profit housing developer, is in the process of closing the california department of housing and community development loan, which was partially -- which will partially repay the bonds as a take out source, so bridge is concerned that permanent financing may not close in time to pay out the bonds due to no fault of the bridge, and the current maturity date is december 1, 2011, said the resolution simply provides a three-month extension, which would avoid technical default on the bonds if they are not paid off by december 1, 2011. in the event that hcd does not close on time, the document would not be signed. because the document must be executed by november 30, 2011, and because there is no fiscal impact on the city, i am introducing it as a resolution for adoption without reference to the committee, and i urge you to vote in favor to help preserve this exemplary senior

housing source. lastly, i will quickly give a heads up that next week, we will be hearing a resolution. i am introducing it today. one of the richmond pride restaurants is ave said. the chef is also an author, and there is an incredible book that he has just written. a special meeting will happen on november 19 at green apple books on the bookstore, but the resolution will acknowledge his 10th anniversary in our neighborhood, and we hope they will stay forever in the richmond district but also acknowledging the chef's national and international awards and his book signing that is coming up as well. the rest i will submit. thank you. supervisor farrell: thank you.

colleagues, have the election day as well -- happy election day as well. i am introducing an amendment that take away our right choice voting system in san francisco. it was an experiment that voters approved in 2002, and the unintended consequences continue to pile up election after election. it is time to stop that. almost a decade later, massive numbers of san franciscans continue to be confused about our voting process in the city. your it talking with people on the street, and it is shown in poll after poll -- you hear it in talking with people on the street. i do not think people should be spending time thinking about how to vote. it is an interesting game. it has become a chess match between campaigns, but to me, this is not something we should be playing games with. our fundamental right to vote is something we should protect. i believe our leaders here

should be elected with a majority vote, plain and simple. people want their vote to count. it is what governs our elections across the country and what governs our chambers here in the board of supervisors. candidates have to play with the rules that are given. those of us running today, those of us who have run in past elections -- we have to play the cards we are dealt, but at a certain point, we have to look at the rules and challenge them and say these rules do not make sense anymore for san francisco. that time is now. i am introducing this charter amendment to be placed on next june's ballot. we will be having hearings about this over the course of the next two months, and i want to signal that i am not dogmatic about any part of this legislation. i have had conversations with a few of you about other systems where we have such as new york -- where we have the original election in september and the runoff in november.

i think we need to have those conversations. some of those are good ideas. the only think i am dogmatic about is that right choice of what brigid voting does not work. -- rank choice of voting does not worke. supervisor avalos: i am actually stunned that the very day we have -- the very day of the election before we have even put it to rest, you are talking about a charter amendment to limit any rank choice voting peer we had an election already with the mayor's race was in question in 2007. the establishment did not make any complaints whatsoever. this is -- i understand how you might want to have the discussion or possible charter amendment coming forward after there has been some kind of analysis about the election, how it got carried out, but to move forward with the elimination of it on the very day of the election before it has been put

to rest, i think that is rather it -- rabit zealousness. to bring this forward on the very day of the election seems like a cheap publicity stunt. >> supervisor elsbernd. supervisor elsbernd: [inaudible] roll call is typically not a time when we take shots at one another. the analysis about all the events that have transpired since 2004, and one little analysis that has been done is that nine of the 11 supervisors sitting here have been elected with less than a majority vote. it is not about this election. one fact that i guarantee you -- whoever is elected mayor today will be elected with less than a majority of the vote. should you come in second place

today, i hope you are as dogmatic in your opposition. supervisor chiu: i just want to remind folks that roll call for introductions is actually for introductions, not to debate issues, and i asked that we keep it to that, and i appreciate everyone's comments. >> i see supervisor avalos' name on the roster. supervisor avalos: i am introducing the city attorney that to draft a charter amendment that will be make different ways of doing ranked joyce voting. i will have one charter amendment that will be reestablishment of the current right choice voting. i also want to discuss another version that could consist of voting -- each voter would get three votes, and they could devote those to any candidate they want to, including one candidate. i will discuss this further with the city attorney and move it forward, but i do not think it

makes a lot of sense on the very day of the election to start moving towards the elimination of rank choice of voting. there are a lot of unintended consequences. many of us sitting here are unintended consequences, perhaps, but there is also a way of going in with eyes wide open, knowing that we will not have a majority that is going to elect the next supervisor or the next mayor of san francisco, but it will be a determination of the variables here i think a lot of people when they voted to have it knew that was in effect what was happening, and the voters -- the voting electorate is much smarter than we give them credit for today. thank you. supervisor wiener: thank you. i just want to thank supervisors elsbernd and farrell for raising the issue. as with a charter amendment, we are going to have a lengthy public discussion. it is not about any one

