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the public is not so sure about that. i would say it is worth noting most of the responses to all of these questions, the plurality of responses, has been the number three or don't know kind of category. that is a flag that we need more information here. don't really know how to answer this question. that is an opportunity for making a connection, starting a conversation, answering questions. again,ing on, we see, when you add important and somewhat important responses, overwhelmingly the american public believes is important for the federal government to find international programs on the surveillance and detection of infectious disease outbreaks. this is the kind of work the cdc does. this is a strong statement in support of that incredible government agency. when people were given an opportunity to respond to statement a for statement b in terms of the role of the government and educating -- and people understand when you say the government, you are talking about my tax dollars. know he willwe understand questions like
the public is not so sure about that. i would say it is worth noting most of the responses to all of these questions, the plurality of responses, has been the number three or don't know kind of category. that is a flag that we need more information here. don't really know how to answer this question. that is an opportunity for making a connection, starting a conversation, answering questions. again,ing on, we see, when you add important and somewhat important responses, overwhelmingly the...
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any comments from the public? hearing none, call the question. all in favor? any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. item ll, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with mission neighborhood centers for the provision of community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2020 in the amount of $475,380 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $522,918. welcome back, linda. >> thank you, commissioner. commissioners, i seek your approval to enter into a new grant with mission neighborhood center. mission neighborhood center is in district nine. it's on cap street near 18th. language capacity includes english, spanish, tagalog and cantonese dialect. mission is open monday through friday, and when i was told what they were most proud of, i was told it was their intergenerational guitar classes. any questions i can answer? skbl thank you. any comments from commissioners? any comments from the public? please step up. >> goo
any comments from the public? hearing none, call the question. all in favor? any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. item ll, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with mission neighborhood centers for the provision of community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2020 in the amount of $475,380 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $522,918. welcome back, linda. >> thank you,...
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but the public isn't so sure about that. i would also say it's worth noting that most of the responses to all of these questions, the plurality of the responses is in the number three or if you will, don't know kind of category. and that's a flag we need more information. don't really know how to answer this question. that's an opportunity. for make iing a connection. starting a conversation, answering questions. moving on. we see that the american public believes it's important to fund international programs on the surveillance and detection of infectious disease outbreaks. this is the kind of work the cdc does. when people were given an opportunity to respond to statement a or b in terms of the roll of role of government in educating an people understand that when you say the government dwovt, we're talking abts my tax dollars here. we know people understand questions like this that way. many more people say that the federal government should do more to educate the public versus those who believe that the public is sufficie
but the public isn't so sure about that. i would also say it's worth noting that most of the responses to all of these questions, the plurality of the responses is in the number three or if you will, don't know kind of category. and that's a flag we need more information. don't really know how to answer this question. that's an opportunity. for make iing a connection. starting a conversation, answering questions. moving on. we see that the american public believes it's important to fund...
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that's the public platform option. the civic sanction twauary opt there's flexible lawn on the north side of the plaza, there's plexible paved area on the south side where you can have large scale art installations, there's a viewing courtyard on this option that wouldn't be accessible, but it would be there to provide light to brooksall below, and there's kiosks and gardens around the edge. there's lawn panels in the center of the street, so turning it into a green space. and then u.n. plaza, for this pgs on, the existing structure is mostly retained, and the fountain would be restored, but some of the back boulders would be removed. and then finally, the cultural connector, the focus on diversity and culture in this option, an expansive tree canopy, civic center plaza, there's a mirror fountain in the center of the plaza that could be easily drained. there's glades that frame that central space and could be home to a variety of uses such as picnicking, and there's two large pavilions, one side provides access to the g
that's the public platform option. the civic sanction twauary opt there's flexible lawn on the north side of the plaza, there's plexible paved area on the south side where you can have large scale art installations, there's a viewing courtyard on this option that wouldn't be accessible, but it would be there to provide light to brooksall below, and there's kiosks and gardens around the edge. there's lawn panels in the center of the street, so turning it into a green space. and then u.n. plaza,...
