services. and in large part the answer i got is because they don't want a stabilization bed at the julian hotel or the civic center hotel or the page hotel. and if you have visited any of these hotels, they suck. they're horrible places. i would rather sleep on the street than be in a bed bug ridden stabilization bed in one of these hotels which are poorly managed and have tons of dpi violation and it's shocking to me that we he spend city dollars supporting terrible landlords. so, that is why one of the things that i talked about, supervisor farrell, there is a strong commitment from dph that we really contract with responsible property owners that are going to offer clean, safe places for people to live. and once we are able to showcase that to a lot of folks on the street, a lot more people are going to be willing to accept the services and help that we're offering. but frankly, some of the things that we've been offering in the past are just not places that i think any of us would want to spend a night in. so, that's one thing. the second issue with the

medical respite center that we've had kind of longer discussionses with dph about is how do you create welcoming spaces for people? a lot of concerns that people have who are struggling with mental health is that they actually know that they're struggling with mental health and they actually want support and services, but the way that we provide the support and services are often in these very cold mandatory like we're forcing you to do this, this, and this. and none of us in this room want to be forced to do anything. like if we were in that situation, we wouldn't want to walk into an environment where we knew against our will these are the things we had to go through in order to get services. so, how do we provide a different type of environment that's more opening and welcoming that's a 24-hour center that can be a respite where we can build relace ship and trust with people on the street that are struggling with mental health and know that they're struggling with mental health? i think there are actually very few individuals that don't want to accept services. i think that's something we often stereotype but it's actually a result of the type

of services that we have. so, i think that's an important part of the work group conversation, how can we pro he vied high-quality services and high-quality housing that is really something that's going to address the needs of people. and it's better than what they're currently getting. that's the one issue i wanted to address. the second is i do want to concur with a lot of my colleagues about how this process should normally take place in the budget cycle. i think that we're coming close to the june budget and i completely get that this is normally a conversation we would have then. we have so many priorities as a board. homelessness is one of them, affordable housing, public education, street cleaning, trees, all of these things come up pitted against each other in the june cycle. so, my philosophical preference is we would have this conversation then and we would have a solid plan in place in terms of the types -- the menu of options that we're providing through this. in the end, i think i came to the decision to support this today because i would support this dollar amount in june.

and in many ways i feel we're setting aside a dollar amount and hopefully the next couple months we'll have the conversation in terms of what is the most effective way to spend down those dollars. but i did want to acknowledge the concerns that came up. if that's a motion that supervisor cohen is making, happy to have the discussion on that motion. >> supervisor wiener. supervisor cohen. >> thank you very much. actually, i wanted to make a formal motion at the full board -- excuse me, that these funds go to the full board reserve so that we can all have an opportunity to, to, to discuss a detailed plan and actually if you think about the conversation we've just been having here in the last 20 minutes, it's been very fruitful. so, i'd like to make that motion that these funds be placed on the full board reserve. >> supervisor farrell. >> and i'm happy to support

that motion. i think dialogue amongst the 11 of us is awesome on this issue so i'm happy to support that. >> thank you. >> so, supervisor cohen has made a motion to put these funds in reserve, seconded by supervisor farrell. is there any discussion on this? supervisor wiener? no? colleagues, can we take that motion without objection? without objection that should be the case. [gavel] >> supervisor wiener. >> thank you. i want to also thank supervisor farrell for bringing this forward. one thing, and we talked about this as a committee. i want to say it as well today, that clearly we have a lot of different areas of approach to homelessness that we need to address and do better and resource better, at least for the areas that are working and not just assume that we need to increase resources for everything. we need to be very, very strategic about what's working and what's not working and focus our resources on the approaches to homelessness that

are actually working. i think sometimes in our budget process we have trouble doing that because it's hard to say no, but we need to be, i think, more strategic about how we fund homeless serve is he. and i am glad that supervisor farrell is really taking a fresh look at the ten-year homeless plan as well as the number of specific issues to i hope move us in a more strategic coordinated direction. but even though this supplemental is clearly not addressing every single issue that we need to deal with, it is clearly addressing a very urgent issue we have around homeless outreach. i know that i'm not alone in terms of what's happening in my district about where the crisis on our street and what we're seeing every day. and i am a big fan of the hot seat. when i came into office, one of

the first pieces of advice that bevan dufty gave me was to make sure to work with the hot team and the budget process because they do such amazing work in terms of what people are really experiencing on the street. and they don't have enough resources. and when you talk to them, they don't have the capacity to respond to everything that needs to be responded to. and i know that there are different parts of the city that experience this differently. and i will say that particularly in the castro upper market area, we do not get enough attention. i know there is so much going on a little further east that that takes up a lot of the capacity, the limited capacity we have. and so, we end up having just a lot of really problematic behavior on our streets and people who are in crisis that they need help, whether it's mental health care or health care in general or some sort of intervention, and we he don't seem to have the capacity to do that and so it falls to the police and the police try their best, but the police are not homeless outreach workers. and then you end up having to

