franciscans. when you walk into the western edition library which was my library as a child, you see elderly people on the computers. you see young people reading books. you see people of all ages using the space for the purpose it was intended to be used for. i'm just really proud of how the libraries have evolved here in san francisco with the introduction of technology because even though i may look younger than i actually am, the internet and computers were not in libraries when i was growing up. i hate to admit that publicly, but it's the truth. just really the fact that the technology and the changes over the years and how the library under your leadership has evolved with those changes to make sure that there's still an interest in reading. there's still an interest in books and what the library provides in terms of a service and opportunity for young

people, for people of all ages to learn and to grow. our libraries are an amazing asset, and we love them and we do everything we can to protect them and your leadership has just been tremendous in making sure that they have the resources and the support and are available to people in the public for this particular usage. i know that you had planned to retire a lot sooner than you are now and when we lost our mayor, you agreed to hold off on your retirement just to make sure that the libraries were -- the people and the city was well-taken care of and we really appreciate your service to the city and county of san francisco for everything that you've done and we wish you an incredible retirement. thank you so much for your service. [ applause ] >> and with that, we're going to let you finally, sings there's

no other names on the roster, have an opportunity to speak. >> thank you. i'm really humbled, so much appreciated president breed, supervisor kim for this honor. really, it's been a joyous 13 years, and even though i've been add it for 42-plus years, it seems like this was a pinnacle in terms of librarianship. i want to say that all of your testimonials mean a lot to me, but it's something that i wish i could bottle as a testimonial for what libraries mean in communities, whether it's working with young people or seniors. all are welcome in our libraries. thank you so much for saying how important it is to make sure we're sanctuaries for all of san franciscans. i can go on and on and on, but i'll keep my remarks short. i will say that it's really not about me. i've been so fortunate of having in san francisco a community

that really appreciated libraries, and they put their money where they mouth is. so yes, supervisor peskin, when you talked about our bond program, even our set aside, all of those things have transformed the library because we don't have to worry so much about the fiscal solvency. many of you were here in the '80s and early '90s when libraries were open two days a week and our resources were limited. we can't go back to that and we never will because our community understands how important libraries are and i want to say thank you to all sa san franciss for really making the library a beacon throughout the country of what an urban library should be. i've also been so just blessed by having amazing talent. our 1,000 employees, they give every day. they're publish servants in the best definition of the word. my management team that sits behind me, they're the ones that have done extraordinary work and

will continue to do great work. so i feel like i'm not really leaving. we've got a legacy. we've got systems in place that are going to make the library the world class library that i believe it is. i want to thank you all for your amazing support. you understand libraries. i worked in cities where that wasn't always the case. it's a lot harder. it's easier here, and yes, i had several misguided, mean spirited detractors, but that didn't diminish our hard work and vision to really get things done. so i do want to thank former mayor gavin newsome for the opportunity. certainly our late mayor for believing in me and really always saying yes to the ideas that we had and, again, all of you for your amazing support at the neighborhood level with each of the neighborhood libraries and our main library.

so with that, just, again, i can't say enough. it's something that i will treasure forever, and anything i can do to help to come back and serve this wonderful city, i'll be more than honored to do that. thank you so much. [ applause ] >> and mr. herrera, we're going to invite you into the well to take a photograph with members of the board of supervisors.

[ applause ] >> okay. thank you, everyone. thank you, again, for your service, luis. you will be missed. thank you so much. okay. with that, we have one more commendation and it will be given by supervisor peskin. >> last but certainly not least, today i'm honoring another retiring department head, someone who has literally touched, i think, every single one of our districts often under the most contentious of circumstances, whether it's an

appeal of a permit issuance or zoning termination or jurisdiction request or health permit, the board of appeals is the court of last resort for san franciscans that feel that their voices have not been heard or they are the subject of a manifest injustice or just a bad planning decision. like any other body, his task is a serious one that requires independence and accountability and very strong staffing and leadership. executive director, cynthia goldstein provided that at the board of appeals for a decade now and is at last retiring. she's been working at the board of appeals since 2008 and first joined the city as an employee of the human rights commission in 1990 where she word on the equal benefits ordinance among other landmark issues.

