your contributions to the commission have been profound. i think that the work you've done on the enforcement regs and the -- the -- getting the backlog of all of those complaints down and hiring a team and leading that team have been tremendous and will have -- been able to position us for success going forward. and i echo leigh ann and say i'm very very sad for the commission, but happy for you and only want to wish you the best with your new endeavors and your family. >> commissioner kopp: i want to thank you for your time and attention to all of our requests and assignments and to wish you further professional achievement in a new responsibility and personal satisfaction in that new responsibility. >> i also wanted to extend my deep appreciation to you, and san francisco's loss is berkeley's gain, so best of luck to you. stay in touch. >> commissioner chiu: any comments or questions from the commissioners on the executive director's report? so my only comment would be, director pelham is that as you have the discussions with the director

the last crack i have with the ethic commission employees, who are no long we are the ethic commissioni was informed the eeo department, the whistle blower department and the dhr department, they refused. they give up our record to give it to the ethics commission to continue bribery, extortion, retaliation, to protect our workers rights. i am here to follow up with you about our employee record. and in this ethic commission. i believe the ethic commission started to stop corruption. but our corruption is ongoing. today i'm -- for the purpose of reportedly give you less than 150 word about what i said today, word-for-word and for your public record. at the same time i am giving you the fbi investigation letter, both english and chinese. we have been investigating 2000, something, something. i cannot tell you all the details but i want to you investigate. i will be here every month until you tell me what to do. corruption is not acceptable. you are here sitting there because we are trusting you, that you represent the taxpayers. but right now we have no answer from ethic commissioners a

and this is important in more than just the ethics commission. i happened to be once at a meeting of the board of appeals where one party was the planning commission, and the other was zoning. there was one attorney representing all three parties, and i asked, what the -- and i was told, well, that person was the only one who had the knowledge. and i'm sorry, but that came out in similar things when i was on the board, and that was causing us problems as commissioner commissioners. we didn't feel we had full, independent, i will say loyalty and attention and duty from the council who were split. and it seems to have happened other times, so the idea of pursuing this is worthwhile, but at the same time, i'm suggesting in the future, you also need to consider the wording on a memo because that may mislead people or allow somebody start to file other questions and so forth. i support the idea of independent legal counsel. believe me, it would have helped us years ago. thank you. >> thank you. >> larry bush for friends of ethics. this was a recommenda

there's no action for the commission to take on this matter. adam clerk, can you please call item number six. >> item six is the interim administrative officer's report. >> supervisor fewer: miss calvillo, do you have anything to report? >> thank you, madam chair, members of the commission, angela calvillo, interim officer. i wanted to provide just a brief introduction to what i've done with the lafco's budget without permission from lafco, but i think it's a good thing. essentially because the budget process for lafco is not on the same timeline as the budget process for the board of supervisors and the city in general, what used to happen is the executive officer would provide me a ballpark figure from lafco that wouldn't be confirmed by lafco until june, so while we are, a city department, submitting our budgets to the mayor and controller as of yesterday, february -- yeah, thank you, 22nd, i asked the budget committee, and the committee has provided me permission to put in the statutory amount that lafco is entitled to, which is $297,342. so

of the commission. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. i have one speaker card for georgia szuidas. >> georgia, welcome. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i sent you a rather bulky e-mail with some pictures from the past from 2015. everyone except commissioner johnson because she doesn't have e-mail yet. i'm sure he will soon. when she does, i will send it to her. what i sent to you if you had a chance to look at it was the photos from 2015 and commissioner richardson's game was set one a zoning administrator and mr. starr and mr. duffy to look at samples of what were called alterations but may have been demolitions in noe valley and it was discovered that 40% probably were. and showing you some recent samples, if i may. i'll take the overhead, please. i think i showed you that one already, it's this house there. you can see it is part of a row. ok. so, here w

the commission was disturbed by this. it would like to see more police walking, at least in the ghetto area. atlanta has gone back to the foot patrol in slum neighborhoods from 6:00 in the evening to 2:00 a.m. it helps to answer one of the most frequent complaints that are dwellers have about the police -- they are not concerned about crimes against negros. police must be on duty in not only when things are hot but also when it is cool. even on slow sunday nights, there is police business in the ghetto. any one arrest could be the flashpoint for another outbreak and it is what policeman say when making a arrest that could keep the peace or start trouble. when you happen to arrest somebody, it would not hurt you to address them by their name. negros resent being called uncle aunt. -- on -- williams is a man who knows how it feels to be called boy. be easier inould these places where you have had difficulty if you remember to use titles. thing, you are to learn how to do, and that is exercising restraint when you're going ab

