supervisor kim: think you will for patients, we will be starting as soon as sfgovtv is ready. my name is supervisor kim, i'm joined by supervisor farrell and supervisor campos. the committee would like to acknowledge the staff of records each of our meetings and make the transcript's available. are there any announcements? >> silence so phones and electronic devices. copies of any documents as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. the items will appear on the february 28 board of supervisors

agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor kim: as many of you know, we have a packed agenda today. there are people waiting to speak on several items, so first we will call item no. 1. >> resolution establishing a balboa park station plan advisory committee to provide input and community overside related to area transportation and other public improvements. supervisor kim: thank you. the author of this resolution actually will be here to present. prior to doing that, why don't we open up to public comment if there are any on this item. line up, two minutes. >> hello. my name is aldo sanchez, i work for the vernal heights neighborhood center. i am here in support of the creation of an advisory

committee for the balboa park station. given it is a combination of land use, housing policy, and i think it is important to have a group of community members that could oversee the development of the plans to make sure that the priorities are well-represented in this committee. i think it is going to be one of the plans that will be very important for the southeast portion of the city. specifically because of the lack of affordable housing in the area and the tremendous impact working-class families are facing in san francisco. on behalf of the vernal heights neighborhood center, i am here to support the creation of this committee. i hope that we have a good, representative body on board. i hope that out of this committee, we create good plans and good advice for the

implementation of the ballpark pllboa park plan. supervisor kim: think you for being here. >> good afternoon, committee members. i'm dan weaver, my qualifications for speaking today on my interest in being here, being involved in the balboa plan process for 10 years as of 2009 plus three more after that. 2009 was when the plan was put into effect. i think that this idea of doing a citizens advisory committee is a useful thing even though it is a few years late. as often is, i am noticing in planning department plans that we need a citizens advisory committee, particularly for the transit station area which is a tough challenge for any urban

planning effort, including san francisco. i think that the ability of a cac to provide advice and leadership would be an excellent contribution to moving the balboa area plan forward in the future. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you, mr. weaver. i want to a knowledge that president david chiu has arrived. >> i am the executive director of the ocean avenue organization. i want to say that the board of oaa is in support of the cac plan and the balboa park plan. we are looking forward to working with the sfmta and board of supervisors to provide oversight.

>> afternoon, sueprvisrs -- supervisors. i published the newspaper that serves balboa park, and a member of the powerhouse that is a little thing we're doing over there. i support this, i urge you to support it because balboa park is a gem. it is the identified as a priority development area by the bay area plan. it has great potential, right next to city college, a high- school. thank you very much. supervisor kim: thank you. are there other public speakers for item number one? >> good morning, supervisors. i lived nearby in westwood park. i would like to speak out in

favor of this resolution, but i have some concerns that i think the advisory committee should address in the future. the obvious one is the traffic congestion here at the station. the second one is changes along falen avenue for traffic for city college. some of the changes i find a bit mysterious. and traffic along the 280 ramps nearby the balboa park station. those three things have been mentioned to me by some of my neighbors and a lot of us go way out of our way so that we don't travel on falen boulevard or the 280 ramps, anywhere nearby. it is better to drive a mile away from the traffic than to sit there and wait afor light after light.

i think this committee is long overdue and they have plenty of issues to deal with. supervisor kim: i apologize for not introducing the resolution, a number of us were coming for the same event. supervisor avalos is here to talk about the advisory committee. any more public comment on this item? please step up so that i know that -- >> i'm a 35-year resident of engleside. i am pleased to see this advisory committee being established. i think that we have are rare opportunity at balboa park. it is probably the second most congested station in santa it is. we have cars, pedestrians -- in san francisco.

