many years, my dad on the occasion of various birthdays would say to me, wow, nobody gets that old. [laughter] today's topic is new and more illegalities officially recognized at the library by the sunshine task force. last wednesday, march 5th, the sunshine ordinance task force voted unanimously 7 to nothing that the library commission had held an unlawful secret meeting in violation of san francisco's open government law. i might remind this body that you -- the sunshine ordinance is the official launch pad for the city on open government matters and all of the members are appointed by you, the supervisors. this finding is on a complaint filed by my group, library users association, following a hunch or curiosity on some

public records request. the library commission committed essentially an illegality upon an illegality. it discussed a letter and agreed to send it to a newspaper that was working on a story about friends of groups, including friends of san francisco public library. and what did this letter say? well, it was written to support the city librarian luis herrera with respect to his acknowledge many of unlawful filingses to the california state fair political practices commission ~. he had affirmed under penalty of perjury that he had received no gifts from anyone and did so for three years in a row when in fact he had received thousands of dollars from friends of s.f.p.l. i ask the supervisors to hold a hearing on library accountability, policy practices and procedures. thank you. >> next speaker.

good afternoon. dr. espinola jackson. happy birthday. mostly of you are the same age as my children. i hate to come and sometimes spank you to do the right thing. i would like to say that there are a lot of problems in my community, which is in district 10. the shipyard housing that is being built, there was never an e-i-r done. and the fact that that area is so toxic, and what is happening here at san francisco city hall is that we have you all [speaker not understood] policy that you should be making. and i would like for you all to start holding hearing dealing with the mia. you see, we in my community are not going to be able to move in

thea fordable housing, so-called affordable because we do not make $48,000 a year. you have to look at what do the citizens of san francisco make? not those people that come into san francisco work, and take our tax dollars out. and what you are doing is making sure that none of us -- i've been in san francisco for 71 years and there is no way that i could afford to move into any affordable housing that they are saying here. we need to look at the fact that these commissioners that are rubber stamps to the redevelopment agency and the policies that are being made dealing with the grants that we receive in 1992 -- and i mention that had to you all before. these grants are being used but not the communities the grants were granted for. they are still coming to city hall and there needs to be an investigation. you all need to check on what's going on in this city because the housing is a mess. it's really a big mess. and thank you so very much. and i would like for you all to

put the number on me, but i want you all to check into all of these things that 40% of my people are [speaker not understood]. (applause) >> thank you. next speaker. supervisors, in this auguste chamber, the least you can do is provide us that podium where we can speak as we spoke -- a we used to speak for a long time. the least you can do is search that podium because this is like a mickey mouse thing. i was listening to you all. if y'all want to have saturday live [speaker not understood] of this board of chambers, y'all can have it privately, have it taped. but what i feel seriously about the chamber is that, having attended so many meetings for the last 30 years, is that it's going from bad to worse.

and you know that, but we speak about this, that and the other. but i wonder if y'all are compassionate enough to really know the impact of the constituents of san francisco. a lot of them are hurting. and it looks as if joking and jokesters is like fodder for agenda. we are given just two minutes, but y'all run, run, run, run, run your mouths, on what? do you really represent the constituents of san francisco? i doubt so. so, i don't come here that often. i don't have to. i can write about you all. but i come here sometimes so that i can look y'all in the eye and tell you all that you are not doing a good job. so, some of you will be going to the state assembly, more power to y'all.

there is one supervisor that fought for a [speaker not understood] center at 3450 third street. and now that doctor jumped ship and has given it to this other person and y'all just approved of that. let us give our children the best wellness center, not a contaminated area that the wellness center is situated [inaudible]. thank you very much. i prepared my thoughts today. you know, jesus said when you have lifted up the son of man, then shall you know that i don't do anything of myself, but as my father has taught me, i speak these things. and my father is with me, he's with me because i always do those things that please him. well, when mary and joseph, the blessed virgin mary and joseph

took christ to offer the sacrifice as was required by the law of moses, simeon lifted up the baby and i envision in my mind's eye him holding the baby high like christ was going to be on the cross, and he told mary, he said, that a sword shall pierce your own soul also. and that was because when mary saw jesus, she remembered that he what perfect. he he was a good boy, perfect teenager. doubtless she said to the other sick children, mark 6:3. why can't you be like jesus in she couldn't resist that temptation. why can't you be like jesus. jesus was righteous. he was totally righteous. and it says -- simeon said that a sword will pierce your own soul also so that, what? so that the hearts of many shall be revealed and it's on the cross that the hearts of

