come hotel on market street, that' market streets or 1 231 market street, i believe it's at 9th street between ninth and 10th, will be displaying the draft bay area plan and the draft environmental impact report. and also for alternatives to the report, we're asking for public comment and information and it will give a range of transportation and housing improvement proposals to accommodate our growing economy and population and also how we're going to reduce greenhouse gas emission. you can learn more about the open house from 6 o'clock r 6:00 to 7:30 and 7 to 9. it's www.1 bay area.org. and if you have any questions, don't be shy about asking our office for that information. also, i've served on the first five commission, the birth to five commission for young

babies and children and parents for the last couple of years and i'll be stepping down, but i wanted to really thank laurel [speaker not understood] and my other first five commissioners. i know that supervisor norman yee was a first five commissioner years ago and i wanted to welcome malia cohen for joining the first five commission as our board of supervisors rep. today, related to this, i'm asking our board to join many organizations and leaders throughout the state and this country in declaring 2013 the year of the child. for years our state government has imposed dramatic cuts which have undercut our efforts by universal preschool, educate students and provide child care for our families, especially the most vulnerable. this is heard over 100,000 children living in san francisco and as the state and local budgets improve this year, we hope, we must restore as many of the services to children as possible and demand that the state government does its part. ~ hurt i'm thankful to supervisors

malia cohen and norman yee it for joining our board, the california state in counties, [speaker not understood], head start programs, elected officials and community partners across the state in recognizing the critical importance of providing adequate services to our children. thanks so much to the work of the first five commission in our city and county. and lastly, i think some of you are history buffs like i am, and i was very happy to join ar gone elementary school's parents and their ptos and green argon committee in painting a mural depicting the richmond district's history this past saturday with presidio heights mural that has done great work, not just in the mission district, but throughout the city. but another important event expressing the history of the richmond district and san francisco's coming to the balboa theatre is the premiere of a new film called the cliff house and central heights that is being shown for the first

time at the balboa theatre on friday, april 12, this coming friday. it's a documentary that celebrates the 150 years of san francisco's cliff house and thanks so much to the [speaker not understood] family for being such a great place to come and what a great restaurant and icon in our city. but also this film shows the thriving culture that surrounds the cliff house and sutro heights area of san francisco. created by the makers of the award winning film play land at the beach and sutro's, the palace at lands end cliff house tells the compelling story of the restaurant's history through rare films and interviews. san francisco theaters as some of you know are an endangered species in the city, like the [speaker not understood] theater on 38th and balance bow. i'm proud of the balboa theatre's revitalization recently and its continuing role as an,ver in the outer richmond as i and my staff

really help the merchants and residents create a more vibrant and stronger outer richmond area. you can catch the first 67c.103 showing at the balboa theatre from 7:00 p.m. thursday evening and it's showing several times that night. for more information about the balboa theatre you can go to their website at cinema sf.com. the rest i'll submit. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor wiener. supervisor campos asked to be re-referred. >> thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, i forgot to just mention this item. it's a hearing request that i'm doing along with supervisor scott wiener. it's a hearing to discuss the use of electronic surveillance as a recommended condition for licensing by the california department of alcohol beverage and control for those establishments that serve alcohol. i know that there's been a great deal of discussion around that issue, and i think it's appropriate to have a hearing

to delve into the policy implications. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor campos. and with that, mr. president, that concludes roll call for introductions. >> thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, why don't we go to our 2:30 special commendations. we have a couple for today. i want to first recognize supervisor cohen. for special commendations. >> thank you. good afternoon, colleagues. today i am recognizing thomas taper and thing out eastern community [speaker not understood] network. please join us up at the podium. also, i hear that [speaker not understood] is in the building. he might not be in the chambers. many of you know about the community response network or also affectionally known as crn, as an innovative grass root model of neighbors helping

neighbors toward violent prevention and addressing gang violence issues. with support from the city, the crn has grown and expanded their reach. it is stressful for any community to experience violence. but when there are incidences in the southeast, it is a crn that is there to support the community and our hearteners in law enforcement. this dedicated team of men and women that you see standing before you provide support at the crime scene, at the hospital, in the homes, and in the neighborhood. every day thomas taper and his team are out in the community as a strong adult ally helping youth reduce violence. and i'd like to take a moment and give thomas an opportunity to just address this body, but also -- i also would like to take a moment just to say thank you publicly to this crn team. certainly they are an integral part to our public safety family. thank you. thomas?

