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supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> supervisors, first off, i want to thank the supervisors who came down on wednesday night. your presence has been amazing. one evening we asked the supervisor about cleaning at the camp. he was just -- totally, i would walk around with you. most people went expecting that it would be very messy after two months, but it was not. i would also like to demolish the folks in the camps as others have who have been monetize over this. thank you for your leadership. at the end of the day, i occupy wall street has caused us to -- , occupy wall street has caused us to look at things in new ways that we need to. we are grateful for your leadership. right now, we have foreclosure in district 10. over 1500 homes in the bayview alone. a silent crisis that your work has highlighted, in a way. the municipal bank discussion in these important conversations. -- and these important conversations. all of these questions are coming in the spirit that we wanted them to for so long.

supervisor avalos: ask for an rfp? >> right, something that is not a determining factor of what they have to do, that can possibly be a way of evaluating the extent to which they're doing it, but it would not be the primary criteria for the collection process. there is different interpretations on that. i am pointing at the the city attorney has raised some concerns about that, and i think it is still an issue to be researched further. supervisor avalos: separate from the rfp, there probably other ways we could apply at the city. i do not know what they are yet. >> but on this topic, and this is the last slide, legislation in the city of boston. a city council member there has introduced what is called invest in boston legislation, establishing municipal banking communities. the purpose of the commission is just this, to analyze financial institutions that want to do business with the city and to evaluate them in terms of the extent to which they're providing community-oriented business and services, and these are the

supervisor avalos: ok. seen no other member of the public who would like to comment on item number one, we will close public comment. supervisor campos, any other comments? ok. this is before us. can we move it forward with recommendations and take that without objection? this will be moving forward as a committee report to tomorrows full board meeting. very good. thank you very much. [applause] madam clerk, please call item number two. >> item two, resolution supporting the occupy wall street protest movement and urging major lead to a poll people's right to peaceful assembly and collaborate with occupysf to ensure the safety of the protesters, their supporters, and a greater public and the city and county of san francisco. supervisor avalos: very good. thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, i want to thank you for your co-sponsorship for this resolution. supervisor campos, supervisor mar, supervisor chu, mirkarimi, kim, and supervisor winner. i am sorry. not the right one. scratch that. supervisor campos, su

supervisor avalos: think you. next speaker, please. -- thank you. >> i am dan marcos. -- do n marcos. any local hiring is good. the america's cup, which i have been falling for years now is a significant event. it is the world series super bowl of sailing. it is probably much bigger because it is worldwide. the last america's cup was pretty significant. they run from a single hole boat to multi halls. it is a really different design that has been previously used. it will put the focus of san francisco worldwide, but they will not see the jobs created, and that is what we need to focus on. not only the construction jobs, but the post-construction jobs is just as important, because it involves the other members of the household better in san francisco, not just the laborer male, but the sisters, mothers, brothers. we need to key in on that. the current local hiring that you had offered is probably the most innovative one so far. so let's get it applied. thank you. supervisor avalos: next speaker, please. >> good mor

supervisor avalos: supervisor mar. supervisor mar: thank you for your work in making banking more grass roots and down to earth for people in our community. i also support a regional-public bank as well. i wanted to ask a question about the current banking arrangement for the city. we currently bank with three banks, bank of america, wells fargo, and union bank. given the occupy sf and wall street protests happening around the world, there is a lot of focus on the lack of accountability on those three banks at least. how did we come to the decision to go with those three banks? what flexibility is there to make changes in that arrangement? >> a lot of where our accounts set is due to history. technically, these 133 accounts are spread across three banks, but the overwhelming majority are with bank of america, simply because that is the relationship the city has had the longest. your question about what we can do about reing gauging and thinking about changing or completely replacing any of our current relationships, th

