may, i would like each share of our apa volunteer committee to please come up and board president david chiud our new police chief, please come on up, chief greg suhr. please join us. [applause] >> just take a picture. together -- thank you very much everyone. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> the mayor wants to know if he can keep his hat? [laughter] [unintelligible] thank you very very much. next, someone who represents another first in our city's history. three years ago, district 3 elected the first chinese- american to the board of supervisors, and immediately after he was sworn in, history was made again as he was sworn in as the board president. please welcome supervisor david to come here on behalf of the sentences go board of supervisors -- david chiu. >> aloha. it is an incredible honor to be here with you tonight. after 163 years, this is a glorious sight. i have spoken with mayor lee about the history of our community and we talk about what happened in 1870's with the first anti-asian exclusion acts. we talk about what happens after the 1906 eart

i would also like to introduce david chiu, president of the board of supervisors. thank you for coming. the mayor does not come along. he has a policy. supervisor carmen chu is also with us. we are also lucky enough to have supervisor mark farrell as well. maybe he is having a pastry or something. there is a lot of traffic between here and city hall. that is a bad joke, i know. we also have supervisor eric mar here with us this morning. all the supervisors are sitting together. we are also lucky enough to have the chief of protocol for the city of san francisco charlotte schultz. last but not least, we have tony sun, chair of the asian arts commission. that's good started this morning. i am going to get off the stage and and things off over to jay hsu. he is going to tell us a little bit more about what we're doing today. >> someone needs to hand me the remote. terrific. brand implementation is a journey. the asian art museum embarks on a new journey. to reinvent ourselves, to engage a broad audience. the broad audience is very much at the core of what we do here a

so, what we have -- so, supervisor david chiu started out with the hra. the mayor introduced as legislation which have the 18 months, the business community came together and said they were fine with 18 months. but now the accrual period is 24 months. it is not cash, it is a cruel -- accrual. the policy committee and other small business leaders, they did a recommendation to make sure that we and the january problem. this is one of the reasons of the importance of having the legislation passed and be enacted into law before the end of the year to demonstrate we were very serious about making sure that our employees, the businesses had access. we recommended that on january 1, 2012, what the balance is in the military account. those months will be attributed to the 24 month rolling time frame. does that make sense? then, it does require that the amount collected for the surcharge, if it is no kid -- noted as health care expenditures, those are spent on health care expenditures. so if more money is collected than is expanded, the business will be required t

katherine rossburg from the office of supervisor david chiu. he is also the elected representative of much of the c3 district with the district of the focus of the legislation and we want to first thank the planning department for 25 years or over 25 years of great work administering the downtown arts fund. the proposal is many years of work by the arts commission and arts community and we want to thank them for all their work. last spring we began conversations with the arts commission and the mayor's office about legislation introduced in july and since then there have been many good convictions with the public and among departments about ways to improve the legislation. a lot of that is is representative of the stock report before you. and the supervisor, like the mayor, is supportive of the recommendations and open to others. thank you. president olague: thank you. >> thank you, commissioners. now as part of the staff presentation, i would like to do something different that we haven't done before. i would like to introduce a retired staff

our very own david chiu. he does a fabulous job, and he is going to talk to you about saving adult day health care. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for representing the beautiful mosaic that is san francisco. i want to tell you that along with my colleagues at the board of supervisors, along with the mayor, san francisco is coming together on this issue. we have to make sure that something that happened that was very special in the 1970's, when california stood up and said we want to look to the future, we respect and value every one in our community, when we created these centers. we wanted to make sure that we were respecting our seniors and what you have done to raise us, what you have done to build our communities, what you have done it to take care of this generation's that came out behind you. we have to remember that california is not going to forget all of you. [cheers and applause] and i have to say, we like to do things differently in san francisco, but sacramento has to change. an

we're here with david chiu from district 3.hat includes chinatown, fisherman's wharf, and part of the russian hill neighborhood. he was elected to the board in november of 2008 and has served as board president since january of 2009. we will get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing them. thank you for joining us today. tell us about your background. >> my parents immigrated to the united states in the 1960's. i was the first kid born in the u.s. my parents sacrificed everything so that their kids could have the opportunities that they wanted when they came here. i grew up in the boston area and lived in different parts of boston. i went to catholic price school in dorchester, a section of boston. -- i went to catholic high school in dorchester, a section of boston. because of my parents, my brothers and i were all blessed to go to harvard university. that is where i went to school. it was intense. i stayed there for law school and have a master's in public policy from there. those are subjects i decided to stud

