years; like many transplant i have fallen in love with our city and have become an active member of our community by becoming engage in political matters in volunteering my time to support good causes. i worked in the clinton white house for three years working presidential personnel and making recommendations on, yes, political appointment in his administration. i have a decent understanding of the political process and the appointment process to be sure. my career in the bay area has been and is the development primarily in large companies now with ernst & young. i also started a food truck with friends. and i chose local vendors to support our local economy. as a district 10 to this and i committed my time to community involvement as well as an advisory committee member with the mission ymca, and supervisor avalos's district. we sponsor a food and wine event, any golf tournament in santa cruz; we raised over 1,000,000 dollars of those events. i volunteered to junior achievement of the network for teaching entrepreneurship where i spent time with high school children discussing fin

>> great to have you both here. >>i do have an entrepreneurial feel for the city as well and for 10 years i had my brokerage called scholarship homes and real estate, with the goal to put money back for scholarships in the city. and we did quite a bit of good work for 10 years. >> our last applicant is ms. diana daniel. >> hello. good afternoon. my name is diana daniel, i am a broker owner of my own real estate company, real works residential. i have been in the real estate field for 25 years, with 20 of those in california. i first got my license here in 1996, and obtain my broker license in 2006. the main focus has been representing banks in foreclosure and reo properties in the large focus is doing valuation of properties, many times complicated process. the properties are not clear-cut. i have done hundreds of bpos, broker price opinions, reviewing the data. easy properties, cookie-cutter subdivisions and many times difficult complicated properties. i have a lot of experience in that. the main reason is i want to be

i don't have too much time to waste but i hope that in 2013 we have some goals and do the right thing. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker place. >> good morning commissioners -- i am a district 6 resident. i love living in my district. there are so many different things going on. one thing that i would like for you to think about is bicyclists. i hate bicyclists now. they're getting out of control because the cars % i understand that certain areas where the cars, like driving up fast, so they won't have to be stuck in one corner where the light is red. i am used to that part. bicyclists are pushing to do this and that; they do not follow any rules of the road. i would like for you to do something. while you put up new signs up, the money -- use some of that money to put up signs that said bicyclists must stop here. something that makes a bicyclist know that they can go or not go. especially near oak street and market. i go to your district too much supervisor farrel. unless visitors come and see me. i know the areas i do go to is getting that, very bad and i spoke on this

for what i have done, but i still have no connections. it is still up to me to do that? i am doing everything can. i do not know what else to do besides try to make a profit in a city that is over-taxing the and running down. [applause] >> i do think that you can do a lot through talking to your city supervisor and working through that process. i am telling you, there are ways that began help you. alcohol is a local issue on this type of matter. what we are behind would you guys want to do, whenever that is. a lot of times we do not always have statutes that make that much sense. it is partly the ways that the laws have evolved and we are the ones who are stuck with enforcing them the way that they are. that does not necessarily mean that we think they are particularly good ideas, but we certainly want people to grow, prosper, and be saved. that can be achieved in all sorts of ways. we want to work with you on that. thank you. >> i was the founding president of the entertainment commission. i retired and went on to found the culture associ

i have been at ccsss for four years, and i am here to talk about the proposal to relocate golden gate middle school to the golden gate campus. this move will show what we have worked hard to build. in my opinion and many opinions you can't place a school on a campus with already 320 students. the majority k-5 students without many impacts. before i was an administrator, i was a teacher for five years. and every time that a student turned in a project, i would ask one question. is this the best you can do? the funny thing is, whether a second grader or eight grader, you got an honest response. if the answer was yes, i would say thank you, and accept the work. if the answer was no, i would say, i don't want it unless it's the best you can do. i want work that you are proud to say it's yours. and i would hand the work back to them and say try again. when i think of the proposal before us, i say, is this the best that the staff can do? and my response is no. i have asked friends and family members and no one has been able to make any sense of it. again is this the best work you can do? th

i do not have any problem telling people. especially if they are people i appointed in positions to make sure these things are getting done. i think it is pretty obvious that person will not be there very long. i will move a person in a heartbeat if they are not doing the job. >> as the person in command, what would be your recommendation to others who are in command for the first time in the way you treat people and how tough you have to be? >> for me, all the people -- my entire executive staff, we came up through the ranks together. we competed together. i have a lot of respect for them. i think the thing that is most important is everybody who works for me knows you can be my best friend. i have had areas where i have had the will be my best friend for a long time. if you are in a leadership position and are responsible for a particular area and you are not making it, you have to move. it is not personal and it is not about you. i have to get the job done. people have been trusted me. i have to get it done through others.

