the indication of the central scam of city hall. the president of the library commission ~ gomez has been found guilty [speaker not understood] which was a willful violation of sunshine and found by the ethics commission to be found below the standard of decency. the city librarian luis herrera has been found guilty of three years of violations of the california political reform act and the california [speaker not understood] practices commission assessed a fine for violation of conflict of interest laws. there have been repeated violations of the sunshine ordinance, found by the sunshine task force to be found [speaker not understood]. we now know that in the 12 years that the funds have been raising fund for the branch library improvement program, the friends of the library expended 53 million. the amount expended for the benefit of the library was 5.1 million, 9.6%. these are all this year and

come on top of the history of scandals in the new main library, the book [speaker not understood] and the degrading of library service. there is no accountability because of the laws that protect democracy and the public interests are not real laws. this reveals the central scam of city government. city politicians collect both from the citizens for passing laws. city politicians then collect money from the rich and the corporations for ignoring those laws. there is no accountability not only -- although for public asset in city hall. democracy itself is for sale in city hall. the damage is to our public institutions and our democracy which continues. david chiu having me arrested does not solve society's problems and, of course, the lies cost more than [inaudible]. >> thank you. next speaker.

good afternoon, supervisors. i'm peter war field, executive director of library users association. i'm very sorry to say that the san francisco public library plans to evict long-standing materials residence of the library, and that is the bound magazine collection. i asked you to hold a hearing on the library's practices, policies, and priorities and in particular its destruction of the accessibility of all or part of the magazine collection. this is a real attack on the core purpose of the library which is acquiring, preserving, and making accessible the materials that it collects. the purpose of this eviction, if you like, goes against the

library's basic policy and its slogan of free and equal access because it would impose a huge barrier to access and make browsing the displaced magazines impossible. the immediate reason for the -- that the library has given is to install a literacy program, offices and classroom. no mention of project read which already has space in the library elsewhere. of course, there was mention of the friends of sfpl, presumably for them this would be a great fund-raising opportunity. we understand the teaching [speaker not understood] is important, but the new space, any new space should not come for an expanded program or a new program should not come at the cost of reducing long-standing core library purposes. the place where the magazines presumably would go is brooks

hall, [speaker not understood] questionablability -- cause a delay in obtaining books. please hold a hearing. >> thank you. next speaker. actually, if you could use the mic to your right. good evening, everyone, my name is karen [speaker not understood]. i'm from [speaker not understood] services. i would like to take this opportunity to thank supervisor yee, supervisor mar, and supervisor kim for sponsoring a resolution to urge the department of education to reconsider the division of service area by zip code. as a former [speaker not understood] manager managing the program [speaker not understood], i explain many parents coming down to our office seeking for help with their little ones every day. and having to redirect them to

[speaker not understood] for service just because they don't live in the service area that we serve just does not make sense. it will create a very difficult time for them. so, i -- we really appreciate your support to the resolution. thank you. >> thanks. next speaker. good afternoon, supervisors. president chiu. i'm here mainly to support ban in the box. i guess you guys really stole my work because i've been using that for years. so, i heartly support ban in the box. before i say that, i was up all night with a couple supervisors same time last night watching historic event. hundreds of black [speaker not understood]. it way a bomb last night. i didn't know you knew that much about it. so, that was great. so, i want to thank you, supervisors, that recognized mr. mandela, president mandela.

i'm from chicago and the mayor -- the original mayor, daly of chicago, made every employee's name in the city. 30,000 employees, he knew every one of their names. it's a pleasure to see one of my supervisors knowing her local street sweeper's name. and i love she knew a couple other street sweeper's name. he ran for election 12 times and got reelected 12 times. [speaker not understood] a lot of it was because he knew everybody's name. so, thank you for that. you know, i do walking tours among other thing. a lot of people are asking me why are our young african-american brothers on the corner of [speaker not understood] selling crack or whatever. well, partially because of ban in the box. we go two blocks further and people are asking me why is twitter headquarters looking like jury ~ jurassick park [speaker not understood].

they ask mandela, they said, we thank you for dignifying the black man, but you edved apartheid. he said, i didn't dignify the black man. i dignified the white man. maybe we can apply this to twitter. >> thank you very much. next speaker. ~ [speaker not understood] my name is eugene gordon, jr. the state challenges public ownership means of production, evidence confrontation [speaker not understood] imperialism followers, embracing managers of [speaker not understood] contest continuum [speaker not understood] for clarification and logic. what is known about nazis, fascism in argentina [speaker not understood] and now in 2013 pope from argentina. i did not memorialize religion

