i am a volunteer with p.o.c. i am here instead of dr. eugene and am reading his letter. my name is dr. eugene, and i am a retired physician who served this community for over 35 years, and i am a member of p.o.c. i referred many patients to st. luke's when it had a full complement of services and was licensed for 28 beds. there are the residents who live in the south of market area. this should be rejected. st. luke's has been significantly dismantled over the past years to the point where cpmc's plan is a mere 80 beds. there are no few -- fewer people living south of market and years ago. they still suffer from heart attacks, strokes, drug overdoses, and the likes. this hospital cares for occupations with a high incidence of birth-related injuries, cooks, landscapers, truck drivers, warehouse workers. the workmen's contract was closed. bayview hunters point alone accounts for more children than any other is a good, and the mission and the excelsior district also includes a significant number of children, and those services are being cut -- more children than any others.

thank you. >> i am 58. i am a long-term aids survivor. i was living in san francisco and going to san francisco state at the nadir of the aids at the nadir of the aids epidemic.

. >> i am pete herrmann and i am a frequent visitor to harvey milk plaza. i want to say a couple of things. big tobacco claims to be our communities best friend. they are one of the top donors to the republican party. john boehner was caught on the floor of the house passing out checks from tobacco companies a few years back. how can they see as one cigarette ad in a program and an lgbt organizations fundraiser once did, whenever someone yells, that is so gay, we will be there. altria was the fourth largest corporate donor to republicans and r.j. reynolds and swisher international give significant amounts. these folks are not our friends. let's stop giving them our money. i want to say my mother died of lung cancer after years of the addictive smoking that she tried gallantly many times to quit. it is all long and painful death and anything we can do support -- to support folks who are avoiding these impacts is something to be considered. thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i am president of the castro upper market community benefits district. i hav

. >> i am not bad, i am just drawn that way. go to hong kong tonight. >> what are you talking about? >> let's beat it while we still can. scram, split, make a run for it. we can get new faces in a few days. we can get out of this crazy world and start fresh. >> hong kong? >> brazil, south africa, what matters is us. would you please do the courtesy of looking at me when i am talking to you? this is exactly what i'm talking about. if you have any kind of matters you would -- >> we spent a lot of time talking about "body heat." it looks just as good, does it not? >> i think it stands up. tavis: we have to start with "romancing the stone." >> sometimes when i am kind of blue i might slip that film in and watch a few minutes of it. it cheers me up. tavis: you took the words out of my mouth. i like that movie because it makes me smile. there are some things ipop in on any given day when i want to just smiled. atched "romancing the stone" more times than i could count. it is such a beautiful movie. you played that role so wonderful. >

i am 57. i am a psychotherapist in a community mental health agency that provides services to the gay and lgbt community. i would like to talk briefly about the mental health needs which are too often neglected in our community. health has about medical and mental health issues and there are unique mental health issues that our community faces. those of us that live -- lived through the devastation of the 1980's are experiencing ptsd- like symptoms as we grow into older age. many of us have been forced to leave san francisco and increased isolation. many are talking about who will hear our stories? as many people have shown, many of our peers are gone and we do not have children. i facilitate a support group for men over 50 which frequently was full. with the change in funding i have had to limit my services to the hiv negative men although we have committed to provide services to everyone. they're more comfortable -- if you do not qualify for medi-cal and cannot afford private pay, there are

i am 67. i am a lesbian. i had an experience, i lived in this place and they sold the house and i had to look for another place. i did some applications but most of them, you have to wait five years. the rents are too high. i could not afford it. i'm kind of homeless. my niece was kind enough to tell me to move over. i went to antioch and it gets me -- takes me three hours to get from san francisco and i miss my open house. i miss my meetings. and also for others and i wish they could do something about it. thank you. >> good afternoon. thank you for holding this hearing. i want to add my name to those who are encouraging you to sadr -- support services. especially for low-income housing as an open house is trying to do now. i must add that if it were not for the mayor's office of housing, i would not be a homeowner in san francisco today. it would be impossible. those who are in the middle need to be remembered when you are providing funds or other sorts of support for housing for the elderly in san francisc

i am a volunteer with the coalition on homelessness. i am here in opposition to this ordinance. the point i could go over is they have been covered. unlike this legislation that will not be redundant and cover them again. there are so many reasons not to pass this. we live in a wonderful mother brent, divorce, tolerant city. over the last couple of years i have seen that diminished credit now wants to see a diminished any more. this legislation is quite obviously targeted at one group of people. i would encourage you to remember this is san francisco. remember the legacy of harvey milk. he fought for the rights of individuals, not just for one community but for all. when you attack and the mean the civil-rights of one group of people, you're listening the civil rights of our entire city. that is the reason we live here and not in fresno. thank you. >> hello. my name is paul smith. i live a few blocks down. i am also a volunteer. i've volunteered to keep up one of the planters there are in the plaza. i am in favor of the legislation. i see all sorts of drug paraphernalia, broken

