motion by carmen chu, seconded by commissioner avalos. motion approved. please call item 3. >> citizens advisory committee report. this is an information item. commissioner campos: we have the chair of the committee, mr. davis, who represents district 9. good morning, happy new year. welcome to the plans and programs committee. >> good morning, commissioners. i am here to provide the citizens advisory report. you have one item on your agenda today that we took action on at our october 26 meeting. that is item five, the allocation of roughly $40 million to the sfmta for their c3 program. to upgrade technology that is 40 years old. we passed the item in an ms. lee based on the fact that it will be upgrading technology and should improve services to their residence and folks writing muni. with that, i can open it up to any questions. commissioner campos: thank you. we have been joined by commissioners david chiu and scott wiener. any questions for the citizens advisory committee? why don't we open this up to public comment? again, thank you to the members of

everything you'd do, and i will introduce the three of them together -- jane kim, leah komen and carmen chue] mark farrell. [applause] scott wiener, member of the board of supervisors. [applause] eric mar, a member of the board of supervisors. david campos, a member of the board of supervisors. [applause] you have some other city officials who are here. you have, of course, the man who takes all of our money, the treasurer, jose camos. [applause] campos would like to be there one of these days. i am so focused on campos, he owes me one. [laughter] the public defender, the man who he looked to -- you look to it you got arrested and are broke. -- if you got arrested and are broke. [applause] and the city attorney dennis herrera. [applause] and the man who supplies most of jefferies client' client becauss -- because he insists on are arresting and prosecuting people. [applause] and then of course there are members of your school board who are here with what jerry brown is doing to them in sacramento on the budget side they certainly will be coming to your door quite often for assistance, so th

>> appointing supervisor carmen chu. supervisor kim: this is also a seat held by former supervisor mirkarimi. we will open up for public comment. >> my name is douglas. being born in the year of the dragon, i feel like i have to speak out. like in the last election, anything can happen. who do you really trust? her district has not been fully served. i grew up in that district and i feel that that district has not been served adequately. she ought to be spending more time in the district addressing needs. her staff never calls me back, so i consider that a complement. she is doing the best job she can, and at least in her term on a favorable light. i don't see any chinese people standing here willing to give public comment, but being a dragon, i refused to be intimidated. supervisor kim: thank you. is there any other public comment? supervisor campos: i make a motion to move this item forward. supervisor kim: without opposition. >> item 4, rejecting the appointments to the board of appeals for the term ending july 1, 201

my name is carmen chu. i am joined by supervisor avalos supervisor kim and. our clerk this victor young. we have charles and jennifer from sfgtv. >> please turn off all cell phones. if you wish to comment, please fill up a speaker card and turn them in. please provide copies to the clerk for inclusion into the file. items will appear in the board of supervisors agenda on january 31, 2012, unless otherwise stated. supervisor chu: thank you very much. we do call item number one, please? >> resolution approving a site access and use agreement with motorola for the san francisco sites to be used for the bay area 700 mhz public safety broadband spectrum to be managed and operated by the bay area regional interoperable communications systems for a term of 12 years. supervisor chu: thank you. we have a number of individuals here. >> supervisor chu supervisor avalossupervisor, supervisor kim, director of emergency management. it is a pleasure to be here before you today. i was mentioning that edges past my 1-year anniversary as director of the em, and it has been a g

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

we are joined this morning by a committee vice chair commissioner carmen chu, john avalos

we are joined this morning by a committee vice chair commissioner carmen chu, john avalos, david chiu and scott wiener on on routes -- are en route. please call item no. 2. >> approve the minutes of the december 6, 20

motion appointing supervisor carmen chu, term ending june 30, 2013, to the association of bay area governments executive board. supervisor chiu: without objection, she shall be excused. roll-call vote? >> [roll-call vote] there are ten ayes. supervisor chiu: the motion is approved. let's skip over the 3:00 p.m. special order in go to item 29. >> it was considered at the regular meeting, monday, january 30, and is recommended -- approved as recommended. ordinance amending the san francisco planning code section 249.42 to: 1) allow outpatient medical care clinics; 2) amend zoning map sheet 8 su of the san francisco planning code to add parcels in assessor's block no. 5211, lot nos. 29 through 54 to the india basin special use district and remove the parcel in assessor's block no. 5211, lot no. 28 from the design and development special use district and add it to the india basin special use district; and 3) make environmental findings and findings of consistency with general plan. supervisor chiu: if we could take a roll-call vote on this item? >> [0 call vote] -- roll-call vote] there are 11 aye

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

. >> reporter: district supervisor carmen chu, who was at the scene, says she knows the victim, who owns several restaurants in the naked. >> almost everybody knows each other here and have worked with each other for many, many years and so when something happens to any one member of this community, i think everybody feels the pain. >> robbery, gosh. get money, that's the busiest restaurant in the area. >> reporter: david smith knows the elder victim. he said she had the same routine and believes she was targeted. >> she didn't deserve that kind of treatment just for some money. >> reporter: police say if you are going to make daily deposits keep them small, don't do it alone and don't keep large amounts of cash at home. that will help avoid making you a target. reporting from san francisco, patrick sedillo, cbs 5. >>> breaking news out of the south bay. we have chopper 5 over an accident on interstate 880 northbound where the traffic has gotten worse because there was a car fire. now, the fire happened just south of montague expressway. that is in the san jose area. crews in the clean-u

. >> reporter: district supervisor carmen chu, who was at the scene, says she knows the victim, who owns several restaurants in the neighborhood. >> almost everybody knows each other here and have worked with each other for many, many years and so when something happens to any one member of this community, i think everybody feels the pain. >> robbery, gosh. get money, that's the busiest restaurant in the area. >> reporter: david smith knows the elder victim. he said she had the same routine and believes she was targeted. >> she didn't deserve that kind of treatment just for some money. >> reporter: police say if you are going to make daily deposits keep them small, don't do it alone and don't keep large amounts of cash at home. that will help avoid making you a target. reporting from san francisco, patrick sedillo, cbs 5. >> a bone dry winter is creating a dire fire season for the month of january. it became apparent last night when downtown power lines sparked a fire in mountain view. len ramirez on how california is gearing up for what could be a catastrophic fire season. len. >> repor

chu. [applause] the veteran of the board, shawn elsbernd. and the three women that are always undyingly loyal to you. they support what you do. kim, coleman, and carmen] scott weiner, member of the board of supervisors. eric mar, member of the board of supervisors. david campos, member of the board of supervisors. and you have other city officials here. you have the man who takes all our money, the treasurer, campos. he would like to be there one day. campos owes me lunch. i am focused on