luckyly i've worked around organizations that have this done and it has to be with the fact felt community we've served and the challenges we continue too fast. i realize there are other changes and other employers who don't meanwhile provided the same that kind of support but by what is the compelling is the right to ask and i feel it's - i want to make some other comments there are still some issues i have. it has nothing to do with the need you have for greater laws it's just, you know, in this capacity and how we're approaching this and as someone whose had to care for a grandmother who had a

disability. i'm not opposed to have health issues. my biggest objection is at this point has to do more with one of the things i've mentioned is why are we putting this on the ballot and not doing there this through the general process. it's not a general chart the board of supervisors has the authority to pass in legislation or similar legislation. i know we've talked about taking this to a, you know, larger he level because it's being looked at but we can still do this

through aty of reasons. i do know there's the votes to moving this forward but $35,000 to put this particular item on the ballot and as someone who doesn't like to spend money on unnecessary items i say he look at doing this ourselves. the board of supervisors is elected to pass legislation it reflects the will of the people and the only directly to the people horrify there's nothing preventing the process from working. it will take supervisors to put it on the ballot why not pass it here. and putting the legislation on

the ballot unmeanwhile is not good voters have to work they can't read pages and pages like a new york city for the purpose book. so it overwhelms voerlts and discourages turnout. so it's important to me open both sides from the small business owners we need to go thereto deliberation process involving all the stakeholders and clearly craft legislation and not rush a measure to the ballot in the closings weeks of july. i guess you know, i don't have is a problem with it but i want

to make sure i put the point of concern out there because i think from my prospective the public is better served if we do this there the regular legislative process. i'm happy to move forward and be supportive of the measure but i wanted to make sure you understood where i was coming from and my constituents as well >> first of all, supervisor bead i appreciate that. this is your last remaining concern and you're not the first person who said it should go through this process. this is american people issue i do think would be helped with public discussion and public debate and public conversation. it's important for individuals both employers and employees to

know about the benefits of flexible work arrangements for employees and employers. that's been national conversation then ted kennedy and hillary clinton and a president obama talked about this. in the last few weeks when hillary clinton stepped down she talked about the importance of flexible and work arrangements. there's just an article that come out today that nan pelosi said he's going to announce a number of proposals in helping families. increases a discussion happening around this nationally and it's important to have in san francisco participate as mentioned by todd david, we have

a community of messengers and employees who are doing the right thing. and particularly about november's ballot this will be one of the shortest ballots in recent years. i passed legislation in a couple of weeks that will save the department 1 had the $6 million because we shorthand the procedures. and let me suggest not all employees know about this and not all employers because there hasn't been a campaign. we could see families pickup other confidence around this. they have actually, the potential of saving millions and millions of dollars for employees when i have productive

employees they're not absent and literally by reducing turnover rates you're saving our economy billions of dollars. so this is an average ballot measure i think it will help again to educate employers and employees about those possibilities but i appreciate our comments about the possibility of the ballot over the other route i'm be contemplating that. >> i appreciate supervisor breeds comment. i think when you first communicated your intent i was questioning whether this should be a ballot measure or should we do there this through our regular legislative process. and after thinking about it and

realizing there's been other national public discussions i realized this is something like that where it will impact any employer that would have 20 or more employees that the majority - the vast majority of them would not have heard about that. and my guess is that we'll experienced modern 35 thousand to educate folks. i'm already seeing the benefits of the process where all those groups are come back and saying we've had this discussion within our organization and had some dialog around that and employee groups are aware and the small business owners are aware.

