do just that. for the past several years, my wife and i hired a licensed pager in san francisco to paint every single month, and so -- and i have receipts of payments to him for the past -- let's see, since january of last year at least, with me, although we have employed him for longer. we stay on it every single month. it has gotten better. it is a constant problem, and we realize the best way to address it is to stay on top of it. i'm uncertain what more i could do to stay on top of it than we already do. supervisor chiu: then you very

much. any other members of the public that wish to speak with regards to the report, please step up. please line up on the right-hand side. >> i had graffiti on my garden wall and ask for an extension because i had just injured right knee. the extension was granted to me for two weeks. within one week, i had the wall painted, and i spoke to somebody called my key -- mikey. he told me not to worry, that

they would drive by. i never heard anything from anyone, and about two months ago received a note at my door saying i have to pay close to $300. yet, the graffiti was repainted. it was done a week after the extension, so i would like, with all due respect, that this issue be raised please. supervisor chiu: thank you very much. >> i have an invoice, if you need. the person who did the graffiti, unfortunately, is sort of a passer-by. it was not a big job. i provided all the paint, brushes, and i paid him as well, but i do not know where he is today. just a passerby. supervisor chiu: thank you very much. again, to members of the public coming to protest the report, if

you could please wait in board chamber, we will give you an opportunity to interact with staff after the hearing so you can hopefully talk through these issues. next speaker please. >> i am here on behalf of 790 22nd ave. basically it was tagged with graffiti in march 2011. we had gone out to the property and attentive to clean it off. it is a corner building on 22nd and fulton with a brick facade. it is very difficult to get the graffiti out of the brick, but we made several attempts to do it. i have invoices for the work that was completed. upon reinspection, i saw pictures that were data that showed there was additional graffiti that was added after we had made attempts to clean it, and therefore i believe there should have been additional time given to take care of it. instead, the penalty was

assessed. i have copies of invoices and pictures that are dated to show documentation. thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you. are there any other members of the public that wish to speak with regards to this item? please step up. this is not general public comment. this is on this item of blighted properties. >> is this the christening the ship 1? >supervisor chiu: know. are there any other members of the public that wish to speak? if you could use a microphone to your right. >> good afternoon. in december 2010, we had a citation notice posted on the property regarding graffiti. we have about 71 feet of

frontage, and there was multiple graffiti tag along side the frontage theory the moment we received the notice, we have tried to clear as much as we can with one exception -- there is a mark on the wall painted red, and we cannot take it out because due to the weather issues. in january 2011, recent another notice, saying another notice, plus $258 for the cost of the reinspection. we called in to the board, and immediately, they said -- it wanted to know why we were calling, and we said it was for graffiti issues, and they said as long as we cleared it, we could disregard the cost, but

later on, we received the third notice saying that we owed the $258. largely it is because there is one spot on the wall we cannot remove. largely because of weather. we had a lot of rainy days. however, i am asking the board to consider to raise the cost because we tried everything. thank you for the consideration. supervisor chiu: thank you. are there any other members of the public who wish to speak? seeing none, at this time, i would like to ask for our dpw staffing to step out into the hallway, and foreign members of the public that just came and spoke, you will have a few minutes to speak with separate

leaders see if your situation can be resolved, and we will ask when you are prepared to come back with a final report, just let us know, and we will pick up that item. thank you. with that, why don't we go to roll call for introductions? >> supervisor olague, you are first on a roll call for introductions. you refer? thank you. supervisor elsbernd? supervisor campos? supervisor campos: thank you. i have a couple of items. the first i will defer speaking about it during commendations, and it is a resolution honoring jose for his tremendous contributions to san francisco's political and cultural life. i look forward to getting into more specifics about that in a few minutes. the second item is an item that

