corporate northrop philanthropyists give [speaker not understood]. when the friends of the library made its original claim that it would raise $16 million for the branch libraries in the year 2000 in assets of $23 million. at the end of the most recent year for which we have figures, the friends net assets of 8.9 million. thus during the 12 years of the branch library improvement program, it had net lost assets of 11.3 million. and as required under the san francisco administrative code, the library administration has reported that funds extended to carry out or assist any function in the library during that period was only 4.9 million. this means that after having received income in that same period of $40 million of which the public library got not one red cent, the library received

only 43 touch-tone 2% of the reduction in assets. having claimed it would raise $0 million for furniture, fixtures and equipment, the library would have been ahead and received four times the benefit if the friends had gone out of business and turned over its assets in the year 2000. not only to the board of supervisors not hold these fund-raisers accountable, but the most unscrupulous supervisors will go to library openings to support the friends of the library and present themselves as benefactors of the city. the corporate philanthropyists like the friends are exempt from accountability because that is what they get for their money. the real damage is to our democracy and the public institutions of our city. that is why having me arrested doesn't solve the problems and the lies cost more than the money. thank you. member of the board of

supervisors, ray harte, director san francisco open government. and i would like to completely and with great admiration associate myself with the comments from mr. james chafee. mr. chafee has been attending and participating in library commission meetings for over 38 years, and i would say his knowledge and understanding of them and the friends of the library and the library itself exceeds that of all of the library commissioners, the city librarian and every member of this board of supervisors. and yet when he come up here and talks about all these enormous sums of money, you all stand there in silence. thomas equinas teaches that willful ignorance of what one ought to know is a mortal sin. i say more than a mortal sin. i say it's a breach of your fiduciary and trust placed in you by the citizens of the city when you were elected. the bottom line is, as mr. chafee pointed out, the friends raised in a 12 year period over $40 million.

they in addition spent down previously raised money another $10 million. and when document requests were made of the public library, mr. luis herrera has been found in violation of the order of the sunshine order task force to produce the records and has withheld public records. and the reason for that is very simple. the library commission nor the librarian can account for $50 million. and yet they have repeat petedly come before the public and said what a wonderful job this group did. * at the same time mr. herrera himself was accepting 25 to $3,000 a month from the friends for reimburse many of expenses that would otherwise have to come out of his pocket. if that isn't a conflict of interest, what is? pay attention to mr. chafee. he's been coming here for years

and you've ignored him long enough. (applause) >> thank you. next speaker, please. i will be using at some point in my talk the slide displayer. my name is peter war field. i'm executive director of library music association and i'd certainly like to chime in with the previous speaker that mr. chafee is a treasurer and might one day be acknowledged as such by other members of the city and especially the board of supervisors. i want to talk about the library's bad budget priorities , particularly with respect to collection problems and catalog problems. the catalog being the key to the patron's success in finding

material. we are glad that our library commission approved extending hours somewhat, that's something the library uses association as advocated for years. but there is a really serious neglect and de-emphasis on books. let's talk about materials related to ralph nade he r. ralph nader as time magazine reported he is a conscience of reason sticking up for the little guy in the face of power and privilege. nader's book unsafe at any speed, was about the auto industry's calous disregard for the motoring public. guess what, the library doesn't have a single copy of mr. nader's famous book. the one copy that they had was

billed after it didn't come in on march 19th, 2012. and the library further does not systematically review how a collection is losing books [speaker not understood]. the computer system tells you you can find more information about this, but when you get there, no additional information. the library needs to stick to basics. thank you. (applause) www.mark dice.com is the best caller in talk shows. jessie ka stand is the best talk show host, kfax 1100. gty.org is the best [speaker not understood] and you can download 3,000 of the sermons from the first of february 1969 to this february's broadcast on satan, what is he like.

