businesses can thrive, implementing them, and seeing them successful. we are doing a lot, and i really want to see that continue. it would be such a shame if it would not continue. thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> thank you so much. i am a long-term property owner, business owner, and i happen to be co-owner of america's oldest african-american-owned store, marcus books. i am pleased to hear all the good things about the cleanup, the sanitation of the area. yes, there needs to be a continuance of the cbd without doubt, but there also needs to be more inclusive membership, if you will, to reflect the diversity of the particular neighborhood. so i would like to thank all the supervisors and all the public for being here, whether you are

opposed or supported. in my judgment, in my personal opinion, yes, there is a great need for a cbd. i would like to thank supervisors mirkarimi -- supervisor mirkarimi for always being attentive and looking at the facts. so thank you very much. >> i am the owner of 1300 and also a property owner in the fillmore. i have been involved with the cbd since it started. it started on a rocky road, but it has definitely come forward and is very successful in a sense of getting the community together -- events, clean streets -- really getting the people out. when i first started my

business, there was hardly any type of -- there were hardly any pedestrians on the streets. now, it is lively. it is happening. events are going on. people are coming out. it is just getting better. the thing is it was not that way before. i really feel that the cbd has had a lot to do with that. i would encourage you to support us in this renewal. thank you. supervisor chiu: next speaker. >> i am the owner of yoshi's san francisco. i also serve on the board of directors of the fillmore cbd. from the business owners' point of view, i think it is essential that we have a very effective

working cbd to support the market in that area. being in business here for three years, i found out more and more every day still about how hard it is to get a big size of a new -- a big size then you to succeed in that area. we have to have something special to get people in the area from all over the city to make a business succeed. for that, the support of the community-based organization like fillmore cbd is something that must -- that we have to be able to count on going forward. thank you.

>> i just think the arts is so important in san francisco, and particularly the music. the music that combines us together, gives us souls, feeling, etc. i have been on the -- on teh -- on the s train. people wanted me to sing, and the driver said then we would have trumpets playing and no. i said that there seems to be an invisible sign around san francisco that says, "no dancing musicians allowed." i asked if he wants to kill all the artists. he says, "yes, but keep the athletes allied -- alive." i returned to that, and he said, "i did not say you should kill

them. i was just agreeing with you." it is really like -- what? athleticism -- two weeks ago when you gave the park funding -- i mean, how much do we have to do for the athletes, but we have got to do this stuff for the community. we have to do this stuff that gets us out of the street without danger to the people, and i believe the supporting something like this -- and i do not think you should take jazz out of it. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> i am and businessmen on fillmore for the last 10 years and western addition for over 28 years. i came in on the support side, but that does not mean that i do not have serious concerns having

to do with financial accountability, representation, and democratic representation and transparency. my concern is that you have to remember that in the last five years -- first, i want to say i am not against the renewal of the cbd. at the last subcommittee hearing, we came in with an amendment recommendation for transparency, the sunshine law, and assessment -- concerning the assessment. for the last five years, cbd spent over $2 million of our tax money. half of that winter janitorial service. half of and on and administrator that was spending his time doing his own business -- half of it on an administrator that was spending his time doing his own business. we're not interested in rejecting the proposal, this legislation, but serious

amendments. right now, one of the things that really concerns me is the presentation. the board is supposed to be presented by individuals. somehow, some individuals on the board decided to have one of the largest real estate owners to have veto power of the fillmore center appeared in my opinion, as the largest property owner, is probably the major reason for the major underdevelopment of the economy of the fillmore and particularly the black community. does not matter to me whether they have some closer relationship to have them. it is your responsibility if you are governing us to make sure that -- [bell rings] supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker in support of the district. are you speaking in support of the district?

>> my name is as washington. -- ace washington. ace on the case. it is no mystery. i could tell you about the history of as i call it the fill-no-more. as you said, the fillmore -- it depicts the way it used to be in the fillmore center. as the new era of the redevelopment came into and revitalized -- they call it the urban renewal. i call it the negro removal. let's talk about the cbd. the concept may be good. i was there in the inception, documented everything. i told you over the number of years and told to at the beginning that this was not a good fit for our community

because this is unlike any other community where we had the big giant redevelopment agency. i can describe to you and go on and on and on, but i am so happy that ross is going to call its so we can sit down with them and tell them they will have to deal with the community. there is unity in the community. they are changing their name to try to change the game. it goes back to the initial game -- to the initial vein. the fill-no-more. i was there at the beginning. you have to understand the cbd was put together by the redevelopment agency. there is a concept. there is history. ain't no mystery, y'all. if they will come back in another week with the community involved, i will be very much up here pleading to move on, but if they do the same thing, i will tell you, we don't need no cbd,