i've reached it out to a couple of mentor groups and initially they actually didn't hear about that and now they know. i think the benefits of having this on the ballot out weeks ago the 35 thousand we'll be spending. i'm 1 hundred percent behind doing this >> when he started working on that we thought we'd be the only jurisdiction in the country doing this so vefrment has passed the law. despite vermont passing the law we didn't hear about it and we want to be the second jurisdiction we're starting more of a conversation around that you but all that being said i'll

be talking about more about it. >> okay. so no further discussion on this. there's a motion on the floor and second to pass the four new amendments as described by president chiu. and without any objection the motion passes. now colleague because those are new amendments we will not been able to pass this legislation out of the rules committee until our next meeting. so, now i'd like to have a motion to continue this item to our special rules committee to july 23rd at 10 o'clock >> are there other items we'll

be hearing. right now this the only item on the agenda >> okay. i second. >> so without any objection the motion passes. so item number 4 madam clerk >> supervisors yee item 5 through fourteen is items regarding a system litigation. before we interference a motion to convene in closed session any members of the public wish to speak on those items. seeing none, public comment is closed. colleague is there a motion to convene a closed session. without objection move forward. members of the public we'll be convening in closed session we ask you, please leave the

committee room at moment >> deputy city attorney john. during is closed session on item number 4 supervisor yee was rescued the committee voted by a vote of 2 to zero to forward that item would the full board for consideration on july thurd and item 5 the president chu joined the committee under the board rule and the committee forward that item to the full board for consideration on

july 23rd and items i'm sorry 6 through fourteen the committee voted 3 to zero to forward each of those items to the full board for consideration on july 23rdrd. colleagues can i have a motion to not disclose what happens no closed session and a no objection. move forward >> madam clerk is there minimal on agenda. >> no mr. chair. >> if there's nothing further this meeting is adjourned.

>> hello, san francisco. holley here with another list of buzz worthy activities. the bay view neighborhood comes alive this thursday at 5:30 third on third, community wide arts celebration for the whole family. sponsored by the san francisco arts commission and the puc and features pop-up galleries, beer and wine, children's zone with free art making activities. this saturday you're invited to bicycle with the san francisco mid-bike mystery ride as they set out to a new mystery location in san francisco. ride start locations will be posted to their website the day of the ride. only the ride leader knows where they're going, so, bring your sense of adventure.

this sunday at 2:00 enjoy the san francisco symphony for their annual free concert in dolores park. why not make it a tradition? have a picnic basket, grab friends and family and enjoy this world class experience. grab it. and that's the weekly buzz. for more information on any of these events, visit sfgov-tv.org and click on weekly buzz. and while you're on the web, check out our youtube page and see some of our origin >> thank you, supervisor farrell, for being here this morning, and also for your great partnership with the board of supervisors. carmen chu, you're helping us bring in the money already, thank you. assessor chu. (applause) >> london breed, thank you very much, supervisor, always a pleasure to work with you as well. all of you, friends, spouses, family, people who are just

enthralled with this wonderful great city of san francisco like i am. thank you for all being here to witness and honor and thank the people who are stepping up with us to help manage this wonderful great city. thank you, chief hayes white, for being here as well, and other department heads and other commissioners, thank you for joining us as well. we have 25 individuals today who are sacrificing a lot of personal time, sacrificing their own family's time away for night meetings, a lot of reading of paperwork, a lot of public engagement. we also have some 15 different bodies that you'll be appointed to today. and, so, it is my pleasure to welcome you and to suggest to you that i personally appreciate citizens of san

francisco stepping forward to help us manage this city. it never is ever about one office. it's not even about two offices. it's about how we conduct ourselves to reach out, engage people in the public to help serve our city. your ideas, your engagement with us, you're aligning where we want to go to make the city a greater city is really the essence of managing a city. and i've learned that in many, many years of being a public serve ant, being an advocate to make sure the city represented its own diversity, of using that diversity as our strength, and going forward each of you are being asked to serve on extremely important commissions and bodies that i fully, fully respect. from fire, to transportation, to people handling billions of dollars in retirement, to our arts, to our health, to just

getting permits out so that we can help people be success in this city. all of you are part of that. i just happened to address several hundred people this morning at a breakfast to talk about the health of our city. and part of that discussion was not just the health care programs that the country is heading into. it's also health means are we doing everything right for people? are we building strong communities? are we building neighborhoods? are we giving people the foundation in which they can invest to create a family, that they can have hope for their kids? all of you are part of that agenda, and every decision that you make and the people that come before you want to feel the hope and the foundation that this city has. and, so, i want to thank you, each and every one of you, in your various capacities that you will take on, that you help us be a better city, be a more

