and planning, i'm the director, i've been working on food system issues in san francisco since 1998, i've lived in all of your neighborhoods at one time or another so i've lived all over the city for 21 years but currently do not. i wanted to sort of echo some of my colleagues sort of characterization of the food security task force and the fact that it's a very collaborative and functional group, we work very closely together and i wanted to give you some data around the need still that exists. and we're pulling all this together for you and for all of your -- actually districts so you'll know saltily all the food resources and the districts and your issues, we'll be tactbacker constringing you all to give you that data, but currently, we have over 100 thousand people in san francisco getting food from food pantries every week, so that is, you know, getting food from the food bank

either at a community center, at a church or some place like that. we also have over 19 thousand housing units without cooking facilities, without kitchens in san francisco, this is a big problem for food security, and they looked at the food needs of residents in san francisco living at 185% of poverty or less, so the qualifications for a reduced price lunch and belore or wic envelope, and they looked at all the resources that are out there from cal fresh, from wic, from school meals, all of these and from community needs programs and they found there is still with all of those resources, there's still 145 thousand meals missing a day for that population, so this is why we come together as a group because we know this and because we are working closely at city agencies with each other and with community based organizations, so i love this

group, i grew up on a farm so i'm from an agricultural background and worked on food system issues here in san francisco if many years and i would be honored to remain a member of the task force, thank you. >> thank you. >> a question for you, ms. jones, you mentioned 185 as a number, is that 185ami. percent of poverty, okay. thank you. >> any other questions? thank you. >> jessie mandle? >> hello, good afternoon. my name is jessie mandle and i am the senior program planner for the department of children, youth and their families and i manage our nutrition programs at dcwf and i manage the summer lunch and after school snacks program, the summer program is our biggest program and this is a program that provides lunches

to children 18 and under when school is out because there's a big need, people don't have a place to get lunch during the summertime so we provide lunch at community based sites, to over 85 sites across the city and last year, we served around 200 thousand meals, over 200 thousand meals, we also collaborate with the school district to make sure that if they are able to take a place at a school site that we work closely with them so we're not duplicating service and that it's an effective program. i also present the food and fitness community, last year was my first year running the program and being on the food task force was a wonderful experience, not only did we start to think strategically how the program can include but collaborating with people like

food runners and other agencies like the food bank to make sure we were avoiding waste as well and last year was my first year and i'm looking forward to continuing to run the program and i'm honored to be reappoint to the task force committee and i'm not a resident of san francisco currently although i have in the past, but during summertime, i may as well be here, thank you very much. >> thank you, have -- any questions? seeing none, thank you. mei ling hui. >> good afternoon, supervisors, i oversee the urban agriculture program and sf environment which is the city's environment department, i've been there for five and a half years and launched the urban agriculture program two years ago, it came out of a series of projects,

supporting the zone coding changes which allow urban commercial farming now in san francisco, i currently participate in the urban sustainability director's network program working group which has representatives across north america, i've worked on many different aspects of several urban farm projects around this city, inside of sfe, we've run a study on the viability of commercial urban agriculture locally, we created a faoezabilities or strategy plan for urban farms to be more successful. i run the orchard's program where we plant fruit and nut trees through carbon fund

dollars, i've been attending the task force meetings for about a year now, i've had the opportunity to work on a couple of different things with the task force, one of them was helping review and provide support for california cottage food, another one was a project where they're looking at including urban garden programs for food security issues, so i've been really appreciative, all the work that i've been able to do in this area and i'm honored to be considered to help move forward the food security task force for urban agriculture and i'm happy to answer any questions? >> any questions? seeing none, thank you very much. i have to say that we have a very well qualified group of people here to be on the food security task force and are there any public comments? seeing none, public comment is

