i am open to any questions if there are any. >> think you, supervisor. >> i don't have a question, but i think this is great. we need more bowling alleys. i feel like especially in the mission, it will give you something else to do other than hanging out on the street. i think it will be a very positive thing. >> they can talk a little bit about their models, but the bowling alley will be serving adults at the nighttime in the evening. families and youth have already been partnering with youth organizations and can speak in more detail about that. the loss of bowling alleys has really hurt making a the city a family friendly city. >> any other questions? >> thank you for your time and consideration. >> we appreciate when we have supervisors come before the small business commission with potential legislation. we appreciate that very much. i want to open it up for public comment. >> please state your name clearly. speaker cards are available at the front table. for those of us on the high tv or internet, we have a public line available for public comment. we will open up public comment.

is there any public comment on this item? any money -- body wanting to speak? public comment is closed. madam, can you call item number six. it's within the jurisdiction of the commissioner. seeing none public bhick comment is closed. item seven? >> item number seven, future agenda items." >> colleagues any member of the public that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment was closed. >> just a quick question in terms oaf the join meeting with the -- of the joint meeting with the p.u.c., do you need specific dates for us. >> i want to know if you want to meet in august as well. a regular meeting is the fourth friday which is august 26th. so i'll potentially try for a joint meeting on that date. >> so if people have any concerns if you can let ms. miller know. >> thank you. >> man clerk, final item. >> item number eight adjournment. thank you. meeting is adjourned. nice weekend. president vietor: good afternoon. i would like to call the meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission to order. mr. secretary, could you call the roll? secretary ho

there is no question that any u.s.izen in jail in mexico would not have any basis for complaining if the host government determined he or she did not have authorization to remain in that country, independent of underlying criminal charges. this resolution is purely symbolic and

is it any item on the closed session? >> 15, a threat to public services. 16, conference with real property negotiator. 70, conference with legal counsel. >> is there a motion to move to closed session? >> so moved. >> closed >> there was action taken on item 16. and no other items. is there a motion to not disclose any further items? second? all in favor? opposed? any new business? hearing none, the meeting is adjourned. hello, and welcome to the department of elections ranked-choice voting instructional video. this video is part of the department of elections' ranked-choice voting outreach campaign and is designed to educate san francisco voters about ranked-choice voting. today we will learn what ranked-choice voting is, and who is elected using this new voting method. we will also talk about what the ranked-choice ballot looks like and how to mark it correctly. finally, we'll see how the ranked-choice voting process works and show you an example of an election using ranked-choice voting. so, what is ranked-choice voti

any questions bowman -- any questions? >> i have a few, and in interest of full disclosure, i was one of your attorneys. back in the day of construction management focus, as you went through some of your projects, how many did you serve on where turner was construction manager and general contractor, and can you give a little flavor as how you were able to differentiate those roles? in my former federation, it was easier to have separate companies. >> of all the projects i showed you, do -- terminal two had general contractors. all others were general contractors. for the last 15 or 20 years, we have seen that most public entities actually have moved towards the construction and manager so they can have a general contractor on the table to make sure the project is still plentiful and the assets are right and also to save money and -- is vulnerable i -- is buildable and the assets are right and also to save money. that is how it has evolved. >> it is cost-savings? >> absolutely. >> i love having this on the record. >> i hav

any of their children.ontinued to have babies. catherine, the noes' ninth baby, was born in december of 1964. she lived longer than any of her brothers and sisters. long enough, for example, to have this portrait taken. >> the baby was kept in the hospital because they were afraid to let the baby go home. >> one doctor later told an investigator that he hoped catherine would live until her fingernails grew long enough so she could defend herself. after three months, catherine went home. that's when her problems began. marie noe called her doctor constantly. >> mrs. noe called him sometimes four or five times a day, asking his advice and complaining that the baby "is getting on her nerves and she couldn't take all that crying constantly." >> once a nurse reported she saw her trying to feed the baby saying, "you better take this or i'll kill you." marie took catherine to the hospital three times. one time she said she found the baby choking on a dry cleaning bag. >> the thing about the dry cleaning bag story

