commissioner mirkarimi: ok. it has been a little while since we have actually formalized the reappointment or consideration of a vacant seat. colleagues, any comments on this? please. commissioner campos: my understanding is there are two applicants for the seat. is that correct? commissioner mirkarimi: in addition to mr. bornstein who would require a waiver, we would have leah pimentel and our sitting commissioner schmeltzer. >> that is correct. if he is removing himself, that would be two applicants in the full right now. commissioner mirkarimi: i did not mean to say that he is. i just wanted to say he is sensitive to the fact that he will be living outside the city, and he articulated that. commissioner campos: i do not know if there is also an opportunity to hear from the two applicants. and is trying to understand the process. >> it was my envision that we would follow the same process you do with rules committee with commissioners where they would get a chance to speak, but that would be up to you to decid

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. i appreciate that. colleagues? thank you very much for your help. >> it is clear that our major structural problems are played out and to fix these problems we need capabilities where we work together to develop comprehensive plans but achieve competently managed state of the dark crime labs to provide scientific we based factual evidence that helps to convict the guilty and convict -- convicted a guilty and free the innocent. -- convict the guilty and free the innocent. staffing as far as low national standards and working conditions have early deteriorated over the last few years, 25 yards away from the entrance in 2009 there was vandalism related to cleanup and vandalism with water that is not even potable. recent protection calls for more street lighting in the parking area of. the union representatives have suffered flat tires and broken windshields from going out there. cars have been broken into, which could prove volatile and dangerous. this is a thing that we need to fix and

your fine supervisor mirkarimi: -- supervisor mirkarimi: you are fine. the future of the crime lab, we have heard thoroughly what they are and they make a lot of sense. we have concluded up over last term, not long after we began the shift, different folks taking over temporarily the crime lab. the question it begs is what happens after that temporary ship? where do we go from here? that is what this legislation intends to help answer. >> we were looking for some kind of hybrid model where some of the evidence would be sent out to a private laboratory to be tested and we would continue to test a certain amount of evidence there in building 606. the big issue is the building itself, the amount of money it would cost us to get it up to standards or eventually move out of that building into a new location. i know that this was in reference to shifting the responsibility to the city administrator but my only concern was are we developing another bureaucratic entity that will handle the crime lab? the cost benefits to the citizens of san francisco, i would ag

supervisor mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: this is a complement to the security agreement to the korea develop the agency in the city for making what i think is a very impressive effort -- to the redevelopment agency. it is hoping that they are lifted and making sure the population in this area has been historically to stress and disadvantaged, be able to really benefit from the process, and i want to make sure that the work force marketing of this really is the rubber that meets the road. it is a simple amendment. this requires that they prepare an annual report regarding the status of the development related to the project created in accordance with the bayview hunters point contract policy. it would not be required to come to us. it would bypass and go straight to redevelopment. president chiu: supervisor mirkarimi has made a motion. the next one. supervisor mirkarimi: this is where i have concerns about work force language, where it says, " one " -- quote-unquote, a gap in what good faith effort could

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, ma'am. next speaker, please. >> ♪ just a spoonful of money makes the medicine go down in the city makes the medicine go down just a spoonful of money makes the medicine go down all around the medicine and town just a spoonful of city budget money money helps the city medicine go down in the most delightful way. oh, budget sugar. oh, city money you are my candy budget. and you've got me wanting you. oh, city budget sugar, oh, money, money. you are my candy budget and you've got me wanting your budget. sugar, budget sugar, sugar money. oh, city money. you are my city candy budget and you've got me wanting for programs around the city. won't you pour a little sugar on it soon? pour a little sugar on it soon. please money for the city all around. pour a little sugar on it soon. supervisor mirkarimi: well timed. thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. my name is jacqueline phillips. i'm with ace and i'm a member of the bay view heights community. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm a member of ac

