responsive to our requests. we have had several phone calls and the males -- we have tried with several phone calls and e- mail spirited -- e-mails. but again, we are supportive. >> corner this guy in the elevator on your way out. [laughter] thank you. yes? rex good evening, commissioners. i'm here on behalf of nob hill. we support the growth and vitality of the nob hill community. the major issue here is the judgment came down in april, 2011, which struck and revoked the conditional use permit that was it originally accepted by the board and planning commission. live nation and the masonic temple and the planning department and commission were required to go back to the court and present the continued findings to the court after approval. that has not been done.

one of the requirement is that the california environmental quality act be complied with. that also has not been done. the fact that live nation and a masonic temple has sidestepped the ruling from april of 2011 is illegal and invalid. there was a lawsuit filed in may of this year. some additional issues that i would like to bring to your attention is that i requested a copy of the application so i could actually see the facts being presented to the commission. he refused to provide a copy to me. one thing i requested a continuation of this hearing stridency the actual request as presented. at issue is that there has never been a permanent liquor license within the masonic auditorium. it has only been a lot -- and enter a liquor license. that is currently an issue at the cac. there have been hearings held

and the issue of a permanent liquor licence has not been resolved. in addition, there are security measures that need to be reviewed, parking, traffic, all of those issues that would be heard under ceqa, the california environmental quality act, that has again, not been reviewed by judge goldsmith. >> i have a point of information. first, we are not allowed to question public comment. but i need a piece of information. what you are opposed to is not their current existing use that has been in use since the 1950's. you are opposing the new use that they are proposing, correct? >> one of the issues that is before the court currently is that what the planning department and the board has said is a current use is an actual justification of the use. it is going from the numbers put forth by the planning commission, 52 live events. the planning commission will

increase that to 68. >> the question is, there has not been a ruling on the current use, correct? >> in 2008, the conditional use expired. currently, there is no actual ballot use permit in effect. -- there is no actual valid use permit in the back. >> does the masonic auditorium have a current conditional use permit? brecht's i believe they do. >> any -- >> i believe they do. >> any other commissioners have questions? any more public comment? >> good evening, commissioners. my name is david. i'm the vice president of the nob hill association, the oldest residents association in san francisco. just short of 1000 members. you need to understand the

strength of feeling from the people that live around here. you need to understand how deep, deep this really is. for three years, a david and goliath battle against one of the biggest multinationals in the world, a $5 billion company. we have fought steadily. whenever this city hall has given an advancement in their situation, the court of law has denied it. we are constantly requiring that they obey the law, not a lot more, to be honest. whenever you go with here, -- whenever you go with here, we will be going back to judge goldsmith. he knows what he is talking about. he understands the situation into medley well. -- internetly -- intimately

well. you need to understand that 1000 people are in this organization. it was put to a vote and will have one person voting against. a motion of no support for allied nation. it is -- as a matter of intensification, we have no desire to close the building down or change its fundamental use. but we have a very strong desire and an unbreakable will to stop them from intensifying the use. we have put together a lot of information, i mean, hours, thousands of hours of work, identifying what the historical use it to the is. we believe the course of lob will understand that and return it to its historical use. that is what we are asking for. please15 days of hearings on thc did not result in a conclusion.

three days of the general secretary being on the stand did not result in a resolution. this organization was not built, the building was not built for entertainment purposes, and the first five years of its existence, it did not have no female bathroom. no organization cannot have a female bathroom. they did not have female members. the masons did not allow it. it was not built as a place of entertainment. however, we understand in the modern world, there is a need for it, and a certain level of intensification. we will take this as far as it needs to go. we just ask for your open ears. presidents newlin: ok, i guess

there is no ladies' night. vice chairman joseph: are you not glad we have a woman on this? i would like to make a motion, but i'd like to tell you what i am basing my motion on. this commission does not deal with liquor licenses or the taking away of liquor licenses. that is not under our purview. that is what the state of california. whether they have a permanent liquor license or not. what they are asking is for us to grant them an entertainment permit for their existing use. what i understand is that anything that is before the courts or anything that is before an the other commission or board of supervisors in the

city is about an intensification of their use. i understand this permit has been put forth not for an intensification of their use but just to codify their existing use. based on that and the fact that their occupancy is of paramount importance in this city, there is no other venue in this city with the occupancy load, i move to approve this permit for their existing use and incorporating all of the existing conditions as put forth by the planning department, the board of supervisors, and any additional conditions by the abc. that is my motion. president newlin: thank you. commissioner: i second that. president newlin: thank you again. why do we not have a roll call

on that? clerk: [reading roll] the motion carries. president newlin: good luck. vice president joseph: good luck. president newlin: ok, item number 6, a discussion and possible action to review the existing place of entertainment conditions of rock it room, located at 406 clement street. >> to report on their activities, we kept the item on calendar because we wanted to track it and make sure we did not miss out on the timing. they have asked for a continuance, as the permit officer is on vacation, i think,

and so with respect to this, we're asking that the commission to continue this item. we have been in communication with the venue. they are complying with conditions, and there are quite a few of them, says staff is requesting a continuance. i think he will be back in mid july, so if you wanted to be specific, it would be a second meeting in july, at the very earliest. president newlin: ok. any public comment on the continuance of the review of rock it room? commissioner: second.

