when this last program came before the committee last year, after the previous commissioner, alioto-pier did not want to include this, i think the expenditure plan so that we could provide the remaining funding, until there is a larger funding plan in place. >> this is earmarked wherever. >> i know that one of the other projects -- i was wondering in the next year, about the expenditures on those projects. >> this is 1-$3 million that will be spent. the planning division in the coming fiscal year, if there was any more budget we could bring this to you back and around january or march. >> and other any other questions? please continue. >> if there are no further questions on the authority, i would like to say that we are seeking approval for the fiscal year 2011-2012 from this committee. >> we will open this up for public comment. is there anyone from the public who wish to speak? seeing none, we will close public, and can we move this forward without objection? thank you. please call the next item. >> said in federal legislative update. this is an information item. -- state and federal

kathleen alioto. giants managing general partner and ceo bill neukom and his wife sally. the giants' president and chief operating officer larry fehr and his wife pam. giant's senior vice president and general manager brian sabian and his wife amanda. the wife of our skipper, mrs. kim bocce. former giants managing general partner, peter mcgowan. clubhouse manager mike murphy is here with his wife carol. also with us today, the giants' training and medical staff, the clubhouse staff, the front office staff of giants executives, and the players' families are here as well. i would like to introduce the of the giant broadcast team. tito puentes. dave flemming. mike cruco and dwayne kriker. hall of fame broadcaster jon miller. and finally, two giants living legends, hall of famer mr. willy makati and hall of famer, the greatest mr. willie mays. [applause] how about a big hand for all of our special guests, everyone? [applause] we would like to thank the city and county of san francisco and our community partners, bank of america, caw, levi's, coors and miller, sales force.com,

alioto-pier, feinstein, agnos. as bill mentioned, our dear harmonists sue burns. this is a dream fulfilled for all of us. also, we must pay tribute to an incredible front office staff who makes it all possible to support the work of this wonderful 2010 giants team. [applause] many of them are here. many of the staff that you saw, people working at the ballpark, we saw marching at the beginning of the parade. i hope you were able to pay due to them as well. thank you, 2010 giants. you will give us more than you will ever know. [applause] >> thank you. it is my pleasure, and we need a big round of applause for the next speaker, the giants a senior vice president and general manager. he put this team together, brian sabean. [applause] >> i do not know about politics but our outgoing men know how to throw a party. it is an emotional time for all of us, especially me. my knees are we, my heart is racing, a lump in my throat, but without overstating the obvious, we deserve this. northern california deserve this. san francisco deserved this. the organization, the fans. i

. >> alioto-pier, there are 11 ayes. this motion is approved as amended. >> there was a lot of ambiguity run the process. to have the board to settle on a process felt really good, that we had to tackle that part of it. >> if you are a supervisor, you cannot vote for yourself. if you are nominated for that office, you cannot participate in the discussions, so you have to leave the room. you cannot text people, you cannot get on facebook. you can watch the process in your office, but you cannot let anyone know what your thinking or doing. the most you can say is i accept the nomination, and then leave. if you do not accept the nomination, and you can participate, and then you will be out of the process for consideration. >> with the process agreed upon, board member chris daly call for nominations to begin. >> could we please at least spend a moment talking about what we would like to see in the next mayor of san francisco. >> were but board members retired and the item continued until after the thanksgiving holiday. >> t

partly because you have some institutions here like aliotos and the cliff house that have been in business 80 or a hundred years they skwu the number lower in terms of that sequence. the newer communities the number is the 90 percent range. >> how many are getting rich in the restaurant business. >> compare to high school-baseball players there are millions and there are a couple of thousand that make it to the major leagues and make millions there are many of hundreds of thousands that never make it to pro. there is a handful of restaurants that make a lot of money that are business 7 days a week and are expensive and there are hundreds that pay bills and make a living but don't make a lot of money. [inaudible]. >> skoemas is on port property. their sales are on public record they dpo 14 million a year in business. if you divide that by everyday it's 40 thousand dollar a day in business. that's the very top of the food chain in san francisco. there are 6 or 7 restaurants that do 10 million a year. they should be profitable if they manage their costs well and the costs are reasonable. with

supervisor alioto-pier: is there a second? -- president olague: commissioners -- >> wait a minute much the motion for continuance of that item should come when we call that item. we need to take care of the consent items first. president olague: i'm sorry. commissioner moore: i'm only explaining myself. president olague: it could have waited until we were discussing the item. sorry about that. commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: move to approve items -- four and six we have called for public comment. ok, items four and six. >> second. president olague: commissioners, the motion on the floor is for approval of items four and six as they have been drafted. on that motion, commissioner ants nene? >> aye. >> commissioner borden? >> aye. >> commissioner fong? >> aye. >> commissioner moore? >> aye. >> commissioner miguel? >> aye. >> commissioner olague. >> aye. thank you, commissioners. madam president, are you going to take item five now or at the beginning of the regular calendar? >> we're going to hear it now. >> item n

it was previously mayor newsom's seat and supervisor alioto- pier's seat. i did not get into politics because i had a lifelong ambition of being a politician. that is not me. i came from a private sector, and looking at honestly answering the question -- did i have something different to offer that i thought would be valuable to sanford's is go right now? i do think a large part of our problems in the city are financial, economic. with my background, i did think i would be able to add a lot of value, and that is why i decided to get into politics. >> where do you place yourself on the political spectrum? >> i have to say, i'm one that has been trying to get away from the political spectrum dialogue in san francisco. i would just say, generically, i think i am in the middle. i'm a moderate person. nationally, i think we are a little bit left in san francisco, but i think i am a socially liberal person. that is what i tend to practice what i preach. >> what did you learn campaigning for supervisor, and was there anything that surprised you? >> that is a great