everyone needs to realize, why am i here? everybody needs to ask, why am i here, what i am doing?nce you are able to its that question honestly, smooth sailing. tavis: what do you make of the fact that we're just about to hit the 40th anniversary of your film, the harder they come"? >> it is great. that is a film that capture the moment of time and inspired other films. one of the great films in the u.s., all over the world, is fitcarace."s -- "scarface." when you look, you will see the similarities of the story. i am glad that played a pivotal role. it is a classic. it is great to be around out to celebrate the 40th anniversary. still, i am looking forward to the next level, the next movie. tavis: if jimmy cliff is going for the next level, we should all do the same thing. we all know that he could rest on his borrow said he wanted to, but he is not. jimmy cliff, the new album as "sacred fire." thank you for the great conversation. >> thank you, sir, for having me. tavis: that is our show for tonight. good night from l.a., and as always, keep the faith. ♪ ♪ willso as sure as the

am has a 10 -- i am hesitant to add additional staffing. propose we send this out with no recommendation to the full board next week. supervisor chu: thank you. i would support that. so long as the department does provide the inspiration to us. i think it would be good information for us to have. we have a motion to send the item forward without recommendation at this time. >> we will do that without objection. supervisor chu: thank you very much, colleagues. do we have any other items before us? >> that completes the agenda. supervisor chu: thank you. we are adjourned. supervisor avalos: good morning. welcome to the city operations and never had services committee. my name is supervisor john avalos, the chair the committee. joined by supervisor eric mar. the other member of the committee will be absent today, supervisor sean elsbernd. can we get a motion to excuse his absence? so done, without objection. we're also joined right now by supervisor david campos. the clerk of the committee is ms. gail johnson. can you share announcements? >> a

thank you. -- >> i am adel humphries. i am in opposition to the conditional use authorization. i did not want to just get up here and support this -- i felt i needed to stand up, because the indicates that this was the interim proceeding that will govern a short amount of time until they can put in place several to plans and get the authority to build up the facility that they have in mind. and there are questions about if this can legally ever be done. the decision on this conditional use may be what governs the operation from now until the indefinite future. i wanted to make this clear. this is not some interim deal that does not deserve your intention -- attention. i am a resident of the knob hill association and i request that this matter be continued until january 12, thank you. >> members of the commission -- transit first did not work well today. i am requesting that you consider extending this to january 12 for a couple of weeks. this is what has been testified already and the attorneys for the next couple of weeks -- they're working with the city attorney's office on o

i am financing my own campaign. i am a capable and successful businessman. i was invited to the white house, president reagan, president bush, president clinton, and i asked the people why. you are taking everybody and i did that. the solution for san francisco is economics. we have to bring businesses through. right now they are very unfriendly. to get a permit to build a house takes two years. to get a permit to build a house, it takes months and months. in a way, it is ok, but not that long. you go to nevada, you can open a business in two weeks. it's the same country, the same language, that's why i'm running for mayor. the solution for the business in san francisco, the most beautiful city in the world, is nobody through the years will having a business person in this city. the prior mayor was a professional politician. the prior mayor was a police officer. i'm a professional businessman, successful, which is i know how to make the payroll. thank you very much. think about it. vote for the people you know and don't vote for somebody you don't know. than

i am a patient advocate. i am also a part of the 99%. my comment is that directly to the federal government. we have a lot of low-income disabled veteran patients that are going without, and we stand here today to make sure that does not continue. i have been sleeping at occupysf for the last couple of days, and i see patients literally hurting because there is no safe access. we need the safe access. this is not a drug. this is not a prescription. this is life-saving medicine. we needed to get to the patients in the people who desperately needed. thank you for your support and your help, but we need to do a lot more. it takes all of the san francisco. it does not just take the advocates to stand up for the people. it is all of san francisco. all of san francisco is here. listen to us. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. i have a couple more cards. you want to use the one to your right. you can use the microphone to your right, because that was not on. >> hello. first, i want to thank all you supervisors for he

i am con extremely -- i am extremely concerned. it would be more appropriate to place a similar antenna in a place away from our school. the children are at the school from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., and some students day until 6:00 p.m. in the school. we think this is the worst jurors. we do not want our children to be these statistics, that a few years from now we will conclude that the antennas were definitely harmful. finland, russia, germany, israel -- do we have a right? i think, we, the parents, have the right to choose whether we have the antennas near our children or not. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is irina. in the mother of four children in the hebrew academy -- i am the mother of four children in the hebrew academy. the and this is in kindergarten. she is just 5. -- the youngest is in kindergarten. i am very concerned about the antennas installation. our family came to the u.s. from russia 10 years ago, seeking a better life for our children. it was very hard in russia with no hebrew school. in san francisco,

i am a woman, i am black, i show my certification. i am black. i work here. the sooner i get on to waste water, i am tired of bob and harland kelly. so the disconnect from them, bayview hunters point, district 10, the people that are always out here with the burning flame, the people that went all the meetings for model cities and hunter's quapoint, i was the kid in the backseat. i am certified. they can identify with me. they turned back a contract where you could go there and look at the plans and they would put you in connection with the people. she told me -- what happens left? how do we find out about transportation authority? i am interested. we have no plans, we were getting them from bdi. where do we get plans for that? once bdi closed, we stopped getting them. [applause] >> can i say a word? i'm over here. yolanda. i don't know if my e-mail attachment came through, but the fire in the back of the room, the next upcoming contract is the construction management for the bus storage facility. which is a small contract, $80 million worth of construction,

i am an african-american. i am also quarter regan -- puerto rican. i do speak spanish and a lot of other dialect's, so i can bring that to the task force as well. i know a lot of youth just getting into canada's after using it recreation league, and i would like to bring them up and show them what to do, how the to do it, and different guidelines. also, i am and homeless advocate. there are a lot of homeless individuals that use medical cannabis recreational league, and they are still getting picked up or cited or things like that. i just want to keep the outreach and the advocacy going around in our community because there are still issues popping up around medical cannabis. supervisor kim: thank you. kenneth lima. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am here to advocate for patients for medical marijuana for one purpose. i provide hospice for people who are dying and who are scheduled to die. i survived that, and i want to help those who are dealing with new debt issues and perhaps make them more comfortable, not so they have to accept it, so they can

i am -- in my business life, i am in the real-estate world. i am here speaking as a resident of telegraph hill, over here. and i am very much in support of the developers' proposal and almost every respect. in my business life, i got a lot of planning conferences, and there is a uniform the crying of the absence of projects, a lot of hand-wringing over the fact that we're not really getting the kind of quality that we want. many people say, why do we not have a product that has a nexus of transit, where we have people living and working in the same area? here, we have just that. we have water, a ferry, water taxis, rail, bikes, bus. i look at this project not only as -- at the forstall condominiums, which offers inner city living, which is highly desirable, white at the tod, as well as many other things. when the bottom, we're going to of people living in town using cars, to some extent, but the impact on the bridge, because of the location of this project, will be less than the standard stuff that you see in this country. i like the design el

i am richard chavez. i work for central city collaborative and myself several hours a week and after seeing these photos and the people that come to see as with their problems, i am lucky. i stay at the london in and it is the same period in has everything like john was saying. this place has everything for seniors and it is really good. elevator works all the time. they have case managers. tomorrow it will have the thanksgiving dinner for everyone which is great. i wish everybody could come by and see how it is run. it is run really good. the manager is really great. the case managers do with everybody single-a-3 they do not have no pets or anything like that. their friends or anything like that. there is no danger, it is clean, it is everything. it is in the tenderloin and i am damned if they do not take care of it. it is the london and -- inn. like i was saying it is a place you could get the ideas from. they even have a nurse. it is great. elevators and people and is subsidized housing, 55 and over. t

i am resident of 17th street. i am kevin kelly. the call me irish. i am a muralist on -- in the area. the group by belong to, food not bombs, is cooking food right now for 16th and mission. two years ago, i was amazed to watch 800 people receive services on a thursday. i switched my work schedule so i could help out arriba juntos. i helped with the refugee awareness day this year. that was amazing. any youth today, seeing that line going around the corner, we know what the economy is like. 800 people today of all nationalities. it is amazing. i have been working jo withrge over two years, living in the community over 10. the condos are coming up all around. it is making me nervous because i have two rentals. i see this coming. i support jobs and things like this. i know what happened on valencia. historically, the mission is a latin section. i love the flavor of it. i am not against condos or anything. i have lived there since 2004. arriba juntos has been there how long? 46 years. they bought this property for only one thing. this is so simple. the w