>> actually, i have a letter. written that might be instrumental. >> you didn't submit anything. >> to answer your question, no, i did not brief this extensively. >> or at all, right? >> can you point them out to me, please? >> i'm sorry? >> could you please point them to me? okay. >> madame president, page 3 of lines 16 through 20. it's a new section of the law. the state just unacted this a couple of years ago. they have added some amendments to it, but clear the department of public health prepared this exemption form, which i showed you. i will show you again. >> wait, i am looking for some legal authority. it's just an argument without any basis. that is what i want -- i want that authority supporting your proposition here. >> i refer to the b & p code? >> is that excerpted anywhere so i can read it? it's not, right? >> yes, i can. i would be happy to. >> could you put it on the overhead, if you brought it with you? that would be great, so i could understand your argument. because you led with that argument. i

i still have a day job and i only have a few days to visit cities and promote my book. but i made a promise on television so you can hold me to it. i will be back to visit other cities in texas. [applause] now, randall where are you? i didn't see where you went. oh, they are right there. part of the reason i could come and it was randall and suzanne martin, the founders of the progressive forum who put this visit together for me. they have extended every warmth and courtesy to me. i even had -- at dinner tonight. [applause] and i am surrounded by flowers some of which i describe in the book. part of my beloved world is puerto rico. randall and suzanne, thank you. so, i am here to talk to you about my book and about what my book is about. and when i started to write it, there was one thing i wanted to accomplish. when you write a memoir, and i have read many of them through my life, you sometimes come away asking your question -- asking yourself the question. did i learn anything new about this public person? regrettably, i have read books and memoirs or autobiographies a

>> i would have to take a closer look at that. but i believe in many jurisdictions that it is across the board use. i don't think that you see too many jurisdictions in which you have a cit officer, for example as is proposed here or one of the proposals here. and so, i think that we see the risk if this is introduced as a pilot program and we see that once that this becomes institutionalized that we do run the risk of this becoming a department-wide phenomena and since the department has shown itself to be some what flow, for example, in instituting cit we really have questions about if and when that taser, that the tasers are kind of spread to the rest of department, is the department able to keep up with the necessary training, monitoring, you know, both on the front and the back end that is needed to keep this or to have a safe taser use policy. we have big questions about whether or not they will be able to keep up with that. >> okay. >> do you have anything else to add? >> i think that i have said anything and i am available

and they love, the way that i have, i have a bond with these guys, i have people coming in and out of the neighborhood. i have seen offices come in and out of the neighborhood. i very much good understanding with the neighborhood. my intake on this one is that i know that in the past year i have been learning something new when i started that i was going to go into this, you know that i did not know that i was going to come across this problem, i have not been wise from square one, permit process. yes, if someone approached me ten years ago i would have gone out and applied for the permits right away. when i am pulling the permits for the restaurant no one says, i say, that i think when i wrote i asking, and always going to be operating or you just kind of go with the application, and i got the permit and all of the permit necessary, in business. along this came day-to-day that

