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every e-mail a member of the public sends to the m.t.a. board is responded to by secretary boomer who does a fantastic job. we do make ourselves available. we go to as many public meetings as we can. when projects are coming before the m.t.a. board or we're having e-mails from neighbors saying they don't like a project we go out to see first-hand. there's no replacement for eyes on the ground to see what it looks like. >> commissioner: okay. >> again, what the public sees is the tip of the iceberg. as you do, we have incredibly full agendas to keep the meetings moving along and approve the projects to get them on the grouped. -- ground. i will stand by the fact my board makes itself available and we all have full-time jobs. it's a volunteer job and labor of love for all of us and i'm proud of what we achieved on the m.t.a. board and what staff has achieved in the last six to seven years. i will stand by that and stand by my entire board and staff and agency. >> commissioner: i don't need you all to comment on this, i just thought of somethi
every e-mail a member of the public sends to the m.t.a. board is responded to by secretary boomer who does a fantastic job. we do make ourselves available. we go to as many public meetings as we can. when projects are coming before the m.t.a. board or we're having e-mails from neighbors saying they don't like a project we go out to see first-hand. there's no replacement for eyes on the ground to see what it looks like. >> commissioner: okay. >> again, what the public sees is the tip...
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of the technology and not by the public. these are some main points. i guess, again, i'll reiterate that the board of supervisors is committed to investigating and adopting legislation including recommendations for a dedicated office of emerging technology with appropriate staffing to ensure the city government is adequately nimble and responsive to address impacts of emerging technologies in san francisco. so those are some of the highlights in which we basically had reworded and we needed to say something about that on the record. >> commissioner safai: okay. i'm going to let chair -- we'll accept those in a comment. can we do public comment and come back to the amendments? any person of the public wish to come forward and speak? you have 2 minutes to speak. if you have any documents hand them to the clerk. please come forward. >> good afternoon, supervisors. lori leaderman. i'd like to thank supervisor yee for his leadership. i support the resolution. it establishes vital guidelines for the consideration of allowing new te
of the technology and not by the public. these are some main points. i guess, again, i'll reiterate that the board of supervisors is committed to investigating and adopting legislation including recommendations for a dedicated office of emerging technology with appropriate staffing to ensure the city government is adequately nimble and responsive to address impacts of emerging technologies in san francisco. so those are some of the highlights in which we basically had reworded and we needed to...
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she is committed to the public service and community. the carpenter's union and its 36,000 members stand alongside [buzzer] [mic cut out] >> supervisor safai: next speaker. >> i'm janet clyde, a small business owner in the north beach district and i have known gail for over 10 years and watched her develop through her work at community housing partnership and i just can't recommend her highly enough in her position and i guess what i see as a san franciscan is her work with families and her work with children and her work bringing people up and i think when we look at the port and issues around the port and activating the port, i think her knowledge of what's needed and people who aren't at the table. there are a lot of people who aren't at the table and i think gail represents a constituency that really needs to be at the table adjacent to our port, our families, low-income families, seniors and people looking for economic opportunities out there. you know, [buzzer] [mic cut out] >> supervisor safai: thank you, ma'am. next speaker. >> un
she is committed to the public service and community. the carpenter's union and its 36,000 members stand alongside [buzzer] [mic cut out] >> supervisor safai: next speaker. >> i'm janet clyde, a small business owner in the north beach district and i have known gail for over 10 years and watched her develop through her work at community housing partnership and i just can't recommend her highly enough in her position and i guess what i see as a san franciscan is her work with families...
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i don't discount members of the public making complaints. i think dpa could also involve city agencies with how the complaint process works out. they all have westbounds -- websit websites. when it comes from a person officially doing work with the san francisco police department on duty and that person sees behaver that needs to be corr t corrected it needs to be brought to the department's attention to handle that. if you give this power to the dpa what the chief is asking res and the department would like, under the charter the chief without a complaint can investigate anything through the department. we ask that we are neildly notified and receive the documentation so if we need to -- our preference is to keep us as the first line to handle interdependental issues with members of our department to keep the city, state and federal agencies within our partnership. >> anything different or -- anything we haven't heard that director henderson or the chief want to add to this? >> noted from -- not from me, sir. >> nothing differently. >> okay.
i don't discount members of the public making complaints. i think dpa could also involve city agencies with how the complaint process works out. they all have westbounds -- websit websites. when it comes from a person officially doing work with the san francisco police department on duty and that person sees behaver that needs to be corr t corrected it needs to be brought to the department's attention to handle that. if you give this power to the dpa what the chief is asking res and the...
