we hope the state of california can have the protections we have in the city and county of san francisco. supervisor avalos: today, i am submitting a request for a hearing on the creation of the office of early childhood education. colleagues, you may remember that in late 2010 the budget analysts have done an audit on functions of the early childhood education system in san francisco show there is a great need of greater consolidation to make sure we are using our funds wisely if there is greater transparency between the departments and how they work. it was proposed that there be a consolidation of the functions in the office. it was proposed in 2010.

i was chair of the budget department at that time, but was not ready to pull the string. i have not had a thorough work on that. i have spent the last year working with the directors of the human services agency, as well as those responsible for early chou good education, the department of children and families. i worked closely with the child care, planning, and advisory commission as well, and came up with some principles by which would look at consolidation of early childhood education. one of the areas we looked at in this process, my office working with a child care providers, was consolidation under the human services agency, which would take us back to square one,

where the mayor's office was in 2010. i am not comfortable with that as a place to create our office of -- i am now comfortable with that place to create our office of early childhood education, among other options. i would look at pursuing that in the weeks to come. the hearing itself is in preparation for the budget process, hoping that we can gather all we need for the creation of this office before the mayor's budget submissions that the part of the city that has the budget to create the office can do so. that is my item. supervisor mar: colleagues, sometimes you might ask yourself how i keep in such great health. [laughter] one of the ways is the richmond district ymca.

that is very self-promotional. the district ymca began in 1922. the celebration is at the temple beth shalom from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.. please support it, and please join me in the jacuzzi and son know when you can, or the weight room one of these evenings. in support of michelle obama's "let's move" campaign -- i am serious about joining me in the jacuzzi sometimes -- but in support of the michelle obama initiative, help the kids day is coming up. it is at the richmond ymca. i was honored to meet michele obama at golden gate park a couple of days ago, when she can to talk about women's leadership and a lot of the grid or she has done to combat obesity, and to

support major health care efforts throughout this country. i really applaud michelle obama and her staff, but also the academy of sciences for a great event. the rest, i will submit. president chiu: i thought supervisor mar was healthy because he was not eating happy meals. my items involve muni. the first is to speed up muni, which travels at an average of 8 mph. this would amend the transportation code to finally allow riders to legally board the rear doors, as long as they have proof of payment. ed reiskin and his leadership are committed to implementing all-or boarding this year. it sounds simple, but has been a long time coming. the headline from 2008 said muni

was set to test rear door bordon, but that never happened. the mta is looking more aggressively at improving travel times. groups like the san francisco transit riders union have been pushing for all the war -- for all-door boarding. my second resolution urges the mta to revise its current policy on baby strollers to be more family friendly. this is sponsored by supervisor elsbernd and myself, based on feedback by parents. current policy only permits strollers at the discretion of the driver and does not allow them to be unfolded on board. it is clear this policy has effectively denied parents and caregivers with infants and young children the ability to board vehicles and has limited their access to public transit. we know working families in san

francisco often depend on public of protection. we also know one of the most significant challenges facing us today has been family fight. there are a number of options we believe should be considered to make many more family friendly. this is based on preliminary conversations with the mta. they allow strollers to be unfolded as long as children are safely secured and they are not blocking the aisle. another would be to allow parents to access lifts and ramps and to occupy a special to sitting currently reserved for singers and the disabled. the third would be to designate areas in vehicles specifically for parents with unfolded strollers. i look forward to working with representatives of parents and the mta on this crucial issue. i have one other item, which is to cultivate for a hearing on the accessibility of recreation areas for detainees at the

juvenile justice center, including a discussion of the capital priorities and whether or not we are in compliance with state regulations regarding physical education. in december 2006, jpd opened a new juvenile hall, the new ygc. this included recreation areas outdoors. however, as reported in february and documented by the youth commission, the recreation area has been tremendously underutilized for the past five years. after five years of very little use, the juvenile probation department has not included in its capital improvements the types of investments needed for full access to the recreation areas in the department's 10- year plan. i think it is important to have a public conversation about what it would take to have full use

of recreation areas. there also been issues raised about whether we are compliant with state regulations regarding physical education. i ask that this item be sent to our public safety committee. i submit the rest of my items. supervisor olague: colleagues, today i am introducing an ordinance to waive the temporary occupancy fee for small business week sidewalk sales. this is the eighth year the office of small-business, in coordination with the department of public works, is requesting approval from the board of supervisors in waving beefy for temporary -- the fee for temporary the street space occupancy. small business events will be held may 13-19, 2012. the goal of sidewalk sales is to help drive attendance and revenue to our small businesses. waving the temporary occupancy

