supervisor avalos: great.t now, it is a four-lane road. there is a lot of traffic, but it does not have traffic that so it there's a lot of room to do the bike improvement in industry and the improvements that are needed. of course, the 29 buses running theire. >> absolutely, and mta staff has helped us with traffic counts, and we realized we had a lot of state -- a lot of space to work with their for amenities. supervisor avalos: great. we have more use of the park and will have a lot of people walking in hiking through the park. so those crossings will be key to make things safer. >> yes, exactly. there is one crosswalk now. we are excited we got that last year. hopefully there will be some more. this design, we want to go through the committee process of course. we have not completed that process. supervisor avalos: thank you. ok, any other member of the public that would like to comment? seeing none, public comment. colleagues? supervisor kim: thank you. i just had a question. if it cannot be answered at t

>supervisor avalos: that is great. as diana comes up, we also want to make sure that we are talking about what increase response we are seeing lately within certain communities in san francisco. that will be important to talk about as well. >> we will hear from the responders themselves. >> good afternoon, supervisor olague and supervisor avalos. we have prepared a detailed presentation around the san francisco response that work, so you understand how one of our major programs that are funded through dcyf work collaborative lead through the san francisco police department, the desert attorney's office, and the juvenile and unified school district. to explain about what the network is, it is part of a larger initiative that san francisco has hosted for the last couple of years through dcyf. it is part of the street violence prevention initiative, which aims at a coordinated response in looking at the civic goals targeted at -- at specific goals targeted at reducing violence. we are one of many agencies that dcyf funds

supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker please. >> i am the coach executive director of inner-city youth. i am here to talk about bringing more resources to agencies that are on the ground working with young people affected by violence every day. we are located on 96 broad street. the third murder happened down the street from us. one of my staff actually went out to the scene to try to revive a young man. she was unsuccessful. he died in front of her and in front of the community. he was shot in daylight. he was a former participant. he had just come to the center to access summit plummet services. for an agency like inner-city youth, i think we're the only funded bp agency in the omi. the entire community comes to us because they see us as advocates, as a place that they can go to get help. we are more than willing to provide that assistance but we need some support from the city. we need that investment, or at least referrals. i cannot refer anybody to sunnyvale, hunters point, western addition. i have to co

commissioner avalos: thank you.y question for mr. flanagan? ok, we'll go to public comment. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. that is an information item. we will now move on to item for. >> item 4. recommend approval of the fiscal year 2012/2013 transportation fund for clean air program of projects. this is an action item. commissioner avalos: this is an item that we have before us last month and we're getting updates. >> we presented on this last month, so i will not go into all the projects. the registration fee is to fund projects that improve air quality by reducing motor vehicle trips. primarily, the measureib,r of e reduced vehicle miles traveled. as noted in a random, at the request of commissioner cohen, we are continuing this item out of concern for the one project we're not recommending funding for which is the bayview community shuttle. this shuttle is -- the grant is received by the department of public health. the shuttle is

and a roll-call vote. >> riser avalos, -- supervisor avalos. president chiu: we just amended the motion to approve the nomination. should this be approved? >> supervisor avalos, no,. supervisor chiyu, no. supervisor chu, no. supervisor elsbernd, no. supervisor kim, no. >> supervisor olague, aye. supervisor wiener, aye. president chiu: item 22. >>supervisor mar: i am asking fr your support of legislation that would help parents and the parent teacher association and parent teacher organizations. i especially want to thank mayor lee and his staff but also my colleagues on the board including supervisor scott wiener, david chiu, carmen chu, christina olague, john avalos, jane kim, and malia cohen for cosponsoring the legislation. i am grateful for the work of debbie city attorney jane alexander and from the treasurer tax collector's office for helping us draft this ordinance and finally to treasurer jose cisneros for his incredible work as well. and pta's and pto's hold events to raise supplemental revenue. the san francisco business and tax regul

supervisor avalos: he just spoke. >> i think next we're going to hear from -- supervisor avalos: i'm not sure we need to hear from the captain. we already heard from the chief about changes in the department. if the captain has anything to add -- he is saying no. we also regret to your possibly from commander orks. he is saying no, too. i think we got a pretty good report from the chief. let's move on to the district attorney's office. >> ok, i will bring up charren wu. >> i am the chief assistant for the operations department. the operations department includes both the criminal division as well as victims services. gradin woods is the chief of the criminal division and is here as well. and the chief of victim services is here as well. what is our role when a homicide occurs? the san francisco district attorney's office response in several ways. as prosecutors, we work very closely with the police department, collaborating with them. we are available 24/7, sr. passed -- senior assistant district attorneys as well as homicide assistant district attorneys. whenever there is a suspect

thank you, supervisor avalos, foyer consistent stand. this is not just an omi issue, this is a city-wide issue. i want to commend the efforts of malia cohen and hurt addressing this issue of violence. i am assured that you will continue to work. i wanted to say quickly, supervisor avalos, you and i have been doing this for 10 years. there are some lessons learned. one of the primary things we have to do is ensure continuity of services. you heard the woman speak before regarding the the permit a public health saying that 80%, 90% of people are responding to these incidents. uni know that that is not right. i want to commend the efforts under way by the housing authority to bring more synergy to the response. it is not a police problem exclusively. it is a combined problem. every department needs to be pulled back and looked at a quarterly basis to quantify best practices. it is not a department of children youth problem because they do not have the authority to exceed other departments that need to be part of the discussion. i want to en

supervisor avalos, no. supervisor campos, no. president chiu, no.