and that comes from a-c-e. >> i am like the last gentlemen, i did not know whether to get on the proponent or opponent side, but i looked at a lot of the community benefit districts. especially one that was recently agreed to hear in the civic center, and i have learned that many citizens who get into this do so with a very unclear understanding of what exactly that community benefit district is going to do. for example, the library commission had a presentation, and they were basically told a very generic things about we are going to work on sign it and do this and do that, but nothing specific. they agreed to a 10-year, $20,000 a year, which will be over $200,000 at a minimum, commitment. they did so almost nothing. these community benefit districts are also difficult when you try to use the public

records law, the sunshine ordinance, to try to get some real financial data to see exactly what the heck is going on with it. they will fight you to and nail. they will act like they are dumber than a box of rocks and just do not understand a very simple request. recently, i made a request to the library commission about their relationship with the friends of the library, and they have been just delaying and delaying. they will not say simple things like how much money they raised last year. they raised $5 million. how much of that money actually made it into the library either in cash donations or in-kind donations? they have already hidden all this information, and they just give these things -- "we provided this much money this year and we did this in this year" -- but there are different years. there is no way to confirm it. some of the comments from previous speakers that they do not know what is going on or do not understand and have concerns about where the money is going

need to be address. supervisor chiu: thank you. any other members of the public that wish to speak in support of this district? ok, at this time, why don't we move to members of the public that wish to speak in opposition of the district? please step up. if you could step up to the microphone, yes. >> good afternoon. i am a homeowner. i was opposed to the project from the very beginning, and i did not accept the way it was made. it was not, for me, a democratic vote. i do not think the program has

fulfilled what they plan to offer us. many times, these last five years, i called and requested -- -- requested they tell me where the money went, and i never received a single answer. did they clean up? yes, but it is not as different as it was before. my st. is continually full of leftovers from the restaurants -- my street is continually full of leftovers from the restaurants, the business people in the area, and it stays there. we, the homeowners, have to pay for them to clean the streets, and i believe that is not our obligation. the best benefit was to have improvements in the library and

the others. for me, to continue paying that association is not fair, and i do not think it should pass. thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is charles spencer. i am is small business owner on fillmore. on july 11, i resigned as treasurer of the fillmore community but the district. i support the cbd. i think it is a great way to bring local resources to the local level. on july 11, i resigned as treasurer. i have several copies of my letter of resignation for your convenience if you would like to see it. the content is correct. i wanted to make some comments. on may 26, the gao committee approved the resolution to renew

the fillmore cbd with some conditions. one was that it becomes subject to the sunshine ordinance. the second was that the fillmore cbd more accurately reflect the intent and content of the bylaws. when seeing the draft resolution, i did not see those amendments. i was surprised and concerns. i ask that you support and approve the fillmore cbd renewal with those two amendments. thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. in 1957, i was a child. in 1958, the redevelopment agency walk up or made the

announcement that the fillmore would be changed and that most folks would have to leave. my family was one of those families that left. over the course of time, the mayors, the supervisors, a number of others said that there would come a time when the african-american community, which had been, of course, as you all know, brought to san francisco to help build the ships that helped win world war ii, would be able to come back to the fillmore. that date has yet to arrive. i come not in opposition of the cbd. i think it is an important aspect of governance in the fillmore district, but i believe there is a lack of transparency within that group, and this is what concerns me. i also believe that there needs

to be more residents who are members of that community involved in that cbd. i noted they have established committees, but i do not see the kind of commitment to allow persons from that afro-centric rich center of the community -- king-party square -- king-garvey square and some of the other tenant associations and bald, and i think they should be because it gives a true flavor of what the fillmore was. most of the folks on the cbd are more recent arrivals to the neighborhood, and they do not have the -- [bell rings] thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you. are there any other members of

the public that wish to speak in opposition of the cbd? as i mentioned, supervisor mirkarimi will be making a motion to continue this item. today, we will not be tabulating the results. there will still be an opportunity for individuals who did not testify today if you want to testify on the 13th to do so, but at this time, this hearing will be held open until then. supervisor mirkarimi has made a motion to that effect. is there anything you would like to add? supervisor mirkarimi: i will reserve the rest of my comments until the 13th. i look forward to having the economic -- office of workforce development work with all parties involved. the cbd has grown considerably. it has some refinements in its renewal for another seven-year consideration, and i am hoping over the next seven weeks that there will be those improvements. i look forward to us ratifying

those. motion to continue to the 13th. supervisor chiu: supervisor mirkarimi has made a motion to continue, seconded by supervisor mar. without objection, this item will be continued to the 13th of september. until then, the hearing will still be open, so individuals who did not have a chance to comment today will be able to do so. without objection, this item is continued. what i would like to do at this time is we have 1 3:30 special commendation. the mayor is going to sign our 2012 -- our 2011-2012 budget, so we will recessed shortly to join him for that. what i would like to do as the person who is going to make the commendation as i would like to ask david lewis to please approach the podium.