i am wearing two hats. i am a priest. i've been here for years. like other is with the ministry, an interdenominational referral and intervention ministry. i am well acquainted with the topic that i would like to focus on, and that is mental health care -- health care and especially psychiatric care. i urge you who are negotiating to include -- to quote scripture, what the serpent? you're dealing with some slippery negotiators. st. luke's hospital, which was started by the episcopal church and which would still be run by the episcopal church if medical care in this country were not a business, st. louis hospital is one of the greatly needed resources for psychiatric care. including the patient ward. in the ministry, taking a mentally disturbed person, the only place in the south of market you can take them to is the general hospital, which is often swamped. you can take people to stay with us still. you will get some physical needs taken care of but not a psychiatric needs. i urge you to make sure that sutter health does not -- as they have done i

thank you. >> i am 58. i am a long-term aids survivor. i was living in san francisco and going to san francisco state at the nadir of the aids epidemic. i lived in one apartment where i am the sole person still alive out of the five people that lived in that department. today's "reporter," page 3, one says we were the guinea pig population. my case, i was disability retired in the 1990's i did not contribute much into the social security system. i am on private long-term disability insurance. i worked for a major hospital and another city for a long time and move back here. and so when i get to be age 65, my long term disability stipend which is modest, a couple thousand, middle-class, will go way and i will be on ssi-like income of a few hundred dollars a month. i am not unique. there are hundreds of not thousands of people like myself and it is not being talked about. i hope that can start getting into the discussion. i wish i had more time. i have met lgbt seniors committee dealing with hiv and aids living in their

. >> hi, i am page. i run a dog walking company. i am certification.i also teach pet cpr and first aid, and i work over at the spca in the reactive dog program. first of all, ms. katz said that they do not train dogs. that is true. but if you have ever seen cattle dogs, they really do help. they would not have such a time if they did not have an assistant job helping them. my daughter is an assistant. gracie. she helps me a lot set the tone, so i personally appreciate having her with me, and if she counted as an extra dog, that would be money that i am missing out of the money i am making. i am not getting rich, as opposed to what ms. katz may think, and i do prefer to do only six dogs. however, just this morning, i got a call from a woman who was also a dog walker, and her car got totalled, and she needed people to take dogs on. i took two of her dogs out, and someone else took others out. with the help of other dog walkers, she was able to dent the dogs walked, with the aids, and i would not have the opportunity to do that for another dog walker if i

who am i to argue? i am not an attorney. who am i to argue? even though i am part american indian, my rain dance was not happening with little water. i could not make it stop raining and they refused to grant me the reasonable accommodation. when i went to the planning commission on the at&t powers that i spoke of, and i let the commission know that my reasonable accommodation request was denied, cristina fell off her chair. i said, i am taking that up in another arena. thank you for. one of the comments we have in san francisco is we do not have an ada compliant reasonable accommodation policy other than the city's attorney's office. it has been gathering dust -- a gathering dust for four years. i am a product of that. i believe in due process and that is all i am asking for. vice president hwang: in your appeal letter, you read the signs appeared around december 19, 2011. on the jurisdiction request date, what date was that? december 30? as of the 19th of december, that was when you first had notice of the construction of was taking place? >

i am a legend could i am an icon. and i am a diva. [laughter] [applause] i am -- i came to san francisco when i was 15 years old. i was gay, fairy, queen, transgender, a female impersonator, a prostitute. and i was in the cafeteria rights it would get lost for 40 years until susan striker came and saw the documentary, and she won an emmy for it. i have been fighting ever since. i was fighting in the 1960's. and i am fighting now for the seniors. i might not see this housing in my lifetime, but i am fighting for the future of lgbt, like i did in the 1966 riot. my family does not accept me, which is ok. i have two dogs. they are very accepting of me. [laughter] and i love them to death. i could sugar coated, what it is to be a transsexual, because i can pass. nobody knows who i am in the straight world. but in the lgbt community, there's a lot of discrimination to transgendered people. because they assume what they do not want to assume, who we are. and one more thing, supervisor chiu, this is directly to you. i gave you a document of t

