not one ambulance has been purchased to date. as a result the san francisco fire department takes the existing aging ambulances out of service regularly for repairs, reducing the number of units available to respond to calls chltd -- we gave them the money for ambulances and in the face of this crisis they haven't bothered to use it. since i spoke about the ems crisis last week, i'm told that the direction group under the mayor's office started to address the problems. yesterday i was for the first time invited to participate in the working group which i will gradually begin doing immediately. i am told so far the plan includes the 30 -day mutual cooperating contract with the ambulance provider essentially a month long version of the department issued a couple

weeks ago. no. 2, the efforts to administer evaluation calls when police are summoned and frequent callers of ems use at the shelters and no. 3, the possibility of more ems hiring. i'm glad that something may improve, but why did it have to take this long and go this far? why was the public safety jeopardize before the department took notice? why is this just happening now after i took the matter to the mayor last week. what has been going on for the last six months 6 months for the last year, for the last two 2 years. that's the situation has even come this far as a reflection of failed leadership and a failed system. as a member of the board, we do not have the authority to hire or fire the chief. in fact section.2.114 of the

city charter prevents us from doing so and i don't in entered the intend to do so. but i will bring this to light and have the voters have a chance at the ballot. today i will ask the city attorney to ensure our ems crisis is revolved and we do not allow this to happen again. in the coming weeks i will meet with the members of the authority to define what a medical standard for authority should be for industrialized care for people. this standard could be on the average response time and the number of medics to follow calls or those with 10 -minute wait and/or number of ambulances medics needed to serve the city safely.

whatever the matrix, the ballot measure will require the fire department to meet this minimal level of service. in 2005, proposition f proposed that the city and the department maintain a minimum staffing level of service for fire suppression. the voters of san francisco approved this. ems is 70 percent of the call volume of the fire department. doesn't it seem logical that we create a minimum standard for ems like we have for fire suppression. the people of san francisco pay the fire chief over $300,000 a year. i think we are entitle to expect a minimum level of safety. this is urged and promise with success that has not been kept. the fire department has neither.

the ballot will improve or move on and improve public safety for everyone in san francisco. colleagues, i have one other item and in memoriam. this is in memoriam for lawrence edward shelton senior, he was born in alabama october 1941. he was raised and educated in alabama until age of 13. lawrence moved to west virginia to live with his father. a coal miner. he moved to west virginia where he became close to his future wife annette williams. lawrence and annette became high school sweet hearts and

began an adjourn journey that will last 67 years. in columbus i ohio she became a member of the local afcio and then lawrence and his family moved to san francisco where he continued his work with labor groups. lawrence is remembered by all for his smile, his love of conversation and his commitment to seeing the good of all people above all. he was a free spirit and a great soul. lawrence is is survived by his wife dr. annette shelton who is here today and one of his daughters is here today. they have four children together, eight grandchildren and countless other family members and friends who greatly inspired his strength of will and free spirit. i would like to acknowledge

dr. shelter who is a strong community advocate, one that is continued to fight for the rights of people all over and continues to remain faithful to her church family. i see the rest of your family made it here. my colleagues and i extend our heartfelt condolences to you at your time of loss. our community will remember mr. shelton for years to come. thank you for being here and today we are honored to adjourn this board meeting in his memory. so thank you for being here. thank you. the rest i submit. >>president david chiu: colleagues i would like to go to our 2:30 special order. let's proceed to supervisor campos. >>supervisor david campos: thank you very much mr. president. it is my honor to recognize a number of children who came

out to our budget and finance committee a few days back to discuss the very important subject of the plight of 10s of thousands of children that have been fleeing central america to this country seeking refuge from our nation. i do want to note that the translation devices that have been made available are not working properly so for many of them it's very hard to understand what's happening. so that's probably something to look into for the board. but, we will talk about the specifics of the item when we get back to that item as the meeting progresses. but i want to take this opportunity to recognize the

children and we are talking about children who came to our hearing to testify about their experiences. i know for my own experience that crossing the border as a child undocumented is a horrific experience. i had the benefit of doing it with a parent that these are kids that did it on their own without a parent with them it just makes the idea of what they went through just impossible to imagine. and, we as adults, we can talk until we are blue in the face about the challenges that these kids are facing, but ultimately it is these kids that are the only ones who can articulate what they have gone through, what they have to

face and that they had the courage to come to a building like this one to testify is testament to the fact that these are very special kids and government has failed them in their native countries and that they would have the trust to come before a government body like this one is something that i'm very appreciative of and so i want to take this opportunity not only as a supervisors but as a resident of the so the thank them for having the courage to share their experience with us because in sharing their experience not only are they helping themselves, but they are helping 10s of thousands of kids going through a similar experience. i will say this in spanish.

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>> if they can please come up to the podium when i call their name. william garcia, walter garcia, brian suchey, natalie i oyoa, louis conejo, stephanie paola moreno, calvera reyes. [ applause ]

>> i know a couple of them are going to say a few words. >> [ spanish speaker ] good afternoon, my name is natalie and i am here to thank you all today.