commissioner david chiu. carmen chu. commissioner:. commissioner elsbernd. commissioner farrell. commissioner kent. commissioner mark. commissioner mirkarimi. commissioner winener. item passes. item six, i recommend to the treasure island development authority board in the san francisco board of supervisors the designation of the authority as the treasure island mobility management agency to implement the treasure island transportation program. all there is the executive director to execute a -- execute a memorandum of agreement between the authority and tida. of wright's executive director to negotiate initial operating contracts and develop timma formation of documents. supervisor mirkarimi: discussion? none. public comment? public comment is closed. so moved. thank you. next. >> 7, authorized executive director to enter into a funding agreement for the presidio parkway project with the california department of transportation and the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district to negotiate agreement -- agreement terms and conditions. action item. supervisor mirkarimi

supervisor david chiu's mayoral campaign headquarters was ransacked and burglarized.this point woor a couple minutes away from the polls opening at 7:00. >> a busy day, christie. thanks for the updates. >> now we want to check in with scott mcglrew. the dow industrial is up. we continue to watch groupon that continues to sink. it's down better than 2%. your parents were richer than you back when they were your age. this according to a new study. the younger generation isn't doing well. mostly our parents saw steadily rising house prices. and amazon.com named top books for 2011. back to you. >> thank you, scott. >> let's check in with christina loren. our meteorologist for the weather. >> it's cold this morning. frost advisory until 9:00 a.m. 64 degrees as you make your way home from work. inland, 57 by the water. take a look at what's headed our way. let me step out of the way. that's not a rainbow. that's heavy rain on the way. we'll time this out for you, come back tomorrow. i'll break it all down. mike has your traffic update right now. >> this is not a rainbow. it

we had leah and for almost nine months in amsterdam and chairman david chiu and others for a week. and there is such great organization here and there are so many ideas. there are so many professional little here already about bike infrastructure and the future of biking. but it will come down to implementation and it's perhaps a bit like riding the wiggle. you have to push hard and hopefully we might be a sort of additional support, a sort of small electricity motor for you to push your -- up that hill. and it will come down to implementation and leadership and it's great to have a sort of down to earth approach during these two days. working in teams on i think three important places in town. market, mid market. there's a lot going on. last week we had people from one of the biggest and the greatest argument tech yurl firms in the world, the colehouse firm here in san francisco. they talked with people from twitter and people in the city about mid market developments and good infrastructure for bikes and tradition is a part of it. i'm so hope that polk street is in it as well. it

i want to thank our dutch friends for being here, for having invited ed and board president david chiu and so many other leaders to host their way at the look other cities in the netherlands have been increasing bicycle opportunities for everyone to participate. the last time i was in amsterdam was in 1969, council general, and it was in high school where our high school choir was blessed with having an international trip. so i sang on the corners of amsterdam as part of our great high school opening -- awakening of our understanding of europe and how it was related to the united states and i wish i was able to be invited then 42 years ago to ride a bike because in high school that's all i had was a bicycle to junior high and high school. that's the way we got around. and then to marvel at how, as adults, we could reengage ourselves with things that got us around the city for our high school jobs to, school and back home and to reengage not only youth here but seniors and residents of all walks of life to be able to bike to work in clothing like this not just some bike to work day. eve

the commission thanks supervisor cohen and david chiu for incorporating the recommendation to insure this issue is resolved beginning with calendar year 2012. in conjunction with the broader community, the sbc finds ending this condition promptly is essential to providing meaningful health care access to employees. the remaining amendments the small business commission support. i and the commission are also committed in working with office of labor standards enforcement as we implement this legislation and monitor businesses so they are utilizing the hra's and work with businesses to increase access to health care. in closing, the small business commission urges you to support -- to support and vote in support of the legislation today to ensure that workers are covered and able to access and utilize their health reimbursement accounts. thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you. why don't we start our public comment on this topic? if members of the public wish to speak on this, please line up on the right side of the chamber facing us. why don't we hear from our first speaker, please? >>