election. i think there are a lot of positives. i supported it when it was instituted. i supported it over the years, but i, like many, have serious concerns about it, and i do not know that the complete repeal is the right way to go, but there are a lot of different ideas that can be discussed, and i think it is appropriate to discuss them. i do not think it is any kind of inappropriate thing to raise that issue. and as a charter amendment, this will go through an enormous amount of process and discussion. supervisor chiu: thank you, college spirit i really would like to remind everyone that we will have many months to debate these issues. this is a time for introducing matters, not to debate them. supervisor kim: i would like to do an in memoriam request. i would like to adjourn in memory of jibari allah, and

mentor, father figure, brother, and friend, and he touched the lives of hundreds of people in our community. in my short time as supervisor, he helped mediate relationships with neighbors and many of the sro buildings here. he was truly a dedicated community activists and public servant, and we are sad to see him go. this thursday, we are welcoming the community to the seneca hotel from 4:30 to 7:34 memorial services -- to 7:30 for memorial services. he passed away on october 31 of this year. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor.

seeing no other names on the roster, that concludes roll call for introduction. supervisor chiu: thank you. why don't we go to general public comment? >> the next item on the agenda is for members of the public to address the board on items within the jurisdiction of the board including -- speakers using translation assistance would be allowed twice the amount of time. a member of the public would like a document to be displayed on the overhead projector, please clearly states such and remove the document when the screen should return to live coverage of the meeting. supervisor chiu: thank you. why don't we hear from our speakers today? first speaker. >> [speaking for language] what i said -- i said happy holiday for each muslim in the world. today is our holy day, and i would like to continue to use my

arabian language. [speaking foreign language]

ladies and gentlemen, i would like to extend to every muslim in this world happy holidays. as you see, we have last week, 26 of october -- you see our plaque, for each of arabian country has been down there in the city hall. supervisor campos, as you said, happy today. we are also happy to see our mayor, the first mayor, he has

one thing to do. to clean my house. to clean your house. i ask each one of you to give our lady here one turkey. you can give a chance to feed the homeless as usual. next of all, i would like to thank my fire chief, michael lees chief for donating to me something like that. my grandchildren called to me yesterday, and i would like to tell you, i am very happy to see them or to bring them to be one of you on the future. mr. president, i do not need to talk about the politicians today, but i wish you good luck.

the city waiting to help me and to help the city solve the problems for the homeless. homeless in america. in the country who is rich in the wallet, it is time for you also to help us by giving home and job to veteran people. thank you. god bless all of you. >> good afternoon, board of supervisors. do not give money to the friends of the public library. do not accept money from the friends of the public library. people are starting to see how destructive the corporate influence has become an starting to realize how fragile the market really is. one of the values of corporations is there is never

accountability because it might interfere with profits. one of the values of democracy is that there has to be accountability for the people have no power. the value of the united states used to be that it belonged to the people. now what we see over and over again in our society is the mechanism to subvert democracy in order to protect and promote the interests of private money. most people recognize, at least in the abstract, that there are virtues to open the government that are worth more than a few pennies of a corporate donation. if we want a democracy, we need open institutions of knowledge that allow access to the trip. those are sunshine in government, a free press, and importantly, public libraries. it is no accident that the san francisco public library is the worst example of that privatization and the subversion of democracy, but we actually see that subversion everywhere.

once our institutions become a private income stream, that wants power and explosiveness. the destruction of democracy is what they expect for their money. it once with of thing considered unthinkable that the board of supervisors would meet on election day. respect for the vote is democratic and accountability. the destruction on the truth is the destruction of democracy itself. of course, as i have said many times, the lies cost more than the money. please vote. supervisor chiu: next speaker. >> thanks. good afternoon. we found this in the early days. it is a badge face to give you

when you were an employee in the early 1920's. here is something from the earthquake. from clay st., it is kind of burned. bern from residents in the 1906 earthquake. ♪ there are city places i remember all my life i look for more and these places give it everything and i hope you -- you will give it all you got in my city life i love you more ♪ \ and -- ♪ your city this city has lifted me higher than i have ever been lifted before once i was down hearted then president chiu came along

and made the place better more your city has lifted me hire the and i have ever been lifted before once the budget was down hearted then you fixed it up really great more ♪ and i am glad to be here today, and i hope they all vote and vote for you, and i'm glad that -- ♪ they'll be there and where there is good things they will vote for you and they will care ♪ supervisor chiu: next speaker. >> good afternoon. look at what has happened on

election day -- state election monitors. what kind of election do we want? i say we need a clean election. we need a trial, mr. president, an impeachment trial of mayor lee for election fraud, money- laundering, and sweetheart deals related to the central subway. these issues are not mine alone. these issues are raised by the city attorney. someone is not telling the truth. that is why we need an impeachment trial, and i urge my supervisor to call for an impeachment trial of mayor lee. let the sunshine in and have an impeachment trial so these issues can be vetted before the public. thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you. 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