[speaker not understood] pious dictatorship. the state so much an effort to convince itself self-destructs. instead, the people voted for [speaker not understood]. contraction expansion, rotation, gravity, periodic table of elements life. as implied, education physics, quantum fizz i can chemistry, [speaker not understood] to answer inability of the state [speaker not understood] public ownership of means of production and minimal work time, medical health [speaker not understood] recognition and exchange for all healthy-based needs, educate material logic, redress internationally vote to end the state capital currency

provided by the exchange class system, racism, [speaker not understood], military, [speaker not understood], corruption of education values. >> thanks. next speaker. i'm not sure what the protocol is. i made 13 copies, one for each of the supervisors. >> our clerk can help circulate that. thank you. good afternoon, supervisors, here in this beautiful room, and tribute to nelson mandela. i have a much more unhappy story to tell. my name is steve lindsay. i have bipolar type 1, one of the most vile form of mental illness there is. i'm here to describe one of the experiences i've had in one of the most vile places i've been.

it's called the l-7 unit run by the sheriff's department. it's simply described as s.f. general hospital on their website. not too many people know, but what goes on there. if they did, i don't think they'd stand for it. i call it the snake pit. i haven't seen a movie, but it's that kind of experience. it's a unit that's run with little humanity. i've shared these experiences with patients rights advocate. she was appalled. i don't know what the jurisdiction is between the board and the sheriff's department, but i know there is some. so, let me tell you a little bit about who i am. i'm a 54-year old white policy analyst with a masters in public policy from u.c. berkeley. the relevance of that is

twofold. first, i provided some recommendations about closing l-7 and what to do about it. second, i ask you to imagine the increased vulnerability of the less educated and people of color who are probably the ones who mostly fill that unit. i mean, even for me it is hard just to get here. i've been meaning to come for weeks, but i just couldn't do it. so, i've provided a copy of a five-page document. in the time remaining i'm going to describe my personal experiences. which constitute legal abuse, prisoner abuse, and sadism, psychiatric abuse, psychiatric care, there isn't any. you never see a psychiatrist. i asked a psychiatrist to come see me. i said, look, i broke a cup. i didn't try to commit suicide.

she said, it's a done deal. that's the level of care that's provided. legal abuse, it's guilty until proven [inaudible]. that's my second one? >> it is. thank you. thank you for listening. >> thank you. next speaker. good afternoon. i have two comments, right. the first one is about the jail phones. i don't know if you guys are aware of it, but exploitation is not even adequately describe that. but when you put money on the phone, they charge you $5 to put the money on there. but when you make your call -- >> excuse me, sir, you are giving public comment on an agenda that we have already had public comment on and that we have already voted on and under

our board rules you are not allow today do that. but if you have other issues, if you want to talk about other thing more broadly, you're welcome to do that. you guys can look into that, though, but i'm really here about the [speaker not understood] education i prepared a statement and i request that you give me an extra minute so i can finish my statement. the hardest thing to do is to accept the truth, especially when you've been living a lie your whole life. the majority of our african-american people that know nothing of our own culture, heritage, and history and the myth of perfection. our universe is perfect and that all things are the result of universal order. so, we are right where we should be in this moment of our history. we cannot wait another monday for what is truth and correct for african-american people. if you don't know where you came from, it's no way to know

where you're going. and it's why the lacy t. edward commission is necessary and very critical at this stage of our development and growth. nature dictates that everything that affects me will adversely affect you as well. trust me. it's far cheaper to teach african history or continue to [speaker not understood] this or that until one day we stop killing one another. realize, nothing from nothing leaves nothing. unequivocally, i was born with an obligation to the african community with the full force of the universe at the helm of my spirit, which is my bright shining light. vision is my gift [inaudible]. >> thank you very much. that's your two minutes, sir. that's my two minutes? thank you very much. >> thank you very much. anyway, i would like to say deputy gang worked for the

sheriff's department 20 years. she lost her only son to youth violence. you know what i mean? you should seriously -- i submitted it -- >> thank you, sir. in 2011. and no one got back to me. so, i mean, that's really sad. i think you guys should address -- >> thank you very much, sir. next speaker. thank you. have a wonderful day. i'll come back. dear board of supervisors, my name is shannon bryant. i am here on behalf of many parents who are concerned about the possibility of having wi-fi installed in our parks in san francisco. as residents of san francisco and parents of young children, we do not want wi-fi in our children's parks and we ask you to refrain from accepting google's monetary gift, a gift that would fund the implementation of wi-fi in our city's parks. [speaker not understood] san francisco, our sanctuary of