and is there any public comment? this concludes the meeting. >> you have to admit, yo uget paid a -- you get paid anyway. >> and thank you for coming in. supervisor avalos: supervisor avalos: supervisor avalos: good morning. the clerk of the committee is mr. johnson. can you share with me your announcements? >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to submit copies of materials to the committee, please submit final. if you wish to submit a speaker card, then turn it on to your left -- and turn it to someonine to the left. item one. on sale of beer and wine license for the expansion of the city beer store into the adjacent office space located at 1168 folsom st. will serve the convenience and necessity of the people of the city and county of san francisco. >supervisor avalos: thank you. inspector paulson. >> good morning. what is before us today is an existing business. in short, it is a privilege that allows privilege to sell on site wine and beer. this i

most of the people have not shown up for any of the meetings and heard any of the presentations, the only hear from one or two people. just wanted you to know the committee has voted for this and it is an active community. supervisor avalos: think you very much. nec's speaker please. anyone would like to comment can line up on the side here. >> i am in support of the relocation to 1423 polk street. they bring revenue to the city. they provide jobs. they have never had any problems with the city, police or the abc. they have support of the merchants, neighborhood, and the patrons. they will have eyes on the street during the day during copy service to keep the streets safe, and i know they are really responsible business, and by increasing the trap -- but traffic, we can clean it up. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. >> good morning hon. chair and supervisors. my name is john neumann, a private attorney in san francisco. i want to take a moment out of my day because i see a great local business with good, local ownership that is trying to do right in the neighborhood.

than any other commissioner comments? any public comment on this item? ok, we move on to item 3, the adoption of minutes. before you for consideration are the minutes of the board meeting of july 13, 2011. president goh: commissioners? what somebody like to move for adoption? commissioner peterson: i will move to adopt. >> is there public comment on the minutes? ok, seeing none, if he could call the roll, please? >> on that motion from commissioner peterson to adopt the july 13 minutes -- [roll call vote] fenty, the vote is at 5-0, those minutes are adopted. -- thank you. >> item four, appeal number 10- 108, richard and cher zillman obverses the historic preservation commission. this is for 280 divisadero street, appealing the denial on september 10 -- september 1, 2010, certificate of appropriateness to confront the house at the rear of the subject property to a presidential unit. a public hearing was held on march 9, 2011, and the matter is on for further consideration today. the matter was continued to allow time for the parties to discuss alternate d

any injuries any. on the ground from falling wreckage however they are saying as well though due to the the sheer remoteness of the area of southern siberia where this took place they they can't account for everybody who may have been there one thing they are saying though is no one no local residents should be going into the woods in search of any of the wreckage nobody should be going out trying to hunt for souvenirs say from this this crash due to the fact that this toxic fuel was being carried on board. the the the recovery mission is well and truly underway now they're going to be wanting to find out what exactly caused this crash to take place now the rocket failed to make the required speed to allow it to break through the earth's atmosphere and end all but breaking into three pieces and crushing down into earth now that there are some theories that suggest that you to the the fact that the rocket had already entered parts of the earth's atmosphere the after the explosion some of these may not h

. >> any other commissioners? ok, we'll see if there's any public comment. is there anyone from the public that would like to address this application? seeing none, it is in the hands of the commission. >> can i have a motion? >> i move that the application be approved and including i suppose all the conditions set forth by the captain. >> a second. >> second. >> please call the roll. >> ok. good luck. i'm sure that it will help improvement to the neighborhood. >> thank you very much for your time. >> moving on, item six. commissioners comments and questions. >> i just wanted to take a minute to think a few people for being able to be here on this side of the partition tonight. i look forward to working with all of you. thank you for doing the of reach the day after i got passed through because that meant a lot. i appreciate it. it made me feel more secure. i wanted to think -- and everyone who works with him for all the help that they did. also the supervisors, i was passed in an 11-0 vote. i hope to do him proud and i would like to thank him for all of his

