president chiu: supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: can we continue this? president chiu: without objection, this item will be continued for two weeks, and that will be march 29. [gavel] if we could go back to item number four? supervisor elsbernd? supervisor elsbernd: i just got a report about documents being needed to-be added -- needing to be added. >> as a lot of people know, there is a lot. this involves property of the mta being sold or transferred to the redevelopment agency, so the legislation itself is not being amended, but we would just like to note that there will be a new -- some changes to the purchase and sale agreement between the city and the agency that include, number one, a use restriction that requires the mixed-use project to have a certain amount of residential units available, below 60% of ami, and also that the property would revert to the city is the agency ceases to exist, so there are areas that support this legislation with those changes. that still could be passed on final reading. president chiu: madam city attorney, do we nee

supervisor avalos: ok, thank you. i am not sure what the mta would say about that line, but i will talk to them, also. >> good afternoon. i am here to talk about speeding up the lines. maybe you need more effective priorities. giving them a simple priority so they can work, and then this whole business, why should people make left turns and screw up this bus on mission street? maybe there should be no left turns. maybe there should be right turn pockets to get the cars out of the way. and then priority signals, that also helps to the cars away from and in front of the muni, too. all of these things will help to speed up the service. one of the things that new nea does is a turn back service. it is not called a switch back. it is a schedule will turn back. some place short of the end of the line, you have a turn back, and this is increased service, and maybe it means during school hours, you do not need every bus going all the way down to the end of mission street. maybe they start down down, a little further up, and a

commissioner avalos: if i could cost you. we met in my office one year ago with daly city, the city administrator, bart was there -- i believe you were there as well. we put option b on the table because of infrastructure needs, it was something that daly city was not really interested in, and the cost was sort of prohibitive. we do not need to discuss option b. >> ok. that was a long-term solution. commissioner avalos: it is great, but once you have the overhead wires there, is permanently there. >> so these are the options. again, we would look at a as a five-year solution before we consider permanent construction. a is also more practical at this point. in b, trolly coaches. we have scarce capital right now. there are other names for service, including the extension of the 22 line into mission bay. commissioner campos: a question about your comparison. a lot of times when you increase service, you bring in added revenue. would that happen with option a, is that already taken into account? >> part of the ridership will be e

. >> so far avalos? supervisor avalos: just a few questions about traffic and parking. according to -- just reading commissioner moore's statement, it talks about an increase of 3,642 new parking spaces and how that's been measured in the e.i. sklmplet how do you relate to such an increase in parking spaces with -- how's that tally with our goals around reducing greenhouse gas emissions and what's the e.i.r. statement on that issue? >> i think you're asking two aspect. how did the parking affect the transportation analysis and the greenhouse gases. i think you're asking two aspects of the question. how does the parking affect the transportation analysis as well as the greenhouse gases. of z supervisor avalos: these are two separate questions. >> an analysis is all aspects of greenhouse gas -- forgetting which speaker had the graphic. it's accurate to say that greenhouse gases from construction would be most the storyline in the early phases. the operational stages. cars are a primary part of greenhouse gases to the extent there's parking this people use their cars, they

supervisor avalos: very good. are there any other major departments of the city that you sort of subtract from the reach of first source or public construction that remain /non-enlisted in trying to help local hiring? >> first source impact of our departments -- impacts all of our departments. it is taking advantage of this administration's interest in advancing local hire beyond construction and working with the leadership that naomi kelly provides in bringing all of the departments together to have a more focused plan around local hire. first source does ask all departments to have a plan on how they will implement it with respect to their department. those plans are probably as old as the legislation itself. there are many opportunities to engage all of the department's n first source and local hire to increase opportunities we may not see on our radar screen now. supervisor avalos: what about our ability to influence the private sector in their consciousness and making sure that their hiring of our people -- t

supervisor avalos: i have a couple of questions. first, i will see if my colleagues have questions, and then from the public we will hear some things we can respond to as well. supervisor mar: i wanted to thank you for the great presentation. the photographs really show industrial dumping as a huge problem. even residential on the sides of the corners, also. it is horrifying, the phobos, but i appreciate the strategy that your department and you have put together to try to address the issues, but i can see the challenges of enforcement. also, with a huge reduction in staffing, it makes it challenging. i just wanted to add that i think the public awareness and community education is a critical part. i know that on the poster that is here, my guess is that is widely posted in bus shelters and adds, but can you talk about the community education strategy, especially that it is up to a $1,000 fine, if you are caught illegally dumping, but what kind of community education are you doing? >> right now, we are predominantly working through