closed. is there any thought to -- can we move to nomination? >> i just wanted to make a few comments about the task force in general and thank you all so much for your service. this issue is really important to me. i worked in the western edition community with kids and oftentimes found myself spending a whole lot of money on buying food to make sure that our children are eating and so -- and also growing up, the program during the summer, the lunch program at the park and rec sites was the place we went to in order to have lunch, so these programs are so important and also reaching those kids who need food and nutrition and other things that you all are looking at as a task force, they are extremely important and one of the things that -- one of the challenges that we had as an organization,

we were fortunate enough to have a van and the ability to pick up from the food bank, but not all programs and groups that serve this population have that same ability, and so i'd like to just ask that when looking at ways in which we provide support to communities that we're looking to serve, that we look at transportation issues, we look at application process and some organizations or individual's inability to maybe have the expertise to complete the application or make the application process. i know that was one of the biggest challenges of some of our public housing sites and not being able to meet the deadline in order to be a site, although it was extremely important they had food during the summer because there were issues around safety for some of these kids who could not necessarily go to other program sites, and so just looking at those sort of issues moving

forward on the task force are things that i really care about and i definitely will be paying attention to and they're all things you care about which i know is why you're serving so with that, i would be happy to move this, the nomination and do i need to list out the names? >> if you don't mind. >> i don't mind, leo o'farrell for seat 8, linda lau for seat 9, maria leclair for seat 10, dr. paula jones for seat 11, jessie mandle for seat 12, and mei lig hui for seat 13, thank you. >> is there a second? >> second. >> okay, so move to the full board without objection. >> excuse me, supervisor, would you like to waive residency requirement for applicants maria leclair, paula jones and jessie mandle?

>> so moved. >> is there a second? >> second. >> okay, without objection, so motion will go to full board. item number -- congratulations, i should say that. >> congratulations, thank you. >> thank you very much. >> item number 7, madam clerk >> madam number 7 is an ordinance amending the administrative code by repealing article viii to dissolve the neighborhood community justice task force. >> okay, hi. >> good afternoon, chair yee, members of the committee, may i also request that you read the last two items on the agenda and we can take these as a group. >> madam clerk? >> item number 8 is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to dissolve the energy efficiency steering

committee, and item 9 is a resolution repealing resolution number 432-10 to dissolve the area plan infrastructure finance committee. >> angela, the clerk of the board, every year the office of the clerk of the board prepares an appointment list consisting of all regular and ongoing subordinate bodyser board's commissions to be appointed by the board of supervisors, this list is known as the local appointment list or the matti act. in december, we finalized that report and submitted it to the board and to the public. the board's rules of order further requires the clerk of the board each year from that list to determine and identify every subordinate body that has not met consistently for four month and is to request the city attorney's office to prepare legislation to repeal the legislation or ordinance that established the body and those are the last four items

before you today, and we would like to thank linda wong because she is the one who compromises the mighty act for us. the clerk's office has three items before you, the first is the area plan infrastructure committee, it was established in 2010 and sponsored by former supervisor soef fee maxwell, the response from the planning department indicated the committee has not yet in over one year, since this committee has not met in the last four years, it's fallen below the standard to continue and we're requesting you recommend the full board that we repeal this resolution, the next item is the neighborhood community justice task force established by ordinance in june, 2010, it was sponsored by supervisor david chu, since the passage of the ordinance, a vacancy notice has been put on the board's

website, since july, 2010, however, no members of the public has shown interest during the last two and a half years and no applications have been received to serve on the bore, so this task force we feel has not met the required standard to continue, they haven't had their first meeting, there are no plans to do so and with the blessing, we recommend to the full board that this be dissolved. the final item is the energy efficiency steering committee, it was established by an ordinance in april of 2010 sponsored by supervisor mar, since the massage of this ordinance, a vacancy notice has been posted on the board's website since may 11, 2010, no members of the public has shown interest during the two and a half year period and no applications have been received, there's been no public interest to apply for this committee and it has not