the commission addresses a warning to both sides. preserving civil peace is the first responsibility of government, unless the rule of law prevails, it there won't be a chance for order or reform. a domestic arms race in the making, which the commission would cut off by a federal law restricting the sale of guns. beyond this, the report corrects a number of proposals to the local police, as the first line of defense against disorder and one of the most serious areas of friction wear white and black communities confront each other everyday in an atmosphere of prejudice and distrust. inan example of reform progress, the report cites the police report in the city of atlanta. wagon 21. >> the police report is a must, a visible symbol for the auto got police are not just the agents of repression. 40% of the atlanta police department is a girl. -- is negro. the recommended there ought to be more negros in the command does of -- the command jobs of sergeant lieutenant, and general. the best offices should work in the worst neighborhoods. atl

the people listening to this, we are the only commission talking about this. hese things not actually belong to the city and county of san francisco. they are rigs our firefighters fought on over the last 100 years. we are the only ones that care about this. we need to do something about it. i want to make that clear. thank you. >> there are several of us doing something about that. we are working. >> thank you for your report, chief nicholson. madam secretary. would you call the next item. >> item 5. report on commission activity since last meeting february 14, 2018. >> any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners. would you like to report on anything? no one is jumping so i guess we don't have any report from fellow commissioners. >> item six. >> i have a quick update. this is on what has happened in the past? past two week also. big thank you to the asian firefighters on behalf of everybody on the commission. it goes without saying they put on a wonderful events for the city. they participated in a wonderful event. on

the president's commission was disturbed by this trend. it would like to see more police walking the beat, at least in the ghetto areas. atlanta has gone back to the foot patrol in slum neighborhoods, at least from 6:00 in the evening to 2:00 a.m. the commission feels this helps the cops know what is really going on. but mostly, it helps to answer one of the most frequent complaints ghetto dwellers have about the police, that they are not concerned with crimes against negros. that when you need a cop in the ghetto, you cannot find police one. must be on duty there not only when things are hot but also when it is cool. >> a slow sunday night. even on slow sunday nights there , is police business to perform in the ghetto. any one arrest could be the flashpoint for another outbreak. it is what police will do and say when making an arrest that could keep the peace or start trouble. >> when you happen to arrest somebody, it wouldn't hurt you to address them by their name, titles. negros resent being called uncle and aunt, boy, girl. >> the speak

our cohort was led by the san francisco human rights commission. and in addition to the training we received, our cohort continues to meet on a regular basis to see how we can work together to advance racial equity. we recognize that no one department holds this on their own and that together if we support each other, we can achieve more. and san francisco was just one of a number of cities, counties and regional agencies that participated in the effort. the northern california cohort included over 200 people coming from all over northern california. the training gave us the tools, resources and partnerships we need to move forward from theory to practice. so before i go further, i want to pause for a moment and tell you what i mean when i use the term racial equity. the san francisco human rights commission defines racial equity as closing the gaps but that race does not predict one success while improving outcomes for all. and you might be wondering why we picked racial equity when there are so many different forms of marginalization. this is not

we demand that the planning commission move this process forward and not delay the p.u.c. southeast commissions and the community's plans to move forward. we demand you move this initiative forward. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you. next speaker, please. >> commissioner, my name is al norman, a member of the southeast commission. and also president of the bayview merchants association. you can see, we have many people from our community here and we are working together very much to try to bring a lot of positiveness to our neighborhood like they have everywhere else in this city. in the meantime, most of the population does not want to do nothing but kick us out, saying we don't deserve to be here, move to richmond, antioch, don't deserve to be here. color of our skin is making us a very dark welcome. so -- we are coming here to ask you to give us a break and let us have an opportunity to have some manifest destination what we want our community to be about. main concern are our children and the education they need to receive. we are already engaging some of the la