chairperson avalos: thank you ms. johnson. i wrote this resolution up with a concern about the avalon bay project at mission ave, concerned that despite the better neighborhoods plan that is part of the zoning that would help this project to go forward, despite the efforts of the city putting this project in place with avalon bay, we are still looking at of subcontractors that could be coming in that do not meet the same labor standards that are common in the field, especially in the labor field in san francisco, not just prevailing wages, certainly, but non-union as well. this resolution is encouraging avalon day to consider more strongly the use of union work at the site. that is essentially what it does. i will open it up for public comment. one card from jim salinas. >> manny florez, carpenters local 22. work is picking up, but wages are going backwards. that is what we do not want to do on this project. this is a huge project. avalon bay are well aware of the situation. they have been there. they know how this works. we a

chairperson avalos: please continue. i would love to hear more of what you have to say. >> state law mandates the electric work in california to be formed by a state-certified electricians. there are approximately 450 electrician's living in san francisco. of this pool of certified electricians, 285 are union electricians, which we are contractually bound to hire. these union electricians are distributed among one-hundred- plus contract is bound by the local hiring ordinance, which prohibits hiring outside of the hiring hall and does not allow dispatch by geographical location. all of those items, we are trying to work with to remedy and help us meet the requirements. new hires come from our apprentice applicant list. placement on this list occurs after the complete the process, take the and exam, complete oil -- and complete oral interviews. this process can take several weeks. our focus is on providing lifelong careers. the factors listed above converged to make it very difficult, if not impossible, as an industry to m

supervisor avalos: 94 your work.we will continue this item to the call of the chair, and maybe we can check in a month from now to see where discussions are going. -- thank you for your work. colleagues, if we can do that without objection. can we take we literally a one- minute recess? i just need a minute, and then we will get on to our 11:30 special. it is supervisor avalos: ok, we are back. i said literally one minute, but it was probably two. but i meant it would be quick. madam clerk, please call item 6, our 11:30 special. >> item 6, hearing on the status of implementation of the local hiring for construction ordinance. supervisor avalos: thank you, madam clerk. passing the local hire ordinance was just the first step of a many-year process to strengthen local hiring efforts in our construction project, and the implementation part is the one piece that really needs to get hold in on, so we can really make sure we are doing the program effectively. it is going to be an ongoing process. we are learning a lot as w

commissioner avalos: good to

commissioner campos: commissioner avalos? commissioner avalos: anticipation about switchbacks occurring -- i wonder if a driver has that anticipation as well. generally, does a driver get an order to do a switch back at a moment's notice? how does that occur when you are out there on the 14th line? i hear passengers getting frustrated when a driver has suddenly said that they need to get off. it seems the driver is equally frustrated. perhaps not always the best bedside manner, but there is certainly frustration as well about how quickly they have had to turn around. >> i want to make sure i answer your question. if you are asking me if it is possible for an operator to make a switch back on their own -- commissioner avalos: maybe that is a second part of the question, but how much anticipation does an operator had to make a switch back? are they going along one minute and the next moment they are trying to initiate a switch back? how much anticipation do they have that it is going to occur? >> an operator can have very short

supervisor avalos: great. thank you.i think we have representatives from the district attorney's office. thank you for coming out today. >> thank you, mr. chairman, members of the committee. i want to emphasize that the district attorney is very committed to this issue and also to prosecuting environmental science in the city. i am the assistant district attorney in the environmental crimes unit. these cases present particular challenges that the director has identified. what we can do as a prosecutor is, of course, stop the kind of by arresting the irresponsible parties and punish those parties that are particularly responsible for the larger dumps in the city. more importantly, to address the issues is the deterrence. if we can identify and prosecute large impact dumpers in the city, that will send a message to others that this is simply not conduct that can take place. it is not the price of doing business when someone faces the prospect of criminal punishment, a company or an individual. it is a powerful deterrent. t

