thoughts. supervisor farrell. supervisor farrell: thanks. let me just echo your comments. everyone who came out and applied, i really appreciate it. once in awhile, we get these committees where we have one more qualified applicants than we had seats, and it is an unfortunate position, but everyone who spoke today really had something amazing to say, so thank you for all you guys do in our community. we depend on you to keep our city going. in terms of where i go, a few things -- one, to be consistent, it was talked about a little bit before. the notion of residency waiver requirements. that, to me, is something i have been consistent with from the get go. you have an amazing story, and obviously, what you do in our community is amazing, but i do have that fundamental issue. it is absolutely nothing personal. i have had to tell people i know that i have had to be consistent with that, but that is something

where i go. the people i was totally impressed with -- i know of your work personally as well, ms. davis, from some of the school's image and and really appreciate what you do. i know when an impact you have had, and i think maintaining consistency on the body is important as well, so i would very much like to support ms. davis. mr. parrish, i thought your background was great as well, and of all the applicants today, someone who has actually worked in the private sector and approaching from that angle, but having your foothold in the non- profit world, i think that is really important. i would like to support you as well. the three others to talk about -- i think reverend erris -- a lot of support from the community. i do not know you personally, but i've heard a lot about your work. and ms. yu and ms. jackson- simpson as well. your reputation precedes you,

and i think we would all be fortunate to have you sir. >> thank you. we had a number of illiterate applicants. i agree about the residency issue. i was impressed with your credentials, but it is really hard when you had qualified san francisco residents to tell them that we are going to appoint someone from outside the city, but i hope one day you are living in the city. that would be terrific. i agree that list -- liz jackson-simpson -- terrific. i support her as well. winnie yu and sheryl davis. i think matthew poland was very strong, and i support his appointment. supervisor kim: ok, i think we have consensus around ms. liz

jackson-smith, ms. winnie yu, and ms. sheryl davis. we have one additional seat, and we have reticulate three different names. supervisor farrell both spoke of doug parrish and erris edgerly, and his book of matthew:. >> i thought mr. parish was very strong, and i would be happy to support him as well. either mr. poland or mr. parish would be terrific. supervisor kim: i think we have consensus on the fourth seed going to mr. parrish. i really do want to thank the applicants that came. i think there was fairly even support of all the applicants that came out today, and i think we would really benefit from all of your perspective being on the wicac. we encourage the applicants that

do not live in san francisco to come back to our city and live here. we would love to consider you. we do encourage folks to apply again, and we really appreciate everyone's passion and commitment to workforce development, particularly in our communities where we are not employing folks, whether it is our youth community, our veterans, folks coming from out of our criminal justice system and have multiple barriers to employment -- we really appreciate your work. as my colleagues have said, keeping the city growing and moving along. thank you so much for everyone being here. we have a motion to move forward liz jackson-simpson, winnie yu, doug parrish and sheryl davis to the workforce advisory committee, and we can do that without opposition. thank you very much to the members of the public and the applicants for being here today. madam clerk, can you please call item two?

that item two, hearing to consider appointing one member, a term ending april 29, 2014, to the children and family first commission. there is one seat and two applicants. supervisor kim: thank you. we still are continuing our rules committee meeting, so if you do not mind continuing discussions outside, we would appreciate it. at this time, we have two applicants for one seat. i am checking to see if either of those applicants are here today. we did try to contact both, and we were not able to get in touch with either. ok, so neither of the applicants are here.

we can either motion to continue this item -- we have actually had trouble contacting these applicants. supervisor farrell: i think it is important that we have people seated as well, and to me, there are two applicants, and one has applied twice here, so i think the interest is there. one would take a residency waiver requirement. i would have trouble doing that, so i would like to make a motion supporting this kuo for the chair with recommendation to the full board. supervisor kim: we do have a motion to move forward. she did come to speak to the committee last year, so we did hear her speak, and he is definitely passionate. she is a pediatrician who does a lot of interesting work. carl bryant does serve as one of our assistance superintendents. we were not able to reach her and not able to hear her speak. in a stand because she is not a

san francisco resident, to support moving forward anda kuo. we move anda kuo forward to the children and families first commission. we can do that without opposition. do we have any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. thank you, madam clerk, for reminding me. we have a motion to move forward anda kuo 40 children and families first. weekend that without opposition. please call item 3. >> hearing to consider appointing three members, terms ending march 1, 2015, to the in- home supportive services public authority. there are three seats and three applicants. supervisor kim: thank you. i will call you in or you were listed on the agenda. in same order as before. if you could list briefly your experience. i know you all currently serve on the public at 40, so if you

could speak briefly to what you have a working on and what your priorities to continue another term. we do have your resume application before us, so feel free to highlight your work and priorities moving forward. >> hello. thank you for having me. i really am excited about being on the governing board and being able to be a voice for the young consumers, especially with the possible changes coming up with managed care and how it will affect me and others that are disabled and elderly people in the community. i am basically deciding on how i

will continue on this path of deciding whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. right now, i pretty much do not like the idea, but i am still getting information, and as well as other things from the governing board, i am always willing to be objectionable and be willing to keep an open mind. keep an open mind about all the discussions that we have. supervisor kim: thank you, and thank you for your service on the committee thus far. next we have gustavo serina.

