analyst -- have all recommended shifting from the site monitor to improve efficiencies, streamline, and expand. i have experienced in this field and i understand your frustration, president chiu. all documentation must be appropriate and necessary to deliver city projects on time and on budget. president chiu: thank you, our next question will be presented by our colleague from district 5, supervisor mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. this is regarding job creation, mr. mayor. according to information provided by the mayor's office of economic and workforce development, san francisco's human services agency and the economic work force the bill -- i said that. started. at $25 million in federal stimulus funds available from may 2009 until september 2010 to

use port jobs and now placement programs. with these funds, hsa was able to provide job services to over 4000 low-skilled or unemployed san franciscans in less than a year-and-a-half. city data also indicates the sense federal funding stimulus ran out over a year ago, they have only been able to serve approximately 550 san franciscans in these programs annually, a significant decrease. what level of funding for these programs do you propose in the upcoming budget to the full year campaign pledge of job training and creation? mayor lee: thank you, supervisor. first of all, let me congratulate you on your election. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. mayor lee: i look forward to working for -- and working with you as your. one of my top priorities in taking office was job creation.

as you pointed out, the jobs now program was originally funded entirely by the stimulus fund that resulted in over 4000 san franciscans being placed in jobs. i am proud that we've been able to maintain jobs now with local funding even after the stimulus funds have expired. this year, over 700 unemployed san franciscans have been placed in jobs, including 200 individuals who are now maintaining our streets and our parks while building career skills. additionally, the city has been awarded an a grant from the department of labour to provide employment for low-income, non- can -- low-income, non-custodial parents. this program will provide job training and placement,

transitional employment, and incentives such as adjusted child support obligations to assist non-custodial parents need their child-support responsibilities and gain employment. public-sector programs like jobs now and transitional sf are important, but they're only part of the solution. equally important -- private- sector employment growth. at the end of the day, the only way our job training and placement programs are going to be successful, is to make sure there is a job for every san franciscan. that is why i would join supervisor avalos in providing construction jobs. i support initiatives that focus on our manufacturing sector. i have also called for the creation of jobs investments,

and i look for to working with supervisor chu in particular, as well as others. as you know, we're in the early stages of the budget development process. in a few weeks, my office will be releasing our initial deficit projection, and we will be eliciting from departments measures to offset the deficit. i can assure you, supervisor, programs that spur job creation and it support economic growth will be prioritized in the budget i submit to you next june, and i look forward to working with you to get your support in implementing these programs. president chiu: our final question will be asked by our colleague from sault -- from

district 9. supervisor campos: thank you. i am joined in my question buying supervisor avalos from district 11. hopefully this will not lead to confusion, because we're confused all the time. as you know, mr. mayor, the san francisco municipal transportation agency work orders total $60 million to other city departments for services, including services that may not have a direct connection to public transit, and one example of that -- we are well aware a significant portion of that money goes to fund the motorcycle fleets for the san francisco police department. clearly, that fleet is an important -- plays an important part in the life of the city and should be funded. the question is whether it should be funded by the mta. would you commit today -- i know

it is difficult to get any of us to commit to something of this type -- but would you commit to reducing the amount of work orders by least 20% by fy2011- 2012 so the mta will have more money to increase transit services for all riders? mayor lee: thank you for your work on the mta. i agree needs to find a way to achieve cost sufficiency is for muni, but i do not know reducing mta work orders is the way to do it. a work order is simply an agreement to provide services. reducing recorders will mean mta has to provide services, which in just about all cases will be in areas where they do not have a core competency. either that or they will have to purchase those services from

elsewhere, potentially through third-party vendors. it is not as if a reduction in work orders will necessarily lead to a commensurate decrease the need for services to keep the new system running efficiently. one more quarter targeted for reduction is the work order for the san francisco police department traffic division. mta gives some money to the traffic division for assistance for officers managing the streets and effectively, which increases muni travel speeds. producing this work order would reduce the sfpuc -- reducing this work order reduce the asset -- sfpd is on the streets. this would reduce service speeds. i am not sure we would reduce the work orders to help traffic. this is just one example, and that would be happy to discuss the specifics with you. like i said, i am open to

