mr. dufty's assistant. when he refers to how many meetings he has had with neighbors, it is important to keep in mind it took great effort to move mr. fowler from a starting point that was grossly out of scale with the neighborhood, according to the planning department. the discussions involved concessions in inches, feet. yet come to this day, the drawings do not show those details. the latest plans are still excessive and have caused grief to the neighbors to the north. in addition, there would be windows looking onto his property and into his rear windows. the project currently extends 40 feet beyond lisa's rear bay window. here is a drawing of the effects on the drawing that planning hon. -- had. david is 75 years old. he is different. he has had issues with health. he spent most of the savings to fight the earlier building. he felt he had no option snout than to design a document of no opposition. i believe mr. fowler, had the intention to buy it as high and wide as the code allowed. there are other des

i'm following the footsteps of a lot of amazing people that have held my seat and my office like mrs. dufty and turk. all of us who understands what it takes to run a great city. a big round of applause for ed lee. ed this would not have happened today if not for ed lee. ed lee, thank you very much. [applause]. the only change today that i want to --

looking back and reiterating what mr. dufty said, we did not do everything right the first month. we are here to try to address those issues going forward the that we can coexist with all neighbors on the street. there are a couple of things i want to address. this is not an outdoor beer garden. it is not a party deck. it is seating for 12 people. all of the photos that you saw, those were taken on saturdays when we were very busy. and just a little bit more of the compromise out there right now. the panels themselves is a solution. it is just how much of it is open or closed at any given point in time. we have operated with those doors fully closed and there has been no issue. there will not be an issue from the people outside. the systems that are in place right now, it will allow us as responsible operators to mitigate noise concerns going forward. >> thank you. that closes the public hearing. commissioner sugaya: here we go. ok. maybe i should recuse myself because i lived directly across the street from a bar. i have a question of the supporters of the project sponsor. how ma

i'm following the footsteps of a lot of amazing people that have held my seat and my office like mrs. dufty and turk. all of us who understands what it takes to run a great city. a big round of applause for ed lee. ed this would not have happened today if not for ed lee. ed lee, thank you very much. [applause]. the only change today that i want to -- >> welcome to coulterwire. the san francisco arts commission and department of public works has joined forces by battling graffiti by launching a new program called street smarts. the program connects established artist with private property owners to create a vibrant murals which is a proven an effective strategy for combating graffiti on private property. artists, along with his crew, recently transformed a building turn to vandalism into a masterpiece. let us take a look. >> part of me has so much compassion for other graffiti artists. i understand why they are doing what they do. for me, it was something that was so hard to get out of. the lifestyle in general. j and tagging is addicting. i used to be on these routes. i have compassion for

i'm following the footsteps of a lot of amazing people that have held my seat and my office like mrs. dufty and turk. all of us who understands what it takes to run a great city. a big round of applause for ed lee. ed this would not have happened today if not for ed lee. ed lee, thank you very much. [applause]. the only change today that i want to -- >> cents and cisco's buses and trains serve many writers -- san francisco buses and trains serve many riders. the need to be sure they can get off at their intended stop. the digital voice announcement system, which announces upcoming stops, can help these low vision riders know where they are, but only if set properly. >> it is a wonderful piece of technology, but in practice, it is a little bit more tricky. oftentimes, i find that the automatic announcement system is turned off or turned down so low that i'm unable to hear it, or it is turned up so high that the sound is distorted. >> most of the time, it does not ever seemed to be on. or is it is, it is a really quiet. occasionally, it is so loud that it is distorted. >> driver, may i have c

. >> mr. dufty? >> commissioners. the notice of violation was issued on may 22, 2008 for a structure 25 by 20 feet in the rear yard. that totals the entire yard. the $754 was paid to planning when they were trying to legalize it. that was for a variants that was not followed through on -- a variance the was not followed through on. it is in the brief period i think those fees -- it was in the brief. i think those fees were not for a permit. no building permit was ever filed. on november 26, 2010, they removed the structure. at that time, dbi modified the value of work performed without the permits. the initial violation was 49 times $3,000. we reduced that to nine times $1,000. sometimes we do listen to people. this did not cost this much. the penalty would be significantly more than $1,800. i sympathize with the medical condition and the age of the property owners. at this time, i think the department have done everything feasible to drop the fees as much as possible. we do want to keep the nine times on the $1,000 p

. >> mr. dufty? >> commissioners. the notice of violation was issued on may 22, 2008 for a structure 25 by 20 feet in the rear yard. that totals the entire yard. the $754 was paid to planning when they were trying to legalize it. that was for a variants that was not followed through on -- a not followed through on -- a variance the was not follo

mr. bevn dufty to know that we appreciate him. thank you, and good luck. president chiu: next speaker. >> my name is ms. brown, and this is another year. this is my son. how do you make it wider. there was a murder in 2006. there is a reward, and still no justice. i am here again as i do, i am still trying to get justice for my son, and i am asking that, you know, if there is a new mayor said that mayor can consider to not forget our children that have been murdered on the streets of san francisco, that they just do not look over us. if you can listen to people who come up here and sing about nonsense, nonsense, and i am here talking about my baby that i love, and here is another year that he is not here, i would need to have consideration from somebody that will listen to me. bevan dufty. we need help. i am also getting telephone calls for other mothers who have lost their children. how can i help them if i have not had help for my son? how can i help them? how many years? how many years is it going to go? how many years are going to pass by before we get