>> i'm here to thank you all for being here with me and the children here and many more children and for giving us the opportunity to have attorneys that we need so we can stay here longer. [ applause ]

>> children have something to offer you all just like you have something important to offer us. we are grateful that we are not going to be deported back to our country that we fled to come here. thank you. [ applause ] [ spanish speaker ] hello, my

name is fatima. i'm from el salvador. i want to say thank you because you are helping us find attorneys. when here we are children, the people who need them the most. thank you. [ applause ] >> hi, my name is louis and i'm from el salvador. and i just want asylum and i

want to thank pangia for providing me an attorney free of charge. i wish there were more free attorneys for the children to be with their parents and their brothers and sisters like me. thank you. [ applause ] [ spanish speaker ] good morning, my name isselsa.

i'm five 5 years old. i'm here to thank you and i hope that you vote for us and with us. we are defenseless and we hope you help us have an opportunity. thank you. [ applause ] [ spanish speaker ] thank

you. hello, my name is brian and i'm here to thank you for the money that you are providing us for attorneys. you are giving us an opportunity to be here and to be something and someone in life. thank you. [ spanish speaker ] good

afternoon, my name is walter. thank you for the money you are donating to help us have attorneys. we feel much more supported and strengthened now that you have done that, thank you. [ applause ] [ spanish speaker ] good afternoon, my name is marilyn. and i won my asylum and i feel so much more at peace and happy. my dream is that all the children can be like me at peace and happy. thank you for the support you are providing to all the other children, thank you. [ applause ]

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>>president david chiu: back to roll call. madam clerk. city clerk: supervisor campos is on the roll for new business. >>supervisor david campos: thank you very much. i have one item, i have a couple of items. the first is substitute legislation that i'm introducing with respect to the issue of buy that would

regulate tenant by outs in san francisco where it's the tenant vacating the unit. this is that something that happens outside of the process in the eviction law. we know the report issued by the budget legislative analyst that it is estimated that for every ellis act eviction there may be as many as 7 by outs that happen. they found that the number of clients seeking advice on buy outs from 2009-2013. from 76 clients to 175 clients. the legislation that i introduced does a number of things including increasing

the fairness of to buy outs to provide tennants a statement of their rights to buy out process and frequency of buy outs to understand this in san francisco and no longer an allowing by outs restrictions. as a discussion to the board and relief to the administrative burden that the legislation could have on the agency in terms of enforcement, i am now introducing substitute legislation which differs from the original and the following ways: one, in addition to requiring a landlord his or her rights at a time of commencing of by out

legislations that reiterate those rights at the time the buy out agreement is reduced in writing. second, the substitute legislation requires that all buy outs within 45 days following his or her signature on a buy out agreement. the substitute legislation requires a landlord to pay a fee at the time he files the buy out agreement related to the following buy out agreement. the subject legislation also removes any administration in the original version of the ordinance and instead allows tennants, non-profit c 3 or c 4 with protecting tennants rights or the city attorneys office to enforce provisions of the law in san francisco superior court. i look forward to discussing the legislation when it comes before the budget and finance committee on october 8th. i also want to thank

supervisors kim, mar and avalos for their co-sportsmanship -- sponsorship of this legislation. the last item that i have is an item that i am introducing, it's a resolution. i want to thank supervisor wiener for his cosponsorship. on july 2012, the food and drug administration approved the first drug preventing the sexual transmission of hiv. prep. which is short for preexposure profile axis is a prevention strategy in which hiv negative people take the medication to reduce the risk of becoming infected. medical research trials show that if a patient add hears to a daily pill regiment similar to the taking of a birth

control pill, prep can nearly eliminate the risk of contracting hiv. if widely implemented, prep could be the game changer that we need to effectively fight hiv. we in san francisco have led the way in hiv treatment for so many years and even though we have accomplished much in the last 5 years, we still had 2066 people in san francisco newly diagnosed with hiv. hiv infections among women, latinos, african americans, transgender people and gay men continue to rise to this day. globally, more than $10 billion is spent each year on hiv aids, but that doesn't include the intangible cost of

lost productivity, wages and premature death due to this disease. additionally we know that for every hiv infection that is prevented that $355,000 is saved in the cost of providing lifelong hiv care and treatment. the center for disease controls has stated that prep could have a significant impact on the u.s. hiv epidemic. yet not withstanding that fact, fewer than a thousand city of city of san francisco #9 has had access to prep and in response to hiv for more than 30 years, we need to once again play a leadership role to make sure that we roll out prep to the fullest extent possible. it is simply time for san francisco to play that leadership role once again.

approvals by the fda, centers for disease control and others who helped create access for insurance reimbursement for prep, has made this available to some people but obstacles remain. to prevent hiv infection many physicians hesitate to prescribe it due to lack of familiarity of treatment. and some require prior authorization and depending on an individual's insurance coverage, individual cost can vary significantly. this thursday i will be holding a hearing for the neighborhood services committee meeting to discuss how to take a roll in providing prep to city of san

francisco regardless of income. i want to thank you for their continued support and in bypassing this resolution, we are ensuring that san francisco once again leads the way to make sure we do everything we can to eradicate hiv from our society. the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor campos. president chiu? >>president david chiu: thank you. i have two items. the first one is in memoriam for someone i have known for 20 years. alvin, was the director of music for the calvary church. at the age of 19 he received his college degree and moved to the city by the bay which has been his