the certainly have been following thcivil grand jury, but i'm not aware of mr. andrews as much, but i think maybe he's been there recently. and i haven't been since 2011. there is a problem with leadership. it's not so much money at ethics as it is leadership. most commissions, as you know, are staff driven. i don't think that should be the case at ethics. and i hope your appointee does, in fact, take a leadership position and not a sit-back position. i will say that. i think the cause of much of ethics' problem. ~ so, i hope you'll consider. i think the best candidate is the person who is from the civil grand jury, ms. garfolo. thank you very much. >> thank you.

hi, i'm larry bush. back in 1993 i first proposed the creation of the ethics commission and i worked with supervisor shelly in drafting what became the charter amendment that was approved by the voters. in 1996 when mayor brown was elected at hiss first press conference he announced he was appointing me to the ethics commission. i wasn't able to accept because of conflict of interest at the time. i was with hud and hud provides funding to a number of city departments. so obviously there was a conflict with that. in the 10 years that i've been watching this more intently what's going on with the ethics commission, what i've seen is a commission that's not familiar with how san francisco politics operates so it has relied heavily on the staff. that issue has come up with several other speakers. let me give you some examples you may know. the ethics commission forwarded to the board of supervisors a

proposal to allow contractors at redevelopment agency and the housing authority and other agencies to make contributions directly to the officials who decide on their contracts. and they did so saying that the mayor and members of the board did not know who the contracts were at redevelopment, at treasure island, at hunters point which i think common sense will tell you someone should have said, how can you tell us that they don't know who those contractors are. they were going to open the door. fortunately the board of supervisors did not accept that. at the same time, they asked that the lobbyist law be streamlined and as a result they dropped a number of thing. last june the rules committee had a hearing about the rove report which was an excellent review of what's happening in los angeles and san francisco. the rules committee asked for a number of steps to be taken including provide information and language other than english, providing a contributor guide. none of those steps have been taken and the ethics commission at this point 11 months later has yet to hold a hearing on

it. that's the kind of delay tactics that keeps the public in the dark. thank you for your time. >> thank you. ♪ ethics by golly wow [speaker not understood] we've been waiting for forever and ever will our ethics dreams keep coming true thank you ethics be ethics be ethics be there will be a good appointment ethics be ethics be ethics be ethics be let ethics be pick a good appointment let it be ethics be thanks, rules committee

♪ >> any other public comments? [laughter] >> seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> colleagues, any thoughts? supervisor breed. >> thank you. i actually think we have two really great candidates here and i would like to actually make a recommendation that we forward brett andrews to the full board of supervisors for consideration. i like the idea of a fresh face getting involved in ethics issues. and as a former nonprofit director, i understand the challenges of many of the things that he tends to face as a director in ethics is involved in that as well as involved in what happens. i know in the civil grand jury and i think from his overview, from his answering of questions, many of the things that i was looking forward to

hearing came out of what he said in terms of how he will approach issues that matter most to roethics in san francisco. it is one of those -- well, let me back up a little bit. one of the comments that really struck me from hulda was how the commission is pretty much led by the staff. and i am not certain how that type of information determines whether or not someone should or shouldn't be on an ethics board in making decisions. if you don't have a level of trust or support for the kinds of people that are actually managing the department, i think the partnership -- i think it's about people working together and being open minded and not necessarily just potiingeand saying

what's wrong with something, but more importantly what is the process, what are the solutions, how do we work together to resolve those issues, how do we bring ethical issues to the forefront actually using a real process and not necessarily our personal opinions interfering with the overall process and what's appropriate to do with regards to ethics in san francisco. so, i'd like to move his name forward and that's all i have to say about that. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor cohen? >> thank you very much. i think what we do have two very strong candidates here. and i think that the committee structure of our government should be the work horse doing the work, doing the vetting and making the hard decisions. however, i would like to entertain a motion that we have no recommendation and that we move them, both names forward to the full board for a

discussion there. i think that this is particularly challenging. i actually also agree that -- i like -- i'm attracted to the fact that these two candidates are smart. they are leaders in their own respective fields, and they interestingly enough don't necessarily come to the table with a legal background, but possess what i think is more important, strong critical, analytical thinking skills. now, i don't necessarily agree with ms. garfolo's assessment that the staff is leading the commission. i disagree with that. and when i asked her some questions about it, i think i interpreted her answer to be more based on assumptions or interpretations of interactions that she had. but i still think that we should bring this to the full

