many while and pass the nomination to the prozac with a with a positive recommendation to a full board hass as the committee report no, not as a committee report. >> i'm happy to support that and appreciate the heartfelt presentation thank you. >> we'll take that without objection. the motion passes peritoneum - congratulations item number madam clerk item number where are re. >> 6. >> item 6 is a hearing to consider appointing one member's term to the in home public authority one seat and one applicant. >> okay one seat and one applicant hi nice seeing you.

>> good afternoon, supervisors aim rita i'm pleased to be considered for this very important position i serve on the human services commission that has persons serve on the in home and public authority and i'm glad to be filling that positions as you can see i'm a senior citizen myself i am and you know that so i've - i feel the job of the authority is doing in looking at after our seniors on medi-cal is american people extremely important one i've been to two meetings and expressed where the caliber that's an interesting board to serve on so all i can say i

would like to continue to do that hope i can be of use and it's an important thing i was interested to hear the comments been the trees and how important they are but taking care of our south americans is also important particularly our senior citizens. >> thank you. i can't agree with you more about taking care of our senior citizens questions seeing none, any public comment on that item? come on up. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm patrick i'm the staff liaison to the public authority board i wanted to say how thrilled we are to have retro at that applying with the experience and knowledge she's

in the inform 40 full support of her staff and fellow board ed lee. >> public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor campos >> thank you, very much. mr. chair i've been a big admire of retro at that and grateful that she wants to serve in this roll and you know its people like her that make san francisco a special place so i'm fwraef and proud to make a motion to move this item forward with a positive recommendation as a committee report. >> supervisor tang. >> sure we're in agreement we're honored to have you here today and give our extensive background i know it was not spoken about but your

involvement in the interfaith council and the jewish council all of that we thank you for i support supervisor campos motion. >> i'm in support of the motion i have a say one thing i am so glad you didn't stand there and rattle off all our accomplishment i think we sitting up here for 3 hours we would be you're such an accomplished person we're fortunate inform have 0 we'll take that without objection. it's passed congratulations okay. where are we we're madam clerk i think we're on item 7. >> item 7 is a hearing to

consider appointing one member to the commission of animal control and welfare one seat and four applicants. >> so i will call you up in the order i see on the agenda. (calling names) >> he will not be here. >> i'm sorry. >> he will not be here attending. >> amy come on up. >> thank you, supervisors my name is amy van ness i'm a resident and worker in the secretary of interior u city of it's not easy for pet owners to live in the city it's very if

you apartments where pets are allowed i personally have two cats i've rescued one is 22 years old i r50ukd her when i was a police officer a kid shopped off her foot i took her to the vet and she's been with me ever since i have dicey a two-year-old katie got from the spaca when i volunteered for the windows pet adaptation she is also an injured cat had a hooter foot and missing an eye so she was a warm welcome to my householder since holly is a senior kitty i used to with the police department help take in kittens that were abandon on the

side of the road in northern california they it have puppies and kittens thrown in bags alongside the freeway to be hit so we get different police officers on different shifts to take in the kitties and the puppies so they avoid going to 9 humane society a lot of them have it to be pit down now my cat is a senior katie can't take her places but she gets along well, is disney and they've rescued my life injured pets need homes more than happy pets

that have no injuries a lot of times they're put down because no one will take them in i have personally all my pets have been injured in one way or another one envelope went to his mom, mom is it possible for amy to get whole cat was she bad she never had a whole cat that's one of the reasons i volunteer at the two different schools one with the kindergarten class and a fourth grad place teaching kids how to take care of even if it of their animals and teach them proper ways to handle them and what to do if their injured or sick and even proper ways to treat them in your house if

their abused by a parent or brother to show them what to had recently i startled doing that it's been received well by the schools i volunteer in i do believe there's animal cruelty and abuse also san francisco allows abandon 7, 8, 9 people can't take their pets with them sometimes when they move they love their pets they abandon them and don't know what to do that's a pressing issue in san francisco i i know my this that i current live in has switched to 0 no pet apartment building there's less places for the people that love animals to live i personally have volunteered