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm eric smith, executive director of green depot. i was intending to speak on agenda item number five. it's always frightening when i agree with mr. brooks, but i'll just echo the sentiments of ms. jackson. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> aaron israel is here, a longtime member of the citizens advisory committee for power on issues of sfpuc. wanted to point out that the club thanks the good work that -- the staff of both the p.u.c. and lafco have been doing this year. focusing on the negotiations. finding the lessons learned from that process and being open. we don't have an opinion one way or the other about r.f.p. or splitting out the renewables work. we should point out that we are an advocate. we've long been involved in this process. mr. brooks does not speak for all the advocates. we're not all of one mind on this. we take great issue of him speaking for an alliance that we helped put together a number of years ago,

supervisor mirkarimi: the d.a. has a consistent pattern of sending out four tests as well, to fortified or corroborate the presumptive tests, which is a significant submission rate as well. do you see that being introduced? >> working with that the district attorney's office, we are able to reduce a portion of that. i do not know if we can reduce it all, but we are working closely with the district attorney's office with what needs to be tested, we are not simply arbitrarily testing items because we thought they needed to be tested. that was why happened over the last couple of years, testing things that never went to court, where the suspect fled guilty. the policies, procedures, and how we conduct business has been altered to save some of that money and not produce that backlog, which came from an excessive amount of test kits that did not need the tested, frankly. >> i am concerned that somehow, and this is more of a sideline discussion, with all of the discussion that we have had in committees about set by laws

supervisor mirkarimi: good afternoon, welcome to lafco. i'm ross mirkarimi, chair. madam clerks and mr. clerk, hi. would you please read the roll call. >> mirkarimi present. campos absent. dufty present. avalos present. schmeltzer present. mar present. bornstein absent. we have a quorum. supervisor mirkarimi: very good. i understand commissioner campos will join us shortly. would you please read item number two. aeye approval of the minutes of the 2009 special joint meeting with sfpuc. supervisor mirkarimi: is there any public comment on this particular item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, entertain a motion by commissioner avalos, seconded by commissioner dufty. so moved without objection. would you please read item number three. >> item number three. report on the status of choice aggregation activities. supervisor mirkarimi: ok. mr. kimball, welcome. >> thank you. good afternoon, commissioners. my name is mike campbell. i'm the director of the sfpuc's clean power s.f. program, often referred to as c.c.a. so today i'm just going to go over what

supervisor mirkarimi: ok. supervisor avalos: perhaps even talk about differences with the current contractor for auto- storage in the past. from the perspective of the mta . >> i know that there were specific issues related to vehicles being stolen, personal property. what i can tell you is that they really do what the talk. they are really very responsible. their executive team is available the time, using the best practices currently. >> on the bottom of page three, according to the department customer complaints have decrease from 20 per month under the previous contractor to an average of less than 1 per quarter for three months under the existing agreements. that auto return received a favorable review during a compliance order conducted by the controller's office in march of 2007. supervisor avalos: ok. i guess i'm -- that's good to know. i'm just wondering, anyone who has their car towed is going to complain, but i guess making a complaint is a much higher threshold -- >> i think that given the nature o

chairman campos: supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. supervisor alioto-pier, you're quite right. as a matter of fact, based on our experience of the last four years legislatively was the tactic that we pursued and legislatively we were constantly, i think, unimpressioned by the reaction of room 200 at the mayor's office. we should not forget that when we did legislate foot patrols as a pilot program, the mayor vetoed our legislation. and i was able to marshal enough votes to override the veto. and being the first veto of his career as mayor because of how important it was to the people of san francisco. and when we have constantly asked both the mayor -- because the police department, as we all know in this country, a paramilitary institution. their chain of command is obviously their command staff, the police chief, the police commission, and the mayor himself. the chief executive, he or her who is the mayor would have to then instruct for this to happen. that has never happened. and meanwhile, as many of us who are district supervisor