we have cars, pedestrians, and i hope that it will be integrated to do something special to create a signifier statement. i am here to enthusiastically endorse it and i hope we see success here. supervisor kim: thank you. >> lisa pegon, office of economic and work force development. i am here in support of this legislation. on behalf of my roles in the balboa station planned area implementation, i am a project manager for the office of economic and work-force development in the area that is a series of real-estate development projects that the city is managing and i am overseeing different department works to redevelopment that area. as well as a liaison with the

district, many of their priority projects, making the area to the balboa station a healthy, safe, positive experience for bicyclists and pedestrians to walk back and forth to the commercial district, the city college. their priority is to have the project to be implemented. it would be very useful to have a c.a.c. to check in with. they're very concerned with the station itself and that whole area. it would be useful to me to have a body in addition to them to work with, to provide updates to and get advice from in regards

to project priorities as we try to go into a fund application processes to make these projects come to life. thank you. supervisor kim: any other public comment on this item? cnn, public comment is now closed. i want to go to the author of this resolution. supervisor avalos: thank you for coming out and speaking in support of this c.a.c. i'm sorry i was late, i got held up outside. this resolution to establish the c.a.c. comes out of many years, a decade of work coming together a round of the balboa park station area plan. it was looking to manage the land use decisions around balboa park that was the most concentrated and congested station in the bart system

outside downtown san francisco. it has bart bus, light rail, mta, there is a confluence of pedestrians and buses and cars and freeways that lead to a big snarl. having this the advisory committee that can look at how we can manage transportation issues that can work with the mta as well as other transportation agencies like bart, we can manage development that has to happen around the area. the station itself is almost an industrial area surrounded by communities that use the station. we need to figure out how we can have a strong community presence that can assure the city departments, make sure that the city departments are moving

forward to make the place safer for pedestrians. better markings for people to make their way around the area, abide by the station area plans. all these are considerations to move forward, making sure that our departments are going to be accountable in the movie got a schedule that really works for the stationary at -- and moving on a schedule that really works for the station area. supervisor kim: any questions or discussion on this item? i am happy to support this resolution before us today. it is incredible to get members of the community together, we have many advisory committees in district 6. we really truly engaged in meaningful input, and i am happy to support this resolution today. supervisor campos: thank you. i make a motion to move this

forward with positive recommendation. supervisor kim: without opposition, we move forward item number one with positive recommendation to the full board. >> item two, and indeed the administrative code to declare said francisco to be a right to civil council city can't declare the intent of the board of supervisors to create a sentences go right to civil council pilot program. supervisor kim: we have the author before us today. president chiu: i want to thank you and supervisor wiener for co-sponsoring this. it will be a first in the nation proposal. i was thinking that it happens that there are four members sitting here, we are all attorneys. we are in the line of work we are in because of the interest of public service, a value that

everyone that goes to law school shares. there are literally millions of americans that do not have the legal representation that they would like. in the '70s, jimmy carter pointed out the statistics that 90% of all americans are served by only about 10% of all attorneys. 90% of all members of the bars serve the top 10% of americans. from what we know, that statistic has only gotten worse over the years. where we are having a discussion about occupy and the 99%, i want to thank the legal community for taking seriously our charge and our duty as attorneys. this proposal addresses the situation concerning representation of low-income clients. we know that the supreme court created the right to legal counsel for individuals charged

with even minor criminal offenses. if you are a parent that is at risk of losing your child buy a custody case, if you are a tenant in the process of being evicted, involved in a domestic violence case, you don't have the right to civil council. the statistics are intense. six out of 10 moderate income and eight out of 10 below poverty are completely unrepresented in civil proceedings. consider the fact that in these cases, the stakes are life changing. eight out of 10 civil court are represented by themselves. in san francisco, 95% of child support cases were filed by individuals that were self represented. the number of eviction lawsuits filed by the san francisco housing authority has increased

400%. providing low-income litigants with council also helps relieve government. providing civil legal services has a positive economic impact by improving the efficiency of the courts, saving state and local government millions of dollars in costs in responding to effects of the evictions, homelessness, and destruction of family life. i would like us to consider an ordinance that would declare san francisco to be the first right to civil council city in the united states. this is a declaration that we need to move toward foua more fair and just system. again, i want to thank the leaders of the bar that are here today. it does not immediately establish a right to counsel.