next speaker. >> good afternoon. i am here to thank you for approving the funds for the adult day health program. i was on the committee that started the first adult day health program in chinatown in 1972, and then, we knew it was very unusual but for the first time, people could get -- supervisor chiu: excuse me. there is a rule in the chamber that we do not allow public comment i items we have already voted on. you want to speak about adult day health center is more broadly, that is permissible. >> the adult day health centers, what i was in washington in april, i noticed that the national organization of areas on aging was talking about how important adult day health would be to their work and transition from hospitals, and it certainly

is important, and i think it is how you get out of a hospital earlier and how you still get the therapy you need, and i think the governor has forgotten that people get physical therapy. i would like to mention the example of one person i know who has been in adult day health and has just been removed, who was paralyzed from the neck down. he has a round-the-clock care, including his wife and two home attendance, and he goes to adult day health to learn how to get his mouth to his hands. if that is not important there be to be able to feed yourself, i do not know what is. i think they forgot when they removed it from the state budget that that kind of therapy is important, too. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> presbyterian minister.

who would 50 years in the church of rome, fascinating read. 550 pages long. i am on my sixth time through, which proves that abraham lincoln was assassinated by the jesuits. there is no doubt about it. abraham lincoln was charles chickee's best friend, charles was his best friend. there is no doubt about it. roman catholicism and islam are very similar religions. if you kill a christian, you get to go to heaven. in islam, if you kill a christian, you get 72 blushes virgins, but in roman catholicism, at the council of

the turn, they determined that if you kill a christian -- they called them a fair to -- a h eretic -- you would go to paradise. time flies when you are having fun. i could easily go an hour. it is an amazing book, but i think of jazz with governor brown, who signed ab 48 that basically brands christians at the stake as the homosexual agenda is basically forced on christians view this wicked, weil abomination is forced on christians. truly, the day of judgment is coming. it really is. on family radio, they are reading a great book. there is a fellow also in the fox's book of martyrs.

supervisor chiu: thank you very much. any other members of the public wish to speak in general public comment? >> hello. i just begin? thank you. i am it president of californians for electro reform. -- elect coral reform -- electoral reform. you're so it surprised the and then it has an interest even before the results of the election appeared in your first election, nine of you avoid a second run of the election you would have had to face under the old section. supervisor cohen would not even have been in the runoff, and supervisor chu the has the

privilege of incumbency benefited because she did not have to plan for the possibility of a runoff election. it is not just supervisors who have benefited. so have taxpayers. san francisco paid out $7 million -- saved $7 million, and it is estimated it will save another $3 million this year. rather than repeal it, i suggest you follow the recommendations of your own voting systems task force. in section 244 of the report, they recommend that san francisco should reenergize its outreach. preliminary results should be released as frequently as results for non-pulmonary running and you increase the number of rankings voters are allowed to specify either with current equipment or whatever equipment eventually replaces it. i know you refer a two-year or five-year contract extension to dominion and the dominion does plan to introduce equipment, and

until they do, you can take advantage of the authority you have to contract out the municipal portion of your elections. san francisco has benefited from right choice voting, and i suggest instead of ending it, you amend it. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> hello, supervises. i am program director from self- help for the elderly about these services. i am coming here today to take an opportunity. we serve three different kinds of models of adult day health care, and i just want to say san francisco has been a leader in the resourced, and we continue

this path and thank you for your leadership, and we will continue to use this as a precious community resourced to serve the community. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors, president. i am the program director for the san francisco long-term care ombudsman program, authorized by the state and federal mandate, to investigate abuse and neglect cases, to trouble shoot all the lessons loans from care facilities. i wish to enter into a discussion on item 16, written testimony -- supervisor chiu: excuse me, sir. i need to reiterate we cannot use general public, to comment on items we have already discussed and decided upon an already have public comment on. so if you could make your

comments brought about the topic. >> all i want to do is enter written testimony into the record. supervisor chiu: you can submit whatever you want to the clerk. >> ok, thank you. supervisor chiu: next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. executive director of library users association. the vernal heights branch library mural went from a concern that restoring the front of it would cost $18,000 and where are we going to get that, to a very close process that came out the other end with a cost and a project 10 times the expense -- $185,000. and with a very nice little feature for the friends of the public library -- fiscal fee, $16,500, almost the whole cost of the original idea for renovating the mural right here