. >> i have your cards under general comment. don't worry, president kelly, i did not forget about you. from one president to another. thank you. could i hear a second. >> move. second. >> any items withdrawn or corrected by the superintendent? dr. crawford. >> good evening, commissioners, we have two connections. the first is to k-131-8223, on page 222. amended date of service should be december 26, 2012, to december 25, 2013. it's generally listed as 2013 to 2016. the second correction is to item 2 g, 131837, the name of the community listed should be changed from vision band, to oversight. one word. >> thank you. any items removed for first reading by the board? all right. any items severed by the board or superintendent for discussion or vote tonight? okay, i have one. i am going to sever item 2 c, 131-8 b 3, the audit. and later in the meeting, we will have the discussion on that item. >> roll call will take place. h, superintendent proposals. we have item 1212-11sp-1, adoption of board policy 6020 to conform with the current

and i have been very good, i am 28 years old. >> okay. okay. so the police are recommended 3:00, you would like 4:00, you have... let me finish. >> you compromise at 3:30. ; is that correct? for friday and saturday only? >> yes. please. >> okay. that is a reasonable thing. >> thank you. >> and i think being straight forward and cutting to the chase as you did is a presentation when trying to beat around the bush so to speak. commissioners any other questions? >> okay. everybody out by 3:30, what time is your last order? >> you know, the crowd really dies out at 3:00, and after 3:00 we don't take new customers therefore they are not going to be any problem getting people out of there, half hour, when we are taking orders on the counter the customers are told that you have to leave at 3:30. we are shutting down the lights and that warning will

i don't have a social worker. i don't have a clue how to get a social worker. so i wanted to say i wish there was an easier way of knowing how to get access to information on senior housing that is available. i have called many places and they say, our waiting list is closed. we don't have any idea when it will open up. i mean, the reality is maybe i will have to leave san francisco, which is my home, which saddens me. but i just wish there was a way to know. because people seem to know -- there are people that seem to know how to get in and do it and i just don't. and i would like to make that more easy and accessible to more people in my situation. thank you. >> thank you. next is it steve crabiel. >> i'm with tool works a human service agency that provides services to more than 500 adults with disabilities throughout the bay area. we provide vocation and community living services. we are a member of the community alliance of disability advocates known as cada. what is not working? housing is not working. we need more accessible affordable housing for the folk

i do have to become a detective. and i ask questions of the student, and why this teacher was so great. and why this teacher affected their lives through college. last year we had a student who had graduated 25 years before. when a teacher has an effect 25 years following graduation. you know there is something very, very special about that teacher. once i finish the interviews of the students. i go to the colleague and talk to them. and i interview the principal, the person responsible for evaluating that person. before i start talking to the teacher. and by that time i know more about the teacher than he or she knows about themselves. and i think how they think about their approach of student and what the students have told me about them. and i sometimes get the textbook answers from it the teachers. and when i compare to what the students say, there is not a match. and what the students say about michelle is that she has passion. she knows her subject. and you heard it from what your students said about your school

>> >> i could have been her, i know everything she knows, i have every skill she has but she had a break >> well, it is so funny because i feel like that is sort of the crux of most of the -- most of the distaste that people have had for me, and maybe that -- you, again you never want to subject to try to understand why anyone dislakes you, it is their right -- >> rose: do you feel it?. i mean there is definitely more -- there was too much sort of negative attention surrounding the positive attention for me to totally ignore it. >> rose: what was the negative? >> categorize the negative. >> i think that the show, there was a lot of hype before it came out and i understand someone who used to -- i used to have that feeling if everybody likes a band then i don't want to like it, i am over that now but it was definitely -- >> rose: if everybody likes it, i don't want to belong. >> exactly so i think there was this sort of feel the show was over hyped in its birth. >> rose: it is not that good, folks? >> exactly, exactly, and i think people had, you know, strong reactions to the characters a

i have been diagnosed with post traumatic stress. ocktail of anti-depressants and pain meds for my shoulder. at one point i weighed 230 pounds i never fly fished before came to the program it was a life changer for me. i am no longer on any meds at all and i have lost a ton of weight. >> what differentiates rivers of recovery is the idea that we use the outdoors and outdoor activity that assess confidence and self empowerment. it's a perfect platform that bring in the techniques that help manage post traumatic stress and anxiety and depression. >> we have ptsd, we have amputees anything can happen when you are over there. >> i had hearing loss from an injury i have been diagnosed with ptsd and >> they have been working to recuperate from. that let me prove it to myself on my own gaining confidence. >> changed me for the better. make me be less stressed. >> coming back from tours in iraq and afghanistan, the things that happened out there it is on your mind a lot. makes me short tempered not a nice person. i have been through a lot of