i am introducing. it is an ordinance that deals with white zones. much to my surprise, there currently is no law in the books that prohibits individuals from blocking wide zones. we are talking about passenger loading zones on city sidewalks. white zones serve an important public safety function because they reduce traffic congestion by eliminating the need for double parking. they also improved vehicular and pedestrian safety and reduce motor vehicle emissions. i am introducing legislation today that would make it an infraction to use any physical items to block the area between a white stone and the adjacent building. this legislation will ensure that white stones will be free to serve their purpose, allowing cars to stop safely and individuals to fully open car doors and exit their vehicles. this legislation will insure

that disabled individuals also have a clear path to enter a facility. we have experience that this is an issue that has affected establishments throughout the city, including in district 9, and i look forward to a discussion of this legislation and look forward to your support, colleagues. the rest i submit. >> thank you. supervisor avalos? supervisor mar? supervisor mar: thank you. i am introducing a request for a hearing today, and it is to have a dialogue on allocating a portion of the city was the recent unexpected revenue. i believe it was estimated from $20 million to $43.3 million in transfer taxes, in order to support the san francisco unified school district and

explore other ways our city can support our struggling schools. under the city deficit is huge, but our schools are in crisis. we recently in schools in san francisco issued 210 layoff notices to our teachers and many more to hard-working staff within the school district in march, and the layoffs hurt both the city's economy, but also student achievement. even more devastating cuts are projected if a statewide tax revenue measure does not pass in november. when i talked with the superintendent, i think he was estimating that the school district faces currently about and $84 million deficit over two years, but it could increase to $120 million if the revenue measures do not pass. it is a huge lead in the schools. i think it is critical to keep families in the city by continuing the progress made. also, the city has an obligation based on property each -- crop

-- prop. h. it has been a tremendous benefit to schools, but tens of millions have not been given to the schools because of the city's financial difficulties, so i say that there is an obligation to pay back the schools the amounts that should have been allocated over the past few years, and rainy day funds are also critical for the school district, so my hope is that as we discussed this, that this money will help in addition to the rainy day funds. the rest i will submit. thank you. supervisor cohen: i have a simple request that we close the board our in memory of a woman named sylvia corpus. sheet is -- was the mother of a friend, the executive director

and founder of united way. i ask that we close the board out in her memory. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. supervisor olague, are you prepared? the cake, we will come back to you. supervisor mar? -- okay, we will come back to you. supervisor mar? ok, supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: thank you. i wanted to mention briefly that today, mayor lee is introducing the first element of the housing trust fund, a charter amendment that would begin creating that front, and i am proud to be cosponsoring that with the mayor along with several colleagues. this resulted from a lengthy an important process to address how we are going to ensure the continued production and the

existence of affordable housing in this city for low-income people, but also for middle- income folks, and that means public funding of affordable housing and it also means having smart housing policies that actually trigger the creation of enough housing to make sure that housing does not continue to spiral out of control in terms of rent and home prices. the mayor oversaw an extensive and important process, and i particularly want to commend -- and there are a lot of people to commend who really played an instrumental role here. there will be other pieces moving forward. the funding aspect of it is partially resolve the above by this charter amendment in terms of segregating a tax increment that would have gone to the

redevelopment agency. there is continuing discussion about other revenue sources, and i'm sure that will be resolved soon. there will also be implementing legislation because some aspects of this proposal will be done legislatively. i look forward to discussions in the coming months and making sure we take care of the housing needs of the city. >> thank you, supervisor wiener. supervisor kim. supervisor kim: i also want to co-sponsor our housing trust fund being introduced today and thank the mayor and his office for their leadership on creating this fund. we are excited to co-sponsor the city's first dedicated stream for affordable housing, which we hope will generate $20 million to $50 million a year. this is an important resourced to replace the source of reliable funding sources for the production of permanently affordable housing. due to the dissolution of redevelopment and also because we have sent out our previous