compassionate city, a city that will help me build more affordable housing, create more jobs, sustain the job situation that we have, to make it ultimately a city of hope for everyone. that is why we emanate our name of the city of st. francis. we have to be of hope to everybody. not just in america any more. we're a city of immigrants as well. so, your commissions also have to have a viewpoint that we are a world class city and we are a city that everybody, the whole world looks at to establish what are good economics, what is fairness and equity, and what is excitingly ip ~ innovative as a world class city. thank you for stepping up. if you would now stand up, i will provide you with the oath

of office. and if you'll please say each of your names individually as i begin. and then at the end, you will jointly say that the bodies that you are about to be appointed to. please repeat after me. i... i... [speaker not understood] >> do solemnly affirm >> do solemnly affirm >> that i will support and

defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california >> and the constitution of the state of california >> against all enemies foreign and domestic >> against all enemies foreign and domestic >> that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states >> to the constitution of the united states >> and the constitution of the state of california >> and the constitution of the state of california >> that i take this obligation freely >> that i take this obligation freely >> without any mental reservation >> without any mental reservation >> and for purpose of evasion and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter such time as i go to office of...

>> [speaker not understood]. >> [speaker not understood]. >> art commission. >> for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations, thank you very much. [cheering and applauding] >> thank you. thank you, everybody, for being here.

>> on december 28, 1912. san francisco mayor, sonny jim rolph stared into the crowds of those who have gathered.

a moment in history. the birth of a publicly own transit system. san francisco municipal railway. muni as it would become to be known. happy birthday, muni, here is to the next 100 years. the birth of muni had been a long-time coming. over the years the city was disjointed privately owned companies. horses and steam and electric-powered vehicles. creating a hodgepodge of transit options. none of them particularly satisfying to city residents. the city transit system like the city itself would have changes during the san francisco earthquake. the transition that will pursue

from this aftermath would change san francisco's transportation system once again. facilitated by city boss, abe ruth, ushering in the electric city car. the writing was on the wall. the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owned by the people and for the people. the idea of a consolidated city-owned transit system had begun traction. and in 1909, voters went to the polls and created a bond measure to create the people's railway. would become a reality three years later. on december 28, 1912, mayor

sonny rolph introduced the new geary electric streetcar line and the new san francisco railway. that he said would be the nucleus that would host the city. and san francisco gave further incentive to expand the city's network. a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928, the j line opened

heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley bus improvement had given them the ability to conquer san francisco's hills. after the war most of the street-car lines would be replaced with motor or trolley bus service. in 1947, the mayor recommended replacing two lines with motor coaches. and it appeared that san francisco's iconic cable cars had seen their final days. entered mrs. cluskin, the leader to save the cable cars. arguing that the cable cars were a symbol of the city, and she entered a charter placed on the

november ballot. it passed overwhelmly. the california street cable railway was purchased by the city in 1952. there were cut backs on the cable car system and in 1957 only three lines would remain. the three lines that exist today. in 1964 the cable car's future as part of california's transit system was sealed when it was proclaimed a national historic landmark. in february, 1980, muni metro were officially inaugurated. in that same year, muni received its first fleet of buses

equipped with wheelchair lifts. in 1982 when the cable car had a shut-down, they added an alternative attraction to the cars. the festival was a huge hit and would continue for the next four summers in a permanent f-line that would extend all the way to fisherman's wharf, by 2000 the f-line was in place. and in 2007 muni extended the third line to the southeast corner and returning to third street. for the first time in 60 years. in the course of last 100 years, muni's diverse workforce forged by men and women of innovation have reflected the many cultures

that flock to the city. muni's ground-breaking antidiscrimination has guaranteed equal opportunity for all. the city's policy mandates the course for the future, as they work diligently to increase options and increase multialternatives, and deduce -- reduce the carbon footprint. it continues to improve the systems. during this sen -- centennial year we reflect on the transit system. driven not >> this is the meeting of the recreation. >> call role. >> commissioner boner. >> harrison. >> pr