call for introductions? then a supervisor farrell -- >> supervisor farrell is first on roll-call for introductions. supervisor farrell: thank you. first, i am introducing legislation to amend our public campaign financing code. in we approved a provision that under circumstances caps would get lifted if additional funds appeared in canada it racist. arizona had eight similar law. -- had a similar law. the supreme court struck down that financing law. today, we have a public campaign financing law on the books and we have a decision to make. we can either do what the ethics commission did yesterday and proactively amend the law or we

can wait for a plaintiff to sue. to me it is a no-brainer, especially when we just approved a $290,000 supplement to plaintiffs in a similar situation the other year. i do not want to waste additional taxpayer funds. this will amend our public financing code to bring it into line with the u.s. supreme court decision. it will allow financing campaign caps to continue to get raised above initial caps, but does not allow further public financing dollars to be allocated beyond the initial cap. i understand there will be significant dialogue about this cap as a will have an impact on the mayor's race and supervisor races. it requires a super majority vote at the board to amend. given the number of plaintiffs waiting to file suit against that, we hope we can act swiftly and i look forward to taking this matter up as quickly as possible to avoid these lawsuits. i want to quickly think not only supervisor -- thank not only

supervisor elsbernd, co- sponsor, but the attorneys who have been working with us since the city attorney is not allowed to work on this. i am going to sever an item later on, so i will send this to later. supervisor chu: i would like to adjourn in the memory of michael soden. san francisco has lost one of its great sports historians when he passed away june 1, 2011, at age 67. he was going and raised in san francisco and attended holy name and st. ignatius. he owned flanagan's pub. loyal patrons of hearing his stories and his knowledge of golf and baseball. we all miss him. supervisor weiner: submit.

supervisor cohen: thank you very much, colleagues. it is a very exciting day. today i am introducing a resolution that simply is expressing concern over the treatment of mr. de sean and buy it the u.s. airways staff and to develop and the torment a consistent dress requirement for passengers. this was a 20-year-old student from san francisco. he attends the university of new mexico albuquerque and is a resident of san francisco's hunters point neighborhood. he was a passenger to albuquerque on june 15, 2011. although u.s. airways has no written dress code policy, he was asked by a ticket agent to pull up his pants on the flight, which he agreed to do so once seated. when asked about how the airline

into men's dress code requirements, u.s. airways made it clear they have no formal dress code for their passengers, who instead are -- but instead are subjectively enforced an arbitrary standards. the public informed mr. -- pilot informed mr. marmon they would not fly at the -- would not fly the plane until he disembarked. when he left, he was charged of serious felonies, which he is contesting. the treatment of this passenger by u.s. airways and the absence of a dress code policy suggests the airline has selectively enforced subjective standards of its stress on passengers. this student experienced embarrassment and humiliation

when being forcibly removed from the plane as a result of his apparent subjective enforcement of dress standards. the enforcement of the standards by lights passenger civil-rights. i am expressing concern over their lack of any formal dress code requirement. i ask the the board of supervisors and the city and county of san francisco will urge the federal aviation administration to investigate the selective enforcement practices at u.s. airways related to passenger attire. we must work to maintain the integrity of our systems and make sure that are working in a way that is consistent with all of our collective goals. accusing this young man of a crime threatened his opportunity as a college student and as a successful adult. i humble we urge you to join me in support of this resolution -- humble we urge you to join me in support of this resolution.

i would also like to publicly say that this resolution i am introducing is not a saggy pants resolution. it is a serious matter. this resolution is expressing concern over the treatment of a young man by a corporate entity. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, madame clerk. i am introducing two resolutions and an ordinance, very straightforward. i am introducing resolutions to facilitate the prison realignment process in san francisco and to keep the city and compliant with state law regarding the shift of prisoners from the state of california to california cities like san francisco. it is well-known governor brown signed legislation in april and now signed a budget that redirects low-level adult offenders convicted of non- serious, non-violent, and non-

sexual offenses to counties and cities like san francisco. we are expected to supervise 6000 prisoners and probation participants annually. part of preparing to see these inmates -- we are making plans and following state requirements. two of those requirements are addressed in the resolutions that i am introducing. one appoints the san francisco department of public health to sit on the executive committee of the community corrections partnership, the body developed to help develop a plan for this realignment. the second designates the san francisco adult probation department as a county agency responsible for supervision until an ordinance we have in the queue designates a department that could be considered and adopted by the board of supervisors. these resolutions need to be

