lastly, we are working on improving our business processes internally and on customer service. we are working on an internet portal for prop k issues. this is intended to make life easier for project sponsors and to do easier analysis and report production. this is being led by our capital projects division. i wish you all well when august recess arrives. we will be working on year end closing activities. congratulations to the director of finance and administration, when they return home from the honeymoon period commissioner mirkarimi: thank you. any questions? ok. any public comment on any one of the reports? please step up. >> supervisors, i paid very careful attention to the chair's reports, and the assistant directors report's report. as you know, we are not going to get too much of what we desire from the federal government, more because our point persons, nancy pelosi, dianne feinstein, and george miller, barbara boxer, so on and so forth, are not there to pull strings so that we get what we want as far as transportation is concerned. even though you have, in general te

lastly, the first six members were appointed to the oversight committee by the board of education, and we have eight members, and they are listed in your report. >> i wanted to give a little bit of historical context for what has been going on with the committee. when the board put this hour on the ballot, you work on a lengthy negotiations and received significant public input common and and the result is a spending plan based on projected revenues beginning in spring of the 2008-2009 school year. after the initiative passed. as the receipts are received, spending is adjusted. the spending plan has been updated three times since then you worry of 2009, june, may, as part of the overall negotiations. in may of 2010, there were substantial changes to devote more resources. several items were substantially reduced or suspended for the 2011-2012 school years. there are a few papers that have been written on the development of the tax, and those links are on the document, and we will make sure they are accessible to the public so anyone can read those. >> the review of the first year of th

lastly, it is that time of year. to celebrate the excelsior district native son, jerry garcia, what a long, strange trip and has been. it will be this coming sunday, it is almost the 10th anniversary of jerry day. every day, there are more and more people and i fear in the future we will not be able to hold jerry day in the jerry garcia amphitheater. for this year, it will be in the jerry garcia and the theater, starting at 12 noon this sunday, august 7th. there will be several bands and this is an amazing event, attracting people from all over the bay area. i want to recommend colleagues that you attend and will be a lot of fun. wait until you see what is going on. that is all my items for introduction. >> thank you. supervisor mar: to pick up on a supervisor avalos'point about bicycle theft, on my first day of high school, many, many years ago, i had my bike stolen. my daughter starts middle school in two weeks and i want her to be writing to school as well. but your introduction of this item is really important. i

lastly, we go to public safety, or nearly lastly. through the concentration of efforts and reorganization of resources, we have been successful in reducing crime city-wide by about 6% over last year. this can be attributable, obviously, with the help we get from the community and other agencies, but also due to 60% of the traffic been decentralized to stations. 40% of motorcycle lawyers work downtown. 50% of the honda unit work on part and the control. there were teams volunteering to go nights and weekends. you have to remember that is in addition. in the past, we have taken from patrol to create special things within patrol. that is fishing from the same bucket. these officers were not working nights and weekends. they were outside of patrol. when you put 35 to 40 knowledgeable officers -- it is akin to putting an academy class on night. we lose people to retirement. having officers of this caliber go nights and weekends is on top of what we already had. hopefully in mid-october, we will have the offices open. you can find people m

there is a change in recruiting based on the current government. >> lastly, let me tell you an issuet we have got that i know you are aware about and get your thoughts on it. in the past nctc has raised a number of concerns about not having access to all the intelligence information it needs. of particular concern is access to information and the department of homeland security. generally dhs is reluctant to provide information relating to an individual's asylum or refugee status on the grounds assuring that information would violate u.s. personal restrictions. the specific legal basis for dhs think --'s position is unclear. giovanni thoughts on how we can address that trouble him with dhs and our asylum seekers, u.s. persons are considered u.s. persons? is that an issue in your mind? >> senator i am generally familiar with this area or this issue. i don't have the specifics of that particular concern with dhs. i've had some briefings about this question. if i may say, i do believe that given my role at the department of justice, and my role now, that i have both an understanding, ac