board. both names. >> thank you. so, we are in agreement that we have two strong candidates today. i feel both of them are fairly qualified to sit as commissioner on the ethics commission. and it's one of these things where we have been through this in many meetings where we have more qualified candidates than positions. and i would say that my edge here i will be giving to mr. andrews mainly because both of you seem to have critical thinking skills and have a passion to do this work. and one advantage for me was

mr. andrews' willingness to reach out early on to express his interest in this and that i was able to then sit down and ask many more questions of him and get to understand him a little better. so, if supervisor breed would still like to make that motion, i'll second that. >> so moved. >> i'll second that. the motion to move the nomination of brett andrews for ethics commission to the full board. and is there any objections? >> no objection. >> no objection, so, the motion is passed. >> thank you. [gavel] >> thank you. >> can you please call item number 3? >> item number 3, hearing to consider appointing two members, terms ending november 18, 2014, to the urban forestry council. there are two seats and two

applicants. >> so, we will be hearing from candidates in the order that they appear. i believe andrew sullivan was here, but he's not here and somebody is going to speak for him. okay. actually, both had to leave. >> both had to leave, okay. my name is dan flanagan. i'm the chair of the urban forest council and i am now speaking for andrew sullivan. andrew sullivan has been on the council for the past two years and he has written up a quick comment, a statement. he's a landscape architect and member of the american society of landscape architects. as a landscape architect and the preservation enhancement of open space in urban forest is the ongoing focus of his work and his personal passion. both professionally and privately, he pursues multiple activities in support of urban forest, green infrastructure

and landscapes to enhance public experience. exact like the previous candidate who could not make it here because he was biking, andrew had to go off to the opening of a park in portland that he designed. so, he actually just had to leave. for nearly 20 years he has had experience as a landscape architect much of his professional work life has been focused upon improving the public ground and the interface of nature and urban forest. he also believes that his background in landscape architecture brings a good and solid perspective to the council. he is a resident of noe valley and has lived in san francisco since 1999. he is committed to san francisco and the enhancement of the city environment by assisting the -- and advancing the ufc's colors. he's been a very active member. i don't think he's missed a meeting. and he's currently the head of the planning and funding committee. his

nomination and hopefully his move forward. >> any comments or questions? ~ at this point? i have one question. i know that there was a question, just confirm this. london breed, when you continued last time, dan kida -- kida. >> was a resident of san francisco. since our last meeting on this, he showed proof that he is a resident of san francisco. is that true? yes, he has worked with the mayor's office on that and it turns out he is registered to vote. he had been living here, had not moved his registration. he is currently a registered voter in san francisco. >> okay, thank you. thank you very much. do you want me to comment for dan kida? >> go ahead. while i'm here? >> yes. i thought you stopped. i am now dan kida.

dan kida works for pg&e. he is also a certified arborist. he brings a great deal of experience to the council. we're very excited to have him there. essentially his job is to supervise the folks that have to inspect every inch of the electrical lines in san francisco once every year. therefore, he has probably more impact and contact with the urban forest than anyone else currently sitting on the urban forest council. his experience will be greatly appreciated on the board, on the council and we really look forward to his being on the council. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> is there any other pocks -- i mean, are there any public comments at this point? yes. two minutes for your song. thank you. because... ♪ i live among the city creatures of the night

and i know you can't appoint [speaker not understood] right and we're going to hit the city highest tree tree urban highses and we, we live among the forest of our dreams and i know that it's gonna be the best in a city forest dream and i know that you could pick a good city team i, i live among the forest of our dreams and i know it's gonna be a great city team and i know you're gonna pick a good one in our forest dreams ♪ >> any other public comments? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel] >> colleagues, any thoughts? supervisor breed.

