cess and when we rern we'll go immediately to our 3 p.m. special order. -5 minute recess-

>> colleagues thauchck so much for that recess and congratulation tooz local high school 42 their amazing work. madam clerk at this time it is past 3 o'clock and i would like for you to call item number 12 and 13. >> item 12 and 13 comprise the board of supervisor sitting as a committee as a whole pursuant to a motion on main 5 to consider objections of report to ubsessment cost

submitted by public works of condition ordered to beperformed by the director and cost paid for out of abatement fund pursuitant to chapter 80 of administrative code >> colleagues today committee as a whole is conducted to hear public testimony on a report of assessment cost submitted by the department of public works for inspection or abatement of conditions pursuant to administrative code chapter 80 and consider approving the underlying resolutionment at this time without objection we'll open this hearing. firks we'll hear from the department of public works. >> good afternoon president breed z members of the board. my name is crechen rude here

with phil galley representing the department of public work graffiti unit. chapter 80 of the administrative code, the community prezenivation and [inaudible] reduction act requires property owners maintain property in the safe and [inaudible] condition. the code requires dpw to inspect graffiti and notify property owns to make construction. dpw notifying property owners by posting at the property and regular and certified mail. the motes of vilailgz provides information on how to unit, request a here hareing and request extension if more time is needed. accompanyanied by the notice we include date stamp

colored photo's to show the extent of the graffitly. we include a frequently asked question sheet with each notice. for every notice the graffiti unit makes effort to research property ownership and make courtesy calls or send e-mails with photo's to property owners and representatives and/or property tenets, alerting them of new graffiti on the property and requirement to clean it up. dpw records show the majority of property owners abate graffiti on time. in 201496.6 percent of property ownsers abated the graffiti once notified. if not abatewind the allowed time a fee is incured in the waiss where the property owner ignoreed the notice or refused to remove the graffiti,

the city will [inaudible] today we request approval of list for assessment of properties. since there is a out standing balance on these property dpw requests the assessments beed to the property tax bill thmpt fees oweed and [inaudible] >> thank you, colleagues with there question for the departments? seeing no names let's open this tupe paublic comments. commenters have up to 2 minutes. can you line up to my left. are there knhae speakers here from the public who would like to comment at this time? >> thank you for the

opportunity to discuss this isue. our property is a property that is recurrently blighted by graffiti, one spray can from the street level which we have been able to clean up and another is high on the side thof building which can only be accessed with ladders oaf the property of the adjacent build{this we haven't been able to fix ourselves and when the city has painted over the graffiti the graffiti artist come back and paint it over again in the next twore 3 days. this has gone on for about 10 years. it is pointless to pay someone to paint over this knowing in 3 or 4 days it will be painted over again. we don't have access to the wall because it is on someone elses property and a laider or some other device to get on the too

the property so we feel we are unable to address that particular access of our graffiti blighting >> thank you very much. next speaker please. >> good afternoon. my name is robert [inaudible] and i'm representing mr. barinate jeckson, barny jackson. i was asked to assist him today so i came from far away, but anyway, he had graffiti on his praurnt and painted over it and has been a year. he didn't come down and acknowledge to the city that he cleaned it up, he didn't know. he is 98 years old. he lives alone. he is of sound mind and understands what is going on, but didn't come down and now he is being assessed a fine or tax lean on

his property and so he asked me to come down and help him. we dhaut bus down here because i don't drive in san francisco, it is too busy >> there will be a opportunity after the hearing to talk to a representative on this matter. thank you. any other members of the public who would like to provide public comment at this time? mam, did you want to speak? >> i just want to say i hope you help this fellow out, 98 years old, isn't that something? i'm glad gentlemen came down to help him out >> thank you, next speakers. >> i'm come for this >> only for this issue. >> so seeing no other members

of the public-mam, did you want to comment? okay, come forward, please. >> my name is [inaudible] i'm sorry i don't speak english >> what language do you speak? >> i speak cantonese >> can you wait a minute and i'll have a interpreter come over >> i'll try to speak english. i received a letter a few days ago saying that i have not cleared and these buildings, this is a [inaudible] this is a next door building and i stay here-i used to [inaudible]