affordable housing bond, both on the city and state level. we co-sponsored a hearing on april 9 about affordable housing policies and funding, and we heard from a diverse group of stakeholders about the need for affordable housing in this housing trust fund. it is a huge debt in the right direction. today is a culmination of months of work by a broad coalition of stakeholders, and i commend all of those members and the mayor's office for sticking together to try to bring multiple viewpoints on how our housing production happen and come together on a final peace we can bring to voters in november. this included private developers, affordable housing advocates, real estate agents, and others. sometimes folks that sit on opposite sides of the room really work to bring something together that would address this important issue, so you're so excited to co-sponsor this charter amendment as it moves through the legislative process, and we look forward to working

with advocates and the mayor's office to create this historic resourced. we are also introducing an awareness month. one of our district's six residents suffered herself from lyme disease for years before finally being diagnosed and has dedicated herself to raising awareness around this pervasive and debilitating disease. i want to personally thank robyn crop for her tenacity and organizing around this issue and working to create opportunities for awareness around public health issue. in the u.s., cases of lyme disease have averaged around 30,000, which health experts say is 10 times higher than reported due to lack of recognition of sentence and accurate testing. sometimes i think we passed a lot of resolutions at the board of supervisors and wonder where it goes. in this case, last year, a resident who was visiting city hall while this resolution was

presented recognized that he might have symptoms of lyme disease after watching several people testified in public, last year. afterwards, he came into our office, lifted his shirt and showed an expanded rash, about a foot in diameter. he had not known until he was public testimony on tv that he might have disease. since then, he has been diagnosed, and we are happy that he is getting the treatment that he finally needs, but it is kind of some good news that happens out of the recognition that we had here at the board. third, wanted to co-sponsor supervisor campos' resolution. many of my colleagues and myself were at the harvey milk " anniversary last night. they ordered a beloved icon in our community, and jose is a

representative of the struggles and triumphs of many of our residents, and i wish we had an opportunity to honor more everyday people like him. as an openly gay man and a drag queen, he was denied the right to become a certified teacher in our district, something he was passionate about and worked hard to obtain. his disappointment of is that of educators who are stigmatized purely based on their gender and sexual identity. we are honored to dedicate his legacy today, and i am excited to co-sponsor that point. as many in the media have heard and many of our constituents have heard, today, the san francisco city family welcomed the golden state warriors into a new partnership with the city, and we have gotten a lot of constituents who are very interested in this issue, particularly in the rincon, south beach, and south of market area. i know that they really want to stay involved as the stadium

plans move forward. many of you know that this is a debilitated pier that needs over $100 million of infrastructure improvements. we are happy to see that someone like the warriors is interested in partnering with the city to really rehabilitate reallypier and work with our neighborhood to make it an important part of our city, but we know that there is a neighborhood that exists there that is working hard to become a complete neighborhood with open space, manage parking, public transit, and other resources that make a neighborhood a neighborhood, and i know that they want to be working very closely with the city on this issue along with the other resources that development brings including jobs, finances, and if it came to the city, but i am excited to welcome back the warriors, and

we will be working closely with president chiu and the mayor's office as this moves forward. thank you. supervisor olague: i should mention that i, too, will be cosponsoring the housing trust fund and a happy to do so. i am proud san francisco is leading the way in providing a local response to replace redevelopment. this fund will provide a stable source of funding for affordable housing needs in the city for the next 30 years. it insures that we will have equitable growth without depending on the state. that means building out 9000 affordable housing units in our pipeline. this can and will address the neediest of our population and help prevent the displacement of low-income renters and owners. i am glad this is coming to us with support from moderate and progressive stakeholders. >> thank you, supervisor. supervisor avalos.

supervisor avalos: thank you. i, too, would like to put myself as a co-sponsor for the charter amendment and i want to thank the mayor's office for all his work with stakeholders to help get to this point this far. i expect we will still see a few changes as we go through the committee process, but i wanted to make sure that i put my name on this to underscore the tremendous need we have for building of housing at affordable housing, especially in san francisco. i am also particularly glad to see the homeowner stabilization and sustainability fund as part of this measure. this is a part of the charter amendment that will be very meaningful to a lot of people in my district where we have high homeownership and a lot of working-class families, many of whom are in distress about keeping their property or maintaining their property, and the stabilization/sustainability fund will help provide resources, up to $15 million over 30 years come to help in the process.

