wonderful captains over the years and servicing on the citywide board with the command staff. especially share this honor and it's really due to the neighbors especially our buena vista association members that send in the checks that bob processes and all the volunteers that we've hosted over the years. it's an honor and i hope we leave a little bit of good things behind and look forward to continued prosperity for buena vista (clapping.) >> i want to second what richard said i want to thank you it's quite an honor we didn't expect and i am the person who

was behind the scenes and the majority of the work that's been done over the last decade has been done by richard he's done an amazing job to keep the departments connected and it's necessary the police department and the park department. he's done an amazing job going to the meeting so i just want that on the record and again, thank you all very much

(clapping.) >> thank you, supervisors i want to acknowledge our supervisor campos for the next presentation. >> thank you, very much. mr. president, it's my honor to recognition the sf island (clapping) if i may schism - ask them to come forward.

sf island is a network of organizations that's dedicated to advancing the rights of immigrant communities in san francisco. i want to acknowledge the following 13 organizations that make up sf island it's appropriate we recognize them today, we'll be voting latter in this meeting as declaring this is a april for them >> this is for the african network and the organizing center the asian-americans advancing just the asian pacific islander outreach and chinese for follicle and the costs delores community services and the other organizations. and people organizing to the

village and economic rights. i'm grateful for the work that sf island has bun doing in san francisco pushing for comprehensive immigration reformer and pushing for a accessible legal services and community education, and councilmember taylor the immigrant population in san francisco for so many years since 2006 when they were created it's served many people in san francisco and this is a celebration day it's the 8th annual immigrant day where the st. island comes to city hall to raise awareness about the immigrant community. sf island is realizing the immigration project the multiple

community based project done in accumulation with san francisco and capturing the low income immigrants in san francisco that have been touched by the services by sf island we have a well-informed understanding of what true immigration means it's more than welcoming immigrants. it is a means to supporting immigrant communities and leading a dig if i did lives without fear of culture or linguistic barriers. finally today is the day i've noted earlier we'll be voting on this april as immigrant month in san francisco. i want to thank in advance my

supervisors and before i close i want to give you a background of sf island it began in 2006 and because of growing concerns that the immigrant in san francisco had regarding the debate on immigration around the bill. those organizations came together the 13 groups in recognition that working together was really the best way to service the communities. they know that contingent education and legal services needed to work closely to be effective. without a resource of information to turn to immigrants had no place to go and as a result they become prey for predatory attorneys and fraud and received a lot of bad information. within sf island the

collaboration hats grown a new capacity among the organizations and has helped people overcome isolation and made the population which is 36 percent of the san francisco populations. it's my privilege to recognize sf island and for more of your continued success (clapping.) actually i'd like to recognize supervisor avalos to make a few commits but thank you supervisor avalos for the incredible work of the network >> thank you. i'll be brief. i was around 2006 working with eric which sf island was established and it's one of the things i'm most proud of by

being part of the experience of the community coming together and decide we are that going to come out into the open about our need to protest our rights as people in the san francisco area for immigrants it came out of a year of hysteria that supervisor campos talked about the bill that was really trying to do what arizona is doing across the whole country that was so much fear and anxieties put into the community in the bay area we thought it was important to have people on the ground to share the latest informational but to have lawyers to protect people if they get cat up in round ups. the next year there was a round

up that ice was doing people that worked were approached by ice and in the lower sf island were part of that to prevent immigrations from happening. we had organizations that were working all over the world and that power has been evident year after year so thank you for moving the immigrant rights forward you've voice has been essential and we've been to succeed. i'm proud of the work you've done (clapping.) so on behalf of the san francisco did not and

educational workshop some of the members we serve are here. thank you supervisor campos and others for this accomodation people's 3. we want to thank you for your incision and through your funding as supervisor campos mentioned we've served over 20 san franciscans with linoleum gimmickly based services. and, you know, we want to recognize all our neighbors who came out for this recognition today (clapping) it's a day of civic engagement so for all of us to be here is a great experience for our members. we also want to acknowledge that later today, there will be a

vote to declare it immigration month but for to provide access for services for low income communities. and also one last thing. i know your awarding an accomodation but we have gifts we have beautiful t-shirts we have one for each of the supervisors and a copy of the immigration final report >> may i invite all of my colleagues for a picture.

