supervisor is first. >>thank you good afternoon everyone, how are you? all right that's good. i'd like to open up with a few remarks for the reasons why i'm putting supervisor london breed's name for consideration. it's been very rewarding to watch her mature in the last two years growing into her own. many of you may remember she was a brash hot head. [laughter] those that chuckle, you know exactly what i mean, but to watch her mature into this leadership position has been amazing. we had a conversation about the importance of leadership, and i think it's put forth supervisor breed as a name for our board president. supervisor breed is a talented woman, she's courageous, smart

and crafts policy with love in her heart. she has never forgotten her roots, which were established right here in our own city. this is a personal nomination for me to be able to present this woman to you. i hope, colleagues, you will join me in supporting supervisor breed as our president. thank you. >>supervisor avalos. >>thank you president tang. i stand to support my colleague and friend david campos for board president. david campos today in this past half hour has started his seventh year in the board of supervisors and has shown remarkable grace. i admire his work across the political spectrum here in san francisco on the board of supervisors, but also he serves in regional government and has

been a great advocate for san francisco and that process. last year we know that he was part of a race that was very contested for the assembly and he's shown that he has significant base of support around san francisco people who really believe in his work, in his effort his legislative effort has been something that's been very admirable, especially last year as well. we saw great pieces of legislation that came out that was really addressing where san francisco's at with our affordability crisis. his vision of leadership is something that can unite the board of supervisors together to show that we are going to be committed to making san francisco the diverse city that it truly is it so it's with great pride that i nominate him for board president and hope to have your support, colleagues. thank you. >>thank you supervisor avalos. any further nominations or discussion mongzamong colleagues.

seeing none, we will go to public comment. >>now is the opportunity for the public to address the board for up to two minutes on any possible member of the board of supervisors to be nominated to the office of board president. if there are members of the public watching this in the light court or in the committee room please feel free to make your way to the line in front of the chamber and the deputy wills -- deputies will allow you in. thank you madam president. >>before we enter into public comment i'd like to recognize supervisor wiener. >>thank you very much, and congratulations to everyone who was just sworn in and look

forward to four more years of working together. i'm not making a nomination but i want to make a couple points. first of all we have who exceptal human beings who have been nominated and the fact that the nominees one is someone who grew up in public housing in san francisco and another is someone who came to the united states as an undocumented immigrant as a child shows what this city is about, that this is a city where people with come and succeed and where we embrace everyone. i want to congratulate us as a city that this is what we do here in san francisco. i had supervisor cohen beat me to the punch. i would have nominated supervisor breeds and i want to express my strong support for

supervisor breed to be president for board of supervisors. i have had the pleasure of knowing her for many years and working with her as a colleague for the past two years. as we all know supervisor breed is someone with incredibly strong conviction someone who is deeply rooted in her principles and is so committed to her community it is mind boggling sometimes. she came to city hall to fight for her community and i have seen particularly over the last two years, supervisor breed really grow to continue to fight like crazy for her community and for her district but to really look at the whole city and to understand that as members of the board of supervisors, we may represent a district, 1/11th of the city that we may have been sent her or elected by one group of people or another but that we all have a responsibility to

represent all 840,000 people or whatever the number is all residents of san francisco. and especially to be president of the board of supervisors you have to take that to heart. i know that supervisor breed will do that i have worked with her on so many issues and have seen how thoughtful she is how fair she is her ability to work with people that she disagrees with and i'll be very honored to cast a vote for her today. >>thank you supervisor wiener. colleagues, any further discussion on the nominations? seeing none then we will enter into public comment as madam clerk had already stated the ground more public comment. please line up to my left of the chamber if you'd like to speak. >>good afternoon, madam chair, members of this body ladies and

gentlemen. i rise as a former member of this board of supervisors and as a pastor in this community for now 39 years, to encourage you to vote for this incredible woman, ms. london breed. she embodies the three cs. number one, she has impeccable character. what you see is what you get. she's a person whom you can depend on and has high moral

principles. number two, she's competent. thank god she was trained academically and disciplined in the schools of this community, received a higher education at the university of california at davis. finally, she has the chemistry. the chemistry that pulls people together. and as we witness in our world that unfortunately there are too many many manyisms that divide us. we are in search of a person who knows how to be a unifier in the midst of diversity and respecting diverse opinions. you vote for her you won't go

wrong and in this town you won't go wrong. in this town we'll all be able to say i'm black and i i'm proud, i'm gay and i'm godly i'm straight and i'm sensible. >>thank you very much. next speaker please. >>good afternoon. i too -- my name is tara pinell and i'd like to endure supervisor breed as president of supervisors. i was lucky enough to work with her at the african american art and culture complex and i was a new resident from washington dc and she was the first person someone suggested i meet and it was the best meeting i've ever had in my life.