she obtained her law degree in boston. we're going to miss you and your leadership at the helm of the board of appeals. thank you for sitting through those meetings for ten years and thanks to your wife gloria for lending you to us for all of this time. i see two members of the board of appeals, the president of the board wanted to be here, frank fung, but he was not able to attend, but he wanted me to mention that when everyone was getting hot-blooded and tempers were flying, cynthia was cool, contentious, and efficient and treated the public with the same respect she gave staff. congratulations, cynthia. >> thank you very much. [ applause ] >> supervisor sheehy. >> the board of appeals is cynthia's second act.

i cannot overstate her role in the equal benefits ordinance. so this bill that we brought 22 years ago, our clerk was in the office, tom was the principal sponsor that said that all businesses who do business with san francisco have to offer the same benefits to domestic partners of employees that they give to spouses. 8,000 companies complied, including some of the biggest multi nationals in the world, chevron, wells fargo, you know, bank of america had just been bought by nations bank, and when they complied, they became the first employer in charlotte, north carolina, to give domestic partner benefits, which i think set up the controversies we've had with that state. there are a lot of pieces to it. i was kind of the activist for it as the city attorney.

there were others that -- we're the legal forces. but cynthia at the human rights commission, the role that she played -- you pass these laws, if they aren't enforced, they don't matter. there are other municipalities that passed the law but didn't put effort into enforcement. regulation and enforcement is a real skill. you have to be strict, but you also have to recognize that there's sometimes circumstances that we have to work around. a great example was with catholic charities. the archbishop at the time was not inclined to recognize anything same sex. so the work around that we came up with allowed the catholic charities -- because they didn't want to lose their contracts and they are a fabulous service provider for some of the most

disadvantaged and marginalized in our community including many people are hiv, aids. they could designate anyone in their household to receive the employee benefit as the spousal benefit, which is a great work around. it was completely consistent with the philosophy of the catholic church, but it also met our goal of making sure that our families had the benefits they so desperately needed. we have to remember, this is at the time of aids. people did not want to -- the first thing most people were thinking of was that we're goiny people who are immoral, who are dying of aids works are having to take extremely expensive medications and we don't want to pay for it. and it really -- the brilliance of all the players who have been recognized -- and i've gotten some recognition, and i think

dennis got nice recognition and certainly tom and the supervisors at the time got recognition, but cynthia, her role was as important, if not more important than everyone else's role. just very quietly, she did her job. she got those companies to comply. like i said, over 8,000 companies, the entire airline industry has complied. they didn't give domestic partner benefits before this law. i mean, this is one -- this is an example of what our city is about. we have people working every day in our city doing historic work who don't get recognized while those of us up here get a lot of recognition, but what we do is irrelevant if we don't have the type of leadership and calm, quiet professionalism and brilliance to make those things that we aspire to have happen actually happen. so thank you, cynthia.

thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you, supervisor peskin for this recognition and supervisor sheehy and also my thanks to board of appeals commissioner honda and his daughter who suggested this to you. my decision to retire certainly has me looking forward, but it also has me looking back. i never expected to work for a city government for the majority of my professional life. but coming here and finding the unique and meaningful work opportunities and also the smart and dedicated colleagues that i've met has really made it easy for me to be here for the past three decades. as a government, as supervisor sheehy said, san francisco often leads the nation with the status quo and tries to improve the lives of people who live here and elsewhere in the country. when i was at the human rights commission, i was fortunate enough to be able to work on some of those initiatives. at the board of appeals i've

been awed by the intelligence of the board members to volunteer. i work with a talented and carrying people. thank you very much. it's been a privilege to serve the city of san francisco, and i very much appreciate this recognition. thank you. [ applause ] >> and so we would like to invite you as well into the well to take a picture with the entire board. thank you.

>> okay. colleagues, that concludes our commendations for today. madam clerk, let's go to the items for adoption without reference to committee. >> items 13 through 17 are on the a deposition without committee reference calendar, an item may be removed and considered separately. >> okay. seeing supervisor peskin. >> could we separate items 14 and 17, please? >> okay. seeing no other names on the roster, madam clerk, on the remaining items, please call the role.