supervisor dufty: i wanted to briefly add my support to mr. courtney. i look forward to voting for him hopefully tomorrow at the full board, and a one take a moment to reflect on his parents, and i had the privilege of knowing them both. -- i want to take a moment to reflect of his parents. his mother is a respected member of the latino community who has been a trailblazer in her own right, and i know he will continue their tradition and do a great job. supervisor alioto-pier: thank you. i would like to echo the remarks of my colleague. i wholeheartedly support the appointment of mr. courtney to the puc, and i would like to make a motion to send this forward with recommendations. supervisor campos: we had a motion on the table. notwithstanding the trend we saw in this meeting, i do believe that for the reasons that have been articulated by supervisor mar and myself that it is really critical that we move this item for wood, there is a lot of work that needs to be done at the puc, and it is not just local hiring but a lot of other issues that are really

dufty, supervisor alioto-pier. i would like to thank you for everything you have done. [applause] is there any more business in front of the board? >> mr. president, we have one -- on behalf of supervisor dust -- on behalf of supervisor dufty, the meeting will be adjourned in memory of miss sinclair brandon. -- clair brandon. >> the board of supervisors is adjourned.

dufty, supervisor alioto-pier. i would like to thank you for everything you have done. [applause] is there any more business in front of the board? >> mr. president, we have one -- on behalf of supervisor dust -- on behalf of supervisor dufty, the meeting will be adjourned in memory of miss sinclair brandon. -- clair brandon. >> the board of supervisors is adjourned. >> please welcome the hon. gavin newsom and larry ellison, team owner, oracle racing. [applause] [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> please welcome are masters of ceremony, johnnie moseley. [applause] >> mayor newsom, distinguished guests, welcome. you might be wondering what i'm doing up here, but i did sail as a kid. at some point, i thought i could be a world class sailer. and then i got last place and i figured out skiing was for me. i would like to be involved. i'm honored to be here. i would like to be actually sailing, but this is the gig that i have got. thank you very much. these are incredible. i think that's what is bringing a lot of excitement to the america's cup that is coming to the city. it is amazing. they are fast. i may freestyle skiier. when i watch them, it is excitin

dufty present. elsbernd present. mar present. maxwell present. mirkarimi present. mr. president, all members are present. commissioner chiu: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join me for the pledge of allegiance? colleagues, i just want to mention as far as the agenda today, given that this is the last meeting of 2010 and we have a lot of items, what i would like to propose is that we go through the consent agenda, moving to local hiring, and given how many people are here with regards to the america's cup, we move to that item and proceed through the rest of the calendar until our 3:00 p.m. special orders and moved to our 3:00 p.m. special orders, including the discussion of its potential nomination around an interim there. why don't we move to the meeting minutes? you should have copies of your november 9 and november 16 meeting minutes. motion by supervisor mirkarimi to approve. without objection, this meeting minutes will be approved. are there any communications? if you could read the consent agenda, items one through 16. >> items 1 through 16 comprise the consent agenda. the items w

mr. [unintelligible] >> former board president and chairman of the democratic party. president chiu: no. supervisor chu: no. supervisor daly: aye. supervisor dufty: no. supervisor elsbernd: no. supervisor mar: no. supervisor maxwell: no. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor alioto-pier: no. supervisor avalos: no. supervisor campos: aye. >> there are 3 aye's and 8 no's. president chiu: the first round of votes has been completed. no one has the votes necessary to proceed. we can have a second round of nominations or we can close nominations. supervisor elsbernd: [inaudible] president chiu: in order for us to proceed, we would need a motion to reopen nominations which requires a majority vote. supervisor elsbernd: so moved. president chiu: seconded by supervisor alioto-pier. supervisor daly would like to speak against the motion. supervisor daly: perhaps it has to do with what supervisor dufty said in terms of wanting to allow a round of voting to see where the votes are after having expressed support for multiple candidates. if you look at the voting with supervisor dufty voting against his preferred candidate, no other candidate received more t

dufty, gill white, sergeant jim acivedo. on behalf of president chiu, for the late rose santimno, for richard johnsonton, mr. john crawl, on behalf of supervisor campos for mr. jimenez. >> i want to thank everyone for your hard work in 2010. certainly this month as well as obviously the entire year we only have one more meeting of our session but i hope everyone has a very happy holiday and look forward to seeing you over the coming weeks. madam clerk, do we have any more business in front of this board? >> that concludes our business today, mr. president. >> at this time we are adjourned. preside vietor: i would like to call this meeting to order, at the meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission, december 14, 2010. thank you, mr. secretary. next item, please. secretary housh: roll call. commissioner caen is excused. madam president, the next item is the approval of the minutes from november 23, 2010, and i will call your attention to a minor amendment to clarify the intent of summer marks. -- the intent of some remarks. president vietor: may i have a motion to approve the minutes as amended?

supervisor dufty: i just wanted to reiterate that based on no doubt of the way he has conducted himself, mr. johns is going to do a great job. i feel very strongly that richard would be an excellent commissioner in this role and be a dynamic historian, providing a law of personal talent to the work in the preservation commission. i do recognize the presence of the action of other nominees and i respect that it appears at this point that that is what might happen in terms of this nomination continuing. supervisor campos: great. yes, just wanted to fill -- the clerk has given me a note to make it clear that the agenda items one through six contain the same clerical error. they should read historic preservation commission, not historical preservation commission. wanted to make tax address. -- i wanted to make that address. i see the point that has been raised and the point raised by supervisor duftymar. that said, even though my reading of the language is that though there may be different -- differences of opi,