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we'll take public comment. now is the time to make public comment on the items be propose proposed f ed for continuance. >> okay. do i have to agree with the continuance? >> okay. >> president hillis: we're not deciding on the project, we were deciding whether to continue it or not. >> i was hoping you would hear it so that it wouldn't be continued. that's all. >> president hillis: now's your time to state that rational for it, but not on the project, just on the continuance. all right go grab your papers. we'll take the next -- >> all right. i would like it to be continued. >> president hillis: which item, ma'am. >> all of them, really. all of them, really. >> president hillis: are you here for a specific item, though? >> what? >> president hillis: are you here for a specific item? >> no. is this the meeting that was posted about the million dollar budget for the homeless? is this the meeting? >> clerk: no. i think you've got the wrong hearing room. >> they told me the wrong meeting. so where's that meeting at? >> clerk:
we'll take public comment. now is the time to make public comment on the items be propose proposed f ed for continuance. >> okay. do i have to agree with the continuance? >> okay. >> president hillis: we're not deciding on the project, we were deciding whether to continue it or not. >> i was hoping you would hear it so that it wouldn't be continued. that's all. >> president hillis: now's your time to state that rational for it, but not on the project, just on the...
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we will ask members of the public to exit the room. >> we show public quorum. to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses here in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, start here at the office of small business. thank you. first item, please. >> clerk: item one, call to order and roll call. [ roll call. ] >> clerk: mr. president, you have a quorum. >> great. thank you. next item, please. >> clerk: item 2, general public comment. allows members of the public to comment generally on matters within the business commission's jurisdiction, but not on the agenda, and suggests future discussion items. >> do we have members of the public that would like to talk to us on items that are not on today's agenda. hello, sir. >> my name is stephen cornell and i am representing the council of district merchants, and i had a request. i think last meeting or meeting before, you had a discussion about displays in storefronts and the general health of business and retail in san francisco. from
we will ask members of the public to exit the room. >> we show public quorum. to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses here in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, start here at the office of small business. thank you. first item, please. >> clerk: item one, call to order and roll call. [ roll call. ] >> clerk: mr. president, you have a quorum. >> great. thank you. next item,...
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they work for those who know the rules, but not for the general public. dbi's rules of demolition are vague, and i think planning's are over kind of complicated and difficult to interpret, and, you know, there's that area between the two where you can be not a dbi demobut a planning demo, which just doesn't make any sense. these should be -- the public should be able to look at a building and kind of understand that it's a demo, or not, and it's not clear. the public brought up a building that you can see through, but it's not a demoby anybody's definitions. that just doesn't work. it hassto pass a logic test, and i don't think they do. most planning staff and dbi staff have starts down paths. i've heard comments from commissioners that can make that definition a lot easier. the difficulty is when do we discourage demolition or when do we say it's okay to demo a building? we certainly want to discourage it when it's a historic resource and it fits in the neighborhood character. we want to discourage it
they work for those who know the rules, but not for the general public. dbi's rules of demolition are vague, and i think planning's are over kind of complicated and difficult to interpret, and, you know, there's that area between the two where you can be not a dbi demobut a planning demo, which just doesn't make any sense. these should be -- the public should be able to look at a building and kind of understand that it's a demo, or not, and it's not clear. the public brought up a building that...
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first discuss the public seat. it's our recommendation to the appointment to the public seat be continued until the next lafco meeting. three affirmative votes are required to appoint to that seat, and commissioner pollock may not vote for herself, so we're requesting the continuance so that you're able to consider appointing to the alternate seat, and in the meantime, commissioner pollock will remain as a holdover pursuant to the government code and to the lafco's policies and procedures. regarding the alternate seat, it is possible for the commission to remove the current alternate from the public seat, as you know, removal can occur at any time, and for without cause. the commission may pain a new commissioner -- excuse me, a new alternate to this seat, and this individual should be able to assist lafco in its decision to fill the public seat. we've posted a vacancy notice for the alternate seat, and we have an applicant. she is here today. her name is miss shanti singh, and she is here to provide some comments.
first discuss the public seat. it's our recommendation to the appointment to the public seat be continued until the next lafco meeting. three affirmative votes are required to appoint to that seat, and commissioner pollock may not vote for herself, so we're requesting the continuance so that you're able to consider appointing to the alternate seat, and in the meantime, commissioner pollock will remain as a holdover pursuant to the government code and to the lafco's policies and procedures....
