under the administrative code, the city administrative code provides that while an eir appeal as a pending, the board will not consider the approval of the project. they certified the eir on the 21st. during the appeal period, we could -- hold hearings. our clients with than file a timely appeal. even after the appeal was filed, the board would continue. we would consider approval of the project. >> thank you very much. let me ask the city attorney if you could respond. >> i am at the city attorneys office. i will try to tackle these one at a time. i think the appellant has confused the noticing requirements under state law. the notices are required. the purpose of those is to give the public an opportunity to show up at a hearing and testified. we gave a 10-day required notice for the general plan with many required amendments. in advance of the land use committee hearings on this item. by and not quite sure what the appellants' noticing issue is in regard to ceqa. we made the comments and responses document available at least 10 days before the planning commitments certification of that

the burdens that are placed administratively on the city. when it does is it does force them to have to prioritize the things that they in force -- what it does. obviously, that is an issue. but in a broader sense, we think this legislation is important, and it does level the playing field. the golden gate association is supportive, and we are happy being able to work with the collaborative in their outreach efforts to make sure that in particular in the restaurant community, they are aware of this issue and are complying with the law. president o'brien: thank you. director? >> yes, i just wanted to -- how do i want to say this proves to bring a thought you just hit if there is any additional comments you would like to make. while i think director of love it said that we could perhaps you some creative ways in dealing with -- director levitt said that, if this does add to their time, could it possibly then affect the cost of the permit in fees that the restaurant pays to the health department in terms of their increased costs and time as far

i am the acting city administrator. thank you. [applause] you may be wondering why someone who holds a job temporarily is co-hosting. i think is because i have announced by the lgbt community to hold this commission. [applause] i get the pleasure of meeting your here. we will move to the balcony. it will be much more professionally done than what i am doing. >> are we ready for the official flag raising? on behalf of the city, i have the distinct mayor as your plate -- mayor, and working with everyone here, and in celebration to let the world know what is happening in san francisco again. that is the celebration of changing the world and our culture in san francisco. i am so thrilled to be able to do this. it is a week of celebration. thank you so much for being here. here is the flag. [applause] it usually takes two people. >> are you ok? >> yeah. >> all right. there you go. [applause] >> welcome to city hall. i will be in see today for the formal raising of the plight -- pride flag over san francisco. that was exciting. [applause

we're successfully administrating the city's loan fund. we're successfully partnering with the small business center and we hope to see you at the ribbon-cuing ceremony on the 16th of may. next we have a representative from women's initia five who will tell you more about the great work their doing. >> thank you. my name is elizabeth planning and i'm here with women's initiative and we are so proud to be part of the san francisco development alliance. i wanted to share a bit of you about women's initiative in case you are not familiar with program and ask for your help. it was founded 23 years ago to help low income women start and expand small businesses by providing business management training, micro loans and ongoing support in english and spanish. we have served 24,000 low income women in five bay area counties. helping expand and start hundreds of businesses and feeding the local economies and all the cities of our beautiful san francisco. nearly 1,000 of these jobs are located in san francisco. on average, our clients increase their

of language access we have made strides thanks to the city administrator. there were several reports of victims being unable to communicate with first responders at the scene. some were using the spouses as translators and they themselves got hold off because that spells reported something very differently. there must be ways for police officers to communicate with the victims. we worked with at&t and worked out a donation of cell phones to be connected to language lines that have the capacity of connecting officers to over 170 different languages. currently they have the code to connect victims with an interpreter. the police did not like this method of first. they wanted officers responded -- responding in the language of the victim. of course, that is the gold standard. the van city administrator worked with the ne casey foundation to conduct a language training program for officers. several were in chinese and spanish for officers that wanted to know the basic vocabulary. these are important policy reforms after a one decade long effort focused on it. su