and the building inspection commission. >> vice president richards: right. and i don't -- it's not, to the best of my knowledge that there's going to be a retroacti retroactive definition that applies to a demolition in 2014. saying that it's not a demolition but not understanding the calculations or how it's not a demolition still isn't enough for me. >> mm-hmm. >> president hillis: yeah. i would agree. i know we can't require dbi commission to have a hearing on this item, and i think dbi has weighed that it's not a demolition under their rules, but it's tantamount to demolition under our rules. that's what we're hearing today. it would be good to hear more from dbi. i think they answered this specific question, is it a demo, no, but they clearly competed the scope of their permit. i agree with commissioner richards. it would be good to hear from the dbi commission, and we can just make a request that the commission take up this matter, and the public be able to speak to kind of weigh in on the project itself in kind of what dbi plans to do, not just whether

i look forward to a good four years on the commission with you, hopefully. a couple of things -- one of most interesting things i read in the week was "new york times" on sunday, tech eyes the ultimate startup. an entire city was in the review section. it talks about some folks here in the bay area who are trying to optimize cities because they think the bay doesn't work quite right was the quote. what if people who build circuits and social networks can build cities, too? whole new places designed from scafm and freed from broken policies. last october, i'm sure several of you heard that sidewalks labs, an alphabet google company, is teaming up with the city of toronto to redevelop a stretch from the internet up. it's a former industrial area on the waterfront that i've actually been to. i've walked through it. it will be an interesting tale to see what happens. but tech type as much as people talk about the parochial way of building cities but cities don't seem to be evolving into more efficient version of themselves. people talk about how cities evolve. to

and we ask that you bring this topic up with the joint commission you are having next month with the building inspection commission. this is a public health and safety issue. the residents that will live in modular, factory built housing, should be afforded the same protections as conventionally built housing. in addition, our first responders that will have to -- if they have to attend to, god forbid, a fire break out, we don't -- they shouldn't have to go into buildings that are built to less stringent code than san francisco's building codes. thank you very much for your time. have a great afternoon. >> president hillis: thank you, mr. campbell. next speaker, please? >> todd david on behalf of the san francisco housing coalition. i was surprised to hear commissioner richards state that the san francisco housing action commission seems to think that inclusionary percentages is what is killing housing. i don't believe that i've stated that or we've stated that. so i thought it was important that we set the record straight as to what it is that we do believe and happy to announce the

>> good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco historic preservation commission of wednesday, march 7, 2018. i'd like to remind members of the public that the commission does not allow for any outbursts or objections of any kind. lastly, please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. [ roll call. ] we expect commissioner hyland to be absent today. members of the commission, first item on your agenda are public comment. at this time, members of the public may address items before the commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will come when that item is reached in the meeting. >> does any members of the public wish to address the commission on a nonagendaized item? seeing none, we'll move onto item one. >> it>> good afternoon, commissioners. tim frye, department staff. i have a number of announcements to share with you this afternoon. one is in regards to your pending designations for washington high school, roosevelt high school and sunshine middle school. last night, we attended the board of education meeting and

back to the arts commission. >> the arts commission has to move through a formal process. >> i mean in terms of appeal. i thought appeals of our decisions -- >> only when they're coupled with a conditional use authorization or another entitlement. if there's no other entitlement involved, it goes directly to the court of appeals. that concludes my statements. >> we had the discussion on our agenda, and it was continued. is that going to come back soon? >> it is. we're currently working with the city attorney's office on revised language for you to consider. once we have that ready, hopefully we'll bring that back to you in the next couple of minutes. >> seeing nothing else, we'll move on. >> i'm delighted to welcome our commissioner keith black to our commission. welcome. glad to have you. >> welcome. >> very happy to be here. >> draft minutes for the regular hearing of march 7th, 2018. >> commissioners, any comments on the draft minutes? at this time, we'll take public comment on the draft minutes for march 7th, 2018. does any member of the public wish to comment on this item? if s

and i was on the fort commission, we -- when i was on the port commission, we voted with cupid's bow is now. and the embarcadero, and the art commission and the port had approved a giant foot. it was just going to be a foot. about 50 feet tall that was going to go there. and all been approved. and then people started complaining. what is a foot doing? the foot represent ed the embarcadero and embarcadero is spanish and taking a journey. and that turned into such a big battle royale that the foot disappeared. there was no foot. but now you see cupid's bow and that was just as controversial, but that was paid for not by the city but by the developer across the street who was trying to get rights to put in the building and the restaurants that are there now. and they were able to do it. but sometimes these innocent art projects can get out of control. but i think the gate should be pretty good. i just bring that up as curiosity. thank you. >> thank you very much, commissioner hardeman. chief nicholson, my comment on the art piece is that, as you said, the funding from the art piece comes

