member, district leader susan hall. i urge the closing of the meeting in her honor. susan hall was a democratic activist who for years with the heart and soul of the richmond democratic club. she was also a two- she was the dedicated secretary for the d triple c and passed away last thursday evening. she graduated as valedictorian of her culpeper, virginia high- school and give to san francisco in 1959 where she lived a bohemian life with her husband and devoted much of her life to kenya in africa and worked with the former british colonial government for five years as kenya was working to gain independence. at san francisco state and uc- berkeley, she taught classes and earned degrees in international

relations and worked on her p.s. -- ph.d. dissertation. she went to the university of nairobi several times, once as a fulbright scholarship and spent another seven years conducting research in africa. she eventually return to san francisco and worked as an insurance broker for 10 years, which helped her pay off her student loans and pay for retirement. for some 20 years, she served as the secretary board member and soul of the richmond democratic club, which i was active in for about 20 years. her two terms of the democratic committee, many of you are familiar with that work, she worked tirelessly for the democratic cause in the city. she also knew shorthand and was extremely organized. she helps the richmond district democratic club create strong outreach program and be a functioning club in our city. she was extraordinarily

talented in -- and an unpretentious citizen of san francisco. she will be greatly missed by those she helped throughout the city. thank you for your support in commemorating her life here at the board of supervisors. the rest i will submit. supervisor olague: good afternoon, colleagues. i've been working with a lot of community members dedicated with boosting the performance levels of students of color, particularly african-american males in san francisco. i'm introducing a hearing request for presentations from the san francisco unified school district department of children, youth, and families, and human rights commission on services provided are needed to support african-american students. i hope to have an informative discussion that will merit strategic solutions to address the disproportionate amount of african-american youth represent in suspensions, expulsions, and the achievement gap.

i particularly would like the department to highlight our reductions in funding have impacted the ability to deliver services to heinie it students and provide an examination of what measures can be taken to close the achievement gap given the limited amount of available financial resources. i would like to think the supervisors campos and cohen for cosponsoring this and i look ford to a hearing in front of the committee. supervisor avalos: i am submitting an ordinance for the november ballot with a working title of the foreclosure forbearance. i would like to thank my colleagues who have co-sponsored the measure so far, supervisor

campos, , a supervisorcohen, supervisor olague, and supervisor mar. i live in and serve a district that has a high level of homeownership. we also have the lowest per capita of any district in san francisco. we are working-class and middle- class people. we don't have a lot of millionaires that live in a district that would skew other districts per-capita income. we have a lot of folks who have been struggling to pay their mortgage, especially with the economic downturn. this is an issue that affects many parts of san francisco, district 10 is greatly affected, almost equally to district 11 in terms of the foreclosure crisis.

district 9, as well. there have been a number of neighborhood groups around the city that have been fighting back, trying to reoccupy homes against foreclosures. ace is one of the ,occupy bernal, and other organizations, we've looked at ways to provide deterrence to foreclosures. and how we could actually work toward holding banks more accountable to making sure people can remain in their homes and can have loans either modified to allow for percentage reduction or even principal reduction would be a great way to help households to stay in their homes. this is just one tool that we could apply to make sure we can put a deterrent in place for foreclosures. the way this measure would work

is it would remove an exemption on the real estate transfer tax for lenders and banks when they receive titles of property after a foreclosure. we hope that because of the tax which could be applied might be a deterrent and they would seek a greater effort to modify alone rather than go through a foreclosure proceeding. this is not about trying to raise revenue for the city. we will see a decline in foreclosure rates and could actually have the rates we had once upon a time that would result in about 15 or so a year in these very neighborhoods. that would be a great change. i am very happy to have your support as we move forward. this will go through the committee process on the way to the department of elections and the ballot. i look forward to a robust

discussion and want to make sure we are doing what we can as a city to hold banks accountable, to make sure we -- make sure they are doing everything we can do to make sure they're having a clear dialogue with residents to prevent foreclosures. we have all too often seen before -- the fast tracking of foreclosures and i hope it can put a stop to that. pellicle word to seeing this go through and a look for it to seeing the nest pass before the sun. -- i also looked forward to seeing the next go before the sun. >> thank you, supervisor. supervisor chu: we are cosponsoring -- as we talked about losing one sports team and gaining another, the

neighborhood that it impacts, candlestick stadium. we want to ensure our district, particularly in south of market that in our first meeting with the warriors last week that we ensure we would begin community and neighborhood meetings immediately. hopefully this month, to begin engaging in a process prior to design and processes that must move forward for this to happen. we are looking toward to working with the warriors on the committee process and looking forward to working with the office of economic and workforce development to see how we can make this waterfront stadium a reality while respecting transit, public safety, and other needs of the neighborhood is in and this will create jobs for local san francisco residents. i also want to recognize my

fellow supervisors who are co- sponsors of this resolution. i also wanted to recognize miguel marquez and congratulate him on his new appointment to judge. he is a remarkable attorney and individual human being and i'm excited to see not only someone of his level of caliber and understanding of the law and intelligence that someone who is compassionate about the community and i think that's a great addition for the state of california and i commend our governor for doing so. last, i want to mention that today is carlos garcia's official retirement party. after five years of working diligently to lead this district, i want to thank him for his time.

while five years does not seem long, it's a long time for a superintendent and that's the commitment he made when i was sitting on the interviewing task force. not only has he fulfilled his commitment, but he worked hard to ensure leadership that will follow after him and to continue the work he is doing. the achievement gap is a the most pressing issue facing sfu sd. we have the widest achievement gap of any county in california. more importantly than just pointed out that fact, i appreciate this hearing will be about how the city can work to collaborate with the school district on closing the gap and i would like to be a co-sponsor for that hearing. one thing i will say about carloses that for the first time during his tenure, we actually narrowed the achievement gap for the first time in the school

district's history and i think that's an important accomplishment. unfortunately, the gap is wide and a lot of work needs to be done. even with the limited resources, leadership has made an effort toward narrowing the gap would need to figure out how we can partner with the school district to close what is not just an achievement gap, but what is an opportunity gap. supervisor campos: there has been a proposal to transfer some of the human-rights responsibilities to the office of city administrator office of work-force development. i'm simply calling for a hearing on that matter without necessarily providing an opinion

about that, just making sure the public is aware of what specifically is being proposed and what is going to happen. how we do contract in and how it impacts on local businesses and enterprises, it's really important. we want to make sure as any change happens that the public is aware of what that changes and we look the word to the opportunity of hearing from the folks who brought that proposal forward. i ask that that matter be referred to the rules committee. >> it that concludes will call for introductions. president chiu: thank you. why do we go to general public comment. >> the excite on the agenda is the opportunity for the public to address the board, generally for up to two minutes with in the subject matter jurisdiction, including items on the adoption

without reference to the committee calendar. please note that public comment is not allowed on those items already subject to a board committee. speakers using translators assistance will be allowed twice the amount time to testify. if a member of the public would like a document to be displayed on the overhead projector, please clearly state such and remove the document when you like the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting. president chiu: let's hear from our first speaker. >> [speaking for language] -- [speaking for and language]

-- [speaking foreign language] ladies and gentleman, as an egyptian guide, last saturday we have received bad news. the former president of egypt should be in jail the rest of his life. what life is going to be, this monkey man. he steal my money, he steal our

money, and he killed 1000 innocent people in my country, men and women. i am not happy for what they did to him. i wish he can hang up or shooting him by gun to let him die and to go to the health. that i asked, and that i hope to see something like that. yes. we have a lot of people with courage like me, 2 million people t inahrir square ask to repeat his decision is not right. we need him to die and we need him also to be with his son to the hell. they steal billions of dollars

