supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: thank you. i really appreciate it, and i think if we are successful legislatively, we will see a lot of teeth do what we can do to hold banks accountable and support a lot of households around the state. next up, i would like to call kevin from the california reinvestment coalition. they have done several reports on the foreclosure crisis, including the wall street wrecking ball, for preparing legislation that would prepare a greater relief. >> i think we need to open up public comment. this will be to allow members of the public to give comment right now. there will be a few of them, and then we will have members of the city departments to speak after that. we will go back to general public comment over again. ok? superisor mar: i think supervisor avalos felt the public comment was so important on this item. the department had could hear the information so they could be able to respond to issues raised by the public. my suggestion is two minutes maximum per person. supervisor avalos: ok. thank

supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: thank you. this hearing will have three different parts. we will hear from the comptroller and they have given a cost estimate of what cost-of- living increases would be. we have a breakdown by department. we might have from that information that is here available for the public as well. i'm not sure we have enough copies for everyone but there will be on the screen. we will hear from the budget director. on going discussions around c.o.l.a.'s in the budget. i have several names i will be calling up and asking questions to extend their public comment time so we can make it clear -- a clear presentation on what they're facing in the can provide testimony about what they are facing. that will be the main focus from the non-profit side. we will have general public comment for folks to come in as well. just so folks know. we have a lot of people here and we want to hear from all of you. we will have that in two minutes. so we can have more time for people to come through and not have to leave early because the had to wait a long time. with that

supervisor avalos: ok.upervisor chiu: if we could hear from the commander, and i want to thank you for the works -- the work you are doing in our neighborhoods. >> thank you. i want to say i think i came to the first meeting on this when the stakeholders got together. it is interesting to hear those early discussions and see the legislation that really picks up the nuances and concerns of all the folks in the room. i will offer just a quick remark. in policing, in trying to control crime, we look at the victim, the perpetrator, and the location. from that, we can attack any one of those. we can spot issues in any of those three areas and and the crime pattern by either making a location safer, maybe spot a particular m.o. that leads us to a suspect or to educate the victims -- how to avoid becoming victims of a crime. on the issue of activating parking lots around entertainment venues with staffing makes those parking lot safer. we get lots of information about car break-ins. the department supports the leg

chairperson campos: commissioner avalos? vice chair avalos: thank you. using the word disenfranchised, though, is problematic for me. they actually voted. >> correct. vice chair avalos: the vote was counted. >> correct. vice chair avalos: just the person they voted for didn't get elected. >> what i would argue is the system didn't allow them to choose as many people as they may have wanted to. vice chair avalos: in some cases people didn't want to choose more? >> there are cases where you have people who only chose one person. that was their choice to vote for only one and therefore no one would consider that an error or a problem within the system but there are some people and i'm one of them, i voted for multiple candidates in a race and my ballot -- i'm not going to say who i voted for but my ballot may or may not have been thrown out based on the fact that i only had three choices and if i had four, six, seven or more, i may have gotten to the final two and had a final choice in the matter so maybe disenfranchise is a harsh term and one i will watch

commissioner avalos: ok, thank you. let's open this up for public comment. >> i would like this committee to observe something. again and again when the presentations are made, they are made by most people that do not live in san francisco. the other thing is we do not see a diversity. so i think it is time for us to use our universities and even our high school students as intern's to get them involved in this type of project. what i notice, especially in the last 15 years, is that there is a level of discussion which does not allow the constituents at ground zero to participate. i can give you a number and numerous projects where millions of dollars have been spent. the chair yourself will understand what i'm saying. at one time, the deliberations, the balboa park but station was left out, and because you were part of some committee, you could intercede and agreed. what is happening here is again and again, we allowed entities that have people on their payroll to participate and submit their applications. we need to e

supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> [speaking spanish] >> i will be interpreting. she is a little bit 6 she apologizes. -- sick and she apologizes. >> [speaking spanish] >> i have been fighting with wells fargo for the past three years. i am continually asked to reasons in paper work. i was hospitalized for a period of time and i was still being hunted by the bank to provide different information. there has never been an agreement reached. and so, i am at this point. >> [speaking spanish] >> i had a sale date for march 27 and i have been calling. i was not able to reach anyone. ultimately, we were able to stop that sale date. yet there has not been a solution that has been presented. this was a huge stress on my family. my spouse was scheduled to have surgery on march 30. this has been very trying. >> [speaking spanish] >> i have been so stressed by this experience. i had another terrible asthma attack recently as a result of this process. i am looking for a resolution. i want to work with wells

supervisor avalos: great. we can open up public comment, and i had a few parts of folks who are ready to speak on this item. [reading names] ok, please come forward. >> good afternoon, supervisors. supervisor kim, avalos, and olague, and respected community members, thank you for the opportunity to speak before you today. i am the immigration program coordinator at the arab resourced and organizing center, which is a founding member of the coalition for a safe san francisco. as you may know, our coalition works to protect the civil rights and civil liberties challenged by it over broad national security policies. since 9/11, our communities have lived in fear due to the creation of these policies that infringe on the civil rights of all u.s. residents. as a collective, our arab, muslim, middle eastern, and south asian communities saw a need to organize in order to create a culture that will not tolerate discrimination or profiling, and to mitigate the various civil and human rights violations that grow out of

supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: thank you. i really appreciate it, and i think if we are successful legislatively, we will see a lot of teeth do what we can do to hold banks accountable and support a lot of households around the state. next up, i would like to call kevin from the california reinvestment coalition. they have done several reports on the foreclosure crisis, including the wall street wrecking ball, for preparing

commissioner avalos: thank you very much. any other members of the public who would like to comment on this item? seeing none, will close public comment. anything else to add? ok, this is an information item, so we can go to our next item. >> item 8, update on the central subway project. this is an information item. >> good afternoon. in view of the time, i will make an attempt to be brief. i am project management oversight authority. for the benefit of those that may be watching at home and not too familiar with the project, the central subway is in the -- is the second phase of the third street library project, which will go all the way to chinatown. much of last year, the board approved the budget of $1.578 billion. september 2011, the mta submitted its request for the full funding grant agreement, which is the major financial milestone for the project. thus far, the board has allocated $9 million. today, the expenditure totals 173. the full agreement is expected july 2012. there has been some discussion about what happens

supervisor avalos: supervisor kim? supervisor kim: i want to thank my colleagues that are here today for strongly supporting this ordinance. not just supporting it but being so gung ho. for me, the ordinance came to us in august and it was a no- printer. it was a safe measure that we were taking and an easy measure for us to take on the residents here in san francisco. we have to say that we are unnecessarily engaging in this type of activity. we have many upstanding officers that this type of activity is not acceptable whether we are engaging in the activity or not. it is incredible to see the community leaders from the broader api community, thanks op-ed pieces. in legislation, it was incredibly strongly and passionately written. i have really enjoyed participating in that process. and the labor partners for coming at that support. i am glad that we are able to move forward done something. i'm glad that we will have certain -- thank you to my colleagues. supervisor avalos: i want to thank you for bringing this legisl

commissioner avalos: without objection. next item please. >> item 6 authorizing the executive director to execute with conditions and memorandum of understanding with the california high speed rail authority, metropolitan transportation commission, and six other local and regional entities to establish a funding from work for a high-speed rail early investment strategy for a blended system in the peninsula corridor. this is an action item. >> good morning, chair avalos, members of the committee, the deputy director for capital problems with the committee. i will be presenting the item that begins on page 51 of your package. this past week, on april 12, the high speed rail authority approved the revised 2012 business plan. one of the major components of the revision to that would be a corporation of a concept dubbed blended operations in which a high speed rail system would be coordinated, including coordination with new elements of construction, with the regional and commuter rail systems. in the particular case of the peni

commissioner avalos: it is very interesting information. a couple questions, what invalidated the ballot in your study? >> an overvote. rank two candidates in the same column. we distinguish between voters that cast overvote. if they cast an overvote, it would have gone to your column. we distinguish between those that were invalidated because they voted for someone in the final round and they cast an error. the margin is different, 1.3% of voters had an error on their ballot. i think 1.1 have a ballot that was invalidated. commissioner avalos: you actually counted a valid error is different from invalidated ballots? >> or we do both because the advocates underside do it differently and we want to be completely transparent and consistent. we wanted to talk about both ballots that were invalidated, so we weren't taking sides. commissioner avalos: is it any different in terms of the severity of the error? someone who voted for the same candidate once and no other candidate. >> and those are treated the same by the department of elections and

supervisor avalos: the question is -- >> we have staff. [inaudible] supervisor avalos: do we have an overarching policy about access to sites or under -- is that under the control of the lessee who has access? >> it is on a case by case basis. risquÉ particulate it in each individual lease and it depends on departure -- partner and the nature of this day we tried to offe-- the stakes. i and others that is less possible. either because of the nature of the program for the site. it is a bland. supervisor avalos: do we have any site where the clubhouse, there is adjacent tennis courts where the clubhouse has responsibility? ? the park and playground and tennis courts are always successful. -- accessible. they -- we have been in the child-care business for years. we have had preschools operating in our facilities for half a century. there are certain requirements that were squiredom all little bit of that acquitted outdoor space. -- that require a little bit of outdoor space. the playgrounds and force themselves are public. -- courts themselve

supervisor avalos: we talked about ucsf has a c. o. l. a. and it will negotiate an agreement with the department of public health. within that agreement there will be a c. o. l. a. that is built- in? >> that is what i understand. supervisor chu: kate. >> it is true that every year the city negotiates around a c. o. l. a. with uc. we have fudned. we have cut. in order to staff the hospitals, we have certain amounts of fte's that are required. >> when we feel the cost of living increase for nonprofit services, is there a way that the city says how those funds will be designated in terms of general nonprofit use or for worker salaries? is there a distinction that can be made when we do a contract with nonprofits? >> the way i would understand it is the terms of these contracts are determined between the service provider and the department. and so there is discretion at the departmental level about any increase in funds and were those would be available. i think there is that flexibility. supervisor avalos: if the department says this is for wor

commissioner avalos: thank you. if there are zero ono other ques or comments, we can go on to public comment. >> supervisors, some months ago, there was a supervisor who was here, no longer on this committee, i believe she is from district 4, and we were talking about traffic lights and traffic calming. i, myself, have filled out forms and sent to the respective departments for traffic lights. one in particular is on san bruno and -- years ago i put in four applications. when the supervisor was here, she, herself, stated that people put in an application, and after that, nothing happens. so we had some deliberation and the transportation authority, the people that come here sometimes to give further information said, okay, they are going to have a process. the woman who gave the presentation stated that the list was on page 23. i found on page 32. the package that we got. first and foremost, we have to streamline the way we present. and you have mentioned if you look at this list and you do represent your district a

supervisor avalos: can i ask another question? that is, when we are using shoreside power, and eventually using shoreside power for use when cruise ships coming into san francisco, as well as for ships in dry dock and are getting prepared, are they paying for that electrical used? are they paying the may missable rate, or the private sector rate -- the municipal rate, or the private sector rate? >> they have several locations and they supplied power to a pier 27 had an industrial rate. when we are putting together that pure 27 project, puc and the port looked out -- looked at the cost to the cruise operators for running their engines and burning fuel while they are at bertsch and came up with an equivalent per kilowatt hour rate surcharge that is 3.85 cents per kilowatt hour. it is the cost for plugging in and is the same, so they have an economic incentive to do that. there is cost recovery for the puc for their investment in the pier 27 project. and i will get into the financial approach for the year 70 project, but we are tryin

supervisor avalos: thank you. the speaker. ben i am the executive director of the california music and culture association. we represent a broad coalition of nightlife and entertainment industry -- businesses and individuals. as an organization, we fully support this legislation. our members, especially venue owners, are fully committed to the safety of their patrons and the broader community. the legislation gives us another tool to take a proactive approach and actually prevent a lot of the crime and sometimes violence associated with the nightlife industry. this legislation makes sense. it is there, and it is actually probably a little overdue. thank you very much, and i hope you support this. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker please. >> good morning, supervisors, and distinguished committee members. i am here on behalf of our members in support of this legislation. we appreciate the inclusion of the language that grants card- sharing companies access to these spaces at all times. we are eager to work

i think also, supervisors avalos and olague had some. we want to make sure that our tenant laws are being fully enforced in terms of their protection. but we also want to make sure that we have blight ordnances and vacancy ordnances that are being fully enforced, so i think there are a lot of local laws that have been passed. supervisor campos: and just to be some follow-ups, and i'm wondering about what you are seeing in the city compared to other parts of the city. >> what we found is similar to what john o'brien found in massachusetts. again, they have a state law, but the findings were very, very similar. i think and talking to my other colleagues who are reporters, many of them feel a need to do the further study because they believe that what we outlined is probably happening in their county, as well, so they feel that those reports findings are fairly representative, so the players are the same. the actors are following the same laws in terms of state laws, so i think we could surmise that many things going on here is happening el

supervisor avalos: that is great to hear. that is a critical part of relationship building that is preventive and corrective policing as well. great to hear there are things the department is taking up under current leadership. i appreciate that. the last recommendation to come out of the youth commission was looking at developing a memorandum of understanding between the school district and the high schools and district stations. is that also in the works? >> we have a great relationship with the school district. i am happy to sit down and have a conversation. i just came from the middle school where we did another future graduates presentation. i really do believe that all of the young people in public school in san francisco, we know for a fact they all live here. it would be great if when the old soldiers go out the door, if that was the new complement, that would be great, because their home ground. -- homegrown. supervisor cohen: thank you. well we have you here, i was wondering, like around 15th, is there as a tactical

supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. we have cathy galvez. >> wells fargo is that to me on march 28. -- evicted me on march 28. my sister, myself, and are dog were made homeless on march 28. thanks to videovian, she took us in. she took in three or fence -- orphans. we had no place to go. please, please, please stop these foreclosures. i do not want other people to go through what i have gone through. i had a large victorian, victorian furniture, now i have to -- wells fargo put a deadline for me to leave the house. it is really scary. i have a lot of people helping me. i do not want anybody else to have to thoroughly their memories and their emotions and -- throw away their memories and their emotions just to feed some greedy banks. you have to stop these banks from doing what they did to me. support the moratorium on foreclosures. please do that. i might seem like -- my sister is more affected by it. it is scary, dangerous, i have a lot of health issues. i go to a kidney specialist next week. they kept changing my appo

supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker. >> thank you. and the executive director of progress foundation, co-chair of the human services network. i acknowledge the mayor's office and there unprecedented reaching out to our sector and especially supervisors chu and avalos. it is an opportunity. i want to lay out a couple of important points. we're asking for the cost of doing business increase because that is the best way to ensure that we can pay our employees their long overdue fair salary increases for the hard work they do in the major reason is our biggest cost pressures besides our inability to pay a fair wage to our workers, are on the doing business side of our agenda. health-care cost increases, workers' compensation increases, recently, gasoline increases it up so much of our budget that if we only get a c.o.l.a., we we end up -- we end up with less money. if we are going to stay open we have to meet these pressures. 2 supervisor wiener's question which is legitimate. we cannot -- there are many decisions the city makes in the ma

supervisor avalos. supervisor avalos: thank you, chair chu. a couple of questions related to the timeline. so the system launched, you said, in 2010? >> correct. supervisor avalos: was that actually on time? >> right. we did the r.f.p. in 2005 and got the contract negotiations finally approved and available in 2008. we actually did an 18-month implementation for this, which was, we felt it was on time and on budget, was very, very aggressive timelines, but we wanted to make sure that we could get the billing piece -- we have an older system that wasn't supported by any hardware or software vendor and it was over 20 years old. i was concerned that, you know, we didn't hit those timelines, then there would be potential -- if we couldn't generate bills, for instance, that would have been a big problem. so we brought the system up in 18 months and -- supervisor avalos: the board approved in 2008 and 2010 launched, that was when you actually conceptualized that going to launch? >> july 2010 is when we did the conversion, went live and the clinical

. >> supervisor avalos? >supervisor avalos: is there cost recovery? we don't charge the fee for service in that. >> when our people travel they get the same benefit and we are not billed. supervisor avalos: we don't have kings and queens in san francisco. >> it depends on who you talk to. >> i should learn to say -- >> the next slide is on vehicle replacement. when we talk about staffing, we don't want these cars in the station. i want an electronic tablet that acts as a phone so the officers just leave the station and stay out, on a beat or in a car. they are not in the station. to that end, just like civilians are cut out of the budget annually, so are vehicles. we have one patrol wagon that is a 1985. we have 30-40% officers are younger than the wagon. 79 or 27% of the sedan are at 100,000 miles. 50% of unmarked cars are near 100,000 miles. the police department changes them at 110,000, seattle at about 70,000. chp at 100,000. we would have to drive for 42 years and have them last 630,000 miles, unless we are on a standing vehicle replacement thing

supervisor avalos: yeah, just to add. from what i've seen and working with groups and members is that we go from a time when a lot of people and homeowners that are facing foreclosure, it was something that they faced on their own. no one was really looking out for them. some were taken advantage of by the banks. people are starting to work together and they are asking that the government take a stand. we find legislative solutions, and a lot of the legislative solutions that seem to be the most strong at the state and federal level, we say that we support these efforts. i want to make sure that everyone knows that this is a real human crisis that is affecting real human beings. there is expectation. i wanted to lead to greater efforts. president chiu: why don't we call the roll. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: -- >> supervisor coheni is absent. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervi