to a broad group of stakeholders as we move forward. safety, of course, comes first and also helpful to understand that cities like new york also do not require the system even in the newly rebuilt world trade center which i think considers security at the highest level. that system is not being required in that high-rise as well. so, feel comfortable with moving forward with this in san francisco. thank you very much. >> thank you, supervisor. president chiu. >> just two last points. first of all, i want to support supervisor wiener's comments around pedestrian safety and reiterate how important it is for us to continue with the spirit and the letter of the legislation that we had passed earlier this year around the changes that we need to make to our streetscape, to both ensure safety in the instance of fire as well as pedestrian safety. and i want to just take a moment and thank our fire chief, fire marshal wong, assistant deputy shoe and trayctioning director villa, as

well as local 798 and their leadership for extensive education, colleagues, on these issues. and with that, colleagues, ask you for your support. ~ >> thank you, president chiu. i just want to note that the clerk of the board has informed me that there has been a request made by former supervisor michael yaki to speak on this item. as you know, public comment was presented and was given during the committee meeting and it is up to the board if that needs to be done. and, of course, it would require a unanimous vote of the board for that to take place. i just wanted to inform you of that. president chiu. >> those are my comments. >> great, thank you. any other comments, colleagues? so, with that, do we need a roll call on this item -- can we take this same house same call? same house same call, this item passes on first read. [gavel]

>> colleagues, why don't we call item 17. >> item 17 is an ordinance amending the administrative code, by adding chapter 121, to prohibit law enforcement officials from detaining individuals on the basis of a civil immigration detainer after they become eligible for release from custody. >> supervisor avalos. >> thank you. the due process [speaker not understood] a little more time to cook, so i'd like to postpone the vote until a little later in the meeting. >> colleagues, if there is no objection, why don't we hold this over until i understand there may be some additional amendments that are coming to the board. with that, it is 2:30. we have a number of 2:30 special commendations today. let me first acknowledge supervisor wiener. >> thank you, mr. president. today i'm going to be honoring richard kravit. [speaker not understood].

today, mr. president, i'm going to be honoring richard kravitz whos has spent many, many years helping make our pride celebration a great success in san francisco. ~ colleagues, as you know, the annual pride parade in our city is critically important to our city's culture, to its economy,

and to the lgbt community. over a million visitors come to san francisco each year from all over the world to participate in and to celebrate a place where they can be whoever they want to be. however, pride doesn't just happen overnight and it takes many, many volunteers, staff, and scores of independent contractors to make this event happen year after year. even in years when pride itself has had some financial problems, the parade itself goes forward like clock work because of the incredible team of people who make it happen. today i'm very honored to recognize richard kravits with a certificate of honor from the board of supervisors. mr. kravits and his late husband bill montgomery served prides as contractors, core participants in charge of exhibiter relations for more

than a decade. they developed methods and software that revolutionized s.f. pride and grew the participation exponentially, increasing revenue from exhibiter and parade participants. in fact, his efforts were so successful that they soon -- that they've been used by models by other nonprofits around the bay area and have increased participation in the event significantly. richard and bill were true ambassador to local national and international sponsors and businesses for the pride parade. their customer support and attention to detail served s.f. pride and our city well. after the death of his partner of 42 years, bill, richard is moving back to his family in massachusetts, in fact, this very week. i can say he will be greatly, greatly missed by all of us.

and having spoken to some pride people who are heart broken that you're going to be leaving, we know that this is the right move for you and we wish you all the best. and on behalf of the board of supervisors, on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, i just want to thank you for your many years of service to making our pride parade the best in the world. so, thank you very much. >> thank you. (applause) >> you want me to say something? oh, okay. bill and i, [speaker not understood], bill and i were together 33 years. we developed the software, did exhibit relations for san francisco pride. thises was the 11th year. i have to thank the san francisco pride contractors and support staff for putting up

with me for so many years and everything that i've been through. and i have to specifically thank the exhibitors and sponsors that helped me help them help make pride what pride is today. i will miss being in san francisco. i will miss the family i made at san francisco pride. but it is time for me to move on. without bill here, it's just not the same. and my family has insisted that i come back to massachusetts for my own good and theirs. but i do thank you for the recognition. bill would be thrilled. actually, you're probably recognizing bill more than me. it was bill who decided that this is something that -- helped develop the software, that decided we should get more involved with pride. i just facilitated it and i was happy to do it and happy to do