supervisor mirkarimi: no. but we did ask questions that have gone unanswered, the number of foot beats, which we have yet to get in the answer to our questions. and this isn't the first time we've questioned. the levels of 2008, win to, and 2010. we've asked the controller to do an evaluation. and their evaluation was rendered incomplete because they couldn't get and we couldn't get the answer to these questions. >> i will attempt to get them personally for you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. >> i hi need to make it perfectly clear because this is going to be a spirited conversation. we are on the same page here. we do need foot beats. i'm not arguing the fact that foot beats are necessary. i'm not arguing the fact that foot beats are a small component of community policing. we do need foot beats. people that are going to come up here for public comment, i do agree foot beats are necessary. how we implement the foot beats, go about putting them on the street who have soul responsibility do that are where i h

supervisor mirkarimi: the following amendment is before you. president chiu: supervisor mirkarimi is motioning that the bridge be removed. is there a second to that? seconded by supervisor daly. supervisor mirkarimi note: it may be used for bicycles, buses, emergency vehicles only and should not be used for private automobiles. i understand, based on the city attorney's legal advisor, it is also a possibility here. i have great concerns about this. hawpe a stadium conducted -- a stadium conducted on the shipyards, it opens it up for private automobiles. this would have to go back to the board of supervisors. .that is all this amendment does. president chiu: supervisor mirkarimi has made a motion. is there a second? seconded by supervisor mar. supervisor campos? supervisor campos: i appreciate some of the amendments that he will be talking about. i have two amendments. the first has to do with the issue of minimum wage, to the extent at the pump that a living wage would apply to those jobs, in my understanding is that there is actually language

supervisor ross mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: this is the same exercise. i make the motion and amendment and reattaching. president chiu: if we could take that motion without objection. motion passes. supervisor sean elsbernd. supervisor elsbernd: i would like to divide the file, mr. president. president chiu: supervisor sean elsbernd unilaterally divided the file. supervisor ross mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: i would like to take a station break for supervisor daly. he would like me to follow through so i will make my amendment again. it's a familiar song. it is to reattach the parts divided by supervisor sean

supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, chair. i just want to say that i again extend my compliments to you and others on the board, as was already said the network of advocates and staff in cities that have helped us to get to this point, over the next week i look forward to the continuing discussion about the financial component of this, modified or set aside. is something worthy of having continued deliberations on. it is an important step, no matter the perspective there is us trying to figure out the most effective way without implicating the general fund in the dedicated source of revenue for the muni and the mta. supervisor campos: thank you, a supervisor. i believe that we are still in the process of attempting to treat this charter amendment, and i would urge that those who provided public comment, if there are specific changes or language that they have, please provide that to us. there is still an opportunity. we have a short deadline we are dealing with but there is still an opportunity to modify this amendment. there

supervisor ross mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: this is the same exercise. i make the motion and amendment and reattaching. president chiu: if we could take that motion without objection. motion passes. supervisor sean elsbernd. supervisor elsbernd: i would like to divide the file, mr. president. president chiu: supervisor sean elsbernd unilaterally divided the file. supervisor ross mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: i would like to take a station break for supervisor daly. he would like me to follow through so i will make my amendment again. it's a familiar song. it is to reattach the parts divided by supervisor sean elsbernd 42 and 43. president chiu: is there a second to the motion? seconded by supervisor david campos. that passes. supervisor elsbernd: i would like to divide the file. president chiu: supervisor daly, i had already acknowledged -- >> point of order. mirk let's go through the exercise one more time. sean elsbernd unilaterally divided the file. that motion passes unanimously. supervisor daly. supervisor mirkarimi: move to recess. president chi

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, ma'am. next speaker, please. >> ♪ just a spoonful of money makes the medicine go down in the city makes the medicine go down just a spoonful of money makes the medicine go down all around the medicine and town just a spoonful of city budget money money helps the city medicine go down in the most delightful way. oh, budget sugar. oh, city money you are my candy budget. and you've got me wanting you. oh, city budget sugar, oh, money, money. yo

supervisor mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: on item 21, i want to thank his supervisor daly. for his persistence -- over the years this has been battered around, i think it was demeaned by sources out there from the administration to their advocates in the press as a way to really make light of what i think is probably one of the most meaningful ideas that has come before the voters of san francisco. they would castigate the intent of this particular measure, thinking that it was something personal with this particular mayor. sooner or later, he will be gone. this measure will have more of an import to the successor. i believe another mayor would actually want to engage in a much more consistent and regular way than what would have to be legislated. but i like the idea of this being legislated. i think it is time that sense other governments do this in various ways, it would be to san francisco to also do the same. it is an important peaceable that adds a little bit of levity. it also fortifies the engagement that quite frankly does not occur on the level of accountability th

