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♪ hello, i'm neiman with snovd along with the league of voters we're here to talk about prop a had will be before the votes on june thirds that's a gentle obligation bond to improve the pedestrian safety and the emergency response facilities the bond breeders could upgrade this cellar water system to improve and ryan white the police department and fire departments and build a medical examiner and build a scenic motorcyclist unit and crime lab praep requires the jurisprudence obligation committee to oversee the fund the 9 member committee is controlled by board of supervisors if you vote yes,

sir. you want to law the city to sell obligation bond to finance the seismic ryan white of the emergency response facility if you vote no. you don't want to law the city to accept bond to finance the carbon monoxide and improvement and seismic ryan white of emergency and response facility. i'm here with george the prop a spokeswoman welcome and joined i by the activity and proponent of the measure i'd like to start with opening remarks from each mr. ross one way or another would you like to speak as the proponent >> thank you teaspoonful for having me. my support the prop a and i understand with the mayor the entire board of supervisors progressing and converts and

business community and he did sierra club in supporting in it represents a critical investment in disaster response in 1906 san francisco earthquake we r had the woshgs or worse disasters did you that wasn't the earthquake but the 3 days of fires that followed that destroyed 80 percent of the city and left countless dead and the community they bound together and built one the emergency water systems in the world and that water system protected the city for a sirpt by a century later it's deteriorating prop a involvement in taking the system and voovt in the hydrant and pipes that deliver the water to the critical areas this the the

20th anniversary of the 199 earthquake and the mission blaze that's a stark reminder to give me itself firefighters the tools they need to respondent so i mind encourage everyone to go to the polls and vote for prop a. >> we believe this is the wrong time to do this it's widely recognized the number one issue n in san francisco is the lack of affordable housing many people are leaving the city and here; right we have a measure from city officials that doesn't budget they now want to ask a huge $400 million borrowing money basically, it be paid off by property tax and half of those will be passed along to

renter that will hit everybody and the city leaders don't worry about this they make more money than most of us the san francisco chronicleal regarded that politicians make over one hundred thousand a year and the average city salary as of 2008 were $120,000 so the people, you know, george mentioned larger are not heard they'll feel the pinch but their bad budgeting and failure to plan has put them in this situation there needs no be more cost analyze only 4 people died in the 1994 earthquake so i think more lives can be saved by measures. >> is this the right time to

visit 90 in our emergency awareness system when the city is recovering from the rigidities and it's critical for the disaster response it's one task it's easy to see say this is not the right time scientists have told us another large earthquake will be hitting san francisco we're sitting in a dangerous spot in the world for natural disasters to offer let's kick this down the road e.r. over the a long time this is irresponsible. the term broikt u brought up the issues i'm here to talk about prop a it has nothing to do with salaries or anything else there's a government bond oversight board that oversees

the resources targeted investing in the interim water system interest it's toward retrofiting fire station and things like the crime lab and motorist police when they goat to other when recordings can't this is not something we need to phase in overtime without raising taxes >> star child is the the right time it visit in that preparedness. >> it's the right time to budget the city leaderships leadership has not budgeted we want to start yesterday but you mentioned the property taxes and this leads me to an interesting part the proponent i quote prop a will not increase property tax

but the balance the neutral committee that charges to write up this says that prop a will permit the landlords to pass 50 percent of the property tax to tenant and i know compare those who won is false so you're going to trust the battle committee or where are they going to get the money the way to pay for it is not by paying and soaking the people to race their cost of living by making san francisco less affordable maybe have the people in government give back lgbt a little bit and cut their salaries when people are living homeless. >> mr. ross is $400 million in bond measures the number that's

necessary to shore up our issue. >> with the bond oversight committee all that money is tracked as it is spent and there's recycle oversight of each bond each burglar or dollar of the $4 million is accounted for the city policy is one of the most responsible city policies that we don't bore new money for both sides without closin out outstandingly u outstanding so we pay back and retire the old debt to take out new bonds and by doing so build a new hospital and 12 new libraries without the accommodating the new debt so this is an extraordinarily successful policy.

so far as the 4 hundred million 16 hundred million towards the water system and to the crime labs this is critical in the bay area so responding when you have chaos breaking out after the natural disaster and you've got people getting the tools that's why the excessively and the others across the city have saying get it past >> it $400 million the amount you'll spend. >> the issue is not the cost but where the money is coming from we don't think it should be taken off the backside of the taxpayers. >> it's being paid back by oral people the city has a budget

bigger than the entire state and they only take care of 49 thousand miles if at the tighten their belts and reduce the 6 figure salaries they'll have plenty of money like building revving fits by increasing the property taxed this is what this measure does. >> thank you. we have a little bit of time left i want your final thoughts mr. ross firefighters. >> thank you so much for having me again. prop a which invests in the critical structure for firefighters and paramedics and they have the tools for a worst-case scenario that hits to

our our city that's an essential measure when that disaster it's not not george or star child who responses to safety lives our frirz and first responder we need to make sure our water system is functioning and heed the call as a city that's why little mayor the entire board of supervisors the councilmember ferraro that's why the republican party isn't opposing this one we have to pull together as a community and when they identify the issue hey, we've got to get this done we live in a place that's vulnerable and prepare for the worst-case scenario so we're

ready to respond quickly and give our firefighters the tools and star child any final thoughts >> yes. this is so important why hadn't the money been budgeted year by year but wyatt wait until 2014 we're going to raise our tax to keep our 6 figure salaries every agency wants to increase their budget so the fire department and police department their behind the mayor but the former mayor willie brown said something in his solemn in column in the chronicle. talking about those projects defending the transbay terminal and the huge costs over rents he said we also knew the real estimate was under the costs like no bay bridge or massive project in the world the first

budget is the down payment if people go economy the real cost nothing would be built start digging a hole with no alternative to fill it in i think he was helicopter. that's i think they're waiting for an emergency we have to raise property tax and hopefully, people will forget how to budget and rewarding them and their going to the voters and asking for money >> thank you. we hope this was if anything for more information please visit the sf election.org and remember earlier voting is at city hall from 8 to 5:00 p.m. and if you don't vote early vote

♪ ♪ ♪ >> the san francisco playground's hitsvery dates back to 1927 when the area where the present playground and center is today was purchased by the city for $27,000. in the 1950s, the sen consider was expanded by then mayor robinson and the old gym was built. thanks to the passage of the

2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond, the sunset playground has undergone extensive renovation to its four acres of fields, courts, play grounds, community rooms, and historic gymnasium. >> here we are. 60 years and $14 million later, and we have got this beautiful, brand-new rec center completely accessible to the entire neighborhood. >> the new rec center houses multi-purpose rooms for all kinds of activities including basketball, line dancing, playing ping-pong and arts can crafts. >> you can use it for whatever you want to do, you can do it here. >> on friday, november 16, the dedication and ribbon cutting took place at the sunset playground and recreation center, celebrating its renovation. it was raining, but the rain clearly did not dampen the spirits of the dignitaries, community members and children

in attendance. [cheering and applauding] ♪ ♪ [gavel] >> good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, may the 20th, 2014. madam clerk, could you call the roll? >> yes, mr. president. supervisor avalos? avalos present. supervisor breed? breed present. supervisor campos? campos present. president chiu?