supervisor chu: just a question for the justice program -- who in administrative services is overseeing the project? >> the deputy city administrators overseeing the day-to-day operations. supervisor chu: i know many of us have questions about the implementation of justice. i know there will be a future hearing about that in a different committee. supervisor chiu: if i could just mentioned, we are requesting a hearing for the seventh of july, and we want to mature everyone is aware of that. supervisor chu: my first question was on the justice program, so i will wait until we hold a hearing on it. the question that i had, and i could not find us in the report, was there was a reduction in neighborhood beautification. that was the one thing that i was curious about. >> that was due to a decrease in the voluntary checkoff donations through payroll and is unfortunate. we were sad to see that as well because that is a program we were very proud of that really leverage as contributions from non-city entities to improve green space and beautify, but we have a as a result of a decrease in his contributions have to cut back a

happy to be perhaps one of the first mayor's that ever comes back to his city job, the job i got paid a lot more for. but also, the job i was appointed to, city administrator, because that has been wonderful for me, to administer the affairs of a great city, and to know it is made up not only of numerous, wonderful neighborhoods, not only a high number of attractive commercial and residential corridors, but also the city i have come to appreciate even more as mayor, a city that is international in stature. one that resonates with so many people across the world. it is about what we represent. and that representation is not easy to explain at times,, but it begins with a very prominent after it, and that is because our city is so diverse. i am a product of that. i will continue to make sure the doors are open to anyone who wants to serve this great city, anyone who wants to show their love for it. i will continue doing that. it is because of its international stature, our city of san francisco enjoys being the attraction for the whole bay area. when companies or visitors are deciding where they want to spend their money or make an investment or have a good

the best city in the country. thank you on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. i also want to give a shot out to the administratorsof san francisco. is jan here? thank you very much. you are really wonderful to work with, because it does take all the city family to work together. thank you very much. thank you, united administrators. >> we would not be able to do this without the leadership of the school district, i would like to thank carlos garcia and ask and to come up. >> thank you. carlos will do. this is very incredible. the last week of school i felt sorry for them. the last thing that you want to be as a principle is to be involved with anything in the first and last week of school. i have to tell you that all the research and education -- you can have really great teachers at school, but the one common thread on most of the effective schools in the country is having great principles. without them, you will not have a great school. to find three people out of the hundred principles that we have -- this is a tough task. but they chose three all stars to represent the school district, and everyone of them ha

in the brown, acting city administrator. -- aimee brown, acting city administrator. we are still not in agreement as to the recommended cuts of $10,065 for animal care and control and to address the reasons as to why we have not been able to reach agreement, i would like to call up the director of the department of animal care and control, rebecca katz. >> good morning, supervisors. i understand that the budget analyst's office recommended additional positions and salaries for some other departments. unfortunately, there was a recommendation for reduction of $10,000 for animal care, supervisors. the reason we are objecting to that -- we are running a very lean operation, as you know. we are 24/7, 365-days a year operation. we have calls for emergencies, calls for aggressive animals, people in harm's way, i injured animals, cruelty cases, and so on. we also house in our facility 24/7. we provide round-the-clock care. nonetheless, despite operating like public agencies or a hospital or, dare i say, like a jail, we do not have supervisors throughout the day. we have one

the burdens that are placed administratively on the city. when it does is it does force them to have to prioritize the things that they in force -- what it does. obviously, that is an issue. but in a broader sense, we think this legislation is important, and it does level the playing field.

but there is no clarification on how the city administrates into the black community. i would like to make sure you have these, that we have some advertising in some of the black-on the papers. i will be putting together a black paper to talk about the experience of the african- americans here in san francisco. not only that, i'm getting ready to write a book so you can take a look. just one page you have to read and you will be hooked. i am up here definitely lobbying. i am appear showboating and all that because i have this opportunity here. what is coming up to you in a couple of other issues, i want to go on the record that we, the african-american community, in san francisco, the population is going down. my question is who is in control right here in san francisco? [tone] supervisor campos: thank you. any other member of the public like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. i know that you would like to make an amendment, president chiu? president chiu: you have a motion on the table to make an amendment and we can take that without objection. supervis

