the only new item is software for newsletters at the request of supervisors so the board can allow for more effective constituent communications. this assumes that lafco will have sufficient carry forward funds. will find out in april or march if that will occur. the board will need to determine if they intend to adjust for cost-of-living prior to exercising are considering the exercising of the first option on the budget analyst contract. the current contract expires december 31, 2011, but may be extended through december 31, 2013. the budget will be adjusted accordingly, following the board's determination. now, the proposed budget by division. the chart above provides an overview of the preliminary budget proposal by department division, and shows the result on department growth over time. the proposed budget does increase the general fund allocation by $361,000, off 3.1%. more than 80% of this increase is fringe benefits. the proposed budget is still 3.9% lower than the board's general fund budget of three years ago. notably, we have reviewed the division changes. that also reflect

she is a co-founder of this publishing industry newsletter and website. first off, jenn risko, what were some of the big selling nonfiction books of 2010? >> guest: certainly the biggest book of 2010 was decision point by vw. we are seeking sales on this one off 1.8 million copies, and it has only been out since the beginning of november. in addition to that we have seen 200,000 copies in e-book only so that is topping the list for

i think what you are seeing is cost for our rico copiers for the newsletters, as the cost for the 20 computers is under purchases, if i remember correctly. chairperson chu: finally, a question on the advertising line. i know that supervisor mirkarimi sponsored legislation that allows us to be more flexible in terms of our advertising. how does that affect this? >> currently, we are working with the city attorney's office to determine the effect of that legislation on this particular line item. we are asking for the full amount of the advertising dollars, just in case we do have to write public notices to the full extent we did previous to this legislation. chairperson chu: thank you. why don't we open this item up for public comment. any members of the public who wish to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor mirkarimi: this is not an action item. i will continue to trust the very thorough [laughter] information relayed by madam clerk. as he stipulated, this is the first phase -- as you stipulated, this is the first phase. we look forward to hearing the

it was a newsletter we comnvertd highlighted, and shared stories. he oversaw the significant transformation of our programming. in 2009, our theme was about neighborhoods. and not just having lectures, but combining them with hawks -- walks. the other was a recognition of people and organizations. finally and most importantly, he is an inhaler of history. he transformed the historical society. he looked at the needs of the building but also preserving that as a national historic landmark. through of the time i have worked with him, he actively familiarize themselves with history and gets involved. he does not rely solely on his knowledge, the creative processes. [chime] let me say it is my opinion that you will get an historian who is not focused his efforts on documenting and publishing history, but as a developer of history making san francisco history relevant, and gauging, and tangible. -- engaging and tangible. >> i want to speak in favor of the nomination. i spent a bowl of my life dealing with san francisco history. i was on the historic pres

they sent out newsletters with tax about our program as well. if anyone has questions, call us at the office and we will give you details. commissioner campos: what is the deadline? >> all photos need to be submitted by february 17 at 5:00 p.m. commissioner campos: thanks. thank you very much. i want to welcome the interns. thank you for being here. we have at least one alum from usf sitting on lafco. it makes sense he would be helping us. is there any member of the public who would like to speak on this item? >> real quickly, jason, and i hope i am not busting you out, but that printing company, i'm hoping their union shop. if they're not, i wanted to propose another company we could look for for the next gift certificate. we use a printer in the bayview that uses 100% wind power to power of their printing. we have used them for our report we did on local hiring with chinese affirmative action. they are great. it is probably a union shop. >> i don't officially know if they are union. it is not a print shop you're thinking of, where they do mass

i am reminded that commissioner miguel is in the recent "spur" newsletter talking about the need for middle-class housing in our neighborhoods. it is a concern of ours. the spirit and intent of the market octavia plan is to allow the versed in come stratus is to remain in the city. -- to allow diverse in come -- diverse income stratuses to remain in the city. in the letter, i draw your attention to the difference in the language from the community plan exemption document to what is in front of you. i think the language has been diluted. we would like to see stronger pricing. we do see this as a precedent for other gross restores in the city. we would like to see some language in the planning code that handles forever future birthers restores. we would like to also propose that there be -- future gross restores -- future grocery stores. would like to also propose that there be new language in the planning code for grocery stores and that there be a follow-up yearlong monitoring and abatements study of the situation. finally, i echo the concerns about 14th street, particularly the bike

shoot me your e-mail and i will put you on our newsletter list. i write for the brand of times every month. contact me through e-mail. that is all i have. questions? president mazzucco: we usually turn it over to commissioners, but let's turn it over to public comment. i want to say, before we move to public comment, it is set for 3 minutes related to what the chief for commission or the occ director has spoken about. captain mannix is a former basketball player at lmu down in los angeles. she is a gifted basketball player. with reference to sergeant laylor and the lieutenant, they're excellent officers. we're lucky to have them here. we have done many subpoenas. they would follow a car seat for four hours and wait until it was broken into. they were always very solid. they don't give up. we are glad to have them here. let's move into public comment. lineup. three minutes. make your way to the podium there. >> commissioners. i am an attorney with the aclu of northern california. i'm the new police practices director at that office. thank you. it's

really help the community is just the conversation, the fact that we write articles in our temple newsletter about mental illness, that we send e-mails to the entire congregation, notifying them of our support group or different speakers that we're bringing in to the congregation to talk about mental illness. and, you know, the more that people begin to openly have dialogue about mental illness, with those that are not touched by it, i think the more we're breaking down those barriers of shame and significant ma. -- stigma. and it takes a long time. i know we were talking earlier that after we had our conference back in 2009 it was so fabulous and so wonderful and so many people came, and i thought there would be an immediate change and that stigma would be gone, and it just doesn't happen like that. but you have to keep working on it, little steps at a time, and keep talking. keep being there and listening to those people that do tell their story to you. very important. >> thank you so much. we're going to take a break. we're going to actually say good-bye to pam wrightman, but diana is goi

as well as a bimonthly safety newsletter. in terms of ideas that we're currently considering for conclusion in next year's budget, they fall into three primary categories. and i just want to pause for a moment and stress that we are -- this is very early in our process. and there's not much here that's going to change between now and when we submit the budget in february, and we will be back with you to really give you the particulars of each of these proposals as well as hard estimates for what the revenue that each of these proposals would generate. as phil mentioned in his general manager's report, we are being very successful in terms of implementation of our new recreation model. and we actually have a number of initiatives that we began in the current fiscal year that are coming to fruition. we're actually really seeing the fruit of our success. these are all areas where we're earning more revenue in the current fiscal year than we have budgeted. so we will be able to have our budgets reflect that change in the coming f

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