>> right side up. there no pictures. it isn't a xerox machine, it is a overhead projector. >> madam president we paused the speakers time >> okay. >> sorry. >> that is fine, mam >> this is not a [inaudible] going the wrong building. there are people [inaudible] next door. you see the color and [inaudible] all most 24 hours, maybe 18 hours or 20 hours a day there. >> mam, did you want someone

here to interpret? we have someone here who can interpret for you in cantonese? >> [speaking cantonese]

>> look at this picture. i got a citation [inaudible] this is not my building because you can see my building is [inaudible] this building looks different. i don't think this citation should be paid by me, it should be my neighbors. >> i never saw this ticket before. that is only a few days i received this letter. i never knew this before >> i never received this citation before, i just want

someone to help clarify this. thank you >> thank you. have r there any other speakers who would like to give public comment. seeing none, this hearing is held and filed and now we'll-supervisor consistianson, you had a comment? >> i have a quigz dpr sth comment >> can we bring dpw back forward? >> through the chair, can you clarify what the procedure is for these sort of cases where perhaps language or age or other things make it difficult for people to understand the cities intention and regulations? >> sure. we have frequently asked question sheets available in spanish, english, and cantonese. we also have

translation available if people call. we do encourage property owners to call the office so we can assist them and so that is what we encourage and the notice does provide our information for contact. >> okay, so you say that the faq in multiple languages are available wrrks are they available? >> through my office >> so someone that gets your english language notice has a phone number on it and that person has to call that phone number will connect them to someone who speaks their language and they have to understand the mechanism of the city enough to wade through that process. that seems like

a hurtle for-since the goal is compliance, not punishment does it seem as though the department might have message that may be adapted particularly to some of the challenges cases that would make it ease wrr for people to comply? >> they stipulate a hard ship >> can you speak in into the mike >> if they spipulate a hard ship in any manner we do have a tend teens work with them whether it by abatement or internal 3 do a contractor, any means >> just words like stipulation and abatement say this is kind of like our insider speaks. so for example, would it be possible for a one page notice to aacompny these warnings that has in several different

languages, if you have problems or questions call this number? >> i believer that is stipulated on the notice of violation >> the notice of violation has in 5 or 6 or 8 languages if you don't understand oreb if you need help call this np >> now >> compare today all the staff time it is taking running back and forth dealing with non compliant peachal how much money does it cost to put a 1 cent page in with the notices that maybe help these people get to someone that can clear this up >> not very much. i think we sent out 1500 notices last year >> is that something we can try >> yes. 14 thousand notices >> there will be a opportunity since we just held the hearing so i'll get to that

point once you finish your questioning >> i'm finished >> thank you thmpt board will now-thank you for being here thmpt board will reconvene as the board of supervisors and colleagues before we consider the underlying resolution we shall take a quick break from this particular item to allow members of the public to confer with the department in the hall to work on their concerns and work on a resolution. the members who have come here and have concerns, if you can step outside the hall and the 2 memberoffs dpw are identified and they will be able toassist you and resolve your issue. eel rr return to this item later in the meeting. madam clerk let's return to roll call for introduction >> thank you madam president. supervisor mar is next up to

introduce new business >> colleagues i'm proud proud to join sfr visor kim and comp osin the just cause 2.0 eviction. oo i was proud to be there are w the tenet organizations and hear the stories as supervisor kim laid out a few mements ago of seniors and disabled people and immigrants and working families being evicted from their homes for harmless mistakes and gauch yatripe eviction. we'll look at vacancy control cod fiu fuication to assist people facing increased speculation jz flipping and evictions. i also want to say the story told by the san francisco tenet union activist sieveia smith was