on a blog site that talks about some of the aspects. and which, by the way, was never discussed at the library commission. never shown to the library commission as any kind of document for their consideration. that merrill has gone through a very -- that mural has gone through a very unn-public process, a close process -- a closed process. the library continues to fall down on basics. i have talked with you about the new print and copy system. the last time i was in a branch, there was a woman who could not add money to her card. she was not able to make a sample copy from a page in a

book until the library and helped her on both. the man behind her and in front of me was not able to make a print of a document from his web page. there is also now apparently a privacy issue at the main current jobs and copies get mixed up. thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you. are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment? if there are, please step up. seeing none, general public comment is closed. could you please go to our adoption calendar? >> items 21 through 30 are being considered for immediate and unanimous adoption. a member request discussion of an item, it shall be considered separately. supervisor chiu: thank you. would anyone like to sever any of these items? seeing none, roll call on the balance of the calendar. >> on items 21 through 30 -- chiu aye. chu aye.

cohen aye. elsbernd aye. farrell aye. kim aye. mar aye. mirkarimi aye. wiener aye. avalos aye. campos aye. mr. president, there are 11 aye.s supervisor chiu: those resolutions are adopted and the motion approve. we have two items left before our 3:00 special order. i suggest we recessed temporarily until 3:00 p.m. sharp >> welcome back to the board of supervisors meeting. we are now at 3:00 special

order. >> 1930, the board of supervisors pursuant to the motion that was approved 1111-4. the proposed resolution for the authorizing of the redevelopment agency. renne casanave apartments, for 75 years, to develop housing for low-income formerly homeless residents. >> this is the ground lease for 25 essex street. and there is a non-substantive agreement. >> i am the acting director at the developing agency, and we have the ground lease for 25

essex street. this is the first project in the redevelopment to move forward. this is on the corner of fulsome and essex street, with 120 units of supported housing, with the department of public health and the housing program. and the ground-floor retail around fulsom. they were jointly selected by the department of public health. city-wide case management. they have worked hard to bring this to this point, to start construction, with the multi- family housing.

the equity in the redevelopment funds, and we have reached this exciting place of approving the ground lease. the ground lease will continue in november. the board is required to consider the approval of the ground lease with the standard terms of the deal of the structure. this is 100% supportive housing, with the funds for these extremely low income individuals. the crown leases only $1 per year, with a minimum 75-year term. and is structured this way to ensure the long-term affordability for the site, to make certain that this remains affordable housing. i would like to ask to the board to consider the amendment, with

additional language to be added to clarify the fact that the crowd -- the lease was entered into and executed before the redevelopment activities, and this is considered enforceable obligation. this concludes my presentation but we have staff from the community housing partnership and i am here to answer any questions as well. >> and are there any questions? can i ask the district -- district supervisor if there are any comments to make. otherwise we will go to public comment. -- >> i know that this happened before my time on the board of supervisors but this is one of the first residential buildings to go up under this plan. this will be 119 units of supportive housing for the most low-income individuals, with

the support of services as well with the ground retail, and this is something the public really wanted to see with more activity at the ground-floor level. this is another side for the trans bay redevelopment area. -- >> we will open up the public hearing. and are there any members of the public to speak on this item? scene 9, the public hearing has been held and is now closed. we have been asked to make an amendment to the underlined resolution. is there a motion -- without objection, this will be made and on the underlying resolution as amended, we can take a roll-call votes. >> chiu? chu?

elsbernd? cohen? kim? farrel? mar? mirkarimi, aye. avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. 11 ayes. >> the resolution is adopted as amended. can you read the in memoriam? >> we will adjourn at in the memory of the following individuals. janet swindler, and mr. jabbari allah. >> is there nay mor-- any more business? >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned.

>> good morning. welcome to the grand opening of the san francisco police department's special victims unit. i am the commanding officer of the new svu. i would like to take a couple moments to briefly acknowledged our honorable mayor ed lee,

chief greg suhr and command staff, commissioner azuko, and commissioner chan as well. thank you for joining us. i know how busy your schedules are. i believe district attorney gascon is going to be here any moment. i wanted to take a moment to acknowledge our professional partners. child protective services, adult protective services, the child abuse prevention center, the mayor's office into violence consortium, -- anti-silence consortium -- anti-violence consortium, and casa de las

