but that on april 18, tomorrow, from 6:30 until 8:00. come and show support for the parks and how we will improve them for the future. with supervisor olague, we're having a joint budget town hall meeting with the mayor. this is next thursday, also in my district in the county fair building from 6:00 to 7:30. as supervisor avalos mentioned, i enjoy poetry quite a bit. one of our local schools has been doing the poem in your pocket day and i will be reading with the kids coming up on friday, april 20. i love the robalonerudamuch, bun

lantern of sometimes for the kids at a comic book background comes out. they also choose columns for me to read, but i love the 3 * 3 the them. also, the cherry blossom festival is the forty fifth anniversary this year. i wanted to congratulate the japan town merchants association for having such a great festival. it should be a warm and beautiful weekend as well. they support the community in japan town as well. the rest will submit. president chiu: colleagues, you should have received a copy of the motion being proposed by the clerk of the board concerning

the proceedings involving share sharesheriff ross mirkarimi. with respect to legal issues relating to the official misconduct proceeding. we were assigned terry steward to provide us advice on this matter. the recently have advised us and the ethics commission that the bodies ought to obtain independent outside legal counsel to invite us -- to advise us. the attorney's office does regularly create who to process claims on behalf of a party for those of us in devising a decision maker. the courts have held it to be consistent with the due process

requirements. in light of the importance in the high-profile nature of this proceeding, to obtain a degree of appearance and fairness, it has been advised that we obtain outside counsel. this motion also states that significantly, it is recommended to obtain the legal services of a former city attorney with the former san francisco city attorney's office, and he has agreed to provide legalization to the board on a pro bono basis. this is a motion we will consider next tuesday on the adoption for that reference calendar. the rest of the items i will submit. supervisor cohen: thank you very much. good afternoon, colleagues.

recent demographic prepared by the foundation reported that an average of 26% of starting students that their good marshall did not complete high school. and an astonishing 46% of starting students do not complete high school. the dropout rates are staggering to say the least. it is not enough to have a high- school diploma, or in any industry, to have a bachelor's degree. to develop solutions to address them, the large percentage of students will be left behind with a very few options. we have better data on who these students are, the challenges are, and what we can do together to make sure we are doing everything possible so that we can change the statistic

adventure that the public school students are successful. we are introducing legislation to move forward the first capital project in the sewer system improvement program. it will overhaul the aging sewer system, to bring the sewers and to a state of good repair. one of the critical components of this contract is the robust community benefit package that includes $850,000 for community activities including work-force development, high school and college internships, workshops the middle school students on climate change, green landscaping features for the playground, parks, and trash removal. and an additional $150,000 contribution to community benefit funds. needless to say, i am very excited about this project

moving forward, and they work hard to ensure that they are in concert with the community of support the community's needs. i would like to go on record recognizing my colleagues, what was read into the record. i wanted to add a personal note that she was one of my sunday school teachers and had a huge impact. how she was a lover of the arts and of poetry. she will most certainly be missed. the rest will submit. supervisor farrell: i have one item for submission. one i have been excited about, working on for almost a year in city hall. as we have been painfully aware, it brought on a very big recession, massive budget

deficits, a skyrocketing unemployment rates throughout the city. we have done a lot in city hall to work of the issue of creating jobs. i think a large part of that we reduce the unemployment rate by almost two percentage points in the last year. it is something very much to be proud of. but i believe that job creation and making sure the san franciscans are employed have to be zero ways and in the future, one of our biggest priorities in city hall. i want to thank a number of my sponsors on this legislation. and most importantly, he spent a lot of time with himself and myself working on this legislation, especially with the merchants in his corridor. i am introducing legislation to

promote jobs. while we were busy crafting this other legislation, which i supported and believed was the right thing to do, and i heard a number of small comments from small-business owners and i am sure you did as well saying, what about me? they were right. call businesses are the heart and soul of the neighborhoods. i firmly believe that is what makes san francisco so special and unique. we need to do we can to support small businesses. it will allow small businesses with under $500,000 in payroll to expand by up to $250,000 without the burden of the payroll tax in san francisco. it will not only create jobs, but will tackle one of the issues that is not talked about very much about affected several people throughout our country and the city, the notion of under-employment. have former friends and

colleagues that might be happy to still have a job today, but they are getting paid less and working more hours. the reality of the economy is permanent. i believe this is something we can address with legislation. i want to thank my staff as worked very hard on this for a long time. and also of our chief economist of the spent a lot of time and with me in my office, and i want to thank you for your help in getting this together and i look forward to putting this to the board of supervisors and allowing businesses throughout the city to start growing the payroll tax base and making sure we continue to create jobs through san francisco. >> in light of the passage of the eating and drinking establishment definitions, i would like to submit and in memorialist.

