s watching the hearings in the board process and closer to november they have an election and their time is spent on that. i will figure out to get the information from them earlier in the year but hold off doing the work and the writing and the stuff that takes more time to put together the report until after we finish the undergrounding so that is the first request that we got and i have been thinking how to engage with them and they have their schedule and important things to do and getting that out of them and getting the information. sticking it in a file for a while and then finishing undergrounding coming back and finishing up this report after that is done. that's my current thought but i need to talk to more people and see how realistic that is. >> that's great. i also want to say i am really happy to see supervisors wiener and tang engage lafco. while we are certain focused on cleanpowersf i think the value of lafco and

the work that you do mr. fried as staff is incredible to see and to see san francisco really utilize lafco in the way it can be as an agency. thanks. >> and i would tend to agree with making sure that we have the proper prioritization of our projects as well. although i do see value in the projects being asked of us or of your staff. there was something i wanted to add. oh the contract with election system is i believe with secoy a i think it's important that you go forward and tell you about the urgency and the contract lasts until a certain date so we can't act on changes until that contract is over unless we null that contract so that is important to look at so we have a sense how we might want to proceed because we could actually -- it's

possible to vote to kill the contract and move forward with a new system but given that might be challenging i think it's important to know when that actual contract is finalized. >> i agree with you completely. when i was watching the hearings sounds like there are one and two year extensions that get done. the report won't create the system. here's the pathway for the city and county and work that needs to be done to create the open source system itself so i wouldn't assume that we do it's not something you get within the next few years but perhaps outside of that contract with what is left with sequoyah. >> right if our contract isn't going to expire for a couple of years the urgency isn't that great even for lafco so the focus is on clean power first and foremost. >> yeah. >> let's open this up for public comment. any member of the public that would like to

comment. >> yes bruce wolf speaking for myself. on the elections and open source software. i suggest that the city become a member of cavo and association of elect officials and do work on open source and security is correct and there is consistency across these types of softwares. i think it's important. it gives you a breath of information and substance for that. i believe it was originally contained in the original language of the legislation and then subsequently later was pulled. thank you. >> good afternoon. one more time commissioners, eric brooks local green party, our city. first i would reiterate what bruce wolf said and that should be included in the legislation and then for on future agenda

items when you do have your next joint meeting with the sf puc this is just kind of a point of information -- especially i think the supervisors might be clued in on this but the public members i want to make sure you know about it. in the scott wiener london breed legislation that cleared authorizes the puc to sell express hetch hetchy power in the city to make money and bring clean energy to the city. >> >> originally when that legislation was drafted in july it did not include making cleanpowersf a priority customer of that power, and thankfully advocates approached supervisor wiener's aid and they graciously included an amendment that

makes it clear that yes cleanpowersf is in the queue by that power and that is very important. even if cleanpowersf buys that power at full retail rate there are benefits from that because it helps -- we were discussing the wind power, solar power doesn't happen to be working and you have hydro power there as well in the mix and balances the resources out and help lower load curves on peak load and save money on the whole system as a whole so i want to tip you off that is what is in what passed on tuesday and that's important. thanks. >> thank you. any other member ever the public to comment? seeing no member come forward we will close public comment and we can go on to the next item. >> you have a motion on the floor i believe. >> i'm sorry. we have a motion on the floor. can we take that colleagues without objection? okay. very good.

do you want to restate the motion so we're clear about it? >> just that we follow the board of supervisors' urging to do the study on open and transparent voaght system in san francisco. >> great. and that was seconded by commissioner campos and take that colleagues without objection. and our next item please. >> item number 7 public. >> public is open for any item related to lafco and seeing no one come forward we will close public comment and before we adjourn i want to thank sfgtv staff for the work broadcasting. madam clerk our next item. >> item 9 adjournment. >> colleagues we are adjourned. have a great weekend. take care. bye..

>> it seems like everyone in san francisco is talking about housing san francisco housing prizes are among the highest it tops anyone million dollars and

rent rise unfortunately, this is not the first time housing has been in the news thought california the cost of a home has made headline the medium prices for a house in the the $207,000 in california it is more than twice that amount and the laura u bay area is higher it's more than doubled the states so while more than half of the americans can afford the medium fewer in california and quarter in the bayer and now fewer than a 6th of san franciscans can afford it so why it housing in san francisco so go cheven condition tharz the obviously a high demand to live here the city is known for cultural diversities that

attacks new residents and the credible opportunity our city diverse and will daytime committee grows jobs as a result we estimate the number of jobs is at ann an all-time 0 hive of 6 hundred thousand in the 80 the population was 6 hundred and 75 thousand now, it's grown steadily and quickly the recent estimate is 8 hundred and 40 thousand the highest in the city's history and it's not only san francisco it is greek the bay area has $2 million for residents and jobs then in the 80 and the growth is expected to continue by the year 20403.9 million people unfortunately, our housing supply does not keep up with the demand i might not