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i had the opportunity to talk and it focuses on the public health threat of the day that the public is worried about now but i do think it is important to remember 100 years ago these diseases which were common with hundred years ago but are not now. that is because of immunization really a public health accessory of our century but the morbidity and mortality even those that we have less than perfect control like pertussis moms and measles we are still preventing more cases than one century ago which is an incredible achievement. another way to look at it, 1964 able to vaccinate against reasons now for 16 also it is a perfect illustration of ingenuity so on the bench top of the scientific laboratory and then when they go into the arms but this is another way to look at it and it is important we understand there is the opposite with the use of more vaccines that has gone down substantially but i hope we agree it is a worthwhile investment. but it is not enough just to have those vaccines sitting there but it is getting them into those that need it where they can prevent diseases so the
i had the opportunity to talk and it focuses on the public health threat of the day that the public is worried about now but i do think it is important to remember 100 years ago these diseases which were common with hundred years ago but are not now. that is because of immunization really a public health accessory of our century but the morbidity and mortality even those that we have less than perfect control like pertussis moms and measles we are still preventing more cases than one century...
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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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but the public is not so sure. to all ofe response these questions, the if you don't know category, that is a flag. we need more information. they don't know how to answer this question. that is an opportunity to make connections, starting conversations, and answering questions. see very important and somewhat important responses. overwhelmingly, the american public believes it is important for the government to fund surveillance of disease outbreaks. statement inong support of that incredible government agency. people were given an opportunity to respond to statement a or b in terms of the people of the government in educating, and people understand you are talking about their tax dollars. people understand questions like this. way more people will say the federal government should do more to educate the public, versus those who believe the public is sufficiently informed. there is more work ahead for the government directly and those who were funded by and work with the government. that peoples to you believe over
but the public is not so sure. to all ofe response these questions, the if you don't know category, that is a flag. we need more information. they don't know how to answer this question. that is an opportunity to make connections, starting conversations, and answering questions. see very important and somewhat important responses. overwhelmingly, the american public believes it is important for the government to fund surveillance of disease outbreaks. statement inong support of that incredible...
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understand that, so let's understand going forward, because obviously when we approved this, this was in the public record that we had approved a 10% contingency, and the contractor would have seen that. so i guess in the future, we should understand if you're going to award a contract, are you going to -- so for our knowledge then, if we have two options, then we should know if you're going to include it or you're going to make a modification going forward. >> we include it. we include it at the time of the contract award. we include it in the contingency. it doesn't belong to the contractor. it's a base award, but we write the contract with the additional funding for the contingency should we need to use it. that is the appropriate way to move forward and in general how we execute our contracts. >> okay. well that's -- i guess we're getting educated here than what i always understood in the past. i thought we always put the 10% in the contract. >> we do, and i'm agreeing with you. at the time of the contract award we award the base amount plus the full amount of contingency, so the full amount is
understand that, so let's understand going forward, because obviously when we approved this, this was in the public record that we had approved a 10% contingency, and the contractor would have seen that. so i guess in the future, we should understand if you're going to award a contract, are you going to -- so for our knowledge then, if we have two options, then we should know if you're going to include it or you're going to make a modification going forward. >> we include it. we include...
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it did not authorize the government to stop publication of a document. it imposed criminal penalties or fines on someone who disclose national security information. the court specifically pointed out in this case that there was no statute that gave the government the power to ask the court to stop the publication of materials. this business about prior restraints is very important. speaking,omeone from or stop someone from publishing, it will not happen. cane are a lot of things i be done. you can take risks by speaking abouting or speaking something. tot 1931 case was an attempt stop the publication of defamatory material. it was an expose by the newspaper. you can stop the publication of defamatory material and the supreme court said, no, you cannot do that. the principle is, if you stop someone from speaking, it will not be heard. .hat is a very, very difficult under the first amendment, which says, congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of the press. >> there was a time when the only thing that the supreme was protected by the first amendmen
it did not authorize the government to stop publication of a document. it imposed criminal penalties or fines on someone who disclose national security information. the court specifically pointed out in this case that there was no statute that gave the government the power to ask the court to stop the publication of materials. this business about prior restraints is very important. speaking,omeone from or stop someone from publishing, it will not happen. cane are a lot of things i be done. you...