have a police officer sit with someone at s.f. general for hours and hours, which is not the best use of limited police resources. so, i think that this is very, very important. i do agree with supervisor tang and supervisor kim that ideally we handle these in the broader -- in the broader budget process. i could think of a number of supplementals i'd like to bring like the fact we have homeless -- no park patrol officers in the city. so, our parks are getting trashed. i would love to do a supplemental to have more park patrol. i'm going to wait for the budget process, but i do believe that in this particular issue we are in crisis on our streets and we he need these outreach workers out there yesterday. so, i'm happy to support this. >> supervisor cohen. >> thank you very much, mr. president. there are two things that i wanted to interject in the conversation about folks, some of the feedback that i've heard and agree with from my time in the shelter, is that we've got to begin to address safety.

not only people's personal safety, but their physical belongings and ensure that we've got workers, staff persons that are in the shelters and doing the outreach that are culturally competent and that they're able -- that they're also speaking multiple languages. i know that they are, but i also know that sometimes it's a challenge to find talent in that area. and we need to figure out a way and see -- it's not a regional strategy of homelessness. there are counties around us that don't have a strategy and they send their folks to us for us to address. and if we develop an outstanding model, that's wonderful, but maybe we should be sending other counties our bill, but that's just an opportunity for the worker to begin to figure out and put some good thought to, and we need to also -- i just want to

stress cultural competency and safety as a number one priority as we begin to move forward in this discussion. thank you. >> supervisor yee. >> thank you, president chiu. i just want to say for the record that i really appreciate my colleagues' compassion and concerns about this issue. it's pretty obvious, everybody cares about this issue. and for anybody outside of this chamber to state otherwise, i think they're making a big mistake. i just wanted to support this supplemental request, and i think it's appropriate. >> any other comments, colleagues? with that, can we take a roll call vote on item 11. >> on item 11 as amended, supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye.

supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang no. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. there are 10 ayes, one no. >> the ordinance is finally passed. item 12. >> item 12 is an ordinance appropriating $3,243,752 of library preservation fund balance to the public library for the teen center project in fiscal year 2013-2014. >> roll call vote. >> on item 12, supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? mr. president? >> i'm sorry. aye. >> 12 aye, chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener?

wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. there are 11 ayes. >> the ordinance is passed on first reading. [gavel] >> colleagues, why don't we now go for a moment to a 2:30 special commendation that supervisor campos will provide. >> great, thank you very much, mr. president. and it is my honor to call upon norman w.salcedo. if he can please come up to the podium. ~ thank you. thank you, mr. salcedo, for being here. and i also want to acknowledge that his family is here. they're in the chamber and it's great to see them here. it is my great pleasure and honor to recognize norman w. salcedo today for more than 30 years of work as an attorney, immigrant rights advocate, and

philanthropyist here in the san francisco bay area. norman is a true pioneer in the legal profession. he was one of the very first mexican-american attorneys in the bay area, and now has become one of the most successful and well respected attorneys in the entire bay area. the california bar association named him one of the state's best 100 trial lawyers and he has received numerous awards for his contributions to the legal profession. norman william salcedo was born and raised in san francisco. his parents theresa manuel immigrated from mexico and lived in different parts of the city until they settled in norman's beloved mission district. norman attended saint peter's elementary school, sacred heart high school and university of san francisco law school. he was admitted to the california bar in 1963. today norman salce he do is a

member of the inner circle of advocates which is an exclusive and prestigious trial lawyer organization that is limited to 100 of the best plaintiff trial attorneys in the country. he is also a member of the american college of trial lawyers, a professional association of lawyers that is dedicated to maintaining and improving the standards of trial practice in this country. norman has also had a strong and consistent advocacy for workers rights and immigrants rights. he has for many years expressed his love for san francisco by giving generously to various organizations and institutions including institutions like usf law school, [speaker not understood], the san francisco day laborer program and other immigrants rights organizations. he raised his three children to value humility, cultural pride,

respect for workers, and the importance of giving back to a community that has given them so much and certainly the salcedo family is grateful for all they have received from the community. today norman is accompanied by his beloved wife, his sister armeda, two of his three children and their partners and grandchildren. so, it is my honor as the supervisor for district 9 to mr. salcedo, to present this certificate of honor on behalf of the board of supervisors. and the honor -- the certificate of honor reads as follows. the board of supervisors commends mr. salcedo for his tireless work as a lawyer, immigrant rights advocate and philanthropyist for more than 30 years. born and raised in san francisco's mission district, mr. salcedo became one of the first mexican-american lawyers in the bay area and has since won numerous awards for his contributions to the legal profession.

