taxi resolution.

ahead in ceremonies of the horsemen, even upon must hold a grudge. we taxi drivers are the pawns. where large than the same page on these issues. we support a centralized this- system. we support taxi permits as long as they are properly structured and regulated. we support the open taxi access system which will give people direct access to taxicabs on the street without having to go through this package. this issue has been pushed to the side. when i say that cabdrivers' need

a meter increase, and i want you to understand that this should not be depended upon issues over which we have no control. i think that facts are important. there has been a 19% increase in the cost of living since 2003. gas prices have gone up 150%. -- has gone up $12.50 a shift. it costs the driver $30 more a shift to fill up. it cost them 20% more to fill up a hybrid today than it did to fill up a crown victoria back in 2003. let's improve taxi service. thank you. >> i am with the san francisco cab drivers association.

i agree now go wrong to tie the service increase with the improvement. there are companies which have a third of all of the cabs and the city and i have worked for these for over 20 years and i have seen them not improve their dispatch service or do things to give the appearance of a shortage of cabs. that is a third of all the camps in the city. another thing is open taxi access. we're supposed to address this issue and make a recommendation but somehow that this appeared. -- have shown objectives and they have -- in one

we would all like to have that. it has been 8 years since we have had a meager increase and gas prices are going through the roof. this is costing us a couple of hundred dollars a month. >> i am a cabdriver and medallion older. i have found that it is dangerous to be in a cab driver

when it once the politicians are running for office. trashing cab drivers is a very good way to get elected. when i was first here, there was seven under 15 camps on the street. -- 715 taxicabs on the street. this service in the neighborhood is worse now. there is a couple of points. one, this is a very complicated business. they're not giving them as much money because this is not as lucrative as before. this is a strange idea that you are punishing cabdrivers for not doing the job. aren't you all union

politicians, you are in favor of workers? you are acting like you are aristocrats. he will not improve the service. improving the quality of drivers, this one happened overnight. thank you. >> are there any members of the public that wish to speak? public comment is closed. why don't we move to adoption without committee reference calendar. >> item 29-35 are considered for immediate and unanimous adoption without reference. they will be acted upon by a single roll call vote.

>> would anyone like to sever any of these items? >> item 30. >> same item. >> i will set for item 34. please call the roll on the balance. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. 9 >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> those motions and resolutions are adopted and approved. >> item 30, resolution opposing

taxi fare increase under consideration by the municipal transportation agency in the effort to improve taxi service. >> i would like to thank those who came out to testify about this item today. i wanted to make very clear that if you read a resolution, none of us are saying that cab drivers don't deserve to be compensated fairly. we have a system where we have not seen any tangible service improvements in quite some time and we are now being asked to pay more for cabs. what we do know is that there are proposals and we have endorsed the program which are

under consideration. i know that that proposal can be adopted. i'm not saying estimates on the theoretical future five years off of the service improvement, we have something that is there now. the resolution does not point out the ways in which cabdrivers are treated unfairly. i'm not saying that fares are not the only problem. this refers to the issue of gates and some of the unfair and

is there in terms of what cabdrivers. with all of that said, since this is the first time this has come up, it does require a unanimous vote. >> i will not be supporting this

item. over the years, there has not been any increases on the fares for taxi rider's. the cost increases can be shouldered. this is possible to raise the fares separate from the conditions of the service.

>> i am concerned about the service that happened in san francisco. i've heard from numerous folks that live in district 10 of all ages and the i's are in a concern to the lack of taxi service. that is why i will be supporting this legislation. >> any further discussion?

>> item 34, motion scheduling the board of supervisors to sit as a come order it -- a committee on june 7th to hear a public hearing and ending at the zoning map. >> thank you, mr. chair. >> we will be reviewing the north beach rezoning legislation. there are changes that come out of the plan commission.

this is substantive. we could adopt this amendment, we cannot act until our next hearing which is to in the seventh. with that, howard clark to first ask that we adopt the amendment as a whole. >> can we take this without adoption? if we can continue this to june 7th. corks on behalf of supervisor farrell, for the late elizabeth -- >> on behalf of supervisor farrell, for the late elizabeth

-- for the late o>> that concludesr business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned.