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

>> for more information, visit sfartscommisis 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 is an existing business. what they are applying for is to expand. it is a business of high crime and concentration. based on the business plan, we're recommending license for app

supervisor avalos: that is great. i also want to make sure there is a dynamic exchange that will go on so adjustments can be made. that seems the spirit of what you were working on as well. on a related note, when we were working with the local hiring ordinance, there was a discussion about how much the ordinance would inflate bids coming in on projects, and i would like to hear if anyone could talk about the turner construction bid that has come in for the cruise ship terminal. >> sure. and >> since you mentioned a number of the trades, local hire are a key priority for the labor organizations, but what kind of opportunities for decrease the partnerships will there be with this project? >> that level of detail i have not gone to the nitty gritty yet. -- gotten to the nitty gritty yet. i will be able to tell you that sooner or later, maybe even before october, but we will. we will before we come before you all. supervisor avalos: thank you. mr. lopez. >> to answer your question regarding the contract awarded to turner

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. last year, the voters approved prop c, establishing your appearance before the board of supervisors to establish policy discussions, possibly of the board of supervisors would develop a format for merrill appearance in consultation with you, with your office. i actually think we have had some substantive discussions with -- not really discussions, but presentations. i think that the format was established at a time when we had a more civilized relationship on the board of supervisors, but just curious. i think we have degenerated this question time into a very scripted exchange between the board. we often are reading our statements or questions. the responses are red, and i wonder if you would consider a more dynamic interchanged -- interchange, and i would be willing to work with board members to work have one of figuring that out. >> i am open to improving any process that might improve the process even more, indeed the public at a high level, and make sure you understand the proces

supervisor avalos: thank you. supervisor chiu: can you repeat anmar: can you repeat any past problems at koko's? >> bear with me one second. i am going to work off memory. most of this up and our report is reflective of the new location. it speaks to what kind of happened when the building is empty. in the last seven months, -- supervisor mar: my question is as there were operating their business, you do not recollect any problems? supervisor avalos: any member of the public that would like to comment on this item, please come forward. >> good afternoon, supervisor. my name is lori martin turs, ani am here with my business partners. we're here to so we mets transfer our license to a new location. we are committed to our community. we provide jobs, support neighboring businesses and our eyes on street on thito increase safety. i understand what issues are. we have made concessions to accommodate the neighborhood. however, ultimately we feel we are positive presence in the community. our goal is to approach all of o

supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning. i have been going to koko's for a year. i do not really think of it as a bar, more like a community meeting place. they had a group of writers go in and tell stories about the area. they also supported the art crawl. they had different paintings. it is not really a bar. i understand the concerns. there are many bars there. they do have a lot of shows, but as far as i know, they are not getting a new entertainment line since. they wanted to appease the people protesting them. it is about a sense of community. i have never felt unsafe standing outside koko's. it is not a place to hang out for fun unless you're going to a destination. the bus stop it's selself much r to stand on when there is a doorman for you know no one will try anything. during the day there will be a copy shop. there will be more people they're making it is safe as possible for foot traffic. -- during the day there will be a coffee shop. there is the presence there, the sense of

supervisor avalos: please call item three. >> item 3. hearing on the status of the america's cup workforce development plan to include reports from the mayor's office of economic and workforce development, the port, and america's cup event authority on provisions for prevailing wage for temporary and permanent structures, ensuring high labor standards, and maximizing opportunities for local workforce training and employment on end use jobs. 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

avalos -- supervisor avalos: actually, this is the consent calendar? i wanted to separate one item. i apologize. campos aye. chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: supervisor avalos would like to make a motion to rescind. supervisor avalos: actually, i am fine with the consent calendar. it was the continued items i had a problem with. >> item five, or did amending the administrative code limiting the hours of overtime work to 20% by any employee in the fiscal year to require departments to implement a reporting mechanism. supervisor chiu: find you. first of all, i want to thank our colleagues from gao for passing this legislation that addresses one aspect of overtime out of committee. we know that our city's over time issues are complex and we have to tackle it from a number of different angles. i want to thank supervisors campos and farrell not only for voting for this legislation before offering a different legislation that we could vote on. this deals with the fact that employees are allowed to work overtime work a 30% of regularly scheduled hours witho