for my country and my people for themself. that is the country -- no country in the world worry about him than israel. i wish he'd go to the health sooner or later. that is my opinion. thank you. president chiu: thank you, next speaker. >> don't give money to friends of the library, don't accept money from the friends of the library. part of the damage done to our democracy by privatization of our society is the lack of accountability is shocking. as you well know, the friends of the san francisco public library in a commitment that it would raise $16 million for the branch library improvement program. when it was pointed out the library's own reports showed the friends had only raised -- donated $870,000, the library

administration started trying to find a way to pad the figures. the department of public works claims it can account for $3.6 million. the library itself claims there is another $5.1 million donated by the friends. the library admits it has no documentation to support that $5.1 million figure and is simply taking the french word for it. the problem is for the last 10 years we have had reports from the california state attorney general, we know the friends had income of $35.7 million in this time. can you imagine any other institution in the city or private organization is given a license to sell naming opportunities in 24 city-owned facilities and no one knows what happened to the money? not only that no one in the mayor's office or on the board of supervisors will ask them to

account for that money because you know they don't have an answer. in fact, the board of supervisors is mounting a counterattack against sunshine laws and open government because you don't want citizens to know how badly they're being ripped off. it's not just the benefits in society foot to private interests, but the truth is that democracy has to be destroyed in order to do it. that's why the lies cost more than the money. [tone] president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> a good afternoon. my name is alan jones. sf49er fan revolt. common sense tells me not to give somebody a break on their $6 million lease when they took

$8 billion project of the area. hypocrisy tells me that if this board is so upset with the way san francisco -- the 49ers left san francisco, you don't do to oakland what was done to you. i'm very appalled at the fact that city hall is becoming a sanctuary for hypocrisy. this is not france -- this is not san francisco. this is san francisco politics. as i said before, there will not be a host city role for san francisco. i cannot understand why i send

messages and get no return phone calls when i'm making sense. you don't give somebody a break who turned their back on it. but you might as well to be saying to me shut up you crippled nigger faggot. >> next speaker please. >> let me address the point the previous speaker made. what he said he very clearly was he is a citizen of that this united states of america, a good constituent of san francisco and knows what he's talking about, but you so-called representative, when he reaches out to you, you do not reach out to him. i am saying that because you need to understand that here in san francisco, we have reached a point that politics is not the

politics that was before, where there was some good representation and when constituents came to city hall they were respected. having said that, i saw something in the city hall a long time ago where a developer who harmed our children and our community presented some people jumping all over the place with a $7.3 million check. let me tell you something about hunters point. only partial a has been conveyed. it's the most contaminated area and still belongs to the navy. the navy needs to clean that. you supervisors if you understand something about quality of life issues, he must do everything in your power to see that the navy claimed that

the shipyard according to proposition be. we just had the voting today about this, that, and the other thing. it's going to give us some clues as to what's going to happen in the future. but as the media is saying, but turnout has been very, very, very, very poor. because there is too much pitting one against the other. [tone] president chiu: thank you, next speaker. >> good afternoon, board of supervisors. a new movie coming out is really good. ♪ spider-man, spider-man does whatever a spider can ♪

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president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> hello, board of supervisors. i live on scott street and unfortunately, a supervisor is not here right now. i do want to thank the board for some good things i heard today regarding banks and foreclosures. i am current on my home alone, however yesterday, i sent each of you an e-mail at about 5:00 at outlining more information about why i am here and it has the subject line -- public comment, personal, second

tuesday, june 5, 2012. i have been denied three times mortgage assistance from bank of america since i lost my job in 2009. i'm currently unemployed and on state disability. i have followed all the steps outlined of the office of housing web page regarding for closures. currently, i'm appealing the last decision made by bank of america. keep your home california is a federally funded program designed for people like me. i would like to participate and work directly with the keep your home california team, however, bank of america has chosen to opt out. i live in district 5 and i don't want to be another casualty of foreclosure. the fact is only about 11% of the people who apply for mortgage assistance to help. i confirmed this with the bank officer last wednesday when i met her in person at her san mateo office. if i can't get my loan in that amount where ian