>> i would like to thank supervisor cohen for the acknowledgment and to all the supervisors here. i would like to just say this, that although violence prevention is not a glamorous subject or topic like it doesn't bring the appeal of the america's cup or some of these other large events that happen in our beautiful city. it doesn't have the appeal of the cable car or union square or fisherman's wharf, any of these areas that have made this beautiful city a tourist attraction. they would have the sex appeal of google and twitter. it's not on the front page like these things that are happening in our city that are rejuvenating the economy. the only time you see violence prevention on the front page is when there is a horrendous act that happens. and i want to say this, that none of those things i

mentioned, union square, these events, pac bell park, they are not the heart and fabric of our city. the heart and fabric of our city will always be the families that live here, the families that use our public transportation, that go to our unified school districts. these individuals are the fabric and heart of our city. and unfortunately, many of them, not only in the southeast sector, but most definitely in the southeast sector have experienced the tragedy and trauma of violence. and i want to say this about the people that stand behind me who i am very honored and privileged to work with. that when i speak to people, i'm very proud of the work we do. that they are there at ground zero. when these events that have stained our city have happened, they are there. when a six-year old child or an elementary child is shot on third and paloo, they are there

when she was walking to school. a young child was walking with their grandparent trick or treating on potrero hill, they were there. all of these things that have happened in our city that have brought shame to what we call a beautiful city, these young men and women have been there. and, so, with all that said, when the budget comes and these proposals come before you, some of them are glamorous. the redevelopment. please do not forget the violence prevention program that are bringing safety to our city. please do not just put a bandaid on the situations that are presented before us on a day-to-day basis. consider taking it up one more level and just put a little neosporin and bring healing to the neighborhoods of san francisco. thank you very much. (applause)

>> i'd like to give chief sur an opportunity to say a couple words. thank you, chief. ~ suhr >> so, when supervisor cohen introduced thomas, i was looking for him, but he didn't have his hat on. i've never seen him without his hat on. so, anyway, the group behind me, you know, thomas spoke to that they're always there. they are always there. and as a former captain of bayview, i can tell that you this group behind me, whether it was midnight basketball which wouldn't have gone off the way it did without them, or some of those scenes he described, many of those scenes where, again, nothing happened, but it didn't happen because the right people were in the right spots, having the right conversations, that know the right people to make it just so. i mean, i think the bayview right now is a quieter place than it once was. and i think if we're going to capitalize the momentum, we not only need this group and everything they do, but we need more.

so, when he spoke about the men and women that stand behind him, i have been standing here before and they've been behind me before and it's relaxing for me to know that they're there. so, thank you and congratulations. (applause)

>> thank you, supervisor cohen, and congratulations to the southeast community response network. our next commendation and our final commendation for the afternoon will be by our district 6 colleague, supervisor kim. >> thank you. and i do want to thank supervisor cohen for recognizing the community response network. i am really glad that we are part of a city that has a holistic approach to violence prevention and understands that we also need community engagement and involvement. in preventing violence and also in subsiding kind of controversial events. i know that when i was a board member, many of our principles often called on the crn for escalations later on. today i'm also recognizing a member of our community that works on public safety here in san francisco. san francisco is blessed to

have approximately 160 11 dispatchers working at the department of emergency management. as we all know, they are on the job 24/7, not just answering calls to our emergency hotline, but also coordinating the efforts of all of our first responders. unlike the men and women of san francisco police department and fire department, 911 dispatchers are invisible. and they are the first responders that we never see. but they are often our first point of contact for our victims. the voice on the other end of the line that provides help and reassurance to people in distress. the invisible life line providing instructions for cpr and even directions on how to deliver babies and ultimately the cool and collected coordinator that ensures our police and firefighters are receiving the critical information that they need to keep everyone in crisis safe. this week is national public safety telecommunications week which honors this vital work nationwide. and today i am pleased to honor

