of funds that were supposed to go to employee health care are pocketed by these employers. the reimbursement -- reimbursement rate for privately administered hra's is lower than the accounts managed by healthy san francisco. employers with two or more have a difficult time navigating the rules, that hra's may be unlawful under the federal affordable care act and the financial incentive to retain unspent funds can be in and of itself a motivating factor for businesses, for employers to restrict employee access to these funds. by having to submit a personal medical invoices to their employers to be reimbursed, employees are forced to reveal their medical history and current health conditions to their employers. the civil grand jury recommends

that the city disallow the employer use of hra's to meet the employee's spending requirement. the purpose of this hearing is to call for a hearing of some of the issues that have been raised by the civil grand jury that expressly says the compromise that was introduced, improve, -- approved, and supported by the members of this board and mayor lee has not closed the loophole. i am asking the question to what extent does the ordinance no. 232-11 which was authored by supervisors cohen and president chiu and signed into law, the extent to which those amendments to the health care security ordinance actually address the concerns raised by the civil grand jury report and to what extent they fail as the

report concludes to actually close the loophole. in addressing this question, i would ask to review the office of labor standard and employment report on the 2011 employee reporting forms and i request that the clerk of the board for this hearing request to the director of the department of public health, the city attorney, and district attorney, and finally, i call upon the district attorney at the request and as was noted by the civil grand jury to begin an investigation of possible fraud against consumers in the city and county of san francisco by businesses that charge money supposedly to pay for health care when in reality, they continue to pocket that money. the last thing i would say it on a different matter is simply ask respectfully mayor lee and his administration not to continue to pursue this proposal for this idea of stop and frisk.

this board has been very clear about the fact that we value and respect the constitution of the united states. at its core, stop and frisk is a proposal that cannot be implemented constitutionally. it is a proposal that on its face and -- requires a definition, the violation of people's constitutional rights. we want to ask the mayor abandon the proposal. the rest submit. >> thank you. supervisor mar. supervisor mar: thank you. some of you know i have been helping to convene and support and build a coalition of students and community members that are supportive of sitting city college. i know that we're meeting tonight at 6:00 p.m. at 350 rhode island to build support for the process to make sure that we get the college accredited so we do not lose the accreditation that 90,000 students in our city rely on and

the community college system is the largest in the state and one of the largest in the nation. i am working closely to make sure that we have the support for the interim chancellor and the trustees of the college board but especially building student and community support for the system. i am introducing a resolution at the board urging support from city and state officials to support our community colleges and especially looking for additional revenue sources. i wanted to let you know that on the imperative agenda will be a resolution i have introduced today to declare july 24, 20 of the 30th anniversary of when this unique small business adhahn clemons street and third avenue. it is a family owned and operated businesses -- business located in the heart of the inner richmond district at 401 clemons. it has provided a unique experience of having home style

food, beverages, pastries, deserts, and i scream served while being surrounded -- ice- cream served while being surrounded with the incredible decoration from the 1950's. some adults try to sit on the mechanical pony. he has been an outstanding advocate. leading the merchants association and championing schools. toy boat has been welcome to me, but we spend time catching up with our neighbors, eating breakfast and lunch, chatting with friendly staff and also enjoying a hot fudge sundaes

with a rainbow sprinkles. i hope you can join us at 6:00 p.m. for the 30th anniversary at to about -- toy boat. i urge you to join us on this imperative item coming up. supervisor olague: i wanted to submit a resolution that would urge the commission of the housing authority to hold its meeting at city hall and broadcast them for greater access trade as some of you know, the housing authority provides housing to approximately 30,000 people and it seems to me most commissions that oversee housing for that number of residents of the city should be accountable to the general public. people should know what decisions they're making. those decisions have great impact on a large number of residents in the city. i just want to continue to urge the housing authority to

seriously consider relocating in order to have their meetings televised and broadcast to insure accountability. i wanted to thank supervisors campos, chu, kim, and mar for cosponsoring that. i will be introducing legislation that would establish a named district along divisadero. we have had a couple of meetings with merchants, we plan to spend most of the august meeting with more merchants and residents. divisadero is establishing itself in a very unique way. it seems that now's the time to start reflecting on how that district or that street will move forward. some of the considerations that are being given is to rethink a

