how they were able to cut the number of deaths in half by 50 percent and actually have the speed limit has been key to that and what they have been able to do to enforce the speed limit is what they, and what they don't call them speed cameras they call them safety cameras. and they have been able to implement that throughout the country and it is effective in lowering the speeds and therefore, reducing the we have a lot of work to do, but we are far behind and unfortunately the countris in asia and europe but we are doing well in the u.s. but we have a lot more work to do and we are able to learn and share the best

practices. if we can go to the public comment on this item. >> commissioner mar and yee? >> there were a lot of take aways for myself, and i mean, that it was nice and comforting that we had really the largest con tining ent and i felt like we were in san francisco, even though we are in brooklyn and it is one of the boroughs that are larger than san francisco and it was interesting to hear some of the streets and the

pedestrians itself and the message that they are trying to get across is that the human beings make the mistakes and pedestrian ans will make the mistakes and they can be distracted and we should pay attention to that. and one of the things that was interesting, was the opening sort of keynote address, in which the professor there talked about streets in a very different way, and just prior to i guess, in the maybe, in a 1920s or so, and the streets were, quickly changed because of the auto industry. and in which they made and they basically had a campaign, the tree belongs to the car rather

than the pedestrians will we get back to that notion? probably not, but it is interesting to know that history, and that the streets were not made for the cars originally, but we have to keep in that mind, and as we talked to in particular, the drivers who have this, and the streets belong to them. >> and i have noticed to a lot of people, over there from san francisco, and that is what we have already, in san francisco. by the way. and it is a default speed limit. and i would really like the idea of the safety cameras. in swaoed sweden, what they said besides the cameras is that they really didn't have that many, but, what they did not have were movable cameras. and so, they were able to move

it from one place to another, and every so often. and so if it felt to drivers like they had a lot of cameras up. and maybe that is something that if we don't have enough funding if we pursue that avenue, we may want to look at that strategy. i think that one of the things that really, we have like advocates we have walk advocates, and these organizations, and one of the things that struck me is that we didn't have families involved. and in an organized way, and the as commissioner kim was saying, the familis for safe streets, that group was really to me, the power behind the advocacy and i am hoping that people that went to the syposium will talk among themself and see if we can form

a similar group. and the point about the black box and so forth, i will, and i am already pursuing seeing what we can do in staoet for that, and it is just such an inexpensive tool for us. and to, and 250 bucks a crack, and for, and, the approach will be whether we could monitor to see if we could save gas, but it also, the residual of that was that they were able to detect the bad drivers and not doing the right thing. and so, muni supposedly has a black box and others, and so i am trying to find out who else, or what other department haves that and which one don't and we will find a way to hopefully mandate that and we have that in the city cars. and so, those were some of the take aways. and i am glad that i went.

and i loved their messaging. and in regards to the education piece, and pedal safety. and i took a cab, and a few times. and in the back they have the stream, and about 25, 30 percent of what they were showing they kept on saying visions zero, vision zero and so the messaging was really powerful and they had the street signs all over the place. and i understand that clear channel donated a bunch of signs for them to put up or to send these messages. i am hoping that we could, our education piece could be as aggressive as that. and i know that it was just starting with, and i love it to be that way. thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioner mar? >> yeah, i just wanted to thank commissioners kim and yee, and i wanted to remind the body

that there is a budget legislative analyst report on reducing speed limit and looking at model and other cities and so i will do my best to try to integrate what you have learned and brought back with the budget analyst report, which i think that we will having the hearing later in the new year. and i wanted to also say that just remembering now, in austin, unfortunately they were not able to pass a one billion dollar transportation bond. a spread out city, verses a dense city and, we were able to pass our prop a there is a lot of differences in our electorate supporting transition, i know that a lot of effort went into proposition a and i want to thank tang and others for the support and the mayor as well. and i want to give a plug for chair avalos and i will be in new york city for this gathering of city council and local leaders called local progress. and we will be in city hall,

and believe that it is on thursday, of next week. with different panels participating on a economic justice panel, with city council folks from philadelphia, and dc and other cities as well. but, we will do our best to learn about the transportation issues as we are there with progressive and liberal council members from around the downtownry as well. thank you. >> thank you. >> so we can go into public comment. >> any member? >> seeing none come forward. we will close public comment and move on to the next item. >> five, accept the audit report for the fiscal year, ended june 30, 2014, this is an action item. >> any comments or questions? >> seeing none, we will go out to public comment. >> and public comment will close and roll call vote. >> on item five, avalos? >> aye. >> breed. >> aye. >> campos. >> aye. >> chiu.