[applause] i am just putting out there. i am ready to come back. -- putting it out there.ready to come back. this is a momentous occasion that i am honored and proud to be a part of. it is an amazing situation. i met ross at the airport a couple of years ago. i have not, since the airport, i have not been able to get away from him. i did a little bit of work on his campaign. as i said earlier, i am so excited about what is going on here. the tradition of progressive politics will continue in san francisco in the sheriff's department. [applause] thank you. i was hired by the sheriff's department in 1983 under the leadership of my tennessee. -- mike hennessey. [applause] i have one of the most incredible work experiences in my life, working at the o'connor jail. i think that it has come full circle. now, michael has passed on the that -- the baton to someone who will definitely carry on that tradition. once again, i am very proud and happy to be a participant in this. we have an extraordinary program for you this evening. i will not be doing a whole lot of running my mouthth

>> i think i am going to need more.erhaps you can have all you want. >> i am produce the that you have crushed this farmer's market challenge by a landslide. the first, we're going to have to tally of your shopping list and see what you actually spend that the farmer's market. >> and go for it. >> incredible. you have shown us how to make super healthy, refresh chapino from the farmers market on the budget, that for the whole family. that is outstanding. >> thank you peter i am glad that you like it. i think anybody can do it. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us on facebook or twitter and we >> i am not a big speech-maker, but i relish the idea of coming here today to share with you a very special graduation. i want to begin by saying it has been a wonderful, exciting time being the mayor of san francisco for these first seven months. i have had the privilege of working with the chief and his wonderful staff and the fire commissioners. i know they're here to c

>> i am david baker, and i am very unhappy to be here, but i am. i would say i agree with everything kevin said. in fact, i think i am one of the primary culprits, one of the players in getting these parking maximums in place. i just want to explain to you what happened to us and why i think it is reasonable and that there be some adjustment. -- reasonable that there be some adjustment. there was a use permit to in 2008 which was modified. in 2008, tandem parking spaces were counted as one space. there were counted as one individually accessible space. the second space was not counted toward your total. this was approved just to make things really confusing. it was approved with five spaces written and six bases on the plan. we fumbled along and thought a tandem space did not count. this shows the written part where it said five is six on the plan. it's a 6 on the plan, five on the written stuff. in between our submission for the modification and that, the planning department, i think wisely, changed the definition of a tandem space to be a two par

i am the producer and production staff of -- productions.ion. he is incredible. he took my first party we did, it was sold out and we have been doing it for years. i worked very closely with him. there is not anything he cannot handle or attack and attack -- talk on the phone and handle. he has his fingers all over town. the thing that have been most was i was a member, one of these off of the transfer in the day in we were able to bring back deerow -- trocadero. we have people flying in to attend this party once a year. the funds come under one roof. a couple of those are charities and we hired the original staff. steven lee has taken the time to not only welcome all of us but people that are handicapped into the situation. they have a job and have something to do again. there are a lot of older and younger people. he works, he knows the area. he taught me incredible things. thank you and please consider him. supervisor kim: thank you. >> i am here in support of steven lee. i am the president of a tech company. and a community volunteer. th

i am living with hiv/aids. i wrap myself a real tight to catch two buses to kaiser permanente 80 stand up in the cold and rain to deal with the repair and maintenance -- to deal with the paramedics that are not generous. as a transgender woman of color at 80, it is hard to work with people who cannot identify, nor tolerate, someone who is different than they are. another issue, and director, resource guide, that guides seniors to where senior services are. that needs to be upgraded to include the areas that serve the seniors and that they are lgbt senior-friendly. i have a resource guide and my desk at work. i use that regularly. but i noticed when my community members, , they want to know, are they lgbt-friendly, and i cannot tell them if they are or if they are not. so i have questions staff at the human rights commission. the director. we need to teach our city workers as well. because our city workers are not educated on lgbt issues, so how are we going to move forward with lgbt issues? we do not have to wa

i am vice chair of the committee. i am joined by supervisor olague. our clerk is ms. gail johnson. at sfgtv, we have john and nona. we have announcements? >> yes, all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you have materials, please submit an extra copy for the file. if you wish to submit speaker cards, please put them in the container in front of you to your left. items recommended out of committee today will be considered by the full board tuesday of next week unless another date is indicated. supervisor chu: thank you very much. can we excuse supervisor elsbernd? yes. we will do that without objection. >> item 1, hearing to consider that the issuance of the type 40 aren't-sell beer license to mark e. rennie for bart downtown, doing business as craft, located at 440 mission street to serve the public convenience or necessity of the people of the city and county of san francisco. supervisor chu: thank you very much. >> inspector for the police department. good morning. the applicant has applied for and the original type for the on-s