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members of the public, please take the time to silence your phones or other electronic devices. public comment during the meeting is limited to three minutes for speaker. speakers are requested but not required to state arthur names. completion of a speaker card while optional, will help ensure proper spelling of speakers' names in the written record of the meeting. please place speaker cards in the basket to the right of the lectern. speaker cards will be called in the order in which they were placed in the basket. initially there is a sign in sheet on the front table. sfgovt sfgovtv, please show the office of small business live. >> good afternoon. it is the tradition to start each meeting with the small business commission is the o-- should be your first stop when you have questions about what to do next. you can all find us in person or on-line at city hall. best of all, all our services are free of charge. the small business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in san
members of the public, please take the time to silence your phones or other electronic devices. public comment during the meeting is limited to three minutes for speaker. speakers are requested but not required to state arthur names. completion of a speaker card while optional, will help ensure proper spelling of speakers' names in the written record of the meeting. please place speaker cards in the basket to the right of the lectern. speaker cards will be called in the order in which they were...
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the public will be made aware of in advance of the may 1st board meeting. i would say all the numbers are being worked out, but probably more than one permit that would be issued, but some sort of cap on the number of permits. >> i think it's important to cap the number that are on the road so that we can see how it works out before we expand the program. have you thought about -- may 1st is very soon, so i think you would have thought about speed and where to allow the motorized scooters and how to dock them. could you share some of the mta thoughts about that. >> sure. in terms of where they're allowed on the road, we have more limited authority, because that's generally covered under the california vehicle code, either under current law or pending election lation. they're not allowed on sidewalks, they are allowed in bike lanes, they aren't allowed on roads greater than 25 miles an hour, but that's not really subject to mta. we will be working on very detailed placement guidelines where you can and cannot place the scooters and operation plans that show
the public will be made aware of in advance of the may 1st board meeting. i would say all the numbers are being worked out, but probably more than one permit that would be issued, but some sort of cap on the number of permits. >> i think it's important to cap the number that are on the road so that we can see how it works out before we expand the program. have you thought about -- may 1st is very soon, so i think you would have thought about speed and where to allow the motorized scooters...
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concerns about ideology or innovation due to the constraints of either the public sector or the private sector and their unwillingness to invest resources. i was just going to say, a good example in terms of public interest is electronic health records. over the years, we have seen these become much more resilient because of public interest guided by hipaa and other regulatory prescribed rules that have helped the private sector innovate in a way that is more readily available. i would just add by saying it is the scalability of the partnership that needs to generate output. we often deal with this in my particular work where we are asked to see, is this a benefit to civil society? if it's only benefiting one part or block and you are taking all of this r&d money for competitive advantage, it has not really met the criteria>> thank you for that question.>>> a question in the second row? the left side of the room is extraordinarily inquisitive this morning, we invite anyone to take questions from the right side of the room. >> thank you very much, i am marina, an afghan american journali
concerns about ideology or innovation due to the constraints of either the public sector or the private sector and their unwillingness to invest resources. i was just going to say, a good example in terms of public interest is electronic health records. over the years, we have seen these become much more resilient because of public interest guided by hipaa and other regulatory prescribed rules that have helped the private sector innovate in a way that is more readily available. i would just add...
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benefits, such as the development of a park or another public amenity. for example, california pacific medical center development agreement requires the development of a variety of different public amenities. so that is not what we're talking about today, so i just wanted to clarify that. additionally, the term community benefit is often used in the context of talking about a community benefit district. san francisco has a number of community benefit districts the districts can be created under state law by a city or a county according to certain procedures and subject to the approval of the property heard within the district. if approved, there's a special assessment that goes on the property bill that can be used only for limited purposes for providing public improvements, maintenance and oth maintenance and activities that promote economic vitality in the district. when we're talking about looking at hospital community benefit oversights. that's not the context with which we're using community benefits, and certainly creating a community bene
benefits, such as the development of a park or another public amenity. for example, california pacific medical center development agreement requires the development of a variety of different public amenities. so that is not what we're talking about today, so i just wanted to clarify that. additionally, the term community benefit is often used in the context of talking about a community benefit district. san francisco has a number of community benefit districts the districts can be created under...
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library's the bridge at main. public comment is welcome. break, the council will take a 15 minute break. item 7, information item. sf digital equity and the disability community. this presentation will introduce the council to the san francisco digital equity initiative and playbook. there will then be a discussion with the council on ways to engage the disability community on further user research and what's needed to better serve the tech needs of persons with disabilities. presentation by alex banh. digital inclusion officer, committee on information technology, city and county of san francisco. public comment is welcome. item 8, information item. better market street. an overview of the better market street project which proposes to bring transformative safety, transit and street scape update grades to 2.2 miles of market street, from octavia boulevard to steurt street. presentation by similaren bertrang, project manager, doesn't of public works. item 89, public comment. item not on today's agenda but within the juri
library's the bridge at main. public comment is welcome. break, the council will take a 15 minute break. item 7, information item. sf digital equity and the disability community. this presentation will introduce the council to the san francisco digital equity initiative and playbook. there will then be a discussion with the council on ways to engage the disability community on further user research and what's needed to better serve the tech needs of persons with disabilities. presentation by...