discussing areas where work orders could be reduced to enhance services and bring down costs. but to do one without the other would be counterproductive. that said, while bringing muni cost down -- that will most likely come from strategy is like savings under prodigy. we can see impacts of this in future this will years. also, we need recommendations from our transit effectiveness project. that is not to say that the entire universe -- this is the entire universe of potential cost savings. i have asked mr. reskin to begin a dialogue. i know mta is starting that process now. i share your concerns about muni, making sure it has

adequate resources to provide reliable and quality services to our riders. and committed to working with mta, the board, -- i am committed to working with mta, they're bored, and this board of supervisors. thank you, supervisor avalos, and certainly thank you to supervisor elsbernd for your question as well. [laughter] president chiu: and with that, that is the end of this month's question time. thank you, mr. mayor. madam clerk, what we go to our consent agenda, items 2 through 6? >> these items will be acted upon by a single roll call vote unless a member of the board requests a matter be removed from the agenda and considered separately. president chiu: colleagues, does

anyone want to sever an item? roll call on items 2 through 6. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. >> there are 11 is. president chiu: item 7? >> providg that selected non- recurrence is the only be spent on the occurrences.

>> same house, called? >> item 8 -- appropriating state revenue loss reserves in federal prison -- revenues for adult day health centers of human services agency for fy2011-2012. president chiu: same house, called? >> item 9 -- police code ordinance amending the san francisco police corps -- police code section 12 15.2. president chiu: same house, called? item 10. >> memorandum for understanding regional agreement for the disbursement of government structures and procedures for application in the bay area. president chiu: same house, called? item 11.

>> ordnance and ending the san francisco and minister of code section 2a.190. president chiu: same house, same call? let's skip over our 3:00 special order. actually, several 3:00 special orders. why don't we move to roll call? >> supervisor chu, you are first or roll call. supervisor chu: [inaudible] >> supervisor kim? supervisor kim: i want to request that we adjourn our meeting in memory of one of my constituents. she was born in 1926.

she arrived in america with her husband over 55 years ago in 1979 and was later joined by the rest of her family in 95. she departed this past saturday at the age of 85. she is survived by her husband, three daughters, three sons, 12 grandchildren, and five grandchildren, including a close friend of mine, timothy ho. she will be remembered as a grandmother who love to knit while listening to chinese opera. her services will be held on friday at green street mortuary, san francisco. her family is very active in our community as many of you know. grandchildren are very active in chinatown. thank you. the rest i submit. >> thank you.

supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: thank you. today, and introducing legislation relating to important plazas in my district, both on castro and market. as you well know, we have been expanding the number of plazas and in the city, creating a lot of great new public space. however, this space has been in limbo. is not really a part. is not really -- i t is not really up -- it is not really a park. it is not really a st.. we do not have the same rules relating to these plaza's. we need to establish some rules for the warner and the harvey

milk plaza. i'm hoping i can provide a template for other plazas in in the city that other neighborhoods can use it as a template. the rest i submit. >> thank you. supervisor cohen? we will come back to her. supervisor farrell? supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: submit. >> supervisor campos? supervisor mar? supervisor mar: thank you, colleagues. i am introducing legislation that amends part of the planning code -- that a man's part of the planning code in both -- amends part of the planning code.

this legislation is a companion to the formula retell pet store ban legislation that was passed in june, and the purpose of this ordinance is to encourage generous ground floor ceiling heights in commercial and other active it uses and to encourage walk-up ground floor uses to be raised slightly from side what level, and better building frontage on the public streets. this legislation will encourage new businesses to move into the geary boulevard corridor. i strongly encourage you to support our beleaguered small business community by supporting this legislation. earlier today, as did with a number of workers from another -- from a number of jeanette retail stores fighting for good jobs in a healthy neighborhood and i am calling for a hearing

with his coalition and the impacts on our small businesses -- neighborhoods, workers, and the economy. i am also calling for community- based organizations and religious groups to get the unique quality of life. with this hearing, we will make an important for step in quantifying the impact of retail in san francisco. lastly, i am introducing a call for a hearing with the america's cup quickly approaching. this hearing would help to raise awareness of the america's cup events authority and what plans our office as for the america's cup. this could potentially relieve

