nancy jacobson. i want to thank the president and board of supervisors especially supervisors avalos and mar for cosponsor the resolution in support of sb128, the end of life option bill. i want to thank francis, supervisor avalos's aid for her help in bring this important resolution before you. as you know the state senate passed this bill last week and in the process, there was an extensive debate. i don't know if you had a chance to view the video. there were many people who spoke passionately for and against the bill. there are 30 million people in

california and there are at least that many stories to tell about people who have suffered endlessly in this process and friends and family who have watched them. i just one of those 30 million people. i have survived cancer three times and i had no doubt that it will get me in the end. i was born here in san francisco. i want to die here in san francisco. i do punt want to -- i do not want to move to oregon. i beg you please to support this resolution and tell the rest of california that we are compassionate. thank you very much >> next speaker please. >> thank you supervisors. i'm robert liner, speaking as an individual and as a physician as a patient and as a patient in a

lawsuit seeking the same that are being sought by senate bill 128. it's interesting to note the last word before the vote was taken in the senate was spoken by senator walk was one of the authors of the senate bill. quoting the california medical association to the effect that even the best care sometimes is insufficient to prevent the suffering that might be unbearable from some patients. it's a sea change to have seen that quotation because the california medical association used to oppose aid and dying. san francisco tend to lead the way. we've done that with other civil

rights issues like marriage equality and here you have a chance to show the san francisco can lead the way by helping the passage of senate bill 128. no one is going to be dying -- there won't be more people dying as a result of aid and dying being legalized that are already dying. there will be less suffer. already there's nothing new about physician aid and dying. it's been so some extent something done with secrecy. one of the great things in oregon over the last 18 years is that the aid and dying has been open, the conversations have been improved about this end of life issues. physicians have gotten more training pain management has been better and parents dying at home better.

>> thank you very much next speaker. >> my name is dorian cutter . i thank you for the opportunity of sharing my story with regards to the end of life assembly by 128. my adult son recently died of a brain tumor. towards the end he was no longer able to speak or walk. was physically fit enough that it could have taken several weeks before his life would end. consequently he chose to refuse food and water in order to hasten his death. it was difficult for him and for his family. it's for this reason that i support this end of life option act and hope that you will also support it. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker please. >> good afternoon eye name is

jean amos. i want to thank supervisor avalos for introducing this resolution. there are five other states that have had it. the entire country, canada just passed this end of life option bill as a universal law of the country. former supervisor mark gave a really beautiful speech. a lovely speech talking about the years in the '80s when friends from hiv were dying and they had no options. it was pretty miserable. that was one of the reasons that he wanted to support this was to give peace to people who are facing a terminal and very unpleasant ending. your support would be really wonderful to show that san francisco is behind this legislation. it is so supported by the citizens of california.

also most medical doctors have been shown. i would appreciate it if you do pass this resolution. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker please. >> good afternoon, i read a lot of hank william material. in case you wanted to know, hank williams sang a lot of about suffering and pain because he believe if you spread the awareness of human suffering out enough, somehow it helps. he himself, was born with an incurable very painful spinal defect called spinal bifida. he died at the and of 29. mostly from taking what he felt

what's helpful in relieving that pain. thank you for listening. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> tom. thank you. closing out transportation. corporate, private buses stopping at muny. need to be all accessible. they need to pick up muny riders also.

i mentioned this before. all transportation workers muny, bart, san mateo. everybody in that work, all the workers they're losing their right to strike. they should have a right to

holiday. they report to work. they open up the gates. they close the boxes. people ride free. i believe that's going to be one way to help mitigate problems with workers and the corporate structure of things. thank you. >> thank you very much. are there any other members of the public who like to provide public comment at this time? seeing none, public comment it closed. madam clark, can you read the adoption without reference committee item. s. >> seeing a roll call vote. if a member objects an item maybe severed and considered separately. >> supervisor weiner. >> item 50. >> okay. remaining item madam clerk please call the roll.

>> supervisor mar, supervisor tang supervisor weiner, supervisor yee, supervisor avalos, supervisor breed, supervisor campos supervisor christensen, supervisor cohen, supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, there are 11 ayes. >> those items are adopted unanimously. clerk can you read item number 50. >> item 50 is a resolution to oppose california state assembly bill 57 suffered by assembly member clerk which will limit san francisco ability to regulate wireless telecommunication facilities. >> supervisor weiner. >> thank you madam president. i want to thank supervisors christensen, tang and farrell for cosponsoring this

resolution. ab57 is a bill that would significantly undermine san francisco's local control across california over sighting decisions for wireless telecommunications facilities. in san francisco we embrace the idea that we need to improve and allow our telecommunications firms to improve access, internet access, wireless access for our residents. that requires infrastructure work. we also know that we need to make sure that this equipment when locations are being determined, we do so in a thoughtful way, consistent with the needs of our neighborhood, consistent with our various policies here in san francisco. we work through that. i think we do a pretty good job. unfortunately ab57 would dramatically undermine our

