redevelopment agency an opportunity to address and the sticky questions that i heard that will may be shed some light. one, if you can speak to the extension of the deadline. this is the question raised by the woman from st. patrick's parish. then, if you can discuss what actual powers we have. thank you. >> thank you. one, on the extension, when i heard the woman from st. patrick's church articulate and ask for an extension of the time for the transition. what we do know is that redevelopment agencies will be dissolved as of february 1. there is no appeal process, there is nothing that we can do to change that. there is talk of potential state legislation out there. we cannot control that.

we must act affirmatively and accordingly in compliance. the time for transition, we expect there will be transition commencing on february 1. we believe it may last until at least march 30th it, there was a conversation to the budget discussion with you on how housing should be structured as a move forward and how they should be implemented. the resolution does provide oversight board with the ability to oversee of the major development projects. each of these have plans that planning and the board have approved and are being implemented as such, for example in mission day, it is about half

done. we're just getting started at hunters point shipyard, a phase one and phase two, both with a moving forward on alice griffith as well as the broader shipyard. this oversight board will have the ability consistent with our contractual obligations with our third-party developers to be able to implement these projects and the agreement consistent with the city's obligation that we have with these third party developers. any further approvals consistent with those obligations and the oversight board will be able to prove so long at this does not increase the enforceable obligations. all of these major projects are on this and forcible obligation schedule. the comptroller has a role in making sure that the payments are made for these enforceable

obligations, the oversight board improves these and whatever changes or additional contracts are made pursuant to those obligations. the oversight board approves that and then the state of california reviews that and the comptroller conduct an audit of those activities. there is a pretty good degree of oversight. the reason why we have structured and proposed to have a coordinated management function is because their largest generators of economic activity, parks, affordable housing really left in the city. we have an important obligation to make sure that those continue to move expeditiously contrary to what the speaker said. the oversight board will not have the ability to approve changes to those redevelopment

plans consistent with how this board has acted previously for all plans. this board will approve those changes, if supervisor chu: thank you. i want to comment. in terms of the time line, we spoke to the february 1 deadline, and that is sending we're moving quickly on. today's legislation truly a firms to the successor agencies will be to receive assets and obligations to the redevelopment agency, specifically indicating that affordable housing assets come in addition to the low and moderate-income housing fund, close to moe, and the others go to the department of administrative services under the city administrator. talks about the requirements for payment and performance, authorizes the oversight board, rescinds the redevelopment as ignition for treasure island, and makes findings under ceqa.

it is laying out the framework under which we can address how it is we are going to be structuring 3 development activities going forward. i think that conversation about what we're going to be doing with affordable housing, work force training, and the existing projects, those are things that are still being worked out by the city and we have time to weigh in on that a part of the budget analyst recommendation is to have the board direct the budget analyst, perhaps to do additional analysis on other aspects, and it is my intention, with the support of colleagues here, to bring a number of a follow-up hearings on the redevelopment agency in to get updates on what is happening, and at that juncture, to ask the budget alice to provide additional information to help make the decision. we are going to ultimately see this on at the budget, but we would like to see updates ahead of time so that we can have a meaningful way of winning in this process. i think it is going to be a important for us to deal with issues like stephanie -- staffing and what the

organizational restructuring it will look like. we want to know what the revenues will look back. when it comes back to the general fund, that will have a direct impact on our budget. we want to know about the major projects and whether the enforceable obligations definition is action what is coming to be. we want to know about our low and moderate income fund and what is happening with affordable housing projects, in addition to other smaller projects in the carper folio. i think there is an awful lot of information, a lot of decisions about staffing, parties, and organizational matters that will be coming before us. today is to make sure we are retaining the assets and steady -- stepping up the structure. if we do not pass the legislation to make sure we're the successor organization, it will go to the housing authority in terms of housing assets, and non-housing assets will go to a successor agency, to be determined by the state.

