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five minutes, ten minutes you could believe fired a second or third time and it's to no fault of your own. it could be a traffic jam, bart could go down, and you could still get fired so there's a life rate of stress for these workers at hourly wages. i see people get hired and work so hard to get hired and be tossed out once they were late once or twice. you can't live in the city if you make 10 or $11 an hour. i know in because i have to leave the city because i can't get a full-time job with benefits. san francisco is not helping people to stay here. it's helping the big businesses do a merri-go-round and get rid of the older workers in favor of the younger workers. i'm here to speak later on because this will be my last
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time -- thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good evening. my name is [inaudible]. and my company and the only one thing i'd like to say, you know, i wish everybody please try to help everybody at the airport, everybody work harder. thank you very much, i really appreciate it. it's great, thank you.
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your stories. i think this is what leadership looks like, this is what unity looks like, this is what solidarity looks like. my first picket line for local 2 was 1984 for the restaurant workers strike an i'll say the spirit of local 2 and the power of you standing united is so important. i'm very hopeful that you have succeeded hopefully with coming to an agreement so i know mr. sing said that there's not a tentative agreement yet, but i think your actions over the last few days, but also your presence here representing the few of you, the dozens, hundreds of you here today represent the thousand workers there i think is a strong message you want justice and a fair contract. thank you for educating us today. i'd like to know if in of my colleagues have anything to say. if there are any others, please do line up, but
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otherwise let's proceeds with last public comment on this item. >> this struggle is my struggle as well. i was a food worker. when i -- i was so impoverished that i couldn't afford a car so i rode a bicycle everywhere. i had to ride it on the highways. when i went to work from time to time i get scars, i get burns, i get cuts. some of the scars on my body still have not healed, it's opinion, like, 14 years. i think at this rate we might just need a ballot initiative so that people can get a living wage at the airport. i've been to an airport -- you might get a bottle of juice or something and it's, like, $3. i'm just very troubled that
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people cannot get a living wage at the airport. i figured you'd get more money because you have to go through security, metal detectors, et cetera, et cetera, i figured more money for them. i guess there's certain side effects that people can acquire by working in the food industry. when i was in the food industry when i did not think, i just reacted. something happened, low on this, react. low on that, react. people is cooking the food. i am just -- it's very troubling that people cannot get a living wage, they cannot get healthcare. i think the living wage now is about $18 adjusted for inflation. it's definitely not can i want up.
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we need stock options for them, we need medical and we need opportunities for them to grow in advance, higher education, lots of things and -- >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. again, if there's any other member of the public please line up. >> hi, my name's [inaudible]. i am 83 years olds. i'm legally and morally in san francisco, was evicted on the street. i am homeless now. i need your help. it's only in germany, fascist company that 83 years old people was evicted from the street. i don't know what to do. i am almost a year not living in my home --
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>> sir, i apologize. i want to make sure you're commenting on item 48, which is regarding the labor dispute at the airport. we will have time for general public comment later in the meeting. thank you. again, if there's any other member of the comment ready to speak on item 48. supervisor kim. >> i have just wanted to thank all the workers that came out today from the airport. i know many of us start our holiday travels, many of us will be going through sfo international and airport and i certainly will be and i certainly plan to stand in solidarity before i ride my plane, which is a huge strain on passengers who can't even bring liquids through security, but i certainly hope that local 2 will unit heerz is successful in coming to an agreement with the concessionary stance. it was exciting to seize
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after a prolonged struggle l with acceptabilitier plate that we were able to be get to a conclusion a couple months ago, buff but i want to voice my support for you and thank you for all that you do, not just serving our city and being the face for so many tourists that come through from around the world at the airport as our giant stadium concessionary state as well, butt serving your families and community, it is so important that we rez main concerned about healthcare issues and making sure we are paying our workers fairly so they can afford to live in san francisco and bay areas' rising cost of living through the region.
