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identity. we've formed the sex and this includes the lgbt population particularly with the transgenders and eradicate impunity and initiate a law for gender identity for the transgender population and actually lists institutional to protect lgbt individuals that are deprived of their liberty >> thank you very much. thank you very much thank you very much. as i said before we'll come back to public comment after our special orders at 3:00 p.m. madam clerk special items 51 to
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54 >> compromises the special order for a public hearing for persons interested in or obviously to the condominium conversion and the motions associated with the appeal. >> thank you madam clerk as awe our clerk said we've received a letter from the appellant and i understand from the city attorney we need to go through the formalities of the appeal is the appellant here? okay. if the appellant is not here then we'll precede was we typically do with the appellant not being here any members of the public wish to speak on behalf of the appellant? any city staffers and the
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parties may speak. seeing none, if any of the public wishes to speak on behalf of seeing none. the appellant is not here with that this hearing is heard and finally. it's in the hands of the board i want to adapt item 53 and 54 >> seconded by supervisor breed. colleagues let's take roll call >> supervisor chiu. supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. there are 11 i's. the motion is approved item 55
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and 56. the board of supervisors will convene a public hearing to consider objections to a report of assessment costs the subject of the resolution contained in item 56 for the repair of blight prospers through the sidewalk abatement program >> let's here from our dpw staffer. >> i'm robert quan with the dictionary and the repairs made and invoiced by city for the abatement program from april 2013 to april 2014. during that period the department established or costs for the sidewalk for the public and private properties throughout the city no longer to the notifications received by
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the city attorney's office the mayor's office of disability and issuing the notice of abatement orders and at a cost of 74 thousand plus for blight notice of violation and abatement orders one hundred and - seven hundred and 40 delores for a total of one million plus. 79 invoices were set back out to the private property a few were paid allowing the city to recovery funds. the balance of the property owners elected to have the cost of the sidewalk repairs placed on their tax they were not
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paying in a timely order we have a total of $21,000 plus to be placed as an assessment on the property. thank you very much. now at this point if people want to contest this line up on the side of the board chamber you will have up to 2 minutes to explain my inconsistencies with the report and we'll workout the issues and ask the dpw to report back. madam clerk please. good evening. i'm here in the city tights our understanding the repairs made on pg&e due to
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a coil they'll installed they came out and repaired it so we're confused as to why we're being educated >> any of the other members of the public. >> excuse me. ma'am, i want you to follow mr. quan out to the hall and we'll close out the item. >> why don't we go back to general public comment is there any public comment? to my of those items please step up, sir. >> just a general public comment. recently one of the members of the board of supervisors had a city ordinance congest that was exist for the san francisco students it's been over for a month and i haven't heard i'd like to know what happened what that thank you very much
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>> thank you very much is there any public comment? jane kim seeing none, general comment is closed with that, madam clerk your instruction calendar. there being a considered with immediate adaptation. at this time, members of the public may address the commission >> would anyone like to sever any of those items. >> supervisor avalos >> yes. item 69 related to local principle reduction and supervisor cohen. >> thank you item 72 urging the establishment of the african-american free speech trail. >> madam clerk call the rally. >> supervisor chiu. supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim.
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supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. there are 11 i's. those recesses are adapted and item 69 supervisor avalos >> mr. president, i'll read the item first it's a commending of the local program and declaring san francisco tennis for the joint powers authority to prevent foreclosures. >> i want to continue to the next board meeting. >> supervisor avalos has asked for a continuance of july 8th is there a second. seconded by supervisor yee can we continue it without objection we'll take that without objection.. and if you could call item 72 >> a resolution to urge the
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public works between visitacion valley 90 in order to identify the points of interests along the african-american free speech trail. >> supervisor cohen. >> thank you very much well san francisco has the diversity and that is what makes the city a great place to live and work and do business it's critically important we tell the history of san francisco from all impacts and the native american and the lgbt and the chinese and the african-american of those need to be included appreciating the culture and the contribution of african-american community it's critical to preserving the african-american community and that's in san francisco.
