lived in her home on diamond street since 1949 until the day of her death and she is able to stay at her home until she passed. she raised children there and was just surrounded by many many loved ones, friends and family until the very end. she was an amazing lady and i know that many many people in the neighborhood will miss her. i also have a memoriam which i am cosponsoring with kim bobby baker who passed away. she was born in memphis tennessee and overcame many challenges before moving to san francisco area in 1992. she served as the west

coast regional ministries and lay minister and transgender minorities. her friends admired her ability for adversity. she is well-known at the tenderloin resource center and health. the wellness center in early 2013 of finding a home for her many talents and for her passion. bobby jean worked tirelessly to help people that were falling through cracks in society. she had a unique sense to find members in need. she survived by family and many many friends and clients in san francisco and the bay area and many people are in mourning for her passing. along with supervisor kim, i would like to adjourn the meeting in her memory. the rest i submit. >> the clerk: thank you supervisor wiener. supervisor yee? supervisor norman yee: thank

you madam clerk. first i want to thank supervisor kim's comments and taking a lead on submitting the resolutions that i'm coauthoring with her with supervisor avalos. the three main strategies that we are going to really get to the zero tolerance which is the street improvement piece, enforcement piece and education piece. all three of these strategies many of us are already aware of them, certainly in the district 7 pedestrian safety plan that report that i help put together this past year pointed out those three strategies. today i'm introducing a resolution along with supervisor's kim and avalos to create an action plan. let's go beyond, we are going to take a leap into the attempt to get us to zero. and

so we want to have this pedestrian safety public awareness targeting the vehicle driver's and pedestrians. a lot of times we talk about this pedestrian safety awareness plan, people toned think it's all about what pedestrians should be doing. certainly that is an important piece of the ingredient, but a lot of times we skip the fact that well, we can do a lot better, in fact we can do something because we have not done much of anything when it comes to targeting in the drivers themselves in terms of the education piece and what their responsibilities are. you know, in 2013 was the most fatal year in the past 5 years with 20 pedestrian deaths recording in san francisco. we have seen an unprecedented number of accidents along with

enforcement and better infrastructure education is a need to prevent these injuries. i'm hoping to get started the education piece within the next month or so. in district seven we wanted to do some pilot program. we are asking students in our public schools to participate as crossing guards. right now there is two schools that have shown a strong interest and we are hoping to take it off. why i was interested in doing that is really the education piece where you start educating children at a young age about what their responsibilities are, not only as a pedestrian but when they get older as a driver. so that's my attempt. and what we are finding out and maybe everybody might know this, but for people that don't know this, speed is responsible

for 10 times the number of pedestrian injuries in san francisco, more than driving under the influence. a lot of people think it's about driving, but it's speed. 60 percent of the injuries occur in intersection. our public needs to be aware of this. too often people are not yielding to oncoming pedestrians. we need a shift that will require everyone to pay attention to the streets. san francisco is ranked as having the highest total rates of fatalities and major injuries to pedestrians and bicyclist by both vehicle miles and by population. i know

we can do better. we are a city that knows how to do things so let's get it done. this will call on the transportation authority to convene a working group of pedestrian safety advocates and lead the major county departments. including the departments of public health, sf mta and san francisco police department to develop and action plan. within 90 days of this first meeting, an action plan of the public awareness campaign will be presented to the board. we have an unprecedented level of support coming from community members, the mayor's office and the board and our city departments. i am looking forward to making pedestrian accidents a thing of the past. after all, a few days ago in the paper, if you see see that san francisco is ranked is the no. 1 city where you want to have a baby, right?

unfortunately we keep losing children and families. one of the problems in san francisco is the safety issue. we want it to not be only ranked no. one, but we want to keep the babies in the city. the rest i submit. >> the clerk: thank you supervisor yee. supervisor avalos? supervisor john avalos: thank you. i have a memoriam. michael faye he passed away. he had 13 children. he survived by his beloved wife of 46 years maryland. he was a resident of

he graduated from sacred heart high school and a dedicated public servant. he was a local teamster for 85 years. mike -- raising his family in epiphany parish and served as president of the saint vincent society. he wouldn't trust anybody with his hair except the barber. he worked on geneva and mission and enjoyed many meals and the entire social club. he enjoyed a cup of coffee and

conversation with the locals. he was a great member of our neighborhood and opened his door to all and dubbed the guardian angel of the hood. the rest i will submit. >> thank you, supervisor avalos. supervisor breed? breed breed thank you, i have one in memoriam for ruby johnson. she was born in san francisco in 1951. she graduated from supervisor yee and my alma mater galleon high school. she worked for the police department and the traffic division until her retirement. after retiring she was the captain of the hunters point drummers and in the western edition. she also served on the committee and