we have not had any major incidences of violence. in the past, our summers have been notoriously bad. this year, we have gone away pretty good. if you would like to look at that list, if you have any questions there. thank you. >> is to any public comment on the executive director report. we will move right along. we move to the police department comments and questions. is there a joke that you want to tell me about? unfortunately, we will have to adjourn the meeting because of a lack of quorum to do any action items. is there somebody here? >> the owner requested a continuance. that is an agenda item. >> we cannot even vote on the continuance. >> ok. with the staff do me one favor and contacts loan and say if there application is missing all of the information requested on the application by the next meeting that i cannot afford. he will skip many items on this application. this is not acceptable. >> if i might request, i don't know if this is appropriate or not but given the fact that we have an additional permit on the agenda and

there is no question that any u.s.izen in jail in mexico would not have any basis for complaining if the host government determined he or she did not have authorization to remain in that country, independent of underlying criminal charges. this resolution is purely symbolic and only divide san franciscans. the obama administration is following the law in a neutral manner. if you prefer an open borders policy, please work to elect federal officials who share that goal, and do that on your own time. thank you. >> walter. i hope you have a great break. made the world be yours. ♪ oh city mandy you came and you gave without taking but you are on break today and i thank you vacation, and got to get away vacation -- you are on a break today today starting a vacation break today

there is no question that any u.s.izen in jail in mexico would not have any basis for complaining if the host government determined he or she did not have authorization to remain in that country, independent of underlying criminal charges. this resolution is purely symbolic and only divide san franciscans. the obama administration is following the law in a neutral manner. if you prefer an open borders if you prefer an open borders policy, please work to elect

is it any item on the closed session? >> 15, a threat to public services. 16, conference with real property negotiator. 70, conference with legal counsel. >> is there a motion to move to closed session? >> so moved. >> closed >> there was action taken on item 16. and no other items. is there a motion to not disclose any further items? second? all in favor? opposed? any new business? hearing none, the meeting is adjourned. >> you can see that it is amazing. you can hear that it is refreshing. you reach for it because it is irresistible. and the taste. simply delicious. san francisco tap water. it engages the senses. 311 is an important resource for all san franciscans. should ♪ >> hello, and welcome to the department of elections right choice voting instructional video. it is part of the department of elections right choice voting outreach campaign and is designed to educate san francisco rig franciscoht choice voting. today we will learn what it is and who is elected using this voting method. we will also talk about with

. >> is there any additional public comments? >> just in hearing the issue with q-matic, something that came to mind. i have answered a lot of questions about surveys, new things in the housing code, things that we have to implement. seeing the responses from our customers, one thing that may need to be considered, i know that there are mine turns on some floors of the department. one thing that was very effective with the brown bag lunches for the videos that were done, which were then displayed on a loop, at any time something new occurs. they can say, this is a new program. it will go through a five-minute loop, and you could also do it in different languages. that would help our customers as they are sitting there waiting. commissioner hechanova: [inaudible] >> [inaudible] watching our customers, that is a quick way to introduce -- i would say and do the writing things, too. but if we could give them a visual, that would help them to, as they conduct their business on these various floors. >> any additional public comment? se

are there any questions?e will not open it up for public comment. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm troubled by the fact that you have five seats and five applicants. now you have four seats and four applicants. if you look in your agenda, you will see that every appointment on your agenda, there is one applicant for one seat. it seems to me that we should be doing more outreach to the community to get more applicants for these seats. second of all, i do support -- we work in the tenderloin. regarding the other applicants, they are stakeholders to will economically benefit c on anyba. -- they will economically benefit on any cba. the need more people who don't have an economic interest but. thank you. >> good afternoon. i would like to thank supervisor kim with moving forward with the appointments. we look forward to working with the supervisors on this and all the things going on in mid market. we support the advisory

any new business? hearing none, the meeting is adjourned. >> is housed in a spectacular building described by the world renowned architect. it is the san francisco destination for provocative expositions and programs that explore culture, history, art, and ideas. the director of cultural affairs told us more about the mission and to give us a tour of the latest exposition. ♪ >> today we find ourselves of the contemporary jewish museum. with me is the director of the museum. >> i am so happy you are here today. >> we're getting close to a milestone for the museum. it is your third anniversary coming up. >> it is. you were here to help cut the ribbon. it has been an extraordinary journey ever since. we welcome hundreds of thousands of people into the building. we welcome school groups, interests -- tourists. >> the addition of the museum to the cultural pantheons of san francisco has been phenomenon. you have fabulous exhibits. there is one i want to talk about, "seeing gertrude stein." >> gertrude stein