it with him. so, thank you. (applause) >> thank you. supervisor wiener. supervisor kim, do you have a commendation for today? >> no, i don't [inaudible]. >> gotcha. supervisor cohen. supervisor cohen? do you have a commendation for

today? >> why, yes, mr. president, i have several. this is my favorite time of the day where i get to honor people who are doing outstanding work in san francisco. so, please put your hands together and please welcome mr. emanuel stewart. mr. stewart, where are you? (applause) >> don't be shy. i am going to go on and on about how wonderful you are. so, ladies and gentlemen, this is mr. manuel stewart. he is a teacher here within the san francisco unified school district. he completed his bachelor's degree and teaching credential program at san francisco state. he obtained -- got a fan right here. he obtained his masters of education administration from u.c. berkeley in 2012. he's been an elementary school teacher since 2003 with the district and he serves on the school district committee and the task force that focuses on science curriculum for

elementary schools as well as selects the textbooks. mr. stewart has developed in owe v-8 i have curriculum and approaches teaching that has helped him relate to his students and keep them engaged thereby increasing their learning outcomes. mr. stewart represents the future of teaching and is a model for teachers in san francisco as well as the nation and it is most deserving of this honor. and i also understand him to be a fantastic track coach as well, all right. so, please, my friends, help me recognize and honor mr. emanuel stewart. thank you. (applause) >> thank you very much, mr. stewart. why don't you share a couple words with us. >> share a couple words with you. no problem. first giving obedience to god because that's who guides me in this whole journey. second, supervisor cohen, thank you so much. and to the san francisco unified school district team

has allowed me to do so much of this work in the area, not only in science, but education as well. so, many of those team members are here from our deputy superintendent, guadalupe guerrero, my boss, assistant superintendent dee-dee -- >> is guadalupe here? >> guadalupe is here. there he is in the back. my executive director where i work at, and the bayview zone, [speaker not understood]. my former principal as well, ms. emilie white thompson. and i couldn't be here standing before you today taking this accolade without the blessing of my mother, elsie stewart and my wife over 20 years, april ann stewart. (applause) >> i'd like to thank you for recognizing me as someone making a difference in the bayview area in the area of science. >> thank you so much. why don't you step aside over here with my aide and we'll take a picture afterwards.

i've got a few more tokens of appreciation i'd like to hand out. the next is to recognize an outstanding organization, a long-standing organization with the representatives of the san francisco chapter of the links. please come forward to the podium. so, as they begin to take the podium, i want to speak a little bit about the links. the links, incorporated as an organization of professional, intelligent and of course elegant women. the organization was founded in philadelphia in 1946 with a focus on education, culture, and civic engagement. there are five facets of the links, incorporated. youth services, the arts, national/international trends and services, and health and human services. now, the san francisco chapter was incorporated in 1950 of which pamela stevenson who is the current chapter president, pamela is joined by hundreds of members including today ms.

angelique thompson, dr. alison metz, both are with the health and human service [speaker not understood]. these women are being honored forted work they have done in the outreach in the bayview committee for president obama's affordable health care act. these a incredible driven women have put together a program that educated bayview residents about the affordable care act and how people can become prepared and stay healthy. because of the affordable health care act. they also have been instrumental in organizing the award winning -- viewing of the award winning documentary, the waiting room. so, ladies and gentlemen, i'm just taking a moment to honor some of my warriors out here in the bayview community that help me hold it down and educate people and keeping the families -- keeping them healthy and keeping them safe. so, please put your hands together and welcome the san francisco chapter of the links. (applause)

>> so, ladies, i have a special commendation just for the links chapter and i also have two very unique ones because i wanted to take an opportunity to honor dr. alison matts. thank you for being here and for your help and i also want to recognize angelique tom kins for your unwaivering commitment to the bayview community. you can say a few words. >> supervisor cohen, it is really indeed an honor to receive your accolades here today at the board of supervisors meeting. as you have already acknowledged several of our members in particular, dr. alison metz and angelique tom kins who are chairs of our health and human services [speaker not understood]. through their leadership [speaker not understood] san francisco community based organizations, initiatives and

programs through s.f. links connect. this is our inter generational preventive health and wellness campaign. we are grateful for the alliances we have formed in the san francisco community. thank you so much for this recognition and we look forward to a continued partnership with you, supervisor cohen, as we continue to promote health and wellness in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you, president stevenson. (applause) >> thank you, supervisor cohen. it is my honor to present the next proclamation. it happens today that we are going to be having a discussion about how we protect and take care of our immigrant communities in san francisco. it also, though, happens that this day september 17th has

