seat, and the motion to move forward with deborah muse. and one more seat is open. i was impressed with ramon. >> he came back again and he is very fluent and would be that need. the three that we send forward -- >> i think we can do this without objection. simon martinez, debra and-- deborah muse -- and i appreciate all of the applicants. this is very difficult with a lot of time commitment and dedication and we appreciate everyone who applied, and for your passion in wanting to make a difference in the shelter system. >> we can do this without objection?

we will move forward on those three names for those three seats without objection. thank you so much for being here, again. can you call in #4? >> the authorization to file suit against relatives to recover items from public health. >> thank you. >> i am from the shelters office and i would like to give a brief presentation about this resolution. the lead for revenue -- 47 cisco general hospital and public health, medical charges are based on the ability to pay. six things happened in this case that lead us task the committee and the board for the approval of this resolution.

the first is that the medical charges were incurred by a minor, and the parents have the ability to pay when this was incurred, and the charges have not been paid at this time. we have done this, almost seven years, with a broad response. this does not happen very often but we would like the committee and the board to support this. >> do we have any questions for the colleagues? we will openness to public comment. public comments is now closed -- open this to public comment. public comment is now closed. we can move this forward without opposition. thank you very much. before we entertain the motion to convene in closed session, does anyone wish to speak on items 5-7?

public comment is closed. we have the motion to convene in closed session. we will be convening in closed session and would like to ask you to leave the room. i am sorry. thank you. >> madam chair, we met in closed session to look at pending claims involving the city and we will move items 5, 6, and seven to the board with recommendations. >> this is seconded. we have the motion to not disclosed. we would be moving these items forward with the recommendation. >> thank you so much.

and is there any other item on the agenda? >> there are no further matters. >> because there are no further items, we are adjourned.

>> you come around here up these stairs and then -- and give us some remarks here. please welcome our mayor, a deadly -- ed lee. [applause] >> welcome back good morning. welcome to sunny san francisco. thank you again, in general, for your work as a chair of our fleet weak association. you have really done a tremendous job. i wanted to add to your personal story. you know, i was sent over by former mayor gavin newsom to new orleans a few years ago, and we studied what had happened there,

and we realized that one of these things that had occurred in new orleans was a breakdown between city government and the neighborhoods. and such that when the hurricanes it and the flooding happened, so many people left that city, and then they did not come back, because there was no relationship between local governments in many of the neighborhoods and many of the residence. that lesson learned in my mind for a very long time. it is that much more important, general, that when you put this fleet week together, that you made disaster preparedness a theme, in an addition to the celebration of our armed forces. you really have touched not only our city government, you have helped me touch every neighborhood in this city. that is what we need to do in all of our cities. so thanks very much, general, for your leadership on this. thank you. [applause] i also want to thank again our

honorary chair, the former secretaries. you have been such a great leader here. i want to thank you for helping us put this together. i know senator feinstein cannot be here, but again, your leadership is extremely helpful in guiding us and reminding us that we owe a great debt of gratitude to our armed forces in everything that we do in the city. i also want to thank our chief protocol officer for helping welcome all of the visitors and elected officials here as well. i also want to thank captain hardin again for an impressive ship we're on here today. you are occupying the very space that, in a couple of years, will hold the ships that will raise in america's cup 34. some of the 18 ships will be located right here. for now, this is a great occupancy of this particular pier, and i look forward to this afternoon when i have time to be able to see all of the equipment

located upstairs as the sun comes shining out. you know, every year, fleet week is, of course, paying tribute to our women and men that are probably serving in our navy, coast guard, and marines. it is remarkable that in recent years, this week has developed into much more than just a sights and sounds of the parade of ships and the blue angels, as i said earlier. the newly established focus on disaster preparedness is an ina valuable thing for our city. since 2004, our city has conducted approximately 100 disaster exercises with the department of emergency management. approximately 250 training exercises and workshops city- wide have been conducted with first responders and other key city officials. many of these training and exercises have gone well beyond our government agencies, and they now incorporate non-

government, eight -- faith- based, and it committee-based organizations, businesses, and schools. we have revamped our cities outdoor public warning system, using homeland security funding, and today, there are 109 sirens with voice and tone capabilities located throughout the city. as part of our regular exercise on tuesday afternoons in our noon testing, we record announcements and announce them in english, and there followed by announcements in spanish and chinese in some of the areas. we also enacted alertsf, sending a personal use on a weekly basis to make sure that things are correctly being sent out to all of our citizens who sign up. that text-based message system delivers emergency information to cell phones, pda's, e-mail accounts, and to date, 16,500