enforcement of the equal benefits ordinance, insuring compliance with the business enterprise ordinance, development and administration of the city's hate-violence. in san francisco, discrimination is provided on the basis of race, gender identity, miracle status, weight, height, among other categories. -- marriage status. there are several reasons why we are committed to this issue, including alarming recidivism, which will in turn reduce the costs to the city, and public safety, but for our purposes tonight, i want to focus again on the conviction records and what that looks like. first, a couple of statistics i want to share with you. almost 7 million people in california have a misdemeanor arrest or conviction record. they often face blank denials for employment or housing. people with a conviction record do not need to apply. further, a disproportionate representation of african- americans and latinos in the justice system has resulted in discrimination of communities of color. according to the department of justice, one-third of felony arrests leads to a conviction. the human rights commission has a concern boat. it is despit

in the brown, acting city administrator. -- aimee brown, acting city administrator. we are still not in agreement as to the recommended cuts of $10,065 for animal care and control and to address the reasons as to why we have not been able to reach agreement, i would like to call up the director of the department of animal care and control, rebecca katz. >> good morning, supervisors. i understand that the budget analyst's office recommended additional positions and salaries for some other departments. unfortunately, there was a recommendation for reduction of $10,000 for animal care, supervisors. the reason we are objecting to that --

it is a plan that came together under the leadership of our former city administrator, who served as chair of the capital planning committee. what the plan does is, it is a framework for us to catalog the city's assets, determine their conditions, prioritize their need for repair or improvement, and then figure out how to finance those improvements. one of the things that came out of that plan is why we are here today. without further ado, i am pleased to be able to invite up the former director of public works, a former city administrator, mayor ed lee. >> thank you very much. i am glad you are all here and we are surrounded by st. advocates. i did want to make a special announcement this morning. i am announcing my candidacy for being the lead of the pot hole grew this year. -- crew this year. [laughter] >> having finished all of my town hall meetings throughout the city just last week, i can say to you, i have not been to one town hall meeting where someone did not mention to me, can we just fix the pot holes? mayor lee, i know you are not political, you do not like to do a lot of

the city office recused his office. >> the city administrator recused himself from the beginning. he is running for mayor himself, so he did not want to have any ideas of conflict of interest. santa clara county will be providing information to the board of supervisors on how they can proceed. the board met again on the clinic to revisit the issue. >> it is my understanding there are at least four authorities that could potentially govern the process we are talking about. it is incumbent upon us that we have a process that is consistent with all of those things. >> on the member 16, you saw the board of supervisors direct me as the clerk to create a process that the board could utilize to nominate, select, and appoint a successor mayor. >> usually, when the board rules are silent, the role of order is the controlling parliamentary authority. so my recommendation is that the sports that have a process, received a draft, and then make modifications to it as you see fit. >> how do you start the voting, when does a supervisor have to leave a room if he or she is nominated? at what pro

lot of attention to the new seismic lifelines council that we created, through my work in the city administrator's office. that council continues to be unique as it brings together all of our utility agencies in the city, whether the departments or private sector, bringing them in the same room to talk about our gaps, about what we can recover, whether it is pg&e, telecommunications, or emergency coordination with our public utilities commission, having the heads of our fire and police department there, building department there, listening and understanding our role as the lifeline council identifies those things that we need today to strengthen our ability to recover quickly. all of these practices we are doing, i could brag about them, but i tend to look at the work they have in front of them more and more. so much work has to be done, going forward. i thank all of you for this sixth annual leadership forum. you will continue to remind us where the gaps are, where we have to pay attention to, how can we do better in the preparation of our city and region? it goes to show that while we do everyth

i believe it has been practice of the city attorney to allow ceqa appeals to be filed up until the final administrative action of the city, which is usually the board of appeals hearing. so they waited until the very last minute. they actually filed the appeal right before the board of appeals hearing was going to be held in january. commissioner borden: so there is no time limit generally? >> to clarify, the time limit is on negdex. the eir has a time limit. >> i do not understand why a sequel appeal -- a ceqa appeal would not have a time limit. commissioner olague: thank you, commissioners. we can now move on to your general public, a category that has a time limit of 50 minutes. members -- >> thank you, commissioners. we can now move on to your general public comment category that has a time limit of 15 minutes. for this category, each member of the public may i address you for up to three minutes, keeping in mind that the entire category has a 15-minute time limit. i have no speaker cries. commissioner olague: is there any general public comment? seeing none, general public comment is closed. >> th