i can tell you that diane 92 son will be meeting with them. i'll have to come back and talk more about this >> further comments? sue i would like to second the request from the local sierra club that when you get to item 12 the certification of the e i r you'll not hold it over for two weeks. the documents are available for 2 weeks in advance. i further ask that the staff do a much better presentation on

i have always admired your dedication and the faint that you don't lie to come in unprepared to an ortho argument and i do apologize that i was not able to replace chris daily in that role to continue the lively debates and discussion that is had happened prior to me. i know that you used to be -- there used to be that diagonal dynamic that habe is not as in existence as it was in the past but i'll say one thing sean, in admire ages i did not find that appeal on your birthday and i hope you remember that one when i call on you your birthday when i call on you in work ring for the city and county of fraction and also i have a lot of respect for your love and dedication to your family and a lot of us know that you could have continued on and run for other offices here in san francisco asked made an acknowledgement of your family not to continue and a lot of us in the political realm that is something challenging to do to include your family within your personal career as pirptions when you could have done more much this elective life and i know malia brought up the love for your family but

>> i have to get off his back. a terrific young man and he's doing a great job with what they have given him. he should be thankful they still have jon there. jon is a genius. >> is the show as good with him? >> no, and not because -- yeah, because of me, but -- no, what they did, piers, they unloaded their anchor, cut off their anchor and they want to drift. you don't realize how important your anchor is until you lose it. >> do you ever watch it? >> i watched it early on. their pilot episode had one of the great television moments of all time with the ashes and the reveal of the guy behind the window. that was brilliant, but the show should have ended there and said, to be continued. after that, i just don't know why a billionaire wants to buy a house with a kid and a guy and stay there. whatever. i don't know. i don't know. >> do you ever speak to him? >> i met him at the emmys and he was really cool. >> he's a cool guy. i like him very much. >> yeah, and jon, angus had a little meltdown. >> i was going to play

now, i have been a consultant to schools. i have -- i was a plan checker. i was a osa inspector, building inspector for schools. i have built schools. i approved schools. i approved well over a half billion dollars in school construction in the southern california office. this is not my first rodeo is talking to people of this caliber who has the power to do something. when minorities don't participate you find a [inaudible] streak and that's what we have here. we have a third streak that crippled and you will not give the community a chance to participate in employment. that's absurd. they observe a chance like anyone else. you have spent money. you spent billions of dollars and the community has been -- you have whistled past the grave yard. the grave yard is waking up, and there will be people waiting for willie brown's school to open up because they closed it down one time and i tell you they would do it again. i'm not threatening you. how can i threaten you guys? but i'm telling you what's out there. we need employment for those young kids out there. w

i have enough of my own. >> i hope you will be sharp enough to answer the questions the audience has for you. rather like the academy awards. [applause] these questions have come through on various means. can we have the first question? >> the first question -- i am going to compile a group -- a lot of people are asking what is currently inspiring new? from different cultures, the internet, textile design -- what exciting things are you seeing in contemporary textile design? and what are you reading? >> definitely, that is very sad, but i have not enough time to read. that is the very sad part. so i'm not enough reading, but i'm getting older and getting closer. now that nobody is doing any more reading, i will read. no, i think honestly, it is a question of time, but reading, to bring inspiration, but that is the problem. i get into a book and say that i can make a collection of that after, like, three lines. one time i did an existentialist collection years ago, and i was thinking, so i read a book to no more, to get into it, and sometimes, the explanation can teach you. i read abou

>> i don't have the specifics on that. >> thank you. >> i just have some questions. when they were given the permit until 4:00, or 4:00 as discussed. they were security guards at it and better lighting and better control over the premises >> and cameras. >> there was a numerous conditions put upon them. and they complied, and we are very happy with their performance. and we want to continue that relationship. >> do you think that the decrease is also related to better behavior by the jack in the box as well and better security measures? >> i believe, yeah, that is part and partial of it, i would thank them for their cooperation, i think that it is the fact that they had those additional conditions put upon them that the security did a good job. i think that they are well trained. i think that they got together and they actually had a comprehensive security plan that worked. >> so, the reason that i am asking, is i am trying to figure out if they continued to work in this manner, and have better security and better security measures, how that could not, that would pro