just kidding. it has now been taken out of our planning to go, but i have actual items i want to submit today. i am supporting a resolution of the they left project. i want to recognize the founder who is here along with the executive producer in the audience. they have been working diligently to bring this project to life. for those of you not familiar with it, it celebrates the seventy fifth anniversary of the bridge by installing 25,000 white energy led's on the west ban. it is viewable by drivers as they are driving through the bridge. our office sponsors this legislation as the bay bridge does in the district has this is a critical step in the permitting process. they came to us in january and

we ask them to do outreach to the neighborhood groups, and the merchants associations that might be impacted by this project. the of the extensive of reach and i am happy to support their efforts today. to showcase heehaw like sculpture installation. this project will have no cost to the city and county of san francisco as a group is working hard to get all of the sponsorship through private donors. it is something that we expect will generate a lot of attention and appreciation for the history. and we will also highlight it as a public-works project that solidified the san francisco reputation of the cutting edge arts innovator. the artist orchestrate a lot of complex rhythmic artwork composed exclusively of points of light and the permanent collection is a major museum including the museum of modern

art in new york. this will be his largest sculpture yet, and it will be seven times the scale of the eiffel tower hall's one hundredth anniversary lighting. how to thank the supervisors cosponsoring the resolution today. and they worked really closely with our office. and for working with our office, i want to thank them that staff cuts of this project. we spent a lot of time working on every little detail. i am happy to submit this today. i will also be introducing the long-awaited least for the police substation. it is something we have heard much about and we get almost daily requests from constituents and it is a high- priority and the south of market in the tenderloin.

the substation was originally part of the redevelopment plan, a promise made to the community that public safety was one of the top concerns. and with further support, we introduced in the mid-market in the tenderloin tax exclusion in january of 2011 and was reaffirmed of the priority both of the mayor and myself as well. with the dissolution of redevelopment, we had a lot of delays and sags. lived in working diligently with the mayor's office to get this on the road, and i want to thank the former redevelopments half for working every step of the way to ensure that we can transition this project to the city, and i want to thank the others and for taking up the contract in work to ensure that we can make this a reality. into the chief for prioritizing this project as well since it

will have an impact on the police department budget. i think it is really a testament to our support for this neighborhood, we do have the first homicide of the year on sixth street and stevenson, a lot of low-level crime, and the community wants to see foot patrol in support of the public safety officers in the neighborhood and welcome their visibility as well as increasing their relationship with the community there which i think is an important part of public safety. i look forward to working with everyone to make six st. more accessible and to save. the rest i will submit. >> i am introducing legislation along with my authors to put the city are about half of planning for the needs of the lgbt senior

population. there was a well-attended a hearing on the topic, and we heard from a lot of the members of the community have experts in the field about some of the unique needs of the seniors. while there are needs that all seniors share like architectural barriers that can prevent people from remaining in their homes or isolate them, access to health care and income, there are also needs that are very specific hand challenges that a very specific to seniors, including a reduced likelihood of having adult children the health care for them. discrimination and facilities that costs some that have been out their whole lives to go back into the closet, aging with hiv and other issues as well. how this legislation will form a

18-month task force that will have 15 months to conduct hearings, consult with experts, and formulate recommendations for the board of supervisors to help us plan and for what will be an exploding population, an estimate of 25,000 of them in san francisco that is estimated to double in the next 18 years. if we don't plan for this, not only will we have a lot of people with a lot of problems had challenges not being met, but we face the risk of having neighborhoods like of the castro have had people living there for decades who are not going to be able to stay there, so this is an important issue and will help us focus on its. >> i just wanted to follow up on a couple of points have been made by my colleagues.