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>> well, i would defer to the office of public finance. i don't know which is the actual constraint, whether it's the -- 3.25% of discretionary revenue, i believe that's more of the active constraint, but you are correct, that the city needs to have an assets to pledge. >> it does not compete with the g.o. bonds against -- >> correct, that's right. the g.o. bonds hit the property tax directly, you see it on your property taxes that you are paying x dollars to fund x bond, by bond. whereas the taxes the general fund bucket that does not appear on the property tax rate. and so the debt payments for the c.o.p. program are competing for all other general fund, and that's why we cap it at 3.25% so we are not going above and beyond and spending all of our revenue on just debt payments. >> ok. page 11, the seawall, earthquake safety program, eligible programs costs. there's an audit report out now on the prebond sale and lack of specificity, and i would venture the capital planning committee plays a role in that. below these programs that are high
>> well, i would defer to the office of public finance. i don't know which is the actual constraint, whether it's the -- 3.25% of discretionary revenue, i believe that's more of the active constraint, but you are correct, that the city needs to have an assets to pledge. >> it does not compete with the g.o. bonds against -- >> correct, that's right. the g.o. bonds hit the property tax directly, you see it on your property taxes that you are paying x dollars to fund x bond, by...
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it is something that can reinforce the public good. it can probably minimize the deleterious or negative effects. waze has the capacity, as anthony says, of producing enormous amounts of useful data with respect to metropolitan planning, infrastructure planning and that kind much thing, but it will tells members of my family if i stopped off at the dubliner and i worry about that. with respect to involvement in the space program, i agree with rich. this has been an accelerant. it is cost effective, a quit integrator of technologies. the one tesla i had my eye on is on its way to mars now, so i'm out of the business for a while. but i think it is a real opportunity for us in terms of technology transfer, both in context of national security, but even more so towards internally the goods of civil society and the transference to civil society that is the real opportunity. rich, you have touched that a number of times in terms much opportunities. let me go to the audience now. we have a rich array of attendees this morning from a number of
it is something that can reinforce the public good. it can probably minimize the deleterious or negative effects. waze has the capacity, as anthony says, of producing enormous amounts of useful data with respect to metropolitan planning, infrastructure planning and that kind much thing, but it will tells members of my family if i stopped off at the dubliner and i worry about that. with respect to involvement in the space program, i agree with rich. this has been an accelerant. it is cost...
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it is notjust your personal view but you are trying to work with where the public is as well. tantly not being met? that's the thing, it has constantly not been met and they are kind of like numbers in the sky. we need to have a system that says, what is it that we can handle and what we want? i think it should be as fair as open as possible. to put weight on the idea of being a citizen and part of a nation state, notjust being a number but being part of something gets lost in this technocratic babble. i think we would have set targets, not a one size fits all target and they wouldn't set a number you can never meet. once they have decided to do it, what you end up now is you end up turning down nhs trusts who have doctors they desperately need to do it, sorry it's because of the target. the public don't really mind. it is absolutely crazy. and also care homes lower down the skill set. people want to know why people are coming as well as how many. the public are open to skilled migration, i think they do want an ability to control the pace of low—end semiskilled immigration and
it is notjust your personal view but you are trying to work with where the public is as well. tantly not being met? that's the thing, it has constantly not been met and they are kind of like numbers in the sky. we need to have a system that says, what is it that we can handle and what we want? i think it should be as fair as open as possible. to put weight on the idea of being a citizen and part of a nation state, notjust being a number but being part of something gets lost in this technocratic...
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the jump bikes. that was my concern initially. they are taking away public racks for private use, but they have been permitted. the city has vetted through all of that stuff. they are another option for folks to use. our issue is we want to make sure people are not riding bike on the sidewalks. >> with the safety and security work are you seeing an improvement with the investments you have made on security in the neighborhood? >> it is an ongoing effort. about a year ago for this fiscal year we increased our sfpd hour from 10 to 12 hours each day. they are working 7 days each week 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. we have a large residential population we wanted to straddle the evening hours as well. they work with community guides. it is challenging. the conditions on the street it feels like they are not necessarily getting better. we have larger -- more and more erratic behavior on the streets. there is a homeless situation. our officer has been strumental in helping us address those issues. our approach with our officer and with our social service specialist is we
the jump bikes. that was my concern initially. they are taking away public racks for private use, but they have been permitted. the city has vetted through all of that stuff. they are another option for folks to use. our issue is we want to make sure people are not riding bike on the sidewalks. >> with the safety and security work are you seeing an improvement with the investments you have made on security in the neighborhood? >> it is an ongoing effort. about a year ago for this...