we thank you, mr. salcedo for your lifelong commitment to improving the lives of people in our community. thank you. muchas gracias. [cheering and applauding] >> thank you. thank you very much. if i fall over dead now, i'll die happy with all you said about me and my family. i just want to say this award really belongs to my mother and father. they came here in 1931. san francisco, angel island two week. why did they come to san francisco? i don't know, and they never really told me. they didn't know the answer. but they stayed here for 60 years because of the warm welcome they received. because of the jobs they obtained. and this is the result of my

family and, by the way, this is a beautiful room. thank you so much, really. thank you so much. >> thank you. (applause)

>> congratulations, mr. salcedo. (applause) >> with that, why don't we go back to our regular agenda. first of all, i just want to mention on 11, item 11 as our clerk just pointed out, it states in the agenda that this ordinance is finally passed, this is actually the first reading of the agenda. i want to let the public know we will have a second reading next week.

we have already moved through item 12. so, madam clerk, why don't we call item 13. >> item 13 is a resolution approving an emergency public work contract under administrative code, section 6.60, to replace elevator 27 and modernize and repair elevators 26 and 28 in san francisco general hospital buildings 80 and 90 with a contract amount not to exceed $2,500,000. >> colleagues, the last item being unanimous, can we do this item same house same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> items 14 through 17. >> items 14 through 17 are the motions that respond to the civil grand jury on the status of the responses to recommendations contained in the 2012 through 2013 civil grand jury report entitled are the wheels moving forward? a follow-up to the 2009-2010 grand jury report, from confrontation to conversation. optimizing the use of publicly owned real state, achieving transparency and accountability [speaker not understood]. and building a better future at

the department of building inspection and finally the log cabin ranch, planning for the future, a continuity report. >> colleagues, can we take these items same house same call? without objection these motions are approved. [gavel] >> item 18. >> item 18, resolution urging the state community college chancellor brice harris to restore the voice of san francisco voters and bring democratic decision-making, transparency, and public accountability back to city college of san francisco by restoring the duly elected board of trustees. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house same call? without objection this resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> colleagues, i think we have three minutes before 3 o'clock. why don't we start with some of our roll call and i will probably end it around 3 o'clock. madam clerk. >> mr. president, supervisor campos is the first supervisor to introduce new item. >> re-refer. can we come back?

>> okay. mr. president. >> next item. >> supervisor cohen. you're next to introduce new business. >> thank you. thank you very much. i have a humble request actually today that we close today's meeting in memory of ms. [speaker not understood] young. ms. young was the woman that we read about last week that was hit by a car -- by a car and was struck by hit and run. this occurred in the visitacion valley neighborhood. ms. young was 82 years old and a resident of the neighborhood. unfortunately she mark the sixth person tragically struck down by a vehicle. so, needless to say that we are going to continue to move forward and working closely with the police department and the mta to identify the assailant and also more

importantly in a positive way, to continue to work towards improvements for this particular corridor. the rest i submit. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell. >> thanks, madam clerk. colleagues, today two in memoriams. first for mr. william ferraro. he was a city docent since january 5th, '99 and did it till he died recently at the age of 82. san francisco nate i., coach at washington high school here in san francisco, saint ignatius graduate. will be missed by his wife, children, grandchildren, friends, students, and beloved family dog. as well, an in memoriam for mr. william calanan. someone who i got the chance to know briefly. he was a graduate as well at saint ignatius here in san francisco, raised in the sunset district, ended up graduating from u.c. berkeley, worked in banking and insurance, he was a try athlete, a big giants fan, very passionate about the

outdoors, music, family and friends. a very he loyal and loving husband, father and brother and passed away tragically at the young age of 51 very recently. so, i'd like to adjourn the meeting in their honor. the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. >> thank you. i have a couple of items, but first keeping with the issue of supporting vulnerable populations in the city and my work with many senior organizations over the years, facing the displacement crisis right now, i think seniors are facing a really uncertain future and face extreme financial hardships right now. i'm submitting a budget and legislative analyst request to analyze the economic impacts of free muni for low-income seniors and people with disabilities. there are over 140,000 seniorses in san francisco and

that population will have doubled within the next 10 to 20 years. 27% are well over one in four live in poverty and about 31% live alone are totally isolated and have very little contact with others. thousands of them live in subsidized housing including sros in our city. the city's improved revenues are directly related to the tech boom, i think some say which is also making san francisco less affordable by the day for many seniors and people with disabilities. that's why it's imperative that we look at our revenues to help the most vulnerable, especially within the public transit system. so, the budget and legislative analyst requests, will call in the mta to approve a proposal for free muni for low and moderate income seniors and disabled people. we will ask the budget and legislative analyst to report on the cost of economic impacts. i'm proud to stand with seeneriers and disability action network and many senior and disabled transit riders