second floor uses and an existing non residential building. we have been -- we have approached sf made in the hopes of bringing in a different employment to bring in art is at all uses -- artisanal uses. they -- in some ways, they have been affected by activity in the mid market area. many of their clients are looking to relocate in other parts of the city. also in the northeast mission industrials down, there is not enough space to accommodate the needs that some of the small scale manufacturers have. i'm not saying that we will create another manufacturing district in the heart of the nc's but i never find a way, as riser =--- supervisor chu said,

making sure they integrate in a respectful way. that some of these uses can be considered. also, we would be establishing some good neighbor policies around liquor store uses and some of those other issues that what i think have a positive impact on public safety. again, we're starting our meetings, we will see how this looks at the end of the day. at least want to start the conversation before the break. those two i will be submitting today. >> thank you. seeing no other names on the roster, that concludes roll- call for introductions, mr. president. president chiu: let's go to

general public comment. >> public comment will not be allowed on those items that have already been subject to public comment at a board committee. speakers using translation assistance will be allowed twice the time to testify. if a member of the public would like the document to be displayed, please clearly state such and remove the document when you would like the screen to return to live coverage. president chiu: we do have a number of special accommodations so i would like to do a few minutes of general public comments and then go to special accommodations and come back. first speaker, please. >> [speaking foreign language]

ladies and gentlemen, yesterday used to being july 23.

july 23 is very good day for the egyptian people. on july 23, 1952, some gentleman, he make a revolution to my country. i still love him, i still fight for him. but look, when he died, they don't give more than $1 on his account. that is -- the decatur -- dictator has $620 billion he is telling for my country. i hope the gentleman, he is

coming here in oakland, i hope to see him in september. at least have a chance to give welcome. very warm welcome to our new president. not only that, a request for one of the three people i have to have courage. and our president, barack obama to san francisco. san francisco still loves him. our supervisors, [unintelligible] and to bring obama to support him because he has courage better than the other people like the other republican. thank you. president chiu: thank you.

next speaker. >> stop the corporate rate of the public library. do not accept money from the friends of the library. the influence of private money on our politics has the power to destroy democracy and destroy public policy. not everyone knows that private money comes from public assets being converted to a private income stream. we know from reports submitted to the california state attorney general that the friends of the library had income of $40 million and expenditures of $48.10 million in the past 11 years. we know from reports required by the san francisco administrative code that over the same 11 years the friends of the library gave $4.90 million to the public library for any purpose. at its recent meeting, the admitted in the most recent year, three at 9000 of its funds

to benefit the library were restricted and 441,000 were not restricted. in 2011, the net assets went from $11.10 million to $8.90 million. just the deficit spending was five times their donation of unrestricted funds. who would give money to such an organization that the city allows this organization to sell many opportunities in 24 city facilities without any agreement. for being allowed to raise public money without any agreement with the city because it would not answer questions about their finances before your finance committee is giving them permission to convert public assets to a private income stream. it also gives them a motive to use secrecy and abusive -- abuse of the public to conceal the fact they are parasites on the community and our

institutions. is this harm to the community and damages to our reservoir of social trust and moral capital that causes our lives to be more -- worth more than the money. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> i have a number of documents i will put up and i would like it to remove -- remain on the screen until i remove the final document. president chiu: sfgov tv. thank you. >> board of supervisors members have received an article titled "who killed sunshine?" i i would recommend anyone who has concerns about civil liberties and their constitutional rights get a copy and read it. the primary culprit is shown but you share in the disgrace. know your rights under the

sunshine ordinance is printed on every agenda. one of these rights is to submit a 150 word summary of your public testimony which is supposed to be included in the minutes. i have four orders of determination. finding the library commission in violation, fighting the city library -- librarian in violation, finding the ethics commission in violation, and 11071, finding the city attorney in violation. i also have not enough time to do it, referrals to the district attorney, the city attorney, and the ethics commission. what do i -- what all sound francisco citizens have. a board of supervisors which has

shown no respect for the constitution, particularly the first amendment which guarantees free speech and the right to petition government for redress of grievance and a fifth amendment which guarantees the right to due process, shutting down the sunshine ordinance task force has effectively denied the citizen's due process under law and this board did it. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors, members of the public. it is a pleasure and honor to be in front of you today. it is a beautiful chamber which harks of the old days as broader -- as spend -- of splendor.