realize the majority of construction is housing that's been suspended for years due to the 2008 recession while population is increasing the housing is only increasing that i 9 percent if we don't pursues housing the cost of housing about only increase how do we plan the regional allocation identifies the total number of housing unit by affordable level to support the new residents san francisco incorporates it into the housing elements that guides the housing policies the arena data places it in the investment plans for the growth throughout san francisco those plans developed by years of community planning laid the ground work for the construction so the city he e sets the goals

in broad terms the private sectors builds market rate housing and non-built affordability housing that majority of housing in san francisco as well as throughout the country market rate houses built by private developers within guidelines of the city some below market rate you howls paid pie public and private dollars and prized to be variable to certain population housing is considered affordable if it costs less than 1/3rd the medium income for a 2 percent householder is $70,000 this householder will have to pay no more than $7,150 to be affordable san francisco has see long applied federal, state and local money often built and nonprofit tint for individual

families the news cities in california what the inclusive program requires that 10 or ottawa more units to certain blow income levels or contribute to the fund that supports the blow market rate unit almost 25 thousand have been supported by city funds and more than 6 nous thousand of the unit were built between 2000 and 2012 what you can't afford a million will home you're not alone in response san francisco mayor ed lee has set a goal of creating thirty thousand now e-mails homes by the year 2020 most will be in outreach of the san franciscan with federal and state funds drying up the san francisco ethics commission

is, taking an iv i of actually roll is providing housing across all levels we're working diligently for everyone to live here and mr. chair protect the housing semiand strengthen goals against evictions we're commented for housing needs for all san franciscans to learn more visit highway you very much (clapping.) >> in ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in voter in san francisco before each election you receive a voter information pamphlet in the mail it has the information for each local proposition on the ballot how did is context sometimes complex issue get

simplified >> i don't know the process and it is done by committee every time there are proposition phenomenon the ballot they have a ballot simplification. >> there are 3 steps the city attorney's office creates a working digest the ballot holds public meetings the final simplified digest is published in a voter guide let's toothd this over a proposition as has been approved the city attorney's office dwrafts a working digest each digest we prepare a hass has a couple of different sections the terrors is the way it is now that provides the overview before it goes 0 into effect and the second section the summary of the material of the mare measure and finally at

the bottom a yes vote and no vote means and in preparing those we try to let's the voters know if the vote passes. >> city attorney's office delivered to the members it was created in 876 nominated by the organizations rep joufrt and educators two members are appointed by the pair and 3 by the board of supervisors they hold meetings. >> the chair of the committee has an extraordinary ability to run a meeting and direct the discussions there's no politics involved at all because we're all people

that work with communicates that have a goal the free right to communication without any jaupdz and bias or political involvement tall. >> before the commission meets each member rectifies the digest along what the associated documents. >> we get the protective text and the actual backgrounds we get letters from different departments we get letters from the advocates. >> we prepare for the meeting sometimes four and five days in advance and sometimes someone will say do you understand all this we don't also understand one hundred and 25 packages they want us to put it down into 3 hundred words. >> have are the general bond measures and the complicated tax measures it is hard to explain what a general obligation bond

is. >> we talk about it in session not before the year. >> the committee can accept the city attorney's office draft or edit it. >> the reason we rewrite the city attorney's office digest is because it is oftentimes in legal words that the voter can understand we're quick to ask questions you know we don't come in with this is the way it is going to be most of us come in as journalist questioning exactly what this is so we can button u pout into the digest exactly with the legislation is. >> the committee that may hear in the drafters and consult with the education specialists to make sure it is written as closed to the go eight grade reading level. >> we also say to her ann is

this really an eight grade words sometimes she says yes and we have to grab the dictionary and substitute words. >> the proposition language allows all of the you - >> during the committees discussion it is displayed on large monitor or. >> there's no secret. >> they hear all our discussions what each of us is thinking. >> after the committee has discussed the proceedings are open to the public. >> people have a right to voice their opinions in democracy politics is serious and the people are dead serious depending upon which side their passion is strong. >> the unification committee as

you can see there are a lot of arguments pro and con. >> well, you could take out the voter initiative. >> i want to address some that the gentleman said gru before you. >> i contagious exception to the previous comment. >> thank you after public testimony the committee discuses all the points raised in on open session and sometimes we change our draft and sometimes redo it after the public comments have been discussed and changes made the committee takes a final vote to adopt the idealist. >> i move we adapt. >> at least 3 members. >> all in favor, say i. i. >> the public has twenty-four hours to request the committee reconsider the digest by submitting a written request the

city meets to decide combloo to adapt the final digest. >> what we really want is for the voter to think for themselves read what we say and read for themselves and look and make up their own minds we're in their corner and police commission politicians fight with us often it sdpeert our obligation and i say that more than once our obligation to the voter we 79 them to look at it and understand it learn brown more before the body committee at our website before every election you find the ballot information committee which is available in english chinese spanish and filipino it is mailed to you all registered voters prior to the legislation