organized the parade for 20 years. she leaves behind two daughters and seven grandchildren, many many friends and loved ones and she will be dearly missed. the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor david campos: thank you very much, madam clerk. i have a couple of items. the first item is a hearing request. i want to have a hearing at the government audit regarding the contracting process that was followed by the san francisco mta for the new hybrid buses which was approved by this board of supervisors on 2013. the very subject of this hearing is to get additional information on the contracting process that was followed and at the outset let me say one of the concerns i have is whether or not it is the best practice, a good idea to allow a vendor to deliver something that we are purchasing but we are spending

millions of dollars to purchase that item before the board of supervisors actually approves the purchase. i think as a matter of practice, as a matter of policy is not a good practice to allow for the delivery of an item that we want to purchase before the board of supervisors approves that item. i'm looking forward to that item in the oversight committee. the next item is something that i know that many of us have been contacted about and i think that all of us have been upset to see what's going on in the city right now. i am introducing a resolution and before i go into specifics i want to thank my cosponsors of the resolution, supervisor yee, farrell, wiener, chiu, mar and cohen. i'm introducing a resolution that makes it clear that here in the city and county of san francisco we do

not support the kind of false antiabortion message that are contained in banners that are currently lining up market street. the banners and i'm sure that many of you have seen them, abortion hurts women. that whatever your views are on the subject, that is misguided incorrect information. to the contrary, not only is abortion one of the safest medical procedures in the united states, but denied abortion care is what actually hurts women. when women are denied the right to make the very personal deeply personal and private medical decision about whether or not to have a child, their emotional economic educational and professional

satisfaction and success are threatened and limited when that choice is taken away from them. this is a resolution that understand the importance of making it clear that here in san francisco, we do trust women, we do respect women. i am proud to live in a city that respects the right of women to choose and we are proud that our city policies are consistent with protecting that right. we support women's reproductive health rights which include ready access to affordable and legal family planning services including abortion care. it is a fight that has been brought to people from outside san francisco. and my resolution specifically does three things. first, it puts

the san francisco board of supervisors on record as opposing the views on the banner and the message that will be portrayed at the antiabortion rally that is scheduled for this weekend. we have seen these rallies before and i think it's important for us as the elected body that sets policy for this city to be on the record underscoring our brief that we have to respect the right of women to choose for themselves what to do with their bodies. the second thing this resolution does is that it urges the city to the extent that there is a legal requirement that these banners be maintained. that any money that the city makes, any proceeds that come from these banners being up on market street, that those proceeds that that money be given by the city agency in this case to the department of public health so the money can be used to

education vulnerable populations about accurate and scientifically verifiable information regarding reproductive health and reproductive rights. one thing that is very disturbing to me is how these anti-choice activist always target low income women and we are seeing that in my district with planned parenthood. it's not, they seldom go to the wealthier parts of town. they go where they believe that they are able to intimidate people, women the most. the final thing that this resolution does is that it actually calls upon this city that we as city government actually engage in a review of our permitting process. we respect the 1st amendment right of people to speak for themselves what they think about this issue, but there is a process in place and there are rules that actually govern

what banners can go up on a city street like market and i know that many concerns have been raised about whether or not these banners have actually followed the rules and procedures that are in place. and to the extent that those rules and procedures have not be followed, we believe that the banners should be taken down if that is the case. so, i want to thank my colleagues for their cosponsorship of this resolution and the last thing that i want to do is introduce a hearing request in addition to this resolution so that we can have a more in depth discussion about the process and procedures that are followed by the department of public works regarding the permitting to hang these types of banners or city managed land post. the rest i submit. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor campos. president chiu. president david chiu: thank

you. i have a couple items for today. i'm introducing legislation for adjusting the temporary relocation payment for tenants using the consumer price index. currently there is a flat cap the tenants can receive for relocation in less that a month for constructions that are happening within buildings. this legislation would require the rent board to adjust and increase the cap annually using the cpi which is the cost inflation formulas which we are able to do understate law. also i'm introducing a legislation for comprehensive immigration reform. i want to thank supervisors campos and wiener for their cosponsorship. we have in the past presented immigration reform. last year reform was supposed to be passed. at this point congress

has not acted while too many families are being broken up and children taken way from their families. we heard stories of hotel workers and restaurant workers and laborers and janitors that were tragic. in fact within our local janitors community there have been literally hundred dollars -- hundred s of families deported. the legislation i introduce was calling for three things for president obama to stop the deportation of families. there has been 2 million deportation under the obama administration. secondly, to ask for the extension of childhood arrivals program and lastly it calls for the end of

the firings and termination of undocumented workers by ending employers sanctions. the last thing i want to say is thank our colleagues who have worked on vision zero and add myself as that cosponsor. wiener and i attended another memorial service in my district in chinatown and every single incident is too many. we are hoping we are able to achieve that in short order. >> the clerk: thank you mr. president, supervisor cohen. supervisor malia cohen: thank you. today i'm introducing a request with the sponsorship of supervisor breed and chiu on the fire department. last year my goal i asked for this audit