clean air, nature, beautiful space for our residents, visitors, and particularly our children. the parks need to remain in its preserved state. even the smallest amount of unnecessary radiation emissions from wi-fi is unacceptable for our grown children and peg inapt women who fill our parks every day. industry standards have often been misguided and collected once time gives an accurate picture of the impact on our housing and environment. our children cannot afford to [speaker not understood] for such correction. and we also ask this question. do we really want to create an environment where the general public, parents, caregivers are sitting at their computers connecting to the internet instead of connecting with nature and children? our parks are for going online and consuming products instead of playing in the grass and climbing a tree. we don't. i chose a quote from paul

graham, founder -- i'll wrap it up then. i won't say his quote. you can look it up. >> you have 24 seconds left. dear supervisors, it is not a gift to the children and people of san francisco to have wi-fi in our parks. please [speaker not understood] when you are making decisions that impact the emotional and physical well-being of our children and community of san francisco. thank you so much for listening. >> thank you. next speaker. thank you for hearing my perspective on a proposal to install wi-fi connectivity in our city parks. i am a san francisco city resident and parent and i represent parents who do not want this. please let me paint through possible scenarios for you if wi-fi is indeed installed in our parks. ten years from now, long-term studies conclude that the

increase in rf emissions in our family environment adversely affects developing fetuses. number two, a man who was at the playground with charges, while she was watching a dvd, her toddler under her care falls off the high [speaker not understood] and is permanently brain damaged. number three, a parent regularly takes his child to the playground and despite the child's [speaker not understood] to play with her, he keeps working on his laptop. without consistent and frequent eye to eye development, the [speaker not understood]. these scenarios seem extreme however they are well within the realm of possibility. please let our parks remain a sanctuary for renewal, connection, and safe care for us and for our children. thank you very much. >> thanks.

next speaker. hello, good evening. my name is [speaker not understood]. in my opinion, nelson mandela, harvey milk and martin luther king are standing right now holding the hand of joseph [speaker not understood]. they cry out, where is the justice for a dead gay man who used to work for the city and county of san francisco? mandela suffered 27 years in prison. it's 13 years and counting for joseph [speaker not understood]. from my way of looking at it, we have mandela, king, and milk on one side. we have the board of supervisors and the mayor's office on the other side. let's see what happens in future history and see who wins.

sooner or later, [speaker not understood]'s death will be developed and it will be utter shame for those who have made it wait 13 years and counting. so, if you want a legacy, you go do what you think is right. in regards to what i just witnessed, the man standing in front of me had to leave because he couldn't stand waiting for all this discussion. you have deprived his right of democracy. shame on you. what i saw happening was an extreme example of bad manners and rudeness. the people standing here are your bosses and you just basically [speaker not understood] the finger to them. so, i'm putting that on the record. and secondly, thursday's cancellation of that meeting is a real joke. you tell me you have nothing to do? what about america's cup, 5.5

million, what about gm sale stock, 10-1/2 billion lost by obama? and why don't you help the poor people everywhere by having a [speaker not understood] hearing on obamacare? [inaudible]. >> thank you very much. next speaker. good afternoon, members of the board of supervisors. my name is [speaker not understood]. i'm the director of parent [speaker not understood] with the children's council of san francisco and i'm speaking on item 32, the resolution sponsored by supervisors yee, mar and kim supporting the current child care development resource and referral program service area in san francisco. the children's council of san francisco supports this resolution and thanks to sponsoring supervisors for [speaker not understood] the resolution. children [speaker not understood] [speaker not

understood] child care providers around children's needs for almost 40 years in this city without the need of dividing our service area into zip codes. as she stated, the last thing we want to do is turn a family away telling them to have to go to woo yee or telling them to have to go to children's council to get any services. we hope the california department of education child development division reconsiders this to divide san francisco into zip code areas and we ask that you adopt the resolution today in support of keeping the current system. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. good afternoon. mr. president, members of the board, my name is supervisor chris daly orv doll. ~ christopher doll. i rise to continue my comment of being flooded out of my apartment. remember green land will melt in 50 years yielding 50 feet of sea level rise.