many are revealed because really it's an indictment against the entire human race. it's not just the homosexuals and the child molesters and the rapers and the murderers and terrorists and terrorists that work for the fbi that are going to hell. by the way, if you want to learn about that, that's on info wars.com and you can buy a video about the terrorists that work in the fbi called a noble lie, alex jones interviewed many of the cops that said their lives were threatened by the fbi if they didn't stop the investigation. but all this is coming out on the judgment day, folks. and if you don't come to christ, whether you're an ordinary individual or whether you work for the government [inaudible]. hello? >> thank you very much. next speaker. good afternoon, president chiu and supervisors.

♪ whenever you need me i'll be city there whenever you need a city and you're fair and if you really care i'll be there i'll be around in your city town whenever you want me i'll be there whenever you need me ~ need a city and you care whenever you share and i'll be there i'll be city around in your city town just call me on the city telephone i'll be there and i'll be around even if i have to crawl on the city ground in your city town i'll be around just call me on the city hall phone and i'll be there and even if i have to crawl i'll be there i'll be around ♪

and one last thing, supervisor avalos. ♪ happy birthday looks like you made it happy birthday supervisor avalos supervisor avalos, look like you made it look like you made it looks like happy birthday you made it ♪ (applause) >> next speaker. [speaker not understood], please, thanks. good evening. i just came to kind of talk about the whole like ride share sort of community, like ride share thing. i've been like a pedi cab driver in san francisco for like three years. you know, that's all regulated. and i just switched to becoming a taxi driver, you know, pay

the city like quite a bit of change. and, you know, now like i ride my bike and i'll see like ubers lifts, and taxises, i'll pull over for someone waving. you know, i'm like these companies, they're just kind of like out there advertising facebook pan door a getting people on board with this new program. ~ i don't know what the point of this is. it's like there are so many cars out there and, like, come like sports like the giant star plane, like over by the stadium, i know the pedi cabs, taxis and town cars, it's really tough. you know if there's no regulationses like there is on the pedi cabs ~, you know, i feel it's just going to keep growing. and we had problems, like we had a problem with the company from i think san diego came to

like start a pedi cab company without the proper insurance, you know, proper driver safety stuff, got in accidents. but then they had to leave. and, you know, i just kind of feel like maybe like you guys can like -- i know you have to work on some stuff. appreciate that. and i just want to say it's kind of hot in here. and, yeah, cool. >> next speaker. good afternoon, my name is michael petrelis. i have here the san francisco chronicle from sunday. the newspaper ran two photos taken of private individuals inside the public rest room at the main library. i have written to the city librarian whos responded this morning and said that no

permission was given ~ to the chronicle to violate the privacy of the three individuals in the two photographs. these photographs were taken by a commercial for-profit corporation. they have appeared not only in print, but also on the web. the city librarian informed me that the chronicle not only didn't ask for permission, but they have violated two rules of conduct about the library. you cannot take pictures in the library without permission. here the chronicle has done that. i also must address the potential for violating the state penal code, specifically section 6 47 j, subsection 1, which prohibits the taking of pictures in public rest rooms. i would like to know from the

city attorney, the police department, and the district attorney what is being done to investigate the photographer lia fasuki for violating subsection 6 47 j subsection 1. this is not okay. these women in these pictures have had their privacy violated by a for-profit corporation. i think this is a matter for this board because the library is developing new rules of conduct and they should apply to the chronicle as well as to the homeless. thank you. >> thanks. next speaker. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is douglas yip and i'm back for another dose of reality.

first item, state senator ron calderon and former senator [speaker not understood] calderon are in big trouble. i'd like to thank our federalies for that because rumor has it that california does have political corruption. since the problem in detroit and new orleans seems to be under control, hopefully we'll get some more help in this great state. second item, i'd like to thank chris roberts of the examiner for his article dealing with the mismanagement of the puc, specifically in regards to the mountain tunnel. seems like the city doesn't have any money to reconstruct it. but the current dead man's curse [speaker not understood] it didn't surprise me that the tunnel had some sort of rupture and there goes all the precious water to waste. and we have nobody to blame but the mayor's office and the

board of supervisors because, safari could research it, that problem hasn't even been discussed, yet chris roberts can discuss it in an article. third, [speaker not understood] chief medical examiner to step down. from when i looked into it, seems like it was a long drawn out process. and as usual, the mayor's office and the board of supervisors did not -- did not take the lead on that. also like to put on the record that the subject of homosexual crime still needs to be dealt with, specifically the priest in the catholic church. we've heard enough about sandusky and penn state. but i think there are too many gay victims that need protection. so, please talk about homosexual crime. and also san francisco general, as usual, is in the headlines for obviously the wrong reasons. thank you. >> next speaker.