[applause] >> question for david chiu. the city over the years has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on services for housing and the homeless, yet it is still a big problem, especially aggressive and intimidating panhandling. we have heard that from tourists and residents. what is the problem? why does the city seems unable to fix that problem? what gets in the way, and how do you balance civil liberties with public safety? >> part of what has gotten in the way is our city over the years has swung between two and the odd couples. on the one hand, law enforcement to billets criminalize homeless activities like aggressive panhandling. on the other hand, a perspective that keeps law-enforcement out and only focus on social services to homeless. i think we have to do a better job of integrating these services to this is why i was proud is to give -- to support the community justice center. this is why i am proud to support increasing -- >> we have talked about this for 25 years. you go to other cities like new york, and it

in another twist just before the election, supervisor david chiu's staff is saying his campaign headquarters were ransacked with documents, phones and computers stolen. the city will choose ranked voting for the first time. polls open at 7:00 this morning. i'm christie smith. back to you in san jose. >> thanks for the update. >>> big brother will have its eyes on the ballots in the east bay. alameda is one of eight nationwide locations to be monitored by the department of justice's civil rights division workers. they are allegedly violating the voting rights act. the county failed to provide efficient access o the electoral process for spanish and chinese assistance in order to vote. >>> it is 5:04. a parolee accused in a high profile san francisco murder is due in court. he's accused of killing publicist in her upscale russian hill apartment last october. investigators say he dressed up as a pg&e worker and convinced her to let him in to look at a gas leak. he's being charged with her murder. holland's attorney expects her client to plead guilty to the charges in exchange for a life sentenc

we have been speaking with david chiu of district 3. ♪ ♪ >> hello, and welcome to the department of electionsht choice voting instructional video. it is part of the department of elections right choice voting outreach campaign and is designed to educate san francisco rig franciscoht choice voting. today we will learn what it is and who is elected using this voting method. we will also talk about with the ranked joyce l. looks like and how to market correctly. finally, we will see how the ranked joyce voting process works and to you an example of an election using ranked choice of voting. so, what is ranked joyce voting? in march 2002 san francisco voters adopted a charter to implement ranked choice of voting, also known as instant runoff voting. san francisco voters will use it to elect most local officials by selecting a first choice candidate in the first column on the ballot and deborah second and third choice candidates in the second and third columns resect to do -- respectively. this makes it possible to elect local officials with the majority of votes. more than 50% without the need fo

we're joined by committee members, commissioners david chiu, john f. bellows, an scott wiener. vice chair carmen chu is in route. the clerk of the committee is erika cheng. we want to thank the following members of sfgtv for their coverage, charles and jennifer. madam clerk, please call item number two. >> approve the minutes of the october 18, 2011 meeting, an action item. supervisor campos: before we take action, is there any member of the public that would like to speak on the minutes of the october 18 meeting? three minutes. >> first and foremost, i want to commend the mayoral candidates for doing due diligence and reporting at this meeting. it is a sign of good public service. having said that, those minutes, i read the minutes, and if we are going to write the minutes in a very simplistic form, you know, just give ages of what happened, then is fine. but i think we need to have its across the board. if you look at the agenda items and you see the minutes linked to the cac, they're very short. and the other agenda items are going right into detail. having said that, i did

[applause] we have president of the board of supervisors, honorable david chiu.se] commissioner dennis normandy. [applause] commissioner mandahar. [applause] commissioner claudine cheng. [applause] and all the members of our consular corps, thank you all for being here. let's all give them a warm round of applause. [applause] >> tonight, we're honoring seven milestones of the san francisco bay area's filipino american the community but these events became our communities benchmarks because of the remarkable achievements. among them, and achievements of decades of public service, if you first, and events that have significantly impacted our community. tonight, certificates of honor will be presented by honorable hydra mendoza, the council general, and executive kai rodriguez. >> one filipino-american publication has stood the test of time. 50 years of committed service by delivering the news and documenting our history. ladies and gentlemen, philippine news. [applause] ♪ >> truth, integrity, and bold journalism. in 1961, the philippine news was founded in the gara

we have been speaking with david chiu of district 3. ♪ >> cents and cisco's buses and trains serve manyriters -- 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 california st., please? >> no problem. >> whenever the announcement system does not work properly and a driver does not call out the stops, and i'm totally lost as to where i am. the announcement system calls out the stops, but to help the customer, i caught the destination, transfer points, and