had its first meeting, it's fallen below the required standard to continue, i would normally request this committee recommend to the full board the repealing of the steering committee but we have a unique situation, with this particular issue, after the deadline, i heard from supervisor mar's office of their preference that this steering committee continue. i understand that perhaps nick pagalato is in the audience today and may be requesting this committee sever this item from this list and not move it forward to the board with the other two items. that concludes my presentation. i'm available for questions. >> sure. any questions? any public comment? >> good afternoon, supervisors, nick pagalatos representing supervisor mar. there suddenly is interest in maintaining this committee active, we have received contact from the bright line

defense project, they have indicated they are committed to keeping this committee active and they will be working with us to find members for this committee, so respectfully, we ask that you sever it from the list and keep it active. thank you. >> thank you. do we need to have a motion to sever this from the list? >> [inaudible]. >> we're talking about item number 8, i believe. >> yeah. >> to the chair, angela, clerk of the board, you can just continue this item to the call of the chair, that would be specifically ms. wong, the item with the energy steering committee. >> so, i will ask this item be continued. then the other two item, items number 7 and number 9, are there any public comments on them? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, is there a motion? >> second. >> seeing no objection, we'll move it to the full board.

madam clerk, is there anything else on our agenda? >> no, mr. chair, the agenda is completed. >> okay, so this meeting is adjourned. (meeting is adjourned). >> i want to learn more about it. >> social networking and e-mail. >> i want to know how to use it. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> divisional divide is a divide between those with

access to use digital tools and those who don't. >> with young people, having computers and i just don't know. they're doing it fast. so, i want to know. >> not knowing how to navigate the internet or at a loss of what to do. >> we don't have a computer. >> we're a nonprofit that unites organizations and volunteers to transform lies through literacy. our big problem right now is the broadband opportunity program. a federally funded project through the department of aging. so, we're working in 26 locations. our volunteers are trained to be tutors and trainers, offering everything from basic classes all the way to genealogy and job search. >> to me computers, knowing how

to use it. >> i think it's really important to everybody and possibly especially seniors to get enough of these skills to stay in touch. >> it's been fun. with seniors, to get them out of their homes. >> so they can connect with their family members. or their family members. >> [speaking in spanish]. >> so, what we focus on is transferring skills from volunteer to learner to help them get onto facebook, find housing in crisis, be able to connect with friends and

family. >> i decided to teach what i learn and it made me want to give back. i discovered that seniors do a lot of review. >> i am a beginner, so, little by little i learn. i learn a lot now. >> if you get the basics, you can learn it. it's simple. it's easy. once you know it. and that's what i want to learn, how to make my life easier and more knowledgeable with the computer. >> so, what we need right now are more people who speak languages other than english or in addition to english who can give their time during the day and who care deeply ideally about helping to close the divide. >> it's a humbling experience.

it's something simple to ask in our daily life, but to someone that doesn't know and to help somebody gain that experience in any way is awesome. >> [speaking in spanish]. >> no matter how tired or cranky or whatever i might feel, when i walk into this place i always walk out feeling great. >> if you feel comfortable using computers and you have patience, we want you on our team. >> would you show me how to type? >> [speaking in spanish]. >> will you help me learn more?

>> commissioner hyde. >> here. >> commissioner perez? >> here. >> commissioner joseph. >> we have a quorum and >> and president newlin called to let us know that he would be absent. >> item number one is public comment. this is the time that the public can address us under the jurisdiction on items that are not on the agenda. is there a public comment?

>> commissioners, mark, randy. i want to point out and remind everybody that on march, fourth, that the awards of san francisco, the nighttime entertainment awards will be held at the castro theater and the reason that i think that this is important, that if you start rewarding people for doing a good job with creative nighttime entertainment, i think that it is going to make the industry better and i hope that everybody goes. the tickets are fairly inexpensive and i think that they are $15. and it is going to be a great show and i hope that everybody will make it at 7:00, it starts. at the castro theater on the fourth. thanks. >> thank you. >> is there any other public comment? >> seeing, none, i will take our new bedazzled and public comment is closed. >> all right. item number two. review and approval of the minutes. is there public comment on the