madres. with that, chief greg suhr. [applause] >> welcome. i really appreciate everyone being here. in my administration, we do not do a lot of press conferences, but this is really important. october is domestic violence awareness month. it was a major priority of mine and the mayor's to make an impression that we have to take care of our most vulnerable. we will open one is to be the special victims unit in the san francisco police department for the first time where we consolidate the domestic violence units, a juvenile, human trafficking, missing persons, elder abuse and

neglect, financial abuse, and sex crimes into one unit. over the next few years, we will go through a huge transition in the police department. some of our most experienced officers will be retiring. we want to make sure we do not lose their expertise and their ability to work with the advocates to make the most successful prosecutions possible for those who would victimize our most vulnerable. often the victims come with children. we wanted to have a warm space that was secure. i think when you find your way inside, you will find that is the case. a lot of these officers will pick up the expertise from each other where maybe they did not have it before. if there is a day when we are short, they will bring this

additional ability to connect with the victims. the advocates will also be providing services and support. i like to think they do it in no other city like they do in san francisco. working with partner agencies is key to this. this is a cooperative effort that happens to be located inside the police department. i want you to take special note that we have a children's play area to keep them occupied, safe, and warm. we have books in chinese that were provided by a community member. we have books in spanish that are on the way. we want to make this a place for everybody. i will not go on and on. i really want to get to what is important. that is to get inside. i will pass the microphone i cai

appreciate his support in pulling this off. it took a lot of change and collaboration of the police department. they moved their space, they work on their time off. they worked with me and the command staff to get this done. i think when you go inside, their hearts are in the right place. this is the deputy chief. >> good morning. fiona mah appreciates the invitation and appreciates the effort to better serve victims of crime in san francisco. as the chair of the select committee on domestic violence, she has been a tireless advocate

for victims and survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking. she is unable to join us as she is chairing a select committee hearing. >> thank you. thank you for being here. we have a special victims unit. it has been a culmination of a lot of discussions. i want to thank chief suhr. we said we would have to do more and do better with less. with those ideas in mind in knowing we have a dwindling force but increased amount of demand from our communities, we needed to do smarter things. it makes so much sense that this innovative idea of bringing the various investigative units together in the same space and under the same command can make

the offer is even more resources put together. i want to thank the community- based advocates for their willingness to bring resources to work with our law enforcement. this effort is also a reflection of the commitment from our police commission. i want to thank each and every one of them and their leadership in working with the community and our police chief. it means so much to bring more and better resources and enforcement of our laws right to where the victims need it. this is a special time. we have the most vulnerable parts of our population, women, children, and elderly, who can get better service here in a culturally competent way. i am proud to be the mayor of the city who knows how to do it

better. for the state of california, our elderly population is the highest level in the whole state. bringing more resources to the victims who may be financial victims, victims of abuse, as well as recognizing this being domestic violence awareness month, that we will do better with this coordinated effort. i am excited to see this unit come to fruition. i thank the chief for making sure we reorganize properly with the future in mind. i am glad to begin the ribbon cutting and allow everyone to see what we have done and for the committee to know that we're working hard to increase -- for the community to know that we're working hard to increase the resources for them. [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor.

we have the president of the police commission. >> it is great to see the collaboration between the commission, the mayor's office, the police department, the district attorney's office. it will increase the expertise our officers have. it will streamline the process in terms of managing the units. we're looking at losing a lot of officers to retirement. this is an excellent idea to train them in new areas. we owe it to the precious crown jewels of our city. this is a great place for children to come and a great place for women to feel comfortable. i know the most domestic violence cases, the victims may decide not to cooperate. the results are sometimes

tragic. i want to thank the mayor and police department for taking a big step in leading the state and country and how we handle these issues. thank you. [applause] >> i want to acknowledge our new officers in charge that are assigned to this unit. lt. jane, lt. foxx, and lt. scallini. i also want to acknowledge the dedication and ongoing hard work that the investigators assigned to the different disciplines that will be culminated here. they have the logistical move and continued to work on their cases as we were moving forward

with these -- this. they still had to work on their cases in debt outstanding job during this difficult time. along with that, i wanted to say thank you again to the mayor and chief for making this happen for us. it was a long time overdue. we're very excited. chief? >> channel 26 is really taking a beating. [laughter] i am going to forgo the honor of cutting the ribbon. i will ask commander sandra tong who conceived of and was the first commanding officer of one of the first domestic violence sections in any police department in california to do the honors with mayor lee