not in the high priority districts. how are we going to i guess these concerns but making sure we have improvements and how do these interrelate and how are these going to work pragmatically. >> let me point out one piece that may assuage some concerns. the idea with supporting priority development -- can i go back to the map quickly? that is probably easier. here is the map. we can fund projects that the cma -- you know, the authority deems to have proximate access to priority development areas, so the best example of this that i can give is if you look at the priority development area on 19th avenue, we don't necessarily have to provide funding for just the piece of project that may be on 19th within the pda but if project provides access we can also use that project. that means the criteria. there is that piece of it. so that can be helpful for a lot of the districts that have the large corridors and the citywide networks providing access. >> someone -- give me an example. not representing district one or four here,

you'd like to change the priorities, you are free to do that. this doesn't lock the planning commission in or the planning staff or if it would actually implement things. so, there's still quite a bit of flexibility that's provided within the implementation plan process. so, i mean, that's the best way that i can address it. it seems your concern is that funds could be used elsewhere outside of chinatown rather than being more explicit about how they would be used within chinatown. >> i'm not quite sure i followed. i would think it is in support of prioritizing chinatown except not at the exclusion since chinatown has four of the seven parks in question. others because of need or need of repair or number of people [speaker not understood] where they are would be given second choice, third choice as funding is being available. the funding stream will be not all there at once so there will be small slices being dished out over larger period of time and i do not want the [speaker not understood] to stand empty-handed. >> i think even with the prior

>> a lot of this is done through priority. >> okay. [speaker not understood] priority, okay. >> what is mf? >> mobile food facilities. >> of course, it is. >> it just seems to be a hot topic lately. >> excuse me, it should be mff, not mf. and, of course, commissioners, if you do want to set -- commissioner dooley, if you do want to set -- i did work to identify certain goals in relationship to what may be programs or streamlining project. but if you do want to set certain levels of priority to them, there's no reason that cannot be done. or they can all be of same level of priority. >> how we have it listed here is basically by calendar. >> okay. >> 9 should be additional revenue. >> commissioner o'brien. >> yeah. i would render a couple different opinions on this. the first would be i would love to see with just a little bit, instead of 10 action items. if it was possible to reduce that more to four or five items. my rationale for that is as a commission and small business office, we're limited both in terms of manpower and in terms o

if we start with a plan that explains what the priorities are, everybody is focused on those priorities. so if the map shows those critical pathways that have to be opened, which i saw yesterday during the medical exercise, the medical community knows what those routes are, they know which one have to be opened in order for citizens to get to those critical places. once that's posted up in the coc, we're all focused on that priority. identifying where those challenges are is really the challenge to understand that command element, command post, what the priority is and to be able to transmit that to the field where the resources are and then, if need be, to transmit the resource shortfalls beyond that. overall it was an outstanding experience. >> i'll jump in here. so this concept of common operating picture is one of the biggest takeaways for me and i think the city as we did this exercise. now, big concept, easy to implement. as rob was talking about, we're out at ocean beach, we're in a tent, we're 72 hours in, we don't have a lot of equipment, all i really needed to have was a nice

little saigon has been a priority for the community for years and years. i would rather move forward with that and look for funding for other aspects. newer projects through those types of developments. that just some of my initial thinking. i really want eddie ellis to happen. i'm not confident in some of the upcoming events over the coming months. i'm repeating myself there. with the west plan, which is something that came out of the transportation authority study, is that something we are looking to down the road? >> so we are recommending funding for something that was included in that neighborhood transportation plan, mid-block crossings at seventh and eighth, submit bid the authority. we have been in discussion with mta. they have agreed to be the sponsor and internally developing a project and schedule tol -- schedule to deliver and other authorities as well. >> thank you. >> finishing up on ellis and eddie, attachment 3, the authority submitted a bunch of projects because when we do plans we have to work with implementing agencies primarily and mak

the first i wanted to mention this the investment strategy articulates what the region's future priorities will be for competitive federal funding programs, new starts and small starts. all the potential candidates, there were two projects identified by the region that should be the regions next priorities for new starts. one of those is a downtown extension of caltrans for the high-speed railroad project, quite a significant policy direction to get at the regional level. that project was not recommend it is fully funded during the lifecycle of the rtp. at the small start level more like bus type projects -- the -- project was recommended as one of three small start priorities for the region. the second highlight that i wanted to mention, the region took a performance-based approach to identifying which projects should be included in the regional transportation plan. there were over 100 that were evaluated and based on the evaluationsome shook out as being in the highest tier, can we get the overhead? this shows that out of all the 700 project is evaluated in the nine county region's 13 ar