clerk: same house, same call? ok. thank you. president newlin: item seven, commissioner comments and questions. vice president joseph: the lineup is very cool. donate at the door as you come in. please all attend. president newlin: thank you. any public comment on that? [laughter] commissioner: this is june 12, the anniversary of filipino independence. i would like to join the filipino community and celebrating that today, and i'd also like to thank the mayor's office and the mayor's office on protocol and thing them for hosting a very nice flag raising ceremony this morning on the mayor's balconies.

happy independence day. president newlin: ok. in that vein, i would like to share a story when i was a weekend captain, and they were celebrating philippine independence, and they started out been meant that was being held -- i got it. that is next item. they had a venue at bill graham's auditorium, and they started the event by marching around civic center plaza with a drum and a lot of pop and ceremony, and this was a period of time when all of the homeless were camped at the civic center, so i was standing there, and all of these homeless people came up to may, about 9:00 in the morning, and they said, "we want to file a complaint. we are trying to sleep here." vice chair joseph: i love that story.

commissioner: i just want to say there will be a joint queeer sumit -- summit with the harvey milk club. i am not sure who is going to be there, but it is a good meeting, and i believe bryant tan and scott wiener will be there, and if you are looking for something to do, the screening of my movie "running in heels" will be out, about my running for the district supervisor, and it will be in the old tower records at 10:00 p.m. president newlin: if the movie is half as good as the title, it will be a blockbuster. item number 8, a request for future business items.

i have an item. according to our bylaws, we are approaching the election period, so i'm going to throw two things out there. the current bylaws require maximum service of the president for two years, which i believe, i am not sure what the dates are, but i have probably used those up or close, so we have two options. i would not mind staying on as president for another year, and then that would be it, but on the other and, i submit welcome that if there are people on the commission you are interested in taking office, i would be glad to handed over. i do not want to hog the thing. the on the thing i can say about taking this role of president is i think the key issue is to be able to keep the meetings on track and to keep them as expeditious as possible. other than that, the rest of the

commissioners, as yet witness, have been part of a wealth of information and handle all of the questioning and stuff, so what i am proposing is sometime between now and the next meeting, you contact jocelyn at the office and let her know if you feel we should have elections scheduled for the next meeting or we should amend the bylaws to allow the current officers, and i know audrey would be more than happy to serve for another year as vice president, so it is completely up to the commissioners, and, again, i just throw that out if there is somebody who is interested in the position, i am more than happy to pass the gavel, and if there is nobody interested, we will that do change the bylaws to allow audrey and i tuesday for another year, so i do not expect any comment now, but if you can think about it and contact jocelyn about what direction you would like to see the commission go, i am 100% behind that.

vice chairman joseph: i want to say that the bylaws need to be looked at. they have been there for nine years and a to be brought up to date anyway, so under new business, whether or not you guys want to have elections or not, i would like to put on the calendar a discussion about the bylaws, forming a by law committee with a date certain not later than the end of july to amend the bylaws, so i would like that to be put on the next agenda. president newlin: we would not have time to form it for the next meeting. vice chair joseph: we put it on the agenda, and then they come

back at the end of july. president newlin: ok. i have no problem with that. the first is amending the bylaws with the president and vice- president and the other is just a complete overview of the bylaws. jocelyn sent them to me. i am not saying there is not anything that needs to be amended, but i did not see anything, and it is quite possible that i missed something that somebody else would pick up on, and then the other is if anyone else on the commission would like to take over office of president and vice president. if you want to keep it as it is, we will have to amend that specific item, and aside from that, i have no problem reviewing the entire bylaws. any other comments? commissioner: when we do this,

do we have to get permission from the board of supervisors, or is that allowed? vice chair joseph: no, we do not. president newlin: ok, is there any public comment on this? you cannot sit there for an entire meeting and not say anything. >> something in the bylaws, and they show up for weeks and weeks and months and months, and we have had situations where there are only four people at a commission hearing, and that becomes a problem when there is a contested item, because that is my only -- president newlin:

do you mean a lack of quorum? you probably have those on the top of your mind better than i. i do not remember any, but i am sure there are some. >> well, there have been a couple. bis jered joseph: how is bella? president newlin: that will conclude the june 12 meeting of the antar containment commission -- of the entertainment commission, and if anyone knows who would like to take neal's place, that is a board appointment, so let us know, let the board no, and i am

sure it helps to aggressively pursue somebody internally. ok. we are adjourned. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