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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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people are trying to figure out how this banking information came into the public domain, we know from the reporting the way that data base of those reports works is that you can tell who looks at what. there's a record when anybody looks at those things, let alone accesses them in the kind of way that presumably would have been necessary to give them to reporters and give them to michael avenatti last week for dissemination to the public. so this person clearly knew they were taking a big risk by doing it, now learning the rationale behind why they took the risk, they thought there was a danger that some important records related to the case were being disappeared potentially for nefarious purposes so the public had to know. it's incredibly human, dramatic and that person is at risk. >> there are hard workers in this story. i'm going to talk to david maury, an extreasury official
people are trying to figure out how this banking information came into the public domain, we know from the reporting the way that data base of those reports works is that you can tell who looks at what. there's a record when anybody looks at those things, let alone accesses them in the kind of way that presumably would have been necessary to give them to reporters and give them to michael avenatti last week for dissemination to the public. so this person clearly knew they were taking a big risk...
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each member of the public may address the commission up to 3 minutes. >> does anybody wish to commenta nonaend a item? if so, please come forward. hearing none, we'll close public comment. >> that will place us under department matters. director's announcement. >> good afternoon. no formal report from the director this afternoon. eye would be happy to forward any questions you have for the next hearing. >> item two, review of past events of the planning commission and announcements. >> department staff just a few items to share with you this week. one is your recommendations regarding the pending districts for central soma area plan will be heard at the planning commission on may 10th, next week. and as you know, the planning commission evaluates those proposed designations based on several factors related to bay area regional transit, any potential amendments to the general plan that may have to occur, along with a few other sort of broader policy findings, but we will certainly keep you posted on any comments they have and forward them to you before we transmit those recommendations
each member of the public may address the commission up to 3 minutes. >> does anybody wish to commenta nonaend a item? if so, please come forward. hearing none, we'll close public comment. >> that will place us under department matters. director's announcement. >> good afternoon. no formal report from the director this afternoon. eye would be happy to forward any questions you have for the next hearing. >> item two, review of past events of the planning commission and...
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any members of the public comment -- public want to address the commissioners? >> welcome, norm. i expect you will be joining our organization very soon. congratulations on your retirement. i just want to add, that the secretary for the health service board has also announced her retirement with the same timeline. so i'm sure there is a lot of excitement, and discussion. we are going to welcome both of them to our organization, and i didn't bring an application, but i will tell you, the next committee meeting or the next anything i attend i will bring applications for both of these secretaries. i've known norm for many, many years, and i know he's been an asset to the city and county and has done a lot of good work for a long time and has been a very good secretar secretary to this. we're looking forward to, maybe even his participation at some point in the future. i also just want to say congratulations to commissioner stansbury. i understand that congratulations are warranted for your second child. correct? congratulations on that. i guess we have to weighed a long time for tho
any members of the public comment -- public want to address the commissioners? >> welcome, norm. i expect you will be joining our organization very soon. congratulations on your retirement. i just want to add, that the secretary for the health service board has also announced her retirement with the same timeline. so i'm sure there is a lot of excitement, and discussion. we are going to welcome both of them to our organization, and i didn't bring an application, but i will tell you, the...
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>> at puc, yes, owns the asset and -- >> not public works? >> we are performing the work and responsible for it, but several of our projects are part of a public works contract. for instance, paving or something along those lines. so we join in to avoid disrupting an area multiple times and to share in the instruction management costs. >> the cistern contracts -- >> those were all cistern, and they were all public works contract. >> okay. >> i would like to ask a question, if i may. >> oh, mr. bush has a question. >> i don't know if it goes to you. it's a little bit hart for me to parse which one of you is responsible for which fire stations, what is road work having on the ability to get fire stations out of the trucks and get to where the fires are. >> commissioner, there is a member from the fire department that is here that could respond. >> i know on the embarcadero, it's hard to get anyone from the fire station. >> assistant fire chief anthony rivera. >> are you having problems because of traffic getting out of the faire station and wher
>> at puc, yes, owns the asset and -- >> not public works? >> we are performing the work and responsible for it, but several of our projects are part of a public works contract. for instance, paving or something along those lines. so we join in to avoid disrupting an area multiple times and to share in the instruction management costs. >> the cistern contracts -- >> those were all cistern, and they were all public works contract. >> okay. >> i would...