i'm from the san francisco public utilities commission. e program came about with state wide legislation in 2002 to enable people to take more control over supplies. i first heard of the program when the organization was advocating to launch clean power sf. what i'm most excited about, it's going to bring 100% renewable energy to my home and reinvest into renewable energy infrastructure and jobs. i had gone to a lot of street fairs and heard from the staff at the san francisco public utilities commission to sign up for clean power sf even before it launched. >> we learned about clean power sf because our sustainability team is always looking for clean operations. linkedin is the largest online network. there are about 530 million members using our site. in this san francisco office there's about 1400 employees working in roughly 400,000 square feet. >> after signing up for the program we heard about the san francisco program and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. i'm the co-owner of the new wheel electric bike shop. w

the arts commission is working on the equity action plan. we are in a similar place as the commission of the environment. it is really wonderful to see the presentation, the enthusiasm and the support that the staff has received from the commission. i am here really to show my support for the resolution and hope that you will make this decision in all aspects of your work. we are trying to do the same thing. i believe if all departments work together, that is when we can actually equitily serve all people of san francisco. i want to congratulation the two on the wonderful presentation. it was so inspiring. so quell done we will -- so well-done we will ask for a copy of it. condition gratulations to the commission on the effort to formalize this work. it is important that it is written down so the next generation has something to look at and be proud of. this is national walk out day. the next generation is looking to us as an example moving forward. thank you. >> good evening. i am a san francisco resident for about 15 years. i want to say i

could assume be a case of europe off against silicon valley the commission has outlined a set of proposals to make internet giants like apple google or amazon pay considerably more tax in europe brussels wants to overhaul its tax system to make it fit for the digital age and ensure member states don't miss out on billions of years. it's ireland is popular with tech giants who want to lower their tax bill the firms concentrate their business activities in places where tax rates are especially advantageous that's why apple google and facebook have their european headquarters on the emerald isle but the e.u. commission wants to change that they plan to impose a special three percent tax on certain divisions within the tech giants today's proposal. simply about fair for all companies there about creating the right environment for modern businesses and they're about the future proofing single market so that collectively we can rise to the challenges of our globalized and digital ice age and in the future tech companies would also be taxed where they sell their products and not just where they'r

you said we'd come back to the port commission to authorize port 29. not reading the resolution that way. >> as a change order? >> let me clarify. i think as this is written, you'd authorize both scopes of work. isn't that right? i'm reading it. if you've already proved and recommended the additional funding for pier 29, if the board ever supervisors and mayos and mayor signs off on that, if you'd like to come back on 29, i think we need to rework the resolution because that's not how it is currently drafted. i wanted to clarify that point. >> okay. >> doesn't that require that you find the $2.8 million in your budget first? >> we put it in. we put it in in the capital budget. you've recommended, we haven't got it approved through the process yet. >> let's just -- i'm sorry -- >> i have more about the schedule. but that is fine. i'm almost done. this is the last slide. so if we received the what approval to start today, then we would issue a notice to proceed in may and start the work of pier 31½ and issue a ndz to proceed for pier 31 and finish it in

all right. >> i'd like to thank the commission for that. i thank you for the entire commission. i definitely -- i and the department appreciate what you do, as well, and your support, so thank you. >> president turman: commissioner dejesus. >> commissioner dejesus: so i want to echo. i want to thank you, commissioner turman for also being brave and letting the public know what we're doing here, rather than the hyperbole that has been put out in the public. but i was your representative. i did go to the monday night meeting in the mission, and it was the first time that the public heard that 99 shots were fired by ten officers into this trunk of the car, but what was very disturbing to the neighborhood was it was a two-door, and so there was a teenage girl in the back seat, so she did exactly as instructed. put her hands up, but couldn't get out. she was sitting in the back seat when 99 shots were fired, and the mother was there and the teenagers were appalled that no one helped her get out of the car. they were taken aback by how quickly things happened, the shouting, shouting sh