[speaker not understood], family radio is the best radio station because family radio kear is the only radio station that reads the bible and it's the the only radio station that reads good books. they're presently reading f.w. krumacher's book, elijah the tishbite. today is acts 26. paul is before king agrippa. he stretches forth his hand and says i'm really happy to give my defense to you today because i know you're familiar with the prophecies about the messiah in the old testament. he said, i used to persecute this way, this christian faith. i went after them and it was on my way out of israel into syria on the road to damascus when jesus christ knocked me off my horse and i saw this bright shining light and he said, saul, saul, why do you persecute me? and he said, delivering you from the people and from the gentiles unto whom now i send you.

to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of satan to god. that they may receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. the biggest sin you can commit is not to believe in jesus christ, according to jesus christ. that's the biggest sin you can commit. >> next speaker. hi, my name is trevor johnson. i'd like to bring an issue to the attention of the supervisors. this affects all your districts. there is literally a scourge on the streets of san francisco right now, putting all our citizens and visitors alike in danger. there are two illicitly operating taxi companies operating under the guise of

ride sharing smart phone apps that have collectively over 1,000 unlicensed and underinsured vehicles operating as taxicabs in the city. both of these companies prey on the under employed and fib experienced of the city putting them to work in under insured nonlicensed and under regulated vehicles for the purpose of in town point to point transportation for hire. thea companies also heavily promote heavily to their driver during busy time to tell them no special license or insurance is required and the transportation that they are providing is on a for-hire basis. this makes them taxi companies in practice, definitely not ride sharing, especially when these companies are taking 20% of what the drivers are getting paid. both of these companies are publicly claiming that they are exempt from regulation, that they are providing ride sharing. and the moneys collected are donations. however, they are actively recruiting drivers with claims

of making extra money and meeting interesting people just like you do as a cab driver. i've seen many incidents reported on one of their internal driver lounges on facebook reporting accidents, extortion up to threats of vie will betionv. i've heard anecdotal reports there are as many, many people driving under one driver's registration with lip specifically, and legal threats by ceos of lift and side car to drivers asking for proof of extended insurance. this is a problem. we are des mating the taxi industry. we are making it hard for hard working honest people who are getting licensed and insured legally to drive [inaudible]. * we're ruining it for the city, guys. we need to do something about lift and side car. >> thank you very much. next speaker. thank you, very honored to be here in this illustrious halls and particularly after

the amazing presentations of your honorees this afternoon. it is a very, very exciting afternoon. i am a member of the revolutionery poets for gays and they are poet laureate has asked us to introduce poetry into the politics of our city. so, this will be as quick as i can get it. a song for san francisco. and i am delighted that you are considering rebuking our fed who are the nbaa but that come at the end of this. so, i don't want to have too many bells before that. (applause) an increase in homelessness [speaker not understood] because benches were removed elsewhere. why remove benches to take seats away from people who live and breathe in san francisco? and make sitting or lying on the streets an offense? send the homeless to different neighborhoods like playing

[speaker not understood]. people need to sit somewhere out of sight cannot be out of his mind and for the car owners who seek a sunday, 1800 citations for parking on sunday, $72 for the city coffers for each offense. bike theft increased and remind me why i bike no longer. three box stolen from me by lock cutting, that was in europe. gangses, violence, theft is universal. neighborhood courts with volunteers, unpaid judges earn money for cities with restorative justice for first offenses. pay a stipend for those administering justice to ensure a fair playing field for unemployed. work requires compensation. our country is wealthy. 37,000 unemployed in san francisco, our city is wealthy and can spend money on competition for boring machines for historic women who might or might not become symbols. san francisco stands up for human rights.

>> thank you very much. thank you. (applause) good afternoon, members of the supervisor supervisors, members of the public. star child, [speaker not understood] director for the chapter of the libertarian party here in san francisco. i had a question regarding item 36, the indefinite detention provisions of the national defense authorization act. will there be an opportunity to comment on that separately? >> this would be the time to do it. okay, i will comment on that now in that case. thank you, supervisor chiu, for introducing that, and the supervisors who co-sponsored it. i'm just wondering about the other supervisors farrell, carmen chiu, yee, wiener and cohen, encourage you to add your names to that list of sponsors so that we can have unanimous sponsorship as this is a horrible measure. and it's very important that we speak up now about the civil liberties abuses and

constitutional rights, violations happening under president obama, a democrat president so that we have the credibility to speak up later when it's republican president committing these abuses as happened in the past. and many of the members of the public don't have the opportunity to interact with someone like obama when he comes to town. they typically hide from their detractors in the public. but as representatives, you may have the chance to perhaps say a few words to obama at some point. so, when you do i hope you will ask him why and under what constitutional basis does he claim the authority to have anyone anywhere in the world at any time including u.s. citizens killed just on his say so that they are terrorists? and you might ask him when his forthcoming book, the audacity of power is going to be coming out. please speak up about civil liberties. as quiet as bradley manning has been kept in detention for over a thousand days now without

