but the episodes are coming up on the dance party. that is on kofy. also metv. coming up soon, sundays at 8:00, cable 13. welcome to year of the dragon. i found this at the flea market. i do not know if it is meeting right yet -- meteorite yet. but it is a dinosaur. and i found this great book. that brings me to my public comment. the bells of san francisco. i did not know what was sunshine week. what should we say? ♪ let the sunshine let the city sunshine and the sunshine in ♪ and with this book -- ♪ you can

ring my city bell ring my bell dangling -- ding a ling you can make it swell. bring me said witches and food as well. -- sandwiches and food as well you can take me to mel's you can make it swell you can ring my city bell ding a ling i hope your house you do not have to in cities here sell i hope you do not have to sell ding ding i know we sold our own for $25,000 we did sell, way back when i would like to win that old

bell today ♪ you -- yo man. it is on the new york times if you want to look it up. dance party. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> my name is kathryn hill and i have a song to share. ♪ it's not just a bar closing down this kind of thing has been happening all over this town a family business closing its doors so our landlord can make a bit more leasing out space to a big box name making this neighborhood look the same i am going to put up a fight so i can say i tried to hang onto what is mine

47 years, i have been working here counting my dollars earning the blue-collar now i'm supposed to go without any say for these 47 years when i was a boy i came to this land i worked very hard i worked with my hands i did what i had to do loving my wife i build a better life i came for hope all those years ago before the spirit broke 47 years i've been working here counting dollars burning the blue and white collar now i'm supposed to go without any say for these 47

years sitting in the bar tonight looking at is crystal lights i think of how built this place all the time it takes saving pennies counting dollars burning the blue in my collar -- earning the blue in my collar ♪ [laughter] --[applause] >> i have a public document i would like to put up. it is going to be a coincidence that 9/11 this year will be 911 days into the sabbatical cycle. another coincidence is that it will be 30 months plus 11 days from the 11th anniversary. the dictionary of a coincidence is a dictionary definition is

occurring at the same time, taking up the same position in space at the same time, in effect agreement, identical. his hobby is coincidence with his vocation. i think of an incident that happened on palm sunday. people started yelling and screaming really loudly in this incident known as palm sunday. the pharisees were not really happy about that. they told jesus to keep it down. as this incident happened, there was another incident i forgot to mention. jesus rhoden on a document -- on a donkey. they had the second incident of him riding on a donkey. i forgot the third incident that happened on palm sunday. it is recorded in some 118 -- psalm 118.

this is the day the lord has made. i beseech thee, oh lord. send now prosperity. blessed be he that cometh in the name of the lord. jesus wept over jerusalem. he said if you had known of this divine day -- he was referring to the data had rejected the chief cornerstone. daniel said when this event would happen, the precise year this would take place. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i would just like to say that i want the citizens to stand up

for what is culturally important for the city, to stand up for what is historically important to them, stand up for what is important to them culturally. we have an opportunity right now with the gold dust lounge which is getting a lot of press. where the dust settles, no one really knows. but this is not a turning -- this is an opportunity to save part of san francisco city. if it is going to lost, -- going to be lost, it will be lost forever. it is a topic that could change the way things are this -- arkin -- are conducted down in union square. i want the people who live here to take the stand. -- a stand. president chiu: any other members of the public want to speak in public comment? if not, public comment is closed.

madam clerk -- colleagues, what i would like to do is to go to our closed session at the end of today's agenda. so if we can go to our adoption without committee reference. >> items 25 through 29 are being considered for unanimous adoption without committee reference, but a single roll call vote. president chiu: would anyone like to sever one of these items? i believe items 25 and 29 need to be severed. unless there is anything else, madam clerk, could you please call the roll on items 26 through 28? supervisor weiner: i severed item 25. president chiu: will call. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye.

supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. item 25, opposing assembly bill 1678, regarding restrictions on food trucks' parks and in the two schools. -- in proximity to schools. supervisor weiner: i want to thank all of you for the significant support that you have all expressed over time for the opposition to this bill. fortunately, the opposition that has been able to organize in san francisco has sent a loud and clear message, and the author of

the legislation, assemblywoman bonnie from carmel, who is a thoughtful and responsible legislator, has significantly amended the bill in a number of ways, including grandfathering in the local regulations that exist as of next january, which would include hours, and statewide reducing the required distance of school trucks from 1,500 feet to 500 feet, and making it apply only to public schools, in addition to some other changes. although there are still some changes to be worked out, this is a pretty dramatic change to the legislation. as a result, i move to table item 25. president chiu: colleagues, any further discussion? i am sorry, supervisor weiner, but i did not touch the last of

