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today, i'm introducing a hearing request on tenant displacement. i want to thank the analysts for going doing an outstanding job. this report by the budget analyst detailed an upswing in the evictions of san francisco including 1 hundred 70 percent of evictions reported to the retina board between 2010 and 2013 a one hundred and 70 percent there. this report confirms what i've said there is a housing crisis in san francisco. the report shows the relationship between the evictions and the there if the market value of the properties in so far. the average price is over
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$800,000 and in june 13th it was 3 thousand plus. you'll be forced to leave the city and we're not talking about low income residents. the diversity andvibrancy must remain. i'm taking this housing you security of our residents seriously are and i'm working as many of you are with housing advocates to keep san franciscans in their homes. last week, i introduced legislation addressing the landlord of trying to harass tenants to be evicted and today, i'm asking the city attorney to
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ask the association to double the penalties that landlord must pay to tenants. i know that supervisor kim has been working on this issue >> next week i'm holding a special hearing of the neighborhood services and safety committee in order to examine the analyst report released today. i'll >> this because there's no greater important issue than the affordability crisis. this is a sad item it is a memoriam in the memory of sandy. sandy quad are the daughter of
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the late gentlemen passed away peacefulfullyly surround by her family after battling cancer for two years. she's survived by here sisters and aunts and nephews and god children and colleagues. i had an opportunity to go to the vigil last night and was touched and move forward by the so many people who come out to show respect including the memories of the san francisco family and i want to thank metropolitan and the members of the public works who were there. sandy dedicated 26 years of her life. she was a cleaner and became an
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environmental control officer and end her capillary with the bureau of forestry her sister reminded me it was sandys idea to plant some trees around caesar chavez. she did that for district 9 and for ever district that we represents. before working for the city sandy was engaged in important work in the mission. she worked at rap and worked as a xhourl. she was a proud resident of the district and continued to be active until the very end even though she was weak physically
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she was determined to attend the recent anti eviction and she gave a moving speak surround by hundreds and hundreds of factories. sandy was a passionate music lover. she gave a tremendous amount of love to her family and friends. sandy'ss legacy will live forever she'll be truly missed. the rest i submit >> president chiu. >> thank you, mr. want supervisor farrell. supervisor kim >> submit. >> supervisor mar.
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>> thank you. i'm introducing a hearing request on mta traffic enforcement along with supervisors. following up with the number of accidents and gary boulevard is one of the most disastrous corridors in the area. and how the police department and mta worked together and they focus on 5 traffic behaviors and with the intersections with the most accident pc arrest there's a free day for the richmond residents i'll be there to talk about 0 how we can improve free
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access to our free neighborhoods. after the federal government shut down which postponed the leap contest i asked many, many students to build sand castles. residents can build their own on ocean beach on saturday from 9:30 a.m. to in the early afternoon but come join us. it helps raise fund for leap and the school districts. thank you supervisor mary >> thank you, mr. weaning. >> general public comments. it is for the public to comment on the items and additionally
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the values of democracy is there has to be accountability or the people have no power. the values of united states is the power used to belongs to the people. now this diverse adverts democracy or to promote the use of private money. most people recognize in the abstract there are virtues to open government that are worth more than the few pennies. if we want a democracy we need the money to allow access to the truth. those institutions are sunshine and government a free press and just as potential it is no accident that the san francisco
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public library is the worse subversion of our democracy once our institutions became a private institution they want the power and exclusive it. they want the democracy for their money. it used to be unthinkable the elections would meet on the election day. we're all saves and david chiu had me arrested and the lies cost more than the money. thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening it is after the closings of the poodles i'm peter the executive director of library using association. the library on basically two
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days notice plans this thursday to change a vast number you have hours and basically change lib service throughout the city effecting every sensing and every library user. the discrepancy they've produced expand the public service hours prelims is highly misleading. there are a number of key places and areas in which service is being cut or reduce. so the first time to be said for one million dollars additionally budget i gave for the hours increases they're doing about half what they said they'd do in
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february. there is not one single evening that is in addition to 9 or later than 9. the main library has hours until 8 doesn't get any more hours addressed. there are not only zero adds to the library for gin purchases there are actually i think cuts for example, two evenings are being cut at the western edition and a mary in a. no information is being offered and the librarian said she couldn't printout the new schedule and half the meetings are going forward at the commission. please do something about it
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>> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm going 80 going to speak on the same subject one is a statement from the san francisco forestry lines and second speak as an individual. >> you have two minutes. >> for both. >> no. you can speak on envy topic for two minutes. >> this is a group that formed two years ago to oppose the removal of healthy trees. our concerns arise from the trades and a toxins. please san francisco pd it
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removing healthy trees interest 16 hundred of those trees we be in siren areas and most of the trees would be cut down. the trees presented by the - san francisco has no interest in breaking down trails. san francisco wants to close 8 areas. those areas the people can climb trees and pick berry's they want to put up sizes up and defendant profile our children and that's not what we want. toxins those are signs showing
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>> 7 and a half million renovation is part of the clean and safe neighbor's park fund which was on the ballot four years ago and look at how that public investment has transformed our neighborhood. >> the playground is unique in that it serves a number of age groups, unlike many of the other properties, it serves small children with the children's play grounds and clubhouses that has basketball courts, it has an outdoor soccer field and so there were a lot of people that came to the table that had their wish list and we did our best to make sure that we kind of divided up spaces and made sure that we kept the old features of the playground but we were able to enhance all of those features.
