these families on march 1st. if you are interested in fund-raising for these displaced families, many of them lost all of their furniture and belongings in this fire. please do contact our office so we can connect you to several events and campaigns that are ongoing. i cannot imagine the grief and sadness that encompasses this family and their treasure island community but i want to acknowledge how beautiful this community has been in coming together. and i just want to acknowledge that as we begin to heal and as we begin to heal. and the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor kim. supervisor mar. >> thank you. colleagues, i have several items. first i wanted to acknowledge president chiu's asking of us to report on different regional bodies that we sit on. so, the golden gate bridge port, i serve on with great

appreciation for the golden gate workers i worked on for a year and a half. i look forward to the leadership of supervisors breed, yee and wiener on the golden gate bridge board. a number of families brought to us at that board was one of the issues that we approved in concept and the 25 million more that's needed to build some barrier to acknowledge the dangers of the golden gate bridge is some of the unfinished business that will be before you. also, the all-electronic tolling that i know that supervisor chiu and others have been working it to educate our community about. it's going to be starting in several weeks. * the human beings that have been the toll takers for years, the district is finding additional jobs and training for them, but it will be all electronic tolling by the end of -- or by early march. i think it's march 1st. also for the bay area government that i've been in alternate to, i am now kind of

active on the administrative committee and the regional housing needs assessment appeals committee. so, there's a lot of work coming up for us. and implementing the sustainable community strategy and the one bay area grant and one bay area is really an important means to connect up housing, transportation and jobs needs as we promote equitable development, not just in san francisco, but regionally as well. and another issue that's before abag and the bay area air quality management district or the air board supervisor avalos and i sit on is a new building we'll all be relocating to. it's the air board, the mtc that supervisors wiener and campos sit on, but also bcdc, the conservation entity and others will be relocating together to 390 main over the next couple of years. but that's the important project that relocates the building from oakland to san francisco. but i just wanted to say that

it's been a pleasure to serve on these regional bodies and i look forward to supporting my colleagues that have just joined other regional bodies. also, i have a resolution that i'm introducing today that will help increase pedestrian safety along 19th avenue and i'm proud that supervisor norman yee who championed pedestrian safety is joining me in introducing this resolution. it's to support the passage of senate bill 2 19in the california state legislature, san francisco streets, as many of us know, * need to be a safe place for everyone and the city's goals are well known that we're trying to reduce serious pedestrian accidents by 25% by the year 2016 and by 50% by the year 2021. but we have a long way to go and major thoroughfares that drivers treat like expressways, you all know many of those streets from masonic to 19th avenue. but they still pose a major threat to pedestrians every day. and some of the most dangerous

streets are those which also serve as state highways. in the richmond district, for example, park presidio boulevard along with 19th avenue and the sunset makeup highway 1 where 11 killings -- 11 pedestrian deaths occurred from 2003 to '07. and along venice avenue as part of highway 101 for more deaths occurred in that period. senate bill 2 19 sponsored by leland yee extends the double fine zones that were established in 2008 to make them permanent. and since the establishment of the double fine zone, deadly accidents have dropped by about 75% along these busy routes. this bill is also supported by the california alliance of retired americans because they, seniors and people with disabilities know that this will help protect seniors and their families. there is so much more work we can do in san francisco, but the board of supervisors i believe should voice its strong support for important legislation like this to support pedestrian safety.

also, especially given supervisor kim's comments about the tragic death of a child and the families in treasure island, i'm working also on a number of richmond district fires and i know that others from other supervisors have fires in their district. but i'm calling for a hearing on our city's responsiveness to the needs of fire victims after displacing residential fires. every year san francisco suffers multiple fires that destroy property and result in the displacement of dozens of individuals and families. in december last year we had three separate fires in three different districts that resulted in over 60 people being displaced. and this year already we've had fires in the richmond, the tenderloin, and the haight neighborhoods as well. and in some cases displaced renters have to wait many months for their units to be repaired so they can return to their homes. and our current city's response consists of relying on the

american red cross to provide immediate relief in the form of temporary shelter, clothing, food vouchers and hotel vouchers. in our department of human services or dhs works with the red cross to coordinate assistance efforts with neighborhood agencies and attempts to identify longer term housing. but unfortunately the red cross like many nonprofits really doesn't have the resources and needs more. but they issue hotel vouchers for only three days and then they turn to the hsa for hotel extension. and this is a very expensive for our city and the red cross and they're looking at asking the hsa to take a larger role in the recovery process. and after hotel vouchers run out, hsa faces another.ctioning challenge of finding landlords, property owners who are willing to rent apartments for short term stay at the low market rate rent rates. * in most cases it proves to be an impossible task in san francisco and fire victims