and then lastly, the members of the small business community, leaders are interested in doing a small-business conference to summarize the goal and objection -- objectives, to assemble policy recommendations to be presented to the leadership of san francisco to work on. this is in its beginning. there has been two meetings, i have attended both and i think -- if there are commissioners who are interested in attending, let me know. we would have to make sure there is no quorum issue. but yes. it -- the formation stays in terms of when and how this will be done. that is the overall concept. on june 30 the music and cultural association celebrated its first year. as i mentioned, it is the hearing for -- for business and put. leslee it is not on the report but it is in your binder. we are exploring and having recommendations provided on we talked about a new logo for the office at our commission retreat. we're going to move forward with that. we're working on the redesign for the website so this is a good time to begin to engage in what is the identity of the office with the commission and the sma

you know you guys you line things like that ok a lastly here we have a clip here i don't remember ok we have a clip. take a look. at the largest tobacco companies are fighting back against federal drug administration regulations they're suing the f.d.a. over some extremely graphic warning labels that they want to put snack over the package of cigarettes the company's going to be forced to use by two thousand and twelve they say that the federal government is violating their free speech rights. i mean i think it's might actually go pretty far i've heard quite a few people say that they think i mean actually considering the type of money that big tobacco has behind it this might go all the way up to the supreme court i mean i don't know what do you for why do you think you have radiative with your warning labels i think it is on the part of the f.d.a. they already have warning labels on the cigarette i don't understand. what i don't know that they're you want i think which is so good for because they're emotionally charged because they're going to be here and say that you have and so t

and lastly, we of the bar association and their resources. they're providing their legal service for you. this last thing i am going to share with you in terms of what we have seen in our office is that with the individuals, that does not necessarily mean an individual will follow up with a lawsuit. what we've seen in our office is the individual's will send you a letter and say there were compile -- compliance issues. where people get in trouble is they ignore the letter. we need to make sure it that your pro-active and responsive. when a business receives a letter, they need to contact our office. the merchants of been very proactive -- have been very pro- active. the businesses that have received a letter and passed an inspection after receiving the letter have staved off a lawsuit. the cap inspection is a very good risk management tool. often it is not as durable as you may think it to be. our office is there for you as our resources. we are able to provide our services, follow-up questions in english, spanish, cantonese, and mandarin. an

lastly, commissioners, before i bring up alan scott from another planet to offer his perspective on the the best news of the festival, certainly if you are the recreation and parks department. this year marks the first occasion that it will pay the department outside rent and the department will be receiving over $1 million this year. it's over $400,000 more than the minimal rent. additionally, another planet dedicated ticket sales from sunday night's show at the independent, a venue they own, to the department, and they are donating an additional $20,000 of funding from that event. i want to thank my staff, who worked tirelessly with another planet to ensure that the event was successful and that are park is well supported. i also want to think another planet. they have been a terrific partner. they have gone above and beyond the call of duty. one example is their investment in maps and platforms all around the field this year to help preserve the fields for soccer season and they have made a tremendous difference in the condition of the venue. without further ado, i would like to welc

lastly, the existing cyanogen the building exterior should be visible, and that would entail removing the proposed -- decorative panel. it should be located in a way that does not obscure, where there are no existing windows. in some, the department report a composed or in as to create a new special sign district to approve the senate and facilitate single use for the subject site.

ghraib lastly, we are the construction managers, and working on the trans bay project, so we have done some really key projects for send francisco superior and -- san francisco. victor was the executive. seen as smith will be the project manager full time on site. she has worked on this as well as the terminal to project. also he worked on the opera house project, the city hall project, so a quick overview on who we are and the team that will deliver this for you. any questions bowman -- any questions? >> i have a few, and in interest of full disclosure, i was one of your attorneys. back in the day of construction management focus, as you went through some of your projects, how many did you serve on where turner was construction manager and general contractor, and can you give a little flavor as how you were able to differentiate those roles? in my former federation, it was easier to have separate companies. >> of all the projects i showed you, do -- terminal two had general contractors. all others were general contractors. for the last 15 or 20 years, we have seen that most public ent