ability to exercise that local decision-making process. it would require that these decisions be made within a very short period of time which would either result in automatic approval of a lot of inappropriate sites or would require planning department to start mass rejecting these applications which would result in a very chaotic situation and a lot of litigation. it's not the right approach. the good thing is growing coalition of cities in california has been forming to oppose or seek significant amendments to ab57. i believe just today, the los angeles wanted to vote on record opposing ab57. we definitely in good company. i want to make a minor amendment to one of the results clauses page 3 line 8, there are discussions going on about amendments to ab57 to make it

more much palpable to cities and towns in california. i would like to add at the end of that resolve clause, when the resolve clause, resolve that the city urges the california legislature not approve or the governor of california to veto ab57 to insert, unless amended to maintain meaning and local control over the review of wts facility. i move that amendment. >> supervisor weiner has made a motion to amend. seconded by supervisor tang. can we take that without objection? the amendment passes without objection. supervisor weiner. >> colleges i ask your support. >> supervisor tang? >> thank you, i do want to thank supervisor weiner and omar from the planning department. he's been helping us track this

issue. we already do have limited ability to have a say when it comes to sole of these antennas in our city. we're hearing from neighbors and complaints about whether they're on these wooden poles we do believe there are ways that we can make the design a lot better, that we can find rooftop facilities or other ways to not only allow for the service but also work within the means of the neighbors so that it is acceptable to them. i am very support i have -- support of -- supportive of this. >> thank you supervisor tang. colleagues, can we take item number 50 as amended? without objection, this resolution is adopted as amended unanimously. next item. >> mad tam president, there are no memoriams. >> colleges, that brings us to

the end of the agenda today. is there any further business before us? >> that concludes our business for today. >> we are adjourned thank you everyone. ..... >> >> good morning, everybody and welcome to treasure island. i know a lot of you don't get out here too often except on emergencies. we are standing in front of the new station 48 which is a critical public safety facility

on treasure island. there is only one fire station. months ago when mohamed and i and staff visited that station, we heard personal testimony from firefighters about the living conditions, and, you know, part from being their office, firefighters have to live here on a 24/7 bases. so we walked through it and realized we had a substandard station on many different accounts. i was a pprised by this by our union leadership and as i have with treasure island in general and i'm thankful to bob beck for being here. he is the infrastructure type guy and i had a chance to work with him through public works and mohamed to

make sure this project got done on time and within budget. that's true, right, mohamed? [ laughter ] that's why i think the entire fire commission is here because not only do they know how important this is, but they also wanted to show their appreciation for the work that was done here because it is the quality of life that the firefighters have to live on a daily basis in being out here. i want to just thank everyone from the union, the firefighters themselves, battalion chiefs, the chief herself who led me on a personal tour here and of course treasure island and all the different agencies represented here from the department of emergency management to our building inspectors and inspection was done here by the fire department and staff. we all collaborated together to make sure this got done. i'm

thankful because the station will be occupied immediately. people want to make sure they are living in good conditions as they then sacrifice for anything that would happen on this island and given the status of this island and this infrastructure, anything can happen and it has happened. i know that we are in that turning point in recreating and island for many residents and businesses and it's about to happen towards the end of this year but in looking forward to that we need to make sure the emergency services are here intact tried go -- read to go and i want to make sure that happens. we have to make sure our island is safe and the people who provide that service are safe as well. we are thinking about all the

different angles to make sure this is accomplished. we are also here not just to celebrate this addition but some funding that we planned with the board of supervisors. she knows firsthand and in fact she's been in my office more than once and when her presence is there, it's felt i say that with a lot of love. we are making great progress to keep our city and our residents safe. this is at a time when we are experience ag strong growth in our neighborhoods. as you know we recently opened or public safety building in mission bay and that includes a dedicated campus to or police department and headquarters and brand new fire station which i'm very proud of because it's showing some of the state of the art facilities

that hopefully the few station have including the cleaning apparatus. we hear how firefighters are impacted in their lives that those toxic agreed audience -- ingredients are not washed off quickly. working with the fire department staff we announced additional fire staff to the fire department that will be replacing more than 40% of our ambulance fleet and working to reduce the 911 systems and demands and we made those announcements with so very dedicated work that the group put together. we put together a time line we would use to invest in a new

facility to employ the statute and keef our residents safe. we are all doing this with an eye towards the growing neighborhoods in the city and across the city and making sure we are prepared for a big event as well as the >>council >>council member don -- day events to make sure we have the resources to ensure the fire department grows at the same time our city grows. the next 2-year budget will include two, tom, two new emergency medical teams, our paramedic academies over the next 2 fiscal years, with the very first graduates expected to be in the field at the end of june of this year and the second class to be conducted in the summer of 2016. this was an