unfortunately are forced to relocate out of the city especially for low-income people and it's a further trauma for many people and families who are already facing the loss of their possessions or injury to themselves or loved ones. and i know firsthand from my home fire from the year 2000 what it feels like to be homeless for a period of time. the purpose of this hearing is also to see how we can find or create temporary housing for fire victims within our city borders and also incentivize landlords to repair damaged units in a more timely manner. i'm also really curious to learn how well our city responds to the needs of fire victims who are english learners or from immigrant communities and how our language access policies are being implemented in the city. so, this is an issue that impacts not only the richmond, but many other neighborhoods as well. lastly, i have an important announcement. i'll be holding an important bilingual town hall to support our small businesses in the richmond district. we've been actively working with the mayor's office, office

of small business and office of economic and work force development on promoting awareness within our small business sector of a-d-a or accessibility lawsuits. some call them drive by lawsuits in our neighborhood. and this is part of a pilot project in the city that supports chinatown, the sunset and now the richmond district as well. many of these lawsuits really target immigrants and nonspeaking -- non-english speaking merchants. so, this forum will be bilingual and chinese and english. it will be saturday, march 2nd from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the richmond branch library. i wanted to thank the osv of economic and work force development, the mayor's office on disability, and one of our community partners, northeast community federal credit union and really low and asian neighborhood design that provides a lot of support to our smaller businesses. it is an important town hall that will support our small businesses and our city's effort called invest in neighborhoods that is supporting small businesses that are challenged with these types of a-d-a lawsuits.

and i'll also be walking with mayor ed lee down geary boulevard on thursday at 12:30 to raise awareness of the invest in neighborhoods program that's helping not only geary boulevard, but balboa and clement and merchant corridors in my district. and coming up in a few moments we're going to honor the history of grassroots community organizing and talk a little bit about the history of fred roth and his legacy in supporting not only the farm workers movement, but making our constitution a reality for many of the most vulnerable in our communities, but especially championing community organizing. and we have on the imperative agenda today and also a 3:30 combination, a number of neighborhood activists and researchers who have been fighting childhood obesity. we'll be celebrating the 40th anniversary of health policy institute philip r. lee

institute and i'll be honoring them during our commendation period in a few moments as well. the rest i'll submit. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor wiener. >> thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, today i'm introducing legislation that will improve access to live music and night life in san francisco while strengthening the enforcement powers of the entertainment commission to ensure compliance with city ordinances and to make sure that we have safe and responsible entertainment in save. -- san francisco. a safe and thriving entertainment industry is essential to the economic vibrance in our city. bring out residents from their homes, visitors from around the world and all sorts of people to come together as a community in our city. this industry is not just a cultural lifeblood of our city, but a great contributor to our economy. one of my first acts as a member of the board of

supervisors was to request an economic impact report by the city economist to study the effects of entertainment and night life on our economy. when he released last year, that report revealed the entertainment industry, the night life industry generates $4.2 billion in economic activity in san francisco, provides 48,000 jobs in our city, and furnishes the city with $55 a million in tax revenue. and this study did not even include street fares and festivals like outside lands and folsom street fair. so, the actual economic impact is even more positive. * the jobs in this industry are in restaurants, bars, art galleries, night clubs, performance bases and other venues. these are very, very important jobs, particularly for working class and younger people. the legislation i'm introducing today makes several amendments to the police code to

strengthen our night life and entertainment sector while also improving the enforcement capacity of the entertainment commission. one of these changes would ease the permit process for deejays who are performing up to 10 o'clock at night. about two years ago or year and a half ag we created the limited live performance permit so that venues that were providing live music up until 10 o'clock at night would not have to go to the full night club place of entertainment, very expensive and onerous permitting process. so, for example, having a cafe or a restaurant with someone playing a guitar, making that an easier permit process than a full-blown night club. at the time i indicated that we should be including deejays in the legislation. it was too late in the process. as i indicated i would be doing that in ensuing legislation and i am doing that today. there are many situations where

deejays in art galleries or in a restaurant during the day or early evening might be there and it makes sense to encourage that and not to require those venues to go through the same significant permitting process that we require of night clubs. another provision in the legislation will allow more live music in outdoor plazas and courtyards. right now we actually don't have an ongoing permit for venues, whether it's a plaza in a neighborhood or a neighborhood group once every week or once a month, have live music in the plaza. or a venue like the eagle tavern which has an outdoor plaza and that sometimes has live music or el rio. right now you have to technically get a new permit for one day at a time every time that you want to do that. this will create a broader permit so you get one permit over the course of a year.