that is a drop in the bucket, so this is a blueprint for what we could do, but based on the inclusion of this aspect and others, i am putting my name on the measure and hope to get this through the board in the next few weeks. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor olague, would you want to be referred? that concludes roll call for introductions, mr. president. supervisor chiu: 90. it is just about 3:30, and i would like to move to the 3 gaap 30 commendations. we have a number of colleagues with commendations today. the first to revise or i would like to recognize is supervisor campos. supervisor campos: thank you. i have had the pleasure in my life of meeting some pretty amazing individuals, but i have

to say that -- and i'm sorry that i'm a little nervous -- that it is truly one of the most proudest moments for me right now to be able to recognize a very special individual who is here with us, and that is jose julia saria, who is here with us in the audience. [applause] you do not meet that many heroes, but i think that's when you think of jose and what he has meant for the fight for civil rights in san francisco and throughout the country, he is up there with names like rosa parks, names like cesar

he is truly an inspiration for anyone who believes in equal rights, freedom and justice. it's not surprising that so many members of the lbgt community are here, including supervisor britt, thank you for being here. let me tell you a little bit about why it's an honor to introduce a resolution before the board of supervisors and offer a proclamation that honors jose for his tremendous contributions to san francisco and declares may 22, 2012 as jose assaria de end at san francisco which may be the first time the city and county of san francisco has dedicated a date to him, and if that is the

case, it's a long time coming and a long time overdue. he was not only a longtime leader of the gay community, but all communities. he's someone who throughout his life has embodied the best of san francisco and his country. he has founded several advocacy organizations and used entertainment to create political change. he began his theatrical career at the historic black cat bar, earning the alias, the nightingale of montgomery street, for singing arias from the opera while he delivered drinks to bar patrons. the nightingale of montgomery street use his performance platform to encourage bar patrons to come out of the clause it to live openly and honestly, delivering famous sayings like there's nothing wrong with being gay, the crime is being caught, and united we stand, divided they catch us one

by one. jose was forced to abandon his dream of becoming a teacher when he was unjustly arrested by ruth police department for solicitation in a sting operation at st. francis hotel. this was a different time in san francisco, when police officers were in the business of going after members of the lgbt community. he formed an organization to run educational programs on the topics of homosexuality and provide support for men being ostracized for being gay and were caught up in police raids. in 1961, jose ran for a seat on the san francisco board of supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man to run for elected office in the entire

united states. 1961. [applause] as he explained last night during the presentation of his lifetime achievement award, the establishment at the time was so scared that he could very well win that many candidates were recruited for the very purpose of keeping him from being elected to the san francisco board of supervisors. at the end of the day, in a field of 32 candidates, he came in ninth place in 1961 and almost won the seat to the very body. in 1962, he co-founded the tavern guild, the first gay business association in the country. in 1963, he felt to find the -- helped found of the society for individual rights that sponsored

both social and political functions for the gay community as well as help educate gateman about their rights if arrested or harassed by the police. he assumed the moniker her royal majesty, and prince of san francisco, jose the first, the widow norton, an homage to the mob -- a much to joshua norton who declared himself the emperor of the united states and protector of mexico in 1859. jose assumed the title of empress, which led to the establishment of the imperial court system, a network of nonprofit charitable organizations throughout the united states, canada and mexico that have used drag shows and other functions to raise money for charities throughout the world, not just san francisco or the united states, but throughout the world. today, as a returns to his home

of san francisco. this week, the week of may 21, in order to receive a lifetime achievement award from the harvey milk democratic club. it's only fitting that today on harvey milk's birthday, who, by the way jose was one of the early endorsers of harvey milk, and i think it's fair to say he plays the trail and set the example for harvey milk to be able to run for office a few years later. i think it is fair to say there have been -- there would have been no harvey milk without jose. it is only fair that today the board of supervisors commend his day for his lifetime of activism, cultural and artistic work, and political advocacy on