if you have any questions -- supervisor campos: no, thank you. i appreciate that the chief has inherited this. it is unfortunate that we are where we are, but we need to focus on moving forward, making sure we have these systems in place. we are talking about premium pay, overtime pay. those are important issues. i think we need to make sure that we monitor it as closely as we can. thank you very much. i think that concludes the presentations, unless there is a department that i left out? why don't we now open it up to public comment is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? >> good morning, supervisors. thomas picarello. there appears to be a disconnect with what is happening in the city and what is being presented to you today. let me be specific. at laguna honda hospital, there were two doctors that blew the whistle on the patient gift fund. now, dph is coming before you and telling you that they should only report on a yearly basis, instead of a quarterly basis. two medical doctors lost their positions at laguna

any questions? [inaudible] we do have legal expertise and individuals with our mayor's office of disability. if you do have any questions at all about things that you might have heard about or issues you are facing, it might be the opportunity to ask questions. any questions? >> thanks, supervisor. sorry for being late. i heard the gentleman say that the help for small business maximum is $100,000. someone else mentioned a repayment plan. a sort of interest rate and so on and so on. business people show up here. a lot of restaurants and small businesses, and i am certain those members are very interested in this program. i myself have been faithful so long. that is why i am interested. hopefully i will be able to learn something and pass on to the people who need my assistance. if there's any way the supervisor would be able to generate a little more activity, maybe the location might not be perfect for the small orders to attend, and hopefully, we have another similar occasion to notify all those p

i wanted to thank the board and the district, i'm trying to think about whether any of you -- any of you were here for the commitment we made a few years ago when the license was in jeopardy, the district invested a fairly large amount of money in the legal challenge defending the station against a legal challenge for the license and it's one of those times that investment in a resource and an asset is really, clearly the right thing to do and so i think we all should be proud that we did that and that was this station, as the resolution said and also other times when we've done things with the station, we've had the opportunity to interact with listeners and supporters of kalw, they are remarkably supportive and steadfast. for things on this station that no other media outlet does or has and so it's a very good thing for our community. i'm proud that the district is able to sustain and support that even though, when i first got on this board, we actually used to put money into the station every year as part of our budget but fiscal and economic realities have made that impossible, i

is there any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. item 11. new business, the agenda setting. is there any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. item 12. communications. is there any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. item 13 is adjournment. >> is there a motion? >> moved and seconded. all those in favor. so be it. thank you. hello, and welcome to the department of elections ranked-choice voting instructional video. this video is part of the department of elections' ranked-choice voting outreach campaign and is designed to educate san francisco voters about ranked-choice voting. today we will learn what ranked-choice voting is, and who is elected using this new voting method. we will also talk about what the ranked-choice ballot looks like and how to mark it correctly. finally, we'll see how the ranked-choice voting process works and show you an example of an election using ranked-choice voting. so, what is ranked-choice voting? in march of 2002, san francisco voters adopted

any new business? hearing none, the meeting is adjourned. > ♪ ♪ >> hello, and welcome to the department of elections right choice voting instructional video. it is part of the department of elections right choice voting outreach campaign and is designed to educate san francisco rig franciscoht choice voting. today we will learn what it is and who is elected using this voting method. we will also talk about with the ranked joyce l. looks like and how to market correctly. finally, we will see how the ranked joyce voting process works and to you an example of an election using ranked choice of voting. so, what is ranked joyce voting? in march 2002 san francisco voters adopted a charter to implement ranked choice of voting, also known as instant runoff voting. san francisco voters will use it to elect most local officials by selecting a first choice candidate in the first column on the ballot and deborah second and third choice candidates in the second and third columns resect to do -- respectively. this m

is it any item on the closed session? >> 15, a threat to public services. 16, conference with real property negotiator. 70, conference with legal counsel. >> is there a motion to move to closed session? >> so moved. >> closed >> there was action taken on item 16. and no other items. is there a motion to not disclose any further items? second? all in favor? opposed? any new business? hearing none, the meeting is adjourned. >> thanks, everybody, for coming today. we are excited about this opportunity to show you this beautiful store, talk about our investment in san francisco. we have some great guests here today. first of all, thank you for taking time out of your schedule. we know the demand on your schedule. i am the vice-president and general manager for northern california northern nevada for our consumer markets. the demand on your time is a lot like our customers. that is why we have spent the time and made investments in a store like this because we know the demand is on their time. when they come into our store, th