trial, without due process. he's the whistle blower who reported on war crimes being committed by u.s. government troops in afghanistan. and he is still sitting in jail as we sit here today. in honor of african-american history month, i would encourage the board to think about renaming justice herman plaza -- >> thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very much. i'm sorry, we provide everyone the same amount of time. so, i very much appreciate your comments. (applause) >> and if i could mention, we do have a rule in the board chamber to keep the proceedings going and be respectful of those folks speaking for people to not applaud or express dissatisfaction with comments. and let me also mention for anyone who wishes to make public comment on any of the resolutions we have, this would be that time to speak. next speaker. good evening, supervisors.

my name is [speaker not understood] and i have lived in san francisco for 61 years. i was instructed to come down tonight based on a news item carried by kcbs. in my opinion, tomorrow's swearing in is a low point in san francisco. in my opinion, it continues the continuing trend of corruption in san francisco. when someone so young can be given a seat, something tells me that something is wrong in this city of san francisco. i was totally [speaker not understood] that district 7 was independent and i would like to see whether that's going to be really true or not. also, if ex supervisors elsbernd and chiu who are so sharp financially, how come they didn't contribute to any

plan to save the 49ers? losing the 49ers is a black eye to the city of san francisco. and mayors brown, newsome, and lee, you share the blame along with board of supervisors. let's put it this way. somebody has to be blamed when things go wrong so, why not blame our leaders? in my opinion, detroit has been solved. norxv new orleans is on the way. and eventually, eventually, sadly i'll have to say san francisco will be added on the list and eventually it will be served. * and let's put it this way. i never thought the mayor had to have the help of districts 7 and 4 in order to do a decent job. thank you. >> next speaker.

hi, i'm auberry friedman from the libertarian party in san francisco. and we fully support david chiu's resolution against the detention provisions of the ndaa. under the guise of the war on terror, the detention provisions were slipped into the ndaa giving the president unlimited power to detain and hold in military prison indefinitely, without being charged, any person who provides substantial support to terrorism or commits belligerent acts against the united states. what exactly do substantial support or belligerent acts mean? that wording is so vague that almost anyone who exercising their first amendment rights

can be interpreted as being belligerent and end up in a military prison without even being charged. this resolution is an excellent first step in ensuring that our basic civil liberties are preserved. we intend to push for full state nullification of the detention provisions in the ndaa. thank you, david chiu, for introducing this resolution. >> thank you. thank you. >> next speaker. my name is philip byrd, i was three times a libertarian candidate in this district. i'm blind from hiv/aids and part of that blindness is attributable to lack of government accountability in the sense that the drugs that were clearly available to me in

1992 [speaker not understood] were not legalized by the [speaker not understood] of 1996. and i lost my eyesight. [speaker not understood] police authorities and the feds and the people who invented those drugs were simply going to be subject to fines or imprisonment if they did anything but obey those rules. you also must be accountable. you as supervisors are accountable above all for our safety and our law. [speaker not understood] you are given tremendous power. you have a police department at your disposal. you have [speaker not understood]. you are accountable to the mayor for that. you are accountable to the district attorney for that. you are accountable to the state government and to the feds for your proper use of that. the president of the ndaa is accountable to nobody. he's already been accountable

to the voters and that's it. the constitution provides that understood -- the founders understood it is in the state interest to kill somebody and they have in the constitution a provision called a bill of mark, marqe. i congratulate you and i hope you will urge the congress and the president to use their proper constitutional powers and have the killing done by congress where at least there is some accountability. thank you. (applause) >> thank you. thank you. next speaker. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is john [speaker not understood] and i represent an african university and kenya school of law. i also am interested in talking about mohammed ibrahim award for 2013 and 2014.