we have all the information of -- background and priority development areas, background of the process variable there. we have one bay area e-mail, my contact information if anybody has questions. >> great, thank you. so call for projects. we will -- in between call for projects and submission of projects, which is late october 25th -- >> right. call for projects will be september 26th if the board adopts the framework. project will be back october 26th, application also be to the authority. we will be back in front of the board early december for your selection of the projects. then after that we will do project development from december to april. final selection will be back to the board again may or june. then at the end we have to give the project to mtc june 30th. >> >> great, thank you. in between the call for project and submission for proposals there has to be a public process for each. is that correct? >> we are doing outreach on the plan on how we will distribute the funds. we will be doing that outreach. public process will be going through the public board process. in betwe

as regional priorities. so, this process has been conducted in parallel with the regional project evaluation process. and mtc, the metropolitan transportation commission, adopted projects performance evaluation findings last year. and san francisco project 5 was the top 10. so, we have our priorities in place at the regional level and now we -- our challenge is to deliver them. i point out, for instance, caltrain. [speaker not understood], a significant achievement being identified at the regional level as a transit expansion priority. we expect to have a little over $64 billion available for transportation in san francisco through 20 40. now, 80% of that is going to be dedicated just to operate and maintain the existing service levels that we have today. the existing state of pavement, the existing levels of transit service. and that even doesn't quite maintain our state of good repair level. so, we have already a lot of many committed -- it takes a lot just to keep what we have going. in addition, we have

we had to identify the priorities for the city. the ideas that you mentioned are not quite at that stage; hold your thought in your question until my colleague present the san francisco transportation plan. >> i may have jumped ahead little bit, not looking at the advance agenda. >> mission commissioner -- >> back on the housing goal, 28,000 for the next decade, 67% below market or affordable, you mention how we achieve the annual goals, -is that compared to what we did over the last 10 years? are we close to that number? >> that is an excellent question. it gets back to the way that we interpret the original housing needs allocation. it has for -- most of its history been a requirement zone, the intention is to prevent smaller, wealthier jurisdiction to create exclusionary zoning, preventing multiunit buildings being developed in there. by those exclusionary zoning practices there for pushing population out into potentially lower income areas, and so the regional housing needs allocation is a requirement to zone for all of these.

and so in 1995 i was sworn into the college board and decided to make it a priority. and i then spoke to the then-chancellor jo anderson and she said, yes, we will make it a priority. then i spoke it my colleagues on the college board at that time and they said, yes, lawrence, we will make it a priority. but we had no money, we had no land, we had nothing. but it was a dream. then came chancellor phil day, had as we all know, is a force of nature. and for 10 years he did make it a priority by raising the funds and making sure we had the political muscle to build this campus. and then we had chancellor don griffin who made sure that he oversaw the construction personally and that we were on budget with our facilities committee and don griffin, god bless you, you are here also to see the opening of this campus. so, don, i just talked about you. want to cover all my bases here. i don't want it hear later on. so through all the bond measures, the political opposition, the lawsuits, the countless meetings, i never doubted -- and i have to tell you that i have never -- i ne

as a priority because we are focused on long-term funding. >> vice president elsbernd: i guess i was thinking there's more money available for this kind of capital work than looking at the operating pot of money. >> not a lot there. >> vice president elsbernd: so that would be my one concern. i agree with the theory. supervisor farrell is right on that. if the end game is to maintain better characterize it as capital. >> for us as well i think in terms of staff work, having the different departments come to us to talk about their maintenance on a regular basis makes our jobs easier in terms of looking at the larger issues of renewals and replacements of things. having that dialogue is useful to us just process-wise. >> vice president elsbernd: out of curiosity to the grand jury was that argument presented to you? now that you're hearing this your end game is not to be specific about characterizing money your end game is to maintain the art. do you agree that to best maintain the art we should forget about the term of art operating in capital and who should call it capital if our end