san francisco 911 dispatcher of the year corey cruz. (applause) >> corey was nominated by her fellow dispatchers after managing a difficult and dangerous emergency incident in district 6 last november. as a dispatcher managing the radio channel for this incident, corey coordinated the activities of approximately 40 responding police and chp units and relayed critical information to them as well as updated the computer aided patch system providing vital communication links for all of our first responders. i wish that we actually had the actual radio from that dispatch because i've been told that it was extremely intense. many of you may remember this incident from the press coverage that it received, but it involved this suicidal man under the gun driving a stolen vehicle. corey managed the radio traffic for sv fpd as they pursued the

suspect through downtown san francisco and over the bay bridge to treasure island. during this period the suspect ran multiple red lights, threatened to shoot himself and fired shots at our police officers. it was a very volatile and complex event that posed extreme risk to both the general public and our police officers in pursuit, corey handled every aspect of the event professionally and remaining calm and poised during this unpredictable situation. corey is joined here today by members of her family, her parents and her brother. [speaker not understood]. chief suhr, 911 director lisa hoffman and several of her colleagues. on a personal note, corey immigrated here from the philippines as a teenager and she's been a dispatcher in the city and county for eight years. it is clear how valuable you are to the city family. there are so many people who

wanted to be here today to recognize the work and the work of your colleagues, but most importantly we want to thank you in helping to keep our community and our residents and first responders safe. thank you very much. (applause) >> thank you, supervisor jane kim for this recognition and to the other members of the board of supervisors. i would like to acknowledge the presence of our deputy -- i mean the director and [speaker not understood]. our deputy director lisa huffman, the department of emergency management, especially my friends and coworkers. supervisors, you guys have the best coworkers out there. i would like to give this honor to every single person at dispatch. every day their composure is tedtion. your resolve is shaken. frustration may set in yet we

never fail to deliver. yourselfless dedication to service is unmatched. your fortitude is like no other. ~ i am proud to be a part of such a gifted group. thank you for your service to the city. thank you for always being there. thank you all very much. (applause)

>> [inaudible]. [laughter] [laughter] >> thank you, supervisor kim. congratulations to ms. cruz and thank you to all of our dispatchers in san francisco. with that, why don't we go to general public comment. >> the next item on the agenda

is public comment. the public may comment generally for up to two minutes on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board, including items on the adoption without reference to committee calendar. please note that public comment does not allow on those item which have already been subject to public comment by a board committee. pursuant to board rule 4.22, please direct your remarks as a whole and not to individual supervisors and not to the audience. speakers using translation assistance will be allowed twice the amount of time to testify. and if you would like a document to be displayed on the overhead projector, please clearly state such and then remove the document when you would like the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting. >> thank you. let's hear from our first speaker. two minutes per speaker. [speaker not understood].

[speaker not understood]. ladies and gentlemen, my name abdullah [speaker not understood]. i am very proud to be the first one ask every one of you to change the old hotel to be hospital, which is in the corner of geary and van ness. i am here today not to fight, but to support my supervisor jane kim.

she was asked to help us. she visit us. she tried to feel about how we tried to survive with our illness. take me as example. i am the only one in california state survive with air time heart attack. high blood pressure, low blood pressure, sugar, salt, everything. and i would like to tell you from my home to this place take [speaker not understood] minutes. i don't need to go when i have problem to a general hospital with two, three ambulance and [speaker not understood] around me. i would like to be very close for our district 6. supervisor, i have here our [speaker not understood] and to arrest any one of you who said

no for that issue. we need that. and i would like to put that here to let you read. we need help, yes. we need your help before we die in the city. ladies and gentlemen, i would like to see which one have courage [speaker not understood] something like that can help with my life and many other people life. i don't beg you, but i ask you, save my life like anyone else. people take it one way. i take it this way, 25 pills i take a day to survive and to give me a hard time. [inaudible]. >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very much, abdullah. next speaker, please.