the reason i am successful in my day job is because i am an artist, i am involved in creation. that said, san francisco has a vibrant entertainment scene. it continues to grow, it continues to bring people to the city. i believe that there are a lot of ways that this commission can positively impact the scene as it is now. i would say one of the first things i would bring to the table ideally would be the way to book local and by that, i mean to have venue owners to have successful venues whether they be corporately owned or independently owned. book artists on weekends to open up for established artists with the hope of growing those artists to fill their venues on monday or tuesday and wednesday. this was an idea i discussed a long time ago with boots houston who owned the maritime hall. i asked why do not book on a local opener and he said they do not drive people -- drug people. -- draw people. if you do it would add to the revenue. that is why would like to see happen. i cannot say anything more than willing to encourage the current lackluster book local. supervisor campos

i am going to review it. >> thank you. i am a little interested. that means we have not done this for 19 years. i would like to know why, and this is interesting to maie. >> side and -- set aside the fact of we have not done it. i was under the impression we just as do transfers based on limitations with our own policies. we comply with the law. there are conditions. you work with the district, and it requires us to approve these, except we are allowed to have some of the policies that do not allow the systems out of district people to jump ahead of students who live here, so i am just interested if we are proposing to do anything differently, and once we pass this, i am wondering whether the other districts do this, too, and does that mean we will not be letting anyone in? >> we have not done this before. goothe law changed last year. under certain conditions, we could revoke the permit, for example if there is chronic behavioral problem. you cannot require people to annual labor in new -- annualyl renew unless you have a contract. now we have 70

i am the proud principle. i am also proud to serve in a district judge has explicitly developed the following three goals, and to make social justice a reality, and to engage high achieving learners, and to keep our promises to students and families. both improvement data and results support that paul revere is making significant progress towards these goals. our student achievement data is available for your review. i would like to share briefly a few more results from a survey that over 200 of our family is completed recently. 83% of families believed their children atenjoyed attending paul revere. 87% believed teachers have the best intentions in mind when making decisions, and 90% feel students are treated respectfully and valued at paul revere. although we have some concerns we continue to address, i will personally commit to working on improving communication, and aging parents, and working towards meeting our goals of equity and high achievement for all. thank you. >> good evening. my name is meghan wil

i am shelly. i want to address and then that was only briefly mentioned in some of the comments about naomi kelly, and that really is hurt empathy and understanding of the needs of all people in that the city. i am working with her now on a project with oxfam to talk about hunger in the world but mostly in this city. she is working with the schools in working with several organizations. this is in addition to all the things you have heard people here say. she understands the connection of family to business and having successful lives. i just wanted to make sure that we kind of highlight, again, the fact that as she does her daily jobs as it relates to the business and the business of the city, she is also thinking about the needs and concerns of the families that are counting on us to run the city on their behalf. so i strongly support naomi kelly. i know that, from our poorest child to our richest resident, they will give consideration, and i hope she will get your nomination. thank you. supervi

i am here to speak in a parallel situation to the way city government is run here could i am appalled. i view this city as the most racist city in the united states. right now, we had a mayor that i have known over 20 years, and it seems to me that if this is a neighborhood service this situation, i am here to give a couple parallels. the oewd, dcyf, american cup, the fillmore center, in some parks around here, i am here protesting, and i will at every meeting that i can do you have got to understand the history. i am responsible for the city government channels that you have got here. years ago, i used to take my little camera and take it down to channel 25 and air the board of supervisors meeting. 20 years later, i am scrutinized, got to fight with being in the press room to show my credentials because i am a black man. because of the african-american population going way down, there is a problem here. i am reading over some of these items coming up in your different agendas, coming up thursday, and i am not racist or fearing of aids or lesbians, but because the african americans di

i am available for question or comment. president fong: project sponsor, please. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i represent the owner. this project was approved in 2000 as a residential care facility. since then, the owners have always needed a caretaker to be on the residence. for the last 10 years, they have not been able to do that. last year, we did apply to have that facility, but commissioner moore made salient points which led to its disapproval. those points were taken into consideration. we went back to the department. the basic criticism was that it was too independent. it was meant to be a single family unit, it independently accessible, with a parking space and a kitchen. she thought that would have been an intensification of use. the commissioners unanimously agreed with her. we went back with the planning staff. "we did was we changed most of the things she had commented on. we took out the unit. we established a direct access to the residential care facility use place. we pulled back the one story addition