fees allows participating merchants the opportunity to promote and market their corridor, and allows individual businesses to participate by holding the sidewalk sales. the rest i will submit. supervisor cohen: good afternoon, colleagues, and friends and neighbors watching this broadcast. yesterday, in the land use committee, we had a very spirited debate, and a thorough and thoughtful hearing about the impact of foreclosure. i want to thank supervisors avalos and campos for bringing this issue to the forefront again. in district 10, we have a high rate of homeownership, and an even higher rate of foreclosures and the state and national average. there are obviously a significant number of issues

associated with the impact of foreclosure. but today i will be introducing legislation to address nearly one of them. i have seen, time and time again, owners of foreclosed properties leaving them deteriorated, accumulating trash, graffiti, and other nuisances. these properties remain in despair for months, even years, suggesting tenants, neighbors, and communities to physical blight. this condition, no matter who owns the property, is unacceptable, and in clear violation of city blite laws. but i continue to see owners of foreclosed properties completely disregard requests from the city and the community to abate nuisances. this blatant disregard for our city laws and the health and safety of our neighborhood is and the unacceptable. -- is simply unacceptable. this ordinance would hold owners

of 10 or more foreclosed properties that constitute a public nuisance -- holding them liable for up to three times the amount of other civil penalties. willful neglect of the properties is unacceptable. the fact that they have gone through this foreclosure is not an excuse. i thank my colleagues for working with me on this issue. i believe we are committed to work on creative solutions to address this crisis the foreclosure market has left us with. thank you. >> seeing no other names on the roster, net income -- that concludes roll-call for introductions. president chiu: why don't we go to general public comment? >> you may address the board for items within the subjects jurisdiction, along with items without committee reference, but excluding items which have already been before a board committee. those using translation assistance will have doubled the amount of time to testify.

if you would like a document to be displayed on the overhead projector, please state when it you would like to return coverage of the meeting. president chiu: 2 you laminates per speaker. if folks can line up on -- two minutes per speaker. if folks can line up on the right side of the chamber. first speaker. >> [speaking arabic]

ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. i am an egyptian native, muslim. i would like to give special thanks to the people who tried to support us. the people work hard to give you our voice. especially our lady, jnae --

jane kim, and the gentleman, avalos, and campos. they have the courage better than you to support us. do not even try to treat us badly or different. we are the same. god gives us the difference -- muslim, jewish -- to learn each other's religion. but some of you, they are blind. they do not see that. they need to read the koran, if they have a chance, and won it. what we have -- i am glad that god gave me a choice to learn many different my bridges. some of you does not know how to speak english until now.

if you know english, why you become against us? ladies and gentlemen, again and again and again, i have power to thank our youngest generation and to teach them how to treat you in the future. in that time, i would like to show you -- a couple days ago, the arabs, the egyptians, the orthodox people -- he died. i think the president of the united states for his sympathy. and i give sympathy for every christian people in my country, as i think it for giving me time for that. -- as i thank you for giving me time for that. >> good afternoon, supervisors. stop the corporate rate of our

public library. do not accept or give money to the friends of the public library. it has always been a sense of the private library commission that they counterattack against the citizens who would work for democracy and open government. the current president of the library commission was reelected as president. many people pointed out this is a direct assault to accountability. these statements were posted on the library website. there are three things you have to understand. first, this person has already been found guilty of official misconduct before.

the library is probably the only department in the city were not only would this be considered normal, but no one cares. third, this is not even directed at me. it is very liberating when it was revealed they do this to other people, and not just me. what is really significant is that it was after this they filed a police report, claiming the citizen had intimidated them. this is nothing but using police power for the suppression of free speech, pure and simple. this could not what happened without the friends of the library. when an institution like the public library serves a public- private partnership, there are no public values, no tolerance of democracy, and no accountability in any way. they would destroy what they -- what you care about. this is not about the money. the lies cost more than the money. president chiu: next speaker.