(clapping.) (chanting). >> thank you sf island. and with that colleagues why don't we go to the rest of our agenda. item 26 is a motion to confirm the reappointment term ending february 2018 to the treasure island board of directors. colleagues, can we take a roll call vote >> supervisor farrell. supervisor kim.

supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. there are 11 i's. this motion is approved item 27 >> is a motion to conform the reappointment from the mayor's office to the treasure island development authority board of directors. >> supervisor yee. >> thank you supervisor chiu. i wanted to make a remark on item 26 i realized it passed by but it's similar. i want to express from the rules committee my support of vivian for her reappointment to the treasure island redevelopment

authority. vivian brings with her a record of achievement in urban planning and development. we're blessed to have her for her dedication to the community. i hope you will all join me in supporting vivian reappointment. i wanted to make those comments similar to john paul but mainly because this commission to me is so important this authority what we're going to do at treasure island and how we're going to move forward those are two strong individuals that will make the attempt to transform treasure island very successfully thank you very much >> i want to echo our condominiums around vivian. colleagues, a colleagues, any future

discussion same house, same call? . madam clerk, call item 28 >> to appoint eddy who's term is excelsior on community development. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you very much mr. president, i want to briefly note i will be voting against this appointment. it's nothing against this individual. >> boo. >> if i could ask the members of the public we have a rule not to express either support or oppose positions to comments by the public or members of the board supervisor campos. >> i respectfully spilt i believe there are better options in terms of the way this seat is someone who will reflect and advance the needs of the low

income communities and i respectfully submit that this individual is connected to bright lighted defenses that's not operated in a spirit that's consistent with the way that this seat is described. reflecting and vans the needs of the low income neighborhoods easy communities i'll respectfully be voting no >> supervisor breed. >> thank you. i also will be voting to oppose is recognition of eddy. i think personally he's a nice person but i have serious concerns about the organization that what we represents. as you know recently i've had to deal with the situation involving midtown residents and in my district. i live in this community i come from public housing i know those

residents i said beforeblast whether i'm a supervisor or not the types of decisions i make for my constitutes are the best decision but i don't support people that make decisions that are for the community bright light has concerns. as they communicate their message. i unfortunately cannot reconcile supporting a person who supports this organization and the whole point of this committee is to help and serve the poor and bad decisions in people who don't use the best judgment are why as

someone grouping in public housing experiencesed some of the challenges the lack of appropriate social services and the lack of access and the quality programming overall. i want to make sure that when people are put in the positions to make decisions for people that i represent that i know i can trust they'll have the best interests for them. i don't know if i feel the judgment of this gentleman in the case of the situation i dealt with and in contrast i'll not be supporting him today >> supervisor mar. >> i want to speak in favor of eddy i understand what my colleagues are saying about bright line but i feel he has worked on local hire and cutting policies in city he works with

the people to empower them and i feel eddy has a strong community background in the arts and i appreciate that. in addition to the empowerment work especially in the low income communities. i think other campaigns he's been involved this in will help him to make fair decisions on the commission >> thank you supervisor yee. >> thank you. i want to express any support for eddy's reappointment on the community development. eddy has developed relationships with community based organizations and has worked on a number of important issues in our city including workforce

development and great at facilitating communication among different parties. ed yours sincerely, i didn't was appoint last fall and dedicated his dedication as a thought member. some of the concerns that were brought up during his rules committee were about the organization of his employment but eddy stands on his own merit. eddy shows a lot of promise and colleagues i'll support his reappointment today >> thank you supervisor wiener. thank you, mr. president i'll be supporting eddy appointment to this committee. i've known eddy and worked with him over the last several years and found him to be very bright and thought of and hardworking. i know there are also going to