[speaker not understood]. is it on? can you hear me? yes. okay. john [speaker not understood] from san francisco. [speaker not understood] ten suggestions. number one, beauty. i can't always describe it, but i know it when i see it. number two, strive for better, but learn contentment. number three, adjust to reality with a higher goal in mind. number four, have mutual respect for yourself and others. number five, don't make a mockery out of the spectacular and talented. equality does not make you just as talented. number six, don't sacrifice

advancement for comfort and conformity. number seven, [speaker not understood] for survival that fits the times. number eight, try to make time -- some try to make time stand still by making everything equal and alike. and number nine, it will help us get there is our brain instincts and harmony [speaker not understood] evolutionary instincts. van bruggetion, we develop our brain instincts by experiencing through time [speaker not understood]. and our evolutionary instincts by physically evolving through time. and number ten, have we turned love into a commercial success in this country? question: >> next speaker.

thank you, mr. president. members. my name is christopher doll. i live on howard street, sea level plus 40 feet. i rise to offer some personal background and philosophical foundation for my thinking and observations. [inaudible]. i lost my second card, which is silly, but it's my biography. i should know this. i was born august 8th, 1947, which makes me 66, older than all of you including mr. yee who has done something that i hope to do, which is find a new job after the age of 60. i will tell everybody if 70 is the new 40, in about four-year. i expect so actually.

i was born in duluth, minnesota, 137 west wynona street, my mother's house. i was -- the birth was attended by a midwife. my grandmother had lost her index finger chopping wood during the depression. the reason i was born at home was my father was -- had decided to stay in the marine corps, having been a marine later during world war ii. and decided that the marine corps was going to serve his needs well. and unfortunately the marine corps didn't extend to actually provide independence benefits so that we could have a hospital birth. i need to organize my notes better next time. oh, my [speaker not understood] for this one. my appearances before you are youtube channel

called sfbrscom, san francisco board of supervisors public comment. you're welcome to peruse. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker. thank you, supervisors. mark gruberg, with san francisco taxi drivers. i want to thank supervisor mar for the hearing he called last week over concerns about the operations of personal ride services. i wanted to follow-up on that. first, it's clear that although the state public utilities commission commission has asserted jurisdiction over these companies, it's the city's vital interests that are here at stake. safety and protection of residents and visitors, ensuring adequate service to the disabled, protecting the environment against pollution and congestion, ensuring the well-being of taxi drivers, low-income largely immigrant work force, and the health of the taxi industry which is an essential component of the

city's transportation services. second, it's important to understand that these services could not exist without the underpinning of a taxi system that is obligated to serve the public as a whole, accept payments of all kinds, and pro he vied service at an affordable cost at all times. ~ provide so, you can't allow the one to devour the other. it reminds me of the birds that lay their egg in another bird's nest. the chicks that don't belong are fed by the parents unknowingly. eventually they push out the birds that belong in the nest. the parents here is the government. thirdly, these ride services are taxis and everything, but name under state law, cities and counties have the exclusive authority to regulate cabs. the cpc is [speaker not understood]. can't override state law. once you acknowledge that these

are taxi services, you have not only the right, but the obligation to regulate them. this is a safety issue, a disabilities issue, an environmental issue and maybe most profoundly a labor issue. in every one of these areas san francisco has stood at the forefront. it's high time for you to take the lead again. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. supervisors, brian basinger from the eighth housing land. thank you, supervisor campos and all of the co-sponsoring supervisors, for the legislation to gather information about sexual orientation and gender identity protections in housing developer seeking to build housing in san francisco. in every crisis i always find the opportunity, and i think that san francisco's housing crisis, we have an opportunity to leverage what we've learned and the values that we've developed in san francisco and help spread those to san franciscans who have been displaced and winding up all