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any other members of the public that would like to address the executive director report? seeing none, we close public comment. any questions from the board? ok. thank you very much. i think we have maybe just one item left. >> two. board reports and board good of the order. >> we'll take that as submitted. public comment regarding board reports? seeing none, we close public comment. any discussion amongst the board? ok. next item then, please. is that it? i guess i lost track. and we finished -- oh, good of the order. anything from the board? i will follow up with staff regarding item. anything else from the board? call for the public comment? would the public like to address the board regarding good of the order? we'll close public comment, meeting adjourned. thank you so much. >> good afternoon, welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, april 10th, 2018. madam clerk, please call the roll. [ roll call ] >> madam president, you have a quorum. >> thank you. please join us in the pledge of allegiance. [ pledge of allegiance ] >> all right. madam c
any other members of the public that would like to address the executive director report? seeing none, we close public comment. any questions from the board? ok. thank you very much. i think we have maybe just one item left. >> two. board reports and board good of the order. >> we'll take that as submitted. public comment regarding board reports? seeing none, we close public comment. any discussion amongst the board? ok. next item then, please. is that it? i guess i lost track. and...
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members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public in the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission, with respect to agenda items, opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member may address the commission for up to one minute. >> president hillis: thank you. i have a number of speaker cards for general public comment. names. and if you could line up on the screen side of the room, that would be great. mr. brown. >> i would invite you to not give the oldest, the largest, and the baddest civil rights organization of this nation, only one minute. naacp is here representing a large contingency of persons, and i think that out of respect, because of the weightiness and the seriousness of the matter, you should not reduce us to one minute. >> president hillis: how about two minutes here, we have a full house and a full calendar after this also. ok? thank you, sir. so, reverend brown, you'll be the first speaker. james, kimberly, gwen, hal, oscar, joyce, neola, and steve, and more speaker cards. tho
members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public in the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission, with respect to agenda items, opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member may address the commission for up to one minute. >> president hillis: thank you. i have a number of speaker cards for general public comment. names. and if you could line up on the screen side of the room, that would...
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the clerk: thank you. is there any other general public comment? seeing none we'll take a quick moment to thank everyone who's here and how of course for me it makes leaving difficult and has made the last 10 years at the board of appeals an interesting and pleasurable experience. i have the highest regard for the people in the city family and it's you who have kept me here the past three decades. thank you for coming tonight. it means a great deal to me. now we can move on to item number 2, with, commissioners comments and questions. >> i have a few comments. we wish her the best and sure she'll be welcomed in our after meeting drinks if she so chooses. i do want to make public a little discussion on the process. when cynthia first announced she was going to retire, she and hr department of the city were quite helpful in preparing the process and taking the process through its fruition. we received 23 applications and interviewed competent applicants. out of that at our february 21st meeting in closed session the commission decided we'd offer the p
the clerk: thank you. is there any other general public comment? seeing none we'll take a quick moment to thank everyone who's here and how of course for me it makes leaving difficult and has made the last 10 years at the board of appeals an interesting and pleasurable experience. i have the highest regard for the people in the city family and it's you who have kept me here the past three decades. thank you for coming tonight. it means a great deal to me. now we can move on to item number 2,...
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i'm representing the department of public health. i'm a senior inspector with the environmental health branch, and i oversee the day-to-day operations of the mobile food facility program. we did provide -- i don't know if it's on the overhead, but i'm just placing one of the sides of the brochures that we give out to public kind of describing the mobile food facility classifications just to draw attention as our permitting process to the plan review of the designated carts or trucks or trailers, the minimum requirement of the construction to relate to those classifications. but when an applicant comes in for a permit, i start off the conversation with two primary questions. one being where do they want to vend? sometimes they don't have an idea yet, so we discuss dpw or planning requirements based on where they want to start operating. and a lot of times, they refer them to go to department of public works to initiate the discussion before pursuing a permit with us just to make sure they can lock in the locations that they are hoping
i'm representing the department of public health. i'm a senior inspector with the environmental health branch, and i oversee the day-to-day operations of the mobile food facility program. we did provide -- i don't know if it's on the overhead, but i'm just placing one of the sides of the brochures that we give out to public kind of describing the mobile food facility classifications just to draw attention as our permitting process to the plan review of the designated carts or trucks or...