>> i'd like to make a motion to move forward andrew sullivan for seat 2 and dan kida for seat 3. >> second. >> and this is for the urban forestry council, and there's a second. >> yes. >> seeing no objection, then, the motion is passed. [gavel] >> can you please call item number 4. >> item number 4, hearing to consider appointing two members, terms ending march 28, 2015, to the pedestrian safety advisory committee. there are two seats and three applicants. >> okay, we will be hearing from the candidates in the order they appear on our agenda. if pi ra is here, please approach the microphone. good afternoon,

supervisors, and it's pi ra, just like the greek letter. but we won't calculate it any further than that. basically, i'm here -- [speaker not understood]. okay, just don't call me ray because that's the egyptian sun god, we're fine. so, i'm here and i thank you for hearing -- for, this is what, my fifth consecutive reappointment. i'm one of the original members from the 2003 group. in that period of time i've been chair, vice-chair for six years, and also during that time i have been part of various organizations representing pedestrian safety, san francisco rock and roll which is under california walks. walk san francisco, senior action network, which is now senior and disability action, hank, haight ashbury neighborhood council. and i had been for about a couple years board of the bike

cut. during that time those organizations were involved in things like many department of public health safety grants, pedestrian safety grants, the federal [speaker not understood] safety grant that was for soma. other things like our organization has been part of senior and disability action which used to be sand, has been part of supervisor kim, pedestrian safety task force. and other things like the better street plan when that was going on, and epac which was the continuation of proposition b. and my role also at senior and disability action, besides being the pedestrian safety coordinator there, that i also had the computer class for seniors and the senior and disability university which is basically training seniors and people with disabilities to be

troublemakers -- i mean community organizers. sorry about that. and the reason i'm with that organization for many years is because we know how to combine housing, health care, transportation, it's all relative and ali equal together because that's -- you can't separate them really. and, so, basically i'm glad i'm here. i've been doing this for years because i really enjoy it. i like to cause troublesome times. as supervisor cohen remembers, two years ago we had a press conference on there regarding the safety, 3rd street and yosemite regarding seniors crossing. you had a couple of your staff people down there. that conference was called death race 2011, can the seniors cross safely? so, it's something i really enjoy and i'm glad i'm here no? >> seeing none, thank you. thank you.

>> kimberly jones. good afternoon, supervisor breed and supervisor yee and supervisor cohen, and clerk linda wong. thank you so much. i'm humbled to be here. i've lived in san francisco for 16 years and three years ago this month my life took a sudden change when on a lovely afternoon on second and market, i was on union platform when a car cast me 10, 12 feet. my life, repercussions and long journey of recovery allows me to want to prevent that for any other fellow citizen here in san francisco. i've practiced architecture for 25 years from the time i was a teenager so i have a lot of

knowledge of -- sophisticated knowledge of streets and how ip me rk and design issue i've attended many psac meetings with my passion to advocate for pedestrian safety and not have, you know, one more precious soul injured. my second career is in the young arts. so, i workday to day with seniors and i know their diverse lives. in regards to the disability community, i am disabled, i sustained a traumatic brain injury and have a very caring and compassionate heart. so, i feel very deeply about being a clear, listening, speaking and effective citizen for my fellow citizens to change the statistic of 2 to 3 a day. it's just got to stop. so, please consider my heart felt hope to serve. thank you. >> thank you.

rebecca, is it hogue? good afternoon, supervisors. my name is rebecca hogue, or becky as most people call me. i live in treasure island. i'm very active in the citizen's advisory board of treasure island and making sure that the new development is safe for pedestrians since they want to be a pedestrian safe neighborhood. i have lived in san francisco since i was 6 years old. i'm disabled. i no longer work because i couldn't follow my job when the phone company left the city. i'm very active -- i'm vice president of the franklin

eleanor roosevelt democratic [speaker not understood] for seniors. i'm vice president of disabled affairs. i'm also involved in [speaker not understood] california alliance for retired americans. i think that pedestrian safety -- i don't drive so i'm always a pedestrian. it's an issue that we don't see that much out in the island, but we're seeing more and more. we actually finally got signs up that some people don't get run down in the crosswalks we have out there. i'm very interested in that. so, any questions? >> i'm just curious, ask kimberly to come back up, too. what experience do you have working with agencies or campaigns that provide feedback makers? i've been a member of the citizens have iery board of treasure island and, so,

