do you think you can come up with the magical elixir in three weeks? supervisor kim: i appreciate the motion. i actually looked at mr. st. croix to see if that would be enough time. supervisor elsbernd: i will just withdraw and hope you can come up with something on your own. president chiu: is there a motion to rescind? i would certainly make one, but i want to -- where are we? supervisor elsbernd, have you withdraw your motion? i am sure the naysayers know what they're doing. i will leave it to them. supervisor wiener: we all know this will not be fixed in two or

three weeks. it has to go through the ethics process, through the committee, through this board. it is a lengthy process and not something you're going to want to rush. you want to do it the right way. supervisor elsbernd: supervisor mirkarimi was not here. there were only three people who voted no. perhaps supervisor mirkarimi will vote yes. if he votes yes, we will not have to have this, so i vote to continue it for one week. president chiu: i have one question for our attorney. could be a menace to include other aspects of the public financing? or does anything have to go back to the ethics commission? maybe we could ask our outside counsel.

i think i know the answer to that, i think it is no. >> if there is a substantial change, it has to go back to -- president chiu: supervisor farrell has introduced this in response to the supreme court case. we have legislation to deal with that. if we are making a change under the same subject matter, to make our system as constitutionally tight as possible, would that fall under a change we can make your at the board without going back to ethics? >> i do not have the exact text, but i understand it has to start at the ethics commission. perhaps you could make a suggestion to the ethics commission and then it comes back to you.

>> if you're going to make changes, it has got to be adopted by a super majorities of both committees. it does have to go back to ethics. the way the wording is, ethics is suppose to acts -- act first, but there is nothing to keep both bodies from acting simultaneously. the only thing that would have to happen in ethics, is a final vote by ethics before it goes to the board. president chiu: when is the next meeting of your commission? >> october 19, which is a special day because our normal day is -- supervisor avalos: any way to have a special meeting? >> i would work to pull a special meeting together if it were necessary. i am sure the ethics

commissioners would be as cooperative as possible. just a caveat, they are 5 busy people scheduling meetings. supervisor wiener: i am not going to fight this, but i have not heard what the proposal is. this has been percolating around since june with a huge process. i would think that if someone had the great idea for how we change the system, that would have come of already and probably would have been packaged with this already. i do not think anyone wanted to amend this without a replacement, if a replacement existed. has the ethics commission come up with a day -- i have not

heard any of my colleagues or anyone say that there is some sort of great idea. >> of all of the solutions we analyzed, this was the one that maintained the integrity of the three purposes of public financing and also addressed the issue of the trigger. supervisor wiener: supervisor farrell's proposal? >> right. the other solutions did not work. there were rumblings that something else would come up. i have not seen anything yet. it is still possible. supervisor campos said maine is working on something that will fit within the framework. they are not done yet. supervisor wiener: i do not know. this is a little perplexing to me. there is literally nothing on the table in terms of this is

something you can substitute it with. if that might happen in three months or six months, who knows? i guess we are not making a plea to the three of my colleagues who voted against this. i just do not understand why we would reject this, given what we know of the state of the law, the lack of a current alternative. there are a lot of smart people involved in this process who will think of one if one exists. we know what is before us right now and what is facing us right now and the severe risks that are facing us. i just do not understand. supervisor farrell: to add to that point, no other jurisdictions, and there are a lot of other jurisdictions, have come up with a solution. this has been around since the summer.

no other jurisdictions have come up with a solution. to think we are going to implement something in one week that will stymie a lawsuit and save our taxpayer dollars is a dream. i am all for finding a long-term solution to this, but right now it is fixing the problem at hand. president chiu: supervisor cohen. supervisor cohen: nothing. president chiu: there is no motion in front of us to rescind this vote. supervisor elsbernd: i will make the motion to rescind or one week and hear from supervisor mirkarimi. president chiu: seconded by supervisor campos. any objection to the motion to rescind? without objection, this motion

passes. we will continue this meeting to october 4. supervisor elsbernd: would it be advisable from the city attorney to continue the closed session item to next week so he can get whatever briefing he might need? president chiu: we ended the closed session. he was with us during a good portion of it. he had chapter duties and had to leave. supervisor wiener: there was a fire with about 25 units or something like that. president chiu: the motion to continue has been passed for one week. thank you to our outside counsel and the head of our ethics commission. why don't we move back to the four-o'clocks special order with regards to west portal's

community benefits meeting. clerk calvillo: the return for the voting was 48.92% and the balance voting against it was 51.08%. there is a majority protest. president chiu: the opponents have prevailed and it would be in order for us to entertain a motion to table. supervisor elsbernd: i will make that motion, but before i do i want to say a few things. unfortunately, matt rodgers had to leave. i would like to publicly congratulate him for showing real leadership in the corridor. leadership that had not been seen in decades. a really great job in public service. i am very disappointed for him and all the merchants who supported this because this did

not happen. i would say to the naysayers, a lot of misinformation was put out there and i really hope those who said they opposed it but actually support the concept do not sit back and run away from the issue. i hope they step forward and try to make this happen. this is absolutely critical to the future of that corridor. it needs to happen. with that, i make the motion to table. president chiu: is there a second to that? seconded by supervisor campos. if we could take that motion without objection, the item is tabled. onto our reference counter. items 37-47. clerk calvillo: these are being considered for immediate and unanimous adoption. they will be enacted by a single roll call vote. unless a commissioner -- unless

a supervisor request discussion. president chiu: would anyone like to supervise -- separate any items? rollcall vote. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. clerk calvillo: there are ten ayes. there is an imperative item declaring september 27, 2011 to be karen bishop day in san francisco. president chiu: supervisor mar has made a motion to adopt.

seconded by supervisor avalos. any public comment on this item? with regard to motions of the commendatory of finding, could we do that without objection? those motions are made. could we take the underlined item and to do that same house, same call? without objection, this is passed. clerk calvillo: today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of mr. jerry palsman. president chiu: is there any other business in front of this body? clerk calvillo: that concludes the business for today. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned.

