i know supervisor carmen chu will have some words to say. when you are going through, what you have to do bring the budget to balance with the mayor's office, i want to thank you for your services and effort. [applause] district 11, we have many children, families. a lot of folks who have got more organized and have taken part in the civic life in san francisco, political life in san francisco. last year, working with my colleagues on the board of supervisors, we put on two ballot measures to raise taxes on the high end. we had a 2% temporary increase to the hotel tax. we also had a permanent increase to the real estate transfer tax. every year, that raises $35 million in revenue on average. in some years, it will be greater. it taxes, not every day home owners, but homeowners if you with property worth more than $5 million. does anyone here have property worth more than $5 million? i didn't think so. we are middle-class and are working people. since we have a lot of folks in this neighborhood who were actively phone calling, knocking on doo

supervisor carmen chu, who is the budget chair. [applause] supervisor chu: i will keep my comments brief. i want to thank supervisor avalos for organizing this. he is a great supervisor, and i can tell you from city hall and being one of his colleagues, he fights hard for this community. he cares for this community, and i know he will be working hard with us to make sure this budget is something we can all live with and all be proud of. i can do half as good a job as john did with the budget in previous years, i will be very happy. i just want to say your supervisor is a really great one. for me, going into the budget process this year, we know it will be a hard one, so i appreciate the departments to have made a tremendous effort to try to get feedback early. i know that in budgets years past, one of the things we have heard back from the community was, "why is it that we only hear about things after the fact, after the budget submission?" we are really trying to change that. though i cannot singularly change the outcome of the bud

supervisor eric mar, carmen chu, an hour newsstand first korean-american adviser, -- supervisor jane kim

supervisor eric mar, carmen chu, an hour newsstand first korean-american adviser, -- supervisor jane kim. >> one of the most happy experiences growing up as a chinese-american was always getting days lece red envelopes. usually, there is money in here, but i think that might be illegal, coming from mayor lee. it is an honor to serve with the three other asian-pacific islander members of the board

liu. >> supervisor carmen chu? supervisor chu: i actually did not know dorothy prior to her nomination. i am coming from a different slate than some of the other commissioners. my meeting with dorothy was

liu. >> supervisor carmen chu? supervisor chu: i actually did not know dorothy prior to her nomination. i am coming from a different slate than some of the other commissioners. my meeting with dorothy was one of the most calm things we talked about. when i met with her, she imparted to me at a level of integrity that i think is so important for the commission. she had a sense of openness and a sense of the highest regard of fairness. i think that is something we absolutely need for the ethics commission. the other thing is when i spoke with her about what things she wanted to work on with the ethics commission, which struck me was the fact that she did not have an agenda. it was not that she was trying to do something or get at something, but she really had a desire to understand problems and seek to understand issues before reporting to put up solutions, and i think that is something that is also a valuable trade in a commissioner, especially the ethics commission. so i will be voting against the motion and support

[applause] >> good evening, my name is carmen chu. i will keep my message brief. i want to wish everyone a happy lunar new year. again, this is a time that is important to many of merit -- asian-american families because of the importance of bringing together family. i think we can all replicate this, the matter what community so i want to say happy new year. [speaking chinese] [applause] >> good evening. [speaking korean] in the new year, may have much good luck and fortune. new year's was a time for my family to get together and build community but also to reflect on the previous year, what challenges lie ahead of us. today at the board of supervisors, we recognized black history month. for me, that is always a reflection of the work of people that have come before us so that we can be where we are today. as asian americans, we think and appreciate the work of african- americans in advancing our civil-rights as asian-americans in this country. as we look toward the new year, i think we can say that the asian-american community has come far in san francisco since

i am very honored to join supervisor chu, a supervisor carmen chu, eric mar, and jane kim, and supervisor campos, supervisor mirkarimi, malia cohen is here as well. it is a wonderful occasion to celebrate our chinese new year at city hall. i want to welcome all of you here. i have been thinking about my first month on this job. as you know, i try not to follow the speech sometimes that i scripted for. i tried to speak what is on my mind. the thought here is that it is no longer a lunar new year celebration just for our chinese community. what our community now has to offer is really expanding the family to all of these other diverse groups in san francisco. that is what makes this so wonderful. we can share what this joyous occasion means and connect with all the other families of the city, whether african american, latino families, russian families, or all of the some groups of our asian families, it is what makes the city very special. if i have seen anything the first 30 days of this inaugural apartment that was historic redone by our board of supervisors, it allowed me this special pr

i am from supervisor carmen chu's office. she wanted to express her support for this project. it has been a long time coming. it will be worth it in the end. we are very happy with the way the rec and park department has communicated with the community. there were a few wrinkles in doubt. we are looking forward to this project moving full steam ahead. the supervisor wanted to make sure you understand she is in support of this project. >> is there any other public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner? president buell: do i understand it is one action? >> that is the motion that is made. president buell: i understand the motion. it has been moved and seconded. all those in favor? opposed? hearing none, it is unanimous. >> we are on item #8, the lawrence park -- dolores park. >> hello. i am from the capital improvements division. the item before you now is de extension of contract for the helen diller playground at dolores park. this will include the bass bid as well as seek -- base bid as well as the first six alternates. just to give you bac