after hearing concerns about applicants and current members of the fire department about the recruitment policy, testing and promotion practices within the department. this audit also looked at the policy of mandatory over time. now, there are a number of recommendations that the audit has warranted and in these recommendations are to be taken very seriously and ensure that people hired are transparent and fair. additionally we need to have a more focused allocation about the resources between the fire department and ems personnel and the policy of mandatory over time before we proceed with the budget conversations. the rest i submit, thank you. >> thank you #9 the clerk: thank you. mr. president, that

conincludes introduction president david chiu: thank you. i would like to go to items 10-13. the clerk: items 10-13. certifying a final impact report for the proposed masonic center renovation project at 1111 california street. item 12 is the motion reversing the commission certification and item 13 is directing the clerk for finding. chiu thank you, colleagues in front of you today we have the appeal for the masonic renovation project at 1111 california street. for

this hearing we'll consider the adequacy and sufficient completeness of the final eir which all of you have copies. we'll hear from the appellants who have 10 minutes to describe the grounds for their appeal and we'll hear from the appellants and each speaker will have 2 minutes to present and then the presentation for grounds for certification and from planning left -- will have up to 10 minutes and on behalf of the real party and interest and finally the appellant will have up to three 3 minutes for a rebuttal. if there is anymore questions, i don't have any opening remarks, i certainly have perspectives on this project but certainly look forward hearing from the appellant and others with regards to this appeal. why don't we hear now from mr.

wallace. >> thank you mr. president, my name is james wallace. i'm here representing my client and the san francisco neighborhood and nob hill neighbors. as you know i don't usually appear before the board. i know you will give myself and my colleague vet elf many years. this project has for many years and many of you have voted on twice before, some of you will be the first time. it's had union support, neighbor support and opposition

from the neighborhood. but one thing i think is important here is that regardless of the support that the unions may have given or the settlement agreement may have, the city has to comply and the project still has to comply with all of the rules that are set before it. i got involved in this case because barrett a long time friend of mine regarding the liquor license. which i found was pretty lax code enforcement that shouldn't be going on. what i found was "avatar" foods, the third party vendor is seeking a liquor license on the basis of the 2012 conditional use approval that some of you voted on. as you

know the 2012 conditional use approval simply states that their non-conforming use can continue in existing format without any expansion or enlargement. clearly in my opinion and letters of determination that have been published by the planning department for years, the application for a liquor license requires it's own conditional use. i thought the conditional use or abc application was improperly moving forward. shortly thereafter, the eir was published. what i found in the eir was more los lax code enforcement and study in the eir and referenced significant impacts. the inaccuracies and other problems we found in the

eir which we briefed and commented on in the letters and other documents in record were found throughout the eir. today i would like to focus on one issue though among the many that we found. that is that the eir did not accurately and adequately describe the land and how it would be impacted by the proposed project as required by the initial study as ceqa's requirements. particularly about the inadequate analysis of special use in san francisco for 27 years and how those rules were being applied in this case for the large corporate user live nation at masonic. i heard there is currently issues today about the importance of protecting special use districts. i think the same problems and issues arise at the knob hill special use

district. however to be sure i wasn't completely off base and because i'm so old, i contacted some of my friends who have worked in the planning department for years. one of the people i contacted was bob pass more who you will hear from shortly. bob was the zoning administrator for the city for 34 years, wrote most of the zoning interpretations that we rely on today and he confirmed my views. let's look at the proposed project itself. we have to start with the 1953 stipulation that the masonic center made and the san francisco planning commission code adopted in its resolution that it will be used for the masonic temple. we can't condone use due to lax enforcement because nobody paid attention. over time the masonic was rezoned in the knob

hill use districts. the masonic zone continued to be a non-conforming use. whether it's permitted non-conforming use or unpermitted non-conforming use. today we know it is a non-conforming use. the other issues is that the masonic sits in the zoning distribution and knob hill special use district which doesn't allow for entertainment which is what the masonic is seeking and finally the special use district only allows for special kinds of uses, hotels, restaurants and bars not for private clubs and accessory uses to those three other uses. no where is other entertainment allowed. what did the eir do with the situation? it studied

a land use scheme proposed by live nation that avoids the special use district. under project section 182b. the project sponsor scheme is to use section 182 to use it's non-conforming use to reach into the adjoining district and borrow the conditional use out of that district and bring that use other entertainment long sought into the knob hill that is not permitted and would effectively amend the knob hill zoning amendment. let me say the knob hill is trying to take a different use from a different neighborhood and bring it into the knob hill special use district by a different use not even with the text amendment. this is something the city has not done over the course of me career here at city hall for more than

27 years. such thinking would create a long stand in special use district and would allow non-conditional use permits to be the exception. if this would become a policy it would apply in all the force of all the districts. japan town, gary blvd and irving street and third street and xelsory. the interpretation dated may 1990 in your packet which says when a non-conforming use changes to another use such m