to see how she serves the youth and going to their homes and meeting with their families when she was working in the non profit sector was inspiring. i have no doubt in my mind that when she was voted in the board of supervisors she would do what she is doing now which is delivering. i wholeheartedly support london breed in all her endeavors and hope you take this into consideration. thank you very much. >>thank you next speaker, please. please. >>my name vladmir, i am from russia i came here 40 years ago. now i am homeless and i am dying on the street of san francisco because it's fascist country and

the board of supervisors mayor lee is fascist. i got four proclamation one from mayor lee [inaudible]. in two of board of supervisors [inaudible] and now they evicted me 83 years old i was a world war ii survivor. it's only in one country that could evict 83 year-old person on the streets to die without medicine and doctors. chief of police i call hitler. two times in his face i called him victor because he evict me. six men came at 12:00 at night and evicted me on the streets.

it could only happen in germany. [inaudible] you will laugh from god. i need help. i am 83 years old dying on the street without medicine and doctor in ga fascist country. >>thank you, next speaker please. >>hi my name is marion jackson and i'm here to represent the office for justice peace officer association. and we want to wholeheartedly endorse supervisor breed. i work with supervisor breed in the past and i know she's dedicated to her job. she's also a consensus builder and i think as president she

will work toward the good of san francisco and not just one district. i also have seen her at work for the fire department commission and also she did a lot with redevelopment so i think she would be an asset as president of the board of supervisors. thank you. >>thank you next speaker please. please. >>good afternoon, supervisors. my name is lea and i'm here to speak in support of supervisor breed for board president. i've known supervisor breed for over five years i've seen her dedication to the community and the children. she is one of the people that i can say has a huge dedication to children and families in the western edition. having her as board president will show the youth they can have the dream, someone who

lived in public housing to become board president shows a significant message that they can achieve the dream as london breed did and i would ask you all to support london breed for president. thank you. >>thank you very much. i'd like to alert the members of the public who are commenting, you may speak at the podium and anyone in the overflow room please do make your way over for public comment. next speaker please. >>good afternoon, supervisors. my name is shawn beauford and i support supervisor london breed for board president. i have had the pleasure of working with her as a citizen working in the communities with the youth culture center. also as a member and treasurer of our board, the work on

publicish shy issues and safety concerns. >>thank you, next speaker please. >>good afternoon, and welcome. my name is nancy ross and i am here to offer my support to london breeds. london has been a great community advocate for women and that's why i'm here because i'm a women's advocate and i know confidently that she will continue to work with us and for us as the president of the board. so i recommend london breed and i hope that you will consider that. thank you. >>i couldn't sit in the overflee without coming to support my former boss that i interned for these past couple summers in london breed. she has been very close to me

and my family and just being an aspiring leader in san francisco i pretty much look behind a whole lot of leaders in this city but none other more than my chief, london breed, who came from the projects, like me. and, you know, she's a constant reminder to me that this hall isn't too far from where i was raised and i am honored to sit here and support you in becoming the next president of the board of supervisors. >>members, my name is tom tim i'm wasn't of the members of the harvey milk lgtb. i would like to lend my support to supervisor david campos for

president. you know harvey milk, 40 years ago worked hard to create -- to make san francisco a beacon of hope for lgtb people not only for around the country but around the world but to me supervisor campos, his story of coming here as an undocumented immigrant and today sitting before you as san francisco legislative body speaks to how strong that hope was. again you have two fantastic choices, but i would like to stand in support of supervisor campos today. >>thank you. and before the next speaker comes up i just want to call a few names from speaker cards i have. if they can please line up, rudolfo, jeanne stone and of course anyone who's in the

overflow room please make you ware to the chamber. >>hello my name is henny kelly and i'd like to say oh what a choice you have. two magnificent people. i am speaking for david campos. i am speaking for david campos because i have worked with him on the democratic county central committee. i have worked with him as a teacher. i have learned from him as a student. he is a mentor. you cannot choose anybody that is better than he. and yet you have another choice who's wonderful too. but david has given me his

compassion for people his love for all people, his integrity and his honesty. and i thank him for that and i stay for him because of that. thank you so much david campos you're my guy. >>good afternoon, my name is kimmerly ellis i'm executive director of emerge, california. i am here today in my personal capacity to voice my support for london breed for the president. i have known her for several years now and have always known her to be someone who is first and foremost about the community. she is smart, she is intelligent, she is thoughtful and she has always led with her head but also with her heart. and in this day in the age when a large percentage of our

political leaders are chiefly concerned with money and power and themselves, we have in london someone who is chiefly concerned with the betterment of the community. she is someone who is of the people by the people and for the people. london breed is the future. she is exactly what this city and what this boards needs in a leader. she is dynamic, the future and the board would be very well suited to have her at the elmhelm. thank you and go london. >>i wasn't going to speak for london breed but i do want to point out being a western edition resident that she has worked very hard for that district but at the same time she doesn't just take the district into consideration as others have pointed out.