[applause] supervisor avalos: thank you. next. >> good morning. [unintelligible] first of all, supervisor campos, thank you again for being in our corner during these trying times, as well as your colleagues for coming to make the statement to the federal government that we, as a state, are taking care of our own and regulating our own. and if they would open their hearts and their minds to the idea of sick and dying people, they, too, might learned something from this body. thank you. [applause] supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. i have a few more cards. [reading names] >> ok, happy halloween. i am part of patient advocacy for medical cannabis, honored to speak before you. i want to thank supervisor campos for his sponsorship of this emergency resolution. i want to point out for is that the prohibition of cannabis has been a huge factor in corporate greed for decades, and the current crackdown on medical can and this is a blatantly unconstitutional. not a single patient advocate in any of the 16 medical can

supervisor avalos: thank you, mademoiselle clerk. the border supervisors had approved the america's cup agreement. we have teamed up with the america's cup regatta that will take place in the next two years. there was a lot of preparation for the america's cup and office of economic workforce development. we have been working at great length with the america's cup event a tory to see that the plan comes to fruition. also last year we had passed our local hire ordinance in construction that would mandate rising levels of hiring local san franciscans in the construction industry, funded with our dollars. we just need to make sure that the spirit of local hire ordinance and local letter of the law are apply where they can be. the america's cup is one area where do want to make sure we can put all that promise. that promise came and we had the america's cup agreement come before us that the board of supervisors and budget finance committee. there was a direct discussion on the number of jobs that would be provided, an economic benefit th

supervisor avalos: thank you. >> good afternoon, city operations. ♪ who is sailing down by the bay and sea, smiling at every boat she sees? it makes no money in work time high. we have got lots of wings to fly with work today. who boating down by the bay and the sea? we are bringing lots of work to you and me, everyone knows it is workforce windy. [applause] supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. we mostly serve people who come from chinatown, new immigrants and limited english proficiency. echoing previous statements, i would ask -- i am asking you to support union jobs that will serve prevailing wages and benefits, and also for the area of event staffing. at the same standards we have on local hiring for construction jobs will be applied. that the workers who will do the work will also be paid a living wages and also have benefits, and they will have also access to job opportunities and the america's cup. supervisor avalos: thank you. >> good afternoon, committee memb

supervisor avalos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is reverend carl alexander, and this is my wife. i am a leader and the san francisco organizing project, an affiliate with a much broader network called the national network for people improving communities through organizing, which is working on a national bank and accountability campaign. i also served on the committee that has been appointed to oversee the hunters point shipyard community fund which can be leveraged into creating a financial institution which creates responsible lending and strategic investment opportunities. in general, -- let me move back up. tickets -- it is now essential the financial institutions that hold city assets developed a responsibility report back to the city there banking practices as it relates to local residents. community leaders are in the process of creating a think tank which includes major stakeholders or subject matter experts in the financial arena to bring about financial literacy

my name is john avalos. -- supervisor avalos: good morning, and welcome to the city operations and neighborhood services committee. and we are joined by the of sfg personnel who are working on the broadcast. i want to thank you for your work. the clerk of the committee is is linda wong. i should know that, but sometimes i go blank. thank you, wind up here ylinda. we can only accommodate people sitting in the room. we have an overflow room, which is downstairs. if you do not have a seat, i need to ask you to go to the overflow room. i do apologize for the inconvenience. you will be called when we of public comment, and we do want to hear from you, but it is the fire code laws that we have to follow. ok, madam clerk, if we could hear night of #one. -- item number one. >> item number one resolution authorizing the tin francisco department of public shelter but attractively except in extend a grant from the centers for disease control and prevention. >> good morning. thank you. i am the director of and the der of the hiv prevention in san francisco. it is comparison of the new test called for a gen

supervisor avalos: thank you very much. next speaker. william, mary, mark, cynthia, josh. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is william peter i am is san francisco native and small business owner. in 2008, the financial crisis forced me to start my own business. like many people in the country, i was going through a loan modification. so when i reached out to major financial institutions, they denied my small loan. bankamerica, included, which is mine loan holder. i reached out to a community organization in my neighborhood enter non-traditional financing, i was able to start my business, which no employees 40 families in san francisco and currently has two sfmta garages, which generate over $2 million in gross revenue. in the funds get deposited into bank of america. even then, big of america will not give me access to credit to expand my business, which you know what, we're used to, so no worries on that, but i am still working with them to modify my house loan. as i sit in loan modification purgatory, i see with this upcoming --

