but how would the board do this?an francisco's charter guided -- offered little guidance. >> although it was obvious we would appoint an interim mayor, there was no time line for the two to occur. we looked to outside counsel for answers. they researched those questions. while they researched the legal angle, we began the research on the parliamentary level. at the beginning of the calendar year 2010, we started to craft a generic process for a successor for mayor. being a parliamentarian of the board, i have been working on the process itself. i have been working with two one and parliamentarians in the city. we did some role-playing and tried to contemplate all of the different variables that the board would encounter in appointing a successor mayor. >> the first time i became aware of the process as when my editor and myself asked us how the process would work. we quickly became tongue tied and did not have an answer. you went to the clerk of the board of supervisors to ask, the difference supervisors, the city at

the exceptions we have seen our board members that have worked in the board of education. viewed as a conflict. many of the board members have to leave their positions. their votes are not viewed as a conflict of interest. i am in support of this measure. it is good that we set it against the salary of a first- year teacher. they are intertwined very personally with how we are paying those that work directly in the classroom. we are looking at only 50%. i know that we are looking at a couple of amendments today. to summarize the amendments before, under section 8.100b, and the proposed compensation had been reduced 50% from the $50,000 a year to one half of the salary of a first-year teacher. the number has come down significantly. it addresses the city's responsibility under city funding. the obligation to pay the board member's salaries would and when the district is repaid by the state for any current and existing prop 98 reduction. the third amendment eliminates the proposed requirement that the board of education adopt specific policies incurred by the board members.

the second issue of wanted to turn the board's attention to is the reliance of the board of appeals on certain facts before it in making their findings. there is a fairly significant role in your findings based on the letter that was issued by former captain schmidt of the taravel police department. that letter, in and of itself, raises significant public safety issues, and says that the vicinity of mcds has increased crime. the problem i have with that letter is it was addressed at the police commission on april 28 as well as may 12. i printed the abstracts from the police commission's website of both of those meetings, and have extra copies available for the board and for them to review if they desire. the primary concern there is that the letter issued by the then-captain of the police station raises significant concerns regarding public safety. unfortunately, those are not based on statistics or facts that were presented to the police commission. they do not bear out when that information is analyzed. if you look at the police commission abstracts, it is clear from the face of them

several suggested the more experienced board to make this election, rather than the new board in january. >> there are two problems with the new board coming on. one is the experience level, but more importantly, there is a part of me that believe you should already know your password and e-mail address before you get to hear. that is the reality of it. >> the board saw this as a golden opportunity to select a progressive mayor. >> for progressives, this was the mother of all great opportunities. they have been chomping at the bit to be in room 204 years. the city generally votes more moderately on the whole. >> there is one in term mayor from the progressive side to make sure in the next year, it will be a progressive mayor with a progressive majority board. then maybe in the election, they can have another elected progressive mayor. >> another issue was to consider selecting a caretaker mayor. several may run in november and preferred that the interim mayor be a caretaker. >> the board of supervisors should respect the people's current choice, which was extended a few years ago, and at

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we want board members to have the ability to put the time and energy, as some many board members already have done, but it is also recognition that serving on the board of education does not mean that you have to subject yourself and your family to extreme poverty, which i think is a real possibility unless we make this change. i think it is a very modest proposal. i hope we get as many supporters of this as possible. i would encourage the rest of the board of supervisors to be supportive of this measure. many of us would not be here today, but for the fact that at the time supervisor magnus allis made it possible to increase the salaries of members of the board of supervisors. for many of us, without that change, as much as we wanted to serve, it would have been very difficult for us to serve in this capacity. i think the same is true of members of the board of education. it is important as a matter of equity and good public policy to support this policy. thank you. president chiu: thank you. supervisor elsbernd: if i could procedurally hope this move along, if supervisor kim would with

with the new composition on the board and the new mayor, again, i think the board needs to be sensitive to the issues surrounding identity politics. this is ordinance is a bad precedent and it will not end with either the interim mayor or perhaps other positions besides a mayoral position. thank you. commissioner kim: thank you. seeing no further public comment, public comment is now closed for this item. without objection, if are there no further comments from colleagues, i'd like to consider this hearing held and filed. thank you so much president chiu for joining us. president chiu: thank you. clerk wong: item no. 1, charter amendment to amend the charter of the city to increase the compensation for members of the board of education from a monthly stipend -- in amount sufficient to pay the member salary and the state repay for any redistributions. commissioner kim: we made amendments at our rules committee last week so this is a hearing on those amendments. any comments or discussion from colleagues before i open it for public comment? why don't we open up public comment first? pleas

informed decisions once they come before the board. but typically, within the 30-day review period. that also requires six votes to overturn the planning department's decision. second type of appeal is the conditional use appeal. the decision of the planning commission, either approving or disapproving an application for reclassification or conditional use of property is final. that's a valid appeal to the board of supervisors as filed. so any person provided the notice of appeal is subscribed by the owners at least 20% of the land area, 300 feet of all exterior boundaries, a subject of the application, or 300 feet of all extooryor boundaries for the property, for which the conditional use has been approved by the planning commission. this 20% is actually verified by the ed risken, actually, his department overseas, and verifies those 20% and all the signatures that are received for conditional use appeals. that's another $500. and those should be filed within 30 days of the planning commission's action. appeals are scheduled before th

>> would you kindly leave the board room quietly. we are continuing with our board meeting. thank you. >> thank you. just for information, the meeting was augmented, and all the members of the board were there. we are very glad that all the candidates were able to be heard by the whole board. after receiving feedback from commissioners about the need for an improved and formalized process for this appointment, the rules committee proceeded with the interviews. the item two, improve and formalize the process will appear on the agenda for the march meeting. the committee interviewed six candidates for appointment to the elections commission. the candidates were as follows in alphabetical order. >> reads names. >> following an advisory poll of all commissioners. the rules committee voted to recommend catalina healy for the position. the doctor asked to publicly thank all the candidates who expressed interest in the position. the board felt we were fortunate to have a very qualified pool of candidates. due to the fact that this intervule all the candidates and -- interviewing al

the board of supervisors. should no request be filed and no action taken to abate the violation penalties begin to accrue. these penalties do add up quickly. for example an unauthorized sign larger than 500 square feet will have a daily penalty of $2,500. moving on to talk about this year's progress and really what we've found, i said earlier we have processed 100% of the roughly 1,700 signs in san francisco. commissioners, the top half of this pie chart, the different shades of green comprise about 53% of the city's signs and they're signs that are either in compliance or will be in compliance with the planning code. and it's worth noting here that that roughly 50%, 53% figure of legality has remained constant throughout the program's three years of enforcement work. the bottom half of the pie chart in the red and yellow house, this is 47% of the sign inventory, these are signs which do not and cannot comply with the plank code. both those that have been removed and those that are required to be removed, let