and is there any public comment? this concludes the meeting. >> you have to admit, yo uget paid a -- you get paid anyway. >> and thank you for coming in. >> the meeting is called to order. the first item is rollcall. turn off all cellphone and hollywood like to thank -- and we would like to thank sfgov tv. [roll call] commissioners, we have a quorum. discussion of possible action to make direction to the board of supervisors. alcoholic beverages special used subdistrict. in your packet is legislation. >> i really do appreciate that. i like to come and present legislation. it might make a minor change to the a alcohol beverage special use district. that permits a bowling alleys and trust us to share space. there is no compelling reason to a head at a restaurant and bowling alley from sharing a space. this legislation does not address. in terms of other amendments that could be made, we want to proceed with caution because we want to respect that. we have an opening of the discussions with other businesses, but this le

case law here any legislation any law and all it's so easy oh you was the richard in this aspect as well why is it the u.s. government now is claiming that you pop provide your password to your a fifty machine when you cross the border if i were c.e.o. of a major organization if i were journalists our human rights activists i'd be very worried right now now you mentioned makes you wonder who the government is exactly hiring and do you think that they're a little desperate for hires right now i mean we know that. agents that d.h. has agents say that nasa other all descending upon las vegas. right now our death con is going on trying to recruit new hackers but do you think that there is a more of a mad rush than we might have ever seen before it's very possible although i don't know they're going to get a lot of talent i mean there's this sense of peace in boston that if you are computer scientists it is very skilled if you're an individual who actually has been in the academic arena or understood kind of where computer science and the interest of the world and this kind of power shif

any questions? ok. any public comment on any one of the reports?e step up. >> supervisors, i paid very careful attention to the chair's reports, and the assistant directors report's report. as you know, we are not going to get too much of what we desire from the federal government, more because our point persons, nancy pelosi, dianne feinstein, and george miller, barbara boxer, so on and so forth, are not there to pull strings so that we get what we want as far as transportation is concerned. even though you have, in general terms, stated something about the central subway, we need to work very hard to find out if we really need that central subway. i would like to bring to your attention, having worked for a long time as an advocate, to make sure that the constituents, those at speak english, and those that speak other languages, understands the amount of money that is going to be put into that system. i would like you to remember the more than $700 million that was put into the third street light rail which has not worked. having said that, i att

is it any item on the closed session? >> 15, a threat to public services. 16, conference with real property negotiator. 70, conference with legal counsel. >> is there a motion to move to closed session? >> so moved. >> closed >> there was action taken on item 16. and no other items. is there a motion to not disclose any further items? second? all in favor? opposed? any new business? hearing none, the meeting is adjourned. because we have a great waste water system here in san francisco, we do about 80 million gallons of waste water here in san francisco, which means we basically fill up 120 olympic sized swimming pools each and every day here in the city. we protect public health and safety and environment because we are discharging into the bay and into the ocean. this is essentially the first treatment here at our waste water treatment facility. what we do is slow down the water so that things either settle to the bottom or float to the top. you see we have a nice selection of things floating around there, things from b

or any of our employees.ady financing of his campaign and his current front-runner status in republican primary polls will all amount to nothing, because mitt romney can't win. joining me now is paul goldman, former chairman of the virginia democratic party, and the co-author of this political op-ed entitled "why romney can't win." thanks for joining us tonight, paul. >> my pleasure. >> paul, you have included romney in the following list. robert taft, harold stassin, george mcgovern, gene mccarthy, gary hart, richard gephardt, the list goes on and on and on. tell us how romney got on that list, and what it means to his candidacy. >> well, romney ran as we know in 2008, did okay. got about 20% of the vote. 17% of the delegates. now he is trying to come back four years later to win the presidency. it's never happened. that's why he is on the list. it's a long list of losers, and romney will be added to it. >> and the losers are people who tried to run for president four years after losing. >> right. it's the f