supervisor avalos: thank you. we very much appreciate it. >> i am john crew from the american civil liberties union of california. i will be happy to answer questions. this is an important topic. if we run out of time, i am happy to provide information later. i served as the police practices project director for 15 years. i served on the task force appointed by the police commission to draft san francisco intelligence policies. it is important for you to understand how it came about. it came about because the human rights commission held a similar hearing 20 years ago about similar issues. the board of supervisors endorsed it. the police. attention. they formed a task force that included a self -- myself and top levels of the police reported. we sat down and rewrote the sfpd policies. we are proud of the effort. it has served san francisco well for 20 years. chief casey sat in on the meetings with us. he asked why they were endorsing the changes because it put restrictions on intelligence. he said, we are a local

commissioner avalos. commissioner avalos: colleagues, this is an item that i called for. in the past couple of years, i have been in discussion with the mta to extend the 14 line all the way through the daly city bart and using that as a mode where transportation for people who are on the southern side of geneva. if those folks wanted to take of 14 and transfer at geneva to balboa park, that process can take a number of minutes, potentially 45 minutes. add that to your train ride downtown, and it is about one hour. if we were to extend the 49 to daly city bart, we could make a better connection for people going straight to the bart station and then downtown, reducing the time to about 25 minutes. with the changes being presented by the mta, particularly in the park merced, the m line, this could turn out to be a much larger transit hub then and is currently. it would make sense to provide this service who are more on the southern part of san francisco, who i represent. i appreciate the work that the mta has done so far on this, transportation authority, jose moscovich is

avalos? ay.e e. there are two ayes and one no. supervisor avalos: 80 that it passes. that was our last item -- thank you, then it passes. that was our last item? >> there is no other business before the committee. supervisor avalos: than we are adjourned. >> welcome to a special meeting of the san francisco local agency formation commission. my name is david campos, i am the chair of the commissions. commissioners mirkarimi and avalos are en route. i want to thank members of the sfgtv staff that are covering this meeting. do we have any announcements? think you. can you call item number two? >> approval of the minutes of the regular lafco meeting. >> we have the minutes of the january 28 meeting. are there any changes? any member of the public that would like to speak on item number two? can we get a motion on item number two? we can take that without objection. can you please call item no. 3? >> report on the status of community choice aggregation. supervisor campos: thank you. how to first report on this item as mr. campbell from the public utilities commission. >>

chairperson avalos: we had controversy about that. the ordinance calls for segregating our local funds and when a project has a mix of local, federal, and state funds. segregate our local funds, and we would apply the local hiring principle where we would not apply it to the federal funds, which could be barred by the constitution. we are getting money for the central subway and other projects. we can have the most robust implementation of that part of the ordinance. you are mr. rose had mentioned "federal government would not allow that whatsoever, because our local dollars are drawing down a federal match. that is what our staff are going to be talking to the fed's about in d.c.. is that correct? >> that is correct. the guidance and we have been getting verbally is that any project that receives any amount of federal funding, the guidelines have to be adhered to federally. so the segregation would not be allowed. however, we think there are some opportunities. that is what the executive team intends to discuss in their meetings this

supervisor avalos: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, this is a hearing that i called based on one of the top concerns coming to me from district 11 residents, that is illegal dumping. that happens in various hot spots. please as i see in the excelsior district, along russia street, commonly adjacent to parks, also in the omi neighborhood. hearing a lot about illegal dumping, especially, dumping that goes on furniture that happens close to the time that tenants are moving out. i know it is also an issue that is a concern that many of us have from our around the city. there are different ways that illegal dumping may manifest itself, depending on the region of the city as well. i am here to speak about the issue and what the city is doing about it. we have been dpw director as well as other members of the city departments here. we also have risen from around the city as well that will be providing comment. i think we will have a little give-and-take on some of the concerns raised, what the response from the department could be

commissioner avalos? commissioner avalos: thank you, maria. you have this line item for the geneva project. can you comment on that? this is a source where funding is being reallocated? is that correct? >> the geneva kennedy project -- canopy project was projectprop k funded at all. what mta is proposing is to redirect that funding to the subway. commissioner avalos: thank you. commissioner campos: thank you. colleagues, any of the questions? no questions. let's open it up to public comment. is there any member of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none -- oh, actually we do. >> can you hear me? commissioner campos: yes. >> good morning. i am serving on the cag advisory did -- advisory group since 1978. i am getting older. also, -- i do not claim to be an expert on transportation. i have to say that for the new project, -- muni project, all the cag members have full confidence we can get the funding. they will come along with the mpaa championship. we have come a long, long way. it is great. even in chinatown. it is the r