[ roll call ] >> there are 1 11ayes. >> item 14 is a resolution to urge san francisco's state legislative delegation to introduce state legislation to enable san francisco to impose infrastructure impact fees on transportation network companies. >> supervisor peskin. >> thank you. i would like to thank supervisor fewer who asked to be added as a cosponsor to this resolution. and then just to state -- supervisor ronen is on there. that's in the package that's before us. and then to state the obvious which is that san francisco and

the state of california are far behind the times as resolution sets forward cities like new york city, portland, philadelphia, states like the state of massachusetts and the state of new york have been getting fees in some instances and taxes in others from transportation network companies for the impacts that they have on cities, whether it is congestion, whether it's enforcement, whether it's the implementation of pedestrian safety measures, and i note this all at the time when here in california, we are going the reverse direction where just as you heard at the transportation authority commission, just a few weeks ago, the transportation network companies like uber and lyft managed to get the stayed puc to reduce the fees that they pay the state albeit in a rather twist. the state does not even allow local governments to have the information that they obtain

relative to vehicle miles traveled, relative to usage, volume of usage, number of cars, which we've been having to get through our own means whether it's the city attorney subpoenaing these companies or our own data technicians doing westbound scrapes to -- web scrapes to figure it out. what's more weird is they won't even tell us what they're spending it on. so i hope colleagues that you'll join me in urging our state to sponsor legislation to enable san francisco and other municipalities to impose an infrastructure impact fees on tmcs. thank you. >> supervisor kim. >> thank you. i just wanted to add my words of support to supervisor peskin's resolution. i think this is important that there's some local controls over our transportation network. companies which greatly impact the city of san francisco, while

this is regulated by the state p.u.c. we have a disproportionate impact on our streets and frankly, many of these drivers come from other counties and cities where there are much more lax regulations around them. i do believe while this is a great service to our city and i personally utilize them, that they should absolutely be regulated with fees and also with a cap on the number of drivers that we have given that they make up 15 to 20% of the vehicles on our roads. the state of massachusetts has done it. cities like philadelphia and chicago are doing it. new york city is considering some type of congestion fee model. we should do the same thing in the city and county of san francisco and i want to thank supervisor peskin for working on this issue. >> thank you, supervisor kim. colleagues, can we take that item same house same call? without objection, it's adopted. call item number 17, please.

>> item 17 is a motion to schedule a joint board of supervisors meeting with the san francisco ethics commission on april 3rd, 2018, at 5:00 p.m. in a committee of the whole to consider the proposed ordinance file number 180001. the anti-corruption an and accountability ordinance to institute conflict of interest reforms. >> supervisor peskin? >> thank you, madam president. many at the advice of the city attorney and the clerk of the board, i am introducing a motion which i've passed -- amendments to this motion that i've passed out to all of you to also be clear that we're calling this item from the budget and finance committee to the committee of the whole and joint session with ethics commission at line one adding to the short title calling from committee at line 4, adding the language calling

the budget and finance pursuant to board rule, the proposed ordinance, and at lines 10 and 11, deleting the language which is now repeated previously in the long title, and at line 13, adding the additional move clause we reads that move that the board of supervisors be called from budget and finance committee and the other language i have repeated. supervisor tang and i -- >> excuse me, mr. peskin, i don't have the amendments. thank you. those sounded like a lot of amendments. i wanted to make sure i was able to see them. >> they're in bright yellow. they're very few. they're right before you. i would like to make that motion. then supervisor tang and i both attended the budget and finance committee when this came up and

raised a number of concerns. this is a process pursuant to the charter between the ethics commission and this board of supervisors. it is my profound hope that with any luck and a little common sense, we can land on the right ethics reform package and discharge our duties in these chambers without having to go to the november ballot, and that is my hope and maybe we can, with a little bit of work and common sense negotiation, achieve that in these chambers on april 3rd in a way where we have clear and transparent finance reporting, particularly in and around independent expenditures, but there's a host of other issues that the ethics commission has been deliberating for some time. some of it has actually originated in these chambers. some of it came from supervisor kim. some from my office. there may be other pieces of that legislation, but hopefully we can get it done and can get it done right on april the 3rd. i would like to move these

amendments. >> supervisor peskin made a motion to amend. is there a second? seconded by supervisor ronen. can we take the amendment without objection? the amendment passes. supervisor peskin, i'm going to ask to change the time because basically, we wouldn't be able to call it until 5:00. if we're done with the meeting earlier, my preference is that we have an option to call it at a reasonable hour. so we do have a -- we have an appeal that day on a special order for 590leland avenue. we expect to call that somewhere around 3:00. so if we can change the time to 3:00, that would be great for the same day. okay. so supervisor peskin moved to change the time to 3:00. seconded by supervisor safai. can we take that without objection? the time has been changed.

all right. on the item as amended colleagues, can we take that same house same call? the item passes unanimously. madam clerk, is there any further business before us today? >> that concludes our business for today's, madam president. >> thank you everyone, we are >> thank you everyone, we are adjourned.