she's definitely a unifier and considers the city as a whole so in that stead i would ask you to vote for her. aside from that i wish i had been able to speak about this other subject later rather than right now during this supervisor's election. as home sharers my wife and i were very excited to have the opportunity to register and become legal as home sharers. . now i read that after two years of batting around the home sharing legislation and having approved it that there's a supervisor again attempting to relegislate what was already approved. in a negative way it reminds me of a children's soccer game when the last goal is being contested by the losing coach when the winning team's captain has left the field.

as approved, the legislation for home sharing is good. let's move on. i wish to be legal. thank you. >>my name is jeanne stone and i'm also a home sharer who owns two rooms in the area where i live. this new legislation is crucial to weed out the bad actors who are taking housing off the rental market. we support it. regarding the back taxes it is practically impossible for all websites to comply. so making new law contingent on all websites paying back taxes is cynical and deceptive guarantee that the new law never comes into effect. campos' proposal to change the law so the city treasurer will be required to publicly disclose

the tax information of private companies sets a dangerous precedent, one that ignores the privacy rights under law. supervisor campos does not like to lose a battle. this is political theater and what's at stake is the livelihood of thousands of san francisco citizens who are simply sharing rooms in their own home. i ask the board of supervisors to not revisit this issue. supervisor campos offered a similar amendment during the board of supervisors hearings in october and was voted down. i ask that you please not postpone this legislation so that on february 1 i can properly register and be in compliance with the short term rental law that this body regulated. thank you. >>my name is karen and i won't

reiterate what the two previous speakers said. all i can add is we worked very hard didn't always agree with the legislation that ended up but we're very satisfied. we will comply we hope to do our best and i hope that the current board will be reasonable will think it through and know that i'm doing what was already set up. it needs a good try. it's just not going to work if we don't give it a try the way it is now. thank you. >>good afternoon my name is christina, and i'm here to support london breed for president. as a fellow emerged sister she has been a leader and role model to me and i know many women across the city. her diversity and add vo say to

the community is exactly what san francisco needs and she would be a wonderful representative so i wholeheartedly support london breed. thank you. >>thank you, next speaker please. >>my name is alex coo. i came to this country in 1964. i've been in this country for 50 years. i'm chinese. and i like san francisco. i went to new york and stayed there for ten years and then i came to san francisco in 1971 and then i like san francisco and i would like london breed as our next president of the board. she's fair nice and she works hard and fair for all the people, not just for one group of people. the chinese people like me would like to support london breed as next president of the board. >>next speaker please.

>>hello my name's patrick connors and i'm here to speak on behalf of the nomination of david campos for the president of board of supervisors. i spent the last year getting to know supervisor campos during his campaign for the california legislature and during that year i was impressed with his ability to think on his feet, to be compassionate and calm in the face of some great and unwarranted criticism. he has served on this board for a number of years now and i think has proven his ability to offer his talents. which are many to this board, in a time when they're needed.

also, he has shown that he is able and willing to take on some unpopular or difficult positions, which is something we need in the city, instead of just advocating to financial interests, people that are seeking to increase their own financial wealth and/or position in the city government. it would be good to see president of the board of supervisors who can stand up and collect taxes from companies that are valued at billions and billions of dollars, money that is owed to this city and should be paid like anyone pays taxes. i think that is a brave position to take. he's also been a very staunch advocate for lgbt issues.

just in the last year -- thank you. support david campos and thank you mr. campos for everything you've done. >>thank you. an again if anyone would like to speak during general public comment, please line up. if you're in the overflow room please make your way to the board chamber. thank you. next speaker please. >>my name is mark with the san francisco taxi workers alliance and i came here to speak on another topic. i don't mean to crash the party on the board elections but this is something of immense importance to thousands of low income san francisco workers that is to say the taxi drivers of san francisco. the the ride services like uber and lift have having a devastating impact on taxi drivers and the taxi industry. many cab drivers are not making the minimum wage they're coming back from their shifts having less money in their pockets than they started.

they're leaving the industry in groves. this is a city that cares deeply about low income workers but is not doing anything about this. the cpuc has created this disaster. that i have won't fix it. you read about what's going on there another report just made the news today. it's time for the city to step in. taxi driver's alliance have issued a white paper explaining why san francisco can and must regulate companies like uber and lift and bring greater enforcements of the laws their drivers are violating. the city has vital interest at stake. besides the plight of cab drivers in the taxi industry, the safety of the public service to the community and protection to the firemen. former mayor brown had some interesting comments in the chronicle last sunday.

one thing that might be done but other things must be done as well. taxis perform an essential city service and these other companies cannot do that. the city has the power to pull us out of this. i have copies of this white paper for each of you. you'll find the [inaudible] offered by attorney chris dollman and i'd like to offer these copies to the board. >>thank you. thank you very much. >>yes the deputy will come pick it up from your, mr. mr. gruber. >>anyone else who wish to speak on public comment please come forward, otherwise we will close public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk. >>the names of the supervisors