$8.6 million investment that will make sure that more than 33 emt's are on our streets and responding to 911 calls. in addition we will have and conduct four firefighter training academies with our first graduates expected to be in the field by the end of this year, december 2015. that is an additional $6 million investment. that would deliver some 82 new firefighters to our ranks. [ applause ] it's got to be there. you know the fire department never works alone. they have to work in tandem with the 911 dispatching center. so we've taken this opportunity to announce threonine -- 911 emergency dispatching

classes working over time in order to address our increasing call volume. those at task will be taking the 911 emergency calls summer of 2015 and this is a $3 million investment. i know that people here are happy not just because they get resources, but because their jobs are all about making sure they are at a standard in which they can tell the residents and neighborhoods we will be there in time in case something happens. they can't say that without this incredible investment we are making and we are glad to do it. we will continue to fund emergency vehicles including ambulances, fire engines and fire trucks. and we'll fund infrastructure improvements to fire stations a public safety radio station to fire and police departments. together these it and infrastructure investment will represent an additional total of $12.2 million in new

investments. we'll continue to invest in technology and innovation and with data initiatives that analyze all the 911 calls to make sure that we are meeting all the emergency service metrics that we are held up and accountable for. as i announced earlier this month we will invest in a team that will care for patients that rely on the 911 system for health care to prevent and maybe reduce the 911 calls that has been our objective. we would do that by working with our home teams and our hot teams in assigning paramedics and outreach specialist to help connect patients to non-emergency resources to decrease the 911 calls. so all told, today's announcement is increasing our fire department budget by $35.7 million in the next 2 years and

[ applause ] thank you. and also increasing our department of emergency management's budget by $11.6 million both total $47.3 million in the next 2 years. this, i think represents a lot of discusses, a lot of assessments, a lot of going forward and analyzing need but also responding to the call that our public needs more. i was at yet again another budget town hall and have gone to a total of 11 of them and by golly, fire department, you have a lot of constituents that know about your budget and they know the details and the number of the paramedics that i need to put on the street. they have been telling me that they would really appreciate when the calls come there is a paramedic

literally to respond on these calls because sometimes it isn't just fires anymore, it's all kinds of emergencies that the chief knows very well w that, i think this is not only good news but a reflection of the economy that this city has. we are glad to do this. this is an important part of our city and we spend a couple of hours with them telling me how we need to get things done properly. emergency medical response is critical to our neighborhood. i would like to introduce someone who is no stranger to emergency management and also one that takes up this leadership in her capacity as board president and that's supervisor london breed. >>supervisor london breed: wow, mr. mayor. that is an incredible

announcement. i'm really excited about this. if any of you have had the sad experience of waiting for an ambulance, a minute can feel like hours. as you know in the past year i have been a strong critic of some of the challenges in the department. as a result the mayor put together a task force of fire department leaders and other emergency personnel and folks in the mayor's office and my office to try to come up with a plan. i know that i'm a very impatient person so i wanted action yesterday, but putting together this plan and working with a number of different city officials to develop the right approach to dealing with this problem has gotten us here today. a lot of great suggestions. we have a lot of folks who are retiring. we have changes in our city infrastructure. we have changes in our population and we need to make sure that we are investing in the department now so that we can meet the needs of our growing

population in the city and county of san francisco. public safety has been a real high priority for me and i appreciate the partnership that the mayor's office and the mayor and i have had over the years. we have worked together to try and resolve this problem. it's going to take a little time, once the investment is made. we are moving forward in the right direction. i'm excited about the graduate class, the new paramedics, 45 new paramedics will hit our streets. last year we put out 19 ambulance. we will hopefully deliver the results that we as city of san francisco deserves. i'm excited about this. i'm going to continue to make sure that i work with the mayor and work with our department to provide them the resources

they need and to hold them accountable to use those resources in a quick manner to ensure public safety. this is a really great and really incredible investment. i don't recall this type of investment made before and we are going to make this investment to change the department for the better and move in this direction and i'm excited about not just for the city but the men and women who serve our fire department who wants to save lives and want to have the resources to do their jobs to serve the residents in our city. this is going to make it better for them and overall this is going to lead to better results for the residents of the county and city of san francisco. at this time i would like to bring forward

the fire commission andrea evans. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. i also just want to thank everyone who is here. to me, at the end of the day, a budget is a reflection of your values. i want to really thank the mayor's office and the board of supervisors for valuing the fire department and the services that the fire department provides to our residents and the visitors to the city. as president breed touched on this is a huge investment and something that the chief and the commission and others here have been lobbying here and advocating for and as the mayor and citizens pointed out for the city and lobbying for these kinds of investments because there is a recognition. we provide first class service to the men and women of this department. when they respond, you will get the best care possible. but they need more resources. they want to be able to do