i will try to do this in less than the allotted time, but i do not have a lot of practice. my name is -- this is about the mta and taxis. my name is david barlow. i am with the taxicab workers, and we are affiliated with organized labor. when they took over, many had the expectation that our jobs would get better, but that has not happened. the mta has done nothing to improve our dismal working conditions. the cab driver's job is as stressful as any in the united states. the danger of a salt to cabdrivers is greater than two police officers. researchers have done medical surveys of cabdrivers year. they were startled by the high

incidence of diabetes and pre- diabetic conditions, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, and gastrointestinal problems, likely officers. the mta has made this wars. they took away drivers prospects for medallions. so now we are also feeling angry, discouraged, we have no future, we are threatened. with loss. so let me point out the contradiction. i will go faster. point out the contradiction. our job is to greet passengers currently -- courteously and deliver them safely to their destination. it is a contradiction that you can drive a street car through, but we do our job and because we are professionals and despite the disgraceful m.t.a., which has been distracted for

more than two years by taxing the dalliance. they need to remember that they are part of transit first. >> -- president chiu: thank you very much. thank you very much. >> below. i am larry edmonds. i want to speak to the board of supervisors and to the police chief. in they sro's in san francisco, we have bullying going on in the building. at the ambassador hotel. i do now shontay. i was in the elevator, 3:50 p.m., and i could not grieve

until i saw someone who was going to have something for her on thursday. she was a great lady. she got her own car. she was a great advocate here. but i think to also let you know, i heard you all yesterday. more supervisors to spend the week at teh sro's, and to start at the ambassador, where the band played on in the 1980's. you can get in touch with the roots there. there is stuff going on in our neighborhoods that people just do not respect each other, and sro's, they are not homeless people, but that are single room occupancy. if we could just have our rooms

and double size, so we have more sizes here. i am amazed that you already know this. my neighbor on the four that i've lived in the, and i really hope that you all can pull up the proposition about the medical marijuana, proposition s, so thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> i am -- in the bible, a king in israel, and it was interesting how this worked itself out. he took a box of broyhill, cracked it over the head of one person, and this was a private and personal meeting. the profits and gehu.

and elijah ran out, full speed out of the door, and there were several generals of the king in the room next door, and they said, why did this crazy guy come to you? what is he talking about? and he said, "he told me i am now king." with christ. they put down their garments, every one of the generals, and they blew trumpets at the top of the stairs, and they said, "gehu is king," and elijah said he wanted them to take vengeance for murdering the profits of jehovah and the servants of the lord, so he goes on out, 50 seconds, and he takes the bow and arrow, shoots the king through the back, and the era travels at such as speed that it comes out of his heart, and he sees the queen, jezebel, and he says, who is on my side?

very similar to the language of moses, who said who is on the lord's side? you will remember the story an exodus chapter 32. but they throw him down, and they trample him, and the blood sprinkles on the horse, and he takes vengeance on jezebel. the dogs eat her and leave the palms of her hands and feet. it is a brutal story, but got actually rewarded him, and he said he would let his son sit on the throne for four generations. president chiu: thank you very much. are there any other members of the public who wish to speak in the general public comment? madam clerk, can we go to the calendar? >> these are without reference, and some will be called separately -- separately and considered.

president chiu: colleagues, are there any items that you'd like to sever? i would like to sever item 43. supervisor elsbernd? 42. 41 and 44. madam clerk. clerk calvillo: [reading roll] there are 10 ayes. president chiu: those items are adopted. item 42. clerk calvillo: item number 42,

to ensure that individual will only be detained pursuant to an immigration and customs enforcement told. president chiu: supervisor elsbernd has made a motion to continue, seconded by supervisor campus. if we continue that, that should be the case. madam clerk, which you please call item no. 43? clerk calvillo: item number 43, a resolution urging the san francisco municipal transportation agency to permit strollers on new vehicles. president chiu: there is the current policy on the strollers and the muni vehicles, a permit which many parents would say has prohibited their ability to bring in young children that are seated. we had a hearing weeks ago about all of the challenges facing

families and that have led to family flight. there are things we need to do to address family fled, and i hope this is one small step we can take. i want to thank the staff of the mta. i know they will be considering changes to their policies and that there are a number of options that are potentially available to the mta to mimic what has been done in other cities to accommodate parents and -- parents with children in strollers. i know that supervisor wiener had some the i am happy to support, and i want to make one amendment myself, as supervisor bruce oca, whenever we choose, that we protect the safety standards that we have right now with the mta, so what i would like to do is amend line 6 on page two, so it is while it maintains the current public safety. >> can we have a second? second by supervisor elsbernd. can we take that item without

objection? without objection. president chiu: and with that , i with that supervisor wiener has some amendments, but i hope you support it. >> supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: i do have kids. they tell me how challenging it is. my sister lives in manhattan. i remember telling me when she had her second kid, that was the end of public transportation by herself with the kids. it just became too challenging. we also, one of the things that we hear when we talk about people with driving and parking, one of the most common concerns i hear is i would love to public transit, but i cannot because i have kids, and it is too hard to get them around. i need to drive. i need parking. so we really need to do what we