i did offer a plan to fix this involving a carbon accounting regime of water use and replenishment regime and the new research regime. remember, the key phrase, free energy for freshwater growing new trees. california can do it alone. why would california even be interested? because of the water. if i asked central california farmer or a southern california housing developer how much more water can you use, there would be no limit. the answers would always be more, more water. we simply require new development of any kind to use only dee sail nated water and then provide this new industry with a tax incentive to find it ~ -- to fund it like any other

public utility. and i do want to wish madam clerk the best of health and tea always helps. >> thank you. next speaker. tom gilberti [speaker not understood] apartments. two aprils ago, april 17th exactly, [speaker not understood] an anniversary of my april 17th speaking at the planning commission at the eastern neighborhoods about 55 and 45 noyes. i said i wanted to have a conversation with the board and the next time i came to city hawley talked about how toxic the market rate apartments in this city are because i wanted to express that 10% rent increases each year, it's a difficult situation. they do not breed a healthy

community. they do not breed healthy homes. they are first and foremost a vehicle for investors to make money. at the same time what the viewers at home didn't know is i was leaving messages on the staff of the supervisors about noise episodes that we were having. [speaker not understood] unit on top of a warehouse and one was a emergency generator from across the street. it's hard to bring noise into chambers. i do leave a message on a machine hoping that maybe a staff member can listen to it and hear it instead of seeing the weird noise on a piece of paper. this weekend we had another event where i left messages. this was a construction site across the street that was going on with four, six weeks of noise and i started leaving noise on your machines.

i got a quick education about noise. they can go from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. seven days a week including holidays. i think it's a bit too generous. and there's more, but that would be for another time. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. yes it is. thank you. evidently [speaker not understood] co-chair health board of san francisco. interesting, we had our retreat last weekend where all the board members came together to look at what are the issues, mental health mental issues we should consider for the next year for our monthly meeting. and one of the issues that came up was the issue of evictions, affordability, the housing crisis. it really is a crisis. why is that a mental health

issue? well, if you can't afford housing, it certainly does damage your mental health and damages your sense of mental wellness. but it's bigger than that. it's also all the nonprofits that provide services to those who need mental health services. these nonprofits are losing their leases. they're being evicted. it's not just tenants that are being evicted. it's the providers of human services, of mental health services. these people, these organizations are losing their agency, their ability to operate in the city. this is a big problem. i want to applaud supervisor avalos for his legislation. i want to applaud supervisor kim and others for mentioning this issue, for mentioning it is a crisis. we need a broad-based solution. we need -- i agree we need to remove the incentive for ellis act evictions. we need to remove the incentive to to merge units together. ~ all that helps. i think we need something even

bigger. we need to even look at what's called -- what they call the inclusionary requirement when you build new property. there is something wrong with that. the formula is wrong. money is paid into a trust -- a housing trust fund instead of providing on-site affordable units. that housing trust fund, the money paid in is not enough to provide the replacement [speaker not understood] that would cost between 5 to $600,000 to actually build a unit in a high-rise. what's paid into the trust fund doesn't come close to replacing those units. so, that has to be looked at. [speaker not understood] should be revised. [inaudible]. >> thank you very much. next speaker. the crisis the same. yesterday, today, and forever. i remember when [speaker not understood] leon salve a tore was installed here not too long ago and many of the supervisors ~ came out and said it wasn't

right for him, he didn't have the authority to deny them communion because of them being homosexuals. i'm a protestant. without getting into the real differences we have with the roman catholic church, let me say this, all right. sunday we took the lord's supper and the bible talks about how a wife should obey and submit to her husband, and my wife was not in perfect obedience to me. so, i didn't allow her to take the lord's supper. and in our church, the husband or the church itself can deny communion to a congregant if they believe it's the will of god. now, you're laughing david campos. you think this is funny? god doesn't. but there is really -- listen, the bible is the word of god. and i'm going to say something shocking. when i preach on the street, this really gets a rise out of them and i don't do it to do

that. i do it to explain what god means. see, jesus hates hypocracy and there is really no essential difference between two lesbians that go to church and even go to a bible study every week and yet don't want to hear what the word of god says about lesbianism and a professing christian that goes to church every sunday and a bible study every week and doesn't want to hear what the word of god says about a semis i have and obedient wife. submissive and obedient wife ~. the bible says sarah obeyed abraham and called him lord. on the day of judgment, folk, i'm telling you the word of god says everything you've done and said and thought will be weighed in the balances. >> thank you very much. are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment? seeing none, general public comment is now closed. [gavel]