and lastly, i wanted to make a note that the office has contact with the design group to work on developing a new logo for the office and a look and feel that will also affect the brochure, the web site, and the outreach committee will get a first presentation in august for some preliminary concepts of our identity development. and i am encouraging them to develop a proposal that develops a whole department. jane is working on designing a new website for us that will be easier to navigate. and a bit more sophisticated. this will probably take several months for us to do. that concludes my report. >> i have a comment about the open sightseeing thing. i went on one of those a couple weeks ago. we decided to hop on it and who were around the city. you put it in your pannier, you have the year from things other was no amplified sound. is that on the upper deck? >> i just want to comment on the legislative action and the input from the commission. i am pleased to see that many of the recommendations on the sales tax has been taken very seriously peer ahead, and literally -- has been taken very s

and lastly, is the street level out reach. which is essentially, depending on the neighborhoods. canvassing hot spots. approaching youth on whatever corner block they hang out. try to link individuals with resources. get them information on what is out there. either try to refer them into our case management or try to listen them into a job fair or something they could go to a one-shot approach. >> it's interesting. crn canvases the hot spot neighborhoods to hopefully targeting issues. can you give us an example how you went into a hot spot neighborhood and how they worked and how we can expand that. >> first there are activities. there /sr-f already been identified 10 or 15 youth. we are going to take you to a warriors game. for a president of time. we are going to be with and you let you be kids. so there's some of the preplanned work that happens. some of the other activities within this general out reach has been intervening on gangville. there was one time on one of the friday night out reach. there was a group of 10 men in the mission district 24th and mission. there was ab

. >> lastly, in memory of one of our graduates, and jackson, who passed away tragically in a water skiing accident. he was a 2010 graduate and had just completed his first year at the university of california, riverside. beloved by teachers and students, here is what an administrator said about stephane. he was an amazing student, all ap class as possible, a perfect attendance, and a star athlete with a maturity beyond his years. he was such a fine gentleman, destined for greatness, and his untimely passing is so unfortunate. the board of education and expresses condolences sooto the families. meeting adjourned.

lastly, i want to say that whenever the question comes up, it is always in the context of more cabs. look at measures to improve taxi efficiency and open taxi access. and by all means, take some actions against a limousines. chairman nolan: next speaker please. >> [reading names] >> my name is phillilp war -- phillip ward, i'm a lawyer for taxi companies. i objected to the item going forward because we did not have sufficient time to review of item number 12 and allow me to advise my clients and for a general public to consider item no. 12. we received a response from the city attorney acknowledging that the report was in error. the environmental analysis which was identical of item number 11 was wrong. the environmental analysis to the e-mail response last evening, it was the first time we had a chance to see that there was a different environmental analysis. with respect to the issuance being categorically, we simply have not had enough time to consider the correct analysis. i objected to the matter going forward. for that reason, i believe it has to be announced to the public befo

. >> lastly, in memory of one of our graduates, and jackson, who passed away tragically in a water skiing accident. he was a 2010 graduate and had just completed his first year at the university of california, riverside. beloved by teachers and students, here is what an administrator said about stephane. he was an amazing student, all ap class as possible, a perfect attendance, and a star athlete with a maturity beyond his years. he was such a fine gentleman, destined for greatness, and his untimely passing is so unfortunate. the board of education and expresses condolences sooto the families. meeting adjourned. >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission school and realized there was a

lastly, [reads names] on the environmental health perspective, showing 59 peer review publications from your industry being 10 times less likely to show adverse effects compared to studies funded by public agencies and other groups. >> first, we do not fund any studies in the united states. what we rely on is what the experts agencies on this issue say about this issue. the fda, the fcc, the national cancer institute, they have all said that there is no as it -- no evidence -- supervisor avalos: studies show the opposite of what you just said. >> that puts them on par with coffee and pickled vegetables. when you really look at it. supervisor mar: children do not put them next to their heads or a salivary glands, so i think there is a difference. whether that is in the classification created by the world health organization. in their updated fact sheet on this issue, june of 2011, they have said that there is no adverse health effect. >> pickled vegetables, coffee, car exhaust. i would say that that is a bit different. let's when you look at the totality of the science in this area, that

. >> lastly, in memory of one of our graduates, and jackson, who passed away tragically in a water skiing accident. he was a 2010 graduate and had just completed his first year at the university of