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san francisco retains a very impressive portfolio for african-american for the arts and politics and medicine and many more. african-americans have left an positive imprint on our city and for that those contributions should be recognized arrest i'm happy to have co-sponsorship from supervisor breed and supervisor chiu and i'd like to welcome an opportunity for other members of the board colleagues who would be interested in supporting i see supervisor farrell thank you very much supervisor wiener. supervisor avalos. supervisor mar supervisor kim. supervisor campos. supervisor yee. supervisor tang? okay supervisor tang. okay >> mr. president, we'll make a note. >> thank you, colleagues can we
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take that same house, same call? . without objection this is adapted and back to our 3:00 p.m. special order and mr. quan is back from dpw >> we've met with the property owner her property was stricken in the revised list and we've met with one other prove or disprove that agrees to pay the outstanding balance this is due on her property and we what ask that the
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at the board of supervisors chambers everyone else thank you to supervisor chiu and supervisor farrell to the entire members of the board of supervisors thank you for being here our commissioners and department head and elected officials and labor and continuity leaders and welcome to our residents that are joining us at the chambers and certainly online. ladies and gentlemen, for the first time during the first time that i presented the budget to you i shared my vision for a safe san francisco a city for the one hundred percent and many my vision for the city has not wavered the budget i'm perceptive to you today maintenance maintains that focus. when i first came to office the cities outing outcome was different than today, the unemployment was 9 points 5
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percent and revenues were stagnant and what we faced budget deficits of $4 million. we all had to make difficult decisions during these difficult wants to budget the city's budget i'm pleased to say with the release of my proposed budget the city's condition is conceived the unemployment rate has dropped 4 point and we're under $6 million in deficit. however, and construction is up in our city, however, (clapping) thank you. however, this economic growth which no one thought possible a few years ago has also led to rising prices for homes and others goods and services across
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the city. i recognize san franciscans are anxious about a living and living in the city. i know that know that 70 plays an important role through this budget we're making smart, responsible targeted investments to insure that san francisco's is more footage and a better place to live for everyone. this year's proposal is hard work and collaboration of all and with you'll have you and we've met in every district and listened to community leaders and social service providers online and in person we developed this two year budget is reflects all our san francisco values. we also worked together with our employees to negotiate new contracts with each of them 27 labor unions.
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i want to thank our union partners and the city staff in negotiating the spare affordable and responsible contracts to insure our city's employees minimum wage keeps plays with the cost of living. the details of the budget you'll see fiscal prunes and an increase to the services for our resident and critical investments in transportation and education and our safety net and infrastructure and investment in our diverse neighborhood and historic investments in housing. is numbering issue i hear about in the community is the affordability of housing i believe the is it correct e connect of our city will be based on our commitment to make sure that san francisco remains a place that people from every background and ever income can
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all home the shortage of housing for working and protecting people has become a genuine crisis and demands solution that's why housing a a focus in my budget. earlier this year we set a aggressor home by getting 1/3rd of homes permanently affordable to protecting families we must continue to build market rate unit especially rental units the more housing our residents have is less trouble of finding a home. by building in the shipyards and near candle stick and park merced and visitacion valley we'll dromoimprove the housing for maimed families this helps
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to make my a aggressive goal a revolt two years ago we worked on the housing trust fund we'll access directly fray the housing off and on to e fund to produce more affordable housing. given the challenges we face i believe we must do more so in this budget i'm including 50 new additional dollars in funding by leveraging the construction of new affordable housing units over the next two years those are an infusion to fill the gap needs for new projects throughout san francisco marry and i believe the success of how city is depending on the ability for us to work with each other and in particular i'm challenging our private sectors
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partners to continue to work with us for you for investments including affordable housing that makes san francisco better and better for everyone our city must condition continue to have the spirit spirit of engagement i'm launching a strategic partnership of offices to work with organizations and nonprofits and the private sector to do more good for more people. in addition to creating more heirs for low and middle income residents i believe our housing is safe for families is one of the best investments we make. in this investment you'll see building on and a expanding the