in california i rarely have to worry. i was in green bay and i started to talk about father greg and no one had any idea what i was talking about. i have known greg boyle for 25 years. i worked with him when he routinely received death threats. people believed he was trying to help gang members. the lapd called him a hug- hugger. i will repeat everything that they have said, not because of sore afraid of using profanity but because it was a different lapd. it was rumored that the mexican mafia was allowed to meet in his church and that he held guns for gang members. and he was helping gang members across the border. i am certain he knew where the body of jimmy hoffa was buried when you got done listening to the rumors. now, the lapd uses home with industries as an integral part of its anti-gang efforts. not all of them, not 9000 members, but i can tell you this, homeboy industries have their annual benefit to honor people in the community as well as former gang members, the person they honored was chief charlie of the lapd

i have a wife, i have two kids. i know how to keep them. e. >> how many do you have? >> three. >> what type? >> i don't have an assault weapon. >> you have handguns? >> exactly. and i'm a sportsman. and i shoot skeet, and i grew up in the midwest. that's a part of my culture. i understand them in a way that perhaps people living in more urban areas don't have that history. >> but i totally understand why you would do that. why you think you have the right to do that under the second amendment and i have total respect for that. you understand your family and hunting and shooting or whatever that may be. i don't get the assault weapon thing. i don't get why responsible gun owners in this country aren't rising up together and saying, you know what, they have no place in a civilized society. >> i know you have really been leading a charge on this. i haven't heard anyone articulate to me what would really be the problem with an assault weapons ban. we had it before. >> you had kind of a woolly ban. it had so many exemptions to it. there were luns

>> i have seen you do it repeatedly. >> like i say, how dare you? >> i have seen you do it repeatedly. you keep saying to folks if they disagree with you politically, somehow this is a violation of what happened in sandy hook. i really like to hear your policy prescription for what we should do about guns. because you say you're respectful of the second amendment. i brought this for you, you can read it, the constitution. i would like for you to explain to me what you would do about guns to prevent sandy hook. if you want to do what they did in the uk, that's a fair argument and we can have a discussion. >> i made it clear what i want to do which is what mark kelly wants to do. >> let's talk about that. >> rather than address your comment to me about standing on the graves of children at sandy hook, you can address them to mark kelly because he agrees with everything i have been saying as he feels the same way, as does his wife and they're both gun owners. they respect the second amendment of the constitution, they dont w

i have meetings and he use their internet and sit and have coffee there when i have time. when i don't, those trucks are a valuable service and i think that permit should be uphold. >> next speaker, please. >> good evening commissioners, my name is robert bookbinder; i had a long career at the san francisco water department, 25 years. i am recently roo tired. i spent many nights and days working on the streets of san francisco especially downtown. our work crews strive it get our job done properly, and quickly. the trucks on the streets were a great help to us over the years. they made a great product. they were convenient and efficient. we did a better job because of their presence. it's only fair and just that this permit be upheld. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is kent mullan. i have been a resident of california for almost 40 years. i believe and i am a coffee drinker and i believe, again, expresso subito provides a unique and coon convenient service and even though the other stores there are times as stated i go in when i have a meeting. i d

and i have no issue with the underlying resolution, i think that we need to site where. >> and i have that. >> we can make an amendment today that we don't have it today to bring it for tuesday so thank you very much. >> i have some brochures for you too. eap brochures hot off the press. >> my name is gene miranda >> and i am a licensed psycho therapist and has... thank you very much. >> i worked for 21 years, here in the city. and all of my work has been the employee assistance program, the eap. we are a counseling center for employees and their families and significant others. we see people for any personal or work-related issue. that gets in the way of their personal or work-related lives. we offer brief solution-focused therapy medation service and critical debriefing and customized workshops and trainings throughout city departments. the eap, for the city like all of the eap ss a behavior risk management agency. and our mandate here is to provide services to city county employees at all levels. work teams, managers, and etc.. and so, not every day, and not every week, but, pretty