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supervisor avalos: thank you very much. next speaker, please, please come forward and anyone else who would like to speak, if you want to line up on this side of the room. thank you. oh, and i have other cards. didn't read. so why don't you go ahead. >> my name is mia shackleford and a youth commissioner but like rachel today i'm speaking on behalf of myself. i've been riding munii pretty much for five years now, almost daily and like many other frequent muni users, i dealt with the packed buses and the buses packed with litter and graffiti. however, even though these problems come in many cases because of a loss of revenue, i would still trade that and more for the chance to have some sort of reduced, free or sliding scale of muni passes. and this is for a few reasons. the primary one is just the financial burden of monthly passes on families. i honestly don't think it make any sense or ethical for going to school to be mandatory but not necessarily to provide a way to go to school. like high schools often start at 7:30 in

supervisor avalos: mta? >> sure. the short answer to the question is yes, we are all concerned over the issues regarding education and enforcement issues. there is an old saying that you cannot fix -- use a bad designed to fix a bad design. our goal is to do things that are intuitive, when they make sense. we do meet regularly with the traffic co. and are going through comprehensive solution evaluation so that they do not feel so haphazard and about equitable to the users on the street. in terms of figuring out how we enforce those designs, we're working for a closely with taxis, except those services, and transit folks, to come up with a good bulletin to help everyone figure out how to use those lanes effectively. at the moment, those of the many prone to strategies that we have outside of our purview. so, we can do with the design piece, working to try to influence and coordinate. does that answer your question? supervisor avalos: i would like to have an off line conversation with you about that. thanks. supervisor

supervisor avalos: thank you, madam clerk. please call item number 1. >> hearing to receive performance data on muni service along all light rail vehicles lines for months of february, march, and april 2011 including information regarding mr. runs in costs is -- and causes for mr. runs, on-time performance, number of switchbacks, and steps taken by the municipal transportation agency to address these issues. supervisor avalos: thank you. i will pass this onto supervisor chu. this is an issue that hits my district as well and a lot of other places. supervisor chu: thank you for having this hearing today. this was an item that we heard previously, close to a year ago, and we saw a large amount of turnaround services on its the light rail vehicles. turnaround services are situations where you have a muni light rail that is supposed to go to one location that turns around early to go in another direction we saw this happen in several places. this also happens on other lines as well. we really wanted to bring muni in to better unde

>supervisor avalos: thank you. any other member of the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor chu? supervisor chu: thank you, everyone for patients. i want to thank the mta for your commitment. it is tough with any issue with the mta, considering our influence over the organization. however, i think these conversations are fruitful to help us better understand how to convey information to our constituents and convey information to the mta as well. i want to say thank you to the mta for a couple of things that did work. in terms of the nx service, we have heard nothing but positive things. they are able to get downtown if they live in the outer avenues without having to worry about delays. i wanted thank you for that. it has been nothing but positive, in terms of feedback, from what we have heard from our constituents. it also helps with the large number of boardings sometimes when we did not have the express service. i also want to thank you for having the

supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. supervisor chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. >> there are 11 auye.s supervisor chiu: the ordinances are passed, the resolution adopted. >> item 3, changing the street name to correct a discrepancy in dole street names and eliminate confusion in delivering public services. supervisor chu: in 1913, this was part of the roadway considered great highway. signs were stolen and replaced with incorrect labels, which is reflected in our labels. we had heard of the problem when many of our residents were having their mail not delivered to their homes. we have since worked with the post office to make sure that mail was going to the addresses even if they were incorrect. but also make sure that the department of public safety, that there was no confusion with those agencies. we thought the problem was solved, but we continue to hear that there was continuing confusion, people not be able to get credit cards and other things. so we want to make sure it is proper the