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district 4 supervisor in san francisco, which is comprise of sunset and parkside neighborhoods. i think what makes district 4 unique is that we have so many different cultures here. we have so many different generations of people. different experiences and that makes it a vibrant neighborhood. for example, which you go down urban street you can do to a japanese restaurant, chinese restaurant, american restaurant, and the cultural diversity is just what makes it so amazing my name is ching le, and i'm the owner of the kingdom of bounty. 17th san francisco, 94116. we make the most authentic and different kinds of dumplings and dim sum. recently more and more popular because they are vegetables and meats

that we use fresh vegetables and meats in the business. it's really inspired to start discover your district series, because i wanted to find a way for neighbors to come and get to know our small businesses and our neighborhoods. get to know each other, get know our office, and do so in a setting that was unintimidating and fun. so i launched this idea call the "discover your district," where we go every month to one or two small businesss in district 4 and we have done things such as learning how to make dumplings that we're learning today and there are so many different activities that we have exposed our residents to. >> today is the very special day, because the city of san francisco hosting this for san francisco city. learning how to make dumplings and knowledge of dumplings. they love to do it and all enjoy it.

>> this is definitely not my first time making it, so i have definitely improved a lot. the first couple of time s i tried to make dumplelings they looks inedible. they have definitely improved. there is a special dumpling eating contest, which is amazing. everyone those eat the dumplings that they made and see how many they can do. i'm curious as to how many they going to be able to down today? >> don't forget to write down what you are eating today. >> we make all different kinds of dumplings and enjoy what they made. so after that, we'll have contact how many pieces of dumplings they can eat and announce the winner today. -

>> tenderloin is unique neighborhood where geographically place in downtown san francisco and on every street corner have liquor store in the corner it stores pretty much every single block has a liquor store but there are impoverishes grocery stores i'm the co-coordinated of the healthy corner store collaboration close to 35 hundred residents 4 thousand are children the medium is about $23,000 a year so a low income neighborhood many new immigrants and many people on fixed incomes

residents have it travel outside of their neighborhood to assess fruits and vegetables it can be come senator for seniors and hard to travel get on a bus to get an apple or a pear or like tomatoes to fit into their meals my my name is ryan the co-coordinate for the tenderloin healthy store he coalition we work in the neighborhood trying to support small businesses and improving access to healthy produce in the tenderloin that is one of the most neighborhoods that didn't have access to a full service grocery store and we california together out of the meeting held in 2012 through

the major development center the survey with the corners stores many stores do have access and some are bad quality and an overwhelming support from community members wanting to utilities the service spas we decided to work with the small businesses as their role within the community and bringing more fresh produce produce cerebrothe neighborhood their compassionate about creating a healthy environment when we get into the work they rise up to leadership. >> the different stores and assessment and trying to get them to understand the value of having healthy foods at a reasonable price you can offer people fruits and vegetables and healthy produce they can't afford it not going to be able to allow it

so that's why i want to get involved and we just make sure that there are alternatives to people can come into a store and not just see cookies and candies and potting chips and that kind of thing hi, i'm cindy the director of the a preif you believe program it is so important about healthy retail in the low income community is how it brings that health and hope to the communities i worked in the tenderloin for 20 years the difference you walk out the door and there is a bright new list of fresh fruits and vegetables some place you know is safe and welcoming it makes. >> huge difference to the whole environment of the community

what so important about retail environments in those neighborhoods it that sense of dignity and community safe way. >> this is why it is important for the neighborhood we have families that needs healthy have a lot of families that live up here most of them fruits and vegetables so that's good as far been doing good. >> now that i had this this is really great for me, i, go and get fresh fruits and vegetables it is healthy being a diabetic you're not supposed to get carbons but getting extra food a all carbons

not eating a lot of vegetables was bringing up my whether or not pressure once i got on the program everybody o everything i lost weight and my blood pressure came down helped in so many different ways the most important piece to me when we start seeing the business owners engagement and their participation in the program but how proud to speak that is the most moving piece of this program yes economic and social benefits and so forth but the personal pride business owners talk about in the program is interesting and regarding starting to understand how

they're part of the larger fabric of the community and this is just not the corner store they have influence over their community. >> it is an owner of this in the department of interior i see the great impact usually that is like people having especially with a small family think liquor store sells alcohol traditional alcohol but when they see this their vision is changed it is a small grocery store for them so they more options not just beer and wine but healthy options good for the business and good for the community i wish to have more