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board and there's no ability for the public to interact with them. this leads to the level of distrust that's already there. the other thing i want to mention is that the board meetings have been conducted in such a manner that does not invite public participation and is actually also creating quite a bit of anger among members of the public that attempt to deal with the board. and we're hoping that -- [bell]. >> public: these actions will change some of that. so, i believe unless the issues are addressed and the board, and the staff starts following what the board tells it to do, we're finding areas where the staff is not following board's direction, that this matter will not be cleared up with this particular ordinance. but we're hoping it will work. thank you. >> supervisor tang: thank you. next speaker please. >> public: hi. matt. i don't spend a lot of time looking at legislation, but i do spend a lot of time studying our dangerous streets. and i'm worried about any type of legislation that slows the transition of our high injury network to be a
board and there's no ability for the public to interact with them. this leads to the level of distrust that's already there. the other thing i want to mention is that the board meetings have been conducted in such a manner that does not invite public participation and is actually also creating quite a bit of anger among members of the public that attempt to deal with the board. and we're hoping that -- [bell]. >> public: these actions will change some of that. so, i believe unless the...
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the public wants environmental offenders to be held to account. it's only the will going on so what was needed was for someone to come along without any experience someone with no idea how to make a law and it was completely new to parliament because these political geniuses have not managed to get even one law through brings environmental offenders to book. and now we finally have a law that makes them pay for their environmental transgressions with up to twenty years in prison and. thanks and by means of protection and alternative energies are among the five star movement top priority. which it has reached out to citizens initiatives that want to put an end to the little problems besetting the region from the garbage crisis to mouth to control and corruption. the basis for environmental crime. is corruption going to be so i'd be interested to know what the five star movement program for corruption prevention but it looks like the sort of the boy with a much better not much of a part than a bit so most people in prison aren't hardened criminals th
the public wants environmental offenders to be held to account. it's only the will going on so what was needed was for someone to come along without any experience someone with no idea how to make a law and it was completely new to parliament because these political geniuses have not managed to get even one law through brings environmental offenders to book. and now we finally have a law that makes them pay for their environmental transgressions with up to twenty years in prison and. thanks and...
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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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they're not working as well as the public thinks. planets nothing on the that should stop these children from attending a trade school versus a traditional college or university. my grandfather used to tell my brother, a real man learns how to make a living by using his hands. ast: i want to give eric chance to talk about trade school education and how charter school graduates are faring in higher education. guest: i do not have an answer one.e second i don't know if there is research on how charter school graduates perform in college versus students who go to a more traditional public school. there is a renewed interest in vocational training. communityoned, colleges are very popular with the public. i think there is a big push to get students to consider, do you need a four-year education for your career goal, or can you go to the community college or technical college and get that six-month certificate, one-year program, or two-year degree to put you on the career path you want? host: elizabeth from pennsylvania. a parent. i, my na
they're not working as well as the public thinks. planets nothing on the that should stop these children from attending a trade school versus a traditional college or university. my grandfather used to tell my brother, a real man learns how to make a living by using his hands. ast: i want to give eric chance to talk about trade school education and how charter school graduates are faring in higher education. guest: i do not have an answer one.e second i don't know if there is research on how...
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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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the fewest clicks possible is always our goal. public finance, i don't know if anna wants to comment on the sheet that was included in your packet for the formal debt calendar. >> sure. good morning, members. included in your committee packet was a schedule of anticipated issuances for fiscal year 2019 as well as the estimated board of supervisors consideration date of the financings, and then, the estimated close date. you'll see there it's total about 165 million. i'm also pleased to report, as was noted earlier, that our series 2018 c, d, and e bonds are scheduled to close for this wednesday, may 23, in the morning. and that total par associated with those three financings is approximately $382 million. i'm happy to answer any questions. >> thank you. you may continue, peg. >> next, our work plan for fiscal year 2018-19. and again, i won't go into these slides in a lot of detail because you all have been on the committee long enough to be familiar with our work planning process, but partly, also for the public, just to refresh your me
the fewest clicks possible is always our goal. public finance, i don't know if anna wants to comment on the sheet that was included in your packet for the formal debt calendar. >> sure. good morning, members. included in your committee packet was a schedule of anticipated issuances for fiscal year 2019 as well as the estimated board of supervisors consideration date of the financings, and then, the estimated close date. you'll see there it's total about 165 million. i'm also pleased to...
