and she cradled his head when malcolm x was cradling him while others were heading for cover. her home in harlem people crashed for many generations and found userries and bills nurturing of younger people yuri supported the recreation operation. and her husband bill was very active as well and she supported prisoners from asian-american and progressive whites and others that had been incarcerated and consistent with april prisoners support she move forward to oakland with the

support groups and many peace and after 9/11 after the asian-american community she was often out with her walker at peace and justice relays and an inspiration she's spoken to many young people around the country and featured in films and books including the passion for justice and my american honk in you like politics. also she's faevend in ucla's published memoirs called passing it on one of any friends barbara documented userries life

heartbeat of the struggle it was called. yuri was the mother of 6 children and has 9 grandchildren and 4 greatest grandchildren her relative is there at the hall of justice so condolences to yuri i want to ask any of my colleagues wish to speak >> thank you supervisor mar for your really lovely dedication to yuri. yuri is someone that is such an important individual particularly in the asian-american community when i got the news on monday it saddened many of us in the community not for the life she

lived she was here 93 years an an activist and a voice autonomy for the asian-american community but for the struggles. when i have first discovered yuri many asian-american activists longed for their mlk and their malcolm x we had looked her story she became that person for us she is well known with her friendship with malcolm x and holding his head on the day he was assassinated but continuing to mentor young people that wanted to continue on in the work. i wanted to share some of the things but a story i've also

enjoyed reading her bio graefr told the as follows: in 2005 before her biography yuri organized her life around history i think of her as an original person that did exiled things when she met malcolm x she said she didn't agree with everything he wanted to know she said his hash immigration theme. that year she invited him to her apartment to meet some people her fongz wanted to meet him she

doubted he would come and malcolm wham came she remembered his words he said he stairway saw the harlem scars and the racism and quote i remember he said the struggles of vietnam are the struggles of imperialism she was often asked to speak to elementary school students and she said she often gave a quote and the quote is each generation must out of his relative obscurity discover its mission fulfill it or betray it she thought our mission is to fight against racism and to understand that ethnic groups need their own space but to work together and her mantra she talked about

was 33 they fought for us we must fight for them. we have been part of the movement her calls for coalition building really resonate she was a leaders in that and our communities can't get anywhere unless we work together so rest in peace yuri the world is better for your leadership and voice while i'm sad you can't be here today, i'm grateful for the decades of work you did >> thank you supervisor kim. >> thank you president chiu, president chiu did you want to make some remarks. >> we have many moirmdz i want to thank supervisor breed for i can't see memoriam she was a godmother of the asian-american movement. i think that all of us who came

out of the tradition we owe her an incredible gratitude for the work in the bay area and throughout the country i want to end with a quote life is not what you want to make it but everyone who touched your life we're all part of one another and yuri you're part of us >> thank you president chiu. >> i want a short clip we need sfgovtv to this is the asian-american caucus. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ she also had passion for helping people and we had to care about the community she believed that

we had to speak up for our rights and we had to have solidarity >> when i grew up i want to be just like i. >> asian-americans must be more vocal and visible and take stands on issues and hoping asians will fight with everything we have remembering our own history we asians need to reshape our accommodating and palatable people to more incentive for human rights and dignity. about learning the history and culture and learning will social injustice and she was very much the children she would be able

to get their own goals achieved >> not blinked to an organization but to an issue where there's an equality for injustice. >> seen the japz lady and that was the thing. >> when you work as one organization or one or more communities you have a stronger voice i'm the daughter you have yuri. >> from the scarlet when i grew up i want to be 92 just like yuri when i grew up i want to be like yuri. >> i wanted to again express condolences to the entire family. like that tree i saw at

inspiration point in the presidio yuris intervened roots and a trunk and branches reaching up to the sky will live on and jane kim said rest in peace and power. i also have two other items one is i'm proud to introduce a community driven piece of legislation that re-established our energy global warming is a preying issue we must step up across the board we need more renewable energy and more efficient the coordinating goals to resize on the policies and identify revenue streams to fund our additional work. the legislation will not only