>> aye. >> cohen? >> absent. >> farrell? >> absent. >> commissioner kim? >> aye. >> mar. >> aye. >> tang. >> aye. >> weiner. >> aye. >> commissioner yee. >> aye. >> the item passes. >> okay, let's go on to the plans and programs item. item 6... >>allocate $6,795,385 in prop k funds, with conditions, for eleven requests, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules and amend the relevant 5-year prioritization programs. this is an action item. >> okay. colleagues, comments or questions? >> no, we will go on to public comment, any member of the public that would like to comment? and seeing none, come forward we will close public comment and have another roll call vote. >> 6, avalos. >> aye. >> breed. >> aye. >> campos. >> aye. >> chiu. >> aye. >> cohen? >> absent. >> farrell. absent. >> kim.

>> aye. >> mar. >> aye. >> tang. >> aye. >> weiner. >> aye. >> yee. >> aye. >> aye. >> the item passes. >> item 7, introduction of new items this is an information item. >> colleagues, any new item issues to come before the transportation authority? >> seeing none, we will go on to public comment on this item. >> and seeing no member of the public come forward we will close public comment and go to the next item. >> 8, public comment? >> okay. >> general public comment is now opened. and seeing no member of the public, we will close general public comment. >> and our next item? >> nine, adjournment. >> okay, colleagues we are adjourned and we want to wish, everyone a happy holiday. thank you. >>

>> well, good morning, everyone and well, to the sf food bank (clapping) it's a great day to be here and kickoff the beginning of sf incubates 20th anniversary and love local sf (clapping) you know i can't think of a better place to celebrated the community of san francisco than right restore at the sf food bank people come here to lend a hand and volunteer to feed others from that forntd we get

47 thousand pounds of food to feed people if that's not a cross 0 roads of xhublt in san francisco i don't know what is i'd like to stereo san francisco's mayor, mayor ed lee (clapping.) well, good afternoon everyone. >> good morning arrest we're loving san francisco all right. (clapping) well, that morning coming out and being hit by that the sun my first question was when is the first time pitch paul mccartney i want to congratulate you 23 years i know somebody else who has been working their love 32 thank you for the food bank and helping the needy in san francisco it's my delight so join the chronicle and sf to

push this wonderful and depriving love of our city everything local it's a wonderful 0 movement they've started and we want to be a part of as well i also want to say thank you to everyone here that been volunteering with our food bank and sharing their love i know the success the food bank and so many other things to help each other is do not on volunteers for the hours you've spent thank you very much for sharing this time this is a great time for the city not only because of the things we did tomorrow with our elections we can do better and more we can make our city successful for each other for years and decades to come and while it begins with things like food it can go to jobs and children and education and

business to all kinds of things we're doing to make the city greater you i've had a chance to work and meet with jeff and with christine the head of chronicle and we're excited about building the movement of love local we're excited about the city having the paper starting the focus or making more focus on the locals manufacturing and the job creation and the kids and spirit all the entertainment that is the vitality part of our business is right here kcmo kookiness and love go together with that, may i present to jeff and christine as mayors do declare today to be local love sf day here in san francisco

(clapping) okay. i'll be looking forward to joining the lines and helping out. >> thank you, mayor ed lee and thank you all as we kickoff our love annual day love local is all about celebrating san francisco as the mayor said celebrating the differences and diversity of our neighborhood the great food scene and the great shopping and manufacturing but what else can represent love local better than helping our neighborhood we start whereat food bank a strong connection with the neighborhood our sharing fund has given owning over a million dollars to the food bank so we appreciate (clapping) thank you. we appreciate everything they do for folks in

need that's what love is all about this is the start of the celebration we're excited excited to built upon this let's go ahead and have love local thank you (clapping). >> basically this is how we box chairs and sf food bank i want to get a box we're going to fill up it all the way to the top of boxes and like those folks are doing we fill this you will u up because we want to make sure the pat let didn't collapse that's one of our big deals to make sure the box is nice and fuel as folks are boxing the indicators most of these are good not in our supermarkets they do not

have those folks those are the kinds of indicators it don't make it most of the carrots are good if it's militia i didn't or mold i didn't that's a bad scooter so urge you to put a box on the side our main goal is to box all the good indicators once your box is fuel fold the box here's our finished a pallet folks not that mr. mayor is snolts strong enough to carry a box with you sometimes, we have 4 years we're we tell he folks if you can't carry a box ask for help so what we do is carry the box to the college we put it 4 layers high and bring it to the door and it is out in the cooler

and then is to the pantry and it goes on the truck in san francisco so basically folks that's the whole process mr. mayor all i need to you do. >> when a how much do we get to eat (laughter). >> there's a quality control those carrots are washed anyone else want to jump in we can use your help folks. >> thank you george let's start working. >> okay mr. mayor

>> i love teaching. it is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. >> this really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. this is very enriching as an artist. a lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. >> there are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. that is a really big draw. >> this is a signature piece. this is the bill largest

darkroom in the u.s.. >> there are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. >> i think it is the heart of this place. you feel it when you come in. >> the people who just started taking pictures, so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography.