supervisor chu: thank you. >> supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: i didn't know i was on the stack, but just to follow up on -- to the chair to supervisor elsbernd. i do appreciate that level of analysis and i also appreciate your -- the work you've done on 19th avenue and looking at this project as well. but i do feel that there could be ways to pull down federal funding, state funding, t.i.f. fund through a different kind of project that doesn't have the same density of parking that could contribute to increased traffic as well. there is -- we're not rejecting a project here. potentially it's there's a project going forward but one that's not going to have such a severe impact that could still have the beneficial impact. >> supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, president and planning staff. just to the thread of discussion between supervisor and you and supervisor avalos. i need to understand about traffic mitigation better and impacts of mitigation. right now the current infrastructure of parkmerced is one park

supervisor avalos: what about difficult populations? there is a good faith effort to integrate like the incarcerated population. the city purport's through nonprofits and some city departments, it tries to integrate as much as they can the training and placement. the numbers show it pales in comparison to those that actually needed. how will this procedure get at the population? >> there are multiple populations in san francisco with high barriers. formally incarcerated, oewd does a series for community- based organizations specifically geared towards helping this population. the formerly homeless is another population that is increasingly difficult to find employment opportunities for. partnering with community-based organizations and linking them up with opportunities in the job market and playing the brokerage services is where we can provide these things in a more meaningful way than we have in the past. supervisor avalos: the trend has been predominantly through construction jobs. that is where workforce and first source has been c

avalos? ay.e e. there are two ayes and one no. supervisor avalos: 80 that it passes. that was our last item -- thank you, then it passes. that was our last item? >> there is no other business before the committee. supervisor avalos: than we are adjourned. >> and good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting for march the first, 2000 leaven. happy march. could you please call the roll? >> [roll-call] mr. president, all members are present. president chiu: ladies and gentleman could do please join me in the pledge of allegiance. madam clerk, are there any communications? >> i have no communications. >> if you could read the consent agenda. >> these items will be impact upon by single roll-call vote unless a member wants a separate vote, it shall be removed. president chiu: i understand item 4 needs to be severed. are there any other items folks would like to sever? if we could take roll-call vote without item for. >> [roll-call] there are 11 ayes. president chiu: if we go to item no. 4. >> item 4 is amending the police code to amend sections

supervisor avalos: good morning. welcome to the city operations and neighborhood services committee. today is february 14. it is valentine's day. a construction paper, scissors, and marker holiday. my name is supervisor john avalos, joined to my right by supervisor elsbernd, and also sitting in will be supervisors mirkarimi and weiner. supervisor mar will be on his way shortly. madam clerk, do we have announcements? >> all persons attending the meeting are requested to turn off cell phones and pagers. if you submit copies of materials for members of the committee, 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 at the rail. supervisor avalos: very good. if you look at the agenda today, we have two items. liquor license and a hearing on the pending eviction of hank, but at 4:00, we have a special order on the youth lifeline discount pass, and we scheduled it for four-o'clocks of people from the high schools could come, so that

i appreciate supervisor avalos for his co-sponsorship. were it not for the timing of this, i would encourage this to go before committee. i would prefer a vote on it. president chiu: it is going to committee. supervisor kim: my request is to continue item 35 to next week. president chiu: that has been seconded by supervisor campos. >> i would like to read the item. resolution opposing the proposed elimination of medi-cal funding for adult day health center programs in the state of california. supervisor elsbernd: based on the actions of last week, where four of us boded against resolutions like this that are not budget balanced, i would like to send this to committee. president chiu: to committee. if we can go to our imperative agenda, i believe supervisor mar has a resolution. >> it declares march 12 as an arbor day in the city and county of san francisco. president chiu: supervisor mar has made a motion, seconded by supervisor campos. supervisor mar: i just wanted to thank the great staff from dpw who are coordinating with many communit