have signed up for alertsf. we also have our award winning website, 72hours.org that provides information on how to a great family emergency plan, build a disaster kids, and get involved in training before disaster occurs in volunteering to help out afterwards. that information, again, is available in english, spanish, chinese, russia, -- russian, and vietnamese. in addition, we also have a fun website, a web site called quakequizsf.org, where it tests the knowledge of what to do when an earthquake strikes while you're at home, you're driving, you are on public transit, or even at the beach or at work. we have also enhanced our preparedness throughout the city department from using homeland security funds to conduct training, planning, and exercises, as well as purchase

valuable equipment. since 2003, san francisco and the bay area region have received approximately $322 in homeland security grants precisely for that training and equipment. some of our other major accomplishments in emergency management include renovating our city's emergency operations center, adding state of the art technology and equipment. we have continued to revive our disaster council, which i had, and expanding the council to include not only our emergency management partners that nonprofit community, labor, and business associates. purchasing major emergency response equipment, using homeland security grants, that include field care clinics and care and shelter trailers. in fact, i have been personally involved in recruiting and training people to help our department of public health erect those field care clinics

in precisely the time its takes in a very quick fashion. we're training people and volunteers to do that exactly. and we have earned the national weather service designations for storm-ready and tsunami-ready designations. in addition to these efforts, it is isn't so that we all work together and share the best practices -- it is essential that we all work together ensure the best practices so we can better respond to emergencies. this one and a half day seminar is a truly unique learning in relationship-building opportunity for all of us. representatives from a broad range of agencies at the local, state, and federal level have come together for this seminar and for the tabletop exercise that was conducted by our dem earlier this month. we're getting to know each other, but individually and organizationally. in advance of the next disaster. that is really what we want to be able to emphasize most. we need to do more in advance.

we need to prepare people in advance. we need to keep practicing, because every time we looked around, there is new people coming into the city. there is additional immigrants to do not speak english as their national language. their new neighborhoods and new parts of our neighborhood that are already -- always being developed. we need to get all involved. we need to involve everybody. that is why i am so proud to head up this effort and to join the secretary, join the major, and all of the volunteers in our fleet week to join in our effort to make sure that we do our best. this seminar is exactly that focus. thank you very much, and i hope you enjoy your stay here today. thank you. [applause]

supervisor mirkarimi: this it excites you, sure, why not? good morning. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors. i am joined by a supervisor campos. supervisor cohen will not be joining us today. we will entertain a motion to excuse her. supervisor campos: so moved. supervisor mirkarimi: the motion passes. thank you to sfgtv for their ongoing service. madam clerk, please read item

one. >> item 1, ordinance amendment the san francisco police code section 107 1.1 to prohibit public nudity in restaurants and prohibit sitting on public benches or public seating areas without clothing or some other separate material between persons genitals, but talks, or tail region and the seating surface. supervisor mirkarimi: supervisor wiener brought this matter to the board. supervisor wiener: thank you for hearing this today. this is a piece of legislation that would address two very discreet issues, specifically requiring clothing for persons who are inside restaurants and requiring that of someone is in public and sitting on public seating, that the person has to place something down to sit on instead of sitting directly on the public seating -- if someone

is nude in public. we have, specifically in the castro, a number of people who are regularly -- regularly nude in the neighborhood. there are a lot of opinions on the issue, and that is a conversation that i am sure we will continue to have in the city. the legislation addresses two very specific issues that are issues in the castro, possibly elsewhere, but primarily this one neighborhood that i represent. if there are any comments -- supervisor mirkarimi: no, but there probably are a preponderance of jokes and clips we can make. supervisor wiener: they have all

been made, but if there are any new ones, i would be glad to hear them. supervisor mirkarimi: in response to the naked ordinance, we have a naked audience, too, i think it may have peaked -- climaxed to the point where -- [laughter] thank you. supervisor wiener: i guess, maybe we should open up for public comment? are there any members of the public who would like to comment? supervisor mirkarimi: please step forward. >> good morning. i am the executive director for the castro copper market community benefit district, although right now, i am speaking on my own. the benefit district has not taken a position on this exact piece of legislation, although we are discussing public nudity internally. i would like to say that i support this legislation and that i do think it is needed.

there have been many occasions where i have personally observed people sitting on the chairs that the cbd has bought without a separation between their naked bodies and the chair, and people have to go right after them and sit down. i think that since the legislation was introduced, people have been joking and saying it is only a matter of public decency, and it is, but they were not doing it before. the idea of this legislation was introduced. the other thing i would like to say is that i also have seen people in cafes, restaurants with no clothes on completely naked and believe that it is an important piece of legislation for san francisco to outlaw nudity in restaurants and places where people eat. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. any other public comment? step right on up, please.