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i want to distinguish these two terms from the public guardian. there's some confusion about the role and the inner play. the public guardian is a program that's also operated by our department and this program oversees conservatorships for adults with cognitive impairments, dementia like alzheimer's decide. -- disease. public conservatorships tend to be established for the life span of the conserve person. when the act was passed the intention was really to end lengthy, indeterminate and involuntary commitments that were really complon at that time. the model that was established under the act is a recovery model. it's really based on the understanding that mental illness is treatable. i have some codes here. 5150 might be a term that many are familiar with. a 5150 hold can be used for danger to self or danger to others. most individuals that are held on a 5150 generally stabilize within that 72 hour period. they might be released even after a few hours. it's a much smaller percentage of mentally ill individuals that do not recover within a few da
i want to distinguish these two terms from the public guardian. there's some confusion about the role and the inner play. the public guardian is a program that's also operated by our department and this program oversees conservatorships for adults with cognitive impairments, dementia like alzheimer's decide. -- disease. public conservatorships tend to be established for the life span of the conserve person. when the act was passed the intention was really to end lengthy, indeterminate and...
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this evening the public meeting heard that the police cordon were becoming down some time in a next few replaced by hoardings in anticipation of the decontamination taking place. that could take several weeks, and it is fairto could take several weeks, and it is fair to say that people in salisbury are still quite worried, many of them telling me they are still nervous, some of the traders saying that many people are not coming into the city because they are so worried about what has been going on. but the deputy chief constable of wiltshire police says that, actually, salisbury is incredibly safe. we are absolutely aware of the impact of the incident on some mothers of the public, but from the policing perspective, it is a very safe city to come and visit, and we would encourage people to come into the city, it is open for business. there is a policing presence in the city in relation to the cordon is that we have, and officers are there to reassure the public, but this is an isolated incident which took place on the 4th of march this year, there is no ongoing risk to the public, and w
this evening the public meeting heard that the police cordon were becoming down some time in a next few replaced by hoardings in anticipation of the decontamination taking place. that could take several weeks, and it is fairto could take several weeks, and it is fair to say that people in salisbury are still quite worried, many of them telling me they are still nervous, some of the traders saying that many people are not coming into the city because they are so worried about what has been going...
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nobody in the public knows who is who. and i think that needs to change so people like the gentleman before that spoke shouldn't have to have a long rant about how they feel, i think people should have services in place to help them that only do not benefit the tech companies. that's all i wanted to say. >> supervisor safai: thank you, any other members of the public wish to comment on the item? seeing none, public comment is closed. any additional comments? oh, want to make a motion. >> supervisor yee: make a motion. >> supervisor safai: i'm sorry, i think supervisor stefani would like this say something. >> supervisor stefani: ben rosenfield is an example of what is right with san francisco and right with city government. i love what you said about the people doing good for the government, i have loved working with you. what i love about you, you have treated me no different than when i was an aide for nine years to now in this position and it's because you are reliable, respectful, patient, helpful, you're funny. i was w
nobody in the public knows who is who. and i think that needs to change so people like the gentleman before that spoke shouldn't have to have a long rant about how they feel, i think people should have services in place to help them that only do not benefit the tech companies. that's all i wanted to say. >> supervisor safai: thank you, any other members of the public wish to comment on the item? seeing none, public comment is closed. any additional comments? oh, want to make a motion....
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the hearing. regarding public comment. after discussion of all proposed amendments from the commission and the board, the president will open public comment. there will be only one opportunity for the public comment on this item no matter how many amendments are offered and even if new amendments are offered after public comment. each speaker will have up to two minutes for public comment. so please fashion your comments to include all possibilities for potential amendments. regarding voting on the amendments. after public comment, the debate is closed and the ethics commission will consider all amendments that have been proposed first and will then vote on the ordinance as amended. at the commission's discretion, questions may be posed to the members of the board. the ethics commission approves its amendments by three affirmative votes. once the commission begins their final consideration on the ordinance as amended the commission requests the board refrain from further debate with the commission until the matter is fully
the hearing. regarding public comment. after discussion of all proposed amendments from the commission and the board, the president will open public comment. there will be only one opportunity for the public comment on this item no matter how many amendments are offered and even if new amendments are offered after public comment. each speaker will have up to two minutes for public comment. so please fashion your comments to include all possibilities for potential amendments. regarding voting on...
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at this time, during this time as we discuss the ordinance before public comment? >> well, i want the definition of the word "promptly" in section 1.114, subsection f. >> chairperson d. chiu: i'm sorry. section? 1.114 subsection f. so this would be page 5? >> i don't know, there are so many versions, it's my page. >> chairperson d. chiu: okay, so on your proposed amendment, it's page 3? >> no, it's page 5, you're right. you did supply, i can't find the one you gave me at the beginning of the meeting. >> so to clarify, i believe commissioner kopps -- >> okay, you recommend, or you don't recommend, but you say it can be clarified by a regulation? >> i believe commissioner kopp is referring to communication on page 5, line 22. >> page 5 of what? >> the larger document with blue and yellow highlighting included in your agenda packet. >> okay. >> chairperson d. chiu: commissioner kopp, did you want to amend the ordinance? >> commissioner q. kopp: i would prefer but i suppose for speed in dealing with this, let it be done by regulation. but it is an inexact word. could we
at this time, during this time as we discuss the ordinance before public comment? >> well, i want the definition of the word "promptly" in section 1.114, subsection f. >> chairperson d. chiu: i'm sorry. section? 1.114 subsection f. so this would be page 5? >> i don't know, there are so many versions, it's my page. >> chairperson d. chiu: okay, so on your proposed amendment, it's page 3? >> no, it's page 5, you're right. you did supply, i can't find the...