my name is john avalos. -- supervisor avalos: good morning, and welcome to the city operations and neighborhoodervices 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 gener

supervisor elsbernd: supervisor avalos avalos: for those that do speak, i would ask that you clear the room for those that would like to speak. thank you. >> i am with the symphysis the women's political committee, an organization i am very proud to say supports this measure and ordnance 100 percent. at the young woman who has been in the position to counsel my friends who have gone through this serious process, i have to say, no woman makes the decisions to end a pregnancy lightly, and it is not something that anyone takes lightly in this case. any delay in obtaining services can cost money, resources, and time that she simply does not have. and they seek to effectively take away a woman's choice completely by taking a part-time and by giving her false information. i am fully in support of in the ordinance that makes them tell the truth to all women, especially young womwomen who do not have any of their place to go. thank you for putting this forward. i think this is tremendously important, and i support this 100 percent. >> -- >> can you state your name for the record. >>

supervisor avalos: think you very much. and any other member of the public that would like to comment, please come forward. cnn, we will close public comment. -- seeing none. we will take that without objection. thank you. madam clerk, if you could read item number two. >> ordinance amending the administrative code of the limited services pregnancy centers from making false or misleading statements to the public about pregnancy-related services the centers offer or perform. supervisor avalos: think you, madam clerk. offer of the supervisors -- of the legislation is here, supervisor cohen. supervisor cohen: thank you. i first want to start by sending chiu to every member of the committee that i had a chance to meet with in favor of the legislation and opposed. in early august i introduced with the support and co- sponsorship of president chu and kim and wiener. this legislation has been supported by numerous public health, reproductive and women's health organizations and groups throughout the city and state. and the concept

supervisor avalos: thank you, supervisor elsbernd. i am wholeheartedly in support of a woman's right to choose. i looked at the memo that we got from the city attorney. i was expecting that we would have more information about what kind of advertising we see in san francisco before us, but did not see that. i think it puts at risk our ability -- since we do not have a record -- to prevail in court, if there is an appeal on this legislation. but i do believe -- i need to see evidence for myself whether there is value. i was wondering why we were getting yelp produce more than anything. just like when i pick a restaurant, i do not always pick those reviews to be gospel. wondering that i would like to do, and i hate to delay, but can we have another hearing where we can get more information to do that? i would love to be able to support legislation supporting a woman's right to choose, but i cannot tell actually what the experience here in san francisco is of people receiving false information. i had expected it would be clear, from the

supervisor avalos: thank you. net speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is melanie grossman. i am a resident and social worker, but i am speaking more as a resident. in my opinion, we do not need more bars on polk street, but i would also look -- like to look at things from a point of view of seniors to live in the area. i am a member of the older women's league. one of our things is aging in the city. we also support healthy aging, which means getting out there in walking, interacting in the community. i see more bars just means it is harder to walk and more crowds. there are people focusing on having a good time and not necessarily looking out for who was passing by. you could be bumped into or anything like that. the whole idea of safety is very intimidateing. many seniors to walk in the evening. my husband and i worked iwalk ie evening and it is intimidating with all of the chaos and crime in the evening. in my opinion we do not need another bar or coffee shop. i would like to see businesses o

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 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

avalos, aye. campos, aye. chu, aye. cohen? cohen, aye. 10 ayes. >> the ordinance is passed on the first meeting pick -- first reading. but us go to the special order. >> items 30 and 31 comprised the board of supervisors pursuant to a motion approved on july 19. a public hearing of those objecting to the proposed resolution with a property based community benefit district, item 31 well up and and rename this community district as the film more community benefit district. >> this is a public hearing that was continued from july 26 to today, and i understand with murder ramey, he would like to continue to keep the public hearing open and will ask if he has any comments that he would like to make. >> this is a motion for another continuance but realizing that the hearing should at least allow for anyone who would like to give them put, i have sent a message to the office of economic workforce development, which has been leading the charge on the renewal of these throughout the city. i am not quite there and i know others have con

supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i have been a resident of the lower polk neighborhood for five years. i have been a customer since they opened. as you all have seen, the people speaking against this are people speaking in general about the bar scenes or the bark concentration of the corridor, but the people familiar with the business are -- are all extremely positive about the positive impact of koko in the neighborhood and how it has been key to the community. it has granted me the opportunity to know about community event come and eat my neighbors and get involved with the lower neighborhood association. my next-door neighbor used to go to koko's until she passed away everybody the chance this will be a positive force in the neighborhood instead of a negative one. there is my saying in my home town that the just should not be for the seniors -- centers. thank you. -- not just for the sinners. thanks you. >> good morning. i am james moran. i was formerly employed with the koko cocktails' un

supervisor avalos: orese -- present. supervisor campos: present. supervisor chu: present. supervisor cohen: present. supervisor farrell: present. supervisor kim: here. supervisor mar: present. supervisor mirkarimi: present. supervisor weiner: present. >> all members are present. president chiu: please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] >> i have no communications. items one through seven comprise the consent agenda. these items will be acted upon by a single roll call vote, unless a member requests a matter be considered separately. president chiu: if not, roll call vote. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. president chiu: those ordinances are finally passed. item eight. >> ordinance amending the administrative code, limiting the hours of overtime work to 20% by any -- to 25% of regularly scheduled hours during a fiscal year. super

>> mogsed by supermar, seconded by avalos. no objection. they are approved. >> i have no communications, mr. president. >> if we could go to our consent agenda, items one through eight. these items will be acted on by a single role call vote. if a member requests discussion of a matter, it shall be removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, would anyone like to receiver any items? role cahill vote? >> on items 1-8. mirkarimi aye, wiener, aye. avalos aye. campos aye. president chiu, eye. supervisor chu. aye. supervisor cohen aye. yell aye. farrell aye. kim, aye. mar, aye. there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: these ordinances are passed and approved. >> item number is the ordinance limiting the amount of over time work to 20% and to require written reports to be submitted by the departments implementing this ordinance. >> i want to thank the members of the various labor unions that have met with me for a second time to confer. we had a number of questions that we need to receive from city staff. i would like to ask to continue this item

president chiu: seconded by commissioner avalos. continued to next week, september 13, without objection. item six. >> an ordinance amending the police, planning, and business tax regulations codes, limiting live performance permits. supervisor mirkarimi: i want to think supervisors -- thank supervisors mar, weiner, and campos for" sponsoring. this is aimed at helping the restaurants to cannot obtain the current permit because of how cost prohibitive the process is. it is typically the larger night clubs who are the only ones able to afford the permit. for the hundreds of restaurants and cafes that would like to spice up their particular business model and operation, this allows for a permit of $385 versus the cost of $2,000 of the original permit. this also helps put musicians and performance artists to work. i want to thank everybody for the unanimous support. i think the entertainment commission for their resounding support. the small business commission as well, and the planning commission. thank you. president chiu: colleagues,

supervisor avalos: no. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. >> there are 10 ayes, 1 no. items nine through 13 are from the budget and finance committee without recommendation, the ordinance's implementing various changes to the memorandum of understanding between the city and the following organizations -- the firefighters local 798, the city police officers association, the municipal executives association, fire, and the city and police officers association. and one more between the city and the municipal executives association, police. president chiu: roll-call vote. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. item 14 is an ordinance adopting and implementing amendment 5

supervisor avalos: supervisor mar has a question. supervisor mar: i am looking at the crisis pregnancy center web site. even a first resort's own web site -- i want to ask you a national trends, declines of planned pregnancy clinics, secular clinics, versus new ones like first resort, that have religious language and other things on their website. could you talk about the trend of the decline in funding for planned parenthood, another secular clinics, and then the rise of the so-called cpc's? >> as we all know, congress has made defunding planned parenthood one of their main issues. they practically shut down the government because they did not want to fund planned parenthood. this has been a core issue in many states. even though it has passed on the federal level, many states have to handle the issue. planned parenthood is routinely picketed. they are having their funding pulled from them. tax moneys are going to crisis program centers. i am not sure on the status of the ones in california, but there was an initiative with george b