i am here because i am supportive of a my neighborhood and i am proud that they have raised their voices to save there are frustrations and issues around late night places like the jack in the box. it is also that several bars and massage parlors. i am supportive of the concerns that my residents have raised with a petition that has hundreds of signatures from around the city. i wanted to to thank his staff and managers and others for sitting down with us when we shared our concerns. many of them were similar to the residence. i am thankful they agreed to make his business safer and to address the concerns. i should say this is about item number n. not about the other franchises. he is a small business honor that i want to make sure he is treated fairly. i'm going to be urging you to continue this item while we work with neighborhood stakeholders, merchants and others to create a much stronger safety plan for the whole area. if you continue this item that allows him and his staff to meet face-to-face with neighbors, which they need to be able to express frustration. it is not just the th

i am bill hammond. i am president of the golden gate we tenants' association. i have asked you to maintain existing height limits and vote no on the resolution. the reason for the master plan and waterfront plan is to limit growth and development. new projects should fit within existing height limits. if you relax the limits for this property, another developer will be before you shortly with another request to increase the height limits somewhere else along the waterfront. eventual result could be a solid wall of high-rise buildings along the waterfront. if the height limits are not maintained, you may find you do not have a master plan, a waterfront plan. you have an illusion. please vote no on the resolution. thank you. >> nan roth. >> there are some many things one could say. i have been active on the waterfront for decades. i was on the waterfront plan advisory board. i represented my neighborhood for many years as the chair of the waterfront committee. all of this strikes very close to my heart. one thing that was mentioned triggered a memory. the origina

i am happy i am going to the horseshoe. >> i concur with everything said so far. it would be a shame if there was no music on cortland. i played there and there is no resemblance between what it was then and now. i mean music is vital to the life of a community. i urge you to grant this permit. >> i never parked in that parking lot. i made lots of friends. when they no longer had a license, i missed it. i want to go back to the neighborhood. there i get a lot of entertainment and made friends. i support them. >> moved -- i moved out here and i think keeping live music live is what makes neighborhoods flourish and what keeps people coming out. i think that is what the city has. i>> good evening. i am a small business. i have been the jobs, as a small business. so i am glad we gave her an opportunity. a small business can. to give her a chance. we are losing it. and thank you for that. >> i am a longtime resident of brunell heights, and i am excited about going to the lucky horseshoe in hearing some really good live music. i know there is a lot that i have never had

i am a resident.an who spoke about living on harvey milk plaza, i am the next closest person. i live on the exit. i have a bird's eye view all the time and i walk through six or eight times a day. i am familiar with what goes on. former speakers have been very eloquent. i would like to commend the tour guide who spoke about the safety issues that are there. they are real and they need to be addressed. in my opinion, as a resident of i'm not looking for quiet, peaceful place to live. i moved to the castro because of its vibrancy and diversity and is accepting and tolerant neighborhood. we need to address some safety concerns that are there. there does need to be some basic guidance. the ordinance is logical and i would support it wholeheartedly. i help you endorse them and support supervisor wiener in his efforts to bring some common sense legislation among -- in these public spaces that are our friend yards. when a c>> ifor eight or nine years i was the president of the triangle association. i walk th

i am for the american cup. there is a lot of benefits of the city is going to receive, and not just with my organization, which we will be doing the work of unloading and loading cargo which we have done for 100 years on these stocks. what i see is that these and docks are being reconstructed, refitted for public use. for long-term use. with the cruise ship terminal, activities for the community, it is a win-win. most of the maritime work is out of san francisco. i encourage any building of a maritime. you need to have not just tourists, but maritime. that is what built this city. i would encourage you to " it up. -- vote it up. i wanted to say a point about the tv, i appreciate that kind of ladder a movement. it is important for the maritime community to make an issue with this. i appreciate your time. i encourage you to go with it. >> good evening, my name is jason, i am the president of local 75. i am a four generation member born in san francisco. we have been in charter since 1939. it is our job to maintai

i am victor gilbert. i have made a lot of calls to supervisor wiener's office, i am sure you know my name, and i am the owner of a condominium directly across the street from the douglas dog park, and i have spoken to your office, and i do not know the procedure. i want to submit a plan of where my house is to the park. the dog walkers are fine, but i feel very betrayed by the system and so forth, and i am not born to be popular with you, supervisor, but i feel betrayed by you because i have made so many calls to your office, and they asked me to i am, and i say "and victor dilbert," and they come back and say you are in a meeting. this has become emotional for me. i have lived there since 1995. it is at par, very much under the radar, and i would also like to reform it. it is from elizabeth kalkstein, and it is signed by a woman, douglas playground. they modified the playground, and it says in a san francisco department of city planning categorically exempt from environmental review. now, when you put an