i have smaller change. can i give it to you're in your hand. i pay you one coin at a time. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, so what time is it now? it's nine. >> ten, eleven. i see 16 more. i will come back same time. thank you very much. the clever man left the noodle shop. he saw the whole thing behind the wall. he gave the noodle man so many compliments and he was going to ask for this count so. he ask strange question. one, two, three, four, five, what time is it now? nine. ten eleven, twelve. why did he ask such a question. one, two, three four, five, what time is it now. nine, ten, eleven, this is the ten. oh, i see. that was the victory. i'm going to do the same thing tomorrow night. this man goes through all the change and went outlooking for the noodle shop. it was funny. last time i'm going to do the same thing tonight. i will give the noodle man so many compliments and use that where is the noodle man and shop, and there's a poor little noodle man for me. noodle man, noodle man? what are you doing? i was taking a nap. a nap? i'm a customer of your

excuse me. - i hope you have fire insurance. - i hope i have a chef. did i mention that i worked at mario's italian restaurant ? ohh ! terrific spaghetti there. - yes ! absolutely ! - it's too bad they closed down ten years ago. good news, mr. brashov. the oven is working. so, where did you work after mario's ? a very special organization. what was its name ? the blake family. i've never heard of it. what kind of food do they have there ? mr. brashov, i'm talking about my own home. for the past ten years i've organized the lives of three people, two dogs and a bird. hmm. i have heard enough. cuse me. i have to check on jamal. well, thank you anyway. so much work to do and you are leaving early ? you mean i have the job ? anybody who could take care of three people, two dogs and a bird... can probably take care of brashov's customers. here, fill this out and give one to rosa - mr. brashov. - now what ? - thank you. - you are welcome. come on, everybody ! let's get moving now ! yes, hello could you connect me with your personnel office please ? so what ab

i am excited to be here. thank you to all of my colleagues for being so welcoming. i'm having a hard time with this legislation. as a product public schools i remember years ago and now i'm not that old % i remember the decisions and bad decisions. i have watched over the years, working with many of the kids especially teens, the problems that continue to face. as executive director of the african-american art and culture complex, i have to pay for tutors and work with kids who were high school but who could not read and understand by the time they are in high school. i have yet to see a successful program that helps to address the issues that many of these teens face. i have a real concern with getting money -- (correction) giving money, when it is not clear how the money will be used. i came to the office and made it clear that children will be a number one priority. in this case, i think that would supervisor kim is doing with legislation in this way is a great step, but i have seen time and time again a lot of waste. services don't necessarily reach these children. we have

i have three kids and a mortgage. it is a lot more challenging to say, "i am going to go and disappear in six months and bring it up, and then i will ask you what you think of it." it is a lot more challenging than have somebody say, "would you write to this dormmate?" tavis: i am glad we are in this now, because i am wondering, is there any sort of pressure you feel, either pressure you put on yourself, or pressure from some other outside entity or source, once you have done a really good job and of a number of adapted screenplay is -- let's put it this way. if you could keep doing adapted screenplay for the rest of your life and keep getting academy award nominations, that would not be a bad life. >> no. tavis: is there a pressure that you feel from yourself or others that "i have got to do an original screenplay and"? >> i put pressure on myself to keep trying new things. yes, i am the one who puts the most pressure on myself in this life. i intend to do an original one in my life, but i am more concerned that i do

i have read much about the commission work from the examiner, the san francisco examiner. like jamal and my case manager. i see supervisor mar and supervisor campos and i have been reading about san francisco and all about its developments on the san francisco examiner which as you know is a free newspaper, and i have been seeing all the work you are doing in my district where i live, bay district and bringing things there and cleaning up the navy yard and affordable housing and like jamal said i am trying to get asylum. i moved into this country in 1996 at harvard university and he is my case manager and through his leadership and graciousous and kindness and getting me to places and where i can get some help and so i told jamal. i showed him all my papers and he knew i have a court date on january 31, and i have been living in this country for 16 years. i don't have any criminal record, and will be grateful for your support and i want to say thank you very much and look forward to your support and anything, questions -- thank you very much. >> thank you very much. thank y