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the language. ten people spoke during public comments. including representatives from the sierra club and literacy for environmental justice. the port. and the public library also spoke in support of the resolution and the inner agency collaboration co-led by san francisco fire and planning. the community members added one amendment from survivor. to -- supervisor. on city owned land. supervisor kim also raised questions from their constituents whether or not the biodiversity would increase conflicts with public access and pesticide and herbicide use. director rafael and the san francisco environment integrated pest management responded to concerns and clarified that the resolution does not impact areas or ordnance. in the end the committee passed the resolution and sent it to the full poored. at the -- full board last week [ indiscernible ] 16carmalita street was adopted. developing agreements. passed their first read and a resolution urges amendments to california senate state bill 827 sponsored by senator weiner was ado adopted. and the
the language. ten people spoke during public comments. including representatives from the sierra club and literacy for environmental justice. the port. and the public library also spoke in support of the resolution and the inner agency collaboration co-led by san francisco fire and planning. the community members added one amendment from survivor. to -- supervisor. on city owned land. supervisor kim also raised questions from their constituents whether or not the biodiversity would increase...
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again, as my colleagues just mentioned, this is under the general public comment, and i also still wanted to echo that the topic which you've mostly been hearing about, which is tantamount to demolition, our members live in the city as well, we have approximately 6,000 members who live in the city, so we're definitely concerned about anything that -- any changes that would eliminate their ability, that would so weaken them in terms of being demolished -- using those rules to sort of work around an eviction. i also want to note that the timer doesn't seem to be going. >> secretary ionin: sorry. we'll dock you a minute. >> so what i'll do also is read portions of a letter that we wrote to mayor farrell regarding factory built housing. and in particular, i want to mention the way that factory built housing and the lejs wlags that affects factory built housing may also end up applying to and being relevant to other forms of factory built constructions such as hotels. so i'll read the portions of this as much as i can. our union represents approximately 13,000 hospitality workers in san franci
again, as my colleagues just mentioned, this is under the general public comment, and i also still wanted to echo that the topic which you've mostly been hearing about, which is tantamount to demolition, our members live in the city as well, we have approximately 6,000 members who live in the city, so we're definitely concerned about anything that -- any changes that would eliminate their ability, that would so weaken them in terms of being demolished -- using those rules to sort of work around...
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it made it harder for the executive branch to suppress and sensor publication based on claims of national security. since that historic case, mr. abrams has argued more first amendment and media law cases before the united states supreme court than any lawyer in our country's history. he has successfully represented landmark communications in its case against the state of virginia, and successfully established the principle that the press may not be punished for printing the truth about how a public official performs public duties. he has handled many important cases regarding libel, lakes, and the confidentiality of journalistic sources. in addition to the new york times, his clients include abc, nbc, cbs, cnn, time magazine, business week, the nation, and standard & poor's financial services. he represented the brooklyn museum of art when mayor rudy giuliani decided to censor the art there as being sacrilegious. as a testament to his stance on first amendment rights, mr. abrams has more recently helped argue a side more aligned with conservative views in the famous case of citizens unit
it made it harder for the executive branch to suppress and sensor publication based on claims of national security. since that historic case, mr. abrams has argued more first amendment and media law cases before the united states supreme court than any lawyer in our country's history. he has successfully represented landmark communications in its case against the state of virginia, and successfully established the principle that the press may not be punished for printing the truth about how a...
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it's a hazard to the public. give us the exit strategy, act in good faith according to the contract between the sf mta and the credit union, buy back all the medallions and give us our earned free medallion, please, thank you. >> president breed: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. andrew. be the spreading of the word of truth, works for new century and the seeking of salvation for people. -- can be resolved by personal calibration. holy works have been with meditation and mercy -- prison life. one must achieve an objective for prosperity by engaging in all sorts of good deeds for nation. virtues of one's heart and to extend the virtue of kindness and righteousness onto the people. -- improvement our present virtues by offering help and delivering to others. once we resolve the tragedies. one should promote world studies and should apply one's virtue of making improvement in the work conditions for well-being of our people. ensuring patriotism and righteousness. one should perform
it's a hazard to the public. give us the exit strategy, act in good faith according to the contract between the sf mta and the credit union, buy back all the medallions and give us our earned free medallion, please, thank you. >> president breed: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. andrew. be the spreading of the word of truth, works for new century and the seeking of salvation for people. -- can be resolved by personal calibration. holy works have...