>> we get to build the community here. this is different. first of all, this is a great location. it is in a less-populated area. >> of lot of people come here just so that they can participate in this program. it is a great opportunity for people who have a little bit of photographic experience. the people have a lot, they can really come together and share a love and a passion. >> we offer everything from traditional black and white darkrooms to learning how to process your first roll of film. we offer classes and workshops

in digital camera, digital printing. we offer classes basically in the shooting, ton the town at night, treasure island. there is a way for the programs exploring everyone who would like to spend the day on this program. >> hello, my name is jennifer. >> my name is simone. we are going on a field trip to take pictures up the hill. >> c'mon, c'mon, c'mon. >> actually, i have been here a lot. i have never looked closely

enough to see everything. now, i get to take pictures. >> we want to try to get them to be more creative with it. we let them to be free with them but at the same time, we give them a little bit of direction. >> you can focus in here. >> that was cool. >> if you see that? >> behind the city, behind the houses, behind those hills. the see any more hills? >> these kids are wonderful. they get to explore, they get to see different things. >> we let them explore a little bit. they get their best.

if their parents ever ask, we can learn -- they can say that they learned about the depth of field or the rule of thirds or that the shadows can give a good contrast. some of the things they come up with are fantastic. that is what we're trying to encourage. these kids can bring up the creativity and also the love for photography. >> a lot of people come into my classes and they don't feel like they really are creative and through the process of working and showing them and giving them some tips and ideas. >> this is kind of the best kept secret. you should come on and take a class. we have orientations on most saturdays. this is a really wonderful

location and is the real jewel to the community. >> ready to develop your photography skills? the harvey milk photo center focuses on adult classes. and saturday workshops expose youth and adults to photography classes. >> a way of life in san francisco. when the next major quake hits, the city hopes a new law requiring seismic upgrades to five story buildings will help keep more residents safe and sound.

tell me a little about the soft story program. what is it? >> it's a program the mayor signed into law about a year and a half ago and the whole idea behind it was to help homeowners strengthen buildings so that they would not collapse. >> did you the soft story program apply to all buildings or building that were built in a certain time frame? >> it only applies to buildings built in the time frame of 1978 and earlier. it's aimed at wood framed buildings that are three or more stories and five or more units. but the openings at the garage level and the street level aren't supported in many buildings. and without the support during a major earthquake, they are expected to pancake and flatten ~. many of the buildings in this

program are under rent control so it's to everybody's advantage to do the work and make sure they protect their investment and their tenant. >> notices have gone out to more than 6,000 owners of potentially at-risk properties but fewer than one-third have responded and thousands might miss an important deadline in september to tell the city what they plan to do. let's talk worst case scenario. what happens in a collapse? >> buildings have the tendency of rolling over. the first soft story walls lean over and the building collapse. in an earthquake the building is a total loss. >> can you describe what kind of strengthening is involved in the retrofit? >> one of the basic concepts, you want to think of this building kind of like rubber band and the upper three floor are very rigid box and the garage is a very flexible element. in an earthquake the garage will have a tendency to rollover. you have to rubber band analogy

that the first floor is a very tough but flexible rubber band such that you never drive force he to the upper floors. where all your damage goes into controlled element like plywood or steel frame. >> so, here we are actually inside of a soft story building. can we talk a little about what kinds of repairs property owners might expect? >> it's a very simple process. we deliberately tried to keep it that way. so, what's involved is plywood, which when you install it and make a wall as we have done here already, then you cover it with this gypsum material. this adds some flexibility so that during the earthquake you'll get movement but not collapse. and that gets strengthened even more when we go over to the steel frame to support the upper floor. >> so, potentially the wood and

the steel -- it sounds like a fairly straightforward process takes your odds of collapse from one in 4 to one in 30? >> that's exactly right. that's why we're hoping that people will move quickly and make this happen. >> great. let's take a look. so, let's talk steel frames. tell me what we have going on here. >> well, we have a steel frame here. there are two of these and they go up to the lower floor and there is a beam that go across, basically a box that is much stiffer and stronger. ~ goes so that during the earthquake the upper floor will not collapse down on this story. it can be done in about two weeks' time. voila, you're done. easy. >> for more information on how to get your building earthquake ready,

>> good morning. welcome to the board of supervisors land use commission percentage i'm scott wiener the chairman of the committee to my right is supervisor kim and supervisor cowen will not be joining us today and supervisor kim can i have a motion to excuse without objection supervisor cohen is included our clerk is andrea ashbury and i want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting today is hearing jessie larson and jonathan madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes.