supervisor carmen chu. supervisor chu: thank you. mine follows on the economy. what can we expect in terms of allocations that you intend to put in there in terms of improving the climate in san francisco? what are three concrete approach is that you have? >> thank you. we want to make sure we stimulate job growth. job creation and putting san franciscans to work has been and will be my top priority. included in my 17-point road map for good jobs and opportunity, i pledge to work everyday to make sure we're creating good jobs for san francisco's families. there is a lot we are doing in addition to the reforms i just mentioned. we require a jobs impact review for on the legislation. i firmly believe it is the responsibility of city hall to help small businesses grow and thrive and not create hurdles to job growth. if approved in june, this charter amendments will require a review hearing -- this charter amendment would require a review hearing to see if it will negatively impact jobs. we can add transparency and accountability. today, i am also introducing a $325

in the memo, $50,000 of supplemental money goes to a project in supervisor carmen chu's district. you gave so much time regarding paperbacks that i felt there residents of parkmerced should have had the opportunity to discuss that issue regarding the $50,000 in a packet that the donors stand to benefit from. it is hundreds of millions of dollars. i think that it speaks to your integrity in regards to not disclosing that or reducing yourself given the fact of the controversy from the former supervisor. i think it is scathing that something like that is allowed to happen. everyone is going to look at this development to see if it was legitimate. just because you voted does not mean it is legal and it will be upheld in court. it is scathing. i am disappointed in those of you who did because you deny the citizens of san francisco their voice that day. to give public meaningful comment regarding their homes being demolished. for those of you who are attorneys, it is especially upsetting that you would deny an american citizen the first amendment right. those of you who voted for that,

supervisor carmen chu is also with us. we are also lucky enough to have supervisor mark farrell as well. maybe he is having a pastry or something. there is a lot of traffic between here and city hall. that is a bad joke, i know. we also have supervisor eric mar here with us this morning. all the supervisors are sitting together. we are also lucky enough to have the chief of protocol for the city of san francisco charlotte schultz. last but not least, we have tony sun, chair of the asian arts commission. that's good started this morning. i am going to get off the stage and and things off over to jay hsu. he is going to tell us a little bit more about what we're doing today. >> someone needs to hand me the remote. terrific. brand implementation is a journey. the asian art museum embarks on a new journey. to reinvent ourselves, to engage a broad audience. the broad audience is very much at the core of what we do here and who we are. why now, you ask? as the aging world influence grows, so is understanding its culture. more th

i am carmen chu. i am joined by kim. we have bill and michael. mr. young, do we have any announcements? >> yes, please turn off all cell phones. if you wish to speak during public comment, please fill out the speaker card. items at the dupont de will appear before the board of supervisors agenda. >> will you call in number one? >> resolution for the terms of 2011. airline/airport lease. this is l-182. this is to conduct the international flight operations. >> thank you very much. >> good morning. the airport is requesting your approval of a new lease for approximately nine years and seven months to the airport lease agreement. the terms are identical to the leases that have been approved with the use agreement. police and use agreement is the mechanism that ensures the annual payment to the city through june of 2021. under the terms of this new lease, we anticipate revenue of $32 million over the term of the lease which would start december 1, 2011. this includes landing fees and terminal rentals, and exclusive rent space to the terminal. the term of

we are joined by scott wiener, john avalos, david chiu, the committee vice chair carmen chu, is on route. we want to thank the following members of the sfgtv staff for covering the meeting. please call item 2. >> approve the minutes of the november 8, 2011 meeting. this is an action item. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, we have an item before us. motion by commissioner amylose, seconded by commissioner chiu. without objection. please call item 3. >> citizens advisory committee report. this is an information item. >> because of the holiday schedule, the citizens advisory schedule -- committee has a combined november and december schedule. we are meeting tomorrow night and we will report any of the findings in the following week. >> commissioner campos: thank you. is there any member of the public that would like to speak on item 3? seeing none, public comment is closed. please call item 4. >> update on the implementation of california high-speed rail. this is an information ite

there have been other supervisors we have worked with over the years on these issues, carmen chu among others, and this is part of an ongoing effort by the city to address the problem with these businesses have to close because of speculative lawsuits. with regard to the planning code changes, the legislation exempts the parts of the business related to excess ability from the floor space, and we are completely in agreement with modifications suggested by staff and we will track the restaurant legislation when it comes to us next year to make sure the line up appropriately. i am available to answer any questions, i will stay through the item, but i did not want to go on and on. thank you. >> so the legislation before you exempts floor area dedicated to disability access from the calculations from small self- service restaurants, limit it to two dozen square feet, as well as seating areas for coffee areas, limited to 400 square feet. the staff recommendation it is instead of making it specific to these only uses to exempt access for disability from the gross area calculations. this acce

we are here with supervisor carmen chu from district four, which includes the central and outer sunsetark 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 meant to be part of a small business, a small business -- a small business, small family, and an immigrant family at that. really being impacted by the los an

my name is carmen chu, chair of the committee to i am joined by supervisor mirkarimi and supervisor kim. our clerk today as mr. victor young. >> please turn off all cell phones. if you wish to speak, please fill out a speaker card and turn them in to me. if you present documents, provide a copy to the clerk for inclusion into the file of items acted upon today will appear on the board of supervisors agenda on december 6, 2011, unless otherwise stated. supervisor chu: thank you very much. i want to acknowledge sfgtv, jennifer and charles the item number one. >> ordinance approving the second amendment to the contract between the city and county of san francisco and the united states through the department of energy western area power administration for the delivery of low-cost power and scheduling coordinator services to treasure island and yerba buena island. supervisor chu: thank you. this came before us at our last budget and finance committee. we amended the item at the time to increase the dollar amount that was listed on the legislation. because of that, we had to continue the item

so this resolution is joined by the superior court, as carmen chu indicated.have someone here on behalf of the court, as well as the controller's office. i will answer any questions. supervisor kim: tuesday quick question. i appreciate the intent of this resolution. the request was made by the superior court and public defenders, and the vast majority of them have been four defendants -- have been for defendants for cases that can result in life without possibility of parole. >> there are actually three categories of cases could of their cases are the district attorney has elected not to seek the death penalty, but it has charged special circumstances. special circumstances are specific factual allegations that have to be proven in court, which would result in a sentence of life without possibility of parole. there are also cases where the district attorney has charged that the death penalty but has not made a decision as to whether to seek the death penalty. there is a third category of cases which starts off as death penalty cases that the district attorney'

commissioner issue. " -- commissioner carmen chu. commissioner:. commissioner elsbernd. commissioner farrell. commissioner kim. commissioner mark. commissioner mirkarimi. commissioner winner. it is passed. supervisor mirkarimi: please read item number three and four. >> item number 3, chairs report. item number four, executive director's report. these are information items. supervisor mirkarimi: we have had interesting is in the transportation field this month. on november 1, the california high speed rail authority released its business plan. the main piece of news is that there's more than a doubling of the total price tag of the system, which is averaging $100 billion. i think everyone expected that the price tag would be revised. but the magnitude of the increase has been at definitely noticed. the schedule was also significantly revised videos and disappointed to see that we're now looking at a much longer time line in implementation of the downtown extension, which would not get to happen until after 2030. i do not think san francisco can stand for that kind of str