make san francisco more energy efficient but will promote green colored jobs in san francisco especially in protecting community and we've been working with a strong community coalition like leaders from the environment commission and executive director of bright line defense and antonio from our san francisco of the environment and the emerson steering count i committee i want to thank the emerald committee. this is is not a replacement but will help san francisco more sustainable while we can horror more energy efficiency but we

can ask the small businesses to reduce the carbon footprint and lastly i'm urging our state legislator to support the assembly bill under the leadership a b has created a bipartisanship support for the businesses to carve up commercial properties so no one has a majority ownership this is about reorganizing prop 13 this maneuver currently avoids the triggering of our reassessment of property that increases in value the current tax law has property to be under accessed resulting in inadequate funding of schools and infrastructure project. in san francisco the tax burdens

has increased in 56 to 71 percent since the package of prop 13 putting a burden open the property owners has decreased it will require the properties to are reaccessed and tacked at their full market if it's sold or transferred over a 3 year period and regardless of how many parties are involved or my one party has 50 percent of ownership it insures that our careers carmen chu are provided for the information and clarifies the changes of ownership when stocks are used and aviators are penalize when failing to comply that has commercial properties to be reaccessed ab strengthens it by

closing a loophole had shivs shifts the the property tax burdens into folks and assemblyman i thank him for this and the rest i'll submit >> thank you supervisor mar. >> supervisor wiener. >> thank you madam clerk. colleagues today, i'm introducing an imperative resolution to put the board of supervisors on record you're going san francisco mini drivers to end the sickout and go back to work ems mini has been experiencing a sickout 2/3rd's of the vehicle not in service we know there is a labor dispute between transit workers union and maintaining the dispute is working towards the arrest

altercation i look forward to that being resolved we know that mini drivers have a tough job and a critical part of the mini system when drivers are not coming to work that deit's the system we want our drivers to be compensated with fair wages but they need to drive the buses and make the system work 1928 mini is a crucial part of the community and it's the largest transit transportation system carrying half of the region. for many san franciscans it's they're only way to get around we have many folks protecting and middle-income people that

need it, it's a struggle or impossible to get to work to school to the doctors to go shopping so mini needs to function. this resolution urges the drivers to go back to work and end they're sick out and participate along with management and the ash tradition process so colleagues, i ask for your support of the resolution on the imperative calendar and it's time incentive obviously given the major challenges that the sickout is causing the rest i'll submit >> thank you, supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. okay. mr. president, >> i have one memoriam of a restaurant gentleman after a long battle with cancer he was an guilt from italy that

traveled to san francisco in 1957 fell in love with the city began as a busboy to become the owner of one of our cities well known restaurant in north beach he's well known not only to elected officials but everyone in the bay area. i'll miss things about lorenzo's he was more convert than most of us on the board of supervisors he jousted arguing about politics he would dress up in a to go gay in parades and he was truly one of the great recuperate tours he not only owned the restaurant and opened and closed it he will be missed at the his presence of north beach in san francisco it will not be the same rest in peace

he's survived by his wife and son and daughter and 3 grandchildren. thank you, mr. president. seeing no other names on the roster that concludes that >> madam clerk go to our 3:00 p.m. special order. and items 27 through thirty comprised the public hearing for the people front yard in the public works for the subdivision located on 655 fell street and to approve the public works the personal map and to disapprove the parcel map and item thirty to direct the preparation of understanding >> thank you madam clerk i understand this appeal has been with withdrawn if you know that

there are my of the parties to confirm that. >> we have received notice that's the case i'll assume that being the case oh, okay. the appellant is here can you please step forward. >> i wanted to confirm isle i've been in discussion with the owner and we've reached a supplement i'd like to withdraw my appeal. >> if you could identify yourself for the record. >> i'm jeremy. >> all right. parental we need to throwing the formality of the hearing to the appellant has spoken are there my members of the public that wish to speak. my comments if the public works my comments from the real party in interest? >> good afternoon. i'm kevin

rose on behalf of the party of interest we have no comments. >> are there my comments on the on behalf of the parties seeing none, this hearing is filed supervisor breed a motion. >> yes. another motion to approve item 28 and table items 29 and thirty. >> she's made a motion second by supervisor kim colleagues without objection. without objection. the motion is approved. madam clerk move to items 31 my 32. >> pursuant to the resolution depraved may 6, 2014, the board of supervisors will convene a committee as a whole for items 31 public hearing persons interested in the proposed ordinance the subject matter of item 324 clint street and 92