commission's minuteses of february fifth? >> seeing, none, public comment is closed. commissioners do i have a motion? >> i would like to move that we approve the minutes. >> i have a motion, do i have a second? >> second. >> we have a motion and ail second. okay, discussion? call the roll. >> commissioner lee? >> aye. >> commissioner tan? >> aye. >> commissioner hyde in >> aye. >> commissioner perez. >> aye. >> commissioner joseph. aye. >> item number three. report from the executive director. >> i am going to be brief because i have two roles to play, i wanted to let you know that the polk street legislation coming out of supervisor chui's office will be presented to you on whatever form on march fifth and i got confirmation from amy from the office that she will come to

the march fifth meeting and present whatever the form of the legislation will be at that time to you for your comments. i wanted to bring you up to date on a couple of positions. one, and as you know we were awarded an additional enforcement physician in last year's budget and we are starting this year's budget, work now, and i still don't have the position filled, much to my dismay and especially to vaja's dismay. we have had struggled with the human resources and we have been working through the city administrator's office. >> i guess that i am over. and i'm trying really, really hard to fill it, if i can before the end of march is the best that i can without giving anything specific. any way, if you guys have questions, let me know, certainly if you have anyone interested in the position, now would be a really good time to send them my way.

so, we can be sure to make sure that they get the announcement in time, once we do finally get an announcement on board, and available to post, it is likely it will not be posted very long, because if we want to keep this thing moving, we are going to keep it moving so get me names and interested parties and we will put them in a file so that when the announcement goes up, they will know. and in addition, there was the creation in the budget of the night life sector position in the office of economic and workforce development and that position was posted and we will be having, we being the panel that will be interviewing candidates and choosing that individual meeting on friday to look at the applications that did come in in the announcement period for that position. and there was quite a few to much to my surprise. so we will be going through those and making sure that people meet the minimum

qualifications and on this friday, and so hopefully, that is a little further along than mine, unfortunately and there will be someone work ng that position down at that office at the end of the hall. you know in a month or two if all goes well. i wanted to update the commission on directive actions, and it has been a while since i had anything to report. but last week we issued a seven-day suspension to sloan at 1525 mission street and that suspension is to begin on the 21st of february and go through the 25th of february. i'm not inclined to go into detail on that. we are expecting a potential appeal. and we still might it might araise and he is shaking his head. in any case, i wanted to let

the commission know that if it does come before you, and some capacity, whether it is in an appeal for this or an additional suspension that we feel may be set by the police department in front of you, and i don't want to prejudice those conversations and so that is also why we didn't bring sloan in front of you this evening as well. i think that is the end of my report, and i am going to hand it over to vaj to update you on the last two weeks. >> commissioners. again, as director king said we cannot go into the detail on sloan currently because it is an open case being handled by sfpd and we are doing a little bit of investigation work our ownselfs. what we can say is that there was a major incident involving sloan that resulted in a loss of life.

and that we are moving, or that is being investigated and that it is still an open case. currently, we have a few incidents over the last few weeks and we had an incidents on yoshi's on fillmore and everyone makes the same face when i say that. what basically happened is they brought in a third party promoter and resulted in a large scale, i don't want to use the rword. but fight. inside and outside of the venue, a blockage of the street and additional units had to be called in to clear the area. northern station and the staff met with yoshi last week and there is new conditions put on the permit and they fully understand the mistakes that they had made at that point and moving forward with us in the much better, i think, communication and better operational policies on their

end. as you probably have been hearing in the news, there is also an incident this week on broad way which is a large-scale fight that really centered around the large parking lot that is on broad way that is used by the people in the area also spilled into the street and officer methias is here from central and he will give you guys a little bit more detail on that. but that is also very recent in this last weekend and we are still doing the investigation on our end and central station as well. we are out there gathering the facts and moving forward to really see what happened exactly. moving forward, there is not been a whole lot going on. and outside of those three major events, i guess. but you could see the sheet provided in your binders of what we have. this time of year as the commission knows, february is generally