can to make meaning friendly, including for strollers, so i very much support this. i also think it is important to clarify that this needs to be done in the context of implementing the transits in this project. it is finally being implemented by muni after so many years, and we are near the point of being able to run it more effectively, and i think we should make clear that we were asking the mta to formulate a policy and to do it into context with the t.e.p. it is not inconsistent with having full disability access, so there are two amendments on in proposing. the first is to add an additional whereas clause, whereas they are implementing this in this project to improve speed and reliability, and then, at the end of the first resolved, after the reference

to public safety standards, to insert a, quote, as well as to improve the speed and reliability, so those are my proposed amendments. >> we have a motion to amend by supervisor wiener and a motion by supervisor. can we take those without objection? supervisor avalos. supervisor avalos: thank you. i just want to add my name to the co-sponsors of this resolution, and i have firsthand experience in trying to maneuver a stroller with kids on to a muni bus. and i am going to tie this resolution up to one person who was very helpful with the balboa park station area last year when

we did not have ramps, curb ramps, on the southern side of geneva by san jose, and by the kiss and ride, as well as san jose and geneva, and she was helpful and instrumental in getting these curb ramps. getting off at bart or muni, pushing a stroller, you had to maneuver an area that was inaccessible. a stroller, moving around that area, and so is a wheelchair. we have many parts in san francisco that are still like that, where people with strollers, people disabilities in wheel chairs and other mobility issues, that is one area where we have not completed all of the work that needs to get done. this is a step in the right direction, and i wholeheartedly

support it. as the city and county of san francisco, i have talked a lot about one park that is not accessible. we have been talking about that for 3.5 years now. i see major improvements going to places all over san francisco, and one place that 3000 people per day use not being accessible, we cannot do this with people's safety and accessibility, and yet this is how we do business, and i hope we can change that mind-set, and i am willing to work with your colleagues to see that that does change. thank you. >> supervisor chu. supervisor chu: thank you. i just also want to add my name as a co-sponsor. >> i see that it has changed, so, madam clerk, can we get a roll call? clerk calvillo: as amended, supervisor wiener, supervisor avalos, supervisor campos,

supervisor chiu, supervisor chu, supervisor cohen, supervisor elsbernd, supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, supervisor mar, supervisor olague. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the resolution is adopted as amended. colleagues, why do we not go to item 40, which is the final issue before the closed session. clerk calvillo: item number 40, a motion for the board of supervisors to convene in closed session, with the mayors of and the department of human resources, dealing with the negotiations with labor unions representing city employees. president chiu: colleagues, can we go into closed session? supervisor farrell -- i

understand we have to take public comment. a motion to present proof seconded by supervisor olague. without objection, that vote is rescinded. and if we can have a motion to go into closed session, made by supervisor campos, seconded by supervisor farrell. any public comment about whether we can go into closed session? no public comment, if we can take that to go president chiu: we are back in open session. could i have a motion not to disclose the information we discussed. seconded by supervisor mar. the motion passes. could you please read the in memoriams? actually, there is one more communication. madam clerk.

>> we are in receipt of a letter dated april 10 communicating the mayor's veto of an ordinance that sets city policy regarding britain's inflation in federal counter-terrorism activities. he may override the veto and approved the ordinance within 30 days. that concludes my communications. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals. on behalf of supervisor wiener and president chiu for the late mr. su chi. on behalf of supervisor kim for ms. todd. and on behalf of supervisor elsbernd for the late mr. stonton. president chiu: is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business for today. president chiu: lies and

gentlemen, we are a journey. -- ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned.

>> thank you for all joining us tonight. i am the good government policy director here at spur but it is my distinct pleasure to welcome

such an amazing panel tonight, as well as the mayor of our fine city. this is the innovation mayor, mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you, everyone. can everybody hear me? welcome. welcome to spur. i always enjoy being here. because every time i come here, some part of my brain gets woken up pet. earlier i had a wonderful opportunity to exchange with our panel members about what they're doing and how they're doing it. there is one great theme. i think these panel members are here as part of their own entrepreneurial spirit. they own companies, but they love the city as well. they know the spirit of the city. it is one of innovation. one that invites people and their views enmeshes it up with old tradition to see if we can make an even better san

francisco. my fellow collaborator, president david chiu, is here tonight. scott wiener. we have two other supervisors who may be coming later. supervisor jane kim and supervisor mar farrell, who might join us later. we're all part of the initial group of policy makers at city hall who want to hear ideas and views of this new economy, this collaborative consumption economy, a shared economy, one that we are very interested in because it has assets that have already peaked our interest. about our -- piqued our interest. about our environment, about how to do less with more, how to make an expensive city more affordable to more people. how to utilize the strength of the city as a great tourist city that maybe not that affordable to too many people and how we can get more folks to come and experience the wonder of the city. and then hopefully they make their stake here.