because of his projects are so important to the san francisco community and to what we're doing here, it does not make sense for us to allow for that to happen. i absolutely would be supportive of this resolution, and i want to thank the departments and supervisors who have been involved. supervisor kim: thank you. i think addressed many of the points i was going to make. i actually think that this is a very narrow piece of what we're going to be doing in terms of the long term, with committing three development activities and controls to the city and county of san francisco. that is why i am is supporting this resolution, because it is a limited number of things that we are required to do quired -- prior to february 1 in order to have any sort of plan to meet the state's debt like. as supervisor chu allied committing housing projects to the mayor's office of housing is a very natural fit. they had the expertise and

capacity to do that. i am pleased to see that the city is fighting for the low mod fund remaining as a whole in the city for us to be able to develop, and all of the affordable housing projects we have promised that we desperately need to see built, and the dissolution of tida as a redevelopment agency. it has never acted as a a redevelopment authority. i think the things put forward in this resolution are basic. in terms of the oversight body, i think they're fairly limited in some of the changes. they have to work with in the land-use plan that we have already passed and have gone through the legislative process here at the board. it is ltd. 23 project areas. we still have many other area plants that we have a lot of questions around, including south of market, yerba buena, which is no longer an area plan. but we still have many other questions that need to get addressed. this will be coming through the budget committee.

many of the funds in development are going to be going through the property tax apportionment and will come back to the city. i think all 11 members of the board will be away in in terms of what our priorities are around economic development and workforce development. i want to make sure that we commit as much as we can, given the increased number of dollars that are coming back to the city on the promises we have made to our communities. i support moving this forward. i also want to thank supervisor cohen for her work with the mayor's department and numerous departments. i think there many months, many trailing pieces that will be coming to us. this is not a hasten the process in terms of what we have to do by february 1. supervisor chu: thank you. supervisor kim has made a motion to send the item forward with recommendations. supervisor avalos: just before

voting, i feel we have to move quickly. i feel like i have not heard enough from members of the public, people who are involved with housing development, people who have concerns about the oversight board and how it works. i know we have to move quickly. i feel like we might need an extra week. i am going to approve it going out of committee, and i will give its recommendation, this item, but i feel like it could come forward on tuesday with questions. i want to make sure that, you know, we expect that there will be some discussion that will happen at the full board that could lead to a continuance of the item. and if there are other ways that we might need to have a process that includes greater discussion

and gives us more time, perhaps an extra special board meeting, i think that that is something worth considering. but i think there is a lot of questions that we could still have about this resolution and its unintended consequences. but for right now, i am willing to move it forward. but we could end up being in the board of supervisors with proposed changes that might need extra public comment that we should be prepared to deal with. supervisor chu: thank you for your comments. supervisor kim: speaking to his point about questions that may arise to the board meeting tuesday, it is important for members of the public to be about to articulate the oversight bodies of 30 over land-use designations, and with that could mean and what that would not need. just so there's a clear understanding of the potential of that authority and what it means and what it does not mean so we provide a level of safety.

comfort to folks that are worried about the plans as they exist today. supervisor chu: thank you. i expect the departments will be there on tuesday to address questions and concerns. are there any further comments before we vote? >> a question for the deputy city attorney. because of the quick nature of this, not clear if we have had full public discussion, if we were to double that i am not sure i want to make this notion or not, but if we were to have this heard at the board of supervisors as a whole committee, if we made amendments that, in some cases, would be considered substantive, could

that lead to a continuance at the full board? >> through the chair, supervisor avalos, if amendments were made at the full board next week, that would require a continuance, whether you see it at the committee as a whole next week or not. because it is the meeting at which the amendments are made, that then requires an additional opportunity and notice, an opportunity for the public to come and comment about the changes that are made. supervisor avalos: ok, thank you. i am fine in moving forward as is. supervisor chu: thank you. do we have a motion to send the item forward with recommendations? we will take that without objection. thank you. do we have any other items before us today? >> that completes the agenda for today. supervisor chu: thank you, we are adjourned.

president chiu: good afternoon, welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting for of january 10, 2012. clerk, could you please call the roll? >> supervisor avalos. present. supervisor campos, present. president chiu, present. supervisor chu, present. supervisor cohen, present. supervisor elsbernd, present. supervisor farrell, a present. supervisor kim, present.