supervisors mar, avalos, chiu, mirkarimi, kim, and wiener. the vast majority of californians voted and approve proposition 215 in 1996, the compassionate use act, that recognizes that there is a medical use for cannabis. san francisco has in turn adopted a comprehensive regulatory system to prevent and control medical campus collectives and cooperatives. supervisor mirkarimi has played a key role in making that happen. what we have is an industry being regulated by the city and county of san francisco in accordance with state law. we in california are not the only state that has recognized there are medical benefits to canada's. there are least 16 states in this country that are doing that. doing -- during the campaign for president, president obama repeatedly asserted that he recognized and respected the right of states to allow for medical cannabis. ultimately, this is an issue that is about patients' rights, the rights of patients to access the medication that is needed peer the state's largest association of doctors and california medical

>supervisor avalos: thank you. any other member of the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor chu? supervisor chu: thank you, everyone for patients. i want to thank the mta for your commitment. it is tough with any issue with the mta, considering our influence over the organization. however, i think these conversations are fruitful to help us better understand how to convey information to our constituents and convey information to the mta as well. information to the mta as well. i want to say thank you to

supervisor avalos: we are adjourned. [applause] >> the next time you take a muni bus or train, there could be new technology that could make it easier to get to your destination. many are taking a position of next bus technology now in use around the city. updated at regular intervals from the comfort of their home or workplace. next bus uses satellite technology and advanced computer modeling to track buses and trains, estimating are bought stocks with a high degree of accuracy. the bus and train our arrival information can be accessed from your computer and even on your cellular phone or personal digital assistant. knowing their arrival time of the bus allows riders the choice of waiting for it or perhaps doing some shopping locally or getting a cup of coffee. it also gives a greater sense that they can count on you to get to their destination on time. the next bus our arrival information is also transmitted to bus shelters around the city equipped with the next bus sign. riders are updated strictly about arrival times

supervisor avalos: thank you very much.t speaker. >> [speaking spanish] >> good afternoon, my name is -- [inaudible] [speaking spanish] i work with this cause, and for over a year i have been trying to modify my loan with bank of america. so for over a year, bank of america told me they would help me look modify my loan pitted to this point, there has been no evidence that they're going to actually be able to do that. i am eligible for the program under the obama administration, but i have not seen any action. so in all of this, i have not received any help with modification. but i have received notices telling me that by november, if i am not able to pay off what they're telling me to pay off, then i will have a few days to get out of my house because they will be taking it from me. it is not just me that is suffering this. this is having on a statewide level and a nationwide level. children are suffering from this. there are thousands of people who have taken their own lives because of the affected banks will not modify t

supervisor avalos: no. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. >> there are 10 ayes, one no. president chiu: the motion to amend passes. on the underlying emotion, a roll-call vote. -- motion, a roll-call vote. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: adopted as amended. >> item 26, acknowledging and accepting the union square business improvement district gift of a, not -- of a promenade. president chiu: why don't we skip over our special orders at 4:00? and moved to -- move to the non-controversial item 43. >> this was referred to the board without recommendation as a committee report. it amends the administrative code to clarify that only amounts actually paid to provide employee health care services shall satisfy the employer expenditure requirements of the health care sec

supervisor avalos: thank you. >> my name is steve williams. i believe this has been an enlightening conversation today. we have heard from people who have direct experience about why bringing back passes for young people is critically important. there have been a couple issues raised that are important to underscore. this proposal is for 3 past losses -- three fast passes for all young people. we do not want a means test, because it could create a stigma where people begin to see me as poor people transportation. low income people who qualify for free and reduced lunch often do not apply. it is both because of the stigma and because of the red tape. it makes no sense to try to create a bureaucracy that has to gauge which young people qualify for free fast passes and which young people do not. what do we do when a parent loses their job in the middle of the year? if we are concerned about finances, it makes more sense to provide free passes to young people. with that, it makes sense to provide passes to young peopl