colleagues, as i think some of you know, i am the representative of this body to bcdc, and as i think we know, our day is an incredible resource to san francisco and to california that it is part of what defines us as an area. it is part of what reminds us of the environment. is an obvious economic and tourist attraction. as part of our way of life. 50 years ago, there was a significant controversy in the bay area. there were proposals to continue to fill in the bay. the organization save the bay was founded in 1961. it mobilized thousands of individuals to help save the san francisco bay from destruction, to ensure that it is protected from pollution and inappropriate shoreline development. over its history, the organization has helped to engage more than 25,000 supporters, advocates, and

volunteers to protect the bay. for those of you who had a chance to see the recent pdf series narrated by robert redford, you would appreciate the history of what everyone has tried to do to protect this incredible natural resource and historic resource, and in particular, the work of saved the day. i wanted to take the opportunity to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the largest regional organization working to celebrate our san francisco bay, an organization that has been named non-profit of the year by the bay area chapter of the association for corporate growth and an organization that has been recognized repeatedly for its work on the environment. with that, david lewis, congratulations. >> supervisors, this body has been second to none in taking a leadership role in protecting the environment, and especially protecting san francisco bay.

during my tenure leading this organization, there really is no city or county in the region that has taken such a leadership role, and we are proud to be celebrating his anniversary. we will be celebrating with a gala on november 3, and i hope all of you will be able to attend. i look forward to working with all of you for many more years continuing that record and restoring san francisco bay. thank you very much. supervisor chiu: thank you and congratulations. [applause] with that, as i mentioned, if we could take a short recess to join the mayor with regards to the budget signing. we will come back probably a little bit before 4:00 p.m. we will adjourn temporarily.

[gavel] president chiu: welcome back. at i understand and supervisor mar has some revisions for item 29. supervisor mar: the first two amendments are unchanged, and for the hiring, the only change is on page 5, line 11 to 14. a section on first source local hiring hit, and it should read, "local hiring/first tiring, to the extent permitted by law, to the extent allowed, they will permit local hiring for jobs created by these programs, perrot, and will work celebrity

-- collaboratively." those are my non substantive amendments. president chiu: this is seconded by supervisor avalos. without objection, we will amend the one as opposed, and unless there is discussion, we will take a roll-call vote on items 28 and 29. clerk calvillo: supervisor chu, supervisor kim abscent, supervisor mirkarimi,

supervisor wiener, supervisor alioto-pier -- supervisor avalos, supervisor chiu, supervisor kim. president chiu: let's go to item 32. clerk calvillo: item number 32, the settlement involving the lawsuit against t-mobile's. -- the lawsuit concerning t- mobile's. -- t-mobil. president chiu: this is passed on first reading. item number 33. clerk calvillo: item 33, the settlement of a claim with

shatese stewart. president chiu: same house and call. next item. clerk caliv -- calvillo: item number 34, the cinema of a lawsuit concerning -- the settlement of a lawsuit concerning jorei enterprises. president chiu: supervisor maxwell -- supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: i would like to amend the item 32. president chiu: colleagues? that vote is amended. supervisor avalos: ? i believe the conditional use

ordinance that is governing how are facilities are sited should be tried. if we were to do the settlement, that creating a precedent, that ordnance made ineffective, and in the future, there will be a process that will be created through the process of the settlement. i think we will not provide the intent that was governing how we would decide our facilities, so i will be voting no. president chiu: supervisor campos? supervisor campos: i understand why this was put forward and can see the reasons behind it. i do worry about the precedent that the sec, and for those reasons, i will be voting

against it -- why i do worry about the precedent that this sets. president chiu: why do we not take a roll call? clerk calvillo: supervisor chu, supervisor cohen, supervisor kim, supervisor mirkarimi, supervisor wiener, supervisor avalos, supervisor chiu. president chiu: this item passes. item number 35. clerk calvillo: item 35, the settlement of a lawsuit with

arash ghanadan. president chiu: roll call. clerk calvillo: [reading roll] there are 11 ayes. president chiu: this ordinance is passed on the first reading. item number 36. clerk calvillo: item number 36, the settlement of a claim with weintraub capital management, a claim filed on january 25, 2011. president chiu: same house, same call? this is passed. next item. clerk calvillo: item 37,