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in addition to all the other avenues for public comment. moving on, our process. we've had 14 meetings in this rates cycle since september of 2014. we've seen the consultant, the report, the staff reports and the -- all the charts and tables and everything else. we hold our meetings here at the headquarters of the commission. we try to create a very transparent and open process. unfortunately we've had very limited public attendance and very limited public comment at our meetings, however, we are aware of comments from the 218 process as well as several of us attended the cac meetings where they gots the rates package and there was a lot of comments from that very vocal group, which we've taken into consideration. when we look at what is -- what the -- the out comes of the rate proposal, we really have confidence in the staff. they have been very open, they have been very detailed. they answer all the questions, they are very timely with everything. we know that there's really a modest reallocation of cost and a lot of that may be consultant
in addition to all the other avenues for public comment. moving on, our process. we've had 14 meetings in this rates cycle since september of 2014. we've seen the consultant, the report, the staff reports and the -- all the charts and tables and everything else. we hold our meetings here at the headquarters of the commission. we try to create a very transparent and open process. unfortunately we've had very limited public attendance and very limited public comment at our meetings, however, we...
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topics including his most recent called "the soul of the first amendment" which is six to educate the public about the first amendment and how it provides the most robust protection of free expression in the world. of the book addresses the topics we have been dealing with in their symposium today regarding the future of our first amendment and is so we could not be more fortunate than to have him with us today as the person rightly deemed quote the most significant first amendment lawyer of outrage. please join me in welcoming floyd abrams to the podium. [applause]. >> thank you so much. i appreciate all you said and i'm delighted to be here today. i was fortunate enough to have arrived early enough to listen to the two panels and i have even been inspired to begin today, not as i was about to. i was about to start by telling you that i had chosen a topic none of you have thought about, donald trump. but, i was inspired listening to the discussion of facebook this morning so i just wanted to start with one or two thoughts on the. seems to me the single most significant cultural events of th
topics including his most recent called "the soul of the first amendment" which is six to educate the public about the first amendment and how it provides the most robust protection of free expression in the world. of the book addresses the topics we have been dealing with in their symposium today regarding the future of our first amendment and is so we could not be more fortunate than to have him with us today as the person rightly deemed quote the most significant first amendment...
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members of the public may address the board for up to three minutes. will hear a single chime when there are 30 seconds remaining. please state your name and the organization that you are representing if any for the record. >> supervisor tsen: anybody who wishes to address the board please come up. yes? >> madam chair and ladies and gentlemen of the board and ladies and gentlemen of the audience and director beck and miss austin. my name is jim hancock, the president and founder of the san francisco sailing science center incorporated, a california non-profit benefit corporation whose mission is to inspire a passion for science and sailing through the creation of a museum, a hands on interactive museum, much like san francisco's explore exploratorim but every exhibit is pertaining to sailing. it's the hope of our group to set this museum up in treasure island's hangar 3. we think this is the ideal location for the museum. and so i am here today with the purpose of both introducing myself to all of you and the project as well as beginning a conversation
members of the public may address the board for up to three minutes. will hear a single chime when there are 30 seconds remaining. please state your name and the organization that you are representing if any for the record. >> supervisor tsen: anybody who wishes to address the board please come up. yes? >> madam chair and ladies and gentlemen of the board and ladies and gentlemen of the audience and director beck and miss austin. my name is jim hancock, the president and founder of...
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the mission bay area. >> good afternoon, supervisors, department of public works. and as the clerk noted, we have two pieces of public infrastructure which we are asking to be accepted. the first is as noted, seventh street mission bay drive and if i could have the overhead projector, that would be helpful. thank you. seventh and mission bay drive is indicated here in green. and just for reference on the second item is mariposa, which is a single block section noted in purple below. the seventh street and mission bay drive intersection public improvement project is located in mission bay south redevelopment area and part of the reconstruction plan for mission bay south. it consists of constructing infrastructure improvements in portions of seventh street, mission bay drive and barry street corrector. the plans included at grade railroad crossing. the peninsula corridor joint powers board and california public utilities commission. they approved the redevelopment plan and infrastructure plan, which closed at at grade railroad crossing and provided the new location as
the mission bay area. >> good afternoon, supervisors, department of public works. and as the clerk noted, we have two pieces of public infrastructure which we are asking to be accepted. the first is as noted, seventh street mission bay drive and if i could have the overhead projector, that would be helpful. thank you. seventh and mission bay drive is indicated here in green. and just for reference on the second item is mariposa, which is a single block section noted in purple below. the...