the legislation will also significantly improve and increase the enforcement powers of the entertainment commission. when we created the entertainment commission, one of the key goals for that commission was to regulate the the night life in san francisco and to enforce against people who are against venues, operators that are not living up to their obligations. but we put this obligation on the entertainment commission without giving them the full tools to be able to do that. over the years those tools have been increased. our president chiu sponsored legislation several years ago that provided more authority. and today this legislation will provide the commission with additional authority. it will allow the commission to impose long early suspensions than currently permitted. right now the commission can only suspend for up to seven days and the next step after that is a full eradication. this will allow for longer suspension up to 15 days so

that it is not a minor punishment or the death poem it for that venue. * penalty this will also for the first time allow the commission to enforce venues that operate without permits. right now the commission can go after venues violating the permit. if they don't have a permit at all, only the police department can go after them. this will allow the commission to go after them as well. also for the i first time it will allow the commission to levy civil penalties against violators. this also make other updates to the code, eliminating or consolidating either redundant or outdated provisions. my office has been working very closely with the entertainment commission as well as the police department to ensure that this legislation meets the needs of night life and live music in san francisco while also ensuring compliance with the law and public safety. we will continue to work with stakeholders in the community and with the city departments during the course of this

legislation, and i hope to earn your support. the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. >> thank you. colleagues, today i'm going to be presenting a resolution authorizing application to the california debt limit allocation committee for a multi-family housing revenue bond for 1100 ocean avenue. this development will add 71 units of affordable housing to our stock in san francisco. and this will kickoff in this work in june of this year. so, the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. >> thank you, madam clerk. as we know, it's black history month and i'm delighted today to offer a commendation to a

worker in my district. black history month is a great celebration, but we have to do so much more as a city to really support our african-american community. just this last weekend in my district, we lost another african-american man, a young man named lawrence collins. he was 18 years old. he was someone who grew up his whole life in lakeview neighborhood as it's often called in my district. he was found at the rec center on the playground of the rec senterra round 6:30 at night. i can't imagine a workplace that shows how we as a city have not really made our parks and our communities safe. than someone being gunned down in a rec center. * this young man has been a member of many community-based organizations and gotten support from the city and he's recognized that support over

the years that he's gotten. and while we provide individuals with experience and opportunity, we don't provide that type of experience and opportunity at the community level. and we are at great fault as a city for doing that. we have neighborhoods that are in crisis that do not get adequate response. and i just feel that we need to have a real clear plan that has specific measurable ways that we can support african-american young people in this city. i'm meeting with mayor leon thursday to have a discussion about that. we already had a committee meeting in my district in lakeview neighborhood in october. it was successful in terms of getting recommendations from the community about what the city can do. but really it's about opportunity, education, and jobs. and what's that the cme is yearning for. * committee [speaker not understood] he was 18 years old. he was a student at city

college at skyline. he what also someone who worked with the mayor's youth employment program. and this is his graduation speech i want to read to everyone here. it's small so i might have difficulty reading it. greetings to my fellow coworkers and future leaders. over the course of the summer youth employment program i have learned elements of leadership, facilitation and personal growth. for a few weeks i was extended the opportunity to be shift supervisor where i led my fellow staff every day by arriving early, assessing the work to be done, and assigning tasks to my staff. thises wasn't always easy, but with perseverance we worked together and got the work done. 67c.103 staff member was given work plan at the beginning of the program where it outlined the expectations and gold for the summer. * our staff completed such things as college registration, job applications, resume building, site visits and other work experience related goals.

* each these two months were nice and we all appreciate the opportunity to work together as a team. some of the highlights of the summer youth employment program was completing the garden, a film project, and site visits to the airport. through many site visits we were able to establish collaborations for future employment opportunities. also, every wednesday we enjoyed gathering to go bowling as a family. on tuesdays we had family time to discuss complex and economic issues that plague our community and to improve our leadership and advocacy skills. for most of the staff at the inner city youth employment program it was our first job. we have never had a summer program in lakeview like this that gave jobs to not just young people, but also 18 to 24 year olds. this is work skills many of us never had. we learned to be on time, complete tasks quickly and how to work together. because of violence in the city, nobody felt safe working in lakeview and we got to help

build our community and get paid for it. since we started the program, more than half of us have secured either job interviews or permanent employment. with all the summer youth employment program, this would not have happened. thank you to joyce, michelle, j.c.y.c. and [speaker not understood]. thank you fought mayor for funding this and making young people a priority. it would be nice to all of us to have access to more jobs. congratulations to all my fellow summer youth employment graduates. that's in the words of lawrence collins. * this is' a lot of people in the community hurting about him. * there's this is a reminder we are not creating a safe community. it is very hard to live with as well. thank you. (applause) >> thank you. thank you, supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. >> thank you. thank you, supervisor avalos, for bringing that to the attention of all of us, especially because it's been happening for so many years.