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panhandles of hope sf but to get tens of thousands of homes built faster we have to reduce the blocks and that's why in my budget we're nrs building inspectors to cut through the red tape to finish those projects. i'm proud of your work with senator leno's to get the state help we must continue to do what we can locally to prevent people being forced out of their homes and that's why this budget will continue the funding as well as is successful right to civil go council private program but on our streets there's still too much people without a place to call home this includes new funding for veterans and
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families and traditional age youth as well as investments in our stoplights and outreach and engagement and supports the homeless families and childcare. receiving reliable quality public services is an important aspect of how san francisco is living in our city. a large part is our transportation system. i appreciate the work the municipal transportation board of directors to increase the 10 percent in the budget over the next two years we must also work together to one hundred obligation bond to invest in our critical transportation infrastructure and further
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improve the travel speed and pedestrian safety and bicycle safety and prepare for the busiest travel corridors without raising property tax. those will insure that this transportation system is more accessible and reliable. in addition to, on the progress we made with the street paving my bond helps the paving program with 83 and a half million dollars with support to allow us to rae pave seven hundred blocks thought our city in fact, i'm proud to state we're fully funding the capital plan in the first year of the budget including $213 million for smart responsible capital investments
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through the city's capital tenure plan we'll also expand services at the public works and the rec and park department to keep our straights cleaner and maintain our city streets and promote public safety throughout our parks. as san francisco's economy recovers and gross it's critical that everyone shares in the success. in the current environmentalist the city's lowest paid workings will fall behind without minimum wage raising we'll do it the san francisco way and continue our efforts to be a healthier city we agreed on protecting our social safety net it is important therefore i regretted all mental healthy reductions
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from the public health department ivyfully restored the federally cut programs with with folks with hiv and aids. to rebuild a san francisco general hospital the largest bond in our city's history is on time and budget with an opening date of december 2015. and the affordable health care has helped more than 80 thousand san franciscans access health insurance and half of those to medi-cal. my thanks to our public health department that is on the front line of health care reform is strengthens our primary care services by expanding the hours and investing in a citywide call
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center. but health and well-being are more than just medical care that's why my budget includes the founding funding for food security by addressing additional meals for seniors and have more seniors n into the california fresh program we must strive for for the best public schools anywhere that's why in proposed budget includes $170 million in financial support to our unified school district over the next 2 years. and because we know that education starts before confined we're adding 5 hundred preschools to 4 thousand one hundred. and this november we will ask san francisco voters to renew
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the children's fund and the public education enrichment fund together those sources will invest $290 million over the next two years we're investing in the san francisco youth and calling upon our employers larger and small across the city to support the young people by creating 7 thousand paying meaningful opportunity this summer and beyond. san francisco's success as a city is depending on our ability to have safe services we have the 6 year police and fire plan for the forndz r and we're going
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to hire 96 firefighters and other deputy sherry's opposing over the next two years and our police will have the necessary vehicles and equipment to do their job we must also think that pedestrian safety on the streets i'm going to eliminate traffic deaths with an additional $3 million to address did pedestrian safety and bicycle safety over the next two years. small businesses remain the heart and soul of our local economy this includes the online business portal cutting through red tape and making it easier to operate and start a business sometimes, we forget our nonprofits are a critical part
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of our economy we must do more to support the sector as a whole to today, i want to affirm that my budget contains 1 and a half increase to nonprofits that contract with the city in addition we'll also launch a new sector initiative at the office of economic workforce development to focus on strengthening our nonprofit sector. this budget also includes my invest invest in neighborhoods with the 25 neighborhood commercial districts providing a job squad that brings businesses to our city hall and brings wifi to our commercial corridors. ladies and gentlemen, while the worse of our economic crisis maybe behind
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