i want to concur with supervisor campos that so many of us trust your leadership because we have seen you fight, we have seen you take unpopular positions because you believe in our city and sound fiscal decisions while saving us money and building a healthier population here in san francisco. there is so many things wrapped up in that. i just want to appreciate your work. i want to acknowledge you and i do think we need to congratulations that we are only seeing a 0.7 rise in our health care cost. we've been seeing our cost come down and when this came to my office, i said what happened and why is this coming before us. particularly with kaiser, our population is younger and health ear and their usage is

going down by as much as 15 percent. but i think with the information that you presented, i'm happy, well, i will be supporting this today. and i also want to recognize our community advocates and labor that have spent a lot of time also trying to raise awareness around this issue. this isn't just an issue in san francisco. this is a statewide national in san francisco. i want to thank those that have pushed accountability that kaiser has made more. i'm going ask them to publically justify their rates. this isn't just a fight for this city. this is something that i know that our

ally has done. they have been working with cal state insurance commissioner jones to push for more transparency, looking how to cap rates and looking for things that actually miss dodd let's the efforts around with blue shield last year. i look forward to working with hsf. i tried to serve on the group, it's because of you that i'm incredibly fascinated by this issue. as we work with cpnc's and now with kaiser that wants to expand and in my district in mission bay, i think it's important and vital that we continue to have that discussion and we grow in san francisco. >> supervisor breed? >> thank you, i really appreciate the time and effort that all of my colleagues have

taken to review this matter especially on the budget and finance committee. i think one of the things we need to and supervisor mar to make sure that we are asking questions and looking at the details. i also know it's not our job to micro manage the department. however, i find a lot of waste, a lot of abuse. i see contracts come to our board of supervisors for millions of dollars and no transparency is looked to in terms of those contracts. i think it's important that our city take a look at those contracts and what are these businesses that are walking away with millions of dollars of city money, who are they hiring, how are they giving back in general, that is really the conversation that we need to have. as it relates to

kaiser, i do have of course the utmost respect for the department and the fact that we do need to move this item forward and support these current rates, but i also appreciate not only the resolution that we are moving forward today to talk about transparency as it relates to kaiser, but i do appreciate my colleagues amendment supervisor campos because, you know, some of the words that he's changed in these amendments clearly make sense. i guess part of what i wanted to ask was because i know we have just received this today, are there, are we looking at supporting and moving this amendment forward, are we looking at making these particular amendments and moving this particular item forward as well or are there concerns about it. >> supervisor avalos? >> because this item is without

committee reference in the agenda, by virtue of being amended today it will continue for 1 week and we'll vote on that. at the same time if there is a first vote of approving the rates, the second and final vote will take place next week and that will be at the same time that we would take a final vote on this item 71. >> great. i just want speak to the amendments, i think they are great amendments and we need to move forward. we also need to pay real close attention to the other health care providers and have them made accountable in the same way. i don't want to mention the over $10 million that the president and ceo make. it not my decision to start to say what salary one 1 person should make over another, but $10 million compared to most people who are kaiser members and what they are taking home and how

they are spending significant money in regards to health care, we need to look at the whole picture and what it means and how we can make the right changes for employees and not where we are given information and we have to make decisions otherwise it's threatening other people's health care. this is important to making sure we start earlier. i'm definitely interested in finding out how we plan to move forward especially with other health care providers. also i would like to say with miss dodd, actually before i became a member of the board of supervisors, your actions, and you keep a smile on your face, i know you are dedicated to your worked and you worked to transform to get the city the best rate possible. i have no doubt that you are doing an effecti job and i definitely

want to be supportive in this process and also being supportive of making sure that san francisco is getting the best rates possible moving forward in the future. thank you and look forward to supporting the resolution as well as the other items we have before us today. thanks. >> thank you. supervisor breed and unless there are other comments, let me say a few quick words. i also want to thank everyone for your hard work on this. i don't think there is anyone in this room that would want to ain wreck if we voted against this measure, but i know that we have many deep issues with regards to the kaiser rates. i want to thank the kaiser employees for meeting with our office and with each other, i want to thank catherine dodd, because of you, and your colleagues, without this many of us would be inclined to vote

against this. i think it's pushing towards accountability. i want to reiterate what you heard from many of our colleagues that if these issues aren't addressed, i think next year's conversation would be more difficult than next year. all that is being said, as supervisor campos alluded to. we will take public comment. we have a lot of hearings and i would like to resolve this at this time. unless there is any objection, i would like to ask for unanimous consent to move public comment just on the kaiser matters so we can vote on it after public comment and let everyone here with relation to kaiser to be here. without objection, madam clerk let's start with public comment with reference to kaiser. >> if there are public members

wishing to speak on kaiser item 71. please come forward. >> otherwise, if there are no members of the public. please step up. >> jane kennedy, retired san francisco unified school district teacher and kaiser member for 40 years. $10 million from the ceo? the things you learn from the board of supervisors meeting are heart stopping. i commend you for putting some bricks to it. the free enterprise system to me seems to be completely out of whack and i could not for bear my shocking reaction. thank you for the assessment. >> thank you. next speaker? >> hi. i think it's important

to know i'm not shamed of my age. i'm 82 years old. i have been a member of kaiser since 15. if you take away my kaiser, i might as well go over the bridge. i have just had major surgery. i cannot be jumping from one doctor to another. i have to have my kaiser and i'm not alone. absolutely not alone in these feelings. help and make sure that kaiser doesn't disappear. i need my kaiser and i'm sure there are many people in this room that feel the same as i do. please don't throw away kaiser. kaiser is a major in this city. please. if i say anymore i'm going to start crying. >> thank you. if anyone wants to speak lineup on the right hand side of the chamber.