>> congratulations, chief. as you may well know, we were named the top in 2005. i thought that was wonderful. >> that is the top irish- americans in the country, not just san francisco. >> they knew they could fire chief when they saw one. we thought we would do a nice irish song for you. we will not take long, we promise. ♪ , over the hills my money-eyed irish lad

come over the hills to your darling you choose the road love and i will make the balancvows and i will be your true love forever red is the rose that beyond the garden grows there is a lily of the valley here is the water that boasts from the spring but my love is [inaudible] ♪

♪ down by killarney the moon and the stars they were shining the moon shone she was sure she would be my love forever

red is the rose that beyond the garden grows there is delayed of our valley there is the water that flows from but my love is better than any ♪ [applause] >> over in the corner, and john's father. we are so thrilled that this long overdue that we hang your picture on our wall. you have supported our 1906 survivor dinners and luncheons

over the years. i do not know what i always see you at 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning, but you are always there for us. 1983, there was a fire at jon's grille. your guys came in. in those days, i think it was guys. they got the bar out, they got chief bill murray's picture off the wall. but mayor christopher's picture off the wall. we have been rebuilding ever since. but we are a little short on beautiful ladies. we are happy to have you on the wall. [applause]

do you have something that you would like to -- >> lee and john, thank you for inviting me here. for all of you, fire commissioners, city family. i guess when joanne came, everyone said, first female. she has shown that she has joined the great chiefs of our city. it did not take long at all for her leadership to come out, for her personality, a french ship, but also for that wonderful leadership. our great city sometimes, a lot of people focus on who is in room 200, but there are very special moments for many periods of the city where the city is defined by its great chiefs. today we celebrate one of those

already. who is this movie star? that is a great thing. i want to thank john's grill for putting up, under their 40- year tradition, someone that we believe very much in our city, who has really led a great leadership and our fire department and has been a great leader on many fronts, helping us so much on anything -- everything from the toy drives to community participation, to everything that reflects a modern fire department and all the men and women that served the department. really give them the pride for working for the great city. chief, congratulations for making it on the wall. lee, john, to have this tradition, welcome our great chief. [applause] >> since you are the last one that has been hung on the wall

previously, you two work so closely together, could you say something? >> i am no where near as good looking as joanne. kind of down the line there. joanne and i have been friends forever. i played football with city college with her brother dan who was the coach. talk about a great person to be able to follow. she has been so supportive. i have learned so much in my short time on how to be a good chief. she is modest, gracious, everything that you would want to have. i just hope someday people will think of me the way that i think of her. [applause] we have a surprise hear from senator mark leno, who i believe has not made an endorsement yet. would you like to make an announcement? >> speaking of better looking --

>> it is my pleasure to join mr. mayer and our chief on this auspicious occasion. i think all the kind and generous words have been said. if you look on this wall, joanne, you can see the threshold to get on this wall is rather high. with some exceptions, we have got police chiefs, fire chiefs, mayors. i have been discriminated against because i am gay, jewish, but never for being estate center. i asked, how and why going to get on the wall? -- when am i going to get on the wall? he said soon. it is my pleasure to join in with the celebration and take a moment to recognize your unique accomplishments. chief hayes-white is the only

chief to have served in all 42 different stations. i think that says something for your hands-on leadership style, that you have not only earned your stripes, made your way up the ladder in the department, but also have brought to us a motherly touch that is uncommon. congratulations to you on this wonderful distinction. i would also like to thank john and john crow for supporting this tradition, which i aspired to at some point. >> thank you. [applause] >> you will be well-hung.

you are jewish? all of you who would like to, we hope that you stay and eat and sleep and -- share wonderful stories. thank you, everybody. >> thank you to lead to help steer values -- continue to buy a the city history. certainly, to mr. john and gus constant, owners of john's grill for four years. it is an honor to be here. to have my picture up there. . a lot of water under p.m. very under the bridge.

the firefighter was behing me, and taking good of us. i feel good about it. thank you. i think the world of chief s uhr. thank you to my co-workers.

is all about teamwork. thank you very much. i consider you part of my team. thank you so much. it is a wonderful surprise. a wonderful tribute. thank you for those songs. my younger brother dan is here. my younger sister is here. and my mom, who is 86 years old. 86 is just a number. i am sorry.

of all the things i've participated in, this is the most exciting moments. is part of the history, and my mom has dined here many times and has seen the pictures on the wall. thank you, mom. thank you very much. again i appreciate this. thank you. thank you to mayor lee and to john. for anyone here who does not know me and is here for our regular lunch, i am sorry for the interruption. [laughter]

>> proposition a would authorize the san francisco unified school district to issue bonds to repair and upgrade more than 50 school facilities.

property taxes could be increased if needed to pay the principal and interest on these bonds. the bond funds would be used to repair and replace major building systems including electrical, heating wat, water, security, and fire sprinklers. remove hazardous materials. improve accessibility for people with disabilities. make necessary seismic upgrades. replace permanent structures and perform other work necessary to apply closure -- codes and regulation . they can't pay for teachers and administrative salaries or operative expenditures.