still am. congress wants to keep pizza and french frys in the cafeterias and the new spending bill unleashed unraffled by the usda among other things de creeing the two table spoons of sauce counts as a veggie. conservatives don't think big government should tell kids what to eat. but critics say it is a national disgrace with one saying, quote, they are making sure that two of the biggest problems in the school lunch program, pizza and french frys are untouched. clearly we must discuss this in the dsh d -- >> lightning rooooooouuund. lightning round. >> sandra, bottom line here. this is all about big tomato wanting its slice of the government pie. please tell me you saw what i did there. >> what? >> pizza, pie of owe god. that's good. >> here is the deal. i always wanted peja when i was a kid and rarely got it, but i tried to talk my parents into the four food groups, clearly it does. on the other hand it is not congress saying pizza is a vegetable. it is saying, hey, people can eat whatever t

i apologize if i am mispronouncing your name. i am sure i am doing that. >> good afternoon. in the treasurer of the student council of the hebrew academy. i came here from the ukraine in 1994. in 1997, my parents and grandparents decided to move away from communism to the united states and open up a new life for me. in order for me to have a brighter and more successful future, we moved to california. my very first american school was lafayette. in the fourth grade, my parents and i noticed that the school did not teach anything about my jewish heritage. my parents enrolled me come up which i have attended for eight years. i became -- from the very beginning, i fell in love with my school. not only does the school have a vigorous academic curriculum, but also a very advanced dept.. this is the only high-school in the bay area that is completely orthodox and teaches kids about their jewish roots. if it were not for the academy, i would not have the privilege to learn about the practice of judaism. whether it is proven not, the parents will be scared and they will take their k

[laughter] i like to think i am number one, and a i am number one, it is irrelevant who is two or three. >> [inaudible] >> if i listen to mr. fazio's e- mail that he sent me asking me to withdraw, i could not even rank myself no. 1. [laughter] but if i returned the favor and asked him, -- >> i asked for two names. all right, thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. we will now go to the questions that have been submitted. glitzy -- let's see. ok. what is your view of the revision or elimination of the three strikes rule? we will go back to the beginning. >> thanks. that is not a yes or no? let me say that the three strikes law is broken and requires revision. i am committed to never filing as a third strike in -- unless it has to be serious or violent. this is where experience comes in as well. just because it is a violent or serious felony does not mean it should be a third strike for a second strike. that is why you want a d.a. that has been charging cases, that has been teaching highly charged and that has been doing this work for 22 years, so we can bring that kind of discretion t

i tell you this because i am 44 and i am an adult. i do not go to nightclubs. one of my favorite places to go is the buccaneer and that is because of teague and the kind of operation he runs. it is comfortable and quiet, a place to meet my friends, many of, are here today. have conversation and enjoy professionally run bar. i came here because he deserves a fair shake in this business venture. president mazzucco: thank you. >> i am a born and raised in san francisco, moved away, and came back because i love the energy that san francisco has and the nightlife and restaurants and the whole neighborhood environment. lately it has been difficult to find good establishments with music and food for adults. i know there is a lot of night clubs out there. the fact that this establishment is going to have live music and cater to an adult crowd i think is a positive thing. i know that north beach has their issues with some of the nightclubs downtown columbus and broadway. this is a different energy, a different type of venue. i look forward to it being openly. i do not w

i am a friend of the owners. i know them to be very hard- working, well-respected, and contributing members of the community. i also have a small business. i frequently eat out. bistro gambrinus is one of the restaurants i like to go to. i go with a friend of mine that is 88 years old. it is operating as a full- service restaurant. i also a frequent eastern european food restaurants that primarily serve beer. i believe that most of the comments thta the d.r. people are making are not something that i have experienced at bambrinus. i do not live directly in the neighborhood. i live on knob hill and travel because that is where i like to eat. i believe the restaurant and the owners are run a very well- respected business. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i live at 1833 fulton street. i have lived there for about three years. i know everything about the bistro gambrinus restaurant. there is no negligence regarding this restaurant, regarding drunken patrons and peeing or whatever you want to call it on that street.

i am james murray. you are w.c. miner. he said, i am not. i am the superintendant of the lunatic asylum. he is mad, a murderer, and an american. and they became the best of friends. >> we found this. some still pictures and audio. let's watch. >> this is simon winchester. i am wandering the united states, researching a new book. i have recall the number of audio postcards. [beethoven's fifth plays] i am in the middle of the missouri river in west montana, one of the most remarkable pieces of geography and history in the entire united states. this is simon winchester in a remote part of northwestern colorado. looking north towards, i can see the badlands of south dakota. this is mountainous and eroded. >> that is all we found. did you do more than this? >> i will be posting another one on lonely strode in america, -- on the loneliest road in america, route 57 in nevada. there are only two of them. >> what is this leading to? >> this goes partly back to my publicist who said that if you have a web site, the thing about websites is that you for

we have done -- i am sari, i am bit nervous. we have been maintaining the property and following through with all of the communications and i can assure you that we have reached out and we have a supportive response from arriba juntos. -- arriba juntos. this work would continue. the space that they use would not be compromised. we went into the project looking to build and submitted the application to the city quite a few years ago. we were told that this would be the eastern neighborhoods plan, to get to this stage. during the stages along the

i am urging you to vote no.sident chiu: next speaker of. >> amoeba music is in trouble as far as making money anymore. the economy has screwed us. there are new ways of getting used to deliver to the people. yet we hang on. we have 95 employees. we have blue shield that we offer. it costs us $300,000 per year out of our pockets that we pay for our employees for blue shield. if we do not pass this amendment, it is going to cost us another $150,000 per year, as we calculate. out of our pocket and we have no chance of getting any of it back. that is probably going to be the death knell for our business. what is going to happen? instead of improving the workers' conditions, you're going to have 95 employees who are out of work. these are employees who are not easily hirable, either. these are people who do not have college degrees, a lot of them. that are not good in the labor force, but they are good at ameba music. we would appreciate it very much if you would consider the amendment. thank you. president chiu: nex

i am down her, i am down one more, and now i am down to five dogs. a big problem with that, and there are a lot of other things, but that was primarily what i wanted to go into. the number thing is huge, and it does not have to be six or eight. president o'brien: thank you. anymore who want to speak? -- any more? clerk: i have one more, amy. >> scott waner has left, but i want to thank him for having started this discussion, and i want to thank you for your time, and commissioner dooley, i appreciate that you are out there and see our work. i know you have been in front of the people who are sort of the bane of some of our existence is. i see people here that i see out in the parks, and i see people who are fellow dog trainers, there are a lot of people near i know that are really coming from a place of where their heart is in the right place, but also where they are very educated and passionate about dog training about making sure that the dogs are safe and having good behavior. we see things and drive us crazy, and to have thumbs for a light fixtur

>> i am indeed.o long virginity. >> you said the reason the polls show more republicans want newt's finger on the budget, i feel they would turn it. >> ron paul is not going to -- he is above it. >> you referred to jack black's dad. please stop spreading false rumors. this is not los angeles. this is fall, baby. i forgot i am not in los angeles. >> we just have to think ratings on the east coast. paul newt was on the ballot. he was fourth out of eight on the most likable question and here is the thing. it could be that voters don't care about like ability. i think voters are saying maybe it is not what we are looking for now. it is more of a factor than the new thing. >> i probably have to go. i just want to say one last thing on the sasha gray thing. i am guessing the best part is the schoolkids dads who really had no idea who she was. outraged moms saying honey, can you believe they had this sasha gray, who, what? that is horrible. >> google her. >> yes, i will be upstairs googling. >> i am done. >