>> i have been on the commission for aging and adult services since 2004 with its first openly gay president. currently, i am vice-president. i have been on the governing body since 2005. again interest at this time being lesbian, gay, transgendered, bisexual seniors, many of whom are invisible, many of whom are afraid, and many of whom need a great deal of support. we've been working on the governing body to identify clients and encourage them to be themselves and opened up with certainty that they will not be of use. i am also working with another task force are around lgbt seniors in san francisco. supervisor kim: thank you. next we have luis calderon.

>> good afternoon. i would like to introduce myself. seeking reappointment. i have worked for the independent living research center in the past and and a past employees. at the department of public health, i supervised a staff of social workers and nurses to assist elderly people with disabilities discharge from long-term care facilities. i have been a family member for consumer action for personal assistance service to give voice for people with disabilities. i am intimately aware of the

needs of people with disabilities and the need for services, and my priority for the program is to try to protect them from the threats and cuts of the state. elderly people in the community in position. without these programs, a lot of people would be facing institutionalization. that is my priority at this point. thank you for your presentation. supervisor kim: thank you. i see no questions from the committee, so i will open up for public comment. is there any public comment on item three? please come up. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am the executive assistant at the public authority, and i just wanted to say that luis and kenzi and gustavo are currently

serving on the board and that they have the support of not only the staff, but also of their fellow board members as well. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you, and thank you for being here today. >> ♪ good luck with these appointments of the angel of the morning services you come and help people that are all in need help them call them angels of the in-home services you help the people that are all in need in the city ♪ supervisor kim: thank you. is there any other public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. i wanted and the applicants for being here today and also for your previous experience on the authority. this is really important work,

and we really need strong applicants that understand populations we are trying to preserve. in his den the diversity of the perspective sebring and appreciate you would like to continue serving on the authority -- i understand the perspective -- the diversity of the perspectives you bring. supervisor farrell: thank you guys for your continued service, and i look for to working to get on the commission. i would like to make a motion to move kenzi, gustavo, and luis forward. supervisor kim: we can do that without opposition. thank you so much for being here today. please call item four. at a hearing to consider appointing two members, terms ending december 17, 2013, to the sweatfree procurement advisory group. there are two seats and two applicants. supervisor kim: thank you.

again, we have to a wheel of seats and two applicants, and both are reappointment request. i would like to call you up in the order you were listed, same format is before, maybe speak more to your experience on the task force currently. first, i will call up jason oringer. >> i am the coordinator for security services division for united service workers west. we represent about 5000 members in the city of san francisco and service workers, residential janitors, security officers at various sites, and screeners and other service workers at the airport. i have been a member of the

advisory group for -- i guess it is three terms now, and i was a member of the original coalition in san francisco that helped work with supervisor ammiano working on implementing and making some amendments. i think it is an exciting time. we have had some challenges. it is really a precedent-setting law in a lot of ways. few laws have the possibility to increase the scope of the ordinance to affect a part of procurement that most cities have very little regulation on, and that is for actual purchasing of items. there is a lot of laws that cover services and construction, but this is a much less regulated, much less standard area, particularly for international procurement, and as we have seen, you know, in the last couple of years but even before that, but particularly in the last couple of years, there are egregious conditions that workers in many

parts of the world still suffer, and that most products, particularly -- we know mostly about the garment industry, but if you cannot certify that things are produced in sweatfree manor, you can often assume that they are not, and there are pretty egregious conditions that affect worker health and safety, wages, discrimination, and other issues. i look forward to answering questions, and i look forward to serving in this capacity. supervisor kim: if i'm asking one question, one of our office's areas of interest is supporting diverse economies, and the growth of jobs in diverse industries. one area that came up to us is how can we support the garment industry here in san francisco, which used to be much richer and more vibrant, that has rapidly declined over the last 20 years. given your worked and encouraging the purchase of goods and figuring out how to provide preferences or incentives to garment industry manufacturers -- if you could

speak briefly on some of your thoughts on how we can encourage the industry. of course, encouraging sweatfree and garment industries -- industry manufacturers in san francisco, but if you have some thoughts on that. >> i do have some thoughts. one member did some work in coordination with the city to both investigate the possibility -- i think that there are -- the garment industry has shrunk in size in sanford's is quite a bit in the last decade, but there are still some shops that do work, some of them in partnership have increased capacity -- the garment industry has shrunk in size in san francisco quite a bit in the last decade. in the industry, most of the work in the private industry, so i think what would be required