moving and the spirit of many of the tenets and communities trying to protect the character of neighborhoods and the push out of working families and seniors and others from neighborhoods was inspiring. i'm looking forward as that measure goes forward. i also want to say i'll plake my comments and asking to be reruferred after supervisor avalos talks about sustainable communities afford housing bond and i'll ask to be reruferred after supervisor avalos speaks on that. i also want to acknowledge that i'm pleased to be coo sponsoring with the lead author supervisor se yee, mental health awareness month. i want to give a shout out to angela chan the prese

commissioner [inaudible] on how inpolice address the mentally ill and think about 5 years ago it was revealed that many, a large percentage of the officer involved shootings by the police department involved people with mental illness so angela chan and other police commissioners and others involved with mental helt, but also law enforcement got together, visited memphis and looked at a squat type team that intervenes in a psychiatric crise toos help insure they deal with people with mental illness in a sensitive way so the crisis intervention team is celebrating the first anversity now probably as we speak i'm apologetic for not being there, but we have our board meeting. thank you to [inaudible] look

at how tasupport them with community mental health service squz be a city that cares about the mentally ill and not stigmatize them. colleagues join me saturday may 16 from 11-6 for the 11th annual asian heritage street celebration. it is right here at sieving center plaza. it is a new sponsorship now that the asian foundation is no longer running it and want to gisk a shout out to the oakland asian cultural director [inaudible] wong for doing work to keep the festival going. i was in japan town 11 years ago as many in the school district supported school baisd effort to bring different asian communities together t. was use today rotate around different neighborhood jz found its home in the civic center little saigon. i look forward to the leadership of [inaudible] wong and the new organizations that

sponsor and support it. it is only one day this year, saturday may 16 from 11-6. if you want information about all the great activities going on go to asian fair sf.com. i'll put on my bike helmet and pumping up by bike tire s to ride bike to work day on thursday may 14 in the ruch-mind district. there is a pretty good luvly crew that will gather at 745:00 called cumica. we'll join up with many other crews and people ride toog work and we encourage you to join us in the richmond district. it is a important i think that we get out of our

cars and do more biking to school, biking to work. it is a healthy and fun and good for the environment and it is affordable transportation as well. bike to work day has many different rides organized through the city. for information about where to meet up with people go to www.sf bike.org. >> thank you supervisor mar. supervisor wiener >> thank you madam clerk. after the discussion today of so many chris critical issues of housing and homelessness i have a happier resolution proposed interdouching a resolution to the [inaudible] san francisco to be the official cheer leading team of san francisco and commend thg organization on the occasion of the 35th an versery. founding in 1980 cheer sf is the first

lgbt cheer team. it performed at 3 presidential ainauguration, all [inaudible] and countless other locum and national events including san francisco pride, chine ease new year parade, [inaudible] saint patricks day, union street praid and supervisor and farrell get to hang out with them, veterans day, singo demayo and [inaudible] word championship parade. they appeared on americas got tal squnt perfirmed [inaudible] comprised of individuals who volunteer their time to represent the city and county oof san francisco and lgbt community through team work, [inaudible] and dedication. in addition the last 15 years cheer s. f raised and donated over 300 thousand dollars to

numerous non profit aernss supporting and strengthening communities through unique philanthropic cheer for life campaign. i'm proceed to announce this resolution. >> thank you supervisor wiener. supervisor yee >> thank you madam clerk. colleagues as you can see today i'm wering a very bright lime green tie. while i am known to wear vibrant colors i do it today for a cause. it is mental awareness month. in 2013 president obama declay ired may to mental health awareness month. 1 in 5

americans experience mental illness in their life time and this statistic shocks the-is the suicide rate which is that suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the u.s. and the third leading cause of death to union people ages 10 to 24. the numbers prove this is a serious condition, there are still significant barriers to seeking treatment. we still have a strong stigma attach today mental health treatment that makeatize unsafe and unaccessible to those that need help that seek t. in san francisco we are committed to equal access to mental hent, in other parts of the country this is not the case. mental health is less prioritized and given less resources. the neg tchb view of mental health is even