commissioner avalos: thank you.since we had a full presentation last committee meeting, we can go on to public comment. i am very supportive of these projects, especially as we are putting a lot of investment into bike projects as well. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? >> good morning. my name is kit hodge, a deputy director of the san francisco bicycle coalition. thank you for your support of this item. especially thank you for commissioner avalos for putting this back on the agenda today. we want to call attention to two specific projects. the short term biking item. perhaps to have the item that we have, where we cannot walk into many businesses right now because they are so frustrated that they do not havet[Ñí÷ theie rack at. many districts brought the city are experiencing this. they want to provide parking for potential customers. we want to make sure the city and the mta has the funding to be able to meet that demand around the city. second, we are excited about the pot

i have heard supervisor campos and supervisor avalos. supervisor cohen nailed the point of what we are doing. we would be asking them questions to understand their rationale there is probably going to be an hour, 2 hours to question. they are still going ot speak. i am all for cutting it down from 20 minutes to 10 minutes. they are going to be talking for a good deal of time. i would expect us all to have questions. that is one of the reasons they should present, especially for the public. we have all experienced the way the media summarizes things. they are not necessarily right. the public would very much benefit from their presentation. the broader sunshine. and disclosure point would be better served. let's be real. they would be up there for a very long time. >> i would not be supporting the motion by supervisor avalos. it might do understand -- i do understand his point. i do not see any downside to a provided for a presentation by ethics. it could be a very brief presentation. there is not very much they can answer depending on th

i agree with everything supervisor avalos said. definitely, we want to be a part of that discussion as well, meaning the western addition, district 5. we need to be a part of that also, because it does need to be comprehensive and city-wide. i know we cannot afford another bond. maybe there should be like a public safety bond. i know we have too many task forces. how do we respond to this in a way that we are prioritizing it as a singular issue? that is the holistic approach. let me check in with our foundations. i get many of my ideas from ms. hewitt. i think there is a lot more work we have to do, obviously, but funding is still key to this and the community input. young people want a future. you know, they want to have good lives. they can lead the charge, and we can take their lead. >> thank you, supervisors. supervisor avalos: thank you. we will continue this hearing to the call of the chair. i want to actually close the meeting -- i was prompted by sharon hewitt, and i think it is very important to do that, end this hearing t

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my name is supervisor john avalos. i will be joined shortly by christina olague and also by supervisor mar. dean had just started with the clerks office and i would buy to welcome you to share your announcements. >> thank you. please be sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. speaker cards to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the september 4th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you, dina brailey. and we also have two members of sfgtv doing work behind-the- scenes. thank you both for your service. could you call items #one and two? >> item number one is a hearing regarding homicide and gun violence in the ocean view, merced heights, and ingleside, and southeast neighborhoods. item number two is a hearing on the committee response network 2012 summer coverage plan. >> thank you -- a very good. these are hearings that i have called. i have been very troubled by the high rate of homicide in san francisco. while

>supervisor avalos: that would be great. if you want to share the things that we have missed. >> good afternoon. supervisor avalos touched on the key points in the amendment that is before you. changes to the gross receipts tax rates and the changes to the registration fees and revenue targets. there are more technical amendments that do a number of things. the measure now to the men that contains an annual reporting requirement for a five-year period from the treasure and city economist running implementation. secondly, there is further clarification of what constitutes non-taxable receipts for certain types of financial service income. third, there is further clarification of treatment of past [unintelligible] for purposes of the tax. there are final adjustments to the phase in and phase out formulas in the legislation. lastly, this minor language and definition changes throughout the ordinances. that provides a high-level summary of the amendment that is before you. president chiu: thank you. i want to join supervisor ava

>> supervisor avalos, aye, supervisor campos, aye. president chiu: no, supervisor chu, no. supervisor cohen, no,. supervisor elsbernd, no. supervisor farrell, no. supervisor ow levy, no -- olague, no. supervisor mar, no. supervisor wiener, no. president chiu: a roll call vote on the motion to continue. supervisor cohen, aye, supervisor elsbernd, aye. supervisor farrell, aye. supervisor kim, aye -- no. supervisor kim, no. supervisor mar, aye. supervisor wiener, aye. president chiu: it is 2:50 p.m. i would like to go to the 2:30 p.m. special orders. could you call the first hearing? >> items 45 through 46 for public hearing to consider amendments to the initiative ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code. generating $28.50 million in estimated additional revenue. president chiu: this is a hearing to consider men -- amendments that were made last week to the gross receipts tax that is being proposed for the november ballot. i would like to ask if there are members of the public that wish to speak to these amendments, if you could please step up to the microphon