i want to thank his supervisor wiener and his staff as well as the other work that has been done with my office a around the issue of the seniors. it is an important issue, and i think it is important we are moving forward with concrete steps, and the think this legislation is important, following the hearing that was held on that issue. i know many people are following this, so i am proud to be a co- sponsor of that effort. in respect to the legislation produced today, i am proud to be a co-sponsor of that legislation. it was something we had been working on for quite some time. i want to think not only the supervisor but his staff has well as others and my office that have been working on this. i think that there are very different opinions that people have on the issue of whether or not tax rates or payroll tax

breaks actually create jobs. there are many, perhaps, different ways to look at that issue, but for me, the reason why it is that i think it is the issue of equity. at different times in the last few months, this body of the city government has made tax exemptions for certain industries or certain companies. i think that if we are going to do that, it is only fair that we do something for the small business owner. i want to thank the supervisor for being open and understanding in that when we talk about small businesses, the concept means different things to different people. i know that in my district, the small business really means a very small business that employs a very few individuals. it is that micro business that is an economic engine in those

communities. they not only create jobs, but the jobs they create are jobs where they hire people from the neighborhood in approaching this piece of legislation, it was important for us that we heard directly from the small business owners that were actually the ones doing the work and creating the jobs in the neighborhoods. i want to thank my district and the lower twenty fourth street merchants association that were part of that discussion, and i am a better understanding -- and not only should there be better understandings -- incentives to create new jobs, but they should create more employment. businesses would like to hire people and highere people with e

hours. this incentive will allow them to take that extra step. it actually allows the resources to be injected back into the community. that is why it is important for us to be -- but for my office to be a supporter of this legislation. i think it addresses the needs of the mom-and-pop business store, and the small business that is truly making a difference in the different communities. i am proud to be a sponsor of this, i look forward to the conversation as the legislation moves forward. my colleagues have not signed on to think about varco sponsorship. i think it is important that we send a very clear message that when it comes to business development, we care about every

business and we especially care about the small business that ultimately is the true economic engine of this city. the last thing i would say, we are engaged in the redistricting process, but there might be differences of opinions on whether or not the result of that was a good one or about one. i want to thank the opportunity -- take the opportunity to thank the individuals border by the elections commission. i want to thank them for the service. they had to have dozens of meetings throughout the city. i want to thank then for their service. the rest i submit. >> i want to recognize the

redistricting taskforce and commend them as well, and the individuals with the appointees for the board of supervisors. i thought they did an incredible job with the last four or five months. many people appreciated the transparency with which they engaged in the public and in backing the district in the neighborhood lines. he really did the best they could to try to put together the best district that respected the needs and desires of the community of interest. i think that they really put in a tremendous amount of time and really engaged themselves in one of the utmost respect full and possible -- respectful ways possible. thank you, supervisor campos for recognizing them.

it is a fairly intensive process and i was surprised to were able to submit on time. i know many others are not able to do the same. >> seeing no other names on the roster, that concludes rollcall for introductions. public comment is the opportunity for the public to comment generally for up to two minutes on the items within the subject matter jurisdictions of the board and to include them on the reference for committee calendar. comment is not allowed on those items. speakers using translation assistance, if they would like the document to be displayed, please clearly states such when it should return to live coverage of the meeting.

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thank you. god bless america. wake up. president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> members of the board of supervisors, san francisco open government member. at the completion of my statement, i will be submitting a summary to be included with the mets in accordance with the sunshine ordinance. most people pay no attention how the city operates. when the ethics commission heard the case jewel gomez, these were the headlines. the ethics panel reprimands lesbian library commissioner. sf mayor asked to remove library commission had. please fire president jewel gomez. and ethics to mayor, ethics commission begs mayor to enforce such an ordinance.

as i mentioned in prior appearances here, the mayor was caught after the third making a full and threatening comments toward me because of my comments during public comment at the board meeting. it is pretty clear wheremayor -- where mayor ed lee stands on enforcement issues. if is a somewhat directly under their control, let them stay. otherwise, out a person goes. it is clear how the board of supervisors choose to handle the matter. they are cynically placed by the mayor by the ethics commission and how did it recommend removal. we have a mechanism in place for changing the res