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and it bothers me that something like this would come from a business that has the name mission on it, but it says from mission bar [inaudible] and it says good morning, please return to work as scheduled or you may be replaced, sincerely mbg. legally, the kind of language that's being used straddles the -- sort of walks the fine line of whether or not is it just a statement or actual threat, but of course, you know, getting this from -- on your personal phone from your employer, we know what the intended impact of this is, which is to intimidate and threaten and that's troubling. i was very troubled to hear in public comment about how in some of these establishments
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it seems like prices are being increased without any of what are the requisite approvals that need to be obtained. i would ask the city attorney if you can please review the leases that are -- i don't know how many leases we're talking about. the chair, maybe you can tell us maybe how many we're talking about. >> i can't recall the exact number. it's somewhere in the range of eight to ten that we're looking at, but i'd be happy to look into that question an report back. . >> one question i would have is if a business and establishment raises prices can they do that unilaterally or do they have to go through a process where they require approval of management. i know john martin try to run a tight ship. one chemical question i
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would be would that be a breech of the lease? we're not there yet so i would ask we make a motion to continue this item to the first immediate next meeting of the board of supervisors, which i think is actually a special meeting on january 7. i don't think that we will need to haerz the item again, but i just want to have it as an option so i would make a motion to continue to immediately following the special meeting. >> just to restate supervisor campos has made a motion to continue this item to january
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7, 2015. the public hearing portion of this item has been held and closed, buff we can continue the item itself. >> the item itself. >> item 48, sure. that's seconded by supervisor mar. without objection that's been continued, item 48 to january 7, 2015. with that, colleagues, we will now reconvene as the board of supervisors and proceed pack to our item 50, which we left off at. again, i want to thank everyone for being here today for item 48. now we'll go back to roll call for introductions. we left off with supervisor breed who had completed her submission. >> i'd like to introduce new business, supervisor campos. >> i'm the potential short term and long-term strategies to help alleviate the affects
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of flooding along folsom street in the mission district, the area of 17th and folsom, which is actually the lowest point in the city which always floods every time that there is -- not even a significant rain. even a minor rain sometimes, and over the post few weeks we have been working with community members to prepare for the storm and i want to thank the public utility commission for the hard work they have done to help folks. this is a complicated problem and so this is basically a hearing that would allow us to have a long-term discussion about a more permanent solution. the rest i submit. thank you. >> thank you supervisor campos. supervisor cohen. >> thanks very much. first, i just wanted to make
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an announcement and raise the level of attention around a very important item. i just want to recognize that earlier this week congress passed a bill that could result in a complete national data collection on police shootings and other deaths that happen in law enforcement custody. this is pretty significant because what it is is a reauthorization of legislation that expired in 2006. this is legislation that was introduced by representative bobby scott, a democrat in virginia and base cliz states receiving federal funds would be required to report every quarter on the number of deaths that occurred of persons in the their custody. and think, i believe, speaks to a lot of the wave and
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movement and protest and outrage you see happening on a daily basis. i have want to offer one final piece before i submit the rest in me more yum i'd like to request we close the board meeting out in memory of my great uncle. he was laid to rest earlier in afternoon. he passed away on december 9 at the age of 96. louis was born november 17, 1918 in ocean springs, mississippi and he attended elementary school at xavier preparatory high school. he was married to my aunt on june 28, 1939 at holy ghost catholic church. as newlyweds they started
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their family, and with the birth of ten children. but 1942 is needs of the family had my uncle louis seeking to obtain higher wages for loading freight for the louisville and nashville railroad. like many african americans, migrating from the south to san francisco [inaudible]. uncle louis has settled into the working class neighborhood of bay view hurnters point. together he would raise ten children in the community. he could be seen on sunday mornings at our lady of the lord church with his children and later in life at all hallows catholic church. he loved singing and could be
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heard singing or whistling a tune as he worked in the yard or remodelled the interior or exterior of his home. besides his family he loved the san francisco giants, the baseball team, attending many of their games until he was no longer able. he's left quite a legacy behind. >> on our city's as a city how we want to continue to make improvements in our supportive housing system. one of the reports was
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recently [inaudible] that i requested earlier in the year that was released earlier today. that examined the cost identify and compare procedures for client intake, assessment and outcomes. both of these reports are some of the first comprehensive analyses prioritized here in san francisco. while both reports affirmed that supportive housing as cost effective and necessary, they provide la number of recommendations that the stitz i believe should explore and implement in order to reduce ourover all homeless population and help the formerly homeless become receive sufficient. the city services audit report and their tenants focuses on
