to the new permit system. we will have a clean address base and that will save us a lot of time. several people are working on it to clean our own database sense we are going to be the final push button on whether an address is legal in the city. >> is there a monthly update on what is being proposed and what is in place? >> there are proposing to go live on august 15th. hopefully we can show you how the demonstration and have them come in and show you how it is going to work. it is a new thing that will be available to the citizens and they will be able to point out an address and find a property. >> terrific.

technology advancing on this category. >> is their public comment on the director's report? any public comment? item number seven, commissioners questions and matters, agrees to staff. commissioners may make inquiries to staff regarding various documents, practices and procedures which are of interest to the commission. >> i believe it would be good to get an update from our departing deputy director. there has been support and

interest in moving for some of our mandatory program discussions. it would be good to bring the men and had them update us on that. >> thank you. commissioners? >> with regard to an article i recently read on violations within the housing authority and the housing stock itself, we have significant issues that continue to not be responded to by those that are responsible for correcting this. do we execute nov's to those properties or follow-up in responses by those respective -- >> can i add to that?

also an agenda item to talk about the state of the mou we have a housing authority and what our policies are. >> is more at the next meeting. >> we can have that as an agenda item and we do have information on that. >> there was some articles and at freedom of information act -- freedom of information act requests regarding our code enforcement. i think it's time to see where we are at with the housing authority properties and our understanding of helping them achieve good code enforcement. >> we can certainly do that. >> great. maybe we can invite the director of housing authority. >> if you couldn't, during the course of how your discussions take place --

>> we should invite them. >> i would like to see it. >> me, too. >> item 7b -- the commission may take action to set the date of a special meeting and determine the items to be placed on the agenda for the next meeting and other future meetings of the building commission. >> we requested a joint commission with the planning commission. can we get that on the books? >> we have had and potentially have a couple of dates being considered. there are those where the rules of the engagement of topics of

what is to be covered will be discuss prior to the consolidated meeting. >> maybe it would be good to get a date for the meeting. >> yes. if you could provide me some of the items -- >> i will do that. >> that will help me. >> the next meeting of the building inspection commission will be on august 17th. >> and the rescheduled meeting? >> i'm not sure. >> 18th of august? >> ok. >> public advisory committee. is there any public comment on item number seven? item #8 -- review and approval of the regular meeting of january 19th, 2011. >> move to approve. >> second.

>> all in favor? the minutes are proved. item #9 is a german. >> move to adjourn. >> second. -- item #9 is adjournment. >> thank you.

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hello, and welcome to the department of elections ranked-choice voting instructional video. this video is part of the department of elections' ranked-choice voting outreach campaign and is designed to educate san francisco voters about ranked-choice voting. today we will learn what ranked-choice voting is, and who is elected using this new voting method. we will also talk about what the ranked-choice ballot looks like and how to mark it correctly. finally, we'll see how the ranked-choice voting process works and show you an example of an election using ranked-choice voting. so, what is ranked-choice voting? in march of 2002, san francisco voters adopted a charter

amendment to implement ranked-choice voting, also known as the instant run-off voting. san francisco voters will use ranked-choice voting to elect most local officials by selecting a first-choice candidate in the first column on the ballot, and different second- and third-choice candidates in the second and third columns respectively. this makes it possible to elect local officials with a majority of votes, more than 50%, without the need for a separate run-off election. in san francisco, ranked-choice voting applies to the election of members of the board of supervisors, the mayor, sheriff, district attorney, city attorney, treasurer, assessor-recorder, and public defender. ranked-choice voting does not apply to elections for local school board and community college board members, nor the election of state or federal officials.

ranked-choice voting does not affect the adoption of ballot measures. when voters receive their ballot, either at a polling place or as an absentee ballot in the mail, it will consist of multiple cards. voters will receive cards that contain contests for federal and state offices, as well as for state propositions and local ballot measures. for ranked-choice voting contests, voters will receive a separate ranked-choice ballot card. the design of the ranked-choice ballot card and the instructions to rank three choices are new. the ranked-choice ballot is designed in a side-by-side column format that lists the names of all candidates in each of the three columns. when marking the ranked-choice ballot, voters select their first-choice candidate in the first column by completing the arrow pointing to their choice. for their second-choice, voters select a different candidate in the second column by completing

the arrow pointing to their choice. for their third-choice, voters select a different candidate in the third column by completing the arrow pointing to their choice. voters wishing to vote for a qualified write-in candidate for any of their three choices can write in a candidate's name on the line provided and they must complete the arrow pointing to their choice. keep in mind a voter should select a different candidate for each of the three columns of the ranked-choice ballot card. if a voter selects the same candidate in more than one column, his or her vote for that candidate will count only once. also, a voter's second choice will be counted only if his or her first-choice candidate has been eliminated and a voter's third choice will be counted only if both his or her first- and second-choice candidates have been eliminated. we have talked about how to mark the ranked-choice ballot.

now let's look at how ranked-choice voting works. initially every first-choice vote is counted. any candidate who receives a majority, more than 50% of the first-choice votes, is determined to be the winner. if no candidate receives more than 50% of the first-choice votes, a process of eliminating candidates and transferring votes begins. first, the candidate who received the fewest number of first-choice votes is eliminated from the race. second, voters who selected the eliminated candidate as their first choice will have their vote transferred to their second choice. third, all the votes are recounted. fourth, if any candidate receives more than 50% of the votes, he or she is declared the winner. if no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes, the process of eliminating candidates and transferring votes is repeated until one candidate has a winning

majority. in this example, we have three candidates: candidate a, candidate b and candidate c. in this example, we have three candidates: candidate a, candidate b., and candidate c. after all the first-choice votes are counted, none of the three candidates has received more than 50%, or a majority of the first-choice votes cast. candidate a has received 25% of the votes, candidate b has received 40% of the votes, and candidate c has received 35% of the votes. . because no candidate received a majority, the candidate who received the fewest number of first-choice votes, candidate a, is eliminated from the race. voters who picked candidate a as their first-choice candidate will have their vote transferred to their second-choice candidate. of the voters who picked

candidate a as their first choice candidate, 15% chose candidate b as their second-choice candidate and 10% chose candidate c as their second-choice candidate. these votes are then applied to candidates b and candidate c and the votes are recounted. we see now that candidate b has 55% of the votes and candidate c has 45% of the vote. candidate b now has more than 50% of the votes and is determined to be the winner. thank you for watching. we hope that you have learned more about ranked-choice voting and who is elected using this method. you have seen the ranked-choice ballot, learned how to correctly mark it, and learned how the ranked-choice voting process works. if you have any further questions about ranked-choice voting, please contact us at: department of elections, city hall, room 48, 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco,

california 94102. call us at: 415-554-4375. visit our web site at: wwww

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