introduced today to modify -- to notify the state by august 1 that the city plans to designate adult probation for this duty. the next is an ordinance amending the body the board of supervisors sponsors so that for the first time on the reentry consul -- consult, it is representative of all of the people who represent criminal justice, including those who are formerly incarcerated. we would now like to add seats for victims that should sit on the re-injury and -- reentry council. president chiu: today i am introducing legislation to help our city better manage tour bus parking. this is a set of rules to help

ease congestion and make it easier for tour buses to operate. given that we live in one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, tour buses are often congesting our streets, specifically in my district. passenger loading zones are often crowded. we have buses that stay longer than necessary and encourage other buses to double park. with few places to park what customers are visiting destinations, some buses and of circling city streets for hours. the plan i am introducing -- and i want to thank mta staff for the work they have done on this -- include creating additional tour bus passenger loading zones, improving time limit enforcement, providing metred tour bus parking spaces where tour buses can wait while their passengers visit the tourist area, helping to create overnight parking areas, and developing a permit system to better enforce tour bus parking and loading.

i want to thank supervisor farrell, who also represents neighborhoods where there are many tour buses, for helping with this legislation. supervisor campos: i have one resolution which is urging the san francisco municipal transportation agency to reconsider and abandon its decision to shift the burden of credit card merchant charges whenever someone uses a taxicab in san francisco, and abandon its current policy to shift that burden to cabdrivers and instead go back to that burden going back to the cab companies. the rest i submit. supervisor mar: i have several items today. the first am happy to co- sponsoring with mayor lee, in support of green s.f.'s at

nonresidential program. it allows approved owners of non-residential properties and residential properties with five or more units to finance eligible green improvements on privately-owned buildings. the owners must consent to a special access assessment and agree to repay the finance amount on the property tax bill. green finance sf will arrange an owner-arranged paid financing model as a vehicle to deliver capital for energy efficiency and water conservation retrofits. on a lighter note, i was happy to join the san francisco city and the arts commission on saturday during sunday streets for their free performance in the park. the performance or ski, rimsky- korsakov, and "night on bald mountain." they perform beethoven's fifth. there were lots of children. it was wonderful. i would like to plug their

upcoming free performance on sunday, july 24. i hope to see lots of people out there. just as a plug for community programming of the san francisco symphony -- they provide music education for every single first through fifth grade student at every public school in the city. they were especially great in providing curriculum to -- my daughter went to the ventures in music program, and it is a wonderful program. i hope everyone supports the summer symphony performances. i will be out there for the symphony on thursday night. i know there is an interesting performance coming up of abba music. and there is a symphony performing music from "casablanca" as they show the film. supervisor avalos: thank you. i am actually introducing a request for the office of

legislative analyst's to look at how the city and county of san francisco invest our money in banks. i want to ask the legislative analyst to explore the creation of a municipal bank and different varieties of ways we could invest our money that could encourage local banks to create greater investment in small businesses and for residents and single-family homeowners. i think our budget is worth $6.80 billion. i am sure that means a lot to local banking entities. if we have a way to incentivize greater investment to support small businesses and single- family homeowners and other entities in the city that need a leg up, especially in this economy, it would be a great boon to the city and our local economy. i will be sending that to the legislative analyst today. i want to thank him ahead of time for all the work they will

be doing in their office. >> seen no other names on the roster, that concludes roll call for introductions. president chiu: thank you. why don't we go back to general public comment and hear from our first speaker? >> [unintelligible] [speaking a foreign language] ladies and gentlemen, i am very happy to be here today. after three weeks, i get to show up. i am happy to see you. i am glad to see the man with

courage. his name is ediwn lee -- edwin lee. he is here with you not for being good looking but for his good action toward you. i like this man for his courage. also, i like him because he is discussing with you how we can work together, president and supervisors, to solve the problems we have in san francisco. our lady and gentlemen -- he has the courage to be with us three times, not only today. i also have the courage as an egyptian with stopping him

outside to ask him when he is going to run for mayor. he is smart. he gives me a good smile and laughs. but he does not give me the answer yet. guess what? i am going to be the problem- maker for him. i will follow him every place he goes and will tell him until i see his name coming. we have 37 people running for the city. some of them are yours. some of them are outside, who never know anything about them. but i know something about edwin lee, the man with courage. he is not afraid of you. you are not afraid of him. but we have to work together to resolve the problem. that is the reason i am here, to solve the problem with you. god bless you. [inaudible]