be disagreements on different issues. i certainly doesn't agree on everything but that's natural i don't agree with every organization on everything. supervisor avalos >> i also will be supporting eddy i've been able to work with him and he's been a part of institutional change effecting local hiring in this city and changing practices that for a long time have not been lifting up communities of color and helped to build the coalition through bright line that will enable us to win 8 votes on the board of supervisors and create a sea change in san francisco

how to prepare people for publicly workforce projects. he's been involved in a number of struggles over the years as supervisor mar indicated helped to promote green jobs in san francisco. we've not lived up to the great promise we should have as a green city we need more advocate and eddy will be strong. >> thank you supervisor chiu. >> thank you, mr. chair. >> i'm sorry supervisor breed - >> thank you, mr. chair i will be joining my colleagues in supporting eddy he's one of the hardest working and atheist advocates and along with his organization of bright line i've found their work for green jobs and hiring and for building

important community partnerships to be instructional in moving forward for significant project. i know that the support he has on the ground from representatives from dr. espanola jackson to a b u confirms the work he's done i'm happy to support him >> thank you supervisor breed. >> i want to add a few more comments i've not worked with eddy but what i've experienced with my midtown. i don't have a large laundry list of experiences but i felt the judgment of bright line and it was problematic for the residents that's the reason i'm

making a decision like that for clarity purposes i heard a lot of great things about eddy and his work and i'm glad that are other great experiences and maybe in the next couple of years this might change bow for now i'm concerned about the judgment of it organization as a whole and i can't i don't feel comfortable moving forward with that, i wanted to make that clear >> supervisor kim >> i have the pleasure of seeing eddy because his office is on my way to city hall i find eddy to be thought of and hardworking. i appreciate his community work across lines of color that's the priority and good value to have.

i think he'll be able to kinder that to the citizens i've not agreed with bright line especially the prospective on midtown decisions the city dropped the ball and coming back into the loop and there's misrepresentation from the mayor's office of housing and it's prospective that being said the overall scope of what eddy has done helps the community and i look forward to continue the dialog on all the issues that bright line works on >> colleagues, any furniture destruction. >> supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener.

supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. no. supervisor campos. no. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. there are 9 i's and two notices. this motion is approved (clapping) and with that why not go to item 29 >> it was by land use and economic committee on a regular meeting and was forwarded the resolution to authorize the mayor's office of housing to authorize the community development for up to a $2 million grant in local housing trust funds. roll call vote >> on item 29. supervisor farrell.

supervisor jane kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. there are 11 i's. this resolution is adapted why not go to really call >> supervisor mar your first up to talk about issues. >> colleagues i'm introducing a couple of hearings. lecture i met with the medical leaders with the chinese and asian-americans leaders we've learned of the dramatic rise of obesity within chinatown and the

chinese-american we discussed the shrugy results on the asian pacific islander and the target by shrugy companies that the community have all low income communities are target by big soda in the sneaky ways in may or may not enemies that are billion dollars per year in this crisis. the consumes of asian pacific islander is on the rise especially 2014 and i'd like to acknowledge within the asian and asian pacific islander community and chinese communities there are serious concerns i want to thank my co-sponsor for the issues on obesity and especially

the asian pacific islander community. my co-sponsors are here supervisor cowen and supervisor avalos and supervisor wiener and others for co-sponsoring the hearing. i'm calling for a hearing on increasing the access to drinking water in the unified school district. i think healthy constrain and communities require access to healthy drinks especially drinking water. freshwater at the schools gives children healthier choices everyday. one school peabody recently installed drink tap stations with facilities money it was wise in how they did it to have visible access i'd like to see that model replicated especiall