i currently reside at providence church at 1601 mc kinnon and previously resided at 5 47 haight street in san francisco. there is an interesting program that's being commended by bevan dufty. our city has secured a million dollars in state funding to expand and improve our shelter system such as the one i'm living in at providence. this bayview shelter requires approval by the city planning commission. there will also be an opportunity to participate in that process later this year, he he said, and again there will be a public notice. if approved, there will be a competitive bidding process to designate the shelter operator. i was going to offer a name of a church. i know there are many you know here in the city including st. francis of assissi. i would like to offer up saint john's church and mother brown as a parties -- participant

for three reasons. one is the brain trust we allow. also the second reason * of course is the teachings of the prophecy by john of jesus christ. and third, an address [speaker not understood] 66 sixth street. i would like to include -- have i run out of time? >> you have 20 seconds left. thank you. you're part of the contract. god told him to obey its term. you personally and all your prosperity have this continuing responsibility that every male among you shall be circumstance um sized. [speaker not understood] shall be cut off. the foreskin of his penis shall be cut off. >> thank you very much. next speaker. * hello, supervisors.

i also would like to thank supervisor chiu for the ndna resolution. and the reason for that, not just thanking him, but also encouraging all the other supervisors to stand behind this resolution. it's very important. this is a city that has "san francisco" values. we should stand up for values that are constitutional, that support individual rights, that are values that we know as a city. and i would encourage all of you to stand behind supervisor chiu. i would also encourage, if i may, to take this a little further. you know, you are already for the resolution planning to encourage members of congress and that's great. that's a tremendous -- a step in the right direction. but how about also encouraging the members of our state

legislation to nullify the whole thing? i mean, we can. by law we can. we could go through the court system and this will take years, but i think the legislative process is there for people like you and me to stand up and say, hey, this is unconstitutional. we don't like it. and i would encourage all of you people here to take up this fight. thank you again, supervisor chiu. we are very he proud of you. >> thank you very much. (applause) >> next speaker. and if i could remind folks that -- to not express either support with applause or opposition to statements, but you can use your hands to indicate positive support if you like. next speaker. thank you. my name is winston sin, private citizen, generic tea partier.

i'd like to commend supervisor chiu also for having the awareness and foresight and the courage, everyone here consider co-sponsoring this resolution. i would have felt that it's needless to say anything about this because on the face of it, isn't it unconstitutional? where is the due process to have anyone without charge, warrant, any due process, jury trial afforded, access to attorney to be able to be picked up by any federal authorities and be labeled a potential terrorist and so forth. so, anyway, so, i'll keep this short. thanks again. please back the resolution.

thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. good evening, michael lang. thank you, mr. chiu, for the resolution regarding the ndaa. the united nations began here in the city in an earnest effort to call an end to the fighting, or at least to try to promote peace. of course we have the u.n. plaza right outside the door with the inscription embedded in the concrete advocating an end to the fighting, and an eye toward peace. not a great deal of help is on the way from washington when it comes to our civil liberties. we need to hold the line locally. i urge the supervisors to vote unanimously to pass this resolution of mr. chiu's. we need to hold steady with the bed rock american values of

liberty, justice, equality. thank you. (applause) >> thank you. next speaker. i'm going to keep it really brief. i know it's been a long night and i want to also just say i really enjoyed the commendations today. it was really inspiring. my name is nadia. i'm a legal fellow with the bill of rights committee. i've worked with many organizations here supporting supervisor chiu's resolution. i want to thank all co-sponsors and encourage any other supervisor interested to seib on as a co-sponsor and to support the resolution. i just wanted to mention that the issued you heard tonight, the resolution is supported by 27 different community organizations * from across the city and from across different communities that's including groups such as the coalition for safe san francisco, council on american islamic relations, chinese progressive alliance, japanese american citizens league, and i'm not going to list them all out again. i want to be brief. * issues and i think all of you have

heard enough about why the provisions of the nda are concerning and the resolution from san francisco make sense. i won't stress those points again. difficult want to mention i have 89 letters that have been signed by san francisco residents. these taken at a table at a day of remembrance event that happened last weekend and these are citizens who again are seeing the connection between the kind of indefinite military detention provisions that are included in the ndaa and the experience of japanese americans during the interment in world war ii. so, again, there is a wide variety of support for this resolution and i'm very much looking forward to a yes vote from all of you. thank you. (applause) hello, my name is alex [speaker not understood] and i really would like to say that i'm so proud to live in a city that dares to tell the national government, no, you will not abuse constitutional law in our city.