to me, it is a huge priority, why i did this. i will be very true what i talk about on the campaign trail. representing a. 2, but also the city -- representing a district 2, but also the city and county of san francisco. it is such an honor and unique experience, and of just having a great time and look forward to making a big difference in city hall. >> great. we have been talking to supervisor farrell from district 2. thank you for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your district supervisor." four episodes when we come back with another of our city supervisors. thank you very much. >> you bet. ♪ >> hello and "welcome to meet your district supervisor. we're here with david chiu from district 3. that 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 immigr

routes are, but we also need a quick orientation what the priorities are. where is the focus of effort so we can orient ourselves and our capabilities towards that. second thing we need is to understand the intent. what is the priority, where are they and that also keys us to what capabilities we might be able to focus on. of course the third thing we need to know what the resource shortfalls are. that will allow us to determine what kinds of equipment we need to put towards that. but what i saw in the exercise was a good information flow and an atmosphere of a team effort at the location at ocean beach. >> thank you. thank you, all. when we have an vent in the future and we know it's going to happen, we just don't know when, i sometimes tell my team we're one day closer to the next disaster. i don't know when it's going to be, but we're one day closer. when that happens it's unlikely that the people we exercised with are actually going to be the people who are responding. so knowing that, what are the top 3 things that you might share, your elevator speech

i want to be clear this is a priority for the housing authority. it's a priority for me. it's a priority for the residents. we are committed to hope sf and to move it forward and the mayor announcement is another part of that moving that initiative forward. mayor lee -- i also have the director of hud here and he is going to lead us and then we will have mayor lee up in a moment. >> thank you very much and it really is a privilege to be here with you today and to build on henry's comments and it's extraordinary that the grants across the country that were awarded to hud two of them are in the same state and it's more extraordinary that both of them are in the same city, san francisco so congratulations. [cheers and applause] so for context i just want to mention a few things and this is no news to all of you here in the room and the people standing up with me today, but today in america more than 10 million people are living in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty and limited investment and opportunities for themselves and their children, and we know that one of the most

as you said, this was not of your priority interest. transit is really where your heart lies. but it really speaks, i think, of your dedication to the city and county and your willingness to always serve, that you after spoken to by several colleagues that you were willing to apply and you were willing to commit to the vast number of hours that this committee requires. and, so, i'm happy to support you with recommendation to the board as well. i did just want to make another note that you did fully submit your form 700, that you had already checked that you had no reportable interest on any schedule and therefore you don't have to complete any of the following schedule summaries. seeing no further comment, we do have a motion to move forward mr. bruce oka for the seat with recommendation and can do that without opposition. thank you. mr. clerk, can you please call item number 7? >> item number 7 is a hearing on the six month report of the citizen's advisory committee for the central market street and tenderloin area. >> thank you. and we do have the chair of the citizen's advi

it is our means of shaping our regional priorities, what we want as the region to prioritize in termsf investment, transportation, and it's our way of shaping the next generation of priorities for our city. the sfgt -- >> you can use that mic if you'd like. >> the sfpt is developed to be consistent with the other agency specific or mode specific transportation plans that are developed by metro strategy, mta, capital plan, the tep. these priorities are drawn into and considered in the san francisco transportation plan and then sftp informs the updates to those plans. for instance, the planning department will update the general plan transportation element after the adoption of the sftp next spring. the climate action plan, for instance, was developed in collaboration between the city and the transportation authority as part of our needs assessment or future needs assessment, what it will take to achieve.

priority two is actually travel. once you get into your business and start speculating the wits of your files. access to all of your services. [inaudible] rearranging furniture. that is something we would call readily achievable, if you move your table out of the way to allow a person with a wheelchair access to your space. restroom facilities only come into play after you have already made the entrance accessible and you have trouble accessible. restaurants only have to be accessible if they are available to your customers and clients. and actually does not cover employee access to the restrooms. we have other priorities that come into play. [inaudible] you want that inspected to come out before you get a that letter. it is not only your obligation, but it is the right thing to do. you want to be disability accessible. you want more customers. the best way to do that is to start planning. when you are choosing, ideally, your inspector would have a background in inspection, design, and construction. that means we hav