♪ >> about two years ago now i had my first child. and i thought when i come back, you know, i'm going to get back in the swing of things and i'll find a spot. and it wasn't really that way when i got back to work. that's what really got me to think about the challenges that new mothers face when they come back to work. ♪ >> when it comes to innovative ideas and policies, san francisco is known to pave the way, fighting for social justice or advocating for the environment, our city serves as the example and leader many times over. and this year, it leads the nation again, but for a new reason. being the most supportive city of nursing mothers in the work place. >> i was inspired to work on legislation to help moms return

to work, one of my legislative aids had a baby while working in the office and when she returned we had luckily just converted a bathroom at city hall into a lactation room. she was pumping a couple times a day and had it not been for the room around the hallway, i don't know if she could have continued to provide breast milk for her baby. not all returning mothers have the same access, even though there's existing state laws on the issues. >> these moms usually work in low paying jobs and returning to work sooner and they don't feel well-supported at work. >> we started out by having legislation to mandate that all city offices and departments have accommodations for mothers to return to work and lactate. but this year we passed legislation for private

companies to have lactation policies for all new moms returning to work. >> with the newcome -- accommodations, moms should have those to return back to work. >> what are legislation? >> we wanted to make it applicable to all, we created a set of standards that can be achievable by everyone. >> do you have a few minutes today to give us a quick tour. >> i would love to. let's go. >> this is such an inviting space. what makes this a lactation room? >> as legislation requires it has the minimum standards, a seat, a surface to place your breast on, a clean space that doesn't have toxic chemicals or storage or anything like that. and we have electricity, we have plenty of outlets for pumps, for fridge. the things that make it a little

extra, the fridge is in the room. and the sink is in the room. our legislation does require a fridge and sink nearby but it's all right in here. you can wash your pump and put your milk away and you don't have to put it in a fridge that you share with co-workers. >> the new standards will be applied to all businesses and places of employment in san francisco. but are they achievable for the smaller employers in the city? >> i think small businesses rightfully have some concerns about providing lactation accommodations for employees, however we left a lot of leeway in the legislation to account for small businesses that may have small footprints. for example, we don't mandate that you have a lactation room, but rather lactation space. in city hall we have a lactation pod here open to the public. ♪ ♪

>> so the more we can change, especially in government offices, the more we can support women. >> i think for the work place to really offer support and encouragement for pumping and breast feeding mothers is necessary. >> what is most important about the legislation is that number one, we require that an employer have a lactation policy in place and then have a conversation with a new hire as well as an employee who requests parental leave. otherwise a lot of times moms don't feel comfortable asking their boss for lactation accommodations. really it's hard to go back to the office after you have become a mom, you're leaving your heart outside of your body. when you can provide your child food from your body and know you're connecting with them in that way, i know it means a lot to a mommy motionlely and

physically to be able to do that. and businesses and employers can just provide a space. if they don't have a room, they can provide a small space that is private and free from intrusion to help moms pump and that will attract moms to working in san francisco. >> if you want more information visit sfdph.org/breastfeedingatwork. ♪ it. >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their shop & dine in the 49 within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services in the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant

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can't walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. >> beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is - i really appreciate they love this art. >> from the cantonese to the hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you don't have to go far. >> small business is important to our neighborhood because if we really make a lot of people lives better more people get a job here not just a big firm. >> you don't have to go anywhere else we have pocketed

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was asked to do is water system improvement program and one thing i looked at is about the 4.8 billion dollars wurthd of work and a lot of the work was regional. we looked at how can we make sure that we provide opportunities for san franciscan's and people in the

region and so we looked at ways we can expand our local san francisco lb program. so, we thought about it and worked with general manager at the time to form an advizry committee to talk about how to include local businesses in the region. >> i was on the first committee back about 10 years ago and the job changed over time. in the beginning, we just wanted people to know about it. we wanted to attract contractors to come into the system which is a bidding system and bid on some of these projects. our second job was to help the sfpuc to try to make themselves more user frndly. >> i like that they go out of their way, have contractors trying to teach and outreach to