>> thank you. good morning, everyone. thank you very much. as many of you know, i'm a person that doesn't like a whole lot of drama. but i do want to make sure that we take this opportunity to enjoy. this budget is one that's important to all of us, it certainly is one to me and one that reflects a lot of great work. first of all, let me thank everybody for coming this morning. certainly board president david chiu for helping me co-host this and carmen chu and her

work with us already started and will help guide us, along with board president david chiu on all of the hearings that the rest of the board will have. i want to thank each and every member of the board of supervisors as well. you've been weighing in and we've been creating a different dialogue on the front end to make sure that all of our constituents know what we're doing, more transparent, and ultimately where our values are. i also want a big shout-out and thanks to everybody in this room. there's a lot of department heads and commissions and labor representatives and representatives from our non-profits and community members as well. thank you for engaging us in this really dedicated six-month process. i want to go back to the very first neighborhood budget hearing that we held about almost six months ago. it was one where i was asked at the very beginning, what does the budget mean to you?

and i wasn't the only one. there were several supervisors that were there, and we all said pretty much the same thing. it really is a reflection of our values as a city and it's one that we want to work hard at, but ultimately it is who we are and it's a combined effort here, a collaborative effort. so it still is that way, and you'll see from the highlights that we'll be announcing today, as reflected in this budget, it still is a reflection of all of our values. so good morning, everybody. thank you for joining me here today. again, thank you for board president chiu and budget chair carmen chu and all the others that i've identified here today. i also want to say at the outset this budget reflects countless hours of work. a lot of work behind the scenes. in addition to all the neighborhood budget meetings

that we had, there were numerous, numerous staff meetings. kate howard's done a wonderful job with her staff. they've met with all of the different departments -- [applause] this is her first full year budget working with us and she's done a great job and her staff has done a great job. it isn't just putting numbers together, it's listening to each of the finance personnel from each department, it is engaging in the numerous meetings that we have with community, it's engaging with staff of the various supervisors, the non-profits. we had special meetings help, it was health and human services and housing and homeless advocates and others. she was there and her staff was there at every turn making sure that we listened and it reflected in both

number-crunching and challenging what the priorities are and so forth. also want to give a shout-out to steve cava. steve, wonderful with all your work. [applause] it's not easy. you and micki callahan, it's really not easy at all to face a year when there's 27 contracts open, trying to face everybody in the room, trying to make sure that we can make promises we can keep. having been a former employees relations director, i know that keeping promises with our labor representative is critical to building trust and to make sure that we carry out and we honor all that they do every single day in carrying out services for us. to all the department heads and your wonderful staffs, thank you. i also want to make sure i

acknowledge all of our labor unions, all of our representatives. for years you've worked with us and sacrificed and bemoaned the bad budget years, but you've stepped up in every occasion. for the department heads and non-department heads who we've shared challenges with, thank you for sacrificing so many years. and now we get to, i think, a budget that has some relatively good news and a good foundation. this year we begin the hard work of presenting the city's first two-year budget. and we began that year with a $263 million deficit for our general fund. and then the coming year, the second year of $375 million shortfall. that's what we faced at the very beginning. but because of the fiscal discipline that we put in process, a discipline that's reflected in the great work of

ben rose enfield and his staff and the controller's office that keeps reminding me of the credit ratings of our city and that we must make sure that we do things in a very solid financial way, we made investments in job creation and we made commitments to reform with that guidance. now san francisco's economy is recovering and reserves are going. in fact, during the last nine months the controller has reported that our revenues were $172 million more than projected. this is good news. this is good news, but it did not come without commitments, without sacrifice by everybody and all the groups represented in this room. i would like to again thank owe employee unions for working with us to find a common goal, saving more than $28 million in your contract negotiations with us. i'm happy to report that i'm presenting a responsible and

balanced two-year budget. while we spare the city the deep cuts we've experienced over the last several years and one that i present to you in a san francisco economy that's recovering, in this budget you will see investments. investments that ensure that people who live, work and visit our city feel safe, investments that protect our social safety net that supports seniors and youth, low-income and working-class families, investments that support our neighborhoods, our infrastructure and our commercial corridors. this budget reflects a lot of collaboration and partnership with our san francisco community. one thing we agreed on early was that in a time of state and federal cuts, protecting our social safety net is more important than ever, and in this budget i've rejected all service reductions in our health department and human service agencies. [applause]

s i've included full restoration of federal cuts to programs and services that serve people with h.i.v. and aids. the loss of redevelopment has been a severe blow to our city, especially for this first street corridor. so we will invest in economic initiatives in the heart of bayview to stabilize businesses and attract new ones. [applause] we will also continue our investment in central market and especially sixth street, where the elimination of redevelopment has left a gap in services. with our community partnersa