what he said. supervisor weiner: i moved to table. president chiu: seconded by supervisor campos. without objection, that shall be the case. >> item 29 is a motion authorizing corporation of britain proponent and opponent ballot arguments and rebuttals ballot arguments for submittal to the voters at the june 5, 2012 consolidated general municipal election. president chiu: our court had solicited suggestions for this motion. no one has volunteered to right arguments for either the garbage collection disposal measure or the coit tower measure. supervisor weiner has agreed to provide arguments with regard to the garbage collection measure and supervisor elsbernd coit tower. are there other suggestions?

if not, i would like to entertain a motion to that effect. motion by supervisor elsbernd, seconded by supervisor farrell. we would strike the words with regards to support for language and the opponent measure. supervisors elsbernd and weiner will do that. can we amend without objection? and then on the underlying case as amended? we did the last item with a unanimous vote. can we take the motion as amended to be approved, house, called? -- same call? as we have approved going into the closed session of item 27, can i have a motion without objection?

>> item 24, the motion of the board of supervisors convene in closed session on march 13, 2012, with the mayor's office and the department of human resources regarding negotiations with labor unions representing city employees. president chiu: can we go into closed session without objection? without objection, that shall be the case. if we can ask members of

president chiu: . ladies and gentlemen, we are out of our closed session on item 24. could i entertain a motion to not disclose the deliberations we had in closed sessions.

motion by supervisor farrell, seconded by supervisor avalos. with that, madam clerk, could you read the in memoriams? clerk: today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals on behalf of supervisor campos for the late dorra shin amonte and for the late jake wilson, bulldog mayor of haight street. president chiu: is there any more business in front of this body? clerk: that concludes the business for today, mr. president chiu chiu president chiu: . cleex, we are adjourned. >> thank you for comment.

i am with the office of economic and workforce development, but i am representing quite a broad swath of the city and redevelopment staff who have spent rallying cry around this project. and i am here with a member of community folks who have been absolutely instrumental in putting this together. i wanted to start by introducing mayor ed lee to speak a few words on this exciting day in bayview, which has honestly left of me breathless when i walked in. [applause] >> everybody, welcome to our bayview. welcome to third and oakdale. we are proud to be here today. a lot of good things happening. we want to announce yet again a collaborative effort that has been going on for some time. but it begins with people who have dreams and we have one of

those people here who have been working in the neighborhood, building a community garden, and decided that perhaps it was time to be less and nomadic about his skill and to establish himself in a neighborhood that i know well not only welcome hands in, but there are employment opportunities here as well. certainly, there is healthy and very vibrant food menus that will be displayed at a radio africa and kitchen right here. i want to begin by it and looking a lot of the entities that have been around to this together. i know our office of housing has worked in collaboration with the redevelopment agency. tiffany is here. the redevelopment agency put in a lot of good work to get the tax increment dollars involved in this site. the work with the loan program with the mayor's office of housing.

they got together with the housing developer and coordination that owns the house and around this area and packaged its together what some small loans from our office of economic development, and collaborating about his dream and putting the financial package together. we all collaborated, and we have not ever, ever had a feeling of giving up in anyway to any part of their street. so you know that i was out here a couple months ago with a supervisor at malia cohen, who is here today. thank you for welcoming us to your district. malia and i have been focused on its third street continuously. we're not going to give up. there's no reason to give up. there is investment in people to be had here. wonderful people who live here want mendell plaza to be more

successful, the bayview opera house. we open up a couple other storefronts along third street. we're going to continue doing that with the personal investments that people are making on housing. i want to continue thanking the former commissioners of our redevelopment agency. leroy king is here today. along with commissioner dar. thank you. [applause] i want to thank the bayview merchants association. thank you for constantly working with us here and making sure we do the right thing and communicate with all the people and not let go. i want to thank our police department. the captain is here. he is working with everybody thank you for being here. [applause] askinder is very worldly.

he knows what is happening in our city and in this neighborhood. he is investing in an neighborhood he knows very well and investing in people. that is what makes a great menu, if i can put that connection together. a menu that will be reflective of the health of this neighborhood. it will get us involved. it will get the contractors involved. some are down here working in the bayview, along with the contractors and vendors throughout this corridor. he is working with mohammed nuru who is here as well with dpw. he is working with our city administrator noami kelly, who is also here. we're all here in collaboration to make sure that you know city hall is going to continue putting resources in. we are reinstating the revolving loan fund, putting more money into it.