i am dr. joel livingston. i am a member of doctors of america.e a health advocacy group of physicians. i am also from the center of policy analysis. president chiu: excuse me, sir, if you are going to speak on the health care security order, we will have a hearing on that right after this public comment. if you could hold your comments until then? next speaker, please. >> hi, supervisors. since 2006, a conditional use hearing is required whenever formula retail establishment applied for permanent in a commercial district beatty -- commercial district. the planning department broke the law. who did they break the law for? jpmorgan chase, one of the companies that has caused and profited from the global recession. here in section c of the law -- "retail establishments are defined." notice that it includes general uses, sales and services, sales and services retail, which is highlighted in purple here. retail sales and service is a category here. is a catchall category and it includes -- it is a catchall quarter -- category and includes all these th

i am hoping -- i guess i am fatigued. over the past five, six years, the conversation, the tone that it has taken. it has gotten nasty and bitter and did not really lead to anything other than more bitterness. i would rather see us move more into -- maybe the next few years, we can resolve these issues and concerns, and in a fashion that is less combative. maybe we can actually sit down with some members of the community, with the mayor's office convening, the board of supervisors. the planning department will stay involved. we have christine from our enforcement division. but to do this in a way that is less combative spirit i am not sure it has gotten us very far. i think we are spinning our wheels and are in the same place we were six years ago. i know there has been some legislation recently proposed around student housing that we heard last week. issues around housing, traffic, are issues that, hopefully, we can continue to work with the institution to see if we can get somewhere where the neighbors and others feel m

we have done -- i am sari, i am bit nervous. we have been maintaining the property and following through with all of the communications and i can assure you that we have reached out and we have a supportive response from arriba juntos. -- arriba juntos. this work would continue. the space that they use would not be compromised. we went into the project looking to build and submitted the application to the city quite a few years ago. we were told that this would be the eastern neighborhoods plan, to get to this stage. during the stages along the way, we communicated as we were required to. the outpouring is moving but i wish that we have this sooner. i support everything that arriba juntos does. i support children, first graduates. i understand the mission. we're not developers, we have a small project. we are two working families, and over the last few years we have very few, modest-quality buildings. these projects employed 99% people from san francisco. we continue to want to build these, these buildings and in the past -- we

i am a senior as well. i am within walking distance. after 7:00, 8:00, i can testify the garage at portsmouth square is empty. automobiles going to the restaurant -- there is no problem. i am sure the restaurant will delegate. they do not have to pay the parking fee. there are lots of seniors in chinatown. they live in a very congested place. there are entertainments, and within reasonable prices, i am sure the senior will go there once a week. i hope you will grant the permit. i am also a member of the central station, the police captain's advisory board. we had so much trouble on broadway, but this is a quiet, peaceful street. we want more people walking the street, going into restaurant to get entertained. our number one industry is tourists. this also will attract tourists. not only that -- we have roughly 300 tourists from china and hong kong every day, coming to san francisco. when two guys from china heard about it, dick came and brought customers. -- they came and brought customers. jobs and jobs. everybody needs a job. presiden

>> i am glad i did it. i had amazing experiences, but i am happy. tavis: the book is called "the submission" by amy waldman, and a lot of people are talking about this, her first novel. . thank you. up next, chris isaac, and he brought his guitar with him. so you may want to stick around for this. please welcome chris isaac to the program, who is out with a new cd, paying tribute to sun records, the rockabilly covers. some of the recording sessions for the elvis songs, "i forgot to remember to forget." >> great singers, all three, johnny cash, carl perkins, roy orbison, jerry lee lewis, and all of those artists came out of one the la plata in memphis, tennessee. -- came out of one little place in memphis, tennessee. ♪ ♪ i forgot to remember to forget her i cannot seem to get off of my mind i thought i would never miss her ♪ tavis: that is recorded at sun studios. >> cowboy jag is an amazing musician, much more talented. -- cowboy jack. when i first heard he was going to come in, i thought, cowboy jack, he had to be pushing eighty, and the next day,

i am a san francisco resident for 20 years. i have been a patient a little bit more in the past 12 years. i became very involved in a local medical cannabis movement because my life depended on it. over the years, i have come to know and love of the people involved and a lot of the different issues relating to cannabis and especially low income patients who are sometimes disadvantaged in accessing the madison where your average san francisco citizens can go to a collective or dispensary. a lot of times lower income patients are not. they're interested in achieving the local gardens where people can take part in and grow their own cannabis reducing the cost tremendously. i appreciate being able to take part of the years in the different committees and activities involved in creating some reasonable regulations for our town and i appreciate the opportunity to sit on the task force and continue doing so with the people that are here. i think this is effective in gathering the community and giving them a form to work on the issues

i am a senior. i am the youth fellowship leader for the use summit. i want to give a big thank-you to you for supporting the youth summit. president mendoza, with your help, we were able to hold a meeting including 99 students from seven public high schools, including mission, ifa, third marshall, washington, linkedin to their first-ever youth summit on friday, october 28 to. i want to thank president mendoza for supporting the use -- the youth. i would like to share with you how we got started area i came to the united states two years ago. when i first came here, i did not speak a lot of english. i had to translate for my parents and i got disconnected from this new life. i did not know where to turn to for help. after i served on the u.s. commission -- on the youth commission, i realize there were a lot of education and political opportunities in san francisco. i hope that i can connect these opportunities to other immigrant youth. i formed the committee with a student advisory council member, with commissioners, and we decided -- we hope to use th

i am here because i am disability. i am staying at an sro hotel. the people with hiv and disability people, we do not know if it is not proper or private, and we get subsidized from the federal government. there is a lot of bling in going on, right in front of staff. how can you believe in case management when you left people call you -- when you let people call you "punk," "fag." you cannot even say that you are gay, because other tenants say you do not have a right to show your gayness, and to have this in san francisco -- i am also here to tell you that we have language barriers. things happen in front of staff that they do not say you cannot do that. people tied things to their doors to make sure if someone has been in or out. all of this was three years ago. it seems that this is actually keeping us on the side. people you never know who are on the street. it would be free if it is a shelter. we pay money. we really hope this is the moment where we can come together and have a different type of case management. supervisor mar: thank you so muc

i am glad you are standing and i am really grateful. >> thank you. >> come on up, mike. >> i am not much of a speaker. for some reason, at that particular moment, this beautiful lady decided to stop. to me, she is my guardian angel. if she had not have stopped, i do not know what would have happened. i know i would have been there by myself and alone. i really do not know. god bless you. you will always be in my heart. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you, again, to the family, for having such a wonderful daughter and a wonderful san francisco citizen. thank you very much. thank you. supervisor kim: good afternoon and welcome to rules committee. i will be chairing today's committee. we want to enologist at -- acknowledge the staff at sfgov tv. madame clerk, are there any announcements? >> the items recommended will go to the full board on tuesday, november 15 unless otherwise indicated. item number one, hearing to consider appointing to members for january 31, 2013 s january 31, 2014. supervisor kim: unhook all the applicants are here today. we will be asking the same

. >> good afternoon, commissioners f i am jon swae and i am the planning manager for the glen park community plan and i am here to present to you a series of actions we are asking the commission to take to approve the glen park community plan. the other half of the glen park team, the glen park and john likes to refer to the glen park community plan as the feel good plan of the season and there is a lot to like about the plan and the plan is enjoying broad community support through an extensive community outreach effort that we have engaged in with the plan. what i would like to do is give a quick recap on the plan and we'll discuss in detail some of the actions we will be asking you to take today. as we are all familiar with, the glen park is focused and the bart station and the commercial distribution with connections to glen park and san jose avenue. and what's really special about this area is it is a really highly transit intensive and pedestrian intensive area. about 9,000 riders use the area around the bart station and what is amazing is half of the 9,000 arrive by walking. 80% of the

i am the mother of five children. we are here to shine light on what is really happening and demanded district removed a principal due to the divisive strategy is plaguing the community under her leadership. we speak up against the principles violating our basic rights, a positive school environment. we are labeled as disgruntled parents. ask yourself if you would tolerate children who lives in an unhealthy, abusive environment. youshe told me she supports shea 100% and feel sorry for the parents and whoever does not agree with it. i have asked to speak to people higher than her. as low income parents, we believe higher in educational standards. clearer performance and a learning environment that creates a well-grounded students by a not only reading, writing, and math, but includes science answer history and ourselves -- and history and arts. our children are only learning math, reading, and right thing. it is the principal believes this is the only way to provide quality education to latino, african-american, and po