overcrowding in congested on the waterfront and deliver up to 200,000 -- up to 200,000 attendees everyday. i would also like to learn how the economic impact of the event is going to positively impact other neighborhoods that are away from the race site. finally, this event should support our hometown artists, our local and community-based artists, and i would like to know how they plan to include the local arts community in the program. the rest i will submit. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor kim? supervisor kim: i would also like to mention that mrs. ho is also a grandmother to one of our clerks. supervisor farrell: i have two

items. on election day, a group was told by staff that the u.n. plaza -- they were not allowed to pass out voter guides their. in section 7.0.3 -- the only part that concerns passing out leaflets is the part that says they need 60 or more people to buy -- 60 more people. ibm submitting a letter of inquiry to -- i am submitting a letter inquiry to rec and park. we have to give guidance to avoid this happening in the future. my second item for introduction

-- it is in memorial for jesse moore. i will start by paraphrasing johnny cash. "i hear the bart train a'comin. it is coming around the bend." he was a big, tattooed guy singing johnny cash songs with an uncanny impression of his era ton. while his appearance may have been intimidating, he was a warm and friendly guy with a great sense of humor. he moved to bart because of the great acoustics and for years commuters enjoy his songs echoing up the walls. he was a much loved member of the community. jesse also wrote and performed

original songs with his band, and they were working on a new country album at the time of his passing. seven tracks from the album have been available for download for a suggested donation of $5 to pay for his memorial. we have a track here -- actually a performance of him playing at cards we would like to put in a clip. this is him here,, jesse morgan. ♪ >> hello. it sure as ain't johnny cash. ♪ with nobody to hold my hand and the beer i had for breakfast wasn't bad i had one more for the road my clothes were clingin' dirty

shirts i was my face and combed my hair and went on down i smoked my brains the night before and i lit my first and watched [indistinct lyrics] across the empty street and they took me back to something that i lost somewhere along the way on a sunday morning sidewalk

i'm wishing, lord, that i was stone there's something about a sunday that makes the body feel alone oh, there's nothing short of dyin' as lonely as a sound and it's sleeping on sity sidewalks and sunday morning coming down [indistinct lyrics] and a laughing little to

thegirl -- little girl she was singing and i passed a sunday school and heard the songs they were singing a lonely bell was ringing and it echoed through the can yon like the disappearing dream of yesterday and on a sunday morning sidewalk i am 0 wishing, lord, i was stoneh there is something about the sunday that makes a body feel alone

and there's nothing short of dyin' that is as lonesome as a sound and the sound of sunday morning coming down ♪ [applause] supervisor campos: thank you, very much, for listening, colleagues and the public. i just wanted to say thank you for his work. he as a memorial service coming up, and if folks could download a couple of songs to help pay for it -- thank you very much. >> thank you, supervisor avalos. that concludes introductions. the next item is the opportunity

for the public to address the board on two minutes on a subject matter under the jurisdiction of the board, including formal policy discussions between the mayor and the board. excluding items that have been considered by the board committee. speakers in the translation assistance will be allowed time to testify. if a member of the public would like a document to be displayed on the overhead projector, please -- >> [unintelligible] t[speaking foreign language]

ladies and gentleman, i'd like to tell to our former supervisor ross mirkarimi, congratulations. ross, i trust you. and guess what? i put you, number one, number two, no. 3 choice in my vote. i want to give you might vote -- i do not give you my vote for

blocking. -- good looking. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. >> at this moment, i will tell you i have a proposal, like anyone else. i have to but nephews who would -- i have two nephews who would be in jail, to show them how they can be good workers. ross, as you go on, and everyone in your district like you, try to understand -- i like you, i trust you, and i would like to thank you for a donation of three turkeys to feed the homeless. i asked only for one turkey.

300 men and women, and that would like to be happy liked anyone else. campos, you promised me. you have a turkey waiting for you. thank you. i would also ask our mayor after he finished here, if he can be coming. [bell rings] be coming to feed the homeless. thank you. thank you again. president chiu: thank you. i would like to just remind folks making public comment, your to address your comments to the full board and not individual members. next speaker. >> do n a