>> good afternoon, supervisors. stop the rape of the public library. do not give money to the friends at foundation. fairness and equal treatment did not last long. part of the message of the institution is how little it is received by the citizens. yet the private fundraisers are allowed by the city of san francisco to present themselves as representatives of the public. they have to ignore the accountability created to protect the public and refuse to acknowledge the harm caused by the so-called public-private partnership. the citizens voted for a bond issue based on a commitment that it would cost $1.60 million -- $106 million and be finished january 2010. all but five are completed and by this fall all but two will be completed.

the public has expanded $144 million. eventually the public experience -- expenditures are expected to reach $200 million. the foundation claimed they would raise $16 million. they have only raised 7% of that commitment. during the time since the branch program began, the branch raised $31.70 million, which means the friends and family foundation have only provided 3.4% of what they have raised. in this system, private money is its own reward. the city has to predict -- protect that money. the friends would not answer questions from the finance committee. how is this allowed to happen? the overarching problem is the vanity of mindless politicians. these mindless politicians just

want to go to library openings and have their picture taken cutting a ribbon. that is the damage i am referring to when i say the lies cost more. >> my name is ray hart, and i am director of san francisco open government. i am calling for a public apology from the city attorney because i believe the current and past members of the sunshine ordinance task force -- the statement recently appeared in a local newspaper. the spokesman for the city attorney's office said in an e- mail the task force has degenerated into a rowboat, lawless jury that beats up on

city departments and tries to get conscientious city employees fired. this is from a recently issued said the grand jury report. because of the ethics commission's lack of enforcement, no city employee has been disciplined for failing to adhere to the sunshine ordinance. the commission has allowed some city officials to ignore the ruling of the sunset ordinance taskforce. second false statement. city public officials said they spent an extraordinary amount of time and resources complying with the ordinance. they described the task force hearings as tedious kendrew court. the fact from the civil grand jury report -- since october 2004, there have been 18 cases where the sotf has asked the ethics department in force this.

the facts did not support the findings of willful violation. the others who were dismissed because the facts did not support the finding of violation -- none of these cases were heard before the ethics commission. denigrating public servants who volunteered to serve on boards in front of this committee does not belong to public officials. >> today, you witnessed a number of people come here from the bayview to talk about injustice on our allies.

the reason why i am here is there was a young man called david henderson and deshawn marmon, who was mentioned today. they both played for the brown bombers. once a year, i throw an event where i feed over 1000 young people, parents, whatever. i remember these young men. i knew them when they were very young. i saw them when they played high school football. i do not know if you honored david henderson, but you all do know that deshawn marmon, whose mother is here, who i do not know very well, but she knows of

me, and that is all that matters, and i did express my sympathies to hurt. deshawn came to see his friend here for the funeral. that is how he got entangled in this airline fiasco of sorts. but there is a point of want to make, and that is san mateo county and how when they call those police how they react with people of color. we have to take some action on that. thank you very much. [applause] president chiu: thank you. we do have a role in the board chamber of not expressing either applause or opposition to statements made by speakers, to show respect to our speakers and move the conversation along quickly.

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skills organized and nature sensitivities are respected. president chiu: next speaker. >> good afternoon. thank you so much for allowing me to express upon the resolution on each of your laps. deshawn is a family member. with the situation at hand, i plead with each and every one of you that you not define your decision upon the saggy pants issue and look beyond that. one should not be defined by what they drive, what they wear. if you go to any corporate organizations such as apple, one does not have to come in wearing a suit or tie. it is not enough to define what is inside one's head and how the

act. we have watched the media coverage and it is plain in seeing his rights were violated. as proudly as you stand and sit behind that flag of the united states of america, i know all of you were sworn in to uphold the resolution that supervisor cohen has put in front of you, to send out a message it is not just african-americans that have done this. each and everyone of you have family members. i think you to ask a question before you vote on this resolution. how would you feel if it was one of the members of your family, knowing how they are? you have seen them since they were a child, growing up. he is a proud representative of not just the bayview hunters point area, of the city of san francisco. if the lord is willing, bless him to go on to pursue his career not just academically but career not just academically but athletically.