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it did not authorize the government to stop publication of a document. imposed criminal penalties are fines on someone who disclosed national security information. the court specifically pointed that there wase no statute that gave the government the power to ask the courts to stop the publication of materials. of priorness restraints is important because if you stop someone from speaking or stop someone from publishing, it won't happen. there's a lot of things that can be done, you can take risks by speaking about something. that 1931 case was an attempt to stop the publication of defamatory material. it was next was a by the newspaper, and the statute said you could stop the publication of defamatory material, and the supreme court said, you cannot do that. to stop someone from speaking, it won't be hurt, and that is a very difficult thing. the first amendment says congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of the press. time when theas a only thing the supreme court said was protected by the first amendment and against prior restraints. and 1905
it did not authorize the government to stop publication of a document. imposed criminal penalties are fines on someone who disclosed national security information. the court specifically pointed that there wase no statute that gave the government the power to ask the courts to stop the publication of materials. of priorness restraints is important because if you stop someone from speaking or stop someone from publishing, it won't happen. there's a lot of things that can be done, you can take...
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of america are the public parks like you cemetery in the air areas the in our capital is to say well all competition is great we should drill in those public parts a don't understand the constitution be don't understand the value of huge human the human experience see are working for the robots and d.d. our enemies to be exterminated with extreme prejudice well well of course a lot of antarctica capitalist found the ideas behind that are the likes of john law and adam smith who would have told you that nature you have to mimic nature markets to mimic nature and that's good to preserve some nature before we destroy it all to the highest bidder but i want to also talk about facebook so this i told . about the hashtag delete facebook and that actually hasn't worked out so well well what crisis facebook added forty eight million new users in twenty eighteen according to data just released by the social networking giant user growth has actually been surging in fact during the first three months of twenty eighteen facebook added an impressive forty eight million daily active users a u s wh
of america are the public parks like you cemetery in the air areas the in our capital is to say well all competition is great we should drill in those public parts a don't understand the constitution be don't understand the value of huge human the human experience see are working for the robots and d.d. our enemies to be exterminated with extreme prejudice well well of course a lot of antarctica capitalist found the ideas behind that are the likes of john law and adam smith who would have told...
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and before we hear from the public, i should probably also put on the record that i would also like a committee member to make one other change at page 2, line 11. which is the provision that says that a final sfmta decision shall not include a decision by the m.t.a. that was contemplated as part of the implementation of a prior final m.t.a. decision. which i think is extremely vague and as i said to my staff earlier today this piece of legislation has been contemplated for a decade. so i would like to remove at page 2, line 11, the words "contemplated" as part of the i. implementation of a final sfmta decision and/or that would prevent us from getting into a lot of different skirmishes and us all yelling at deputy city attorney kennedy. >> okay, with that said we'll jump to public comment first and then we'll resume our conversation. so any members of the public that wish to comment on item 3, please come on up. >> good afternoon chair tang and supervisors, i'm with the bicycle coalition. before i launch into the meat of my comments i would like to take a moment to thank the authors
and before we hear from the public, i should probably also put on the record that i would also like a committee member to make one other change at page 2, line 11. which is the provision that says that a final sfmta decision shall not include a decision by the m.t.a. that was contemplated as part of the implementation of a prior final m.t.a. decision. which i think is extremely vague and as i said to my staff earlier today this piece of legislation has been contemplated for a decade. so i would...
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that would like to address the committee? close public comment. motion on the table. there is a motion, a second, take this item without objection? great, item passes, thank you very much. next item. >> item 15, discussion item, the education presentation on california government code section 1090. >> good afternoon, commissioners. city attorney's office. i'm about to give a very quick presentation on the california government code section 1090. as you might recall from my presentation and fiduciary responsibilities, i went into a side discussion of the section and the president asked me to come back with a little presentation that would provide a little more information about what this section is about. so i'll try to make this quick. california government code, the purpose of the code is to ensure that public officers and members of boards and boards themselves, without divided loyalty. and to guard against conflict of interest and the appearance of conflict of interest. the code is probably one of the less forgiving conflict of interes
that would like to address the committee? close public comment. motion on the table. there is a motion, a second, take this item without objection? great, item passes, thank you very much. next item. >> item 15, discussion item, the education presentation on california government code section 1090. >> good afternoon, commissioners. city attorney's office. i'm about to give a very quick presentation on the california government code section 1090. as you might recall from my...
