mario alioto, senior v.p. of business operations.oincidence or by design to psych out the cards? >> it is kind of a coincidence two years after we won the world series, we are playing the cardinals on opening day. it is going to be a great day. so appropriate that barry is starting after the year he had. he gets to pitch the home opener. we are ready to go. we have a few surprises up our sleeve that we like to do. >> so who is going to raise the flag. that's surprise. who is going to throw out the first ceremonial pitch. >> they will keep it as a surprise. when we raise the championship flag, before the game starts. that will be the moment we have been working on. something different. we said before, two years ago, brian wilson surprised everyone by running across the field and heading on up into the stands. we'll see how it happens today. it will be a great moment for all giants fans. that's for sure. >> thank you very much. congratulations. what happens when i do this. is that a fine and arrest? >> don't touch the pool table. >> bo

alioto-pier here to accept the award on behalf of the founders of the organization, the real movers and shakers who couldn't be here tonight, chuck and [speaker not understood]. [cheering and applauding] >> their family is in peru, which is where [speaker not understood] hailses from. they're so disappointed they couldn't be here tonight. but the back story on this is chuck grew up in the portola. and next to mclaren park and he spent his whole childhood there. and when he and she married, they wanted the same childhood experiences chuck had had, and even better ones. so, they have spent their time working on the play grounds and all the other aspects of the park. and they worked so well and collaboratively with all the other park groups that represent mclaren park. parks alliance and rec and park department. i know they want me to thank everybody who has been such an integral part of giving them this award and all the work we still have to do on mclaren park. so, thank you for chuck and trilsy. (applause) ♪ >> fantastic. easily one of the best views in san francisco, so, if you've neve

reform san francisco's c-e-q-a process without success including former supervisors peskin, ma, and alioto-pier. again, i think our board is engaging in that process in terms of what the best way that reform looks. so, today i am formally introducing, after spending the ma last month working with the city attorney's office, and willing with planning, on a different perspective in terms of how that reform can happen. i'm proud to introduce that legislation today with supervisors campos, avalos, and mar, and hope to have more co-sponsors by the end of the week. the first focus of this legislation is clear posting and stronger notification requirements. if we are going to set deadlines on the back end that curtail when appeals are no longer eligible, then we also need a lot more work on the front end. currently most of our projects are not noticed. and in supervisor wiener's proposal, 85% of projects will continue to not be noticed. our proposal proposes to strengthen notification requirements for potentially historic projects and projects that tend to escalate. also specific requirements for onli

alioto-pier here to accept the award on behalf of the founders of the organization, the real movers andho couldn't be here tonight, chuck and [speaker not understood]. [cheering and applauding] >> their family is in peru, which is where [speaker not understood] hailses from. they're so disappointed they couldn't be here tonight. but the back story on this is chuck grew up in the portola. and next to mclaren park and he spent his whole childhood

it continues work started by supervisors fiona ma and alioto-pier. it's been delayed for months to get additional community outreach and make modifications. as the dolores park project shows, simple fairness says we have to put limits at some point on these appeals and it's rare that we see. it is crystal clear an example of how san francisco is being [speaker not understood] by the difference in views between folks that want san francisco to be able to move ahead and those that want [speaker not understood] to stand still. thank you. >> thank you very much. ms. hillson. >>> i've never used this, so, i'm supposed to click on something, i guess. i think it's this one. it isn't coming up. >> i'm sorry. why don't we go -- go ahead. >>> [inaudible]. >> why don't we go to the next speaker and perhaps if there is someone that can work with ms. hillson and we'll put you on as soon as we fix the technical issue. thanks for your patience, ms. hillson. next speaker. >>> hello, my name is judy irving and i'm the executive director of a nonprofit called pelican

the names of organizations that were represented in this extremely thorough redrafting based on the alioto-pier as a template. black right -- the black human rights leadership council, the golden gate park preservation alliance, the center for biological diversity, the san francisco green party, cathedral hill neighbors, the eastern neighborhoods united front, save muni, san francisco architectural heritage, green action for health and environmental justice, north mission neighbors, telegraph hill dwellers, and seiu, [speaker not understood] valley improvement association. that gives you some idea of the breadth of the people that worked with supervisor kim in crafting this legislation and i urge you to move it forward. i would like to also support the idea of -- on some items it would be great if we could have more than 30 days. again, when you're working as you all know having another life, it's very difficult to fit in something very quickly. we want to make sure that projects get reviewed by the community. and we've seen that that review by the community and input from supervisors can make

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

supervisor alioto-pier and supervisor ma, this has been going on for a long time. there are always reasons it doesn't move forward or gets delayed. there are projects that are impacted by this. the dolores park appeal which i think someone suggested some sort of oddity in the timing, we were all floored when that came in last week. no one saw that coming. and the fact is that right now the way the law is today, that was the process in my district, it took a year with dozens of community meetings and hundreds of members of the community participating where we had a good consensus result. after -- if the planning commission confirms the negative declaration, that can be appealed to the board of supervisors while that park project is in construction and it will have to stop as soon as it's filed. so, these appeals are happening. even the threats of them has an impact. even if the appeal doesn't materialize. so, i respect, supervisor, your view on a number of the substantive issues. i don't agree that because we're not flooded with cat ex and negative declaration appea