supervisor mar, present. supervisor olague, present. welcome to the board. supervisor wiener, president. mr. president, all members are present. president chiu: i want to welcome our newest supervisor colleague. why don't we say the pledge of allegiance? "i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." president chiu: you should have colleagues of our board meeting minutes. could i have a motion to approve? motion by supervisor farrell, seconded by supervisor kim. those minutes are approved. are there any communications? >> i have one.

on december 19, 2011, the mayor submitted his feet out of an ordinance on march -- amending the park code. the board this is jurisdiction on january 18. the air -- item has been agenda isized as item 11. first item of business as the formal policy discussion between the mayor and members of the board. the mayor may address the board initially for five minutes. the president will recognize supervisors from districts 1, 3, 7, 9, and 11 who will present their questions and discussion shall not exceed five minutes per supervisor. public comment will take place during general public comment. president chiu: thank you. welcome back, mr. mayor. we will see if you have anything he would like to say to the board before starting with questions. >> happy new year to members of

the board and public. thank you. i am looking forward to working with each and every one of the and looking up -- forward to rolling up our sleeves and getting things done. i also want to thank the members of the board before attending the inaugural events this package -- past weekend. it was good to see there. i want to restate and reiterate our cooperation for years to come to keep moving our cities' board. you might have heard in my speech that i mentioned question time. on sunday i said it might not be the most exciting part our day but as long as we're working together on substantive matters for the city, i am happy and we're all going to be happy. one thing before we start this month question and answer session. i want to take a moment and make a special welcome on my behalf to the supervisor, christine delontola. she has a record of fighting to improve the lives of countless

san franciscans. here experience as an advocate for low-income tenants and persons with disabilities as well as before the lgbtq youth will do -- serve as well. thank you for answering the call to service and stepping up for air district and all the people of san francisco. i know we have important policy items before us. without delay, let's go to work. president chiu: the first question of the day will be asked from our colleague from district 1, supervisor mar. >> many corridors are struggling with vacant storefronts as well as the loss of long standing businesses. we're working with the office of economic and workforce development to save the balboa theater from going under. the balboa theater is an

important anchor of business and one of the few remaining independent theaters. small businesses are the biggest job producers in our city. i believe helping them stay afloat should be one of our highest priorities. can you articulate specific plans or programs that you're a ministration intends to implement in the coming year that will help our struggling small businesses? >> thank you for that question. i know you paid consistent attention to community theaters in your district. small businesses including theaters like the balboa are the backbone of our economy. i have been explicit in line jobs plan about the intention to establish and expand programs that are specifically aimed at assisting small businesses. one example is the invest in neighborhoods initiative which will have a direct, meaningful -- direct meaningful resources to the neighborhoods and

districts that need them the most. i have spoken about these initiatives here and i doubt this will be the last time. another example is the jobs squad which will enable city staff to get out of city hall and work full-time in the city's neighborhood districts, offering assistance and advice to small businesses to cut through red tape and start creating jobs. i will be announcing the specific details within the next several weeks and i and my proposed budget later this year. in the case of the balboa theater, we have been able to take advantage of the san francisco shines program to make a grant. the theater for assaad is in the process of being renewed. we are hopeful that this upgrade will enable businesses to stay afloat. thus preserving these crucial neighborhood jobs. the sf shines program is one of

several financing tools that the city offers to neighborhood businesses. we also have the small business revolving loan funds and the section 108 loan program for larger projects. the sf shines and roblin loans fund are out of money and need to be recapitalized. in the coming weeks, i will propose an expansion of these financing tools to increase our capacity to launch and strengthen small businesses in neighborhoods around the city. i look forward to your partnership on this and other programs for small businesses. thank you. >president chiu: i will ask the next question which has to do with affordable housing. in light of the recent supreme court decision, what is your vision for creating such housing in san francisco? will you support the housing