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members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. i do have several speaker cards. >> good afternoon. all four of you. yesterday paper, in addition to the wonderful paper of stephen curry coming back to play in that wonderful game the other night was the thing about the report states housing growing, and i thought the numbers were interesting, but i'll leave it for commissioner richards to bring it up when he returns. what i wanted to mention was a year ago on may 4th, actually, you had a d.r. hearing for a project on 24th street up the hill just below market. and that, you took d.r., and you reduced the deck that was off the upper level. it was a horizontal and vertical two story vertical addition turning a two story single-family home into a two unit building. facade change, as well. and it's interesting, last week or
members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. i do have several speaker cards. >> good afternoon. all four of you. yesterday paper, in addition to the wonderful paper of stephen curry coming back to play in that wonderful game the other...
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this allows members of the public to check out mifi devices. this enhancement of around $91,000 would allow us to grow that program by 170 devices. that would bring the total devices available to the public to 300. this would allow the patrons to check them out much like our physical materials and take them up for up to a three week period and provide connect activity and access to those in need. another key investment in digital strategies is for the modernization of our collections management system, where we would transition to the industry standard of radio frequency identification systems. the goal of this is about improving patron services, so it's allowing them to check out the materials faster but also to help our staff process the materials more quickly, get them back out on the shelves, be responsive to hold requests from our patrons. this was approved by coit in -- earlier this month, and just as a point of clarification or information, about 75% of the bay area libraries already use this technology. our other investments are growing
this allows members of the public to check out mifi devices. this enhancement of around $91,000 would allow us to grow that program by 170 devices. that would bring the total devices available to the public to 300. this would allow the patrons to check them out much like our physical materials and take them up for up to a three week period and provide connect activity and access to those in need. another key investment in digital strategies is for the modernization of our collections management...
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i don't think this is the public comment section of the agenda, otherwise this would have been my first time to make public comment to the police commission. >> two minutes and you're out of here. >> your time is up. i wanted to give you that opportunity, president turman. it's so wonderful to see everybody, hello. president turman, i'm here for you. i haven't been back since i left the commission a year and a half ago, but i couldn't miss a chance to come back and honor what you've given to this city. i think it was former chief greg sur who used to remind us sometimes, you know, julius is a really fancy lawyer, and he would ask how much you actually get paid every hour. i think it's high up there. as a government lawyer, please don't tell me. i don't want to know. but over the seven-plus years you've been on this commission, the hours that you have spent in discipline hearings, in time when we've been in closed session struggling with some of the biggest issues this police department has faced, you have been dedicated every single moment so what is best for this city, what is best for
i don't think this is the public comment section of the agenda, otherwise this would have been my first time to make public comment to the police commission. >> two minutes and you're out of here. >> your time is up. i wanted to give you that opportunity, president turman. it's so wonderful to see everybody, hello. president turman, i'm here for you. i haven't been back since i left the commission a year and a half ago, but i couldn't miss a chance to come back and honor what you've...
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minutes of the april 10 meeting? seeing none, public comment is closed. on the consent agenda, a motion? made by commissioner tang, seconded by commissioner sheehy. >> on the consent agenda. cohen aye. fewer aye. kim aye. peskin aye. ronen aye. safai aye. sheehy aye. stefani aye. tang aye. yee aye. the consent agenda is approved. >> supervisor peskin: nexttime. >> item 12 on the update of the valencia street bike plan, information item. >> good morning, commissioners, my name is kimberley and i'm the project manager for the valencia street bikeway improvement project. thank you for having us here today to share our updates on the project. so the project began in february of this year, and for this project we'll be taking a look at safety, curb management and enforcement along the valencia corridor. we're setting the structure from market to mission street. the project will result in a phased implementation plan we'll be bringing forward in the fall and with that plan, we'll have recommendations for the corridor. i wanted to share about
minutes of the april 10 meeting? seeing none, public comment is closed. on the consent agenda, a motion? made by commissioner tang, seconded by commissioner sheehy. >> on the consent agenda. cohen aye. fewer aye. kim aye. peskin aye. ronen aye. safai aye. sheehy aye. stefani aye. tang aye. yee aye. the consent agenda is approved. >> supervisor peskin: nexttime. >> item 12 on the update of the valencia street bike plan, information item. >> good morning, commissioners, my...