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inclined characteristics, services provided, service gaps, public benefits, helts care youthization, and the length of stay in client exits. four key areas i look forward to exflowering, includesing service provision, administration, and program goals. the bla report i requested affirms the effectiveness of support i [inaudible] costs to build new supportive housing ewe nitss here in our city of san francisco, but provides recommendations that both dph and hsa can track the records of their clients and calls for the city to convene a working group to support housing. include tg feasibility of moving to a citywide or needed assessment system, more trajectories, service
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utilization availability an cost of alternative housing and the projective future costs of maintaining and expand tg city's service housing port folio. as a city more of our homeless here in san francisco. i plan on bringing together the directors and helping staff to discuss the reports of my hearing and the steps needed for improvement in service delivery and outcomes for our clients that plan on taking the immediate and long-term fuel chur. there are a number of legislative proposals we'd like to address, including contract compliance, better performance outcomes and how to encourage more support of housing tenants to qualify for public benefits and the transition of willing and able housing tenants housing opportunities. i plan on scheduling this meeting in february and look
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forward to the discussion and i thank today all the people involved, i want to thank trent from hsa, everyone from dph and everyone participating in these efforts and look forward to continuing this discussion. the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. >> right before thanksgiving this year i a pilot program to restroom fa stillties throughout our district. it is one of the top concerns i continue to hear from our residents, visitors, small business owners and on our city streets. we work at the department of public works over the last two years and needs to come up with a pilot program that will offer a triple combination of portable toilets, singzs, needle collection and dog waste bags and receptacles. for the last sixth months we
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have implemented this project alike is that there's a real need for clean and safe public restrooms to provide people with a dignified place to go to the bathroom. at the same time as this usage has gone down in our neighborhood. this is significant because most of the steam cleaning requests pertain to reports of human feces. hire to the 1001 pit stop
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public works averages requests on [inaudible] steam clean using #1r5 gallons of water, the city has saved 160 gallons of water a day at 2641 gallons per month. in the appropriate receptacles and not left behind in our doorways, parks or tree wells. they identified 150,000 to fund the initial pilot through january, and given the significant unfortunately due to the holidays it was difficult to schedule on december, the hearing will take place in early january, but in the meantime we want to introduce a supplemental to ensure we can continue the
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program through the end of the year and expands to other high needs neighborhoods like the high needs market. as we with a spike in traffic fatalities. and while we are slightly behind in terms of fatalities and pedestrian fatalities we also know that there is often a spike during the holidays as there is an increased number of shared users on our odes. roads. we want to reminds the public to drive safely during this time of joy and gatt eshg.
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almost done, i've asked the city attorney to begin drafting an ordinance that all frequent drivers and large take the approved training starting in the new year. the city will be handing out bumper stickers announcing the partner's early and voluntary commitment. we're working with the san francisco bike coalition to continue pushing our don't walk efforts throughout the holidays. i was really glad to see that sfmpa has decided to launch
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the pilot we began in the month of december and we are supporting the campaign to report locations or drivers blocking the box by hashtaging -- i still call it pound -- hashtag parking dirty sf. this program was modelled by washington dc public works and you can learn about it more at sf bike.org. i have a in the founding member of community housing partnerships core chop program. the community housing organizing project works to
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train and develop community organizing leadsers to categorize social change in san francisco, promote social justice and advocate for issues for social poverty and homelessness. we are all organizizers, chop also runs community scholars program, an 8 month internship program to promote [inaudible] through chop she worked almost every day on a campaign including most recently the fair chance act authored by my office and supervisor cohen and the registration project. she came to our meetings supporting policy measures that would make a difference in the tenderloin. she was born in san francisco
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on july 21, 1969 to edgar [inaudible] and raised by her grandparents. she grew up closely with her two siblings, trino and lucia. she worked in the tenderloin. she was an amazing mother, daughter, sister, friends and someone who cared deeply about her neighbors and residents. she passed at the age of 45 to unknown causes. the community housing partnership family in our district are grieving her loss and the gap in leadership. friends remember her as loving, outside going, caring, down to earth, and never without a smile on her face. she is survived by her who daughters. friends my
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