contribution cap and in the future, index it to the rate of inflation which would result most likely taking five years to 10 years for it to go up by $100. it would be a very slow increase. the cap has not been raised since it was implemented almost 30 years ago. it would make a change to the public financing ordinance, that would make it easier for candidates to incur compliance costs particularly with accountants right now, with strict spending cap, it would provide incentive not to spend money on accounting and legal fees to make sure they are complying with finance laws. because of every penny you spent are legal, -- this would create

a separate account that would be audited and would allow spending on compliance costs and that would not be subject to the regular cab. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor cohen. supervisor cohen: thank you, colleagues. today i will be introducing to simple items. the first is establishing the art and special design use district. this will facilitate the expansion of one of our city's most innovative and important educational institutions. the california college of arts. the second piece i'm introducing is an amendment to the campaign in the government will conduct code. the department of election shall not certify any disbursement of funds seeking election in november of 2012 until the redistricting task force has completed the revision of the

district. we're interested in participating and every district -- in the redistricting process and this is important to ensure that our public financing dollars are allocated appropriately. the rest i submit. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor kim? seeing no other names, mr. president, that concludes roll- call for introductions. president chiu: let's go to general public comment. >> this is the opportunity for the board to -- public to address the board. including items on the adoption without committee reference. a portion of the dead and excluding items which have been considered by a board committee. speakers using translation assistance will be allowed to have twice the time to testify. if you would like a document displayed, please state that and remove the document. >president chiu: stop the

corporate-our first speaker. >> the privatization of our public library depends on dehumanization. like the rest of our in corporate society. in order to counteract that dehumanization, i would like to acknowledge when i pass a major birthday. i will be 65. if you have been told how long i have been doing this you do not need to be a genius to figure out i was 27 when i started. when i became interested in the san francisco public library, my generation was conscious of the invisible chains that enslaved people and we thought ideas of justice would reform society. among offers -- authors like george orwell who wrote a " down and out in paris and london." also, r. d. laing.

exposing the fact that in a capitalist society, people suffered psychological effect from dehumanizing politics. i thought it necessary to expose the mechanisms of repression that i believe for unleased on people to protect economic self interest and corporate greed. it is an almost unimaginable horror. i have a picture of what i looked like in those days. i'd barely believe it is me. i remember taking the picture. [bell] my parents changed over the years. one gray hair at a time. the corporate influence peddlers could not to be any better. they're just too corrupt. i'm still fighting for the decency and access to reason to which that slightly lost youth was entitled. i would never turn my back on him because democracy exists for one when it exists for all.

when our society collapses, that is when we realize the lies cost more than the money. president chiu: thank you. and great picture. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i was at the flea market, i got the best job i in san francisco. 25 cents. the free-market. -- free-market -- flea market. it wcould have been john avalos, anyone i could visualize on there. and -- ♪ you decorated my city life by not putting plastic bags over the place ♪ ♪ in made it look nice ♪ you decorated my city life ♪ and you made it turned out,

you made it turned out right ♪ ♪ and you made this city look ♪ and you fixed it up great ♪ ♪ in all of your night -- might ♪ ♪ what a day for daydream ♪ ♪ i have been lost in a daydream wondered about my city bundle of joy ♪ ♪ even if time is passing the by and all the budget has gone by by ♪ ♪ at the budget is really low. you get a pie in the face ♪ [bell] ♪ ♪ the center went to the mighty king

♪ do you hear what i say ♪ music nig ♪ and they make it turn out right ♪ captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- ♪ make it turn out right ♪ president chiu: next speaker, please. >> the whole world is the stage. i was here last week, some of you might recall. i was here to give you a briefing on formula retail law. i just gave a summary of it, i thought it was pretty gripping. we will decide if it is gripping by how many of you decided to go back and refresh ourselves with it this week. that was one of my challenges was to refresh your memory is by reading the law. did anybody? >>they are on board with their

efforts which we appreciate. the formula retail thing that i was talking about last week, the law was broken by two entities, the planning department and it was chase. one of those i am ok with saying was a mistake. the other was more for the benefit of the big corporation. i think we can figure out which is which of their. if you have not refreshed herself by rating formula retail law, it is a great holiday read. it is something to be thankful for, for thanksgiving. it is amazing landmark legislation that was passed in 2004. matt gonzales led the way. it said san francisco is this unique place, let's go ahead and make sure we protect that and we protect small business's ability to thrive here. they're going to get priced out by these big box stores and big corporate entities. we will give people the right to talk about it. and the planning commission with

a conditional use hearing and the planning department decided that they did not have to honor the general categories. it was meant to be a catch all. any standardized decor and 11 or more stores in the u.s. and chase falls into that category. we have been occupying for -- 401 divisadero as the service and telling them about credit alternatives to big banks. it is a great thanksgiving rate. i am not being sarcastic. join us for our christmas carols -- [inaudible] president chiu: think you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. everyone knows who i am, so there is no need to see my name. i would like to thank tony hall for his run for mayor. he is a good example of an

honest politician that was unfairly treated by corrupt influences in the city of san francisco. he had the courage to run again to show that you cannot keep a good man down. also i have some random thoughts i would like to put forth for the record. i would like to know how many supervisors have seen the movie "j. edgar." the fbi is supposed to be the good guys, not the bad guys. is it true that during the recent election cycle every prominent chinese politician was seen with a knife in their back? i kind of thought that was an interesting thing, even though some people said the knives were invisible, except for us astute observers. thirdly, i would like it known that it is true that charlie chan is alive and well in san francisco and is actively working at an interesting job,

and also i would like it known that i am one of the few people here in san francisco that actually believes that eventually, there will be the return of eliot ness and he will set foot inside city hall. [bell] one more thing i would like to add. all those people down at justin herman plaza should remember that a certain person did not live up to their word, and consequently, in my opinion, destroyed the goodwill and reputation of all honest chinese throughout history. now, all i hear when i talk to people, especially from the eastern part of the united states, is, why should i trust you? you're actually chinese. thank you. [bell]

>> ladies and gentlemen of the board of supervisors, my name is john palmer, i am a 20-year san francisco resident and a 15- year small business owner. i am here to talk about rank choice of voting. a distinguished supervisor among you told me, it is the political consultants in this time who hated because they cannot figure out who is winning. they cannot serve their clients the way they want to. political consultants are nice people and all, i am sure that. please consider the rest of us and what makes better elections for the rest of us when you vote on this issue. critics are blaming ranked choice voting for low turnout. nationally, turnout is down. did you know san francisco ranks among the largest 22 cities in america regarding turnout at the most recent mayoral election? i have the data for you and i will leave it for you. there's a lot of talk about

majorities. you have to pick your poison on this one. your choices are between exhausted ballots that have averaged 19% in the contest for have exhausted voters. the 37% fewer rudder shall run. december runoffs where nobody votes. that is the real disenfranchisement. did you know that in the runoff between 2000 and 2003, in eight out of 14 contests, the winner of the first-round had fewer -- the winner of the runoff round had fewer votes than the winner of the first round? it is that exhausted voter thing again. 37% stake in -- the homstayed hn december. speaking of low turnout, the same consultants would love to see this on the june ballot. special interest money goes a

long way when you want to get those low turnout races. i contend -- [inaudible] just ask the voters. thank you. president chiu: thank you. >> supervisors, tom gilberty. three years ago, exactly, the noise control bill was in passage between here and the mayor's signature, it became law christmas morning. it was the first legislation for noise in decades. we appreciate tom. in between his first and last name, i consider him lionhearted. if you see him, passed along. i had issues with that. my issues with that bill are

the 5 and 8, dess newble increases and the 55 and 45 noise limits. reasons why 5 decibels, if we have 1000 units of noise in that neighborhood, five changes that to 1500. 50% gain. eight nearly doubles it. why are we adding noise in buildings? architects can design and build quiet buildings, better machines, better designed, acoustic modifications, we all remember noisy neon advertising signs, we all remember the era when the car alarms were raging. we can modify these things, we can change these things. right now, we have an epidemic of buildings just dumping noise and the only process in the city to adjust that is by

complaint and the complaint goes down if there is 55 decibels of noise daytime, the department of health will get it to that level. and how much noise is 55 decibels in your neighborhood? i do not want you to sleep with that. they want to reduce it to 45 for the night. the only problem is, at 45 decibels, even with your windows closed, you'll get noise. and you can get noise in your apartmentñr with a rating of 36, 37 decibels with your windows closed and there will be abuzz across the street. why can we not catch these sources at the source? surely we can do better. it is something new. it is called forced air heating and air-conditioning, hvac.

we can modify this. we are such a treasure to live here. i really think we can keep this noise out of our environment. this would be a good time to do it. thank you, happy thanksgiving. >> thank you. unfortunately, there are people in san francisco who want to regress, to roll back recent advances in democracy, who want to restrict the voters who want to get rid of ranked choice voting. they say it has not delivered majorities, not true. they tried to play semantic games but if you do a fair comparison, and apples to apples comparison, the solution is worse.

they tell us the turnout was lower than it was four years ago. no, john diaz, it is not true. this was brought to san francisco with the promise it would bring more voters to the polls. that is not true. the promise was to complete the voting in typically higher turnout november elections. even for mayoral runoff, more often than not, the december runoff had lower turnout. the december 2003 polarizing runoff was the extreme out liar. the exception that proves the rule. it has lived up to its promise. they're not clamoring for five more weeks of candidate debates and another trip to the voting booth. in the 2002 voter guide, there are pages of arguments in favor. there's not one mention of attracting more voters to the polls. these are extraordinary times

and an exceptional number of people are struggling to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. the repressors have been sponsoring a long, and a leading campaign to confuse voters and discourage them from participating -- the regressors. yet, there excuse for any problem is to blame rcv. please, do not reward the deception. thank you. >> hello. i am year to date that -- because i saw last night that there was a question about whether occupy sf would be allowed to continue. i have visited their couple of times a week since its inception and have been very impressed so far with its accomplishments and its promise. i understand homeless people are being fed, clothed, housed, and

given medical care. there is a california nurses association tent there 24/7 for medical care. i happen to be there the night the endorsement was done. it was exciting to see that kind of support for such a big, social movement. the broader community comes in all the time of the nation's of all kinds to support the encampment. it is inspiring for the broader community, and there have been teachers and students showing up wanting to know how they also can get involved. the activities at the site are tremendous. it is like going to school in social change. the general assembly's are exciting. all of our voices are heard in making a collective decision and consensus does happen.

it is amazing to see it with a couple hundred people. the group is very technological flat -- technologically savvy and in touch with occupations all over the world. that is exciting to see as well. it is because everybody is engaged in the same questions. i would like to leave you with one observation -- a man came to general assembly from a silicon valley company, says we are all talking about it around water coolers, and the group asked why, and he said because we are for social justice and equity and believe in giving back to our community. so i think people with money also need to be part of this dialogue. i would like to ask you to allow occupy sf to continue so everybody can have a focal point to continue the dialogue. thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. library users association. there is an historic,

multicultural community mural that was put up over two years at the bernal heights branch library about 30 years ago. it features the famous seek a -- singer, the chileans singer, and an african-american singer that has no words. two years ago, the library commission considered what to do about replacing or restoring the mural and a so-called compromise was reached. by formal resolution, the library commission approved restoration of the mural on the front of the library and the replacement through a community process of the other two sides. there was an issue with money. $18,000 was going to be a problem for the estimated cost of restoration. two years later, a very on

public -- unpublic process came up with a solution, which was full-blown brought to the library commission, and that, suddenly, without any mention about the library commissions previous resolution, was going to get rid of every square inch of the existing multi-cultural mural. not only the, but there was no discussion about the money anymore, although dig around on blogs, turns out that the new budget for the new plan is more than 10 times the amount of the old -- namely $185,000. with a nice little fee for the friends of the san francisco public library of $16,800. this should not occur. thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you.

are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment? seeing none, general public comment is over. could we go to adoption without committee reference calendar? >> items 32 through 37 are being considered for immediate and unanimous adoption without committee reference. the items will be acted upon by a single roll call vote unless a member request discussion of the matter. it shall be removed and considered separately. supervisor chiu: are there any items you would like to sever? supervisor elsbernd? 33? supervisor elsbernd: 32 and 33. supervisor chiu: if we could take a roll-call vote on items 34 through 37. >> mirkarimi occupy wiener occupy avalos aye. campos aye. chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. elsbernd aye.

farrell aye. kim aye. mar aye. -- mirkarimi aye. wiener aye. avalos aye. item 32 is a resolution urging our elected state senators and representatives to oppose the inclusion of the farm bill in the supercommittee process and to support a full legislative process for the 2012 farm bill. supervisor elsbernd: -- supervisor mar: i make a motion to table the item. it has become moot now that the supercommittee is no longer functioning. >> item 33, resolution authorizing the city to implement a pre-tax payroll deduction plan for all employees in calpers. supervisor elsbernd: i have a technical amendment that needs to be made. i asked that we adopt the amendment and then move it

forward or approve it as amended. supervisor chiu: motion to amend. colleagues, any objection? motion to amend passes. on the underlying resolution as amended, if we could take that same house, same call? without objection, the resolution is adopted as amended. we have a 3:30 special order. given that the party is actually hear the supervisor chu would like to of knowledge, i would like to ask for unanimous consent that we waive the rule that we do the special accommodation at 3:30. without objection, that shall be the case. the special 3:30 rule shall be waived. to our 3:30 special commendation. supervisor chu: we have a very special group of like to invite to the podium, change sf.

i have the distinct honor to recognize the special group of individuals from a district four school -- lincoln high school, home of the mighty mustangs. the group is actually an organization called change sf. i remember when i met her. she was downstairs walking in with her mother, and she ran into me to ask whether there was anything she could do to help volunteer in the community. you meet a lot of people who say that and they might disappear, but she did not do that. she went back to her high school, created an organization and organized a bunch of her peers. they have been a part of so many events in the past years. the list goes on and on. today, i really wanted to take a minute to recognize this group of individuals.

she is very special in the front right there. she received the president's volunteer service award. i want to say thank you to all the students here. rather than name you all by name, i want to say i appreciate all of your work. every time we have had an event in the community, you have been there with us getting your hands dirty. just your energy and your desire to contribute back to the community has been a big blessing for us. i want to thank you and let you know that the board of supervisors recognizes your work and we want to say that you guys are terrific role models and we hope to see you in the chamber as representatives sometime in the future. congratulations. >> thank you. [applause] >> we just want to say thank you so much for all your support and help over these past few years. we really are dedicated to helping to serve our community and get back and we really do

enjoy volunteering, so thank you so much for everything. [applause] [laughter] supervisor chiu: that concludes our 3:30 commendation. at this time, why don't we recess until 4:00? we have the leland avenue appeal at that time. with that, if temporary recess.