these panel members of decided to make their stake here. they risk reputation, may be small amounts of money, because of the had a lot of money, they may not have had to start this. but they have also, i think, done it for the right reasons. they want to experience this city in a very different way, but one that i think is in the tradition of san francisco and is reflective of mind, welcoming more people here to share in this economy. and hopefully for the right reasons, we create more jobs, get more entrepreneurs involved in the success and richness of this city. i have often said this city can be the city for the 100%. that is, everybody can have a chance to fulfil their dreams and make sure they can have a stable economy for themselves and for their families. i think we're on the verge of discussing things that would invite other members of our city family, our department heads of

that work in the tax section or in planning or in land use, to be involved with a discussion, an ongoing discussion that would potentially invite an open up our economy and modernize it even further. i think we're at a task where, quite frankly, a year ago, for example, david chiu and i do not know the outcome might be except that we were in fear that a company called twitter might leave our city and that thousands of jobs will leave us behind. so we took a little risk and suggested that we might be able to revamp our tax code for the benefit of job creation. and little did we know a year later that that invitation has caused over 125 companies to locate themselves in our city, creating thousands of more jobs, creating an ad as mayor -- an atmosphere and environment that will welcome the new technology and innovation. to reinforce what we have been saying, and i think it is real.

we are the innovation capital of the world. with your help and with your involvement. we would like to have the rest of the city catch up and be part of it as well. and we think we can have that conversation at city hall, but we will need your help. we will need you to represent the new industries as these companies are here today to keep the dialogue and that collaboration at a high level. it is the ongoing dialogue, just like the one we are leading already about a new tax structure for this city that does not punish the inventiveness that we want to have in the city. so i would like to just open with that introduction. welcome all of you here. i think you are going to see and hear an exciting introduction of all these new companies in the discussions we have. but they are going to raise questions that we do not have the answers yet. but i do believe we have the spirit in this city to welcome

solutions with your involvement. we will have the ability to do this online as well as in these forums, and i will be part of this ongoing discussion. because i want to see all of you interact with the city and make sure to is reflective of what you believe the city to be. an open society, one that is inviting to new ideas, and one that our of policy-makers along with the mayor can engage with you. thank you for being here. and thank you to spur again. [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor. i think we're going to hear from supervisors scott wiener. >> thank you. this turnout, i think, shows a significant this is to the future of the city. we were with a smaller group right before this. one thing that i stress and i will stress to you is that san francisco is a city that -- sort

of, we haven't economy going on where we are in many ways to cut -- we have a dichotomy going on. in many ways, we are cutting edge technology and are really ahead of the curve. we attract a lot of people here, like you, in think our forward- thinking and want to try to do things in a different and more innovative way. we're also a really old school city. and change here is really challenging. for those of us at city hall, and david chiu and i talked about this a lot, when we're trying to do things differently, you can get a lot of reflexive push back, whether you're talking about putting cars sharing on the streets or whether you're talking about changing the zoning to be able to create new types of housing to make the city a little bit more affordable and inclusive. you have those kinds of difficult conversations. so much of this is about really

educating the city as a whole, from all generations, from all perspectives, that where we are going right now in san francisco, in a lot of ways in terms of our transportation system and housing policies, is not always very sustainable. and if we want is to be sustainable, if we want to remain a cutting edge and diverse city that draws all sorts of people here, we're going to have to change. we are going to have to consider new ways of doing things that maybe a year or two ago we were not even comfortable thinking about. so there is a big education process that has to occur, and i know we're all going to work together to make sure that that happens. i know we can move in the right direction. i look forward to that work. thank you. [applause] >> in rounding out our trifecta, which underscores the importance of what we are talking about, is our very own board of

supervisors president, david chiu. [applause] >> good evening. if you are like me, you did not come here tonight to hear from elected officials. i look forward to hearing from these innovators in a moment. i wanted to join my colleagues in ensuring all of you, our current generation of entrepreneurs, that we're looking forward to working with your hand-in-hand to figure out how we create san francisco not just as the capital of innovation that the capital of a sharing economy. i say this as someone who, for nine years before i joined the board of supervisors, i actually started what was a web 1.0 company. what makes our city special is everyone of you have ideas that will not only change our city but will truly change our world. our mayor is responsible for managing the 50 + executive- branch departments that will be interfacing with many of the substantive policy areas that you and i. my colleague scott and i along with my nine other colleagues,

we are responsible for legislating and figuring out how we, as a city, addax -- adapt to the new technologies are coming out with. changing the way we all live, as "time" magazine said recently. one thing we say is city hall, as those san francisco, often times so goes the rest of the country. and as goes the rest of the country, so goes the world. and i really believe we're starting sending very special today that is going to do that for our entire planet. thank you very much for being here. looking forward to working with you. [applause] ♪ his