and i think that's why it's really important that we begin to really look at making sure that every kid in high school has an opportunity for summer employment and year round employment. it's what saved my life, being able to be employed and use the small money that i received from the employment in order to help with family needs and other things was really important. and it's something as simple as making sure that our kids have stipends or employment or some sort of opportunity outside of just their immediate environment is what's going to help change lives. and i'm looking forward to helping work with you on that. so, thank you very much. and this today, i have two things that i want to submit. specifically, i am introducing an ordinance authorizing the juvenile probation department to accept and extend a grant from the office of justice programs for the united states department of justice for $4 61,166.

this grant will help the department expand and continue * the juvenile collaboration reentry teams, the jcht, a program that provides coordinated and comprehensive re-injury planning and after care services for kids returning to the community from out of home placement. * jcrt. it consists of attorneys, social workers, social advocates, probation officers, and clinical case coordinators who work with a child and a family. three months prior to the child's release. this team plans housing, vocational training, education, therapy, drug treatment, and any other services that may be needed to ensure the success of the child once released. rather than an adversarial courtroom environment, this is a collaborative effort designed to help the child reenter into the community and be successful. this program has a proven track record of reducing recidivism. in fact, since its

implementation in 2009, recidivism has decreased across the board not only for the youth served, but for all youth committed to out of home placement, indicating that the program has a system wide impact. positive impact. the juvenile probation department had a three-year grant for the jcrt which just ended with this new grant they are asking for the authority to create a new social worker position. but once the grant funds run out, the department can absorb the cost of that position. there's no request for new funding from the city. i've dealt with juvenile probation issues personally with a lot of the kids that i've worked with over the years in our district. i have seen young friends and community members incarcerated and i know how difficult it can be for them to return to the community. as a city, we need to help such kids find opportunities and get on the right path and i'm commit today that as supervisor. this grant will help the juvenile probation department do exactly that. so, that's the first thing i

wanted to submit. and today i'm also introducing legislation to create the divisadero neighborhood commercial district. this legislation is a result of months of outreach amongst residents and merchants along the divisadero corridor. and i am proud to help those merchants and residents create a vibrant and unique divisadero corridor. this neighborhood commercial district located between haight and o'farrell streets will strengthen our transit first policies, allow taller, more inviting grounds for retail spaces as well as more retail uses on the second floor. both the nonprofit and philanthropic presence in the neighborhood and give the community a powerful voice in shaping its own development and character. i am particularly proud of the formula retail ban we have included in this ncd. this will make divisadero only the fourth neighborhood in the city to have such control. we have seen the value of

formula retail restrictions right down the street in hayes valley. this -- while preserving existing businesses, the controls boast local small businesses and helps foster a unique neighborhood feeling. we are a diverse community, a collection of unique individuals and businesses and our commercial districts are and should be a reflection of that unique san francisco personality. establishing this neighborhood commercial district will help local and small business owners and those who want to become small business owners. i look forward to working with my colleagues and the merchants and the neighborhoods of the divisadero as this legislation proceeds. and i want to thank the planning department for their continued assistance and careful attention to this issue. i am working on a similar legislation for the fillmore corridor which i plan to introduce soon. the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor breed. supervisor campos. >> thank you very much, madam clerk, and to echo the remarks of some of our colleagues, i

want to thank supervisor avalos for his comments, for sharing that with us. i have a couple of items. the first item is on behalf of the public defenders office. i am submitting a request for a supplemental appropriation and i want to thank supervisor mar and supervisor avalos for their co-sponsorship. this supplemental is needed to essentially pay for existing staff and other administrative costs. and it results from the fact that there was an over estimation of attrition, savings as far as the impact that some of the de-class -- the projected cost of the sf costs for the de-costs were. so, i look forward to having an opportunity to discuss this item. one of the things that i

appreciate about what the public defenders office has done is that they have done a pretty thorough analysis. they did a comprehensive caseload work load analysis that actually shows the needs of that office and why it's important for us to provide the additional resources. ultimately we're talking about resources that are covering existing positions and things that are ready being expended. i certainly look forward to the opportunity to have that discussion with my colleagues at the budget committee. and i also want to thank the controller's office for their guidance and advice on this item. i think that it's appropriate as the advice for us to have a discussion about the needs of this office. and i do remind folks that the public defenders office plays a

very important role in the criminal justice system under the sixth amendment of the constitution. there are certain requirements and responsibilities that that office has and we want to make sure that that office has the resource he needed to perform its functions. the last thing is simply -- this is a very memorable week and certainly a very memorable week in my office. it is the last day or at least the last week in the office and therefore the last board meeting for sheila chun hag en who has been a part of my office for the last four years. * you know, we did an event for sheila already, but just wanted to publicly take this opportunity to thank sheila that she has over the last four years established herself as one of the most