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the third priority is the network itself. we have to be able to network our systems and soldiers in order to pass information. we know in the future operating environment is going to become more complex and more difficult, and the ability to pass information quickly from a very high level to a low level is becoming more and more important. so we have to make sure that's correct. finally, the ground combat vehicle. i think i've talked to you before about this. we were studying it. there's no doubt in my mind that i need a ground combat vehicle. what this does, it provides us the ability to move our light soldiers around. we have the strike tore move our medium. i need some heavy capability to move our heavy soldiers around. that will give us the right mobility, survivability, also allow us to network our heavy forces as well so it's essential to our way ahead. >> do you have any idea what that vehicle is going to look like? there's a program that had started. it got very heavy and a little bit out of black at the time. it's no

at anytime was this not the highest priority to get abdominal? for the president of the united states, for president bush, with two wars in particular with the iraq war as large a preoccupation as it became, and coupled with the fact that they had completely lost track of bin laden, so they didn't have anything to work with, in that sense i think the effort to target bin laden will receded within the white house as a top priority. in fact, you'll recall, greta, that the bush white house for the most part claimed that he had become irrelevant, that he was probably up in the -- a cave somewhere in the tribal areas of pakistan. i do think that there's some truth to president obama insisting on making this a top priority. having schedul said that, i dont believe it was anything but a huge priority with the cia. >> greta: the very controversial issue o of torture, does that he any connection of getting osama bin laden? >> it does. when you trace the trail back, some detainees were interrogated, it's not as simple as something they leaned on somebody a

and reenvig rate what our priorities are. the example is education verses the bullet train, i don't think that we can have both right now. >> thank you. >> mr. leno? >> yes. what i have learned through ten years of working in the state legislature, is we have a very serious and significant governor nans problem and that is two-thirds vote requirement on the most important issue of the day which is revenue. we have seen our revenue cut significantly by taxes that arnold schwarzenegger cut his first day in office. we have a depoll that prop is trying to refill it. we should not have to do it at the ballot box when out of 40 state senators 14 have more power than 26. 14 can veto when 26 want. i tell fifth graders that and they say that is not democracy that is not possible. that is exactly the problem, we don't have democracy on all issues, revenue-related in the legislature, let the majority party do its job and if the voters don't like what the majority party is doing in no one jerry man dered districts change who is in power,

and where he was placed those priorities to that point and he didn't make a priority of changing the tone in washington and didn't make a priority of creating jobs at that point when he really could. that's something we need to work to build and move on into the future. >> our last call for gideon moore, chairman of the republican party in mecklenburg county, north carolina, comes from nicki in waverly, georgia, on the line for republicans. go ahead, nicki. >> i want to say i'm for romney this year. i gave obama a chance for years and he's gotten worse. i'm not racist. everybody keeps saying he's half black and half white. but this ain't got nothing do with parties or race or anything. it's got something to do with the country. >> you voted for the president in 2008. you say you will not vote for him in 2012. what's the difference between then and now. >> well, look at the economy. >> all right, we will leave it there. the economy, gideon moore, you get the last word. >> i think she makes a great point in terms of looking at the fact is that the difference between 2008 and 2012 is th

so that's where that balancing priorities piece comes in. in terms of process efficiency, we know our program right now has some issues we need to address. it takes a really long time to get traffic calming in your neighborhood and there's a lot of confusion for residents where they stand, whether there's going to be something coming soon. also we have, the way our project currently works we end up promising more than we can deliver in a reasonable time frame so we wanted to look at those few things. so i'm going it talk a little bit about our area-wide approach to traffic calming and as an example, i have the silver terrace area. by doing an area-wide approach what we do is take several different applications and group them together and we want to look at those applications in the context of the whole neighborhood and make sure when we implement traffic calming we're not pushing problems from one straet to the next within a neighborhood. so we define the borders of an area-wide application based on where we think that diversion might take p

and will be an ongoing priority. we are in conversations with capital planning to prepare for this budget cycle. on the capital front, while we were very successful this past year in obtaining a commitment of comat investment in our four cultural buildings we are working with capital planning to look at the 2% in art enrichment model. there is 5% in that legislation dedicated to use for conversation. it has been a challenge to use it because it is bound to a three year timeframe so we are looking at ways in it which to work with the bond attorneys to find the appropriate care and resourcing for the civic art collection. i kind of have been talking about it as a social security fund for the civic art collection. while we can't use those dollars to pay right now for existing work, we're hoping to find a way that the current dollars could pay for those works that are now in need. we're committed to looking for a policy that will be long-term and make sure the art collection does not find challenges that way face today.