due to budget constraints we are not where we used to be. there really is a tremendous effort that each and everyone of you is making to try to make this as pleasurable as possible. sean, it has been a pleasure seeing you on the board and we will miss you shortly. i am sure you are counting the meetings. but i would like you to bear in mind that san francisco had a culture of equestrians and those equestrians will not forget the fact that they worked so hard in the early days to build san francisco and create less

ability and integrity that this chamber reflects. thank you. i will be back and forth, in and out of this chamber. it is nothing personal. the light at the end of the tunnel is ultimately, to go back to a victorian local handmade way of life. time will only prove that point, i think. thank you. president chiu: thank you. i would like to go to the special accommodations. if the folks who are in line, i am happy for you to stay in one or take a seat to keep the order. we do have a couple of 3:30 p.m. special accommodations. i would like to recognize supervisor chu. supervisor chu: thank you. i would like to invite up douglas goldman, stephen haines,

monica ware, andjes jessica. i want to recognize the 75th anniversary. it was purchased by rosalie m. stern and was given to the city in memory of her husband. she wanted the site to be preserved as a park where the public could enjoy it admission and free music and performances. on june 4, under -- 1932, stern grove was dedicated. kshe formed the nonprofit association stability that comes to its work to be free and design for everyone's

interested. it is a special place, and natural amphitheater surrounded by giant eucalyptus, and edwards -- redwood. this reflects the commitment to making sure the had exceptional programming and deserve a diverse audience. the music festival is a bay area tradition and something we look forward to. performers have been there, the opera, ballet, ladysmith black mambazo, roberta flack, and sheila e and the escobedo family. we are very lucky to have

this festival. i wanted to bring these folks out here to thank you. it was not for your hard work in organizing the volunteers who are helping and making sure that the program ran smoothly, i did not think we would enjoy the program the way we have. i want to bring you out here to recognize the 75th year anniversary but to think you very much. with us today are few folks who make it happen. douglas goldman and steven haines, monica ware, director of marketing and director of development. monica and jessica are out there with the volunteers working hard every sunday when the concert is happening. thank you for bringing this wonderful event to the city.

>> on behalf of all of us, the staff, the board, and all the citizens and visitors to san francisco who participate in the stern grove festival, thank you. this is an exciting occasion. we enjoy the fact that we're sharing our 75th birthday with the golden gate bridge. we appreciate the recognition that you are affording us and that others in the community have also provided on this special occasion. i am the fourth generation of my family to serve as chair of the stern grove festival. it is a unique and special honor to do that. for those of you who have not been out there, perhaps you missed seven years ago when we did a $15 million privately raised and funded renovation. the late world-class landscape

architect, larry halpern. it is one of the special parks in san francisco. while we have consecutive summer sundays in which we provide concert, there is also 12 kids' days, but the rest of the year is a public park for the neighbors and all visitors to enjoy. it is our thrill to renovate it and improve it as we did. that was a function of the association. we're in the middle of our 75th season and we welcome all of you and all citizens of san francisco to come out and enjoy our concerts'. if you're not familiar, we started to -- start at 2:00 p.m. on summer sundays. you can go to sterngrove.org to find who is there. get there early and come out and

join us, check it out, it is one of the unique activities in any community. to our knowledge is the longest running free concert series in america. again, thank you very much for -- we are greatly honored. [applause]

president chiu: our next presentation. supervisor wiener: thank you. let's ask members of the health council who are here to come on up for the combination -- commendation. later in the agenda, we will consider a resolution i sponsored with seven co-sponsors encouraging the department of public health to remove its exclusion for certain trends gender related health benefits in health the san francisco. this exclusion that -- there is

a trend in san francisco and california and around the world to embrace the transgendered community and to acknowledge that everyone deserves to be treated equally and to have access to health care. in san francisco, more than a decade ago supervisor mark leno past position to provide equal health care for transgendered city employees. we have a trend in california in moving away from discriminatory health care practices. for example: the california legislation banned gender rating which is discriminatory against women. the ama has a knowledge of these procedures are medically necessary. -- acknowledged these procedures are makleys -- medically

necessary. this will help the transgendered community to address the massive economic disadvantage of the -- that the trans community experiences. there twice as likely to have college degrees as the general population's but transgendered californians experience unemployment and poverty rates twice the state average. one in four transgendered people earns wages below the national poverty level. average income with a bachelor's degree is under $30,000 compared to $50,000 for all californians with a bachelor's degree. two-thirds report workplace harassment or discrimination. almost half of transgendered people report a loss of employment as a result of their gender identity. 42% of transgendered californians have delayed seeking health care because they could not afford it.