small businesses and lots of creative ways. help the community as well. there is so much infrastructure going on and repair, new construction that i think is helping to get construction back on its feet. >> my faiv rlt part of the committee has been that we have played a opportunity for many small businesses. [inaudible] women owned business to come in and [inaudible] sfpuc. it is a great opportunity because some are so small they have been able to grow their companies and move up and bid other projects with the sfpuc. >> everyone i was talking about with any contractor [inaudible] and super markets and things

like that and i realize the transition was on the sfpuc. he got that first job and knows about the paperwork qu schedule and still works on this type of job, but he works with general contractors that also did other things. pretty soon it is like he did that one and that one. it completely changed his business. >> my name is nancy [inaudible] the office manager and bid coordinator for [inaudible] construction. worked on 10 plus puc, lbe contracts. today we are doing site maintenance on the [inaudible] chr site and currently the gentlemen behind me are working on every moving and basic specs of plants. in order to be success you need to

work hard, bid low and keep a look at the sfpuc website for future bidding opportunity. >> this is a successful program because it provides opportunities to regional communities that might not have opportunities to work for large scale projects. the sfpuc is a fortunate agency we have a lot of capital program that span over 7 counties who also to see how some businesses like [inaudible] and bio mass started as small micro businesses grow and expand and stay in the program and work on several projects before they graduate from the program. that is what warms my heart. >> my name is college willkerson, the principle for

bio mass. bio mass has been in business since 2006. 3 partners. small businesses fill a niche but apply and being a part of the program helped us be more visible and show the city and county of san francisco we can also perform services. >> this program had tremendous impact to the region. in fact, the time we rolled the program out was during the recession. this has h a major positive impact and certified over 150 firms in the rejen and collectively awarded $50 million in contracts, and because of the lbe certification it open many opportunities to work with sfpuc. and, i significantly helped the business. it is one of the major contributors to our success.

you. >> well to the epic center are you ready for the next earthquake did you know if you're a renter you can get earthquake shushes we'll take to the earthquake authorities hi welcome to another episode i'm the chief resilience officer for san francisco i'm joined by my good friends for the earthquake authority we're at the el cap center for the city and county of san francisco started in 2013 to get the community and talk about the

risk we think about earthquake if usual great city you'll see one of the demonstrates we've built the model home and i encourage other episodes we'll be retroactively retrofitting and showing you as property owners to employ you work for the california earthquake authority talk about your role and earthquake shirnls up think the viewers want to know if you're a renter or property owner how the insurance issues. >> i'm the chief mitigation officer or c e a a property line funded pubically managed entity that provides earthquake shiners for one to four units and mobile owners to come down and renters throughout the state of california. >> what make the c e a deft. >> we work with 19 participates the insurer that

sells you, your homeowner policy you're not obligated to buy it but you can buy a policy. >> am i covered with homeowners insurance. >> no california homeowners understand their homeowners insurance doesn't cover earthquake they need a separate policy if you're an shiners you can get the earthquake insurance policy. >> so explain why it is for the c e a is deft if a traditional insurance agency. >> irreverent so in the 80s the state of california passed a law that requires any company that writes the policies to over earthquake insurance the homeowners are not required by commissioner cranshaw can bye there was so much loss they were going to stop writing the insurance policies for

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aside mitigation loss fund 5 percent of invested income and when i joined the company 34 years ago we had $45 million to make a difference for moving and incentivizing and mitigation for california homeowners to structure engineering a unique opportunity to cervical homeowners to help them to mitigate the equivalent. >> whether an owner or renter i want to find more information about earthquake insurance where should i go. >> earthquake authority.com not only information about insurance but a calculated figures and as of january lots of deductible and 25 percent if a homeowner mitigate their hope up to 20 percent off their premium as an incentive for the work. >> what does mitigate the home

mean. >> strengthen, renovate, retrofit through a home particularly older to earlier codes and you put in adding streamlining maybe collar bolts to tie to the foundation or to the wall so it is braced to earthquake can be very, very affordable and really makes a difference. >> thank you very much for being with us i encourage the viewers not only to checkout the earthquake authority but we'll talk about

>> good afternoon, everyone. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the february 28, 2018 meeting of the rules committee. i'm supervisor safai, to my left catherine stephanie. i'd like to thank jesse larson and samuel williams for staffing the meeting. items acted upon today will appear on the march 6, board of supervisors agenda.