>> good morning members and board of supervisors. i also want to welcome back katherine dodd. i have known her for years and i don't think this situation would have been resolved. as a kaiser baby, i was born at kaiser. thank you for resolving this, but at the same time thanks for holding kaiser's feet to the fire. because although they maybe a great provider and cheapest alternative around, i too was shocked to hear that the c eo makes $10 million a year. the fact that they would not justify, thanks for making sure this worked out this time and hopefully we'll have more transparency next year. >> thank you, next speaker. >> supervisors, catherine and colleagues from health service

system. i'm a former commissioner 26 years on the health service board. the last couple of weeks are turning me gray over night. i just want to thank all of you very much for finally coming around on this issue. i think it's been very difficult. there are a number of colleagues in the audience that came today because they were very very concerned. most of them are retirees. as you heard ethyl speak, they are very worried about our future. we are happy that you held kaiser's feet to the fire and more happy that you are talking about holding blue shield's feet to the fire. the reason that we are taking the risk, our trust fund, our city takes the risk for blue shield because their rates were going out of sight and we worked out an issue where we thought that we can do better by taking that

risk and expend less money. we need to look at the pricing methodologies of our contractors and understand why we take risk, why we are fully funded and why these work and what is best for our active employees. a healthy work force and for retirees the thanks and for all the time that they have put in this city. thank you for coming around to this and i look forward to a better process next year, while i'm off the board, i'm not really retired from this issue. thanks very much. >> thank you, are there any other members of the public that wish to speak on item 71. seeing none, item 71 is closed. >> thank you mr. president, i would like to move that we

amend item 71 that are outlined in the document that you have. so make a motion. >> supervisor campos has made a motion, supervisor ferrel has seconded that. can we take that without objection? without objection that should be the case. with that why don't we take a roll call on items 35 and 36. >> the clerk: avalos, aye, breed aye; campos aye ks, chiu, aye, cohen, aye, kim aye, mar, aye, tang aye, supervisor wiener, aye, yee, there are 11 ayes.

>> the motion passes. supervisor campos has made a motion to continue the item to the 30th of july. thank you colleagues. >> to members of the public, we have three 3:00 p.m. orders. i'm going to move forward with them in the order in which they are in the agenda. madam clerk please call items 43 and 44 with reference to the broadway community benefit district.: clern item 43 and 44. a property based business improvement district known as the top of broadway benefit community district against property located in that

district for 8 years. >> to members of the public, the purpose of this hearing is to hear on the proposed levee on property and business improvement district on top of broadway community benefit district considering our board of resolution adopted. the proposed district would be approximately 39 identified parcels located on approximately 6 partial blocks. details in the covered area are in the file. at the conclusion of the public hearing, the ballots will be tabulated. they will be on the basement level of city hall. supervisors will neither levee the assessment or establish the assessment if there are a number of protest. if there are comments. we'll first hear from individuals who

wish to support the investment district for 2 minutes maximum from person and we'll hear from speakers that oppose up to 2 minutes per speaker. during the hearing, those who wish to change their vote, may speak to the staff who is at a table outside of board chamber. they will provide you with the affidavit with the ballot. before we begin. colleagues you have heard me talk about the broadway, including too many issues. for a number of years ashgs group of residents, business and property owners have been working on this plan which is an improved version of 5 years ago that did not pass

on the board of supervisors before i joined. they will provide services to residents in the district that go beyond services in the district. that includes -- do you have any comment to make? okay, thanks to the staff who worked very hard on this. why don't we go to members of the public. if there are members who are in support of this, please step up and lineup with the first speaker. >> sir, if you wish to speak in support? please step up.