commissioner carmen chu? commissioner cohen? commissioner elsbernd? commissioner farrell? commissioner kim? commissioner mark? commissioner mirkarimi? commissioner wiener? supervisor mirkarimi: please read items 3 and 4. item 3. chair's report. this is an information item.item 4. executive director's report. this is an information item. supervisor mirkarimi: last thursday the executive director and i'm joined edwin lee and federal highway deputies director to officially kick off the sf park program. scott wiener and members of the mta board were also at the event which marks the culmination of a four-year process to bring real time parking information to san francisco. it was a great event recognized by the press around country as a major milestone in terms of how technology can structure solutions for common urban problems like finding curbside parking. the entire demonstration was funded with $20 million of urban partnership money which this authority was able to obtain from the federal government in 2007 as part of the negotiations over the funding plan for doral drive,

my name is a charming -- carmen chu. my colleagues will be joining us shortly. we have mark and michael from sfgtv. to be have any announcements? >> yes. please turn off all cellular phones. if you have a comment, please allow the speaker card. supervisor chu: thank you. call item no. one place. >> item number one, the police department budget for fy2011- 2012. supervisor chu: just a bit of background. we've been asking multiple departments to come in for the budget and finance committee to share an overview for the plans for the upcoming budget year. the intention is to get early information out to members of the public and the board so we can provide early feedback on the budget. with that, we have the two organizations coming before us, as ftd as well as the fire department. we will kick it off with the san francisco police department. >> good afternoon. could we just leave the overhead, please? the computer display? thank you. supervisor chu: do you have a hard copy of the presentation by chance? do you have one hard copy? maybe what i can do is have our off

we are here with supervisor carmen chu from district four, which includes the central and outer sunset and park side neighborhood. supervisor chu was elected to the board of supervisors in 2008 and reelected in 2010. we will get to know her and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome, supervisor. thank you for joining us. let's start by talking about your background -- where you grew up, what kinds of jobs you have work. supervisor chu: my parents immigrated to the united states about 30 years ago, and i would say that is probably the most formative part of my background. growing up in an immigrant family, you learn many things. my parents raised me in southern california, and i grew up in the restaurant business. they had a small restaurant at the time, and i was there every weekend, working -- well, not working, eating. having a fried egg roll, wanton, something good. it taught me the value of working hard and what it

i do want to say i appreciate what supervisor carmen chu had to say earlier, that there were not necessarily expectations as to what would be in the expectations in terms of savings, what president chiu had said earlier. i was still be voting no on this today. i think there needs to be a level of urgency in which we engage in effect of cost savings for the city. i think it is important that we still have that pressure. i would like to insert the recommendation from our budget and legislative analyst about having a report back on june 1, 2001. i do appreciate the work that is happening. i am not blaming one department. i know multiple departments are involved in this, we have a large bureaucracy, and it is not just a part of technology. there are multiple departments that have to come to the table and be willing to do this work for consolidation. since this impacts multiple departments, it seems like an appropriate way to push and put pressure on that plan. pressure on that plan. supervisor chu: thank you. >> i know that you have heard these comments from me directly. when we discussed this i

also, supervisor carmen chu is here. she is chair of the budget committee. stand up so everyone can see you. [applause] . thanks, gregg, for that presentation. over the last few weeks, i set up meetings with the community- based organizations in the district with the head of the agencies that fund them. departments -- part of children, youth, and families and to cover the public health as well as human services agencies. these meetings were a good opportunity for our organization heads to speak directly with these agencies about what they are seeing and hearing on the ground in the district. i would like to ask a representative from each meeting group to come up and talk about what we discussed. first up, we have the executive director of young community developers to talk about what transpired in the dcyf meeting. >> [inaudible] supervisor cohen: turn your microphone on me -- turn your microphone on for me. thanks. >> well i will talk loud. [laughter] [inaudible] 1 of the things i do, just to put a little perspective -- i spent a couple of years working wit

i do want to say i appreciate what supervisor carmen chu had to say earlier, that there were not necessarily expectations as to what would be in the expectations in terms of savings, what president chiu had said earlier. i was still be voting no on this today. i think there needs to be a level of urgency in which we engage in effect of cost savings for the city. i think it is important that we still have that pressure. i would like to insert the recommendation from our budget and legislative analyst about having a report back on june 1, 2001. i do appreciate the work that is happening. i am

i do want to say i appreciate what supervisor carmen chu had to say earlier, that there were not necessarily expectations as to what would be in the expectations in terms of savings, what president chiu had said earlier. i was still be voting no on this today. i think there needs to be a level of urgency in which we