been designated by congress as constitution day and citizenship day in the united states. and both of these days commemorate much of our country's history and what is important to our values here in san francisco. and so with that i'd like to invite up the leadership of the san francisco pathway to citizenship's initiative led by annie chung, invite your colleagues up to the podium as well. give a little background, colleagues. i think it's important for us as a local officials to recognize the work that's being done by the pathway to citizenship initiative program working in conjunction with the office of [speaker not understood]. i want to thank adrian [speaker not understood] and her staff as well as the generosity of five local philanthropic foundations, [speaker not understood] and resource center. the collaborative includes a number of amazing organizations

in our city that are working together, really to protect, to cherish, and lift up our i am gallant communities. the organizations include asian americans advancing justice with the asian law caucus, ~ api [speaker not understood], the international institute of the bay area, jewish family and children's services, and larasa community resource ten center. i will be introducing today a resolution to commend this collaborative, constitution day and citizenship day in the city and county of san francisco and i know i speak for all my colleagues who want to thank you, all of you and your staff for the tremendous work that you are doing every day to make sure that the american dream for new general rawtions of immigrants is being realized, for making sure san francisco continues to be on the forefront and a beacon to the rest of the country in how we assist our immigrants. with that's correct i'd like to invite annie chung to say a few words. >> thank you very much,

president chiu, supervisors. so, on behalf of the san francisco pathway to citizenship initiative, all of us want to thank you for this commendation to celebrate national constitution and national citizenship day with us. we also brought along some recently become new citizens through all of the work of the collaborative. we have some in the room and probably some are still standing outside wanting to come in. >> if we could ask our recent citizens and recent immigrants to please stand up. thank you for being with us. >> you know that it's a very, very special when they have gone through studying 100 plus u.s. history questions and then able to answer a lot of open questions in english, and then they will become u.s. citizens. but for some of them, for a lot of our seniors, with us today and people who do not speak english well or know english at all, it's a long journey for them. so, celebrating national citizenship day is a

significant event and most of all we are very, very grateful for the city and county of san francisco through ocea five foundations and the seven cbos who are in the pathway initiative partnership. i think that we have already scheduled two group naturalizations in june and august. the next one is coming up in september 28 and there will be three more of these group naturalization. our goal is to help naturalize 3,000 legal permit residents to become citizens. thank you very much, supervisors, for supporting the national citizenship day. >> before you leave i'd like to acknowledge supervisor yee. >> yes, thank you, president chiu. i'm really glad that you brought this to our attention at city hall. this means a lot to me also. i for 10 years taught citizenship to immigrants, to similar people from our city in terms of their immigrants and

saw the value and the joy when they did get -- eventually get their citizenship. and i also have to say that my love continues to teach citizenship at city college. i'm very proud of all of you who have become citizens of the united states. thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you very much. (applause)

>> and with that, supervisor mar, did you have anything you wanted to add as well? >> no. >> okay. madam clerk, why don't we go to -- i'm sorry? supervisor mar, you have a commendation. please. >> i just wanted to bring up an amazing organization that also works to empower seniors, but

also building unity with disabled advocates and organizers. so, if jessica lehman and betty trainer can come forward. and the coalition around citizenship and immigrant communities is here. ~ and fitting that and constitution day and citizenship day is before us. i know we have our due process for all measure that's coming up in a moment, but i'll just say that seniors and disability action or sda is an amazing organization that will be celebrating its first anniversary on thursday from 5:00 to 8:00 at the forget me not cafe. it will be an honor to join betty trainer and jessica and many of the leaders and the organizers from sda at their first anniversary. but they have an over 40 year history of combined organizations and i wanted to first say that they're unique in not being service organization and advocacy group, but really one that

builds a movement of seniors and people with disabilities speaking for themselves and empowering themselves, but also expressing solidarity with immigrant communities and workers and others, too. i've always been impressed with how they cross so many lines in building solidarity and coalitions. they build a base among their leaders and with new members extremely diverse, strong women in leadership, but also diverse immigrant and african-american leadership as well. i know one of our departed comrades, jazzy collins was a really great leader and many, many others that i won't name. but their organizing based approach emphasizes empowerment while still providing essential services. but even just dwelting people together on a social level as well that i've always been impressed with their mass meetings and other efforts. in august of 2012 senior and disability action grew out of the merger of planning for elders and the central city and senior action network. they brought together over 40 years combined experience working with seniors and people