across the country due to our housing crisis. and, you know, think for a moment about if you were being displaced from san francisco and had an erosion of your rights. and some time people who are -- i'm so privileged with their rights it's sometimes hard to understand what that feels like. but imagine if other states in our nation still had legal prohibitions against inter racial marriage and imagine if you were getting evicted from san francisco and winding up in a state where you lost your right to marry. and that's what's happening to lgbt people. we are being displaced from san francisco and winding up in places where we he don't have marriage rights or we don't have employment protections, where we don't have protections against discrimination and housing, where we don't have hiv services. this is what's really happening to people. and, so, imagine what that feels like, and especially when you're moving is not a choice, it's something that's being

imposed upon you. and that feels awful. and, so, we have to do whatever we can to try to send a message out to people across the country that we still care for them, we still feel for them. and that we're still moving in a positive direction. and i think we have the opportunity to do this with this legislation here. it's going to have profound impacts across our nation because we're going to use the incredible profits that developer are able to make in san francisco to change and improve their protection across the country. and i think it's going to happen relatively easily. so, i think this is going to be a victory and it's going to be a win. and it's something that i think we're all going to be very proud of. and ten years ago i'm on my first piece of legislation to the board of supervisors, [speaker not understood], i got sean elsbernd and alioto-pier

to vote for our condo conversion and i hope [speaker not understood]. thank you for your help. (applause) >> thank you. next speaker. good afternoon, supervisors. happy birthday, mr. avalos. i'm here because i live in district 6 and they've been having a lot of problems with the elevators throughout the to. i know you guys are pretty busy and you do all you can do, and sometimes you need help. you need someone to help you do the leg work. one of the problems is i stay at the heartland. they have an elevator problem that's been plagued with elevator problems since 2009. the elevator has been out now, it's completely down. they are working on the ong clause which is oil and grease. what is disturbing is that [speaker not understood] says

-- mention about the safety of the ambulance and the threats and how much times it take for the fire department to respond. well, they're taking these fire engines out of service, calling them to take them -- carry them upstairs to their unit. that's not right. and for five minutes, that can cost somebody's life. and i contacted ms. kim's office . she did get on it today, but you need to stay on top of it because if this is going to continue on, you're going to have to take an aggressive approach. and that is a $16.50 per day to each tenant along as the elevator is down and that's the only way they're going to understand. and the city is going to have to impose the fine and get on top of it because this is happening all over and it's getting ready to be pipelined and this is what's happening, going throughout. thank you very much.

hello. [speaker not understood] activist. happy birthday, chief. one thing i might put in my number of thing, i think i was actually going through prep school when the term nerd actually started to be coined. and at that time it was people who -- there's was a time when the slide rule was replaced by the pocket calculator. those were the people who had your nerd bag. i've got one here, strangely. i would say if there is anything that would define what a nerd is, it would be someone going around saying, decision making, data driven decision making. [laughter] that sounds pretty nerdy to me. you know, there's a lot of times there's a lot of data and some of it fits and some of it

doesn't. but at the end of the day what helps a lot is the public comment. the actual experiences of people. i'll say something about homelessness and the situation, that there just aren't enough resource he. i defy anyone to say we are. there is going to be a movement to add more resources to more supportive housing. we've all got people who don't fit in our buildings because they're just not functional enough and they wind up in the shelters or homeless. if there is going to be a move to add more resources to that, then let's drive some data. >> thank you. next speaker. hello, my name is [speaker not understood] and i want to honor women's month. and yesterday would have been harriet tub man would have been 101 ~, 1820, born in 1820 and she started the underground railroad.

and you know it's amazing because we didn't get to vote in 1920, 100 years. but [speaker not understood] harriet tub man-made sure we didn't have slavery when we had gold out here in 1849, she was born in 1820. but this also shows that somewhere between harriet tub man ~ and here, if men could stood up the way these men stood up for the community, the black panther and the gray panthers did, we wouldn't have to worry with people going in and out of hotel trying to loose this in our room. what we're going through in san francisco, we need to face it. the hotel, the elevators, those things go on in these districts ~. and the poor people, especially poor people, s-r-o people, low-income, the new bmi is 1300, [speaker not understood] give you $900 to get a one-bedroom. so, the