>>commissioner avalo? s: will those an agreement have an impact on the revenues coming in. >> they sure will, and it will help. we're looking at opportunities to be able to net benefit or at least cover costs well we also provide a premium product or customers, like the hunters point shipyard yard better rates that are less than 10% of pg&e. commissioner raamorand: one of the reasons for pursuing this, in my view, is when we save energy from buildings, we have some opportunity to sell but for a lot of money, but not whole lot. the best kind of customer we think it for the power is a retail customer. whether that is hunters point or treasure island or short side power, those retail opportunities are the places we can actually recuperate the cost of the conservation programs we've been funding. >>presidentv vietor: when we were looking at cca we realize there was the biggest -- bigger policy decision we needed to be making that his release city- wide because of the implications come and i think this body in

supervisor avalos: thank you. and i want to thank the commission for working on this resolution and bringing it to us, and of course the supervisor, for bringing this over, and all the youth who are here and not here who worked on this issue. i know it is a citywide issue. i look at the petition sent to us and i see virtually every zip code of san francisco on the petition. i probably can assume it is not just young people, that adults have signed on to the petition, so there are allies supporting young people supporting the idea of free muni. i want to congratulate you on your effort and coming to speak in front of us. i will be supportive of the resolution. i believe it is thoughtful, because it asks the city to come together to figure out how to make that happen. it is important to know we have to figure out how to do it. >> if i may add, i was very touched by the 82-year-old gentleman coming here to support our youth. you can see this crosses all generations. it is really great to see that happen in san franci

supervisor chiu: supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: thank you. i would just like to echo the comments of all of our colleagues who have spoken. i want to reiterate a congratulations to the community for the work they have done on this. this is actually the second park that was established in the mission district. there was another on 23rd and folsom, which is a great addition. it gets well utilized because there are so many families there. there is also a garpped -- a garden there. congratulations. we are going to see wonderful things coming out of this public space and i am very grateful, and i would like to co-sponsor. supervisor chiu: we will add supervisor avalos is added as a co-sponsor. and supervisor mirkarimi, and others. colleagues, any further discussion? if we could take this item without objection, same house, same call. this resolution is adopted. let's now move to item 23. >> item 23 is from the land use and economic develop committee. an ordinance to establish the city district. supervisor chiu: supervisor farrell? supervisor farre

supervisor avalos: thank you. this is an item that was -- i had requested the budget and legislative analyst and to the report. the idea of municipal banking in san francisco. it was something that was on my radar for a few years. when we got to see how our recession is still ongoing, continuing, the urgency behind how we can use our public dollars to help stimulate our local economy has gotten much greater. especially now that we have a parallel to what is going on now, frustration to what is being expressed around the country about our financial institutions, specifically, how our financial institutions have failed us, especially after getting bailed out in the latter part of 2008, 2009. there is a general feeling that our economy has not been supportive as greatly as they can be by our major financial institutions around the country. specifically, the top four are wells fargo, bank of america, chase, and citigroup, all of whom have $5.40 trillion in assets. compare that to smaller banks around the country which

supervisor avalos: who would respond to the rfp? how many financial institutions are out there that would typically respond to the rfp for doing services here? >> i would not want to offer too much of a guess around that. as i mentioned, the city posset banking business is actually quite complex. there are literally millions of transactions and often different transaction types that we are handling. so the volume is huge and the complexity of the different types are are still quite large. what we are looking at, working on with our outside consultants, from examples we see in other similar sized organizations, both government and corporations, because they have many of the same challenges and do the same work we are engaged in and looking at here, is i think there are different ways to look and maybe carving up our business. maybe parcelling some of that out to one institution compared to another. when we offer our responding financial institutions and opportunity to not only discuss how they might be able to discuss all of the vari