bond or some other dedicated source of revenue? will you streamline and consolidate the agencies involved including the mayor's office on housing, the housing authority, along with the functions of from the soon to be dismantled redevelopment agency? what direction should we take inclusionary housing? >> this has been a a question on the forefront of my mind and i've been trying to answer since the moment we got the bad news from the california state supreme court. please forgive me in advance if i take more than five minutes. this is a very complex issue. on december 29, 2011, the court issued a ruling that will dissolve all local redevelopment agency's effective february 1. it will not allow the city to a lack continue -- to continue its agency by making additional payments. the decision is final. under assembly bill 26 on

february 1, the city will automatically assume most of the agency's assets and surviving enforceable obligations. unless the city were to elect to opt out, which we do not intend to do. rather, from -- by february one, the city must affirmatively opt in to accept the transfer of the agency's affordable housing assets and responsibilities which we do intend to do. as the city prepares for the agency's imminent dissolution, the following are my immediate policy and action priorities. these priorities will guide my administration's actions as we prepare for the dissolution of the san francisco redevelopment agency. as we plan for creating a post- the solution successor agency, we must continue moving forward without delay on approve projects. mission bay north and south, the hunters point shipyard and candlestick point projects, and

transbay. we have existing contractual obligations and attend -- intend to use tax increments for infrastructure and affordable housing. we must also maximize state and federal matching dollars. moving forward, we must prioritize redevelopment agency projects and programs receiving state and federal matching dollars that maximize the leveraging of our local investment. we will also keep working toward our affordable housing goals. the redevelopment agency has been the single largest source of affordable and workforce housing for san francisco. i am committed to adopting and moving for the existing affordable housing goals and commitment of the agency by transferring these functions and assets to the mayor's office of housing and seeking to preserve the full balance in the agency's low and moderate housing and come fund for that purpose. to continue this critical work,

we're going to need new tools to replace redevelopment. we are committed to working with our partners across the state to create the tool. i am committed to a new local toole, the finance -- to finance affordable housing. as we announced my administration will establish to -- a housing trust fund to insure we have a local, a permanent source of funding for affordable housing. last but not least, we will continue to promote workforce development and neighborhood revitalization. the redevelopment agency played a critical role in supporting work force and local hire programs as well as revitalizing communities on a neighborhood scale. i am committed to finding a way for the city to pursue a comparable workforce development and local hire programs, small business support, corridor facade improvement, public rail improvements and similar activities. today, i will be introducing a resolution to help move these

goals for. i want to thank supervisor malia cohen for agreeing to be the sponsor of this resolution. i want to thank supervisors kim and olague for agreeing to co- sponsor the resolution. we can ensure these critical functions continue. to ensure expeditious and professional level of oversight for the ongoing redevelopment successor duties of the city, i will also forward to you the nominations of life for candidates to the oversight board. which the state requires us to form for the purpose of overseeing the successor agency and for your confirmation. these nominees consist of john ram of planning, olson lee, nadia sessa, and bob muscat. i have been informed that

chancellor griffin from the city college of san francisco intends to ford linda -- forward linda mcknight. superintendent carlos garcia will be appointing nancy waymeck. finally, the last appointing authority will be making an appointment soon. president chiu: our next question will be asked by our colleague from district 7, supervisor elsbernd. supervisor elsbernd: thank you. following up on this question of redevelopment, one of the specific projects, transbay terminal. not only is it facing the loss of the redevelopment agency but it does not take your rocket scientist to see that the future of high-speed rail is in serious doubt. certainly in 2012, washington,

d.c., the odds that there will be new money with the split government is slim to none. we're seeing the democratic legislature is questioning appropriate in the bond funds. quite simply, breaking down my question, redevelopment. what is plan b with transbay terminal? if the high-speed rail goes away, we do? >> thank you for that question, supervisor elsbernd. let me start off by saying i am committed to seeing full implementation of high-speed rail. which includes having a northern terminus at the transbay center transit center. as you indicated, the high speed rail authority released a business plan and they asked cities to comment. in a matter of days, san francisco will submit technical comments with the key goal of seeing that transbay is the end point of the new rail system. point of the new rail system. i sent a letter to the ceo of