>> good afternoon supervisors, democratic club. when you look at the actual -- effects, you see positive effects. they have helped the community. there are tax on the local businesses. the money that the businesses spend actually end up improving the streets, the quality of the street life and they actually end up helping the community. i don't know the specification of this, i support it on general principals. i hope you will approve it today. thank you. >> thank you, now from our next speaker. >> president, board of supervisors, so, this has been going on several years and it's brought together a lot of different community groups. i think we've seen improvements in the neighborhood. i think

the cbd is something not just the community wants, but the central has been asking for. i support it and i think it's good for the neighborhood and i hope you support itd as well. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> president of the board, david chiu, board of supervisors. my name is kyle franklin. i'm with safety first and we provide security services along the public right of way in the broadway district. i would like to say in support of the community benefits district, i would like to say that community benefits districts creates positive areas tlus throughout the country and where you have more as opposed to negative ones. it helps property owners retain their value, recreates lively

walkable districts, lively areas. i'm in support of the formation of the community being the district on broadway. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm going to read some comments so i don't forget anything. i'm a residential property owner near the broadway corridor and i'm speaking on behalf of many of our member who could not be here today. the proposed cbd is one that supports many residents including myself because we believe it will serve the greater broadway community. i believe it's critical to commending and transforming and vitalizing this area. and it will help improve the area and advocating

it's rich history and diversity. it's a step forward toward the broadway and one that is safe liveable. the property owners and residents that bring this to fruition that our shared mixed community is ready for change. just as it celebrates the positive impact on the respective communities throughout the city. it will be another example of proven success of such partnerships in driving meaningful improvements in their communities. i hope that you will agree that our community efforts is worthwhile and that you will find it in the best interest of the community and the city as a whole to support this. thank you so much. >> thank you, next speaker. >> hello, supervisors, president. my name is darren swan. i'm a resident of the

broadway area. as a long item resident of the neighborhood, we've seen a lot of changes happen for the worst. what we are ready for is positive change. i look forward to your support of the cbd. i remember when it used to be fun and safe, a destination for all to enjoy. the hotel industry tells people not to go to broadway. we want to tell them to go to broadway because it has anything for everybody. we want that back. many who would want to give broadway back. i have recently entertained other areas and they have a celebrated entertainment corridor. we need to have that revitalized and brought back through the cbd. i really ask for your support and thank you for giving back to our community. >> thank you. next speaker.

>> good day and thank you very much. my name is roger wine man. i'm with the neighborhood emergency response team. i have been a resident of that district for 20 years. san francisco's north beach district in the corridor particularly have a vast history in the economic diversity and we would like to bring this back to north beach. i have seen the shootings and this has come from a lack of coordination of services of the city. i think this will bring the community together and be a better fabric to grow in our city. u good afternoon supervisors, i'm a person who has spent a lot of time on the

corridor and seen a lot of ups and down. i can see the cdb as being up. there is two types to this story. i know other times, the area has become an unattractive nuisance. i like those who got together for the project. i have never seen so much unity to bring people that have been vested together that sometimes do disagree but over all i think they fully support the dbd. i think the special member of joe, who has been very instrumental in bringing this to the table. he stayed with it. there needed to be a consensus. there always wasn't one. sometimes people point fingers at each other. i think in this particular case there

good connectivity with that. supervisor chiu, said not yet, some people think it was long over due. he said you have to get it right if it's going to come out. i think it's right, the time is now and i see a bright future and hopefully with success they can expand the cbd to encompass greater area. >> thank you, next speaker. >> my name is michael nolte. i'm a 6-year san francisco resident. the community way community needs to have a cbd. the stake holders have gotten together to put a management plan that identifies the much needed needs of the broadway corridor. i have been involved in the establishment of 5 different cbd's so i understand

what a cdb can do and cannot do and i'm aware of the nightlife concerns because i have attended the entertainment commission meetings on a regular basis and i understand the problems that have been occurring in the nightlife venues and i believe this cbd once it's up and running will help some of the problems that have been occurring there and making it a lot smoother for our supervisors for david chiu to address the concerns there. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello, i'm a san francisco resident and small business owner. cbd's i have been working with the district for the last 4 years. i know the benefits they bring to an area. cbd's is a better picture for a number of reasons. they have a positive impact and more than that, the cbd bringing together diverse interest to come together as a group and have a

single unifying voice to put together and they have put together the board of directors and reach out to all community members whether they vote for or against this. i urge your support of this dbd. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker? >> my name is mike madrid. a member of the so tell and resident of the neighborhood for 20 years. for the last civil years i have seen broadway turn into an area that is dangerous, often violent that really has nothing to attract san franciscans. as a member of the community we have been trying to make some improvements down this. this cbd has made it the most optimistic about improving the area. one thing lacking is the

professionalism. this has what broadway could be. still an entertainment area but something that will be diverse but provide things for it to attract san franciscans and also a secure environment. i really urge you to support this because it's what the neighborhood needs. thank you. >> next speaker. if there are any other members of the public who wish to support thecbd, come up now. >> good afternoon, i have been on broadway for 14 years now. it's had a rough few years. the last few years i have seen a majority of the businesses work together towards improving broadway. this has never happened before. the cbd effort is what has brought everything

together. it the best thing that can happen. >> thank you. now, let me ask if there are any mers of -- members of the public who wish to speak in opposition, please step up. >> mr. president, and members of the board of supervisors. my name is calvin lou. i'm one of the founders of the broadway corridor small business and property owners. we are opposed to the bcd mainly because many of the small business owners cannot afford another layer of expenses piled onto them. they are really mom and mom stores. they own liquor stores,