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>> the playground and the soccer field and the tennis fields and it is such a key part of this neighborhood. >> we want kids to be here. we want families to be here and we want people to have athletic opportunities. >> we are given a real responsibility to insure that the public's money is used appropriately and that something really special comes of these projects. we generally have about an opportunity every 50 years to redo these spaces. and it is really, really rewarding to see children and families benefit, you know, from the change of culture, at each one of these properties >> and as a result of, what you see behind us, more kids are playing on our soccer fields
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>> feel like it really is a community. they are not the same thing, but it really does feel like there's that kind of a five. everybody is there to enjoy a literary reading. >> the best lit in san francisco. friendly, free, and you might get fed. ♪ [applause] >> this san francisco ryther created the radar reading series in 2003. she was inspired when she first moved to this city in the early 1990's and discover the wild west atmosphere of open mi it's ic in the mission. >> although there were these open mics every night of the week, they were super macho. people writing poems about being jerks.
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beatty their chest onstage. >> she was energized by the scene and proved up with other girls who wanted their voices to be heard. touring the country and sharing gen-x 7 as a. her mainstream reputation grew with her novel. theses san francisco public library took notice and asked her if she would begin carrying a monthly reading series based on her community. >> a lot of the raiders that i work with our like underground writers. they're just coming at publishing and at being a writer from this underground way. coming in to the library is awesome. very good for the library to show this writing community that
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they are welcome. at first, people were like, you want me to read at the library, really? things like that. >> as a documentary, there are interviews -- [inaudible] >> radar readings are focused on clear culture. strayed all others might write about gay authors. gay authors might write about universal experiences. the host creates a welcoming environment for everybody. there is no cultural barrier to entry. >> the demographic of people who come will match the demographic of the reader. it is very simple. if we want more people of color, you book more people of color. you want more women, your book more women. kind of like that. it gets mixed up a little bit.
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in general, we kind of have a core group of people who come every month. their ages and very. we definitely have some folks who are straight. >> the loyal audience has allowed michelle to take more chances with the monthly lineup. established authors bring in an older audience. younker authors bring in their friends from the community who might be bringing in an older author. >> raider has provided a stage for more than 400 writers. it ranges from fiction to academics stories to academic stories this service the underground of queer fell, history, or culture. >> and there are so many different literary circles in
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san francisco. i have been programming this reading series for nine years. and i still have a huge list on my computer of people i need to carry into this. >> the supportive audience has allowed michele to try new experiment this year, the radar book club. a deep explorationer of a single work. after the talk, she bounces on stage to jump-start the q&a. less charlie rose and more carson daly. >> san francisco is consistently ranked as one of the most literate cities in the united states. multiple reading events are happening every night of the year, competing against a big names like city arts and lectures. radar was voted the winner of these san francisco contest.
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after two decades of working for free, michelle is able to make radar her full-time job. >> i am a right to myself, but i feel like my work in this world is eagerly to bring writers together and to produce literary events. if i was only doing my own work, i would not be happy. it is, like throwing a party or a dinner party. i can match that person with that person. it is really fun for me. it is nerve wracking during the actual readings. i hope everyone is good. i hope the audience likes them. i hope everybody shows up. but everything works out. at the end of the reading, everyone is happy. ♪
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