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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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i did want to draw the commissioner's attention to mrse three. that had a major mix of publicfinancing involved with that issue, and that is quite an embarrassing number given the fact that public funds were involved. i don't think that's going to happen again. i think we have enough of a structured program now where that will just not languish. we promised, i promised many times personally before public bodies we were going to have concurrent an
i did want to draw the commissioner's attention to mrse three. that had a major mix of publicfinancing involved with that issue, and that is quite an embarrassing number given the fact that public funds were involved. i don't think that's going to happen again. i think we have enough of a structured program now where that will just not languish. we promised, i promised many times personally before public bodies we were going to have concurrent an
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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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this is a copy of the city of tyler, texas' budget summary for the ella reid public library. it shows salaries, supplies, maintenance, and just looking at the amounts let's you know the time frame of -- that we were in. this is actual board minutes from the 1940's from the negro public library board, march 26th 1947 library board meeting and i thought this was an interesting bookmark where it shows how much books cost and magazines cost the library, books, magazines totaled $33 and right here we have the word paper and that says 32.50 and then we have quite a lot of shakespeare. we have king leer and fellow and the books are just precious, the tutor, if you open it up you see the red stamp. these are called pocketbooks, very common at the time and there are several that we have. this lovely little pocketbooks that were lended out in the library and it's wonderful that the library had these. this book that we have right here is titled camille, this is a lovely book from the library and it has some interesting library stamp, but upside side it's property of smith county rural li
this is a copy of the city of tyler, texas' budget summary for the ella reid public library. it shows salaries, supplies, maintenance, and just looking at the amounts let's you know the time frame of -- that we were in. this is actual board minutes from the 1940's from the negro public library board, march 26th 1947 library board meeting and i thought this was an interesting bookmark where it shows how much books cost and magazines cost the library, books, magazines totaled $33 and right here...
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any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, call the question, all in favor? >> aye. >> any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. just reminding the public and commissioners that items k, l, m, and n have been removed from the agendas so we're now at item o. which is requesting authorization to renew the contract with merced residential care for the provision of emergency bed placement services during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2019 in the amount of $96,000, plus a 10% contingency for a total contract amount not to exceed $100,500. welcome. >> we are requesting authorization to extend our agreement with merced residential care for one year. the purpose of the contract is to meet our state mandate, to meet urgent clients needs and to provide emergency shelter to older people and adults with disabilities who have experienced abuse, neglect or self-neglect. through this contract, we're able to provide our clientss with a safe environment where they can stay temporarily while a.p.s. works to resolve
any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, call the question, all in favor? >> aye. >> any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. just reminding the public and commissioners that items k, l, m, and n have been removed from the agendas so we're now at item o. which is requesting authorization to renew the contract with merced residential care for the provision of emergency bed placement services during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2019 in the amount of...
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we thank you for your service and we wish you all the best. >> any other public comment? >> also just wanted to echo what brad and diane said, thank you for commissioner katz for her work on the blue greenway and her continued commitment to helping us get that system completed, so thank you very much. >> thank you. is there any other comment? >> commissioners, steven real, project leadership. i really wanted to thank you for your commitment on sea level rise and climate change. you really challenged port staff to fully consider sea level rise and climate change in our projects when leadership was lacking, and i think san francisco and the port have really benefited because think known you a little bit more from his involvement being in the -- in government, but i certainly didn't have a chance until we were on this commission, and i think that i also have gotten to know you personally, and i'm glad to have made another friend, as well, through that. but again, i think there were many areas that you were passionate, and we are a diverse commission. our backgrounds are all d
we thank you for your service and we wish you all the best. >> any other public comment? >> also just wanted to echo what brad and diane said, thank you for commissioner katz for her work on the blue greenway and her continued commitment to helping us get that system completed, so thank you very much. >> thank you. is there any other comment? >> commissioners, steven real, project leadership. i really wanted to thank you for your commitment on sea level rise and climate...