with disabilities and among their accomplishments in their short first year, it's been an honor to work with them as well along with residents and organizational partners and my office. they passed legislation that will require single room occupancy hotel owners to be more accountable. it helps to empower seniors and people with disabilities of people within those single room occupancy buildings and make them less isolated. it also required installation of grab bars in all shared bathrooms in the sro hotels and phone jacks equipped in all units. and it also was part of an effort that -- of a study that sda did along with the central city and other s-r-o collaboratives that it was action based research that looked at the lives of seniors and disabled people in some of our -- some of our lowest income housing in the city to speak for themselves to come up with recommendations and our office is following through

with sda and others to make sure that other recommendations that came out of that groundbreaking study are followed. sda along with their coalition partners received an award for their s-r-o housing advocacy from the national association of area agencies on aging. they also worked on the successful campaign for prop c, our housing trust fund that will pump in $1.5 billion over 10 years to affordable housing. hopefully many -- much of it for the vulnerable populations for people, seniors and people with disabilities. sda has also provided information and support to over 1700 consumers with issues with the threat of eviction for hoarding and cluttering. public benefit a-d-a or accessibility issues and housing discrimination. they've also conducted workshops on patient rights, managed care, advance directives, health care expansion, and emergency preparedness. they also work with many others in the women's and domestic

violence community on the domestic worker bill of rights and domestic workers as well to ensure the rights of home attendants who provide critical support to seniors and people with disabilities. as a younger person that's learned tremendously from the work of betty trainer who has known me since i was a young guy, probably decades ago to many of the new leaders like jessica, the director, i really salute them and honor their work of empowerment and giving voice to our seniors and people with disabilities. so, i'd like to call up betty trainer their board chair and jessica lehman to give remarks. >> [inaudible] of our advocacy work and empowerment work as supervisor mar mentioned. and i want to also thank the board for your support over the years because as an advocacy group we appear many times before the board, particularly committee meetings and all. we have a lot of people just as we have here today for whatever issue that is important on that

day for our members. and, so, i want to thank you many times you have been supportive of our work, particularly in the area of pedestrian safety and low-income housing for seniors and persons with disability. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor mar, and to the entire board. this is really quite an honor to be here. as you said, we organize and educate seniors and people with disabilities to have more of a voice in the city and county and county. and it's not a productive year. ~ it's been a productive year. [speaker not understood] we worked with your office on was one of our biggest accomplishments as well as starting more training on disability around the city, working on proposition c and working on the statewide domestic workers rights that recently passed the state senate. it was also a tough year with the loss of jazzy collins who i know many people here remember well. and we have a lot of work ahead of us making sure that san francisco is safe, healthy and

livable for seniors and people with disabilities. many of our members are very low-income. many are people of color who are increasingly being pushed out. and, so, we have a lot of work to do to make sure the city is welcoming for all of our seniors and people with disabilities and we really look forward to working with all of you to make that a reality. and we hope to see many of you there thursday night with us. as supervisor mar said, it's our annual celebration, celebrating our first full year as senior and disability action. we'll be at laguna and hays from 5 to 8 so we hope to see many of you there. so, thank you. [cheering and applauding]

>> thank you, supervisor mar, and for the great work that we are discussing today. colleagues, unless there are any additional commendations, why don't we now go to our 3:00 p.m. special order. madam clerk, can you call items 19 and 20? >> items 19 and 20 constitute the special order at 3:00 p.m.. the board of supervisors has approved a motion to sit as a committee on the whole approved september 10, 2013. public hearing to consider the proposal of the successor agency to the redevelopment agency to enter into a disposition and development agreement for the sale and development of land located at 280 beale street, commonly known as transbay block 6, with golub real estate corporation and mercy housing of california beginning april 16, 2013. >> thank you, madam clerk. i first want to recognize supervisor kim in whose district this dda applies. supervisor kim? >> thank you, mr. president. this hearing is to consider the

successor agency's proposal for the sale and development of land located 280 beale street to golub real estate corporation and mercy housing california, the california nonprofit affordable housing developer. this block is commonly known as the transbay block 6 and i'm sure supervisor breed got to work on this plan as the redevelopment commissioner previously. this parcel is part of the transbay redevelopment area. in 2003 an agreement with the transbay joint powers authority and the city, the state agreed to transfer approximately 10 acres of state-owned property in and around the former transbay terminal to the city in order to help fund the terminal which will soon be the home of many of our public transit lines, caltrain, and hopefully high-speed rail. tjp was given the power to sell the state owned parcel and use the sale of revenues to finance the center as i just mentioned. we just achieved a major milestone. the beginning of this month with the cement pouring