next speaker, please. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is keith dennis. i was here a couple weeks ago and there was some money being allocated to laguna honda. i want to ask this board to develop a committee that watches that money, that watches that money and make sure that money reaches the patients of laguna honda hospital. thank you very much. god bless you, and god bless the city and county of san francisco. >> thank you. next speaker. good afternoon, supervisors.

start the corporate wave of all public library. don't give money to the friends of the library. don't accept money from the friends of the library. the privatization of our society means that in return for living off public assets while creating the allusion they are donating money, corporate philanthropyists actually run our society. ~ illusion [speaker not understood] the actual documents and the story of how the public is being ripped off is readily confirmed. when the friends of the library originally claimed that it would raise $16 million for the branch libraries in 2000, it had assets of 20.3 million. at the end of the most recent year for which we have figures, the friend has net assets of 8.9 million, thus in the 12 years of the branch library improvement program, it had not lost assets of 11.3 million. as required under the san francisco administrative code, the library administration ~ reports that funds expended to carry out or assist any function in the public library during that period was only 4.9

million, which means that after having income over that period of over $40 million and the library got not one red cent, the library received only 43.2% of the reduction in assets. this is proof of how extensively corporate interests run city hall. a private group can raise $40 million and spend almost 50 million, and the fact that they have no agreement with the city is evidence of their power. democracy is not the by product. destroying democracy is the mission statement and the goal. the purpose is to prove that they are aeries toe cats and they can destroyed anything they want. do you want to send the message to the rest of society that the biggest corporate thieves are the biggest city hall insiders? ~ in fact, the real damage is to our faith in our public institutions and our democracy. david chiu having me arrested doesn't solve societies'

problems and the [speaker not understood] cost the money. >> thank you. next speaker. members of the board of supervisors, ray harte, san francisco open government. i'm reading from section 57 15, public testimony, the sunshine ordinance subsection b. a policy body shall not abridge or prohibit public criticism of the policy, procedures, programs, or services of the city, or of any other aspect of its proposals or activities or of the acts or omissions of the body on the basis that the performance of one or more public employees is implicated or on any basis other than reasonable time constraints adopted in regulation. members of this board of supervisors should truly be embarrassed by the fact that a citizen of san francisco has to read the law to you in order to make public comment without interruption. half of you purport to be lawyers. why don't you follow a law. on march 26th as i was

addressing this board regarding the practices of your clerk, president chiu interrupted me. he did so without any good faith belief that my comments were inappropriate. he did so in violation of sunshine ordinance section i just read. despite stealing my time, interrupting my train of thought, and forcinging me to tell him something, he certainly knew, the clerk then can you tell me off mid sentence, taking away my time. it's bad enough that this board of supervisors steals a full minute from each and every citizen who wishes to talk with you. 3 minutes is the little intent of the law. the practices of the presiding officer and the clerk which violate the law are beyond the pale. you get up every meeting and pledge allegiance to the flag and equal justice and all that, but you basically can't sit in your damn seats and listen to the citizens of this city. you sit there and you play angry birds or you do on your phone or you do anything but

listen to the citizens of this city. you ought to be embarrassed. i don't know whether it's arrogance or hubris. but as far as the elected officials, i would be ashamed to let the citizens know how little i thought of what they thought. (applause) >> thank you. next speaker. president chiu and board of supervisors, good afternoon. my name is jane kennedy. i live on greenwich street between -- >> please speak directly into that microphone. i am. oh, you can't hear me? >> we can hear you now. i live on greenwich street between hyde and leavenworth and i come to try and engage your interest about completing the undergrounding of utilities. and in that quest, i want to put on the overhead projector a word. >> sfgovtv, thank you. i wouldn't dream of trying to pronounce it, but it is what is coated all of the wood on

the telephone pollsand causes a toxic waste when it runs off into the water supply. ~ and i feel telephone polls should go the of the bug i whip. and i know for sure unless that quest to underground utilities in san francisco is completed with prioritizing, there will never be any funding for it. ~ so, i just commend this to you for the future of the city. and thank you for your time. >> thank you for your time. next speaker. ~ buggy whip my name is eugene gordon, jr. rejoice social cultural revolution taking its mean exchange in diametric materialist i can matter,