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we're communicating to the public that the full 60. that window does encroach on the first week of school for the unified school district. school starts on the 20th, and we're currently scheduled to be out of service till the 24th. so the worst case scenario is we see there is a one week impact with the school district, but we will make every effort to beat that, and as we get close to 60, if it does take the full 60, our plan is to resolve the closure so that we can reopen after the 24th and continue, ifremaining work, on weekends. >> wonderful. that's very helpful. thank you. and thank you for building that into this plan. public comment. >> david, followed by herbert. mr. chair, how much time? >> two minutes, please. >> david pillpal. several items. first to director heinicke, i think you sounded pretty confident, perhaps overly presumptuous that directors franklin and borden will be reappointed, supervisor peskin specifically called them out yesterday for not checking in with his office and just assuming that members appointed by t
we're communicating to the public that the full 60. that window does encroach on the first week of school for the unified school district. school starts on the 20th, and we're currently scheduled to be out of service till the 24th. so the worst case scenario is we see there is a one week impact with the school district, but we will make every effort to beat that, and as we get close to 60, if it does take the full 60, our plan is to resolve the closure so that we can reopen after the 24th and...
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ask the president as to when he is going to pay the money in terms of what to the public protector has faced these house. has to proceed with the business of the state of the nation address being delivered today. which ruler you use it on my own out of i speak up when using all now that i remember was two days a point of thought that they are protected by their i am not going to not be emotional about it or not to put me out as a rule which gives you power to deny us all i wanted out of my lamb ma i now have to ask that you leave the team that was. right if you want to but she was not going to live chat i'm a lazy one if i don't love being the change i'm not waiting for you have a ham problem but you're on your invitation and i knew it was easier to leave now i'm not going to leave i mean they're dead to be yes we. all saw that this they couldn't see. too. many. to. keep. we cannot simply allow for police to be allowed to enter this chain but it is a great constitutional violation we want to be here to get the state of the nation not to this but we cannot violate this constitution of t
ask the president as to when he is going to pay the money in terms of what to the public protector has faced these house. has to proceed with the business of the state of the nation address being delivered today. which ruler you use it on my own out of i speak up when using all now that i remember was two days a point of thought that they are protected by their i am not going to not be emotional about it or not to put me out as a rule which gives you power to deny us all i wanted out of my lamb...
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the real test will be the upcoming public workshops where the community will be able to voice their opinions on the proposed improvement. we are confident through the m.t.a.'s thorough outreach process the team will be able to insure that the project serves all the people who bike. i have received a lot of emails from members who are excited to see safety and traffic improvements coming to a major north-south bike corridor. i can say that our members are excited to see the m.t.a. imagining and creating a better valencia street. we look forward to further work done on the project. thank you for your time. >> thank you. are there any other members of the public who would like to testify on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. this is information item. so we will go on to the next item. >> item 13, progress report for the van ness avenue bus rapid transit project. this is an information item. >> how are we doing there? >> ms. mccarthy. we made up for lost time yet? >> good morning, commissioner. to touch off of that, i am peter gabancho, the project manager on the van ness improvem
the real test will be the upcoming public workshops where the community will be able to voice their opinions on the proposed improvement. we are confident through the m.t.a.'s thorough outreach process the team will be able to insure that the project serves all the people who bike. i have received a lot of emails from members who are excited to see safety and traffic improvements coming to a major north-south bike corridor. i can say that our members are excited to see the m.t.a. imagining and...
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the next item. item number one is general public comment. this is an opportunity for anyone who would like to speak on a matter within the jurisdiction but not on the calendar. is there anyone here for public comment? seeing none, we'll move on to item 2. commissioner comments and questions. okay. seeing none, we will move on to item number 3, the adoption of the minutes. before you commissioners, for discussion and possible a deposition are the minutes of may 9, 2018 board meeting. >> are there any corrections or additions. >> so moved. >> moved by commissioner honda. >> okay. commission honda moves to adopt the minutes of may 9th, 2018, board meeting. is there any public comment on that motion? being none, we have a motion from commissioner honda. on that motion, president fung. [ roll call ] >> that motions passes. much the minutes are adopted. okay. our next item is number 4, it's a rehearing request. this concerns the subject property or the 330 presidio avenue. they are requesting a rehearing of 10-010 paxton versus dbi. the board voted
the next item. item number one is general public comment. this is an opportunity for anyone who would like to speak on a matter within the jurisdiction but not on the calendar. is there anyone here for public comment? seeing none, we'll move on to item 2. commissioner comments and questions. okay. seeing none, we will move on to item number 3, the adoption of the minutes. before you commissioners, for discussion and possible a deposition are the minutes of may 9, 2018 board meeting. >>...