and found at sf elections.org

>> it has been amazing. the people have been so gracious and so supportive of what we're doing. the energy here is fantastic with so many couples getting married. it's just been an absolutely fantastic experience so wonderful. >> by the power vested in me, i declare you spouses for life. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> to actually be able to get married and be a part of this time in history and time in our history is amazing. >> this is a momentous occasion

for us to be able to actually have this opportunity to have equal rights. >> we have been together for 14 years. everyone is so welcoming. it's been all set up and people have guided us from step to step. it's been easy. there was live music. people are so friendly and excited. so excited for us. >> it's really great. >> yeah. >> and salvador is party a here to known as party a. >> on the out it looks pretty simple. you come in, you made your appointment. you pay. you go here for your license. you got there to get married. you go there if you want to purchase a certified copy. behind the scenes there was just this monumental just mountain of work, the details into everything that we had to do and we quickly realized that we were not ready to issue the

numbers of licenses that people are anticipating that we would need to issue. we definitely did not want people waiting in long lines. this is somebody's wedding. you want to be able to plan and invite your family and friends. know what time you are able to get your marriage license, know what time you're going to have your ceremony. >> thanks for volunteering. >> we got city volunteers we got members of the public volunteering. we had our regular volunteers volunteering. we had such an overwhelming response from city employees, from the members of the general public that we had way more volunteers than we could ever have hoped for. we had to come up with a training program. i mean, there are different functions of this whole operation. you were either, you know a check-in person.

you were a greeter. you were part of the license issuing unit. you were deputy marriage commissioner, or you were on the recording side. each one of those functions required a different set of skills, a different oath of office if they needed to be sworn in as a deputy county clerk to issue marriage licenses or as a deputy county recorder if they were going to register the marriage licenses or the deputy marriage commissioner if they were going to be performing ceremonies. >> donna place the ring on her ring finger. >> the marriage commissioner training was only about a half hour. it was very simple. very well run very smooth and then we were all sworn in. >> they said we would get our scheduled sunday night and so 7:00 8:00 10:00 you know, i got it at 11:00. this person who was orchestrating all of the shifts and the volunteers and who does what you know said from her office sunday night at 11:00.

they are just really helping each other. it's a wonderful atmosphere in that way. >> have you filled out an application? >> not yet. you want to do that. >> take this right over there. >> all right. >> take it tout counter when you're done. >> very good. >> congratulations, you guys. >> for those volunteers, what a gift for them as well as us that they would take up their time and contribute that time but also that they would in return receive so much more back because they're part of the narrative of someone else's love and expression of love in life. >> this isn't anything that we had budgeted for so it was basically we asked our i.t. director to do the best you can, you know belling, borrow steal if you have to and get us what you need to do this. and he knew what the mission was. he knew what our goal was. and, you know, with our i.t. grids and our software vender they really came together and pulled it together for us.

it made it possible for us to be able to serve as many couples as we have been. >> so once you're ready you and your husband to be or wife need to be need to check in here and check in again ok. are you also going to get married today? >> yeah. >> let's process you one by one. do your license in exit and re-enter again check in at that desk. >> our wedding is at 3:00. >> as long as we get you in today. >> we're getting married at 2:30. >> don't worry about the time line. we're greeting people at the doorway and either directing them to the services they need on this side which is licensing or the services on this side which is actually getting the ceremony performed. >> this is an opportunity to choose to be a part of history. many times history happens to us, but in this case, you can choose to be a part of it. this is a very historic day and so i'm very very proud to be

here. >> i have been volunteering. last monday i performed 12 different marriage smones. the least amount of time that any of the couples that i married have been together is two years. most of the couples have been together eight, nine, 10 i'd say 70% have been together at least that long if not longer. >> there is a lot of misconception about who gay and lesbian people are. it's important that people see that we love our husbands and wives to be and love our children and have the right to have families just like everyone else. >> it's important that we have experienced our own families, our own friends and the excitement of the volunteers when we get here has made us feel wonderful and accepted and celebrated. >> there is a lot of city

agencies city departments, divisions that offer up their employees to help us out since overwhelming response, it's unbelievable at how city government works. this is the time that san francisco city employees have really outshined san francisco's clerk's office didn't need to hear from the mayor to say what's your plan. they offered a plan and said here is our strategy. here is what we can do. we can add all of these computers here and there. we can connect our databases we can expand our capacity by x. we can open up early and stay late and stay open on the weekends. it's unbelievable. we can coordinate all of the training for our volunteers and them in as deputy marriage commissioners and make sure it's signed and certified. that's an example and a model for others. this is -- what happens is when people prove that things can be done, it just raises the bar

for what is possible for everyone else. >> it kind of went cooled plan and this is what we planned for. in some respects, people have kind of commented to me, oh, my god, you were a part of history and how many couples did we mary? how many families did we start? how many dreams did we make come true? the whole part of being part of history is something that we are here and we are charged with this responsibility to carry out. >> sorry for the late start but parking prevented us from having a