>> are also believe in this legislation as well. -- i also believe in this legislation. it has not been a problem that i remember in the castro until there were the parades'. just sit down on a public share or bench, something needs to be done in order to stop it. i do not like that the kids see this, and people in general just do not want to be exposed. there is a time and place to do this. also seeing that there was actually an investigation where there was a sexual pedophile -- i do not want to say pedophile, but a sexual offender was roaming around. i do not want to encourage this for them to come around and the naked in front of kids, people who do not want to see that. there is a time and place, so i also hope that this will pass. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you.

any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you, supervisor wiener for facilitating this. i believe it speaks for itself. we would like to entertain a motion. supervisor campos: forward with recommendations. -- moved to forward with recommendation. supervisor mirkarimi: so move. no objection. madam clerk, would you please read item two? >> item two, resolution authorizing the port of san francisco to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $550,552 from the department of homeland security, 2010 port security grant program for ferry building and ferry terminal mass notification system improvements at the port of san francisco. supervisor mirkarimi: welcome. >> good morning.

i am the program manager at the port of san francisco. you're sorry you did tell you a little bit about the mass notification system. we have found that there is not an effective means to communicate to the public in the offense of a disaster -- in the event of a disaster. after the earthquake in 1989, over 300,000 people assembled at the ferry plaza, and there was no means for us to communicate with them how transportation would be handled, what bridges were open or shut, and how there is would be operating. this is a 2010 ford security grant program grant. there are no matching funds. -- this is a 2010 port security grant program grant. the system will have multiple language monitors and an announcement capability throughout the ferry terminal plaza. supervisor mirkarimi: very good. any comments or questions? seeing none, thank you.

any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. we are almost there. supervisor campos. supervisor campos: i make a motion to move forward with positive recommendation. supervisor mirkarimi: move forward without objection. i shall look to the full board. is there any other business before this body? >> no, this is not. supervisor mirkarimi: this is probably one of the quickest meetings in the history of public safety. thank you, everybody. this meeting is now adjourned.

>> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our relationship to the planet. these regions are the wealthiest, the most powerful. that really has impacted the planet. it is almost impossible now to go anywhere and had it really be completely dark. there are very few locations that you can find. that means our relationship to the sky, there is a way where we

dominate the sky. we cannot see anything really. we are blinding ourselves in a way. >> you can look at the images, they are beautiful. when i started four years ago, there was a conversation about environmental issues that was very different. this is not being talked about in the way it is now. . this has just been like an

amazing growth. i anticipate the project to be something that opens a dialogue to public interest in these ideas. so the work is really made to be seen in this environment. it's been show in museum, in gallery, but never in a public setting. and it's kind of ideal for both myself and the works to have this real dialogue with the public not only in san francisco but people coming from all over the world. >> since the dawn of electricity, that light is something that people feel connected to and inspired by. personally, there is space to keep that alive, just finding balance. the key is to find some balance.

there are so many ways that the internet provides real access to real people and resources and that's what we're try to go accomplish. >> i was interested in technology like video production. it's interesting, you get to create your own work and it reflects what you feel about saying things so it gives

perspective on issues. >> we work really hard to develop very in depth content, but if they don't have a venue, they do not have a way to show us, then this work is only staying here inside and nobody knows the brilliance and the amazing work that the students are doing. >> the term has changed over time from a very basic who has a computer and who doesn't have a computer to now who has access to the internet, especially high speed internet, as well as the skills and the knowledge to use those tools effectively. . >> the city is charged with coming up with digital inclusion. the department of telecommunications put together a 15 member san francisco tech connect task force. we want the digital inclusion program to make sure we address the needs of underserved vulnerable communities, not communities that are already

very tech savvy. we are here to provide a, b and c to the seniors. a stands for access. b stands for basic skills and c stands for content. and unless we have all three, the monolingual chinese seniors are never going to be able to use the computer or the internet. >> a lot of the barrier is knowledge. people don't know that these computers are available to them, plus they don't know what is useful. >> there are so many businesses in the bay area that are constantly retiring their computer equipment that's perfectly good for home use. computers and internet access are helping everybody in the community and people who don't have it can come to us to help with that. one of the biggest problems we see isn't whether people can get computers through programs like ours, but whether they can understand why they need a computer. really the biggest issue we are facing today is helping people understand the value of having a computer.

>> immediately they would say can i afford a computer? i don't speak any english. how do i use it. then they will start to learn how to do email or how to go back to chinese newspaper to read all the chinese newspaper. >> a lot of the barrier still is around lack of knowledge or confusion or intimidation and not having people in their peer network who use computers in their lives. >> the important thing i learned from caminos was to improve myself personally. when i first came to caminos, i didn't know anything about computers. the second thing is i have become -- i have made some great achievements as an individual in my family and in things of the world. >> it's a real issue of self-empowerment where new immigrant families are able to communicate with their families at home, able to receive news and information in their own home language,