come avenue as part of the railroad crossing improvement project. >> this as an item and supervisor cowen's district do you have my opening comments. >> thank you. this is to replace the delipidated one hundred and 7-year-old convincing street bridge in the bay area community. i also am the san francisco representative on the caltrain board we voted to approve about a hundred thousand dollars to make emergency temporary improvements to insure the safety of the caltrain riders. we got director john updyke he's going to give us a brief explanation as to what's before us >> why not move to the presentation mr. updyke. >> thank you president chiu and supervisor cowen good afternoon,

supervisors john updyke quickly i'll take you through this. if we could have the overhead. this particular item it the vacation of the 3 portions of gwyneth and mckinney and 91 kilogram all south of gerald this map shows the area of the vacation and the bridge which is cycling but shows the future connection for the burn after it's installed from the caltrain crossing and this also shows how this is thoughtfully produced with the up daily stogs station so all those items are moving forward.

what's before you today is the vacation of these 3 separate areas again colt mick convince and 92 kilogram it will be new construction of the derating session results in a berm and traffic closer this is not only a vacation it's a follow on transfer of real estate interests to the joint powers board that will occur after a few other title matters it taken into consideration of and utility pipe and includes the temporary eardrums to the joint powers board so rail operations can continue of the vacation of the right-of-way and our

delivery of the fee title to caltrain that's articulated in the package before you. if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them i'm joined by other transportation authorities if you have questions >> colleagues, any questions to our department head seeing none, is there anyone who wishes to speak on the item? you have up to two minutes on either side. >> i don't know if you can see that that. okay tlurg >> the real issue is this bring is not my old bridge but the underpass for the future caltrain station so is for instance, you want to go to visitacion valley this the morning when you come home in

the evening there's no way to get back to the other side of the tracks and get in the right side of the parking lot so i will give this is an aerial there are a couple of more pictures in is what it is now this is the 2008 study which shows the exact situation for the caltrain yourselves and the going back to the other picture there's someone on a bike going underneath the bridge the final impact to the city a in a region of $13.4 million ear depleting state funds and you're expected to make a $4 million swap so in

closing, i want to suggest a compromise is this is 2 hundred and 25 feet for the bridge if we can actually have a berm built on every day of it maybe 20 feet for pedestrians and biengz to go through it is a win-win situation and thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker. >> nell speaking on the subject of the late governor. also serving mayor as san francisco twice as long as anyone in history this was the 80th anniversary and death of governor ralph and it will be the 80th anniversary of raul centered here through city hall

attended co-sponsoring to the papers in a june downpour of rain one hundred thousand people the birthing outcry in the history it looks like as the the case. a few relevant documents in one of the last images green before his death he stands in the hospital bed and the last obstacle removed governor raul signing the papers for the construction making it possible inform the bay bridge to be built and another one this lies in state under dome he cherished and later received homage in this building. it was supposed to rain and

thousands of people attended and farewell to raul out in the streets horde of people a mark led by hoover in the rain in june. and thank you very much >> outside of this point thank you very much. >> is there anyone who wishes to speak on the item? and this hearing is held and closed is there a motion. supervisor cowen >> yes. i'd like to make a motion we moved this item forward with a positive recommendation. >> i realize we didn't need a motion my apologies colleagues a roll call vote on item 32. >> supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor chiu.

supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. there are 11 i's e i's. the aforementioned is pass on that is first reading >> at this point the may address the commission on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction and are not on today's agenda. please note it public comment is not allowed on the item that are already subject to comment please direct our remarks to the board and not to individuals and speakers using transmission assistance will be loud and if you want something on the overhead projector please ask for that assistance.

>> thank you week form supervisor carol. >> thank you very much president chiu and the members of the board it's a great pleasure to be here in those chambers. i am very glad to be here to support of the resolution to close the commercial loophole in participation 13. when i left this board in 1989 the politicians of california considered proposition 13 the third rail and said no one can touch proposition 13 but times have changed we we now see that the polls say is 59 percent of californians want to have a reform in this legislation this resolution and the efforts of our assembly persons