were following in the footsteps of the grassroots campaign led but the youth commission and many others for social justice and transit equity for younger riders. now it's time to support older riders as well. the current mta budget right now plans for about a 10% increase in services. i think we can run a high quality transit system that's equitable. it's not an either or for younger or older. also, i am introducing an important water conservation measure today with the puc. the current drought highlights the need for even stronger water conservation efforts in our city and also region wide and that's why these two resolutions i'm introducing mark an important moment in san francisco where we began groundwater supply project that will help expand and diversify our water supply and increase reliability for our water system. the first adopts c-e-q-a findings for the project and the second approves the construction of a first project

facility in golden gate park which will create six deep groundwater wells and the treatment facilities on the west side. although the project has been in the works for sometime now, it is especially timely to break ground now as california continues to experience one of the most extreme droughts on record. also, the groundwater from these sick wells would be mixed with our hetch hetchy water in two reservoirs and when this project is complete, it will diversify san francisco's water supply by an average of 4 million gallons a day. that's 4 million gallons a day more of water in san francisco. the water supply will still be of the highest quality and surpass all drinking water standards. the project will help reduce our dependence on imported water and ensure an emergency drinking water supply that is available in the event of an earthquake or major catastrophes. ensuring san franciscans have

access to clean quality drifting water is a priority for me and i always promote our san francisco water, but this makes us even more self-reliant in that regard. and i'm happy to continue to work towards these goals with the puc and others by sponsoring these resolutions. and really quickly, as before we move on to the next item, i wanted to also say that i'm really pleased to request a co-sponsor, supervisor katy tang's ordinance on vacant and commercial store front. thanks for her leadership on that measure. and to announce that my office has been working since november and december on helping to support tenants in the richmond district that are facing displacement. our next step is a tenants rights town hall this saturday, march 29th from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the richmond rec center. being done in coordination with the asian [speaker not understood] association of san francisco and the san francisco

rent board. so, we look forward to a multi-lingual workshop with tenants in english, cantonese and [speaker not understood]. the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor wiener. >> submit. >> thank you, supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. >> thank you, madam clerk. just a couple items for introduction. one is a hearing request on certification of tagalog language access ordinance. language access ordinance [speaker not understood] certify certain languages based on demand within our city departments to make sure that our city departments can provide linguistic capacity to meet the needs of various languages of residence here in the city. so, a hearing on that, hopefully we'll have that in april. then i have an in memoriam for

a teacher at balboa high school who taught there over 15 years, [speaker not understood]. he has been really well liked teacher for a number of years. before he taught at balance bow he a high school he was an organizer at the hotel worker union, unite here at local 2. he is survived by his wife edith, son edward who attends [speaker not understood] middle school, and daughter edith, a sophomore who attends balboa high school. so, this is passing, it's really close to home to the school communities at both balboa high school and james den man and district 11 residents in particular. he was instrumental in producing the annual celebration of nations events. he what a key figure in helping build the esteem of latino students, populations at balboa high school. he was a sponsor of the la ton

owe club for many years and served as a mentor, ally and advocate ~ to many students, especially the young latino and latina students at balboa high. his classroom was considered a safe haven for many students and on any given day you will see students spend their lunchtime or after school time in his classroom. he is greatly missed. and as we speak, the balboa high school students are grieving his loss. the rest i'll submit. >> thank you, supervisor avalos. mr. president. >> thank you. madam clerk, i just have one thing i wanted to mention. i want to thank supervisor avalos for introducing the hearing for tagalog certification which i'm happy to co-sponsor. in 2009 i authored our city's language access ordinance which requires the city to provide language services for emerging populations when we know their language is spoken more frequently. and i know supervisor avalos and a number of us have been monitoring these numbers with our filipino community and we all believe it is time for certification of tagalog.

i also want to mention that we had called for a hearing on a review of other language access ordinance and i hope we can consider these items together to figure out how to move this forward. again, i want to thank supervisor avalos for introducing that hearing request. >> supervisor avalos. >> thank you. i wanted to mention the co-sponsors for the hearing request on certification of tagalog and the supervisors who are co-sponsoring supervisor campos, supervisor kim, supervisor mar, supervisor chiu, and supervisor yee. thank you for co-sponsorship and sorry i neglected to tell you that. thanks. >> thank you, mr. president. and thank you, supervisor avalos. supervisor tang, thank you for waiting. >> thank you. i'll be very quick. today i'm introducing a piece of legislation that really seeks to address the issue of commercial vacancies here in san francisco and it really builds upon the work of the vacant abandoned building ordinance that is currently in existence that was passed by this board in 2009 by