is some form of public assistance to look at how they would develop a capacity to produce the items that the city needs to buy, probably in partnership with maybe a larger firm. that is kind of some of the things that we looked at, but i think -- and, you know, certainly could be a long discussion, but that incentives of 5% or 10% alone seemed to be insufficient. there needed to be some kind of an incubator kind of approach, or at least that is what he said, and he was more knowledgeable. the possibility is there. supervisor kim: thank you for being here. she did write a letter describing her experience and

your reasons for wanting to continue. i will open this up for public comment. >> ♪ good luck with your appointments all alone dropped all loan -- drop all alone you're going to make it better from the bayview to the ocean tide you can show me the appointment city that israel -- that is real ♪ supervisor kim: public comment is now closed.

supervisor farrell: thank you for coming out. supervisor kim: we have a motion before us. we have a second. we can do that without opposition. thank you. >> item #5, ordinance amending the campaign and governmental conduct code and municipal elections go to modify funding of the city's public financing program, to increase expenditure ceilings for supervisor cohen candidates, to delay the date on which public funds may be dispersed, to change the qualification requirements for partisan bidding candidates, and to advance the date by which all local candidates must file their nomination papers. supervisor kim: if you do not mind coming up and speaking briefly on the amendments that have been made since the last

time rules had the full board have heard this item. that would be great. >> good afternoon, supervisors. we have been through this a lot. the legislation before you has the full support of the ethics commission. it changes the cap on the election campaign fund. it fixes the mayoral candidate spending ceiling at $1.4 million. a lot of people have worked very hard, including the members of this committee. we are satisfied that it is workable and productive and these are positive changes. >> thank you.

i do want to take a moment to thank the ethics commission for all of the hours of work that you spent on this and for the discussions that have happened. i do think we are moving forward with a stronger program for public financing. this ordinance would put us into compliance. i do want to -- i appreciate the work that you and your staff has put in. thank you. supervisor wiener: i also want to say thank you. i know this has been a convoluted and difficult process. getting to eight boats can be challenging. i want to thank supervisor kim for her hard work. i do not agree with everything in this ordinance, but that is the way it works in legislation. you get what you can and you do

not have to agree with everything. i do appreciate the inclusion of several items that i had suggested. i think this is a strong product and i think is going to improve a lot of things about our financing system. supervisor kim: at this time, we will open up for public comment. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i think it is important to review why we have public financing of campaigns. it is not only because we do not want candidates during dialing for dollars and is not only because we want to sever the link between such -- special interests and who gets elected. it is also about the election

and the structure. if you think about it, we want to be concerned about the means that voters have for getting information about candidates and having good information to make good decisions. just as we would not leave the infrastructure of how we count ballots, and we would not probably find that, we also do not want to only leave the means of receiving information for voters in the hands of private money. if you do that, those who have the most money speak the loudest. they had the biggest microphone. this really is about opening up our political process and making it work better. i think we should always keep that in mind, and start trying to change the finance reform ordinance. i support this legislation. i think there are some very good things we are doing. we're fixing the problem with

zombie candidates. my biggest concern is that we are reducing the amount that can be in the public fund from 13 planned $5 million down to $7 million. nobody knows if that is enough money. we're kind of shooting in the dark. we have to remember that our previous administration raided the financing fund two years in a row. if we'd had not had a cushion, we may have run at of money. hopefully, it is going to be ok. i have heard assurances that it will be. supervisor kim: thank you. i know that you have been an active advocate on this matter. thank you for your work. >> ♪ no city doesn't mattes it r

makes me feel sad for the rest city city west your the best ♪ supervisor kim: thank you. >> good afternoon. i have no objection to the substance of the legislation. my concern is -- i have two concerns. it is about compliance with section 1.103. it is very specific about amendments with respect to public finance or other amendments.

it requires that the proposed amendment is available for public review at least 30 days before it is considered by the board of supervisors. this latest version was substituted on march 13. i understand that this takes us back to a previous version, but i would note that the standard is not the charter amendment standard. it is very specific. if we do not follow this, the amendment has to go to the voters. i am not suggesting that this go to the voters. is that this hearing, i believe, is premature and we should allow additional time. how these pieces work together is important for people to understand. as i have expressed before, at moving the nomination deadline

to 146 days before the election. i think that works against the goal of reducing campaign expenses. the latest version changes the operative date of that section to january 1 of next year, but it would still apply in future elections to not just office is the subject to public finance, but those that are not. that need some more discussion. i encourage you to discuss whether this matter is timely. supervisor kim: i believe the proposed amendment was made 30 days before. i was confused as to what 30 days you are leading to. >> the 30 day requirement, 30 days that the proposed amendment is available. this latest version is dated march 13 -- march 12. i