we will have more of that decision making with the budget committee, the board of supervisors coming in the next week. then we will be walking through teraval this afternoon, touching all the aspects of it, in every district. you have supervisors like malia cohen who are no longer worried. they know we are working together. what they're worried about are the people's negative attitudes, which should not creep in. we are confident with the merchants in the city. we are going to continue discounthis positive outlook ane will continue to do it with neighborhoods, to make sure there is job creation and economic opportunity for everybody. thank you for being with us today. i look forward to an intriguing menu here starting with

eskender. thank you for your leadership here. [applause] >> he cannot talk get. he is at the very end. [laughter] i just want to thank -- then davis from the san francisco housing corporation. she helped to get this bill. i also wanted to introduce supervisor cohen to state a few words. we are all one family and we were together but i also wanted to thank every development staff, especially andrea baker for helping to manage this project. [applause] supervisor cohen? >> thank you, mr. mayor, for once again and leaving me with nothing left to say. it is good to see our city partners and a special thank you to the agency formally known

as the redevelopment agency. thank you for your guidance in getting us here, to this ribbon- cutting ceremony. it is an exciting time. we are starting to go through a rebirth, as we focus on how we are reprogramming mandel plaza, continuing infrastructure programs as well as structural improvements to the bayview opera house. i am putting everyone in their area on notice. this will be the spot. the third street merchants corridor is coming back and it will be bigger and better than ever. this bill be the new spot for international cuisine. we have a peruvian restaurant down the street. here we have eskender. this is mediterranean, modern african, very bayview. we have some fantastic asian

cuisine along the corridor, along with fantastic taco places. this place captures exactly what san francisco is looking for, bringing people and communities together over a wonderful meal. i want to thank the city family for being here, the friends and neighbors, those who said that it could not be done, those that said it would not be done. hero -- here we are celebrating the ribbon-cutting of a fantastic restaurant that will be opening up. i look forward to being a faithful patron. al norman, thank you for your leadership in the bayview merchants association. [applause] and if we have any aspiring business owners in the house

today, there will be funds available for those people that have a burgeoning of entrepreneurial spirit. i am very excited to be here and welcome you all here to this fantastic opening. [applause] >> we have what we call the third street corridor program here. it is a collaboration with the baby business resource center. is sharing here? it is a collaboration with them and redevelopment and a couple of city offices. over the last few years, we have been able to do improvements on 25 businesses on third street, which is no small feat. [applause] technically, this is part of the program. i just wanted to report from our staff, limon was standing room

only on saturday night. [applause] comintern in over now to tiffany for a couple of words from the four redevelopment agency. [applause] >> thank you. it is a pleasure to be standing here in this building. there are affordable homes here. this is a manifestation of the ongoing investments that mayor lee and others have spoken about, in terms of the physical and economic investment in the bayview. too many people are here to thank but this was truly a covered a partnership, both at the state level, to build these homes, from community development, redevelopment funds, to stimulus funds, the mayor's office of housing, up

front equity. we are truly pleased to be able to continue to invest in ongoing vibrancy of this third street corridor. and number of months ago, you saw the city's investment. we are investing in food for soul here through eskender's vision. i am pleased to be here today and i welcome you all. thank you very much. [applause] >> a couple of words from al norman of the baby merchants association. >> you want to welcome everyone here for this wonderful opening. keep your suits pressed because we plan to have many more openings like this in the bayview. we have a tenfold job here in the bayview.

we want you to join us because we have big plans in collaboration with our mayor, supervisors, but the other merchants in other districts here to make this one of the safest neighborhoods in san francisco. we want you to feel that you can come down and shop and eat and have a good time, as if you were going on union street. our job is to make sure that you are safe, having fun when you come to visit us, and make you want to come back and bring people with you. thank you so much. [applause] >> first of all, i want to thank you, mayor lee, andrea baker, for all of your hard work. [applause] from the bottom of my heart, i am very excited to move to this neighborhood.

also, this is a long-term dedication. it may not happen over a year. it will be a solid, simmering good movement that will change the way we eat around here and the way we live. for example, i do not know if you saw the garden over there. we are growing some vegetables and grains. some of did you will probably be eating today. i am so excited. i have something in the oven, so i cannot speak too long. i am so happy. i want to thank all of you, including the neighborhood. enjoy. there is plenty of food. thank you again. [applause] >> i believe there is a special table for the mayor and naomi kelly, tiffany, a couple