everything, all of the plans for the new city out on the island came through us. so, i was very active in that. >> thank you. kimberly, same question? working in architecture, i've worked with planning boards and in the public process. i've worked with community organizing proceeding design process. also somehow it seems analogous, although not identical, my work in hospitals working in the complex social setting of doctors and patients i think has equipped me to understand working earlier, supervisor breed spoke very eloquently about the process. it's not just an individual, you know, agenda. so, i'm working in community, complex communities. tting ha equipped me to understand that. and i've also attended all the

psac meetings, i graduated from my walk or after it. >> thank you. thank you. >> okay, thank you very much. is there any public comment on this item? speakers have two minutes. please indicate your support for a particular appointment. yes, hi, i'm robin brasso, [speaker not understood] on psac. i am here to advocate for pi ra. he knows about safety. he's always a critical thinker. always asks when people are presenting before us the right questions. he studies the issues. we would be lost without his experience on the committee. i'm also here to advocate for kimberly jones. i think she'd be an excellent addition to our committee. she's been attending our meetings for the last year. always asks pertinent questions and the fact that she was badly injured, i think this is something that she shares with you, supervisor yee, and she

recovered from her severe injuries. so, this is a very critical issue for kimberly and i think she'd be a great addition to our board. >> thank you. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is john alex [speaker not understood]. i am a member of the pedestrian safety advisory committee and i hold seat number 4, the other seat that is the one that the two candidates are here for. your approval on [speaker not understood] disability organization, i hold seat number 4, they are seat number 3. in particular, i come to you to endorse kimberly jones for seat number 3 as i became a friend and a peer of hers in 2011 after she became aware of pedestrian safety stories being covered in the san francisco chronicle. she is very engaged and dynamic in her art and her

architecture, in her critique of critical designs on urban planning and how it can incorporate pedestrian safety for seniors and people with disabilities. the second person i endorse to you in your decision on the rules committee is pi ra who is a senior member of the senior pedestrian safety advisory committee. in his many roles he has held, i have witnessed many of his actions. on 3rd street and his program as senior action network which i was a participant in many years ago so both candidates are very good that i know quite well and their professional actions on pedestrian safety. and thank you. thank you, mr. chair. good afternoon. jazzy collins with senior disability action. i was standing here to testify

for my neighbor, colleagues a we call each other, i'm trouble, he's double trouble. that's pi ra. and i had the great opportunity to teach pedestrian safety with him at many senior centers throughout the city and county of san francisco as when our ongoing programs is senior university. so, he knows that. he's been around. he knows what he's doing and he has the experience for please take it in consideration -- please take it under consideration to appoint him so he can continue to watch out for our pedestrians -- all pedestrians, seniors and people with disabilities and nonseniors with disabilities as well to the pedestrian safety committee. thank you. >> thank you. good afternoon, supervisors.

james cansini, senior disability action. i'm here to speak for pi ra at the council. i've been working with pi for a number of years at senior disabili action. aside from being just another staff comedian in our office, he's also is a community leader and expert in a lot of issues around pedestrian safety and traffic issues. i'll just share one experience. the other day, it's just called the unnamed director of a venerable organization, came in the office with a question. this is a person that knows a lot about services, but they had a citation because they lost their transfer on the bus, it was something like this. who did they come to talk to, pi all the time. people call with pedestrian safety questions, with traffic laws, with issues regarding parking, a lot of stuff. and this is an unfunded role that we provide, but it's a very vast community service that we rely on pi's extensive knowledge of the community and

of the pedestrian safety laws and rules. he would be an excellent candidate. he is an excellent candidate. has been an excellent member. i would highly recommend him. he is the best pi safety coordinator you can find. thank you very much. [laughter] i would like to speak also for pi ra. i'm a member of the yerba buena consortium and we have dealt with policies regarding pedestrian safety, including traffic signals and new signals and changing traffic signals and ramps so people can get up and down the streets for many years, and pi has been involved for all of those years with us and many people in the community have gone on with pi to various places way outside of yerba buena to see that the

city people realized this crossing is not a good crossing for anybody. and working with the bicycle coalition, we've worked with them on getting them to behave a little better in some cases, like walking their bikes on sidewalks rather than riding them because you could knock off an awful lot of pedestrians doing that. and he has been such a vibrant person in the community of pedestrian safety for so many years. i would like him to be the -- back into the chair of that committee. and the other two candidates seem to be very good, but i don't know them, and, so, i won't speak for them. thank you. >> thank you