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. i do not know if there's anyone else hear from the police apartment. i see members here, and i do not know if they would like to speak as well, but thank you. i also see someone from the u.s. commission here. -- the youth commission here. >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. we just wanted to articulate that the yout commissionh is very much in favor of this ordinance. it is exceedingly exciting. this is exceedingly common sense in our opinion. we support this for three reasons -- young people really want jobs. in october 2009, some 9000 san francisco unified school district students who were surveyed, 84% of them said yes, they want job training and career preparation class is. second, and supervisor mirkarimi was speaking to this, what is unique about this ordinance is it tries to unify the san francisco unified school district's existing pathways and academies with the kind of p training kind ofal is doing -- the kinds of training that pal is doing here on a whole, they're very succ

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. i think it's unclear based on the state of the city how today may carry over to next week so i think that two weeks gives us a more clear window. president chiu: the motion that be made to continue this to august 3. >> that's correct. president chiu: can we take that without objection? without objection, this item will be continued to august 3. if we could call items 47 and 48, please. 47 and 48 surprise a special order at 3:00 p.m. board of supervisors sitting as a competent of the whole for a public hearing on amendments made last week to a charter amendment regarding election day voter registration. president chiu: before we continue this, i would like to add my name as a co-sponsor to the charter amendment and why don't we open up the hearing to hear any public comment related to the amendment that was made to the election day voter registration charter. are there any members of the public that wish to speak on this specific item? okay. this hearing has been opened and is now clos

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. supervisor campos: please call item no. 4. >> item #4, charter amendment (third draft) to amend the charter of the cityfrancisco by amending section 4.113 to split the power to make appointments to the recreation and park commission between the mayor and the board of supervisors, and amending section 15.105 to provide that the appropriate appointing authority may initiate removal of recreation and park commissioners. supervisor campos: this item has also been introduced by supervisor mirkarimi, with the support of many of us. you in your office have been busy. the floor is yours. supervisor mirkarimi: it is a flood. [laughter] again, i think we are quite determined to see some changes. i could easily make this argument for all approaches city-wide, to each and every one of us, that we deal with benefits in the diversity and the diversification of this process. the last hearing that we participated in was mostly based on amendments on the floor that strengthens this charter instrument.

why don't we go to supervisor ross mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, mr. president. colleagues, i know that this is the last stop after what has been well over a decade long process. and i know those stake holders do have worked diligently to try to get it here, are anxious for it to get passed us. i want to first thank supervisor maxwell for her leadership in trying to and helping marshal this to this particular stage. i want to thank all stake holders who have worked from the city, both from the community and from the business community to help make this, in their minds, the best project possible and i want to thank all the stake holders who are opposed or who have been apprehensive about this project, who have worked so hard to make this the best project as possible as well. the supervisor from the fillmore, i represent the fifth district and that should not be at all from this discussion. the first largest -- [inaudible] took place in our district known as the fillmore. for years as i was leading up to elected office which is one of the reasons why i did because

supervisor mirkarimi: welcome to the transportation authority meeting. i would like to say welcome to everyone here. thank you also to sfgtv. would you please read roll call. >> [roll call] we have a quorum. item two, approval of minutes of the june 29, 2010 meeting. >> any comments seeing none, public comment is closed. without objection. please read items 3 and 4. >> cheers report. this is an information item. the executive director's report. supervisor mirkarimi: colleagues, it has been an extra busy month at the authority, so keep your commentsd4& we have a lengthy board meeting later. tomorrow morning is the official start of the first day fund a construction contract in the presidio parkway. we are going to mark that with a short ceremony in the presidio. we are expecting the federal highway administrator and business administration housing secretary will be attending. it is a major milestone to the project and is a reminder that the project is quickly becoming a reality. it is a hectic time of year, but i hope that you can join us tomorrow at 10:0

supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: it is important to provide a little bit of reference. i was the one who instigated a lot of what supervisor alioto- pier was talking about. this was a highly-charged period of time when i made it clear i wasn't going to accept the level of violence in the jurisdiction of northern station, and supervisor alioto-pier is right that we had the honor of sharing northern station. when 7 people were shot at the housing complex at friendship village, 4 were children, and i was not seeing attention rerouted to our district. i made it clear that if there are other areas that are receiving a level of attention that are not as highly-charged and violent, i would have liked to believe th epolice department and captain at the time would have made the right call and been able to bring in the cavalry that we had at that time. when we went to the police chief at the time, we were seen as to be pushing buttons, asking them to make executive decisions that were not made. ergo, in the absence of having institutionalized expectation that the police departmen

madam clerk: f.a.q, supervisor mirkarimi. president chiu -- thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. president chiu? president chiu: there are dozens of bodies for which we as the board of supervisors make appointments, and only a small number of others make appointments to. at this time, there are an unknown number of vacancies on these bodies because there is no place where all vacancies are compiled for the public. for example comte at the clerk's office, we posed -- for example, at the clerk's office, we post items online. there are vacancies at the planning commission, and mta, the port commission, the police commission, and many important commissions and bodies in our city. it could be very difficult to determine which seats are available. years ago, they called for increased diversity. there was a study every few years. i was recently approached with an idea that i think will make voters who want to make this more a reality, and the legislation would call on the city administrator to establishing centralized online database of information regarding our appointments, and it wou

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supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. >> there are nine ayes and two no's. the next item is a memorandum of understanding with the police officers association. president chiu: can we do same house same call? the vote will be 9 - 2. >> item 17 is an ordinance adopted in implementing amendment no. 2 to the memorandum of understanding with the police officers association. president chiu: same house, call? this ordinance is finally passed with a vote of 9 - 2. >> the memorandum of understanding with the municipal organization. president chiu: same house, same call? this ordinance is finally passed -- >> it was supervisors mirkarimi and -- president chiu: roll call vote item 18. supervisor campos: no. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor daly: no. supervisor dufty: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor maxwell: aye. supervisor supervisor mirkarimi: no. supervisor alioto-pier: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. >> there are 8 ayes and three no's. president chiu: in moti

supervisor mirkarimi: commissioner campos? supervisor campos: i just wanted to address an issue that was raised today, an issue around the legality of an agency of the transportation authority doing apoll. with respect to that issue, there are a number of questions that come up. a separate one is whether or not we should do that. that is a different manner. the question of whether or not we legally can, i think it is important for us to be very mindful of, and that was discussed at the plans and programs committee. i specifically asked about that question. my understanding from council is and that the transportation authority has the ability to do this. i just want to make sure for the record, that that issue was raised today, that we have legal counsel on the record. so through the chair, if we could hear from the attorney. >> has my name is steven roberts. i am familiar with the vehicle registration fee. there is a very clear answer, like many legal questions. it is perfectly legal to pull out this. that was the case in 2008

supervisor mirkarimi: would you like to introduce? >> thank you. item beginning on page 223 of your packet, specifically to the staff memorandum of july 16 on page 240. i simply want to give you a quick overview on the process so far can give you a sense of the task at hand. this is an item that the transportation board approved us to develop and expenditure plan. essentially, the authorization was for staff to study, to analyze the possibility of placing a measure on the november ballot this year that would levy a $10 additional fee on vehicles registered with the county of san francisco. sb 83, which allows us to do this, from senator runny hancock, sets a limit of $10. it allows congestion management agencies in the state to choose to place this on the ballot, which is why this item was presented to you as a rather unusual item. the authority board would be you boating to place it on the ballot. the authorization in december essentially gave us courage to develop an expenditure plan, which we did with the help of the advisory committee and stake