with different shelters in the east bay and san francisco i also volunteer with the rescue in the past i've volunteered with the san diego zoo and when - i volunteered and the animal museum that's no longer there my job was cleaning out cages as a he relative it was fun and exciting until i brought homo relay he will snake for my mom she decided not to let me work with snakes i have it was experience and learning about reptiles and personally not the pet for me he personally prefer

dogs and cats but everything has a different choose in animal and every creature deserves to be humanely treated for and have a life and if they need to if they've been injured there is a proper way to handle i'm sorry, i lost my mike. >> so go ahead and wrap up. >> okay. i'm sorry. and so that's basically about what i do i did work on i helped with some cases for pro bono animals thank you for listening. >> thank you i think amy fuller is a

candidate but not here in the country ms. johnson. >> good afternoon, supervisors optimum julie lien johnson a resident of san francisco over 12 years currently a professor at ucsf where i focus only doing research if the orderly adults with low income background and help them prove that approve their lives i see the importance the community in my work and volunteering as an animal advocate i've done for 10 years i have volunteered with 5 different organizations in the city including animal care control and spca i was a

co-founder with a gem shelter cat rescue in a accreditation to improve the lives of animals i've done a lot of work and attended many of the animal welfare commission meetings i believe that our animals need a voice to express their concerns and find innovative ways to approve the shelters after california became a state they passed a bill to make animal cruelty a crime and the same year the spca opened it is a big fabric of our society. >> thank you very much any questions

any public comment on that item? seeing none, public comment is closed supervisors colleagues supervisor tang. >> sure again, thank you to you'll the applicant we only saw two today but today, i'm happy to recommend professor johnson to this animal commission open animal welfare it is an issue i recognized that ms. van ness raised the concerns about the difficulty of finding housing for animals here, however, i want to support professor johnson given her board experience with various organizations as well as the work in the past hoping happy to recommended her to the full board. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you very much you know i've also said this is

one of the more important appointments we make i do believe that how we treat our amens says a lot about who we are the ghandi combroet quote the greaterness of the nation is by the way it's animal are treated i believe that and i want to thank both applicant it's clear actual both the applicants that are here it's clear that each one as tremendous passion for animals i'd be happy to support either one of them and support the motion that supervisor tang made to support professor johnson and to ms. van ness please continual to be involved because those vacancy come up and those commissions and i think that the animals of san francisco need people who bring out passion and

care that i each bring i am the caretaker a bulldog and he'll be happy to hear about the appointment. >> thank you once again for the applicant that wanted to serve on the committee there's been a motion made on the floor we'll take that without objection. motion passes thank you very much okay. we're going to item number 8 madam clerk. >> would you like me to call 8 through 17 are ordinances and resolutions authorizing various litigations and claims. >> colleagues is there a motion to convene to closed session. >> mr. chair speakers. >> okay any public comment any

public comment on that item? seeing none, public comment is closed colleagues is there a motion? there's been a motion we'll take th. >> deputy city attorneys john gibner, deputy city attorney? closed session the committee voted unanimously to send those to the full board with recommendation. >> thank you for the report colleagues, can i have a motion not to disclose what happened in the closed session. >> so moved. >> without objection the motion passes madam clerk, any other business before this committee? >> there's no further business.

so meeting adjourned >>

>> the annual celebration of hardly strictly bluegrass is

always a hit now completing itself 12 year of music in the incredible golden gate park. >> this is just the best park to come to. it's safe. it's wonderful and such a fun time of the year. there is every kind of music you can imagine and can wander around and go from one stage to another and just have fun. >> 81 bands and six stages and no admission. this is hardly strictly bluegrass. >> i love music and peace. >> i think it represents what is great about the bay area. >> everyone is here for the music and the experience. this is why i live here. >> the culture out here is amazing. it's san francisco. >> this is a legacy of the old warren hel ment and receive necessary funding for ten years after his death.

>> there is a legacy that started and it's cool and he's done something wonderful for the city and we're all grateful. hopefully we will keep this thing going on for years and years to come.

>> good morning and, welcome to the transbay joint powers authority board of director's meeting on thursday, september 11th, and the board would like to recognize the staff at sfgtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available on-line and today we want to recognize charles who is filming today's meeting and madam cle