>> ray hart, director of san francisco open government. those comments the previous speaker played were directed at me. as was mentioned by the prior speaker, ms. gomez was already found in violation. when a complaint was filed at her for shutting down a member of the public during public comment at a commission meeting, she did not even deign to show up at the public taskforce hearing. she sent the library's secretary to explain ms. gomez's actions. the sunshine commission report her to the ethics commission. they watched the video and voted unanimously to recommend to the mayor that should be removed from office. as was some previously, -- shown previously, they sent a letter to the mayor, indicating the

mayor should take steps to remove her. i want to make clear that during this process ms. gomez, to this day, has refused to accept responsibility for her own actions. she has dismissed them as simply "bad manners." there is something a little strange going on there. i have a strange feeling that we are not talking about removing an elected official, share of -- sheriff mirkarimi, for bad behavior. there is a double standard. if you are an appointed official, the mayor lets you abuse the public. but if it is a political office, one that is relatively powerful, we will take action on this. it is hypocritical at best, and simply bad politics at worst. if you are going to hold people

accountable for willful misconduct, hold them all accountable, not just the ones you want to "get." president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> there used to be a time in this august chamber with the deliberations were just and fair. if you read the grid jury reports on the ethics commission on what is happening at hunters point, you, supervisors, who are supposed to represent, have not said much. and the two previous speakers -- one of them comes here practically every time you have a meeting and talks about the library. you do not pay attention. the other, when he speaks the troops -- the truth -- you have

buffoons that despise him, much as you do on certain occasions. i am here to remind you that you are here to represent the constituents of san francisco. and the pathetic thing is, there are a number of you who do not even live in our districts, and get purport to represent, that is illegal. the city attorney knows it. the secretary of state knows it, anybody that knows something about the law knows it. but you are cowards. ross mirkarimi was here, i used to praise him for the words he used, for the cliches he used to mop for this, that, and the other thing. but now when you see the deliberations that someone is punished and punished by not following the laws, they're kept quiet because most of you like to sit on the fence and see which side is green and then

jump on that side of the fans. pathetic. the leaders now the way and go away. you have to take a stand. that is if you have a vision, if you have fortitude, if you believe in justice. thank you very much. president chiu: thank you, next speaker. if i could remind members of the public, we do have a role that individuals should not express their support or opposition to statements out of respect to the speakers. thank you. >> my name is eugene gordon, jr.. listening to bureaucracy of the board of supervisors in the two state chamber meeting is twice -- reminding me that [unintelligible] reflects the citizens rights and constitutional refusal.

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rights in 1920. -- all were denied. a social culture that prevents imposition. revolutionary heroes, president george washington and president thomas jefferson, were african negro slave owners who were memorialized by the federal union and state government. example, the treasury department. the $1 bill for the -- with a portrait of the racist chauvinist george washington. -- royalty and trees, v -- treaties, versus supranatural -- supranatural -- president chiu: thank you, next speaker. >> ui am going to continue because it is already an tape. the other no. 2 k.c. was going to refer in my equitable justice was the

misconduct in office of nadia lockyear. she is featured in a sex tape with her drug-addicted lover. she had a violent clash with steven in a new york hotel. she suffered head and neck injuries. stephen was sentenced to prison. nadia visited him three times posing as his lawyer. this was the same man who caused the injuries and threatened to go public with a sex tape. she claimed she was his attorney. they have a son, agh. today, nadia was not suspended. -- they have a son, age eight. -- this is contrast to the case

of ross mirkarimi who was not sitting as the elected share for the incident for which he has been accused. i implore all of you to look at equitable justice. made a piece of the lord be with you. i am going to be back when it comes before you for a vote. -- may the peace of the lord be with you. i am leaving. i am trying to be disrespectful. thank you. president chiu: thank you, next speaker. >> good afternoon, president chiu and supervisors. ♪ how deep is your ocean, how deep is your ocean ♪ ♪ really need to learn ♪ ♪ and has been 100 years since the titanic sank.

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[bell] ♪ should have been gone, knowing how the city made me feel ♪ ♪ after all, you had good city meanings -- meetings ♪ ♪ oh, city, geary, geary, kaiser geary went down to jurgen jones ♪ ♪ singing at the city hall ♪ president chiu: thank you, next speaker. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, members of the board of supervisors. i would like to call attention to the fact that over the years, i have been listening to the rhetoric coming from the chamber.

it does not seem to hold a lot of water, the fact that your main issue is diversity and preserving the rights of individuals. it is so easy to get elected on the board of supervisors, take a public position somewhere, and act like you're doing the right thing for the public. but the fact of the matter is, if you were doing the right thing for the public, we would not be add de 4320 something -- at 4320 something days. that stable was closed september, 2001, around the time of the terrorist attacks